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Thread | We’ve spent 20m in the last 2 summers
at 23:33 27 Aug 2025
Since the FFP cycle eased last summer, it’s become clear the owners are significantly investing and continuing to back the club.
Not only are they covering millions in annual losses, but they are also now investing millions in transfer fees, alongside the millions previously provided for the fantastic training ground.
Last summer - 7-9m ?
Bennie - 250k
Morrison - 500k
Celar - 2.5m
Madsen - 3-4m
Varane - 1-1.5m
This summer - 11m+ ?
Dembele - 2.5m
Pearman - 250k
Mbengue - free
Poku - 900k
Adamson - 150k
Burrell - 1.3m
Kone - 2.75m
Saito - 2.8m
All those wondering how or if we will spend the Eze money? We’ve already spent the Eze money, and some.
Any further transfers eg. An Edwards, and it’s clear the owners are funding it, and as they did last summer.
It’s time for the staff and players to deliver. |
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Thread | Ben Williams - Disasterclass?
at 12:50 25 Aug 2025
It’s been 3 pre-seasons now under Ben Williams and the pattern has become clear: We are underprepared, unfit, and riddled with injuries.
From his first summer with Ainsworth in July 2023 through to today, we’ve started seasons miles off the pace.
When Williams joined, he said:
“Football is the sixth sport I have worked in, and I believe coming from a different background and a different belief system will allow me to look at the organisation from a different perspective.”
That “different perspective” hasn’t helped us, it’s absolutely crippling us.
The reality is that Williams’ expertise comes from 9 years in cycling, where fitness is built slowly for endurance. Cycling training focuses on a “start low, build up slowly, peak at the end” model.
But football fitness is the opposite. It demands repeated sprints, agility, explosive power, and resilience. Not the steady output of an endurance athlete.
The evidence is everywhere
- Three pre-seasons running where we look unfit.
- An ever-growing injury list. Again.
- Early defeats that set the tone for failure.
Yet Williams has not only kept his job, he’s been promoted into a broader football operations role akin to DOF at many other clubs. It’s astonishing. He has no proven football background and no justification for greater influence.
Serious questions must be asked, and its surely time for the club to act, and replace Williams with someone who knows how to build footballers, not cyclists. |
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Thread | Signings & The DOF
at 21:41 5 Oct 2024
I didn’t rate Les as a DOF, but some of the squads and business he put together look next level compared to the squad assembled this summer.
From what I am witnessing, the squad, and certain individual players who cost a lot of money, look woefully undercooked for the level.
I guess the question is, Is this a result of exclusively using data to scout players in tier 2 and tier 3 European leagues. Ie. You might look a superstar in THAT league, but does it translate to THIS league? Or do you simply stand out and look good in stats, BECAUSE the level is bang average?
The lack of ball control of some of these players, and the constant turning over of possession, let alone the complete absence of any kind of athleticism and physicality is not solved through game time in my eyes. These are basic tenets of the level. And we are nowhere near the level.
Once again, as it was under Les, especially in the earlier years, it seems we are under the leadership of a DOF “learning on the job”. I hope we sort ourselves out, but I’m now seriously concerned this is a going to be a mistake too far. [Post edited 5 Oct 2024 22:37]
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Thread | How long does Ainsworth get?
at 11:52 2 Apr 2023
- 5 defeats in the opening 6 games.
- A football style that is borderline unwatchable.
- Losses to R’ham, Blackpool, Brum, Wigan.
- Rambling interviews that have same sentences that contradict.
- A decision to radically change the style of play, at a critical juncture, that doesn’t fit the players one bit.
To be frank, I’ve never witnessed such a squad-manager mismatch, and I find the appointment unfathomable on so many levels. A great man, for sure. But never in a million years is this a good fit.
Critchley had 12 games. Ainsworth, by the season end, will have had 13 games.
I’m not sure the players believe in Ainsworth. His methods and philosophies are alien to them. Never been an advocate for a rapid change, but the situation has become absolutely dire. Does the club need to act now to give us a fighting chance? As it stands, we are going down. |
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Thread | Refusal to share injury news
at 10:37 26 Feb 2023
GA is continuing his Wycombe policy of refusing to share injury news. So we won’t know if Ilias Chair is out for 6 months or 2 weeks until he re-appears in the matchday squad.
I get the logic - it may give an edge on the opposition, but on the other hand, I personally believe it is quite disrespectful to a paying fan base, who deserve to know what players are actually going to be available, before deciding to attend/pay.
I’m on record having watched Wycombe play for several years, that he must change some of his ways if he to be a success at QPR. This is one. As is his chronic late use of subs, which is another concern I have.
On the positive side, I thought the first 45 was night and day, the amount of duels we won, the increased physicality in the tackle, and overall team intensity, was vastly improved and it was great to see.
Any thoughts on the injury news policy, or am I too early to the party on this one? |
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Thread | Alfie Lloyd
at 16:58 22 Aug 2021
Not played a single game pre season for the 23s. Anyone know where he is? |
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Thread | Ferdinand Out
at 10:40 27 Dec 2020
Recruitment is the chief responsibility of the DOF role, and at QPR it is simply not good enough.
8m spent back in Les Ferdinands first summer, 8m spent again this summer, when we finally had money again- both a complete shit show.
Contracts are also the key responsibility of the DOF role, and again, it is not good enough- Manning and BOS both walking out the door for absolute peanuts, costing the club millions of pounds in lost revenue.
Everyone can moan about the manager but we need a new and experienced DOF, fast. |
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Thread | Chance Creation: Attacking Statistics
at 12:19 20 Dec 2020
Ilias Chair
Key passes; 2.0 per game (7th in the league)
Average crosses; 1.8 per game (5th in the league)
Bright Osayi-Samuel
Key passes; 1.2 per game (40th in the league)
Average crosses; 0.2 per game (138th in the league)
Very revealing. And very clear where a big part of the problem lies. |
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