Nakhi Wells

jdrobbo · Post by **jdrobbo** » Sat Dec 15, 2018 10:23 pm

QPR fans absolutely love him and say he’s in great form. Really pleased for the lad. I’m not quite sure he was ever up to Premier League standard, but it would’ve been interesting to see if he could’ve offered us something different from the bench in the first half of the season, which has, in the main, been very disappointing.

Scored the winner v Boro today too.

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sat Dec 15, 2018 10:27 pm

If Vydra can't get a look in this guy has no chance,he's a decent player at Championship level.Hope he keeps this form up if QPR don't have the funds to buy him plenty will in that league,even if we have to take a loss.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sat Dec 15, 2018 10:27 pm

IF we go down, he'll be very important for us, should he wish to stay and not move to QPR on a permanent move.

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sat Dec 15, 2018 10:37 pm

FactualFrank wrote:IF we go down, he'll be very important for us, should he wish to stay and not move to QPR on a permanent move.

If we go down then he would have more chance of game time,but that's not certain,he would also be in the final year of his contract,assuming we didn't offer an extension,some moves work out some don't,sadly Nakhi falls into the latter camp.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Sat Dec 15, 2018 10:40 pm

Even if we go down we would neee better. Vydra. Wood. Vokes. Barnes. Have all proved better at this level and that.

We need to recoup anything we can for him.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sat Dec 15, 2018 10:43 pm

5 forwards. Vydra, Wood, Vokes, Barnes, Wells. Sorted.

AngleseyClaret · Post by **AngleseyClaret** » Sat Dec 15, 2018 10:45 pm

Never had a chance with us and I believe he would have been an asset to us if we had given him the chance.

box_of_frogs · Post by **box_of_frogs** » Sat Dec 15, 2018 11:10 pm

FactualFrank wrote:5 forwards.

And unable to provide a decent ball to them as we’re too concerned with passing it back to the keeper.........

Long Time Lurker · Post by **Long Time Lurker** » Sat Dec 15, 2018 11:17 pm

Getting out on the pitch and playing is obviously doing him the world of good. Five goals in his last nine games is an excellent return.

More importantly, his team contribution prior to that showed a real commitment to the QPR cause and demonstrated a greater understanding of what being a team player is all about. Playing in matches or fighting for a place in the squad, with your club or out on loan, a good team ethos will always be appreciated and rewarded.

Every team wants their strikers to score them a lot of goals, but being a team player should always come first. It has been really good to see the QPR fans taking him to their hearts and showing their appreciation for all of his efforts on the pitch and not just his rich goal scoring form of late. His media snippets have also demonstrated a more developed understanding of what it means to be a team player.

I think this loan is turning out to be an excellent move for everyone concerned, QPR have got a good player and Nahki looks like he is enjoying his football again. His current form and confidence must be seen as a good thing for us going forward.

Well done Nahki, keep up the good work. Doing everyone proud.

South West Claret. · Post by **South West Claret.** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 12:28 am

What is all this "if we go down stuff"..oh yee of little faith

Night all.

taio · Post by **taio** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 12:32 am

Absolutely nowhere near good enough.

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 12:36 am

taio wrote:Absolutely nowhere near good enough.

But he's scoring lots of goals in the Championship.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 1:21 am

taio wrote:Absolutely nowhere near good enough.

Or Bamford....we have Chris wood.

Woodleyclaret · Post by **Woodleyclaret** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 2:09 am

Gash, a very poor gamble that didn't pay off

BurnleyFC · Post by **BurnleyFC** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 8:19 am

He can tear up the Championship next season when we’re competing in it.

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 8:19 am

Let's not get carried away. He's only scored 5 goals for them (although it seems he's only made around 17 appearances - not sure if that stat is correct?). Anyway, to put it in perspective, Lukas Jutkiewicz has 10 goals this season.

nil_desperandum · Post by **nil_desperandum** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 8:52 am

cricketfieldclarets wrote:
We need to recoup anything we can for him.

In today's market £5 million (what we reportedly paid) is not a lot of money for a decent Championship striker. If he continues to score a goal every 3 games this season, and ends the season with about 15 goals then £5 million would be a good deal for some club. So much depends on whether he maintains his current form, and how many teams are interested in him.
[Just checked, - he has 5 goals in 12 starts, and has 3 sub appearances, so that's a very good stat]

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 10:23 am

For those stating he’s not PL standard, how do you know?

taio · Post by **taio** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 10:27 am

bobinho wrote:For those stating he’s not PL standard, how do you know?

