Match Day Thread Blackpool vs QPR

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Blackpool vs QPR
The Championship
Tuesday 14th March 2023 - 7:45PM
Bloomfield Road

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How to get there;
Drive : 4 to 5.5 hours (242.2 mi) via M40 and M6
Train : 3 hr 28 via tube to Euston, mainline to Preston then local line to Blackpool South, then a 10 minute walk
Bike : 21 hr 58 min (253 miles) via National Cycle Rte 6

Previous meetings vs Blackpool;
Games won: 15
Games drawn: 11
Games lost: 5

Ones to remember;
26 Aug 1969 Queens Park Rangers v Blackpool W 6-1 League Division Two
24 Mar 1973 Queens Park Rangers v Blackpool W 4-0 League Division Two
26 Jan 1982 Queens Park Rangers v Blackpool W 5-1 FA Cup
09 Aug 2003 Queens Park Rangers v Blackpool W 5-0 League Division 2

Ones to forget;
28 Oct 1972 Blackpool v Queens Park Rangers L 2-0 League Division Two
25 Sep 2018 Blackpool v Queens Park Rangers L 2-0 League Cup

Players who have played for both;
Trevor Sinclair;
1989–1993 Blackpool 112 (15)
1993–1998 Queens Park Rangers 167 (16)

Clarke Carlisle;
1997–2000 Blackpool 93 (7)
2000–2004 Queens Park Rangers 96 (6)

Ian Evatt;
2005–2007 Queens Park Rangers 27 (0)
2006–2007 → Blackpool (loan) 26 (0)
2007–2013 Blackpool 204 (9)

Kaspars Gorkss;
2006–2008 Blackpool 50 (6)
2008–2011 Queens Park Rangers 114 (6)

DJ Campbell;
2009 → Blackpool (loan) 20 (9)
2010 → Blackpool (loan) 15 (8)
2010–2011 Blackpool 31 (13)
2011–2013 Queens Park Rangers 11 (1)

Bradley Orr;
2010–2012 Queens Park Rangers 39 (1)
2013–2014 → Blackpool (loan) 4 (0)

Alex Baptiste;
2008–2012 Blackpool 170 (8)
2017–2019 Queens Park Rangers 30 (0)

Ishmael Miller;
2011 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 12 (1)
2014–2015 Blackpool 22 (2)

Bright Osayi-Samuel
2015–2017 Blackpool 64 (4)
2017–2021 Queens Park Rangers 103 (11)

Matt Phillips;
2010–2013 Blackpool 94 (12)
2013–2016 Queens Park Rangers 90 (14)

Josh Bowler;
2017 - Queens Park Ranger 1
2021 - 2022 Blackpool 49 (9)
2023 - Blackpool (Loan) 8 (1)

Managed both;
Ian Holloway;
2001–2006 Queens Park Rangers
2009–2012 Blackpool
2016–2018 Queens Park Rangers

Neil Critchley;
2020–2022 Blackpool
2022–2023 Queens Park Rangers - don't let the two years misled you, it was for three months.

Match Preview;
We played, and lost 0-1, to Blackpool in the fourth game of the season thanks to a goal from Josh Bowler, who has 3 in total this season. Their top scorer is Jerry Yates, with 10 goals, and given the second name on that list is Gary Madine on 4 goals, it is clear where their main threat lies. Their poor run of form this year, winning just 1 game so far in 2023, losing 6 and drawing 4. This run sees them sit 22nd on 32 points, 6 points from safety. They were promoted back into the Championship in 2021, under Neil Critchley, who led them to a safe 16th place finish, and then left in June 2022 to join Villa as assistant manager. Having managed Blackpool for 11 games in 2012/13, Michael Appleton was re-appointed as their manager, but he was sacked in January 2023 with Blackpool sitting 23rd, with 1 win in 11 games. Mick McCArthy replaced him, and has won just 1 of his 10 games so far.

As for us, we won! In fact, not only did we win, but we deserved to win, and not only did we deserve it, but we fought hard, showed some character and frustrated Watford. Really good win, and very comforting to get the three points on the board. It was so good to see Dykes back, and hoping he'll get back into his groove and start scoring a few before seasons end. Tuesday night will be a different type of game, a midweek game in the north of England, against a team scrapping in a relegation battle, desperate for points as soon as possible. Should be an interesting game, but not sure we'll see much free flowing football.

Team News
QPR: Leon Balogun, Ilias Chair, Ethan Laird, Kenneth Paal and Chris Willock are all close to returning from injury.

Blackpool: Shayne Lavery is unavailable through injury, while Gary Madine is a doubt after he was also forced off injured in Blackpool's last outing at Bristol City.

Pre-match Talk
Gareth Ainsworth (QPR head coach): "It will be a battle, a different type of game, for sure. But we go into the game following a big result.

"Mick McCarthy left me a message when I got the QPR job - he's a top man and a top manager, as well. He'll have Blackpool fighting and scrapping and we're going to have to be at our best again."

Mick McCarthy (Blackpool head coach): "They've (QPR) become the second-most aggressive team in terms of closing down and pressing, so quite clearly Gareth has put his personality into that squad already.

"They played against Watford on Saturday and played 3-5-2 - they were excellent against a really good Watford side. They won 1-0 and deserved to win, there were no arguments about that.

"Right before we play them he's just got a tune out of them, so it's going to be a tough game but we've been doing alright at home. We've not been winning everything but we've had good performances and been hard to beat."

If you are making the trip, enjoy, and as always...

...COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPSA!!!

 

Thx Dave. Sounds like its going to be a scrappy one. A win would be amazing.

 

This is gonna be a horrible game, a point would be very welcoming and keep the status quo between us and them !

 

If one of us lose it, either could be down down deeper down

 

As long as we don't, roll over and lay down, l'll be happy.

 

We're 10 points clear of bottom 3 at the moment, I'd be more than happy to maintain that gap !

 

I’m sure there’s another bloke that’s managed both sides in recent years, but I can’t think of his name.

 

You know it is bad when it is harder to update 'managed both' than 'played for both'.

Thanks.

 

If we put in the same effort as Saturday, we should come away with at least a point but hopefully catch them off guard for three points.

 

As long as Gaz gives us whatever we want

 

Can't get too excited after 3pts on sat. Watford were all over the place and didn't react to our tactics. I could see Blackpool being better organised for how we set up. Was planning on going but Blackpool on a cold Tuesday evening isn't all that appealing.

 

Call yourself a true fan and then you pull out this flimsy excuse?

 

It was proven that I'm not a true fan as I had not skipped major surgery on the day of my marriage to attend a game.

 

and made the mistake of using british rail

 

Mick McCarthy's teams aren't pretty to watch but usually well organised and physical. They'll probably try to do to us what we did to Watford so expect a tough tight match...

 

Where’s the Girls Kiwi

 

The game seems to be showing on Sky Sports App, no mention of red button. I don't know whether Sky Go will work in place of the app.