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QPR V Town - jjamez - 07-11-2022
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Huddersfield travel to the capital this week to face QPR down on South Africa Road. In a game that was rearranged due to the death of Queen Elizabeth.
Our hosts have had a good start to the season and currently sit 5th in the early stages. Now under new management after Mark Warburton was relieved of his duties at the end of last season, former Steven Gerrard assistant manager Michael Beale was appointed as the Hoops looked to have something of a path change. Warburton spent three seasons in charge of the club but failed to get them back to the Premier League, in part due to off field financial restraints from the last time they were there, instead they became a solid Championship side finishing 11th last season, 9th the year before and 13th the season before that. Warburton has been mentioned as an option to replace Schofield, but he was appointed as first team coach at West Ham over the summer, replacing the departing Stuart Pearce. The Hoops under Beale began the season away at Blackburn who also had a new manager at the helm and it was Blackburn and Jon Dahl Tomasson who came out on top with Lewis Travis scoring the only goal. Their first home game saw them welcome Middlesbrough to Loftus Road. QPR raced into a 3-0 lead with goals from former Town loanee Chris Willock, James Dunne and Lyndon Dykes. Town academy graduate Matt Crooks scored just before half time and Marcus Forss scored a second for Boro with 30 minutes to play, Rangers hung on as Middlesbrough saw Darragh Lenihan sent off in injury time. They were then knocked out of the League Cup on penalties by League one Charlton. A trip to the North East to play Sunderland was next on the cards and the Black Cats took a 2 goal lead through Ross Stewart and a summer target for Town, Ellis Simms. A late comeback spoilt the day for Sunderland as Ilias Chair scored with a few minutes to play, before goalkeeper Seny Dieng scored from a corner in injury time, yes QPR's keeper has scored more this season than Duane Holmes, Sorba Thomas and Jack Rudoni combined (I wrote this bit at the time of the original fixture and it still stands two months later). Josh Bowler scored the only goal of the game for Blackpool as they won their first game in 50 years at Loftus Road before QPR welcomed Rotherham to London. The game finished 1-1 with Chiedozie Ogbene opening the scoring for the Millers before Chris Willock equalised just before half time. The Hoops finished August off with two wins, the first on the road away at Watford, with the visitors coming out 3-2 winners in an end to end game. Chair opened the scoring in the 17th minute for the Hoops, before Ken Sema equalised for the Hornets, Willock found himself on the scoresheet once again in the 34th minute, before Joao Pedro equalised just after half time, Uncle Albert Adomah scored what proved to be the winner for QPR in the 70th minute. The second win came at home to the Turkish Tigers of Hull. Willock and Chair once again on the score sheet with an Ethan Laird goal sandwiched in between, Tyler Smith scored a consolation goal for Hull in the latter stages of the game. September saw Rangers travel to Wales to face Swansea and they left empty handed thanks to a Joel Piroe goal just after the 20 minute mark, the striker had missed a penalty not long before either. After a trip to Wales they was back in the capital to face Millwall at the Den. Second half goals from Willock and Johansen propelled the Hoops to a 2-0 win. They finished the month off with a 0-0 draw at home to Stoke.
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October was a busy month for Rangers and it began with a trip to Bristol to face Nigel Pearson's Robins'. Two first half goals from Johansen and Tyler Roberts saw them edge out the hosts 2-1, with for Town and Rangers hitman Nahki Wells getting the goal for City. Willock was back on the scoresheet as Rangers beat Sheffield United 1-0 in South Yorkshire on a Tuesday night, before heading back to home comforts for a Friday night game against fellow Hoops Reading. Dykes would bag a brace for the home side as they ran out 2-1 winners, with Andy Carroll bagging from the spot for the Royals. The next weekend would see them on an unhappy trip to Luton as they left on the receiving end of a 3-1 scoreline. Elijah Adebayo and Cameron Jerome put the Hatters 2-0 up before keeper Ethan Horvath scored an own goal in injury time to give Rangers something to grasp at, but a minute later Luke Freeman restored the 2 goal advantage. Rangers managed to return to winning ways next time out against Cardiff with a 3-0 win over former Town captain Mark Hudsons side. Cardiff defender Jack Simpson saw red in the 18th minute and conceded a penalty in the process which Dykes duly dispatched, the Antipodean Scot would double his tally midway in the first half before Kenneth Paal scored his first goal for the club. Next up was the visit of Wigan Athletic, who put Rangers under the pump for most of the game, but were unable to come away with anything as the host ran out 2-1 victors. Sam Field opened the scoring for Rangers before Nathan Broadhead equalised, but parity lasted a matter of minutes as Leon Balogun scored his first for the club. They finished the month with a trip to Birmingham. It didn't go as expected as the Brummie Blues ran out 2-0 winners with goals coming from Auston Trusty and West Ham wing-back Manny Longelo, whilst Dykes missed from the spot for Rangers.
