please log in to view this image QPR vs Rotherham United The Championship Saturday 24th February 2024 - 15:00 Loftus Road please log in to view this image Previous history vs Rotherham United; Games won: 9 Games drawn: 7 Games lost: 8 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) Emmanuel Ledesma; 2008–2009 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 17 (4) 2015–2016 Rotherham United 5 (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) Conor Washington; 2016–2018 Queens Park Rangers 92 (13) 2022–2023 Rotherham United 35 (5) Jordan Hugill; 2019–2020 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 39 (13) 2023– Rotherham United 30 (8) Grant Hall; 2015–2020 Queens Park Rangers 119 (6) 2022–2023 → Rotherham United (loan) 20 (0) 2023– Rotherham United 6 (1) Match preview; Just landed back from 10 days on the east coast of America, where I only spotted the one QPR shirt, and had a quick catch up with some fellow Rangers fans. Very pleasing to see Willock, Andersen and Chair link up so well for the goal. If we can continue to build quick passages of play like that, with different attacking players, we'll make a lot more chances and surely score a lot more goals. Looked like a training ground drill in action, so credit to Cifuentes and co. That win leaves us just one point from the safety of 21st position, and one win away from potentially moving up to 19th. Our visitors on Saturday, Rotherham United, are rooted to the bottom of the table, and haven't won since beating Boro' on Boxing Day. They've only won three and drawn ten all season, and their nineteen point tally leaves them ten points from 23rd placed, Sheffield Wednesday, and fifteen points from safety. Their top scorer is Hakeem Odoffin on 4 goals, followed by Jordan Hugill with 3. Cifuentes; “We know it would be a milestone mentally to win this game but we have to be at our best,” Cifuentes said. “It’s an all-or-nothing situation for Rotherham. They need to win games so they are a really dangerous opponent. “It’s going to be very difficult - they showed that against Ipswich and how hard they made things for them. “We know we need to get points whoever we’re playing; it would be naïve to expect it to be an easy game looking at the league table. “We need to make sure we dominate the game and put pressure on them from the beginning. I’m prepared for a very tough game against a team we have to have a lot of respect for.” Rangers have collected 11 points from their last six fixtures, including last Saturday’s 1-0 win at Bristol City, and Cifuentes has been pleased with the progress his squad are making. “Over the last six games we’ve got three wins and only one defeat at Stoke which came in a poor performance,” he said. “The team is working hard and we are earning the right to fight to get out of the relegation zone.” As always... ...COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPSA!!!
Loftus Road a sell out, we need a win, yet again to escape the relegation zone, Rotherham are bottom of the league...... What could possibly go wrong?
How about one of those relaxed stress free wins, a few goals in the first 20 minutes followed by a couple more at some point. You know those games that every other team tend to have every now or then.
We need to look and behave like the superior team, which we are. We do not need to sit in our own half, inviting them on and trying to play counter attack football. We need to push them back and go at them.
Not the QPR way though is it mate. Behind in the 3rd minute, scrappy equaliser just before half or after half-time, then an entire second half attacking their goal...then a glorious winner in the 87th minute, followed by a tap in on the 91st minute.
I'll take that, although I suspect more likely tapping about in our half for 87 minutes before 5 minutes of all out attack.
It has the same feel as the 2nd leg against Wigan way back. Different outcomes of course. The one was the road to Wembley, the other, survival!
