Match Day Thread QPR vs Sheffield Wednesday

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QPR vs Sheffield Wednesday
Saturday 11th July 2020 - 3pm
Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium

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Previous History;
Games won: 25
Games drawn: 17
Games lost: 31

Ones to remember;
14 Aug 1971 Queens Park Rangers v Sheffield Wednesday W 3-0 League Division Two
06 Nov 1973 Queens Park Rangers v Sheffield Wednesday W 8-2 League Cup
24 Aug 1994 Queens Park Rangers v Sheffield Wednesday W 3-2 Premier League (my first game at Loftus Road)
08 May 2004 Sheffield Wednesday v Queens Park Rangers W 1-3 League Division 2
23 Oct 2018 Queens Park Rangers v Sheffield Wednesday W 3-0 League Championship

Ones to forget;
28 Jan 1967 Sheffield Wednesday v Queens Park Rangers L 3-0 FA Cup
14 Dec 1968 Sheffield Wednesday v Queens Park Rangers L 4-0 League Division One
02 May 1987 Sheffield Wednesday v Queens Park Rangers L 7-1 League Division One
31 Aug 1991 Sheffield Wednesday v Queens Park Rangers L 4-1 League Division One
02 Dec 1992 Sheffield Wednesday v Queens Park Rangers L 4-0 League Cup

Players who have played for both;
Ron Springett;
1955–1958 Queens Park Rangers 88 (0)
1958–1967 Sheffield Wednesday 345 (0)
1967–1969 Queens Park Rangers 45 (0)

Victor Mobley;
1961–1969 Sheffield Wednesday 187 (8)
1969–1971 Queens Park Rangers 25 (0)

Peter Springett;
1962–1967 Queens Park Rangers 137 (0)
1967–1975 Sheffield Wednesday 180 (0)

Gary Bannister;
1981–1984 Sheffield Wednesday 118 (55)
1984–1988 Queens Park Rangers 136 (56)

Trevor Francis;
(Player)
1988–1990 Queens Park Rangers 32 (12)
1990–1994 Sheffield Wednesday 76 (5)

(Manager)
1988–1989 Queens Park Rangers
1991–1995 Sheffield Wednesday

Andy Sinton;
1989–1993 Queens Park Rangers 161 (22)
1993–1996 Sheffield Wednesday 62 (3)

Danny Maddix;
1987–2001 Queens Park Rangers 295 (13)
2001–2003 Sheffield Wednesday 59 (2)

Junior Agogo;
1997–2000 Sheffield Wednesday 2 (0)
2002 Queens Park Rangers 2 (0)

Adam Bolder;
2007–2009 Queens Park Rangers 40 (2)
2008 → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 13 (2)

Jay Bothroyd;
2011–2013 Queens Park Rangers 25 (3)
2012–2013 →Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 14 (1)

Massimo Luongo;
2015–2019 Queens Park Rangers 145 (10)
2019– Sheffield Wednesday 23 (3)

Match Preview;
We had beaten Sheffield Wednesday four times on the trot before the 'magic of the FA Cup' came along and we lost to them in January. They now sit in 16th, two places and one point behind us. I am moderately worried by their main striker, Steven Fletcher, who has 13 goals to his name already this year. A brief glance through their squad and it's good to see Mass Luongo is going strong for them, I hope he gets a warm welcome back to Loftus Road from staff and his former team mates (almost forgot there will be no supporters there).

The only glimmer of hope is that Sheffield Wednesday have lost 3 in a row, having previously won 1 and drawn 1 after the restart. I would hope that Saturday offers us the perfect opportunity to get some points on the board, but to do that Warburton has to work out how to get some of the players fired up, and encourage some more incisive passing instead of just tapping it across the field before losing it as soon as we get into the final third...Wednesday night was really bad viewing wasn't it.

Enjoy those who will be watching, and as always...COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPSA!

P.S - it has nothing to do with out match, but whenever I think of Sheffield Wednesday this also pops to mind...
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Hugill on one leg would probably be an improvement on last night.

 

Well I'm a free agent at the moment, and given I almost scored in a charity match at LR a few years ago I must be as good a bet as anyone to play the line striker role

Obviously apart from being 54, rather unfit, unable to trap a bag of cement, and barely taller than the average blade of grass

Maybe next season when I can be the experience on the pitch to guide our new first team squad of U23s

 

"Almost scored" and "barely taller than the average blade of grass" will be Ilias Chair's excuse today.

 

Any ideas on the starting eleven?

 

More importantly than this non-game, what's the latest on their FFP hearing? Anyone know?

 

It must be about time to give a start to Shodipo and more time anyway to Clarke, plus another start to Masterson. Cameron looks like he needs a rest, and others need dropping/resting too, but I'm not sure who we have that can replace Ball and Amos.
We seem to have a lot of wingers and not much in central defensive midfield, perhaps we could borrow Luongo if it is a non-game.... I think Oteh should get another game, no good alternatives anyway, and Eze should play further forward. In 4 2 3 1 maybe :

Lumley
Kakay Masterson Barbet Wallace
Amos Manning
Shodipo Eze BOS
Oteh

 

Just hoping for a half decent performance.

 

Thanks and very interesting.

Ir makes sense. My concerns are if Wallace is fit? If not, then we will see Manning at RB.

We shall see!

 

Manning at LB I guess if Wallace not fit, and one of Ball or Cameron into defensive midfield.

 

Talk about Hobson’s choice.

There are a lot of players who don’t deserve a game but surely now is the time to bin Amos. Nothing to play for in a nothing game against another no-hoper. Give Bettache a run of games.

 

I got the impression from his late substution earlier in these BCD games that Bettache was yet another winger, he did well out wide and thing I read he was best wide. He didnt look so effective the few minutes he played in a more defensive role. Isn't he another wide attacking player mainly?

 

**** knows but I’d rather see an 18 stone middle-aged fan given an hour than being a crèche for that useless Spurs ****.

 

I think Amos is ok, not fantastic. When asked to press their defence he is very good at that.

 

I would play Ball.

Cameron, as you mentioned, probably needs a rest.

 

In the way a horse who has taken heavy falls in consecutive races needs a rest?

 

It’s Cameron’s birthday today. I say let him have the day off

 

Amos played once for Spurs to give people the impression he was a good player. Smart move by Spurs and we fell for it.
If he’d stayed at Spurs he wouldn’t have got within a mile of their first team again.

 

No out and out strikers....with Oteh on the bench.

Happy Birthday GCameron, please celebrate with having your best game of the season