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A Championship Week
Queens Park Rangers
Championship leaders, Queen’s Park Ranger’s manager, Neil Warnock is lamenting the loss of Ipswich Town’s Jon Walters to Premier League side Stoke City. Warnock told BBC Radio London, "I think we're miles away. I told the directors we're a sixth to tenth position team.”
He continued, "We need two good strikers but we lost one of them to the Premier League. We thought we had him last week. It's disappointing as Walters has been my number one target now for a long time."
Cardiff City
In contrast to QPR, Cardiff City have no shortage of strikers. As well as having the division’s top scorer in Jay Boothroyd, the Bluebirds have Michael Chopra, Peter Whittingham and Craig Bellemy in the squad, and have just signed Wolves’ striker Andy Keogh on a season long loan.
Dave Jones the Bluebirds boss has also added, Seyi Olofinjana, Danny Drinkwater, Jason Koumas, Lee Naylor and Tom Heaton to the side this summer so will have to shuffle his pack if he wants to keep them all happy.
However, it looks likely that Ross McCormack will be heading out of the club, with Leeds United and Hull City the favorites to sign the talented young striker.
Complimentary problems for Middlesbrough and Manchester City
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Middlesbrough host Manchester City on Saturday at The Riverside Stadium as the 3rd Round Proper of the FA Cup gets underway with the Championship and Premier League teams now entering the fray.Both Middlesbrough and Manchester City have undergone recent changes in management.
Middlesbrough gave Gareth Southgate his walking papers in October and replaced him a week later with former Celtic boss Gordon Strachan. Mired mid-table in the Championship, Middlesbrough's desire to shake the squad up may have been understandable.
Less so Manchester City's dismissal of Mark Hughes, whose management of his club's fortunes had planted them inside the top eight in the Premier League. However, an abundance of draws were more than the owners could apparently stomach, and despite a 4-3 victory over Sunderland, Hughes was sacked amid rumors of premeditated and unseemly succession planning with incoming manager Roberto Mancini behind Hughes back.