People have seen him play. And at 28 he would have made some sort of impression in the PL by now if he was good enough.

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 10:28 am

Everybody on here pretty much said "WTF?" when we signed him.

Nothing has changed has it really?

MrTopTier · Post by **MrTopTier** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 10:32 am

Good in the Championship and maintaining his value. QPR don’t have any money, but we could recuop our outlay on him, so nothing lost.

Barry_Chuckle · Post by **Barry_Chuckle** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 10:33 am

MrTopTier wrote:Good in the Championship and maintaining his value. QPR don’t have any money, but we could recuop our outlay on him, so nothing lost.

Apart from the wages we've paid him, possibly £25k per week....... other words, £1.2 million per year

taio · Post by **taio** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 10:38 am

Barry_Chuckle wrote:Apart from the wages we've paid him, possibly £25k per week....... other words, £1.2 million per year

No big deal. Some signings turn out well and some don't. Applies to every club.

Barry_Chuckle · Post by **Barry_Chuckle** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 10:40 am

taio wrote:No big deal. Some signings turn out well and some don't. Applies to every club.

How many of our signings for the front line would you say have turned out well....... just being curious!

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 10:42 am

Lancasterclaret wrote:Everybody on here pretty much said "WTF?" when we signed him.

Nothing has changed has it really?

No they didn’t. Some people thought “ that’s interesting, I wonder where we are going with this? When fit, maybe his pace could be a threat against tiring defenders, and at £5m in this day and age, if it doesn’t work out, we haven’t bet the ranch”

MrTopTier · Post by **MrTopTier** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 10:43 am

Fair point, but you could apply that to any player, some work, some don’t, at least we could get something back on him. Where as someone like Walters we will have spent two years wages for nothing.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 10:52 am

It was certainly a transfer where suddenly people could see into the future, saying it was a wasted transfer, months later. Even though some of those same posters were open to the transfer at the time, and had we had injuries, he would have been needed.

Like I say, if we are in the Championship next season, he could play a big role in helping us get back up.

taio · Post by **taio** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 10:52 am

Barry_Chuckle wrote:How many of our signings for the front line would you say have turned out well....... just being curious!

Enough to give us at least three consecutive seasons in the premier league which has totally exceeded my expectations of a few years ago.

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 10:52 am

Barry_Chuckle wrote:How many of our signings for the front line would you say have turned out well....... just being curious!

Barnes and Vokes were bought for a pittance and we have got great service from them over the years.

We doubled our money on Andre Gray.

Compare our strikers to say Leicester who have blown tens of millions on dross which they ended up offloading.

taio · Post by **taio** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 10:54 am

Lancasterclaret wrote:Everybody on here pretty much said "WTF?" when we signed him.

Nothing has changed has it really?

Personally didn't think that. Thought it was a contingency signing that turned out not to be needed. But he was there in the event we had significant injury problems with our forwards.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 10:56 am

taio wrote:Personally didn't think that. Thought it was a contingency signing that turned out not to be needed. But he was there in the event we had significant injury problems with our forwards.

Yup. I thought it as a safety "just in case" signing.

taio · Post by **taio** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 10:59 am

FactualFrank wrote:Yup. I thought it as a safety "just in case" signing.

Exactly. And putting the benefit of hindsight to one side it wasn't an unreasonable signing in the grand scheme of things. As you say, if we get relegated he could be a good option for us next season.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 11:02 am

FactualFrank wrote:It was certainly a transfer where suddenly people could see into the future, saying it was a wasted transfer, months later. Even though some of those same posters were open to the transfer at the time, and had we had injuries, he would have been needed.

Like I say, if we are in the Championship next season, he could play a big role in helping us get back up.

Well there were plenty of us from day one who said it was a poor signing. Because it turned out that way doesnt mean we were wrong does it!?

Was never in a million years a sensible signing.

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 3:33 pm

Was an absolutely sensible signing.

Had we suffered injuries, he would've been ready to use. We didn't, so he wasn't used.

We ballsed up last time by not planning ahead, then when Marney had his injury, we were lambasted for not preparing. We learn from it and prepare and we are lambasted for it.

Damned if we do......

ksrclaret · Post by **ksrclaret** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 3:43 pm

Good player at Championship level, scores goals and works hard for the team too. QPR seem to be enjoying him.

Would definitely try and keep him on if we go down.

MACCA · Post by **MACCA** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 3:46 pm

bobinho wrote:Was an absolutely sensible signing.

Had we suffered injuries, he would've been ready to use. We didn't, so he wasn't used.

