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Match Day Thread Queens Park Rangers FC v Sunderland AFC – Saturday 16th August 2023 - KO 15:00

Discussion in 'Sunderland' started by RTB, Sep 14, 2023.

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Your prediction

Poll closed Sep 16, 2023.
  1. Home win

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  2. Away win (safc)

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  3. Draw

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  1. Dave_39

    Dave_39 Well-Known Member

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    great win should have been more than 3 roll on Blackburn game on Wednesday
     
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  2. E.T. Fairfax

    E.T. Fairfax Well-Known Member

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    Might have been a frustrating afternoon but for the red card. Cheers Jack.
     
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  3. Southern A

    Southern A Well-Known Member

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    does he? Awesome! Hopefully just an impact injury that will be ok by weds
     
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  4. Rade Prica

    Rade Prica Well-Known Member

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    Fantastic second half from us, that. Real shame about Ekwah - fingers crossed it’s not too serious. New French lad looks tidy. Subs were top class today too.
     
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  5. Sour Patch

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    Professional display in the second half.

    Last 4 games 10 points, 10 goals, 2 conceded. Going along nicely now.
     
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  6. RTB

    RTB Well-Known Member

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    Good to see Ekwah come on at the end
    - he was limping though
     
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  7. WorkyTicketFTM

    WorkyTicketFTM Well-Known Member

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    If Ekwah is injured then the only obvious solution to me is Neil and Bellingham in the middle with a 10 whether that be Roberts/Aouchiche/Pritchard.
     
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  8. The Legendary Tongue

    The Legendary Tongue Well-Known Member

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    The way we went for it second half I doubt 11 men would’ve made a difference. Should’ve been more but a win is a win.
     
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  9. Nonsense Potter

    Nonsense Potter Well-Known Member

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    09 quietly brilliant again, today. Barely puts a foot wrong these days.
     
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  10. Montysoptician

    Montysoptician Well-Known Member

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  11. Prehab26

    Prehab26 Well-Known Member

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    Tone deserves the credit with the changes at half time. .

    Got it spot on
     
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  12. Oliver's Army

    Oliver's Army Well-Known Member

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    Hard to pick a motm for that, proper team performance. Neil, onien were quietly effective, Pritchard class when he came on. Clarke was great second half and a really good debut for Aouchiche, very impressed with what I saw there from him.

    Qpr are ****, Ainsworth isn't a good manager at all.
     
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  13. Nads

    Nads Well-Known Member

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    Gotta be said their goal was a lovely take as well. Nowt on the defence for that.
     
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  14. WorkyTicketFTM

    WorkyTicketFTM Well-Known Member

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    Defo. Would’ve been easy for him to give it (and potentially waste) another 15-20 minutes because we equalised but he made the right call. Harsh on Huggins as he was playing fairly well but I’m sure he understood the situation we were in and Hume can play in a 3.
     
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  15. Teessidemackem

    Teessidemackem Well-Known Member

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    Who do we leave out once Cirkin, Dack, Rusyn, Alese, Matete and Evans are added back to the squad?
    Our strength in depth is unbelievable. It must be one of the best in the league bar none
     
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  16. clockstander

    clockstander Well-Known Member

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    Could see Rigg get some time off the bench also. I still think Bennette should get a chance up front now and again, especially late on in games like today..
     
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  17. WorkyTicketFTM

    WorkyTicketFTM Well-Known Member

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    Pritchard for me. Changed the game and probably won’t get the recognition because he didn’t score or assist but the whole teams demeanour changed when he came on. Of the starters probably Ba or O’nien. Clarke and Ba both good second half but I’d edge with Ba because Clarke was shocking for a period in the first half.
     
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  18. samwise_new

    samwise_new Well-Known Member

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    said this many times in the third division (and a few about ainsworths sides) why do teams that seem well organised hack, kick and shove their way around the pitch, they held the line well to be fair but relied on hoof balls for armstrong to fight over who certainly made himself a nuisance, possibly hoping to wind onien up.

    let's face it, the officials ruined this as a game, i don't care what the QPR fans say it came down to them having a fair few hacks and pulls and getting both players and fans riled up...nasty tackle from piss biscuit and deserved the red but after that they just howled at every tackle demanding a card, even at the end where dozzel lashed into hume and hume pushed him over (commentators saying onien had just stamped on him) should have been a card for dozzel and possibly hume yet for some reason they failed to see the 'tackle' on hume, ref took too long to put his stamp on the game, really bad performance from him.

    good part is we never ever looked rushed, we done it all at our pace and to our liking, knowing the goals would come and once we came out for the 2nd half there was never a doubt.

    was not a starter but i am going for pritchard for MotM and if hemir had got his goal from that cross it would have crowned the day totally.
     
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  19. Flash Gordon

    Flash Gordon Well-Known Member

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    I think a lot of fans would have brought Roberts on for Ba and not been nearly as adventurous as Mowbray was.
     
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  20. clockstander

    clockstander Well-Known Member

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    We need it mate , lessons have been learned from last season it would appear, but injuries are unpredictable and could wreak any squad. Ps you missed out Mattete <laugh>
     
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