“As much as things were bad last season, they were never as bad as people were saying. It sort of happened at Manchester City. You bring in players and they have to integrate. I feel for the people who were here six months in, couldn’t really speak the language but saw that people who had been here longer were getting frustrated at them because they were not doing the jobs that were expected of them. City are doing better now because they are not bringing in lots and lots of new players. They have a core. In the same way, if we do get promoted, I think we will be in a better situation.” The situation, quite clearly, is already dramatically improved. QPR sit top of the Championship ahead of tomorrow’s match against third-placed Leicester City and Onuoha, even allowing for a hamstring injury, has been one of their players of the season. Central to the change was a pre-season training schedule of quite exceptional rigour.