Match Day Thread QPR vs Nottingham Forest

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QPR vs Nottingham Forest
The Championship
Friday 29th October - 19:45

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Previous history vs Nottingham Forest;
Games won: 18
Games drawn: 22
Games lost: 33

Ones to remember;
16 Sep 1972 Queens Park Rangers v Nottingham Forest W 3-0 League Division Two
08 Sep 1984 Queens Park Rangers v Nottingham Forest W 3-0 League Division One
12 Apr 2014 Queens Park Rangers v Nottingham Forest W 5-2 League Championship
22 Dec 2018 Nottingham Forest v Queens Park Rangers W 0-1 League Championship (We won away!)

Ones to forget;
13 Jan 1934 Nottingham Forest v Queens Park Rangers L 4-0 FA Cup
01 Feb 1986 Nottingham Forest v Queens Park Rangers L 4-0 League Division One
13 Dec 1987 Nottingham Forest v Queens Park Rangers L 4-0 League Division One
18 Jan 1989 Nottingham Forest v Queens Park Rangers L 5-2 League Cup
05 May 1996 Nottingham Forest v Queens Park Rangers L 3-0 Premier League
30 Aug 1997 Nottingham Forest v Queens Park Rangers L 4-0 League Division 1
08 Jan 2005 Queens Park Rangers v Nottingham Forest L 0-3 FA Cup
26 Jan 2010 Nottingham Forest v Queens Park Rangers L 5-0 League Championship
04 Nov 2017 Nottingham Forest v Queens Park Rangers L 4-0 League Championship
24 Feb 2018 Queens Park Rangers v Nottingham Forest L 2-5 League Championship
27 Nov 2019 Queens Park Rangers v Nottingham Forest L 0-4 League Championship

Players who have played for both;
David Needham
1977 Queens Park Rangers 18 (3)
1977–1982 Nottingham Forest 86 (9)

Stan Bowles
1972–1979 Queens Park Rangers 315 (97)
1979–1980 Nottingham Forest 19 (2)

Trevor Francis
1979–1981 Nottingham Forest 70 (28)
1988–1990 Queens Park Rangers 32 (12)

Mikkel Beck;
1999→ Nottingham Forest (loan) 5 (1)
2000→ Queens Park Rangers (loan) 11 (4)

Gino Padula;
2002–2005 Queens Park Rangers 90 (4)
2005–2006 Nottingham Forest 3 (0)

Danny Cullip;
2005–2007 Nottingham Forest 31 (0)
2007–2008 Queens Park Rangers 19 (0)

Lee Camp
2004→ Queens Park Rangers (loan) 12 (0)
2007→ Queens Park Rangers (loan) 11 (0)
2007–2009 Queens Park Rangers 50 (0)
2008–2009→ Nottingham Forest (loan) 15 (0)
2009–2013 Nottingham Forest 163 (0)

Dexter Blackstock
2006–2009 Queens Park Rangers 109 (30)
2009 → Nottingham Forest (loan) 6 (2)
2009–2016 Nottingham Forest 164 (41)

Michael Mancienne
2006–2008 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 58 (0)
2014–2018 Nottingham Forest 122 (0)

Clint Hill
2010–2016 Queens Park Rangers 169 (5)
2011 → Nottingham Forest (loan) 5 (0)

Jamie Mackie
2010–2013 Queens Park Rangers 85 (18)
2013–2015 Nottingham Forest 45 (4)
2015–2018 Queens Park Rangers 54 (6)

Ishmael Miller
2011 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 12 (1)
2011–2014 Nottingham Forest 25 (3)

Joel Lynch
2008–2009 → Nottingham Forest (loan) 23 (0)
2009–2012 Nottingham Forest 57 (3)
2016 – 2019 Queens Park Rangers 90 (7)

Ben Watson
2009 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 16 (2)
2018 – 2020 Nottingham Forest 78 (3)

Luke Freeman;
2017–2019 Queens Park Rangers 104 (14)
2020–→ Nottingham Forest (loan) 8 (1)

Jack Robinson
2014 –2018 Queens Park Rangers 38 (2)
2018 – 2020 Nottingham Forest 56 (2)

Albert Adomah;
2019–2020 Nottingham Forest 24 (2)
2020– Queens Park Rangers 39 (2)

Match Preview;
Another game, our 5th in 13 days, this one on Friday evening live on Sky, what could go wrong? This time we welcome Nottingham Forest to The Kiyan Prince. Forest go into this game having had nearly a week since their last game...having played and lost 4-0, at home against Fulham, on Sunday. They had won five of their previous six games before the Fulham game, a run which saw them move to 15th in the table, and solidify a mid table position. Lewis Grabban is their top scorer, with 5 goals. Steve Cooper has done well after taking over on September 21st this year, after had one point from their first seven games, and therefore sacked Chris Hughton.

