Match Day Thread Blackburn Rovers vs QPR

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Blackburn Rovers vs QPR
The Championship
Wednesday 26th November : 19:45
Ewood Park

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How to get there;
Drive : Anything between 4 hours 30 and 6 hours, 224 miles up the M1 then M6
Train : 3 hours 35 minutes on the tube to Euston Square, then mainline from Euston to Preston, then a local line to Blackburn then the #1 bus.
Bike : 22 hours, and 249 miles on Cycle Route 6...then another week to defrost.

Previous history vs Blackburn Rovers;
Games won: 19
Games drawn: 12
Games lost: 30

Ones to remember;
27 Dec 1948 Queens Park Rangers v Blackburn Rovers W 4-2 League Division Two
27 Dec 1948 Queens Park Rangers v Blackburn Rovers W 4-2 League Division Two
30 Oct 1999 Blackburn Rovers v Queens Park Rangers W 0-2 League Division 1
05 Oct 2019 Queens Park Rangers v Blackburn Rovers W 4-2 League Championship

Ones to forget;
01 Jan 1952 Blackburn Rovers v Queens Park Rangers L 4-2 League Division Two
24 Mar 1993 Queens Park Rangers v Blackburn Rovers L 0-3 Premier League
26 Nov 1994 Blackburn Rovers v Queens Park Rangers L 4-0 Premier League
07 Jan 2006 Blackburn Rovers v Queens Park Rangers L 3-0 FA Cup

Players who have played for both;
Simon Barker;
1983–1988 Blackburn Rovers 182 (35)
1988–1998 Queens Park Rangers 315 (33)

Roy Wegerle;
1990–1992 Queens Park Rangers 65 (29)
1992–1993 Blackburn Rovers 11 (4)

Darren Peackock;
1990–1994 Queens Park Rangers 126 (6)
1998–2000 Blackburn Rovers 47 (1)

Marcus Bent;
2000–2001 Blackburn Rovers 37 (8)
2010 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 3 (0)

John Curtis;
2000–2003 Blackburn Rovers 61 (0)
2007 Queens Park Rangers 4 (0)

Leon Best;
2004–2005 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 5 (0)
2012–2015 Blackburn Rovers 14 (2)

Ryan Nelsen;
2005–2012 Blackburn Rovers 172 (8)
2012–2013 Queens Park Rangers 21 (1)

Christopher Samba;
2007–2012 Blackburn Rovers 161 (16)
2013 Queens Park Rangers 10 (0)

Junior Hoilett;
2007–2012 Blackburn Rovers 81 (12)
2012–2016 Queens Park Rangers 112 (12)

Bradley Orr;
2010–2012 - Queens Park Rangers 39 (1)
2012–2015 Blackburn Rovers 31 (0)

Ben Gladwin;
2015–2017 Queens Park Rangers 14 (0)
2017–2020 Blackburn Rovers 5 (0)

Todd Kane;
2013–2014 → Blackburn Rovers (loan) 41 (2)
2019– 2021 → Queens Park Rangers 60 (3)

Match Preview;
So, back to it on Wednesday night...and great to be heading up north on the back of a win...and quite a win at that against Hull. Coming back from behind, twice, to win 3-2 was fantastic on Saturday...that win has lifted us to 15th, but only 3 points behind 6th placed Hull, so the top half of the table is seriously congested. In fact, only 4 points separates us, in 15th, with 4th placed Bristol City. I know all the teams will be thinking the same, but a run of wins could move us up the table very quickly. This season ain't over yet.

Our hosts on Wednesday night, Blackburn have won 4 and lost 1 in their last five. They have three players, Yuki Ohashi, Andri Gudjohnsen and Todd Cantwell on 4 goals, and have scored 16 in total this season. Their recent run of wins sees them sit 18th, on 19 points, so 6 points clear of relegation and 3 points behind us. Their manager is Valérien Ismaêl, who joined them in February and has since managed 28 games, winning 10, drawing just 4 and losing 14...which suggests to me they don't sit back and play for draws. Should make for an entertaining game given what we all watched on Saturday.

Team news and manager comments to go up when on the official, enjoy if you are making the trip, and as always...

...COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPSA!!!

 

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Will be very disappointed if there are more than 3 changes to the line-up.

JS said himself the other day that consistency is the key. You don't get consistency when you change 5 or 6 players every match.

I understand you need to rest the odd player occasionally, especially during 3 game weeks but professional footballers shouldn't need a rest after the first game of three.

 

I know it's your summer mate, but no chance of seeing anyone dressed like this, even up north, on Wednesday night.

Likely more chance of seeing...

 

The Marlon Broomes derby

 

It is not usually a happy hunting ground for us. Immense respect to the travelling fans.

 

Always enjoy going to this one. Leave 4 hrs before kick off to go 65 miles as M62 is a car park, followed by a 1-0, 2-0 loss with zero shots on target. Leave with hypothermia get back to Leeds at 3am as u cannot get out of the dump that is Blackburn, M62 shut and diversion is via Birmingham.
Fair play to everyone who has a lot longer journey than myself, see u in Fenhurst!

 

My first ever away game was a 1-0 loss there when Shearer dived for a penalty. Have been a few times and pretty sure we’ve not scored- the 1-0 dour loss a few years ago, a cup game where someone (Mackie?) broke a leg, maybe another cup game where Ainsworth got a bad injury.

 

Cheers Dave.

If we get something from this I’ll be very happy.

 

I was at that 1 nil cup loss, maybe 100 or so brave/stupid of us braved the horrific conditions and terrible traffic for that horror show

 

Still makes me angry remembering Diouf's reaction.