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Reply | January transfer rumours
at 16:05 2 Jan 2026
Not according to the accounts last time I looked. There is a difference between the announcement of the signing (loan to permanent option invoked) and the timing of the fee paid. |
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Reply | Kone
at 20:57 1 Jan 2026
Been poor for weeks like Saito and Varane. Doesn’t deserve to start. |
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Reply | January transfer rumours
at 12:12 1 Jan 2026
Punting it down the line is not a solution to where the capital needs to be found. Try telling that to the owners.
It may provide a temporary FFP solution. But it still needs to be funded, which is the main point.
You need working capital- funds- to make any kind of transfer business. Funds that do not magically grow on trees… So in and out transfer business is absolutely critical. |
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Reply | January transfer rumours
at 15:33 31 Dec 2025
Well, we spent around 10m this summer, so your maths doesn’t appear to stack up using some quick figures.
Outgoings:
Saito 3m
Kone 3m
Dembele 2m
Poku 1m
Burrell 1m
Total: 10m
Incomings
Kelman 3m
Eze fee 7m
Total: 10m
So, all in all, rough figures indicate ins and outs have been largely cancelled out.
Edit: there is of course additional headroom on top of this 39m over 3 seasons that the owners can invest if they so wish. Which given the prior Edwards bid in the summer, appears likely. [Post edited 31 Dec 2025 15:35]
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Reply | January transfer rumours
at 13:59 31 Dec 2025
Yes. Agreed and mentioned this in an above post. Owners are putting in the money. |
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Reply | January transfer rumours
at 11:29 31 Dec 2025
Because there is a high likelihood the club / owners knew the Eze transfer would happen. And thus fronted up initial funding for transfers. But, it’s all a matter of perspective at the end of the day. My main point, which perhaps is not clear, is that we spent a serious amount of money this summer just gone. Circa 10m. And also, last season, we spent a cool 8m. So all those fans suggesting we’ve got pots of money left “from the Eze fee”, will likely be disappointed. In my opinion. |
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Reply | January transfer rumours
at 14:08 30 Dec 2025
Yes but the point still stands that the Eze money has been more than spent.
The fact the owners are willing to invest even more is testament to their continued financial backing. Which explains why we were bidding for Ronnie Edwards. |
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Reply | Pompey match thread
at 20:46 27 Dec 2025
Fair play superhoops.
Still, something doesn’t really add up to me…
Would be delighted to see Kolli get some game time. |
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Reply | Pompey match thread
at 20:15 27 Dec 2025
Well, that would be an immense shame on the club and certain individuals.
Quite literally one of our own, and the youngster with the highest ceiling and resale value. You’d get a limited amount now vs future full value. Doesn’t make any strategic sense. Whatsoever. |
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Reply | January transfer rumours
at 19:26 27 Dec 2025
There’s been quite a lot of hype from the club. A number of youngsters have been transferred in using an “aggressive” youth strategy. Both Aussies cost 250k each.
As ever, the proof will be in the pudding. Meaning, how many actually make it into the first team and from there, actually deliver.
The academy also has to deliver. Kolli the only one currently coming remotely close. |
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Reply | Pompey match thread
at 19:18 27 Dec 2025
Hardly going to be sitting in the away end if he’s off in January is he. Come on now. Reported as injured, now back in training. Should get his chance, assuming he can stay fit. |
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Reply | So Cifuentes ?
at 22:37 20 Dec 2025
You are doing all the running because you need to. Whereas, my side of the argument quite literally speaks for itself. What an odd back and forth this is. Agree, let’s close it up. |
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Reply | So Cifuentes ?
at 22:26 20 Dec 2025
Sorry, but that’s pretty rich pickings in terms of a sign off. I’m really not the one who needs to “change my mind” here. Because this isn’t an equal setting; quite simply the data does not lie. Something you continue to, and conveniently ignore. GA across both seasons was on course to finish rock bottom in the championship, for the last 20 seasons data. You have some seriously thick skin to continue arguing to the contrary, and suggesting all this is a matter of one’s opinion. |
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Reply | So Cifuentes ?
at 22:24 20 Dec 2025
The irony of your last sentence is apt. |
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Reply | So Cifuentes ?
at 19:22 20 Dec 2025
Yes, you really are labouring the point.
“But I think he is a better manager than he is given credit for and he doesn't get his due for keeping us up in 2023.”.
As you’ve said several times on this thread. But there is literally no data that supports GA did a good job, or should be given credit for saving us that season, as you keep putting it.
Taken in isolation, one can spin staying up as a PR success story - one that Ainsworth spun himself, and you evidently bought.
But taken in combination over two seasons, this school of thought is shown up to be what it is. Nonsense. GA presided over relegation form, over two seasons, not one.
The second season is key, as it reveals GAs true managerial performance, as is the performance of the replacement manager Marti, who proved that squad was not relegation fodder.
Thereby, demonstrating how GA didn’t “save us”, but in fact, was the primary reason why we were in that position in the just place. Again, across BOTH seasons.
You are flogging a dead horse. But I suspect, you’ll carry on regardless. |
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Reply | So Cifuentes ?
at 14:14 20 Dec 2025
This is a message board about QPR and Ainsworth came up on this thread. You are not the messageboard police and cannot determine what fans wish to write about because you don’t like it. Ainsworth was a complete disaster, and took us the the brink. The data and facts don’t lie. You’ve clearly got considerable blinkers on and can’t separate Ainsworth the player from Ainsworth the manager. |
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Reply | So Cifuentes ?
at 12:08 20 Dec 2025
Since francisbowles decided to downvote my post, without response, where I stated Ainsworths total record across both seasons was “was utterly dreadful and relegation form, if not rock bottom”, I decided to look into the numbers.
Ainsworths record;
2022/23: 13 games, 11 points, 0.85 PPG.
2023/24: 14 games, 8 points, 0.57 PPG.
Combined: 27 games, 19 points, 0.70 PPG.
Projected points over 46 games:
0.70 × 46 = 32.
Which would have seen relegation in every season for the last 20 years.
And which would have seen a rock bottom 24th finish also for the last 20 years, save for 1 or 2 years.
Continues to amaze me the level of defense Ainsworth gets as a manager of QPR. He was dreadful. How we didn’t get relegated is a minor miracle, all thanks to Marti, who will be getting my support and appreciation today. |
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Reply | So Cifuentes ?
at 21:35 19 Dec 2025
1. You are conflating posters.
2. Ainsworths record across both seasons was utterly dreadful and relegation form, if not rock bottom [Post edited 19 Dec 2025 21:37]
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