Squad for Austria

[maverick69]

Anyone get the feeling it will be another season when Ephraim just hangs around on the sidelines?

Seems like a good lad but not sure hes got the quality we need.

Anyone know if Ferdinand is on the tour?

IMO Ephraim is a good squad player for the Champ - as he proved last time around - and with his recent loans.

Never gonna set the world on fire - but just the player you need when some of the more "highly strung" tarts inevitably take objection to playing up at your Doncasters of the world on a pi$$y wet Wednesday night in January........

[jmelanie]

Do not if Granero was mentioned but this is from official QPR twitter


QPR FCVerified account@OfficialQPR
R's midfield duo @alefaurlin and @eGranero11 arrive in Austria earlier today. #AustriaTour pic.twitter.com/YcdmUe3cCv

If you go to https://twitter.com/OfficialQPR/stat...27209586520064 you can see a photo.

Interesting that Ale and Granero are together (of course they both speak Spanish).

[kenthoop]

Both Ali & Granero were at Ronnie Scott's last night, guessing they're good pals

[jmelanie]

http://www.qpr.co.uk/news/article/160713-tour-blog-i-919763.aspx

Note there are four youngsters included in the squad.

[jmelanie]

Both Ali & Granero were at Ronnie Scott's last night, guessing they're good pals

I still think they could make a good midfield partnership.

[Rangers77]

Ferdinand not travelled ! Hopefully on his way !!

Let's hope that's true.....

[12321]

The choice of airport is curious; the nearest one is Klagenfurt (61 km) which is actually in Austria, so no border crossing; Ryanair fly here. Instead they fly Ljubliana (121 km) which involves a border crossing and double the coach time; served by Easyjet. Explains the glum faces and hangdog look.

[Stanley]

[DouDou_87]

Just out of interest mate, what is the quality we need that you refer to?

Well in our last season in the Championship Ephraim started well but then faded away and we relied on Routledge and Taarabt, that's the kind of quality I think we need. We're after Townsend- for me that's the benchmark and Ephraim falls short of it.

IMO, Ephraim is not physically strong enough to play as a winger in the Championship and I doubt we'll accommodate him as a number 10.

Out of interest, do you think he has the quality to play week in week out in a promotion winning side?