QPR on the verge of signing AJ

I doubt he'll be successful enough that we'd regret losing out on him, I'd still hate to see him in a QPR kit. Yuck!

 

Confirmed gone to QPR:

http://www.fulhamfc.com/Club/News/NewsA ... z1y9XlXxqY

 

Would have preferred he had gone somewhere else, but can't see him making too much of a mark there. Good for him to get a 2 year deal.

 

As Branch Rickey used to say, "An addition by subtraction." Outside of the first QPR game, what did he really do for us this season? I question how much he was really hurt, or just not used by Jol.

 

I appreciate the workrate and energy he brought when he did play. However, I suspect when all is said and done I will have missed AJ more while he was here than I will after he's gone. Hopefully we'll get a much better ROI on the next striker we buy, b/c for the money spent, AJ was just shy of a bust. I have no fear of him at QPR and think he's another who should have given MLS a look. Based on his strike rate against lesser sides, I think he could do quite well here and finish his career on a high....assuming he can stay off the physio's table.

 

To be fair, AJ was quite good in the '08-09 season which got us to the Europa League (i.e. the only year he was consistently healthy) and none of us will soon get that QPR game out of memories (even though I didn't even see it). Still, overall I agree with Matt. It'll be weird seeing him and Zamora as strike partners in a different uniform.

~ Steve

 

I'll miss AJ. He brought a work ethic, and not to be understated, joy to the squad when he played. He was always the first to celebrate a teammate's goal. Cisse, Zamora and AJ, not to mention Campbell, could be pretty darn good if all healthy.