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Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh 16:03 - Sep 9 with 1267 viewslightwaterhoop

Worth a listen.
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Charlie Austen on Under the Cosh on 16:06 - Sep 9 with 1236 viewsBazzaInTheLoft

His attitude to QPR is a very welcome change to the last Undr The Cosh one he did.
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Charlie Austen on Under the Cosh on 16:07 - Sep 9 with 1220 viewsnick_hammersmith

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Very shocked to hear that all the players got weighed in under Warburton, it seems like bonuses drove that great finish to the season.

Reinforces my belief that a lot of players are only interested in days off and money
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Charlie Austen on Under the Cosh on 16:36 - Sep 9 with 1072 viewsdaveB

Charlie Austen on Under the Cosh on 16:07 - Sep 9 by nick_hammersmith

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Very shocked to hear that all the players got weighed in under Warburton, it seems like bonuses drove that great finish to the season.

Reinforces my belief that a lot of players are only interested in days off and money


I might be wrong but think that was something ferdinand brought in, lower basic wage and bigger bonuses for wins, appearances etc
I think they still do something similar now

They tried that with Onuoha and he saw it as a massive insult

The pod is a good listen though and I did find it quite funny how upset he was about what Les said to him about retiring and then he basically went into semi retirement straight away
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Charlie Austen on Under the Cosh on 16:56 - Sep 9 with 985 viewsNorthernr

Charlie Austen on Under the Cosh on 16:36 - Sep 9 by daveB

I might be wrong but think that was something ferdinand brought in, lower basic wage and bigger bonuses for wins, appearances etc
I think they still do something similar now

They tried that with Onuoha and he saw it as a massive insult

The pod is a good listen though and I did find it quite funny how upset he was about what Les said to him about retiring and then he basically went into semi retirement straight away


Yeh it was very bonus related. Not sure if it's still the same.


That was the source of mine and Warb's on air bust up, he pointed out that the players were on a bonus structure for set pieces scored and conceded and I joked that some of their overdrafts must look like mine in that case.

Didn't go down well. That was in a disrespectful way.
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Charlie Austen on Under the Cosh on 21:54 - Sep 9 with 371 viewsnick_hammersmith

Charlie Austen on Under the Cosh on 16:36 - Sep 9 by daveB

I might be wrong but think that was something ferdinand brought in, lower basic wage and bigger bonuses for wins, appearances etc
I think they still do something similar now

They tried that with Onuoha and he saw it as a massive insult

The pod is a good listen though and I did find it quite funny how upset he was about what Les said to him about retiring and then he basically went into semi retirement straight away


Yeah, it was probably a fair shout. Charlie mk2 looked semi retired, as he and Johanson saw out the last few months of their contracts. Same with Nedum, who was outraged by the offer from QPR, then had to drop to Canada to beat it
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Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 22:09 - Sep 9 with 318 viewsnumptydumpty

To be honest, most of Austins second stint at QPR was dreadful

Was totally unfit most of the time and took us for a ride.

Got away with taking the mick out of the club and was never fit and overweight too.

Wasnt old so just showed his efforts for professional football had past.

The fact he often says he loves the club. Yes we loved his first spell but he should never have come back as he didnt act in a professional manner and took us for a ride and got paid way more than he deserved.

Might be controversial and disliked opinion but he deteriorated as a player very quickly.

Never seen this said on here and surprised its not been said. Perhaps seen as evil to say of a previous hero but he had given up being a professional footballer way before his time. Never achieved what he could have done.

Was a strange situation also with his move to Australia. Cant see that went well either apart from another injection of cash.
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Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 22:23 - Sep 9 with 258 viewsNorthernr

Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 22:09 - Sep 9 by numptydumpty

To be honest, most of Austins second stint at QPR was dreadful

Was totally unfit most of the time and took us for a ride.

Got away with taking the mick out of the club and was never fit and overweight too.

Wasnt old so just showed his efforts for professional football had past.

The fact he often says he loves the club. Yes we loved his first spell but he should never have come back as he didnt act in a professional manner and took us for a ride and got paid way more than he deserved.

Might be controversial and disliked opinion but he deteriorated as a player very quickly.

Never seen this said on here and surprised its not been said. Perhaps seen as evil to say of a previous hero but he had given up being a professional footballer way before his time. Never achieved what he could have done.

Was a strange situation also with his move to Australia. Cant see that went well either apart from another injection of cash.
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We’d have gone very close to being relegated in that lockdown season if him, De Wijs, Johansen and Field hadn’t been signed.

I remember us scraping a 1-1 at Wycombe just before Christmas and thinking we were toast. Bonne and Dykes as the forwards. Tom Carroll the best midfielder.
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Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 22:44 - Sep 9 with 176 viewsdaveB

Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 22:23 - Sep 9 by Northernr

We’d have gone very close to being relegated in that lockdown season if him, De Wijs, Johansen and Field hadn’t been signed.

I remember us scraping a 1-1 at Wycombe just before Christmas and thinking we were toast. Bonne and Dykes as the forwards. Tom Carroll the best midfielder.


Yeah that loan spell Austin played a major role in turning things around for us, he was excellent. We'd have comfortably gone down without him signing imo

He was poor by his standards the following season but still scored goals for us
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Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 23:01 - Sep 9 with 111 views7374Ranger

Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 22:23 - Sep 9 by Northernr

We’d have gone very close to being relegated in that lockdown season if him, De Wijs, Johansen and Field hadn’t been signed.

I remember us scraping a 1-1 at Wycombe just before Christmas and thinking we were toast. Bonne and Dykes as the forwards. Tom Carroll the best midfielder.


I agree the club looked destined for relegation until that quartet joined on loan.


I also disagree with comments by others that he was taking the club for a ride when he rejoined. When he played during this loan spell he was often playing alongside Dykes and between them they formed a good partnership scoring and assisting each other. However, after he joined on a permanent deal in the summer Warburton decided to play just one up front and promoted Willock into the side. Clearly this did not suit Austin's style of play nor did it suit Dykes who scored 3 goals less that season.
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