Rangers haven't quite recovered from the shock defeat as they are yet to win in November, they played out a goalless draw in Norwich before losing at home to West Brom thanks to a goal from former Leeds man Kyle Bartley. Perfect time to play us then.
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During the Summer window, they preferred to do their business in the loan and free market. They brought in Ethan Laird from Manchester United, Tyler Roberts from Leeds, Taylor Richards from Brighton and Tim Iroegbunam from Aston Villa, all on loan. Whilst they signed Leon Balogun from Rangers, Jake Clarke-Salter from Chelsea, Kenneth Paal from PEC Zwolle and Elijah Dixon-Bonner from Liverpool, all on free transfers. As for leaving Loftus Road, Charlie Kelman joined Leyton Orient on loan, Ody Alfa went to Aldershot on loan and a few other youngsters went into the lower leagues for their first tastes of adult football. Also leaving the club, Charlie Austin went to Brisbane Roar, Yoann Barbet went to Bordeaux, Moses Odubajo went to Aris, Dom Ball went to Kieran McKenna's Ipswich, David Marshall went to Hibernian, former Sheffield Wednesday keeper Kieran Westwood was released along with fellow keeper Dillon Barnes, whilst Lee Wallace retired. The club made a 900k sale when Jordy De Wijs left to join Dusseldorf in Germany.
Ones to watch
Well Chris Willock, remember him? is top scorer for Rangers this season with 6 goals, he's been missing the last few games but made his comeback at the weekend against West Brom, so you know what happens on Tuesday right? The former Arsenal man joined Town on loan from Benfica during the second half of the season under the Cowley regime. His loan had a clause to make it permanent but it wasn't activated as the club felt they could get him cheaper. In the process of doing so he elected to return to London and sign for QPR. Hey look, another we missed out on!
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Another key piece of the QPR puzzle is the playmaker Ilias Chair, he is amongst the creators in chief for Rangers with 6 so far this season, with a further 3 goals to boot. The Moroccan international was born in Belgium originally but has made 10 appearances for the Atlas Lions and will almost certainly be going to Qatar for the world cup where he will face off against the country of his birth. The forward joined QPR from Belgian side Lierse back in 2017 and has made over 140 appearances for the side, whilst also having a spell out on loan at Stevenage.
The final key piece of the QPR puzzle is Lyndon Dykes. The Scottish international was born in Australia to Scottish parents. He would come on tour with an Australian schoolboys side to Dumfries where his father was from and ended up playing a few games for Queen of the South's under 20's side before going back down under. He would return a year later and sign for the Doonhammers, he would play there for three seasons before moving on to Livingston. After one season at the Lions he would move for a club record fee to QPR. He has scored 26 goals in 92 games for the Hoops and has 5 goals this term.
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how to get there
By car it seems as if you just get on the M1 and travel south for just shy of 3 hours until you reach junction 1 before taking the North Circular Road (A406) until you turn off onto Brentfield road and keep following it into Shepherds Bush before turning onto South Africa road... I imagine you'd want to find somewhere to park before you get there or more likely you'd want to get on the train from Yorkshire down to London. If that is the case you'll be wanting the Central Line to either White City or Wood Lane if you were to be on the Circle line or Hammersmith and City Line. If you get there early enough you'll be able to see the BBC Studios or the ITV Studios. If you are travelling on the Central Line you would be able to stop off at Notting Hill or Queensway and see Kensington Palace, Hyde Park, The Royal Albert Hall and the National History Museum to name a few. The British Museum, Soho and Mayfair are also on the line, with Mayfair not being far from Buckingham Palace if you was wanting to pay your respects on the way to the football. Bank is also on the line which isn't far from the Tower of London or St Pauls Cathedral. But why pay all that money to watch Town?
