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Match Day Thread QPR vs Coventry

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  1. daverangers

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    QPR vs Coventry City
    The Championship
    Saturday 28th August - 3pm
    The Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium

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    Previous meetings vs Coventry;
    Games won: 43
    Games drawn: 31
    Games lost: 48

    Ones to remember;
    18 Oct 1909 Queens Park Rangers v Coventry City W 4-0 Southern League First Division
    03 Sep 1910 Queens Park Rangers v Coventry City W 5-0 Southern League First Division
    05 Apr 1913 Queens Park Rangers v Coventry City W 4-0 Southern League First Division
    28 Apr 1979 Queens Park Rangers v Coventry City W 5-1 League Division One
    23 Oct 1993 Queens Park Rangers v Coventry City W 5-1 Premier League
    02 Apr 2021 Queens Park Rangers v Coventry City W 3-0 League Championship


    Ones to forget;
    28 Dec 1909 Coventry City v Queens Park Rangers L 4-0 Southern League First Division
    26 Apr 1928 Queens Park Rangers v Coventry City L 1-5 Division Three (South)
    04 Mar 1933 Coventry City v Queens Park Rangers L 7-0 Division Three (South)
    01 Feb 1936 Coventry City v Queens Park Rangers L 6-1 Division Three (South)
    30 Aug 1952 Queens Park Rangers v Coventry City L 0-4 Division Three (South)
    02 May 1955 Coventry City v Queens Park Rangers L 5-1 Division Three (South)
    15 Sep 1956 Coventry City v Queens Park Rangers L 5-1 Division Three (South)
    25 Feb 1969 Coventry City v Queens Park Rangers L 5-0 League Division One

    Players who have played for both;

    John O’Rourke;

    1969–1971 Coventry City 54 (17)
    1971–1974 Q.P.R. 34 (12)

    Gerry Francis;
    1968–1979 Queens Park Rangers 295 (53)
    1981–1982 Queens Park Rangers 17 (4)
    1982–1983 Coventry City 50 (2)

    John Beck;

    1972–1976 Queens Park Rangers 40 (1)
    1976–1978 Coventry City 69 (6)

    Gary Bannister;

    1978–1981 Coventry City 22 (3)
    1984–1988 Queens Park Rangers 136 (56)
    1988–1990 Coventry City 43 (11)

    Mark Hateley;

    1978–1983 Coventry City 93 (25)
    1995–1997 Queens Park Rangers 27 (3)

    Alan Brazil;

    1986 Coventry City 15 (2)
    1986 Queens Park Rangers 4 (1)

    Kenny Samson;

    1989–1991 Queens Park Rangers 64 (0)
    1991–1993 Coventry City 51 (0)

    Roy Wegerle;

    1990–1992 Queens Park Rangers 65 (29)
    1993–1995 Coventry City 53 (9)

    Andy Impey;

    1990–1997 Queens Park Rangers 188 (13)
    2005–2006 Coventry City 16 (0)

    Paul Furlong;

    1991–1992 Coventry City 37 (4)
    2000 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 3 (1)
    2002 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 6 (2)
    2002–2007 Queens Park Rangers 162 (54)

    Match Preview;
    Coventry go into this game having won 3 and lost 1 so far this season. Mark Robbins, in his second spell as Coventry manager, has now been there since 2017. He was appointed in March 2017, and in his second season in charge they finished sixth in League Two, and won the playoffs. Their first year back in League One they finish 8th, and in their second season they won the division, with just 3 defeats all season. They now sit 4th in the Championship, and I know it is only 4 games into the season, but they seem a side consistently heading upward. They did lose to Northampton Town in the League Cup first round.

    As for us, we comfortably won in the League Cup, we are unbeaten in the league so far, however we sit in 5th, one place and one point behind Coventry. Viktor Gyökeres, Chris Willock and Lyndon Dykes are three of eighteen players to have scored twice in the league already, and I'll be hoping Willock and Dykes can continue this form. There are rumours that another striker, Andre Gray, is being pursued by the club, but his £70,000 a week wages are proving a problem. Never quite sure if reports of another striker being pursued will dent the confidence of players already playing, or spur them on to play well, and prove their value by scoring a shed load. Let's hope it is the latter. Enjoy those who'll make it, and I'll add team news/manager comments when it goes on the official but as always...

    ...COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPSA!!!
     
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  2. kiwiqpr

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    70 grand a week
     
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    Don’t get me started again Kiwi Lol, bring on the girls
     
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    It’s about time Coventry came down to earth with a good thumping from our lot.
    Just hope we can put a few able bodies out on the paddock.
     
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    WLS saying Johansen, Ball, Dykes and Albert have all been sick, plus Jordi has had an ankle injury, and he may have to wait until tomorrow before finalising his team.
     
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    This is a tad worrying.
     
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    Oh dear.
     
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    Don’t worry, I’m not going tomorrow, didn’t fancy the crowded train trip with Cov fans there and back plus other commitments. My absence is almost a guarantee of victory.
     
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    We need to start winning home league games
     
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    I'll be there, I'm not sure if that's a good or a bad thing either way.
     
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    Today will be a good test for Coventry, to play a well organised team.
    For us we need to show what we can do against a newly promoted team and, if we’re honest, a disappointing result against Barnsley.
    Let’s not give away any early/any at all goals and press like we can to take command of the game. Pressure on. Nothing but the win.
    C’mon you Rrrrrrrrrrrssssssss!!!!!!
     
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    We need to start quicker than we have been of late & get in front rather than concede first which we have 3 times out of 4
     
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    Do they count as a newly promoted team now?
     
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    Definitely this. Seem slow out the blocks a little too often, no matter the opponent.

    Especially at home.

    Would also like to see us play a consistent standard for a considerable length of time, rather in fits and starts as it seems. Or is that just me?
     
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    True. My bad :emoticon-0102-bigsm. Can I say newish?
     
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