QPR Build-Up Thread - Sat 31st October

[Saint_lambden]

Right then, on to the next one after a massive win at Wet Spam. 

QPR off the back of a cracking 5-0 victory over Swansea. Ironically the last time we played them it was 5-0 but this will certainly be a lot tougher than that. 

Kone the danger man for them - a hat-trick in the first 15 minutes today. The return of Ronnie Edwards - let's hope he plays his usual level at SMS. 

Dobbin coming in and doing so well at Hammers means we're less desperate to get Larin rushed back in so only really headache for Tonda is whether to go with Downes or Jander in the middle, assuming the former will be back available. 

2-1 Saints. 

[Toadhall Saint]

Home win

[OneMrsWallace]

I'm hoping their win today will encourage them to play an open game rather than trying to keep it tight. Open game suits us so 2-0 win. 

[Turkish]

They’re good at home not so good away, I think we’ll have enough to beat them 

[Harry_SFC]

Would be tempting to stick with the same 11 but if Larin is fit enough I'd always start him. Downes I'd be cautious with and bring him back from the bench.

Peretz, Bree, Stephens, Schlotterbeck, Manning, Jander, JWP, Matsuki, Azaz, Scienza, Larin. 

[Saint Fan CaM]

2-2 : another exciting game.

[Jack]

Their away form has been pretty good this season. Wins at Pompey and Blackburn, draws at Charlton, WBA, West Ham, and just one defeat last time out at Birmingham. Sure we’ll fancy it with our home form but won’t be easy. 

[SNSUN]

