Match Day Thread QPR vs Portsmouth

QPR vs Portsmouth
Tuesday 5th February 2018 - 19h45
FA CUP FOURTH ROUND - Replay
Loftus Road

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Previous Meetings;
Played: 37
Games won: 14
Games drawn: 13
Games lost: 10

Ones to remember;
31 Mar 1973 Queens Park Rangers v Portsmouth W 5-0 League Division Two
06 Oct 1981 Queens Park Rangers v Portsmouth W 5-0 League Cup
07 May 2000 Portsmouth v Queens Park Rangers W 1-3 League Division 1
01 Feb 2011 Queens Park Rangers v Portsmouth W 2-0 League Championship

Ones to forget;
05 Jan 1924 Portsmouth v Queens Park Rangers L 7-0 Division Three (South)
13 Jan 1962 Portsmouth v Queens Park Rangers L 4-1 League Division Three
31 Aug 1998 Portsmouth v Queens Park Rangers L 3-0 League Division 1

Players who have played for both;
Nigel Quashie;
1995–1998 Queens Park Rangers 58 (3)
2000–2005 Portsmouth 148 (13)
2010 Queens Park Rangers 4 (0)

Peter Crouch;
2000–2001 Queens Park Rangers 42 (10)
2001–2002 Portsmouth 37 (18)
2008–2009 Portsmouth 38 (11)

Niko Krancjar;
2006–2009 Portsmouth 83 (9)
2013–2015 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 51 (4)

Tel Ben Haim;
2009–2012 Portsmouth 55 (0)
2013 Queens Park Rangers 3 (0)

David Wheeler;
2017– Queens Park Rangers 9 (1)
2018– 24.1.2019 → Portsmouth (loan) 11 (0)
Current . Queens Park Rangers

Match Preview:

All eyes on the cup


WATFORD await the winners of tonight’s 4th Round FA Cup draw as QPR host League One side Portsmouth.

The two teams could not be separated 10 days ago at Fratton Park meaning there’s all to play for in this evening’s replay for a place in the 5th Round of the world’s most famous cup competition.

Portsmouth are no longer the league leaders in League One following a poor run of form that has seen them lose three of their last four league games.

Kenny Jackett’s side have dropped down to 3rd place with Luton and Barnsley leapfrogging them in the table and need to quickly rediscover the form they showed before the turn of the year.

To help their cause they have recruited two new forwards during the January transfer market with James Vaughan and Omar Bogle joining on loan from Wigan and Cardiff respectively. The latter has already found the net on two occasions but is ineligible for tonight’s match.

The last time Pompey visited Loftus Road was just over eight years ago when goals from Adel Taarabt and Clint Hill secured a victory for Neil Warnock’s side.

But Portsmouth have a great pedigree in this competition, having beaten Cardiff in the final 11 years ago and also crowned winners back in 1939.

 

Sorry if this has been discussed on another thread and I missed it, but can anyone explain why we recalled Wheeler from Pompey the week before our tie with them, only to send him to MK Dons almost immediately?

 

To get the insider info on Pompey? Because he wasn't getting enough starts ( not good enough) for Pompey, but may get more starts ( be good enough) for League 2 top 6 MK? Perhaps though I doubt it, it's better for the Club financially for him to be at MK? Optimistically, forward planning for when we are in League 2?

 

Is it sold out yet?...

 

I wondered if it was a spying game thing.

 

I wonder what team McClaren will put out today? I would not be surprised to see a couple of changes.

If Hall is fit he could return to the defence or the defensive midfield role.
I would not be surprised to see BOS start.
Another option is Cousins. Is right back and option for him to allow Furlong to move into the central defencer role?
Manning would have been a great option to play - but he is at MK Dons!

I don't have time to ponder on this and to write it up, but look forward to seeing any ideas if posted.

 

Wheeler is at MK Dons, not Manning - so Manning could start

 

OK. Thanks for the correction.

I need to go and get my eye sight rechecked!

 

Let's do this.......

Strong side.....

Lumley
Furlong, Leinster, Hall, Bidwell
Manning, Luongo
Pav, Freeman, BOS
Wells

 

Stongest team we have for me.

 

Oh lucky me I will actually be in Portsmouth at the docks sorting some Airbus trailers out at 21-15, so depending on result might be a good idea to remove QPR flag and my QPR mug from windscreen !!!!
But agree strongest possible side required.

 

It is a good team selection with two wingers.

I would be happy with that team.

 

Strongest team, strongest squad.???? You all realise weve only got 18 in squad without Cameron, hemed and rangel so just a matter of who starts or benched?!!

Unless he puts it another youngster but wont be one who has got anywhere near the first team before

 

Lumley
Furlong, Leischner, Lynch, Bidwell
Pawel, Luongo, Hall, Freeman
Wells
Smith

Thing this is the strongest we have available now in the current formation if Hall is fit enough. I'd like to have Hall's hight and technical ability to support our dodgy back 5, with Smith's help at dead balls against. Team has been looking too short without Cameron. Pawel and Freeman to supply the crosses for Smith and Wells playing off him. BOS to come on if we need more pace.

 

It is an option. But I would prefer to play BOS instead of Smith in a 4-2-3-1 formation and bring Smith on as a plan B, or as a sub.

I am slightly concerned with Leistner and Lynch playing central defence again. I feel they need a rest fron each other. I would like to see Furlong play there, but then we need a right back.

 

I thought Wheeler went to work with someone who has got the best out of him before

 

Tickets looking to have sold well online
Despite Jamie Mackie not being in the shop at all our overall turnover to date must be well up on last year

 

That's right gone to work with Tisdale at MKD who was his manager at Exeter when he left.

 

Eze for BOS