Hugill's career stats certainly don't point to him being a 20 (or even 15) goal a season striker for us, but the one PNE fan I spoke to described him as a (very good) battering ram that will enable goals from the other 9 outfield players.
Decent business today, shame we couldn't quite get the Gareth Bale deal over the line but you can't have everything. His wage demands were so reasonable as well.
Hugill is perfect for us . You have to realise the chump is about 5 levels below the prem ,not just one. He'll be fine. If we could get hogan or Rhodes, we could be into something here
Still can't believe the club have pulled off the signing of Pugh. Absolutely inspirational signing! As good if not better than Freeman. Of course age is against him, but short term for one or two seasons it's a very shrewd piece of business. Have always rated him, he's in the 'smart' footballer bracket for me, great timing of runs and always a 100%'r. Have a feeling he will fall into the Hill/Derry/Nelsen category of signings, here's hoping.
A good read and analysis of Saturday’s acquisitions of Kane and Pugh: https://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/queensparkrangers/news/50502
These look like two more very good signings and good to see that Pugh's arrival will end our interest in Judge. Why go spending money, when you can get good players for nothing?
TRANSFER FEES. Not quite sure.... but think on transfer fees paid, that we have only paid out £60k on goalie Kelly. Cameron apparently sort out the Stoke bit himself.. Money in is about:- £5 million for Freeman, £1.5mill Furlong. 0.5mill for Smith and Ingrams each....(7.5 mill total). Have I forgotten anyone?..With Luongo, Leistner, Goss and Wheeler still on the for sale shelf...it could rise That really has to be good business, in light of FFP And at the moment we ( the punters) seem to be about fairly optimistic the .about the squad and thinking we could get to at least a (high flying for us) 16th position in the league. Obviously this will change and Mark will be sacked by November
Hugill and A N Other coming in as well. This really must be the biggest overhaul we've had and we haven't exactly been short of them in recent years. Really hope we are patient with them because that's a lot of gelling to get done.
I live roughly 40 minutes away from Bournemouth and have seen the Cherries play (when QPR haven't been playing or working locally) and Pugh is a great signing for us. He has played at lower league clubs and was apart of the squad that has go Bournemouth to the premiership. His experience and leadership will be a massive bonus for the club. I think we will be ok this season depending on how quick the team can gel. And I also think that this re-build is something that has been long overdue. Getting players in on a sustainable and affordable salary, and players that may have something to prove. I do hope with that being said, we do not simply throw out the youngsters and that we do give them time to develop.