Mackie hands in transfer request

[SammyKojoe]

A lot of people here with short memories who seem to have forgotten how effective Mackie was at Championship level when played in his best position.

Actually it appears you have forgotten his stint at Championship level. He got 8 goals in the first 7. A purple patch. So did Patrick Agyemang at one stage. Mackie then scored 1 in 16 before his injury. You only seem to remember the purple patch and not the 16 odd games he was poor and notched just the one goal. Hardly that effective is it when you take into account all his games and not just the ones at the start of the season?

[westsussexranger]

I do have the say when he came on against Fulham and played right wing it showed how technically inept he was after Townsend played so well

[Stanley]

Actually it appears you have forgotten his stint at Championship level. He got 8 goals in the first 7. A purple patch. So did Patrick Agyemang at one stage. Mackie then scored 1 in 16 before his injury. You only seem to remember the purple patch and not the 16 odd games he was poor and notched just the one goal. Hardly that effective is it when you take into account all his games and not just the ones at the start of the season?

Fair point Sammy but do you remember how many of those 16 he was played as a striker, because I honestly don't.

[maverick69]

Mackie is a very useful squad member - and perhaps your archetypal championship player.

However. Once he loses his pace you will be left with nothing..... he'll be completely ineffectual (SWP is a case in point).

So, perhaps the "cash in why we can" option is not so silly given that players do tend to drop off in terms of pace around 28-29 years old.

Personally, I would prefer him to stay.

[stanistheman]

Actually it appears you have forgotten his stint at Championship level. He got 8 goals in the first 7. A purple patch. So did Patrick Agyemang at one stage. Mackie then scored 1 in 16 before his injury. You only seem to remember the purple patch and not the 16 odd games he was poor and notched just the one goal. Hardly that effective is it when you take into account all his games and not just the ones at the start of the season?

True. And how many did he score last season.

Yes, he runs around a lot, but his 1st touch is poor (like Agyemang's), his finishing isn't great and he doesn't cross the ball well either.

Having said that, unless Hooper, Austin or some other decent Championship striker is signed, I'd keep him. Cisse, Bothroyd and Campbell have already gone with only Johnson and Zamora remaining...until they get injured.

The plus side about being in the Championship is that QPR can sign players on loan from September 9th, which means any Premiership striker who fails to make the 25 man squads could be available to sign. The French U21 striker Arsenal recently signed could be an option.

[Rangers77]

Fair point Sammy but do you remember how many of those 16 he was played as a striker, because I honestly don't.

Played on the right side in front of the free moving Adel. Loved Mackie in the championship, but think we were a better team when Routledge replaced him.

[rangersbest]

Why title the thread mackie hands in transfer request when the story says he is set to hand in a transfer request?

[Robsondinho]

Strange that we all want players who want to play for us and the others can F off, but on this thread a player who wants to leave is getting praise? All this talk about Adel can do 1 etc yet he hasn't even handed in a transfer request.

imo Mackie is no big loss and I would be very surprised if it came back to bite us on our #### if we let him have his wish and leave.

[CroydonCaptainJack]

Let's face it we all admire his spirit but he has failed to impress last season when given a chance and clearly wants out.
There is probably an over-reaction due to the Hooper bad news but that (ironically) may have been why he wants to leave. He perhaps thought Hooper was a nailed on like some of us did.

[Tarbie]

Strange that we all want players who want to play for us and the others can F off, but on this thread a player who wants to leave is getting praise? All this talk about Adel can do 1 etc yet he hasn't even handed in a transfer request.

imo Mackie is no big loss and I would be very surprised if it came back to bite us on our #### if we let him have his wish and leave.

Yeah, that's a bit off the mark mate.

Mackie wants to play first team football and Redknapp is gonna give him that. Calling that "not wanting to play for the club" is twisting things. And to compare it to Adel Taarabt's behaviour in recent years is laughable!

[theblackmafia.]

Ffs terrible news. Not mr QPR but a real fans favourite down at rangers. He would have been great for us this season imo. Redknapp would be stupid to let him go. Also some of you please shut it about headless chicken comments, he's given this club 110% at all times and has done more than most of the squad over the past couple seasons, show some respect.

A couple of points: you can't give more than 100% and he is a headless chicken!

[Robsondinho]

Yeah, that's a bit off the mark mate.

Mackie wants to play first team football and Redknapp is gonna give him that. Calling that "not wanting to play for the club" is twisting things. And to compare it to Adel Taarabt's behaviour in recent years is laughable!

He has put in a transfer request so obviously doesn't want to play for the club no? If he wanted to play for the club he would fight for his starting place. Not comparing his behavior to Adels, and I am not defending Adel, just saying Adel hasn't put in a transfer request to jump ship

Mackie thinks he is a lot better then what he is, and is throwing his toys out because he can't get a game (rightly so imo) Discussing mackie is where a load of Rangers fans disagree with me because imo I think he is useless, a teachers pet, and if we wanted someone to run around like a headless chicken we may as well sign a headless chicken as they both would have the same amount of footballing talent. My opinion of course and I respect the people who think he is brilliant, I just disagree with them.

[klonk]

He has put in a transfer request so obviously doesn't want to play for the club no? If he wanted to play for the club he would fight for his starting place. Not comparing his behavior to Adels, and I am not defending Adel, just saying Adel hasn't put in a transfer request to jump ship

Mackie thinks he is a lot better then what he is, and is throwing his toys out because he can't get a game (rightly so imo) Discussing mackie is where a load of Rangers fans disagree with me because imo I think he is useless, a teachers pet, and if we wanted someone to run around like a headless chicken we may as well sign a headless chicken as they both would have the same amount of footballing talent. My opinion of course and I respect the people who think he is brilliant, I just disagree with them.

all this seems quite simple to me:

mackie wants first team football
redknapp doesn't view him as anything more than a squad player
there seem to be quite a few other managers who will offer him first team football

big difference between taarabt and mackie is that other managers actually want mackie in their squad.

there's supposedly been interest before in mackie - cardiff, the spam etc were all supposed to be asking about him last summer, but he's stayed loyal to the team. at the same time last year, adel was (ludicrously) talking up the possibility of a move to man utd...

[casuallyqpr]

Strange that we all want players who want to play for us and the others can F off, but on this thread a player who wants to leave is getting praise? All this talk about Adel can do 1 etc yet he hasn't even handed in a transfer request.

imo Mackie is no big loss and I would be very surprised if it came back to bite us on our #### if we let him have his wish and leave.

as Richard Langley said mate, the problem with british football is the average fan would prefer a Mackie to a Taarabt

[vblockranger]

as Richard Langley said mate, the problem with british football is the average fan would prefer a Mackie to a Taarabt

Looks like the average manager would prefer a Mackie to a Taarabt too as plenty in for Mackie.