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Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 11:33 - Sep 10 by ParkRoyalR
ADHD diagnosis was very convenient,
Coincided with trying to build a post playing career in the media,
Cynics might suggest his Agent / PR Advisors recommended a timely diagnosis as would sanitize a number of previous transgressions in his past which could prohibit building a new career in the media,
A bit like getting yourselves diagnosed as a sex addict when your Mrs finds out you've been playing away!
Won't listen to the podcast as just think the blokes a bit of a wrong un.
so are you saying he faked having ADHD to build a career in the media
That seems a bit mad
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Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 14:33 - Sep 10 with 3210 views
Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 11:33 - Sep 10 by ParkRoyalR
ADHD diagnosis was very convenient,
Coincided with trying to build a post playing career in the media,
Cynics might suggest his Agent / PR Advisors recommended a timely diagnosis as would sanitize a number of previous transgressions in his past which could prohibit building a new career in the media,
A bit like getting yourselves diagnosed as a sex addict when your Mrs finds out you've been playing away!
Won't listen to the podcast as just think the blokes a bit of a wrong un.
Harvey Weinstein is a wrong un.
Charlie Austin is just a standard human being with good and bad traits.
Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 12:45 - Sep 10 by slmrstid
I would allow Charlie Austin QPR hero status, he's the best all round striker I've seen playing for the club in my era, probably just ahead of Paul Furlong and Kevin Gallen (first game 1996 so never saw Les).
These podcasts are always a way for players with axes to grind to get it out. I remember Rowan Vine's and Leon Knight's which were both car crashes of podcasts.
+1 Best striker we had in a long time. So what if he tailed off when he got old, every player does. I agree, a QPR legend
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Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 16:23 - Sep 10 with 2949 views
I loved watching Austin - Dont think he was particularly likeable and don;t think he cared about the club (first time round) much, but you want a selfish striker who's a bit of a pr1ck. He's the tyoe of player who celebrates scoring against old clubs (and I'm pretty sure he did when we played Burnley). His ability, in the box, to get to balls which 100% should have been the defenders was amazing - he just wanted it more. Play off semi finals are prime examples of that.
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Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh (n/t) on 16:33 - Sep 10 with 2911 views
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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It has been said on here MANY times in the past .
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It's being so happy that keeps me going.
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Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 16:46 - Sep 10 with 2853 views
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.
Charlie on loan vs Charlie on salary seemed to have a big difference performance wise
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Charlie Austen on Under the Cosh on 16:48 - Sep 10 with 2846 views
Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 12:45 - Sep 10 by slmrstid
I would allow Charlie Austin QPR hero status, he's the best all round striker I've seen playing for the club in my era, probably just ahead of Paul Furlong and Kevin Gallen (first game 1996 so never saw Les).
These podcasts are always a way for players with axes to grind to get it out. I remember Rowan Vine's and Leon Knight's which were both car crashes of podcasts.
That Rowan Vine one shouldn’t have gone out. Really quite a disturbing listen.
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Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 16:56 - Sep 10 with 2804 views
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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This will be the same Charlie Austin that kept us up when we had the dynamic duo of Dykes and Bonne up top ,typical LFW this ,coating off an ex hero , I’ve seen Warnock. Olly , Wilkins , Bircham & the Gallens all cop unwanted hate on here for some strange reason Yet people go all giddy over samba Diakiti “cos he was a nutter “
And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
Brian Moore
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Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 18:06 - Sep 10 with 2631 views
Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 09:51 - Sep 10 by GaryBannister86
Isn't it possible that age and his body caught up with him? Can't remember a more clear example of seeing a player whose legs had "gone" as in that cup tie at Peterboro when he started.
Now, maybe if he had lived like a saint and trained like Ronaldo it wouldn't have happened, but I find it hard to think ill of Charlie considering he got us to the Premier League, did brilliantly in the PL, had a quality loan spell back with us.
In an era when Holloway, Bircham and Ainsworth are called legends, I will always put Charlie above them, class act.
