Match Day Thread Swansea vs QPR

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Swansea vs QPR
Liberty Stadium
Tuesday 11th February 2020 - 7.45pm

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Travel;
Drive: 3 hours and 20 minutes, and 185 miles down the M4.
Train: 3 hours and 34 minutes on the Hammersmith and City line to Paddington then Great Western to Swansea, then the x6 from High Street Station to the stadium.

Previous Meetings;
All matches : 48
QPR wins : 20
Swansea wins : 13
Drawn : 15

Ones to remember;
13.5.2019 QPR 4 Swansea 0

26.12.2010 QPR 4 Swansea 0

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24.8.2004 QPR 3 Swansea 0
5.1.2020 QPR 5 Swansea 1

Ones to forget;
18.8.2012 QPR 0 Swansea 5
2.9.2013 Swansea 4 QPR 1
18.11.2001 Swansea 4 QPR 0

Players who have played for both;
Leon Knight;
2001 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 11 (0)
2006–2007 Swansea City 25 (19)

Angel Rangel;
2007–2018 Swansea City 328 (9)
2018– Queens Park Rangers 22 (2)

Steven Caulker;
2011–2012 → Swansea City (loan) 26 (0)
2014–2017 Queens Park Rangers 50 (3)

Wayne Routledge
2009–2010 Queens Park Rangers 44 (3)
2011 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 20 (5)
2011– Swansea City 235 (22)

Leroy Fer;
2014–2016 Queens Park Rangers 48 (8)
2016 → Swansea City (loan) 11 (0)
2016–2019 Swansea City 79 (8)

Match Preview;
Having thrashed Swansea in the cup in January we now play them at their place after a disappointing weekend defeat against Huddersfield. This leaves us needing to pick up points asap to ensure we don't have a nerve racking end to the season. Swansea, on the other hand, are only 4 points off a playoff spot, but will be disappointed to have lost 2-3 at home to Derby on Saturday. Their top scorer is Ayew with 12 goals. They have scored 37 and let in 37 this year, which gives them the joint second best defense of any team outside the top six, but also the joint second worst scoring record, with 5 teams having scored 37, and only Wigan (29) having scored less. Who knows what this will mean for Tuesday night...could be a good chance to improve our defensive record, could also be tough place to score a few...we will wait and see.

Team news
QPR: Charlie Owens (knee).

Swansea: George Byers (ankle), Bersant Celina (knock), Mike van der Hoorn (knee), Jordan Garrick (hamstring).
Enjoy those who are making the trip and...COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPSA!!!

 

Thanks Dave, great to see those clips again. If we get at them we should win again. I'd like to see Rangel get a game against them, but even more I'd like to see BOS unleashed as a wing back, Eze playing forward getting beyond Hugill where he can really hurt them, Amos pressing them like the PitBull that's in him somewhere from early season, in a 3 5 2, something like this.

Kelly
Hall, Masterson, Barbet
BOS, Amos, Cameron, Ball, Manning
Hugill, Eze

Rangel, Wallace, Chair, Clarke, and Oteh at least on the Bench.

 

I like that.

 

An interesting team selection.

My only “constructive” comment is that I am not sure if BOS has experience of playing as a “wingback”?

 

I've never seen him play there but hope he's trained and practised as a wing back. For me he looks like he's a shoe in for the role quick, tough, strong on the ball and seems aware defensively - one great goal saving tackle Saturday showed awareness as well as great speed. I've never seen him as a striker, he's looked lost to me when he's been moved more central, but out wide...

 

Thanks Dave, some great memories and some great players in the 2010 highlights.

Maybe the likes of Eze & Chair should try and emulate some of the greats from 2010 and Hugil could learn a thing or two from Helguson or even Mackie!

 

This is a game we could do with getting something from. I guess it depends which Rangers team turns up. Hopefully the bloody minded ones with win on their minds the one that will fight for every ball and challenge every 70-30 (not in their favour)......regardless of what Swansea throw at them

 

has William hill done a chart for goals against

 

They aren’t all that so I only expect a two goal home win.

If Amos starts I give up.

 

Why would we ever consider taking one of our most dangerous attacking threats and playing him in a more defensive position?!?!?!?!? Bizarre to say the least. This lad should be naturally on the wing or right up with hugill where he can do the damage, not ****ing tracking their winger for the game!

 

Main game on sky tonight apparently even though Brentford are at home to massive......

 

Oh joy....

 

Exactly. Just the sort of form to show off on Sky tonight

 

Snatch his hand off....

 

Time to change things round a bit? Perhaps back to the 3 5 2 we played early season, but having defensive midfielders who are very aware of the space behind our wing backs where we got caught out playing that way.

 

I have to agree. When playing 3 at the back I believe that 2 defensive midfielders should start. Defend as a 5 and attack as a 5.

 

And if they play keep ball like Swansea always did we'll want to press them really hard.