U23 Professional Development League Team: Dieng, Kakay, Williams, Goss, Paul, Hill, Petrasso, Borysiuk, Oteh, Chair, Grego-Cox Subs: Herdman, Hamalainen, Tilt, Rowe The big pre-match news was the confirmation that Clint Hill was indeed in the starting line-up! The visitors also included an over-age player, 35-year-old former Brazilian international Julio Baptista. Bolton could well have taken Continue reading
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QPR (2) – Ipswich Town (1) – A very Impressive Team Performance in W12
Team: Smithies, Bidwell, Onuoha, Baptiste, Robinson, Wszolek (Wheeler), Luongo, Scowen, Freeman, Washington (Smith), Mackie (LuaLua) Subs Not Used: Lumley, Furlong, Manning, Osayi-Samuel Attendance: 14,060 (including 2,384 Ipswich fans) A well deserved win, with the players getting their just rewards, having put in a very decent shift. The Tractor Boys had little to offer on a Continue reading
Cardiff City (2) – QPR (1)
Team: Smithies, Furlong, Onuoha, Caulker (Wszolek), Bidwell, Luongo, Scowen, Freeman, Mackie (Sylla), Smith, Washington (Ngbakoto) Subs Not Used: Ingram, Robinson, Baptiste, LuaLua Attendance: 18,520 (including 638 R’s fans) Cardiff City beat Queen’s Park Rangers in a breathless encounter to stay top of the Championship table. Matt Smith nodded QPR in front before their former winger Continue reading
QPR U23 (3) – Barnsley U23 (2)
Team: Lumley, Kakay, Hamalainen, Goss, Paul, Phillips, Petrasso, Manning, Darbyshire, Grego-Cox, Rowe Sub Not Used: Herdman In blazing sunshine, Reece Grego-Cox did really well to set up our first goal after 7 minutes. He chased a ball down the left-wing almost to the bye-line that would have been a lost cause for many. After taking Continue reading
QPR (2) – Hull City (1) – “James Perch did his Knee & I wanted him to come off & he wouldn’t come off”
Team: Smithies, Bidwell, Baptiste (Wszolek), Onuoha, Perch, Freeman, Luongo, Scowen, LuaLua (Smith), Mackie (Sylla), Washington Subs Not Used: Ingram, Furlong, Manning, Borysiuk Attendance: 12,609 (including 829 Hull fans) Having made hard work of it, I thought we got what we fully deserved. Missed chances in the first-half almost cost us the game. We need a Continue reading
Sheffield Wednesday (1) – QPR (1) – R’s Produce Impressive Performance
Sheffield Wednesday (1) – QPR (1) – R’s Produce Impressive Performance Team: Smithies, Bidwell, Onuoha, Lynch, Perch, Scowen, Luongo, Freeman (Manning), Wszolek (Furlong), Mackie (LuaLua), Washington Subs Not Used: Ingram, Baptiste, Borysiuk, Smith Attendance: 25,537 (including 712 R’s fans) Make no mistake this was an excellent performance by the R’s. We played good quality football Continue reading
QPR U23 (4) – Hull City U23 (1)
U23 Professional Development League Team: Lumley, Kakay, Owens, Baptiste, Hamalainen, Paul, Petrasso, Goss, Oteh, Eze, Chair Subs: Herdman, Rowe, Phillips, Grego-Cox The R’s got off to a productive start and within a couple of minutes, captain for the day, Eberechi Eze made his way through midfield and set-up Ilias Chair who saw his low shot Continue reading
QPR (2) – Reading (0): ‘A Perfect Performance. A Perfect Start’
Team: Smithies, Perch, Onuoha, Lynch, Bidwell (Robinson), Wszolek, Scowen, Luongo, Freeman, Mackie (Ngbakoto), Washington (Sylla) Subs Not Used: Ingram, Furlong, Borysiuk, Smith Attendance: 14,460 (including 2,208 away fans) Reading were poor because we made them look poor. We pressed them from the 18-yard box as the keeper was always playing the ball short. The No.24, Continue reading
Billericay Town (1) – QPR U23 (5)
Team: Dieng, Paul, Hamalainen, Owens, Caulker, Finney, Grego-Cox, Eze, Oteh, Chair, Prohouly Sub Not Used: Herdman ChrisPTenner informed me about this hastily arranged friendly at Billericay. As far as I know QPR had never played there before? Billericay were formed in 1880 and initially played at Archer Hall until 1971 when they moved to their Continue reading
Bovingdon (0) – QPR U23 (6)
Team: Dieng (Bowman), Kioso, Genovesi (Ribiero), Bettache (Mesais), Kaiser, Noel-McLeod, Corner (Bensal-McNulty), Akinola (Miller), Cardosa (Dauti), Emmanuel-Thomas (Corner), Fanimo (Francis-Adeyinka) I was surprised to see that three games were scheduled for last Saturday. The first team were involved at Peterborough and a U23’s squad were playing Wycombe Wanderers behind closed doors at Harlington. Bovingdon provided Continue reading
