‘No chance’ of success next season if QPR rely on youth
Kevin Gallen believes there would be “no chance” of QPR challenging for promotion next season with an inexperienced side.
Manager Mark Warburton will leave the club at the end of this campaign – partly because of his reluctance to use the club’s academy players.
But former Rangers forward Gallen, himself a product of Rangers’ youth system, believes the new manager will not be able to rely the club’s youngsters if they also want to challenge for promotion from the Championship.
“It can be done, but not next season at QPR. No chance,” Gallen said on the West London Sport QPR podcast.
“Unless they sign some really good players I can’t see it. I really can’t. Unless they sell a Rob Dickie and use that money wisely to improve the squad.
“I just can’t see how academy players at QPR are going to step into the first team and play and try and get promotion. I hope I’m wrong. I really hope I’m wrong. But I just can’t see it.
“Who is an academy player that can step into QPR’s first team battle-ready and battle-hardened for a 46-game Championship season? It’s a tough league.”
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03/06/2022 @ 9:41 am
There is no point in signing a new manager if you don’t let him choose the players. so why I always like to let youngsters force there way into the first team squad you have to also have experience. I have been a QPR fan since 1967 and watch fantastic players coming through our youth teams, to know that if anyone performs game on game can have chance in the first team then that’s the right incentive but on same idea if your experience player have bad games then others are knocking on the door. Over the years of watching QPR I has a fan want a 100/00 every game and up to the final whistle nothing worse than dropping points in last 10 minutes.
I am also not a fan of making lots of changes every game if you play well and win then you should start next game and hopefully win again so you get a confidence in the team.
So I wish all at QPR s successful new season can’t wait.
04/05/2022 @ 8:12 pm
Give them a crack at it. Who cares if we dont get to the playoffs, keep the same squad and eventually we will get there. Good, attacking entertaining games are just around the corner.