Match Day Thread West Brom vs QPR

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West Brom vs QPR
The Championship
Saturday 8th March 2025, 3pm
The Hawthorns

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How to get there;
Car : 2 hours and 10 minutes via the M40
Train : 2 hours and 42 minutes on the Hammersmith and City Line to Euston then mainline to Birmingham New Street then local line to The Hawthorns.
Bike : 11 hr 35 min (130 miles) via National Cycle Rte 6

Games won: 17
Games drawn: 13
Games lost: 25

Ones to remember;
04 March 1967 Queens Park Rangers v West Bromwich Albion 3-2 League Cup Final
03 Apr 1982 Queens Park Rangers v West Bromwich Albion W 1-0 FA Cup
13 Sep 1997 Queens Park Rangers v West Bromwich Albion W 2-0 League Division 1
20 Dec 2014 Queens Park Rangers v West Bromwich Albion W 3-2 Premier League
04 Apr 2015 West Bromwich Albion v Queens Park Rangers W 1-4 Premier League

Ones to forget;
26 Dec 1968 Queens Park Rangers v West Bromwich Albion L 0-4 League Division One
30 Sep 2007 West Bromwich Albion v Queens Park Rangers L 5-1 League Championship
18 Aug 2018 West Bromwich Albion v Queens Park Rangers L 7-1 League Championship

Players who have played for both;
Clive Clark;
1958–1960 Queens Park Rangers 58 (7)
1960–1969 West Bromwich Albion 301 (80)
1969–1970 Queens Park Rangers 8 (1)

Nigel Quashie;
1995–1998 Queens Park Rangers 58 (3)
2006–2007 West Bromwich Albion 29 (1)
2010 Queens Park Rangers 4 (0)

Paul Peschisolido;
1996–1997 West Bromwich Albion 45 (18)
2000 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 5 (1)

Jerome Thomas;
2002 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 4 (1)
2002 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 6 (2)
2009–2013 West Bromwich Albion 99 (11)

Rob Hulse;
2003–2005 West Bromwich Albion 38 (10)
2010–2013 Queens Park Rangers 23 (2)

Scott Sinclair;
2007 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 9 (1)
2013–2014 → West Bromwich Albion (loan) 8 (0)

Ishmael Miller;
2007–2008 → West Bromwich Albion (loan) 21 (7)
2008–2011 West Bromwich Albion 49 (7)
2011 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 12 (1)

Charlie Austin;
2013–2016 Queens Park Rangers 82 (45)
2019–2021 West Bromwich Albion 39 (10)
2021 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 21 (8)
2021–2022 Queens Park Rangers 34 (5)

Jordan Hugill;
2019–2020 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 39 (13)
2021– 2022 → West Bromwich Albion (loan) 20 (1)

Tyler Roberts;
2016–2018 West Bromwich Albion 1 (0)
2022–2023 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 18 (3)

Stefan Johansen;
2019 → West Bromwich Albion (loan) 14 (2)
2021 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 21 (4)
2021–2023 Queens Park Rangers 64 (3)

Tim Iroegbunam;
- 2021 - West Brom (Youth)
2022–2023 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 32 (3)

Matt Phillips;
2013–2016 Queens Park Rangers 90 (14)
2016–2024 West Bromwich Albion 238 (28)

Darnell Furlong;
2014–2019 Queens Park Rangers 64 (1)
2019– West Bromwich Albion 220 (10)

Sam Field;
2016–2021 West Bromwich Albion 34 (2)
2021 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 19 (1)
2021– Queens Park Rangers 151 (9)

Match Preview;
After their 1-1 draw at Elland Road on March 1st, West Brom sit 6 in the table, level on points with 7th placed Coventry, and only two points ahead of 8th placed Boro...so they have a lot to play for. Their top scorer is Josh Maja with 12 goals, followed by Alex Mowatt and Karlan Grant with 6 each. Their manager is Tony Mowbray, who is in his second spell at West Brom having replaced Carlos Corberan who chose to leave the splendour of West Bromwich for Valencia...tough choice. Since rejoining, Mowbray has won 3, lost 3 and drawn 2.

As for us, solid mid-table, 14th, 13 from the drop zone and 8 points from the top six. As I've said in previous match day threads for the last few games, given our position in October, I'd have bitten your hand off for this position now. I'd love to see us finish the season strongly, and go into the summer high on confidence with a positive outlook for next season...but I fear Saturday is not going to be a fun afternoon for us.

From the interview on the official site, Cifuentes says Field is out, and may return before the end of the season due to an ankle injury. Kolli could return mid-March but not for this one and Zan Celar and Jake Clarke-Salter are getting closer to returning but not quite there yet.

Enjoy if you are making the trip, and as always...

...COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPSA!!!

 

Scott Sinclair, Stefan Johansen

 

Rob Hulse
Jerome Thomas

 

Can we just fast forward to the Furlong brace and end it there? Not expecting anything from this one, sadly.

 

Too bad that Sam Field misses a return to the Hawthorns. A 2-3 result would be nice and fitting.

 

Yep nice symmetry that we're playing Baggies in the week of the 58th anniversary of our Wembley win.......

 

Next up WBA away, Boro away, Leeds home, lost 5 of the last 7, how long before the panic sets in again?

Season after season the same pattern, alternating between the (nearly) best team in the league on form to the worst with monotonous regularity. Bipolar Park Rangers. Let’s hope we have enough games for another manic cycle before the end of the season.

Cheers Dave.

 

Can I ask, is there any club in the Football League that Scott Sinclair and Nigel Quarshie have not played for?

 

My Massive mate said WBA best team he has seen at Elland Road this season, so sadly thinking the same

 

Maybe we can get inspired by PSG v Becker!

 

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If anyone was wondering why they’re called the Baggies, AI tells me it’s because their fans wore baggy trousers.

Exceptionally boring club in a boring ground in a boring part of the world. Can’t wait to lose 2-0 and look forward to Boro.

 

Nice one Dave, let's hope we can defy our recent form and their league position and turn them over

 

Regularly ‘played for both’ favourite Lee Camp was a West Brom player who never made an appearance.

 

But now their mascot is a boiler and a combi boiler at that
https://images.app.goo.gl/uUXGL45ZSeujNSPX7

 

Yes I forgot that. Am fond of Boiler Man. And the three degrees. What happened to Ron Atkinson?

 

He’s one lazy boilerman

 

Is this a joke I’d get if I was 70?