Match Day Thread Rotherham vs QPR

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Rotherham vs QPR
The Championship
Saturday 13th February 2021 - 15:00
ASSEAL New York Stadium

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Previous meetings;
Games won: 8
Games drawn: 5
Games lost: 6

Ones to remember;
06 Jan 1968 Queens Park Rangers v Rotherham United W 6-0 League Division Two
19 Mar 1983 Queens Park Rangers v Rotherham United W 4-0 League Division Two
16 Jan 2016 Rotherham United v Queens Park Rangers W 0-3 League Championship
18 Mar 2017 Queens Park Rangers v Rotherham United W 5-1 League Championship

Ones to forget;
10 Nov 1951 Queens Park Rangers v Rotherham United L 2-3 League Division Two
29 Mar 1952 Rotherham United v Queens Park Rangers L 1-0 League Division Two
27 Mar 1982 Rotherham United v Queens Park Rangers L 1-0 League Division Two
13 Mar 2019 Queens Park Rangers v Rotherham United L 1-2 League Championship

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– Queens Park Rangers 52 (2)

Match preview;
Rotherham sit 4 places and 4 points behind us, in 20th place. They lost 1-2 to Cardiff on Tuesday night, but before that won 2 in a row, against Derby (3-0) then Preston (1-2). Both Michael Smith and Matthew Crooks are on 7 goals. We have won four of our last five, including two impressive away wins at Cardiff then Watford. Spirits have been lifted, and with Austin back leading the line, hope is restored.

I would comment on where a win could take us to in the table, but the table is clearly nonsense...I mean, Brentford are currently on top of it...which proves you can tell anything from the table until at least 35 games into the season...:emoticon-0114-dull::emoticon-0114-dull::emoticon-0114-dull:. I'll add some team news if it goes on the official, but the only person I've heard of being out this week is Warburton, who was apparently not at training as he was home and sick.

Enjoy, those who are watching, and as always...COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPSA!!!
 
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The beginning of a massive test now. 5 games over the next 15 days (or 11 games over 36 days coming up), from Saturday onwards. We're going to need a lot of squad rotation. We won't be the only team suffering this but we need to swim and not sink! Some of the squad players need to step up and show what they've got.
 
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Question for everyone:

Dom Ball has not been very good for us lately. He's often been the weakest player in the team, with bad control, bad first touch and some strange decision making. His head doesn't seem to be in the game.

Would anyone be opposed to Bettache getting a run at Ball's expense? I really don't see how Bettache could play worse than Ball has been lately.
 
awjm said:
Question for everyone:

Dom Ball has not been very good for us lately. He's often been the weakest player in the team, with bad control, bad first touch and some strange decision making. His head doesn't seem to be in the game.

Would anyone be opposed to Bettache getting a run at Ball's expense? I really don't see how Bettache could play worse than Ball has been lately.
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Ball hasn’t been that bad, has he? He’s prone to a mental five minutes here and there but generally think he’s been fine. Bettache looks like he’ll get lost in the snow.
 
I like his surging runs and he looks like he might score now and again, his ball control leaves me wincing though...if he was a better player i'd call him mercurial :biggrin:
 
West WindsR said:
Ball hasn’t been that bad, has he? He’s prone to a mental five minutes here and there but generally think he’s been fine. Bettache looks like he’ll get lost in the snow.
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I think he's been made to look better by being in a team getting good results lately. I'm not saying he's been desperately bad where he's giving away points. But he's been totally off the boil and looking like a much lower league player recently.

Ironically, I thought he was one of our best players last season. And Bettache has looked quite good recently.
 
awjm said:
The beginning of a massive test now. 5 games over the next 15 days (or 11 games over 36 days coming up), from Saturday onwards. We're going to need a lot of squad rotation. We won't be the only team suffering this but we need to swim and not sink! Some of the squad players need to step up and show what they've got.
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The crowded fixture list is the same for all Clubs, but gives an advantage to generally the richer ones with large squads.
 
awjm said:
Question for everyone:

Dom Ball has not been very good for us lately. He's often been the weakest player in the team, with bad control, bad first touch and some strange decision making. His head doesn't seem to be in the game.

Would anyone be opposed to Bettache getting a run at Ball's expense? I really don't see how Bettache could play worse than Ball has been lately.
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I guess Field is or will be an alternative to Ball, or is he injured too, wasn't on the Bench for Blackburn I don't think..Maybe Johansen is another if he can build his fitness.
 
Bloody hell other than the Fulham cup loss when have won 4 league games on the spin! :emoticon-0103-cool:
 
WLS are reporting that Eustace took training today and said de Wyjs and Field aren't fit yet and won't be involved Saturday. Dykes hasn't trained since his head bang Saturday and is rated only 50/50 to be ready. Warburton missed training today with a dodgy gut but is expected to be back tomorrow.
 
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