Match Day Thread Middlesbrough vs QPR

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Middlesbrough vs QPR
Sunday 5th July - 2pm
The Riverside Stadium
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History vs Boro;
Games won: 18
Games drawn: 16
Games lost: 18

Ones to remember;
06 Sep 1966 Queens Park Rangers v Middlesbrough W 4-0 League Division Three
04 Oct 1969 Queens Park Rangers v Middlesbrough W 4-0 League Division Two
20 Nov 1976 Queens Park Rangers v Middlesbrough W 3-0 League Division One
05 Mar 1983 Queens Park Rangers v Middlesbrough W 6-1 League Division Two
04 Mar 1998 Queens Park Rangers v Middlesbrough W 5-0 League Division 1
26 Feb 2011 Middlesbrough v Queens Park Rangers W 0-3 League Championship

Ones to forget;
26 Sep 1970 Middlesbrough v Queens Park Rangers L 6-2 League Division Two
05 Mar 1983 Queens Park Rangers v Middlesbrough W 6-1 League Division Two
05 Dec 2009 Queens Park Rangers v Middlesbrough L 1-5 League Championship
20 Jan 2018 Queens Park Rangers v Middlesbrough L 0-3 League Championship

Players who have played for both;
John O'Rourke
1966–1968 Middlesbrough 64 (38)
1971–1974 Q.P.R. 34 (12)

Mikkel Beck
1996–1999 Middlesbrough 91 (24)
2000 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 11 (4)

Kieron Dyer
2011–2013 Queens Park Rangers 5 (0)
2013 Middlesbrough 9 (2)

Fabio Da Silva
2012–2013 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 21 (0)
2016–2018 Middlesbrough 48 (1)

Alex Baptiste
2015–2017 Middlesbrough 0 (0)
2017–2019 Queens Park Rangers 30 (0)

Luke Young
2007–2008 Middlesbrough 35 (1)
2011–2014 Queens Park Rangers 24 (2)

Gary O'Neil
2007–2011 Middlesbrough 109 (8)
2013–2014 Queens Park Rangers 29 (1)

Jordan Hugill
2018–2019 → Middlesbrough (loan) 37 (6)
2019– → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 35 (11)

Match Preview;
Middlesbrough go into this game after a heart-wrenching loss this evening (Thursday evening) as they have just conceded in the 91st minute to lose 2-1 to Hull, a win which takes Hull above them and leave Boro just a point from the drop zone. We have now lost three in a row since the return and need to pick up some points to ensure a nerveless end to the season.

So far it has been an extremely underwhelming return to football for us. Maybe it is the loss of fitness due to the break, maybe it is the lack of crowd or maybe the players are all too aware they'll be playing a lot of games in a short space of time, but the games I have watched since the return have lacked the intensity and pace that I know we can have. Maybe we won't get that back until the fans are there to give some atmosphere...but we need to work out a way to pick up some points without the twelfth man.

Edit: thanks Didley Squat for pointing out that Warnock is now their manager...adds an extra little twist to it...would love to see them lose to us, but still stay up, and for Warnock to put together a team that pushes all the way next year, finishing on 100 points and narrowly missing out on the title, by 1 point, to us.

To get discussion going, we've had quite a few players in common with Boro, who is your best and worst from that list?

 

Really hope we can get one over old Neil this time around.

Would l be correct in thinking Luke Young never rose to any great heights for us?

 

Missed this. Edited accordingly. Thanks.

 

A fairly unispiring list of former players!

Gary O'Neil sacrificed himself in the play-off final with his red card when the Derby man was through, so he'd get my vote!

 

My thoughts exactly...I think I saw Beck play once...really bad.

 

Could be worse, you could live in Middlesbrough...

 

I’m told you could hear the crowd from Wormwood Scrubs the night of that 5-0.

 

What was the food like in there?...

 

Dave, just a quick note, I really have appreciated your match day threads over the past year. Even though we inevitably lose you provide a great write up. Thankyou!

 

Is anyone brave enough to voice (or tap to be more precise) an opinion on the formation and team selection?

I would not be surprised to see something similar to the Charlton match as it clearly worked.

However, I expect to see a place in the starting line up for Chair.

 

I assume you mean Fulham as Charlton definitely didn’t work.

 

Good stuff Dave a bit of normality in a non normal world.....

 

Same as Fulham. Or perhaps away up there against as big as Colin can find, a more defensive 4 5 1:
Lumley
Rangel Masterson Barbet Wallace
BOS Amos Eze Cameron Manning
Hugill.

 

Thanks, kind of you to say, but I'm confused...we lose games? I think I must blank those matches out to keep hold of my illogical optimism.

 

Interesting idea.

You may be correct with regard to the big players

It will be very intriguing to see who will be in goal.

 

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were so excited about travelling to the grimy north for the first time too

 

Nice one Dave

 

Ah 3 class girls & haven’t been seeing them hence the results

 

I see we are close to a very impressive starting eleven of girl supporters.

We seems less enthusiastic in the football matters

I guess everyone is in a pub, restaurant, hairdresser or cinema.

Have a great R’s stress-free Saturday.