Strikers have been a let-down for QPR - Gallen

Kevin Gallen believes strikers Lyndon Dykes, Charlie Austin and Andre Gray have let QPR down this season.

Injuries have been a major factor in the terrible slump which has seen the team drop from the thick of the promotion race to a mid-table position.

But former Rangers forward Gallen feels the three attackers have been a huge let-down.

Dykes and Austin have been unable to repeat the form they showed during the second half of last season, while Gray has been largely disappointing since arriving on loan from Watford.

Speaking on the West London Sport QPR podcast, Gallen said: “The strikers this season I think have been really poor and let the team down.

“All three of them haven’t got going one bit. They might say ‘I’ve never had a proper run of games’ and this, that and the other. But when they have played I haven’t been impressed.

“Andre Gray in the last six weeks has done a lot better but before that didn’t do much.

“Charlie Austin started the season OK. Since then he hasn’t really played and when he comes on he hasn’t looked half the player he was last season.

“Lyndon Dykes is the same. The Lyndon Dykes from the end of last season to this season is a completely different player.”

Gallen was joined by West London Sport’s Dan Bennett and Ian McCullough.

They also discussed the expected departure of manager Mark Warburton and several players in the wake of Rangers missing out on the play-offs.