Thursday 17 December 2015 08:58, UK
QPR striker Charlie Austin reveals the best player he has played with and the strangest rumour he has heard about himself on the latest FL72 Podcast.
Taking on the "10 to Tackle", Austin also answers questions about his team-mates and whether he has any superstitions.
Check out all of Austin's answers below and listen to the podcast here.
What do your team-mates call you?
Chaz. Simple as that.
Best thing about playing for QPR?
The atmosphere when the crowd gets behind you. It's only 18,000 but they do get behind us and drive us on.
Who's your cleverest team-mate?
Ali Faurlin did this last week and said me, but it's Nedum Onuoha. He is the cleverest I know.
And who is not the brightest?
Ali Faurlin. That's what he was getting at last week, he was deflecting it big time.
Do you have any superstitions?
It's something simple for me like always putting on my right boot and right shinpad first.
Who's the best player you have played with?
Niko Kranjcar. I don't think he got enough credit for some of the stuff he did in training and in games. He was class.
Player past or present you wish you could play with?
Easy question: Alan Shearer. I would learn a lot from his experience of scoring 260 Premier League goals. People may say we are similar but I think good strikers can work together.
Best moment in football so far?
Scoring 18 Premier League goals was special and so was my first hat-trick for QPR, but being in the play-off final was very special and the last five minutes when Bob (Bobby Zamora) scored is a memory that will live with me forever.
And worst moment?
Missing a penalty on the first day of the Premier League season against Hull. Everybody was doubting me, saying can I take the step up and score goals, and then Allan McGregor dived the right way and saved a poor penalty.
Does your squad number have any significance?
At Swindon I was 32, at Burnley I was 23 and I always wore 10 for Poole Town. Then I came to QPR and thought I would wear 9 and it's been lucky for me so far.
What's the strangest rumour or story you have heard about yourself?
I can't say that on air. There have been some outrageous rumours about me.
