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Match Day Thread Huddersfield vs QPR

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  1. daverangers

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    Huddersfield Town vs QPR
    The Championship
    Friday 15th April at 5:30 pm
    The John Smith's Stadium

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    How to get there;

    Car : 190 miles, 3 hours and 38 minutes up the M1
    Train : 4 hours on tube to Euston then mainline to Manchester then a local line to Huddersfield
    Cycle : National Cycle Route 6, 204 miles in just over 18 hours.

    Previous meetings vs Huddersfield;
    Games won: 13
    Games drawn: 9
    Games lost: 15

    Ones to remember;
    20 Apr 1968 Queens Park Rangers v Huddersfield Town W 3-0 League Division Two
    17 Sep 2002 Queens Park Rangers v Huddersfield Town W 3-0 League Division 2
    04 Mar 2003 Huddersfield Town v Queens Park Rangers W 0-3 League Division 2

    Ones to forget;

    23 Jan 1932 Huddersfield Town v Queens Park Rangers L 5-0 FA Cup
    15 Jan 1949 Huddersfield Town v Queens Park Rangers L 5-0 FA Cup
    08 Feb 2020 Huddersfield Town v Queens Park Rangers L 2-0 League Championship
    05 Dec 2020 Huddersfield Town v Queens Park Rangers L 2-0 League Championship

    Players who have played for both;
    Dave Mangall;

    1929–1934 Huddersfield Town 79 (61)
    1939–1944 Queens Park Rangers 3 (3)

    Kevin Gallen;

    1994–2000 Queens Park Rangers 172 (36)
    2000–2001 Huddersfield Town 38 (10)
    2001–2007 Queens Park Rangers 197 (54)

    Alex Smithies;

    2007–2015 Huddersfield Town 247 (0)
    2015–2018 Queens Park Rangers 107 (0)

    Joel Lynch;
    2012–2016 Huddersfield Town 122 (8)
    2016–2019 Queens Park Rangers 90 (7)

    Nahki Wells;
    2014 → Huddersfield Town (loan) 1 (1)
    2014–2017 Huddersfield Town 143 (44)
    2018–2019 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 40 (7)
    2019–2020 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 26 (13)

    Chris Willock;
    2020 → Huddersfield Town (loan) 14 (2)
    2020– Queens Park Rangers 63 (9)

    Match Preview;

    We head to a Huddersfield side who are desperately seeking a return to the Premiership after three seasons in the Championship. They've won their last two, but before those two games, lost three and drew one...a bad run that saw them slip away from the top two. They are third, but four points behind second place Bournemouth, with Bournemouth having played two games less. Huddersfield's top scorer is Danny Ward, with 13 goals...and their squad has a good balance of youth and experience. They have a good, young manager in Carlos Corberán Vallet, who learnt his trade in Cyprus, before moving to coach at Leeds and then take over at Huddersfield in 2020.

    As for us, not much excitement around the end of the season now...but let's have a look at the possibilities. Having lost our last five games any chance of a playoff place is surely now beyond us. No way are we going to make up the six point gap. Dykes and Gray are now joint top scorers, with 9 each...and Chair is just one behind them. With just five games to go, here's hoping we stay in the top half of the table, and use the summer to work out what on earth went so badly wrong this season, and ensure it doesn't happen again next season.

    Team News:
    QPR: Jordan Archer, David Marshall, Seny Dieng, Rob Dickie and Chris Willock will miss out for the R’s, with Yoann Barbet and Lee Wallace doubts.

    Huddersfield Town: Matty Pearson will miss out, whilst Jonathon Hogg and Danny Ward will return.

    Pre-match talk:
    Mark Warburton (QPR Manager): “ We know what we must do, Huddersfield are a good team, they are good at home, they are on a good run of form, they have some good individual talents throughout their side, but we know how to deal with it.

    “We were good in the home fixture, obviously Luke (Amos) got the winner back in November where we showed we can hurt them, we must be on the front foot.

    Carlos Corberán (Huddersfield Town Manager): “I remember perfectly that we lost against QPR in London, which was a demanding game, and tomorrow is going to be the same. Many of the same players will play tomorrow that did when we lost to them, so we will have to be at our best.

    Enjoy if you are going to (mad enough to...) make the trip and as always...

    COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPSA!!!
     
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  2. SW Ranger

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    Cheers Dave. Let’s hope we can put up some kind of fight here to bring a smile on a faces again.
     
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  3. Ciarrai_Abu

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    I can't take anymore. Can we just FF to the end of the season please???
     
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  4. Yorkshire-Rs

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    Has anyone seen anything about tickets being available on the day? Normally would be at Huddersfield, but if £10 maybe some different arrangement?
     
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  5. Yorkshire-Rs

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    Sorry found it, all ticket
     
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  6. sb_73

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    Really looking forward to this one.











    Cheers Dave.
     
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  7. rangercol

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    <laugh><laugh><laugh>
     
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  8. Rangers Til I Die

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    I assume it's on Sky or red button??
     
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  10. rangercol

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    Live game mate.
     
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  11. jeffranger

    jeffranger Well-Known Member

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    Main game at 5.30 kick off
     
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  12. Rangers Til I Die

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    Oh dear, oh dear. Thx for the info.
     
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  13. Sooperhoop

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    Friday night on Sky, no need to predict...
     
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  14. QPR Oslo

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    I've got this feeling we are going to win 3-0 or 3-1 today. Don't get this very often but if my memory serves (it probably doesn't) these feelings come true!
     
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  15. Star of David Bardsley

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    We’re getting bummed 4-0 and we all know it.
     
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  16. Sutfol

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    Have we got enough available players to field a team?
     
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  17. Star of David Bardsley

    Star of David Bardsley 2023 Funniest Poster

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    A 3-0 forfeit is a viable tactic.
     
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    A quick reminder to get your predictions in, if you haven't already.
     
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  19. jeffranger

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  20. Star of David Bardsley

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    Decent team. The revolution starts here.
     
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