We ballsed up last time by not planning ahead, then when Marney had his injury, we were lambasted for not preparing. We learn from it and prepare and we are lambasted for it.

Damned if we do......

When was he fit enough to play, I mean how many weeks after we signed him was he fit enough to start a game for us?

He was a panic buy , that has cost us millions of pounds whilst we continue to scrimp and scrape to squeeze every last penny from fans, and don't move from the tight financial parameters on fees and wages for incoming players.

Our 3 gambles on Wells, Walters and Vydra to fill that number 10 slot haven't worked out, yet look yo have cost us 20m in fees and easily 75k a week in wages. We still haven't seen them start a dozen games between them I don't think. By trying to scrimp on quality or save a few quid, we've actually spent a small fortune to still be playing either a player massiely out of position and his comfort zone, or no number 10 at all.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 3:50 pm

bobinho wrote:Was an absolutely sensible signing.

Had we suffered injuries, he would've been ready to use. We didn't, so he wasn't used.

We ballsed up last time by not planning ahead, then when Marney had his injury, we were lambasted for not preparing. We learn from it and prepare and we are lambasted for it.

Damned if we do......

Spot on.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 5:01 pm

ksrclaret wrote:Good player at Championship level, scores goals and works hard for the team too. QPR seem to be enjoying him.

Would definitely try and keep him on if we go down.

We won't ....and why would he come back anyway.good luck to him

Duffer_ · Post by **Duffer_** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 5:49 pm

He was injured, out of contract in the summer and there was no reported competition for his signature. We paid well over the odds for a Championship striker and plenty said so at the time.

Glad he's playing well and wish him all the best but let's not re-write history on this.

UTC!

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 6:29 pm

bobinho wrote:Was an absolutely sensible signing.

Had we suffered injuries, he would've been ready to use. We didn't, so he wasn't used.

We ballsed up last time by not planning ahead, then when Marney had his injury, we were lambasted for not preparing. We learn from it and prepare and we are lambasted for it.

Damned if we do......

He was injured for 3 months when we signed him!

BabylonClaret · Post by **BabylonClaret** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 6:54 pm

bobinho wrote:Was an absolutely sensible signing.

Had we suffered injuries, he would've been ready to use. We didn't, so he wasn't used.

We ballsed up last time by not planning ahead, then when Marney had his injury, we were lambasted for not preparing. We learn from it and prepare and we are lambasted for it.

Damned if we do......

Although he was injured when we bought him and wouldn't have been able to step in if we had any injuries before Christmas. Weird signing if it was for cover.

SGr · Post by **SGr** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 7:10 pm

Championship level player. Glad he’s doing well at QPR but I don’t believe suggestions that he’d genuinely improve us now, despite being low scorers

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 7:23 pm

bobinho wrote:For those stating he’s not PL standard, how do you know?

its also a mistake to say there is assume the gap is that big between the two leagues, top championship sides are very high standard.

Burnley1989 · Post by **Burnley1989** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 7:29 pm

Wile E Coyote wrote:its also a mistake to say there is assume the gap is that big between the two leagues, top championship sides are very high standard.

Not sure, I think the gaps huge. Very good championship players struggle in the premier. Yes, they can compete but they struggle

KellyClaret · Post by **KellyClaret** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 7:47 pm

tiger76 wrote:If we go down then he would have more chance of game time,but that's not certain,he would also be in the final year of his contract,assuming we didn't offer an extension,some moves work out some don't,sadly Nakhi falls into the latter camp.

The club have the option on adding one year to his contract.

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 8:31 pm

Barry_Chuckle wrote:How many of our signings for the front line would you say have turned out well....... just being curious!

Barnes
Vokes
Wood
Gray
Austin
Ings

SkiptonClaret · Post by **SkiptonClaret** » Mon Dec 17, 2018 8:17 am

Rileybobs wrote:Barnes
Vokes
Wood
Gray
Austin
Ings

Are we pretending Dyche signed Austin and Ings now ?

mdd2 · Post by **mdd2** » Mon Dec 17, 2018 8:29 am

Seems he was about as good as Vydra in his first 5 months with us except unlike Vydra Wells was out injured apparently for the first 3 of those months

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Mon Dec 17, 2018 12:46 pm

SkiptonClaret wrote:Are we pretending Dyche signed Austin and Ings now ?

Are we pretending that the person I responded to mentioned Dyche?

Woodleyclaret · Post by **Woodleyclaret** » Tue Dec 18, 2018 5:05 pm

Time for the buckets at Loftus Road so QPR can have a whip round and buy him