In terms of head to heads, it is fairly even between the two sides, with Town winning 15 and QPR winning 14, there has also been 10 draws between the two sides. The sides first met back in 1932 where Town won a FA Cup tie 5-0 at Leeds Road, the first league meeting would come in 1967 also in West Yorkshire, where Town would emerge 1-0 victors in the old Division two clash. The two sides would meet in Division two for a while before a 23 year wait for a league fixture with the two sides being separated until a 1996 meeting at the McAlpine Stadium, which QPR would win 2-1. The sides would be constant oppositions for each other until 2003 where Town would sink into the bottom tier, the following years would see QPR make it to the Premier League whilst Town rebuilt and made their way back to the Championship where the two sides would meet once again after QPR fell from the Premier League, the first fixture back was a 1-1 draw with James Vaughan scoring for Town, with Junior Hoilett scoring for Rangers. The return fixture at Loftus Road finished 2-1 in favour of QPR with Charlie Austin scoring both of the Hoops' goals, with Nahki Wells on target for Town. The most recent fixtures between the two sides have been in favour of Town, with Town doing the double over Rangers in our promotion season, we drew down in London after our relegation, but managed to pull off a victory in what would be one of the last meetings before lockdown. Last season Town lost 1-0 through a late Luke Amos goal, whilst the return fixture was a 2-2 draw, a Yoann Barbet own goal inside the first six minutes put Town ahead before Luke Amos scored his second of the season against the Terriers. Harry Toffolo scored a diving header to put Town ahead, but not for long as Chair levelled things up and thats how it finished.
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Team news
Towns list of injured and unavailable players keeps extending, with both David Kasumu and Etienne Camara both unavailable for Tuesdays game. Camara has picked up a hip injury, whilst Kasumu picked up his fifth booking of the season, they join Ollie Turton, Matty Pearson, Yuta Nakayama, Jonathan Hogg, Tom Lees, Tino Anjorin and Tyreece Simpson in the stands.
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Based on that we could see a return for Jon Russell in the middle of the park with someone like Rudoni dropping deeper, a possible first league start for Brahima Diarra could be on the cards due to the lack of other options in the squad now. Connor Mahoney may also be a benefactor from the changes if Fotheringham was to elect to move Holmes further infield. Personally I would be looking at putting Ward into the hole behind Rhodes, they may not be good at playing up top together, but it worked when Narcis put Ward in a pressing attacking midfield role against Cardiff, so I would be inclined to try it again.
As for QPR, they are waiting on the fitness of midfielder Luke Amos after he was forced off with a tight hamstring in Saturday’s 1-0 defeat to West Bromwich Albion while Jake Clarke-Salter should be back fit. Stefan Johansen and Tyler Roberts will both be missing on Tuesday night too.
1) Fortuitous Mad Lads
2) Beach Lime Ale
3) I Aim At Bath
4) A Heir Inches
5) No Dam Sherry
See you on Saturday for the Swansea game!
RE: QPR V Town - theo_luddite - 07-11-2022
Nice one jjamez
5 Rodney Marsh - one of the finest footballers to grace West London and like our own big Frank, got far too few England caps.
I think no dam sherry was the least of his worries though
RE: QPR V Town - Lord Snooty - 07-11-2022
Nice one jjamez.
Hopefully young Diarra will start this one. Probably the brightest prospect of all the kids coming through.
RE: QPR V Town - Lord Snooty - 08-11-2022
3) I Aim At Bath - Amit Bhatia
RE: QPR V Town - theo_luddite - 08-11-2022
Diarra starts
Can post the rest if you like
Wonder what this lad does in the days off between his hundred fixtures?
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RE: QPR V Town - jjamez - 08-11-2022
Great start. Ward misses a one on one and they go straight down the other end and score
RE: QPR V Town - theo_luddite - 08-11-2022
Great finish, Ruffels
Snoots here yet or still on the other thread?
RE: QPR V Town - Lord Snooty - 08-11-2022
Haha.
RE: QPR V Town - theo_luddite - 08-11-2022
Good to see you m'lud, bow, scrape, grovel
Oh bother - the Red Button has frozen now
Ruffels again whilst I'm reloading, whoo hooo
RE: QPR V Town - Lord Snooty - 08-11-2022
That wasn't Ruffels. That was Frank Worthington.