	1	Birmingham City	W 2-1 v DERB..	D 2-2 v MIDD..	W 1-0 v WEST..	W 4-0 v PRES..	W 3-0 v QUEE..	L 1-0 v CARD..	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	13
	2	Blackburn Rovers	W 3-1 v MILL..	D 2-2 v PORT..	W 2-1 v CARD..	W 1-0 v BRIS..	L 3-2 v WEST..	W 2-0 v WREX..	6	4	1	1	12	7	+5	13
	3	Southampton	W 4-1 v BRIS..	L 2-1 v WREX..	W 1-0 v PORT..	W 1-0 v NORW..	D 0-0 v BOLT..	W 3-2 v WEST..	6	4	1	1	10	5	+5	13
	4	Stoke City	W 2-1 v WATF..	W 2-1 v SHEF..	W 2-1 v BOLT..	L 3-2 v MIDD..	W 1-0 v DERB..	D 0-0 v BRIS..	6	4	1	1	9	6	+3	13
	5	Middlesbrough	D 2-2 v MILL..	D 2-2 v BIRM..	W 1-0 v WOLV..	W 3-2 v STOK..	D 2-2 v CARD..	W 5-1 v BOLT..	6	3	3	0	15	9	+6	12
	6	Swansea City	W 3-1 v BURN..	W 2-1 v LINC..	W 2-1 v NORW..	W 1-0 v MILL..	L 1-0 v WEST..	L 5-0 v QUEE..	6	4	0	2	8	9	-1	12
	7	West Ham United	W 6-0 v WREX..	D 2-2 v MILL..	D 1-1 v QUEE..	W 6-0 v LINC..	W 1-0 v SWAN..	L 3-2 v SOUT..	6	3	2	1	18	6	+12	11
	8	Portsmouth	D 2-2 v BLAC..	L 1-0 v SOUT..	W 3-2 v SHEF..	W 1-0 v NORW..	D 1-1 v WOLV..	W 2-1 v MILL..	6	3	2	1	9	7	+2	11
	9	Cardiff City	L 1-0 v BOLT..	W 3-1 v CHAR..	L 2-1 v BLAC..	W 5-1 v WATF..	D 2-2 v MIDD..	W 1-0 v BIRM..	6	3	1	2	12	7	+5	10
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	W 1-0 v WEST..	L 1-0 v MIDD..	L 3-1 v BOLT..	W 2-1 v BURN..	D 1-1 v PORT..	W 1-0 v WATF..	6	3	1	2	6	6	0	10
	11	Bolton Wanderers	W 1-0 v CARD..	W 4-3 v NORW..	L 2-1 v STOK..	W 3-1 v WOLV..	D 0-0 v SOUT..	L 5-1 v MIDD..	6	3	1	2	10	11	-1	10
	12	Queens Park Rangers	D 1-1 v WEST..	D 2-2 v PRES..	D 1-1 v WEST..	W 4-1 v DERB..	L 3-0 v BIRM..	W 5-0 v SWAN..	6	2	3	1	13	8	+5	9
	13	West Bromwich Albion	D 1-1 v QUEE..	L 1-0 v WOLV..	L 1-0 v BIRM..	W 2-1 v WREX..	W 3-2 v BLAC..	D 1-1 v PRES..	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8
	14	Sheffield United	L 1-0 v WOLV..	L 2-1 v STOK..	W 3-0 v LINC..	L 3-2 v PORT..	W 1-0 v BRIS..	D 1-1 v DERB..	6	2	1	3	8	7	+1	7
	15	Wrexham	L 6-0 v WEST..	W 2-1 v SOUT..	D 1-1 v DERB..	L 2-1 v WEST..	W 4-1 v PRES..	L 2-0 v BLAC..	6	2	1	3	8	13	-5	7
	16	Lincoln City	W 1-0 v BRIS..	L 2-1 v SWAN..	L 3-0 v SHEF..	L 6-0 v WEST..	D 2-2 v MILL..	W 4-1 v BURN..	6	2	1	3	8	14	-6	7
	17	Millwall	D 2-2 v MIDD..	D 2-2 v WEST..	W 1-0 v PRES..	L 1-0 v SWAN..	D 2-2 v LINC..	L 2-1 v PORT..	6	1	3	2	8	9	-1	6
	18	Burnley	L 3-1 v SWAN..	D 1-1 v DERB..	W 4-0 v WATF..	D 2-2 v CHAR..	L 2-1 v WOLV..	L 4-1 v LINC..	6	1	2	3	10	12	-2	5
	19	Bristol City	L 1-0 v LINC..	W 1-0 v WATF..	D 1-1 v CHAR..	L 1-0 v BLAC..	L 1-0 v SHEF..	D 0-0 v STOK..	6	1	2	3	2	4	-2	5
	20	Norwich City	L 4-3 v MIDD..	L 4-3 v BOLT..	L 2-1 v SWAN..	L 1-0 v SOUT..	L 1-0 v PORT..	W 3-1 v CHAR..	6	1	0	5	10	13	-3	3
	21	Derby County	L 2-1 v BIRM..	D 1-1 v BURN..	D 1-1 v WREX..	L 4-1 v QUEE..	L 1-0 v STOK..	D 1-1 v SHEF..	6	0	3	3	5	10	-5	3
	22	Charlton Athletic	D 0-0 v PORT..	L 3-1 v CARD..	D 1-1 v BRIS..	D 2-2 v BURN..	L 2-0 v WATF..	L 3-1 v NORW..	6	0	3	3	5	11	-6	3
	23	Watford	L 2-1 v STOK..	L 1-0 v BRIS..	L 4-0 v BURN..	L 5-1 v CARD..	W 2-0 v CHAR..	L 1-0 v WOLV..	6	1	0	5	4	13	-9	3
	24	Preston North End	L 1-0 v LINC..	D 2-2 v QUEE..	L 1-0 v MILL..	L 4-0 v BIRM..	L 4-1 v WREX..	D 1-1 v WEST..	6	0	2	4	4	13	-9	2

 

Current Last 6 games form table - we're 3rd with 13 from 18 points, they're 12th with 9 from 18. Admittedly they had a great win today against a decent Swansea side but with us at home, at least on paper, we should be winning this. Despite the win today it would be nice to see Cyle and Flynn back though. Fully fit squad to choose from then. 

Edited 5 hours ago by SNSUN

[whelk]

Comfortable 4-1 win. Nice free week for Tonda to work on his game plan but don’t over think nullifying them.

[Cumbria Saint]

Interesting. In the last six games no team has won more than four and the top four have all lost one and drawn one. So far there is no standout team as you might have expected West Ham or even Middlesbrough to have been. We just need to get that four point monkey off our backs and we're in with a chance of automatic promotion.

(Yes, I know we haven't chipped away any of those points yet but that feel good factor is returning).

 

 

 

[Football Special]

32 minutes ago, whelk said:

Comfortable 4-1 win. Nice free week for Tonda to work on his game plan but don’t over think nullifying them.

Tonda will have one eye on the tricky Tuesday night trip to West Brom as well so wouldn't surprise me if we did see some changes. 

QPR better than last season, I'll go for a 2-1 win 

Keeping the same team as West Ham would make sense to me and allow Larin and Downes a few more days to recover (we could do without Larin jetting off to Canada for November international break) 

[Pamplemousse]

It won't be as easy as last season but we always beat them - 6 wins in a row and counting.