[themaclad]

QPR arrive at Deepdale just shy of a year since they last played at Deepdale, in that game North End 1 up at half time against 10 men collapswd in a heap in the second losing 3-1 to the team from West London, little did we knpw when Eze bent in the third to seal the victory that it would be the last time we would see a league game.
As with then our form can ony be described as iffy, the fan base is becoming quickly disillusioned with the style of play and with the manager.
Saturday's spineless collapse at Cardiff following on from pitiful displays against Luton and Blackburn are starting to be a regular occurence

We have lost four out of the last five and now face a QPR side in very decent nick.
Our home record is abysmal, teams arrive defend in numbers wait for a mistake by us and suddenly it's game over
One slight positive this appears to be the main match on Sky on Wednesday and we have actually won the last two times we have been on.
Think this is a pivotal week for the club, two wins against Rangers and Huddersfield culd ease the pressure two defeats and this could be one long struggle to stay up

OPPOSITION



LAST TIME OUT

QPR 2 BOURNEMOUTH 1



FORM RATING

PNE 5 QPR 14

Four wins on the bounce two games in hand and Warbie talking about the play offs we have the same number of points and we are looking downwards rather than upwards

Three wins at home in the last four games the last against Bournemouth have boosted expectations at Loftus Road, the loan signing of Austin could be pivotal, given they have lost both main players from last season, they probably are doing better than expected.
Played a 3412 formation against the Cherries with the useful chair playing behind the front two, omninously for us they have won their last three away games tthe last being at Watford

HEAD TO HEAD

We have the most wins although they may be oone closer by 10pm on Wednesday, first meeting at Deepdale in September 1949 we won 3-2, until last season we always beat these lads, last season's win was their first atg Deepdale since February 1980 when they won 3-0 and before then in 1967..
Not usually a happy hunting ground for Rangers.

MACS VIEW

Big week ahead look forward in hope rather than expectation needs two big results does Alex can almost hear the clock ticking