Les Ferdinand hopes QPR aren't turning into a Kevin Keegan era Newcastle United style side.

Under Keegan in the 1990s, a flamboyant Newcastle had attacking talents aplenty but were always suspect at the back – and would simply try to outscore their opponents.

There have been a similar flavour to QPR this season, with three our of four of their wins in the Championship – against Wolves, Rotherham and most recently, Bolton – being thrilling Keegan-esque goal fests.

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But Rs director of football Ferdinand, who QPR flogged to Keegan's Newcastle for £6m 20 years ago, would like the current Rs side to be a bit more defensively minded.

He said: “It's one of the aspects we have looked at. It's great to go out and score goals, and we set up with a team that will go out and score goals, but the important thing is to keep them from going in at the other end, and we know we've not been good at that at all.

“We're very different in the way of the manager's styles (from Keegan's Newcastle). Kevin's style admittedly was we'll go out and score three, you might score a couple, you might score three, but if you score three we'll score four.

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“That was his philosophy. He was set up to score goals knowing we would concede a few, but he always believed we would win the game. I'd like to think Chris (Ramsey) is more methodical in the way he looks at things, but unfortunately he's slipped into the process of shipping too many goals.”

One of the heroes of Keegan's Newcastle side was midfielder Rob Lee, and Ferdinand drew comparisons between his former team-mate and current Rs midfielder Daniel Tozser.

He said: “Daniel was getting some stick the other day, and I was wondering if they were watching a different game to me.

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“I sit in the stands and watch the game from a centre forwards perspective, and I think I could have played with you, because you would have looked to play the ball forward and I would have made the runs for you, and you would look like a much better play because I made those runs.

“There's certain midfield players I played with in my career who would get the ball and I didn't make the run as you know they haven't seen me, they're not looking for me. Daniel is one of the few who once they have got the ball, you make that run as you know he has seen you already.

“Ray Wilkins was exactly the same, he'd seen the run before you'd even made it, and so was Rob Lee. He's the best player I played with, but I didn't rate him until I'd actually played with him and I realised what a top player he was.”