Match Day Thread QPR vs Blackburn

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QPR vs Blackburn
The Championship
Saturday 6th February 2021 - 15:00
The Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium

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Previous meetings vs Blackburn;
Games won: 15
Games drawn: 12
Games lost: 25

Ones to remember;
02 Sep 1970 Blackburn Rovers v Queens Park Rangers W 0-2 League Division Two
27 Apr 1971 Queens Park Rangers v Blackburn Rovers W 2-0 League Division Two
30 Oct 1999 Blackburn Rovers v Queens Park Rangers W 0-2 League Division 1
05 Oct 2019 Queens Park Rangers v Blackburn Rovers W 4-2 League Championship

Couldn't see any record of us beating them by more than 2.

Ones to forget;
01 Jan 1952 Blackburn Rovers v Queens Park Rangers L 4-2 League Division Two
24 Mar 1993 Queens Park Rangers v Blackburn Rovers L 0-3 Premier League
26 Nov 1994 Blackburn Rovers v Queens Park Rangers L 4-0 Premier League
07 Jan 2006 Blackburn Rovers v Queens Park Rangers L 3-0 FA Cup

Players who have played for both;
Simon Barker;
1983–1988 Blackburn Rovers 182 (35)
1988–1998 Queens Park Rangers 315 (33)

Ryan Nelsen;
2005–2012 Blackburn Rovers 172 (8)
2012–2013 Queens Park Rangers 21 (1)

Christopher Samba;
2007–2012 Blackburn Rovers 161 (16)
2013 Queens Park Rangers 10 (0)

Junior Hoilett;
2007–2012 Blackburn Rovers 81 (12)
2012–2016 Queens Park Rangers 112 (12)

Bradley Orr;
2010–2012 - Queens Park Rangers 39 (1)
2012–2015 Blackburn Rovers 31 (0)

Ben Gladwin;
2015–2017 Queens Park Rangers 14 (0)
2017–2020 Blackburn Rovers 5 (0)

Todd Kane;
2013–2014 → Blackburn Rovers (loan) 41 (2)
2019– Queens Park Rangers 45 (2)

Match Preview;
Blackburn have won 3, drawn 1 and lost 1 of their last five...a run which has seen them climb to 8th, and within touching distance of the playoffs. You don't need to do much digging to work out their main threat...Adam Armstrong has 18 goals for them this year, with the next in their list of goal scorers being a few on 4 goals. Armstrong is the second highest goalscorer in the division so far this year, and seems is obviously a massive threat. Tony Mowbray has put together a good side, and a mix of younger players and more experienced players, such as Stewart Downing and Daniel Ayala, seems to be working well.

As for us, I have been grinning all week as I've been remembering the Watford win...a win not many of us expected, but that was actually well deserved. Adomah got his first goal for the club he loves, Austin got another one, Thomas made his debut if I am not mistaken, and Kane put in a decent enough performance...more of the same please. A win and we could move up to as high as 13th, and I know this year is going to be nothing more than a mid-table finish...but psychologically, if we could push on from here and sneak into the top 10 by the end of the season, that'll be a massive boost going forward.

I'll add team news if/when it goes on the official, and enjoy all those who'll be watching, and as always...

...COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPSA!!!

 

Nice one Dave.

Will the Rs surprise and play well for two games in a row, one at home?

Who knows the secret of the black magic box?

Where do the bees go in winter?

At least one of these questions will be answered by 5pm on Saturday 6 February 2021.

And I have been waiting since 1980 for the answer to the bees question, posed at that time by John Cooper Clarke, who could only provide the answer ‘**** knows’, so it had better be that one.

 

Ben Gladwin. Forever in our hearts.

 

That’s better.

 

...and I was so proud of myself for getting the Todd Kane loan in there...

 

I didn’t know Kane was there. Unusually struggling to think of others.

 

I’m scared to be confident and think we’ll win this won.
We’ve got momentum and played really well on Monday..........obviously we’ll get beat then.
It’s the QPR way

 

We just seem to be rubbish at home at present. First time in a long time we have a better away record. Armstrong is the danger...

 

Sinclair is only 17, hasn't even signed the contract yet, hasn't even been on the bench, so I find it hard to believe that Blackburn is going to be too worried about him.






(only pulling your Scotch Soops!)

 

What do bees do over winter?

During summer months, bees would normally collect enough honey and pollen to sustain themselves over the winter months. Beekeepers help the bees collect more honey by adding ‘super’ boxes to the hives. It is these extra super boxes that are extracted and packed for human consumption.

People often think that bees hibernate over winter, but they do something even more fascinating during the colder months. Their major purpose over winter is to take care of the queen, so she can re-colonize the hive in spring.

In late autumn, when the bees have their stores of honey for the winter, they throw all the male bees, known as drones, out of the hive to die. They cannot afford to feed extra mouths and the queen does not need them for mating over this period.

Bees stop flying when the temperatures drop down to around 10 degrees Celsius. They stay inside the hive and form a ‘winter cluster’ to keep as warm as possible. The queen is kept inside the big huddle of bees to keep her warm and safe. The colder the temperature the more compact the cluster becomes. Heat is created by the worker bees shivering and moving back and forth between the inner part of the cluster and the outer part. This helps ensure no bee will freeze in cold climates.

Bees usually do not fly outside of the hive during winter as there are no flowers in bloom, therefore there is no pollen or nectar to collect. But on nice sunny winter days bees make sure they get some exercise and eliminate the risk of body waste by flying short distances and then quickly returning to the hive.

 

Looking forward to when we can say that about him...

 

This week’s Match Thread challenge then, Kiwi, is to find sexy women dressed as bees. Reckon you’re man enough, eh?

 

Didn’t Bradley Orr play for Bollockburn Ravers too?

 

Or sexy women covered in honey.

 

Sky’s David Prutton predicts a 2-1 win for Bollockburn. Tosser.