Match Day Thread QPR vs Rotherham

QPR vs Rotherham
The Championship
Saturday 20th August at 15:00
Loftus Road
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Previous meetings;
Games won: 9
Games drawn: 5
Games lost: 7

Ones to remember;
06 Jan 1968 Queens Park Rangers v Rotherham United W 6-0 League Division Two
19 Mar 1983 Queens Park Rangers v Rotherham United W 4-0 League Division Two
16 Jan 2016 Rotherham United v Queens Park Rangers W 0-3 League Championship
18 Mar 2017 Queens Park Rangers v Rotherham United W 5-1 League Championship

Ones to forget;
10 Nov 1951 Queens Park Rangers v Rotherham United L 2-3 League Division Two
29 Mar 1952 Rotherham United v Queens Park Rangers L 1-0 League Division Two
27 Mar 1982 Rotherham United v Queens Park Rangers L 1-0 League Division Two
13 Apr 2021 Rotherham United v Queens Park Rangers L 3-1 League Championship

Players who have played for both;
Tony Thorpe;
2003–2005 Queens Park Rangers 41 (10)
2005 → Rotherham United (loan) 5 (1)

Lee Camp;
2004→ Queens Park Rangers (loan) 12 (0)
2007→ Queens Park Rangers (loan) 11 (0)
2007–2009 Queens Park Rangers 50 (0)
2015–2017 Rotherham United 59 (0)

Dexter Blackstock;
2006–2009 Queens Park Rangers 109 (30)
2016–2017 Rotherham United 16 (1)

Ryan Manning;
2015–2020 Queens Park Rangers 87 (7)
2018–2019 → Rotherham United (loan) 18 (4)

Dominic Ball;
2016–2019 Rotherham United 13 (0)
2019–2022 Queens Park Rangers 90 (3)

Grant Hall;
2015–2020 Queens Park Rangers 119 (6)
2022 – → Rotherham United (loan) 3 (0)

Conor Washington;
2016–2018 Queens Park Rangers 92 (13)
2022– Rotherham United 3 (1)

Match preview;
So, after Tuesday night's infuriating loss and sloppy negative display of football it is now on to the visit of Rotherham. Rotherham sit 10th having won one game and drawn two in their opening three games. They signed Conor Washington in the summer, who joins an Tom Eaves, Georgie Kelly and Chiedozie Ogbene, the last of whom already has three goals this season.

As for us, I'll be hoping for a massive improvement from Tuesday night. I'm afraid, after that game I'm not going to mention pushing up the table again until I see some evidence that a) we are actually good enough to win a few in a row and b) the squad is consistently developing into one which could challenge for promotion.

Team News
QPR: Chris Willock should return for the R's, while a broken nose isn't expected to keep out Kenneth Paal.

Rotherham: Summer signing Tom Eaves could make his Millers debut after missing the start of the season through injury.

Pre-match Talk
Mick Beale (QPR head coach): “I’m pleased we’re playing again, and at home, so close to Tuesday.

“I felt we gave enough to the game the other night, other than being decisive in the big moments.

“When you don’t win, everything’s wrong. I get it and I live with that every day. But it’s important that we turn the corner on Saturday and bring back the positivity.”

Paul Warne (Rotherham manager): “To lose at home to Blackpool, they'll (QPR) be desperate to get their home form going and will see our game as an opportunity to do that.

“We've had some great games there - the FA Cup game last year - and one of my darkest when we lost 5-0 and another when we lost 3-2 when we were 3-0 down at half-time. I've had the whole rainbow of emotions at that place!”

...COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPSA!!!...please be better.

 

Cheers Dave.
Are you in town for this one as well?

Due to train strike I will make a late call on whether or not I can be arsed to drive down.

 

Rotherham are looking very good.

 

Nah, heading back to Paris via a long weekend in Edinburgh, if that makes sense. Glad I got to see a game whilst over but boy was it frustrating. Anyway...don't want to get into that again, just hope lessons are learnt and Willock is back on Saturday.

 

So , we all know that Washington is gonna score right !

 

I can them turning us over........ They play some good football and Warne is a very decent astute manager.......

 

There's been 35 mins of decent football from us this season so far, against Boro 1st half. Hopefully the return of Willock will see us produce some more !

 

No! But cheers for this. He'll go on the list now.

 

Hall too

 

You’ve forgotten Barry Chuckle, @daverangers - Rotherham supporter and masquerades as our centre forward at the moment.

 

Bazza is brown bread, it's Paul who's giving it to me, to you, to me, to row Z up front these days

 

Proves my point.

 

Rotherham in good form and gave us a good game in the cup last season, a win here would be a big boost for us but it'll be tough...

 

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think i might have finally found the amos cheerleader uniform

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It's coming to something when a win at home to Rotherham will give us a big boost ! Here's hoping anyway

 

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They are a bogey team for us.