Match Day Thread Birmingham vs QPR

Sorry if this is treading on anyone's toes, guessing 9's is busy saving lives, but there isn't a match day thread for today yet so thought I'd start one. This will be the most basic Match Day thread in not606 history, so someone with more expertise please add the clever images, and make it look fancy, but I just wanted to get the discussion started:

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MATCH PREVIEW: BIRMINGHAM CITY V QPR

QPR travel to the midlands this weekend to take on Birmingham City at St Andrews in a match where both teams need a win.

Birmingham suffered defeat again during the week to Preston North End and have now lost four out of their last five league games. But Rangers are also struggling, winning just one of their last six.

The Blues started the season really well but have tailed off since. The surprise dismissal of manager Gary Rowett has so far not had the desired impact with Birmingham dropping from 7th to 14th since Rowett left the club in the middle of December.

Former West Ham boss Gianfranco Zola is now the manager of the Blues and he will hoping for a strong end to the season but Birmingham are now 15 points off the play-offs so a more realistic target would be a top half finish.

Like Rangers a lack of goals has been Birmingham’s Achilles heel this season. The Blues have scored 33 this campaign, which is just three more than Rangers and have also suffered five away defeats. This is despite the fact that top goal scorer Lukas Jutkiewicz has found the net 11 times this season.

It ended all square when the two sides met at Loftus Road this season in a game where QPR should have picked up all three points.

Holloway will be hoping to see more of the same of the second half performance against Huddersfield where the Hoops were unfortunate not to come from two goals down and get a point.

It’s been a frustrating few weeks for Ollie and the boys. Granted the R’s were poor against Burton Albion but did not get the rub of the green against Blackburn and before that conceded a late equaliser to Fulham. However with teams below QPR starting to pick up some wins, Rangers need to get back to the kind of form they were showing at the turn of the year.

TEAM NEWS

QPR: Joel Lynch (hamstring) and Ravel Morrison (match fitness) could be in line to return for QPR after missing last weekend's game against Huddersfield Town. Jack Robinson (hamstring) and Steven Caulker (hip) remain out.

Birmingham: Michael Morrison, Clayton Donaldson, Craig Gardner and David Davis are all unavailable for Birmingham City, while Jacques Maghoma and Ryan Shotton are rated as doubtful to feature.

Predicted line up: Kuszczak, Nsue, Bielik, Grounds, Keita, Kieftenbeld, Gleeson, Koyunlu, Cogley, Adams, Jutkiewicz.

History of games vs Birmingham:

Games won: 18
Games drawn: 14
Games lost: 22

Someone else can add pictures of a nice young lady from Birmingham, but I will add a warning;

http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/love-...2/things-to-know-dating-girl-from-birmingham/

 

Remember, don't let the football ruin a day at the football.

I actually think we'll win 2-1.

I'm going to Cheltenham v Yeovil (don't ask). Ground number 70/92

 

Me, mouse and are few other Rangers fans are going out to watch a non-league game today. Enjoy Brum to the 1600+ that are going.

 

Out saving lives instead of putting the match day thread together?

The bloke really ought to get his priorities right.

 

Nines retired last year, now a man of leisure...

 

Yeah, I knew that. But he just can't help himself

 

Not a 'must win' but we MUST WIN!

I suppose I'd settle for the draw but it is time this team kicked into winning ways and struggling Brum would be a good place to start.

 

Nines's time is now spent photographing scantily clad young ladies for these threads. The sacrifices he makes for this board...

I'm betting we'll win 0-1 today with a Luongo goal

...which is why I'm near the bottom of Tranmore's Brixton Memorial League

 

Where are the scantily clad girls
Someone had better have a bloody good excuse

 

Birmingham Babe

And what you can expect at QPR

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I am hoping that the "competitive" QPR team turns up today and am hoping for a much needed away win.

I envisage thar the team set up will have Hall protecting the back.line and I hope that Wszołek will NOT be played as a wing-back. Hopefully we will defend well and be very decisive in the pressing game, and effective in the counter attacks.

COYR's!!!!!!!

 

That Brummie fan looks vaguely familiar!...

 

Pete Burns?

 

I remember Ravel scoring a good goal at Birmingham in his last spell with us. Same again today?

 

Yeah absolutely right. I said after Blackburn we need to start putting these chances away. We should've had 4 points from the last two games.

Come midweek Wolves and Blackburn will have two games in hand on us so we need to start turning performances into points. Today.

Should be a good atmosphere with the numbers we're bringing. And it's mild so will be the first game since September I haven't frozen my nuts off at.

 

Respect for getting there Mate.

 

Luongo and Mackie rested.

 

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No Morrison anywhere...still not ready for action or did I miss an injury?