Shaun Wright-Phillips enraged QPR fans following an interview with talkSPORT on Wednesday, in which he discussed what went wrong during his spell with the club.
In the interview, the former Chelsea and Manchester City man said: “I always felt like the team was put together with a lot of big players. I don’t think the players that were, including myself in this as well, brought into QPR weren’t bought to suit QPR.
“They were bought based on previous and past performances. If you have that much money you have to spend it wisely, regardless of their name.”
He continued: “Say if you buy Samba, you need to buy players at the back that suit the way Samba plays so that they can communicate and balance off each other. The same through the midfield and the same in the attack. You have to build a team that is going to gel together.”
“When I was at QPR there were individual good performances but very rarely was there consistently amazing team performances, and that’s where I think, personally, it went wrong with QPR.”
Upon hearing their former players comments, QPR fans took to social media to voice their anger, with many claiming the former England international’s remarks were hypocritical.
"The players that were brought in to #QPR, were not bought to suit QPR." ?
"They were bought based on previous performances." ??
"If you have that much money, you have to spend it wisely."
Very honest from Shaun Wright-Phillips on what went wrong at QPR. pic.twitter.com/N6Y0v4Ts9I
— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) February 12, 2020
One of the worst players that’s ever played for us. He was appalling. Attitude, everything. Cost us a fortune too.
— Lee (@L10AQPR) February 12, 2020
He can talk a pitch invading Squirrel did more work on the pitch in one game than he did in three seasons .
— Paul Finney (@paulfinney1969) February 12, 2020
Haha the irony, SWP was one of them!
— Paul Martin (@paul_martin78) February 12, 2020
Apart from the goal away at Chelsea he did absolutely nothing. Not one other memorable moment in 4 years at QPR. He was part of the problem.
— Mark (@Mashwoody) February 12, 2020
Honest ? He stole an extremely lucrative living for years . Refused to go out on loan and deliberately went through the motions when picked so he wouldn’t be picked again. And he’s got the nerve to blame others ? Disgraceful.
— David Rowe (@singapore_dave) February 13, 2020
Rich
— Dan (@qprdan123) February 13, 2020
What do we think?
Considering Wright-Phillips only managed two goals in his 74 games for the Rs, his comments do seem a little rich.
However, to his credit, he does mention himself in his criticism, but it is safe to say that if QPR fans had any happy memories of SWP at Loftus Road, they may now well be forgotten.