I cant agree with that.
He was 30 years old, so should have had at least three more good seasons in him after the loan spell and he was a lot overweight. Also he only had higher level competitive football from 24 years old onwards. So realistically should have more left in the tank, because of that also.
I not doing a job that part of his job earning probably at least £20k a week, requires you to be in good condition, not a bit chubby.
I was slim myself still at 40 and obviously wasnt in a job, where I needed to keep myself in physical peak fitness. He hardly needed to be at Ronaldo levels, as you suggest and Ronaldo is in his 40s now. Clearly he is a total freak in these senses.
Its not doing your job correctly and when you get massive sums of money, you should really be the best possible fitness you can be. Dont think he was. Not buying the term - his body gave up on him. He was unfit and overweight. And admitted hitting the booze.
Said himself in the interview he tried harder than he would have done if there had not been win bonuses at the start of the loan spell. So although it was positive, him saying that for me, makes me look differently at that now.
To excuse him also for his grandad passing. We all experience loved ones passing. Its tough times, but we all still have to perform in our jobs, even if we have to have couple of weeks recovery sometimes and a job is often a good way to distract from situations such as this, and its normal part of life for everyone. Jimmy Dunne got the winning goal and was man of the match only days after his dad passing.
He is a legend for the two seasons he had for us, which were outstanding and should rightly so be recognised for that.
Unfortunately for me, second spell was a disappointment and sadly this interview for me was a surprise. Didnt think he was the type to fall out with so many managers and go on a sulk.
I understand why all this could have been overlooked by many on here and made excuses for, in his second spell. Hard to challenge a legend of the clubs motivations, so understand why many overlook the reality.
All that being said, i hope he finds his peace and enjoys the rest of his life ahead. Which he deserves to have for me.
Definitely a character though, Charlie and was superb, first time around.
Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 18:00 - Sep 10 by paulparker
This will be the same Charlie Austin that kept us up when we had the dynamic duo of Dykes and Bonne up top ,typical LFW this ,coating off an ex hero , I’ve seen Warnock. Olly , Wilkins , Bircham & the Gallens all cop unwanted hate on here for some strange reason Yet people go all giddy over samba Diakiti “cos he was a nutter “
Yeh, its pretty amazing how our only proper decent striker we've had in decades get the flak he gets on here. He's a club legend in my book.
Occasional providers of half decent House music.
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Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 21:41 - Sep 10 with 2326 views
Well this thread is certainly more interesting than all the umpteen Eze ones.I thought a great deal of Charlie as someone who jumped up from non league football and a building site to play top level football but much as i loved him for us i always thought he was a bit limited as a player but that made me admire him more.However he was no Givens,Allen,Ferdinand Gallen or Bannister imo.
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Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 22:12 - Sep 10 with 2246 views
Whilst he was here and playing for us we were talking about him one Saturday night and I brought up the subject of his movement In the oppositions penalty box and just how good It was (because It was) say what you want, means nothing to me Charlie was alright.
My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic.
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Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 23:21 - Sep 10 with 2126 views
I think its quite telling how highly the club still regard him in the level of access he continues to have to players and staff.
He was a troubled man, made many mistakes (on and off the pitch) and definitely could have handled his own fitness and approach better. But he did have a bond with the club, the players and the staff, he did desperately want to do well for us and for us to do well. I think it was clear that at times he played when he was carrying injury, but dont think he ever intentionally ducked out of playing for us when he was needed. He led on the pitch, was clearly a good character in the changing room and scored hugely important goals for us.
I am a fan. He was a QPR type player, flawed but for us at times the perfect fit. Best striker we had since Furs. And of course scored against the scum.
