Hoilett

[Damien]

Personally I want QPR to struggle next season, let's see if junior has the belly for another relegation battle. I doubt he does!

[The_Expert]

Der.. this is worse than talk-######... Hoillet is still a Rovers player. End of.

[bluebruce]

Which might they be? the prolific Andrew Johnson or perennial United benchwarmer Park Ji-Sung, hardly inspiring if you ask me.

Both good players. Park is a very good player. It's hardly shameful to warm United's bench.

[Derby Blue]

Der.. this is worse than talk-######... Hoillet is still a Rovers player. End of.

Is he? His contract ran out at the end of June, he is not employed by any club as far as I'm aware.

[The_Expert]

Well then we can't expect any compensation for the little shyte then, can we?

[BRFC1995]

Personally I want QPR to struggle next season, let's see if junior has the belly for another relegation battle. I doubt he does!

i want him to get better, i want venkys to realise there may have been an outside chance of keeping a great player if they'd done something a year ago about the manager, i want them to regret the desicion to keep kean massively

[Pitty]

If hoillet doe's well at QPR and they sell him for a big price won't we be entitled to a sell on fee aswell as I know city are with Daniel Sturridge ?

[Eddie]

If you can't see that Eddie............

Do go on. Just because we were relegated doesn't mean that every other club in the Premier League is 'going in the right direction'. QPR struggled for large parts of last season, in fact they had a drop-off from the moment that Hughes came in. Their signings this summer, Hoilett aside, have been mediocre and they have a very average squad. I would say that there is no chance that they finish in the top half next season and every chance that they are involved in the relegation battle for the entire year.

[1864roverite]

I agree with Eddie, I dont see QPR being a Rovers type outfit that Hiughes had at Ewood. They are massively overrated and have no defence or quality midfield that will make them a top 10 challenger.

[Salgado Is A Hero]

Diakate was a good signing and Nedum Onuoha.....Faurlin looked a good player until he missed the second half of the season with injury.....Taarabt will play more and is a really good player on his day.....Cisse, Helguson, DJ Campbell and Mackie is a pretty good strike force.....Zamora is just Heskey and Andy Johnson is Dickov......Joey Barton is actually a decent player for the most part.

If they sign some decent defenders, and they do have money, then I don't think they'll be in a relegation battle......although West Ham, Southampton and Reading have all made some decent sigings so I don't know who's going down with Wigan and Norwich.

[DE.]

Obviously moving from Rovers managed by Steve Kean in the Championship to QPR managed by Mark Hughes in the Premier League is a total sideways step. Bloody obvious, ain't it.

[Eddie]

I didn't mean from the current state of affairs, but considering the fact that he refused to sign a contract when the club was in a far better state (at the time) then QPR are now...well then it is a sideways step. He clearly expected something more out of this move.

[DE.]

Did he? Can you prove that?

Perhaps he knew the club was going downhill fast under the idiot that is Steve Kean and our clueless owners and did not want to be a part of it for the foreseeable future. It doesn't take a genius to work out we're a club that are in free fall and not stopping any time soon. Honestly, you would have to be a total moron to play for Rovers under these owners and this manager - or value money over career progression, eg. Danny Murphy, though I suppose he doesn't have much of a career left so going for a two year bumper pay packet is probably the best move for him.

[Eddie]

It was difficult to get him to sign a new contract when Allardyce and the Walker Trust were still around and, even then, he only signed a short-term deal.

His decision had nothing to do with the manager or the owners, it had everything to do with how good he thought he was, the clubs that he thought that he could sign for and the money that he thought that he could make.

That is clear when you look at his contract negotiations with us, his attitude during much of last season and the fact that it took him so long to sign a deal with a new club. Most in-demand free agents sign contracts in late May or early June, he didn't until well into July.

[joey_big_nose]

It was difficult to get him to sign a new contract when Allardyce and the Walker Trust were still around and, even then, he only signed a short-term deal.

His decision had nothing to do with the manager or the owners, it had everything to do with how good he thought he was, the clubs that he thought that he could sign for and the money that he thought that he could make.

That is clear when you look at his contract negotiations with us, his attitude during much of last season and the fact that it took him so long to sign a deal with a new club. Most in-demand free agents sign contracts in late May or early June, he didn't until well into July.

Agree with this. Hoilett has been looking for a big money, european football deal. I think however his poor performances in the last couple of months of last season, and real attitude problems have lead to a situation where no one of a european calibre is going to take him at a big wage.

He should, of course, be willing to take 30k a week at a top club, back himself, and earn a better deal over time while he improves. However it seems like he is going to take 50k at a lower end club. Says it all really.

[Josh]

Well then we can't expect any compensation for the little shyte then, can we?

Well yes we can, considering he has been here since he was 13

[Hughesy]

QPR will be fine with Hughes in charge, especially whilst they have money.....BUT they wont go too far until they get a solid defence sorted first.

Green is a dodgy choice for keeper too.

[pick32]

.....Taarabt will play more and is a really good player on his day.....

His discussion making makes rochina look like Pirlo.

[Clitherover]

His discussion making makes rochina look like Pirlo.

Was that a predictive text error or does he talk a lot of shyte?

[Salgado Is A Hero]

His discussion making makes rochina look like Pirlo.

Yea I know I don't think he is good as a few make out....I presume you meant decision making and that is one of the reasons.....and why he hasn't yet got a move to a bigger club....but he can be really good and Hughes will get the best out of him

[pick32]

Hate predictive text

[bennyboyt11]

Strong rumours he's signed for QPR, of all the clubs it just shows what a money grabbing ###### he is.

Uh oh... Does this now make me an 'ITK'?! My inbox is full lads don't start pm'ing me!

[Hughesy]

Suggestions in the mirror that we are looking for £6m for him, which I think is fair after 9 years of development work.

£3m + Mackie is abit ambitious though surely?

[Baz]

Kean now admitting he hasn't even had a phone call to say he's leaving!

£6m will be on low side if you ask me. Kean has quoted figure City got for Sturridge, however he was only at City from age of 15, after they had to pay compo to Coventry for illegally tapping him up (a common theme for City's youth set up BTW).

However, I can see QPRs experienced team running PNE Paul ragged in a tribunal, and us gEtting a much lower figure too.

[bluebruce]

It isn't on the low side. Sturridge was transferring from Man City to Chelsea. It was a transfer of FAR bigger stature than from a relegated Rovers to QPR. The level of compensation isn't just decided on by the length of time the player was trained for, that isn't why City got what they got, or all the lower league teams would be raking it in.

We will be very lucky to get £6 million. I expect about 3, maybe 4.