Warburton set for QPR exit – is it the right call?
QPR are set to axe Mark Warburton after a terrible run of results which has seen the team tumble from the play-off places.
With a new manager almost certain to be at the helm by the start of next season, former Rangers striker Kevin Gallen joins Dan Bennett and Ian McCulllough to discuss the situation in the latest West London Sport QPR podcast.
All three believe Warburton deserves credit for the job he has done in difficult circumstances and deserves to be kept on.
28/04/2022 @ 4:50 pm
Keep him. Who else could the club get?
28/04/2022 @ 8:54 am
Mike – Well said. yes, if we keep our best players, add good players to go alonside them AND replace Warbs with a decent manager to match the improved squad, we should reach the premiership. However, the reality bell rings loud and clear and i just cannot see it happening.
27/04/2022 @ 1:54 pm
As a Brentford supporter i remember mark Warburton very well he took Brentford to the play offs but what alot of people seem to get is he is not a manager as such he was Dic of football big difference i remember when Brentford got rid of him i thinking why he took us to the play offs but he was never taking Brentford up he was always laughing and joking and always seem happy then when to Glasgow rangers they sack him so is he classed as a good manager its very debatable now as said i a Brentford supporter thomas franks has worked wonders and it was dean smith assistance to bring him in that done it so maybe QPR need to get dean smith good manager or big if Eddie Howe with no Brentford or FULHAM next season in the championship QPR should win promotion easy
16/04/2022 @ 3:35 pm
Eddie -WHO got rid of the dross? I think you will find it was Ollie just before he was shown the door.
16/04/2022 @ 10:13 am
Well, I spent quite some time before posting this. It looks like Im the exception to the rule on here.
Lets forget about Hughes and Rednapp, Ollie did as good a job as any – remember him? then he was shown the door for Warbs to come in to ‘take us to the next level’ we finished just off the playoffs last season and it looks like the same again this season too. Wheres the ‘next level’ improvement. Yes, the directors have to run the club, small ground = small receipts = not much money to spend. If the board put their hands in their pockets, they get hit with FFP.
So its all down to the manager, the squad, the training academy etc etc.
Warbs – always complaining about injuries, lack of quality players and so on. Refuses to play Ball (not good enough it seems) even though we are struggle at times to put out a fully fit team and until, recently lets not forget Thomas and. then theres Albert. Bit time players in Warbs eyes. It seems to me to be favourites play others are subs at best – no way to run a club.
We have a decent young goalie rotting away somewhere whose name escapes me at the moment, but he got ONE game and then found he was replaced by Westwood. what sort of incentive is that. Sorry lads, for me Warbs has to go after the season ends, there are plenty of better ones around who can perform better on tight budgets and get the most out of the squad.
14/04/2022 @ 11:48 pm
Good or bad supporter am l, Stan the man was strutting his stuff when I moved from Chelsea to QPR.
The Directors are to blame for lack of money, the FA are to blame for the fine, a whole first team of injuries and little back-up youth players to call on.
Who would want that job, let’s keep the manager and sack the Directors. The only Directing they have done is some new kind of seating and the training ground, Thank them and send them on their way.
Get Warberton to name his Budget for next year’s signings, he will get 25% if he is lucky.
I have stopped watching QPR now, watching paint dry is better.
14/04/2022 @ 11:15 pm
If you sack MW – It will be the biggest Mistake QPR have ever made – He has done a great job, recovering mess of the duff managers we have had in the past – injuries you cannot foresee (Thant’s not MW fault) !!! He is the best manager we have had for years! If you sack him – We will never recover and end up going down the leagues !!! Believe in our manager and our up and coming team !!!
14/04/2022 @ 6:50 pm
This is not the way to go sacking Mark he is not my most favourite person but you can’t knock him for what he has done on a shoestring budget.
We have played some good football this season it’s just a shame about the recent run of bad results
I think he should be given another year at least with some money to spend and see where it takes us.
It’s time the board started backing him not sacking him
14/04/2022 @ 5:48 pm
Whilst I agree that he has transformed the club’s performances since coming in , he has gone backwards this season.