Never knowingly understood
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Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 23:47 - Sep 10 with 2062 views
The thing with both of Charlie's times with us was he could and should have scored a lot more goals than he did, and he's the most prolific striker i've seen in my 30+ years watching Rangers. The service we provided him most of the time was sporadic and inconsistent, I lost count of how many times the team was simply not set up to get the best out of him. Its actually really interesting to hear him talk about it in the podcast and in his interview with Kone, about getting your team to play for you. This should have been done so much more for charlie in both his stints. For me he's a QPR legend, I remember I couldn't believe it when we managed to sign him from Burnley way back when..
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Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 07:32 - Sep 11 with 1799 views
Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 14:22 - Sep 10 by daveB
so are you saying he faked having ADHD to build a career in the media
That seems a bit mad
I am saying the publicising of this was very timely,
Similar to Gregg Wallace's recent autism diagnosis,
If you have skeletons in the closet and you're wanting to maintain or get a career on the media its very convenient & helpful to be able to pin poor behaviour on something that elicits sympathy,
Similar to the...'It's not the person I am today'...get out of jail card.
Really genuine decent people like Jamie Mackie come across as they are on TV, can't see Austins fledgling media career lasting as he's the opposite to Mackie.
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Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 07:48 - Sep 11 with 1763 views
Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 23:47 - Sep 10 by theQPRking
The thing with both of Charlie's times with us was he could and should have scored a lot more goals than he did, and he's the most prolific striker i've seen in my 30+ years watching Rangers. The service we provided him most of the time was sporadic and inconsistent, I lost count of how many times the team was simply not set up to get the best out of him. Its actually really interesting to hear him talk about it in the podcast and in his interview with Kone, about getting your team to play for you. This should have been done so much more for charlie in both his stints. For me he's a QPR legend, I remember I couldn't believe it when we managed to sign him from Burnley way back when..
From memory he scored nearly 20 in a season in the premiership while playing for one of its poorest teams.
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Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 09:02 - Sep 11 with 1629 views
Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 07:32 - Sep 11 by ParkRoyalR
I am saying the publicising of this was very timely,
Similar to Gregg Wallace's recent autism diagnosis,
If you have skeletons in the closet and you're wanting to maintain or get a career on the media its very convenient & helpful to be able to pin poor behaviour on something that elicits sympathy,
Similar to the...'It's not the person I am today'...get out of jail card.
Really genuine decent people like Jamie Mackie come across as they are on TV, can't see Austins fledgling media career lasting as he's the opposite to Mackie.
I think you are reading a bit too much into this
Whatever these skeletons are I'm not sure really but I've never really understood your anger towards him. As someone else said he's just a nornal human male, he makes mistakes and is not perfect but he made a massive contribution to QPR and deserves respect
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Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 09:42 - Sep 11 with 1547 views
Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 09:02 - Sep 11 by daveB
I think you are reading a bit too much into this
Whatever these skeletons are I'm not sure really but I've never really understood your anger towards him. As someone else said he's just a nornal human male, he makes mistakes and is not perfect but he made a massive contribution to QPR and deserves respect
Two decent seasons engineered a move away which cost the club a lot of money,
Undermined team morale when staggered into Ellerslie Stand but summoned enough energy to get into the PV for after match pints,
I have no anger towards him other than one absolutely dire performance at Peterborough where he could barely muster a jog,
I just find it odd so many cannot see his no 1 priority is himself and mugging off gullible QPR fans came easy to him.
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Charlie Austin on Under the Cosh on 10:07 - Sep 11 with 1490 views
These Is vs Ought arguments generate a lot more heat than light. Yes, Austin probably ought to have managed his fitness and lifestyle better than he did but if he had, he wouldn’t have been playing for a skint club at the wrong end of the Championship at 30. He showed his ability and intelligence despite his lack of anything resembling pace in flashes, but undeniably - 2 goals against Everton, the equaliser against Barnsley, the winner against WestBrom. Other strikers of the era, Conor Washington say, who might never have seen a sand dune they didn’t want to sprint up, wouldn’t have got near them. We’ve traditionally bought raw prospects, honest tryers and shop-worn seconds, trying and recently failing to get the blend right. The new regime wanted to stop the third but, events! and now we have Hayden.
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