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- ESPN - SEASON PREVIEW Championship 2009-10: Club by club By Richard Jolly

QPR
Manager: Jim Magilton
Position last season: 11th
Players in: Alejandro Faurlin (Instituto, £3.5 million), Adel Taarabt (Tottenham, loan), Alessandro Pellicori (free).
Players out: Liam Miller (released), Zesh Rehman (Bradford, free), Jake Cole (released), Danny Maguire (released), Chris Arthur (released), Damien Delaney (Ipswich, undisclosed), Lee Camp (Nottingham Forest, undisclosed), Dexter Blackstock (Nottingham Forest, undisclosed).

Jim Magilton could be forgiven for keeping the number of a removal firm handy. As he is QPR's ninth manager, including caretakers, in four years, he is unlikely to rival Sir Alex Ferguson for longevity.

Immediate improvement must be the aim. Despite the wealth of owners Flavio Briatore, Bernie Ecclestone and Lakshmi Mittal, QPR were abject away from home last season, failing to score for three months towards the end of 2008.
If a supply line that includes Lee Cook, Akos Buzsaky, Wayne Routledge and Martin Rowlands suggests QPR should not be as impotent in attack, it is worth remembering that the top scorer, Dexter Blackstock, was sold. Unless Alessandro Pellicori finds goals as easy to come by as they were in Italy's lower leagues, it is a reason why mid-table may beckon again.

Key Man: Alejandro Faurlin - The Argentine is Magilton's first and biggest buy. Given his £3.5m price tag, much will be expected.
One to watch: Adel Taarabt - A product of Tottenham's scattergun approach to recruitment, the Moroccan midfielder should have a greater opportunity to impress at Loftus Road -

The final standings?
1. West Brom
2. Sheff Utd
3. Cardiff
4. Reading
5. Middlesbrough
6. Nottm Forest
7. Derby
8. Ipswich
9. QPR
10. Leicester
11. C Palace
12. Bristol C
13. Sheff Wed
14. Newcastle
15. Preston
16. Peterborough
17. Watford
18. Coventry
19. Swansea
20. Doncaster
21. Sunthorpe
22. Blackpool
23. Plymouth
24. Barnsley
Soccernet

- See also: Previewing QPR's 2009/2010 Championship Prospects - Compilation


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