please log in to view this image Rotherham United vs QPR The Championship Saturday November 4th 2023 - 15:00 The Asseal New York Stadium please log in to view this image How to get there; Drive : 3 hours and 13 minutes, 182 miles, via the M40 then M1. Train : 2 hours and 57 minutes via tube to Kings Cross, then train to Doncaster, then local train to Rotherham. Short walk from the station. Plane : 3 hours + flying to Leeds then train down. Bike : 15 hours 30 minutes, 177 miles, via National Cycle Route 6. + a few hours to recover from frostbite Previous history vs Rotherham United; Games won: 9 Games drawn: 6 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) 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 2 (0) Match preview; So, another change...Ainsworth gone and another surprise new arrival coming slightly from left field. Some on here were certain it would be Warnock, and a few other names were mentioned...then Martí Cifuentes appeared. As has been posted on the new manager thread, he obviously has plans to get us playing exciting, attacked football, with the ball on the surface. It is easy to talk the talk, and say all the right things...but we need to see some fruit and changes on the pitch and we need to see it fast. We are now 23rd in the table, with 2 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses...and most worryingly for me, are now 6 points away from 21st and safety. Our top scorer is Kenneth Paal, a left back. Martí needs to work some magic asap! As for our hosts, they have lost 3, drawn 2 and won 1 of their last five, and they sit 1 place and 1 point above us, so 22nd with 9 points. Their top scorer is Jordan Hugill, with 3 goals. They are managed by 41 year old, Matt Taylor, who took over in October 2022 and has since won 10, drawn 16 and lost 26. His summer signings included Grant Hall and Cafu...not the Brazilian one though. Team news and manager comments to go up asap, enjoy if you are making the trip, and as always, or no, lets go for a new one... ...MARTI CIFUENTES' BLUE AND WHITE ARMY!!!!
Big relegation battle already early November. Not sure Cifuentes can take the team until he gets a work permit or how long that takes. No Colbakk or Dozzell available in midfield, and possibly Field needed again at the back. Hope we use Chair and Willock in that midfield and try to play through Rotherham.
Wouldn’t mind the storm thing lingering over Rotherham and getting this game postponed, give Marti a bit more time with the rabble*. *sorry Beth.
Not expecting any sudden drastic changes in such a short space of time but I am excited to be going to the game. Didn't think I would feel this way but with the new coach and a bit of time, I feel we will climb out of this mess.
The training clips have shown El Cif speaking at length to Chair and Willock together. I really hope he starts both.