As for us, having won 3 and lost 3 of our last 6...we now sit in a group of six teams, stretching from 5th to 11th, on 21 points. We are 7th, and a win on Friday night would see us move up to 4th, albeit only temporarily. Llias Chair is now our top scorer, with six goals. The big question is if we can physically and mentally recover from Tuesday night, and the referring calamity that led to us not winning in normal time, and then losing on penalties. Having read the comments on here, on the Sunderland page, and on social media, I can understand the frustration, we were cheated out of a place in the League Cup quarter finals, but we have to move on, refocus on the league and go for the win. Plus we have to remember, the injustice on our league cup exit is only going to spur the team on to win the FA Cup instead.

Team News
QPR: Lee Wallace, Sam Field and Charlie Owens will all miss out for the R’s.

Nottingham Forest: Jordi Osei-Tutu, Loic Mbe Soh, Rodrigo Ely, Braian Ojeda and Mohamed Drager may all miss out

Pre-match Talk
Mark Warburton (QPR manager): “It will be a very good test, they (Forest) have a very good squad. You look at the backline, the midfield, with the likes of Colback and Yates, of course Grabban up front is very strong. The options they have from the bench as well, they are a very talented team, they have a huge amount of pace, Steve [Cooper] has come in, had a good run of games and done well, so we must meet a challenge.”

Steve Cooper (Forest manager): “In the second half of last season, they (QPR) were as good as anybody in terms of form and the way they played. They have good experience in the team and players who have had success in the league, so it’s a tough away game, but one we are looking forward to.


COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPSA!!!

 

With games at this rate these threads are a full time job.

Cheers Dave.

Bloody Forest, can’t stand them. Don’t know why.

 

Can't bleedin' wait.

 

Hopefully time for the R’s to bring a smile back to our faces! -

 

i sincerely hope that Warburton watched Forest 0-FFC 4.

As he clearly didn't watch Cov v FFC.

Can't bring myself to go after Tuesday. Just hope i feel different tomorrow.

 

That list of games to forget is too bloody long........

 

Of course he hasn't, watch us start with 2 up top and Willock out of position. I'm honestly worried by him now. Hope I'm wrong

 

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I'm still a bit deflated from Tuesday in truth. Can't seem to muster up the optimism that I've had going into every other game this year. Still a lot to be positive about on paper.

Mrs Raving is out tonight so I need to babysit the mini Ravings. On the plus side I've got a lovely pie ready to go and a good selection of ales in stock. Come on you Rs!

 

From another geological era.

 

Enjoyed that, thanks. Zamora really was good at making others look good.

Loved Nedum's goal. Glad we bombed out that right back, Simpson. He was never going to achieve anything in the game

 

Enjoyed that, thanks.
Bobby Z to the rescue.

 

This game has become very important. Win it and the horrors of Peterborough and Sunderland can be put behind us. Lose it and we could wind up in mid-table by the end of the weekend and the gloom and recriminations will be amplified. Come on you Rs!

 

Good performance from Ravel's Bolero in that game.

 

Time to steer the ship in the right direction

 

Another bumper crowd as Forest have sold out the both tiers of the school end........... Friday night under our mood lighting, on sky..... lost 20 out of last 22 games played on a Friday night....... What could possibly go right?

I tell you what..... all this doom and gloom from Tuesday is put behind us, we go out and smash the trees..... our much maligned defense has kept 3 clean sheets in last 6 games, we score each game, yes I know Tuesday doesn't count, but we score goals and that's what counts......

C'mon Rangers, lets f*cking do this........

 

Morrison was good wasn't he.

Such a shame and a waste

 

Oh and Jamie Mackie being inducted into Forever R's tonight.....