The team struggled 1st half of last season playing with 1 striker but that changed when Austin returned on loan and we played with 2 strikers. For some reason he has reverted to one striker and have struggled for goals since December.
As for giving the young players a chance, I disagree. The likes of Masterson, Duke-McKenna, Bettache and Sinclair Armstrong have been sent out on loan to be replaced with Sanderson (less Championship games than Masterson) and Hendrick who was not needed as we also had Amos, Dozzell and Ball for Central midfield roles.
Warburton also doesn’t seem to know how to react during games with his tactics and substitutions.
3 good examples of this were the Forest, Peterborough and Preston matches.
Bringing on both Johansen and Hendrick at Forest gave the midfield up to their more energetic players.
Against Peterborough we needed to get goals and he subbed the goal scorer Amos and Gray for Hendrick and Austin to play as a lone striker (a role that clearly no longer suits him if it ever did).
Then last week at Preston he waited until 2 down before reacting. This has been a similar story throughout his time at the club.
As for the lack of money to spend, Ferdinand has come out and said Warburton rejected the chance to sign a striker attacking player in January as he was satisfied with those he already had even though they have struggled for goals and consistency.
14/04/2022 @ 4:43 pm
Do not sack this man… Give him some proper money and see what he can do.
14/04/2022 @ 4:18 pm
Sacking Warburton would be a terrible error. The majority of fans that go home and away know that we have been punching above our weight this season and then so many injuries and losing talisman Willock at Forest was the last nail
14/04/2022 @ 12:11 pm
All the comments so far reflect what I think. If anyone made a mistake, it was in not bolstering the attack in January. But what do you do when hit with so many injuries ? That may be down to the sheer number of fixtures, and that is nothing to do with Mark. Those that appointed him made a very good decision, and nothing has happened to indicate otherwise. For goodness sake, please do not go back to the hire and fire days.
14/04/2022 @ 11:18 am
Warburton is still in the midst of developing a squad that plays how he wants them to do, which requires players with good ball skills to maintain possession and fluidity. Sacking at this point makes no sense as he has not been given the money to perform this needed transition quicker, having instead to rely upon free or cheaper transfers. Then he has had an unbelievable run of injuries in defence whilst the strikers have just not delivered. He needs at least one more season, rather than the club making a knee-jerk reaction and probably turning the clock back to long balls and poor performances.
14/04/2022 @ 10:55 am
I really hope that these rumours are not true. Win or lose, I’d rather watch Warbs team than the overpaid chancers brought in by Redknapp. True, form hasn’t been good and he needs to demonstrate that he can get a tune out of the team on a more consistent basis. But given what has been achieved so far we should give him the benefit of the doubt and assume that the present run is the tide and not a current. Form and fortune fluctuate in football and knee jerk reactions to a bad run are not the way to build for the future.
14/04/2022 @ 9:02 am
For me this is not just about this season, last season or the one before it. It’s about stability and (given the right players and not a catastrophic freak injury list) a style of play that entertains. What Warburton has got right far outweighs what he has got wrong. The team needs more pace and probably more youth, with just a few older heads around. Warburton, despite this very bad run, has brought a style of play lacking for so long and I can only see a change now being damaging to our prospects next season. If he can get more consistency and less of the freak injuries, then we will be competing each season at the right end of the table.
13/04/2022 @ 11:14 pm
This has got to be a very bad joke?.. Warburton has done a fantastic job getting rid of the old players and getting the team playing the way he has using youth as often as possible. There is now a clear path and route for young players to progress if they are good enough.
what manager is going to get more out of these players or are we planning to get rid of the players as well?
I just hope it’s not just another job for ‘the boys’ set up with the job going to one of Les’s mates?.
yes, there have been times when I have asked questions in regards to his decisions and possible plan ‘b’ but he has done a great job considering the shambles he walked into.
played some great stuff at times too!.
i would give him another 2 more years and then see…
players like dickie, chair. willock,dykes and deing will be off soon and they will need to be replaced at a minimal cost.
i cannot see who better in management we could attract?
i was hoping this would go away but seems that there is something going on!
just got a bit of pride and identity back but appears that something is going on behind the scenes!