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Interestingly, all be it I am optimistic and biased as a QPR fan I guess... I feel our fixtures work well for us this season.
All of our away games, so far, have been against the top 6-10 teams and its fair to say that most of those teams will be in that top ten come the end of the season.
The good news is the return fixtures will be at home of which most fans and pundits rate QPR this season at home and therefore (Touchwood) we may be able to continue that good form and pick up some points against the harder/in form teams in the second half of the season where we struggled in the first half.
Furthermore as all of our away games have been far harder, it means our next batch of away games will be against the bottom half clubs and hopefully our away game fortunes will change. (More draws, couple of wins to see us over the finish line) Im not saying we will win suddenly start winning away from home like we have of late at home, but we stand a better chance of seeing out games for a point and even knick the odd 3 points with a 1 nil win. If you can steal 2 points from teams like Burnley, Leicester and Hull then it prevents them gaining ground on you as long as you pick up points at home as well.
Pundits and papers will forever look at clubs fixtures but pay more attention to the run in, of which ours doesn't look particularly healthy. (Two tough away games against Liverpool and City), but for me, I wouldnt be looking at those games I would be looking at the second half fixtures as a whole. If we want to stay up, then we need to be aiming to get points on the board sooner rather than later. (All be it a home fixture against Newcastle and a massive 6 pointer against the foxes)
Lastly, our next two home games against WBA and Palace are again MASSIVE in our route to survival. Our home form is huge currently and has lead us out of the bottom three. We need to make sure we at least get a results in both of these games even though I think they will prove extremely hard.
I favour or second half of the season fixtures and maybe its more of a reason to get behind the boys as we do have a fighting chance this Season!!
You R'sss
All of our away games, so far, have been against the top 6-10 teams and its fair to say that most of those teams will be in that top ten come the end of the season.
The good news is the return fixtures will be at home of which most fans and pundits rate QPR this season at home and therefore (Touchwood) we may be able to continue that good form and pick up some points against the harder/in form teams in the second half of the season where we struggled in the first half.
Furthermore as all of our away games have been far harder, it means our next batch of away games will be against the bottom half clubs and hopefully our away game fortunes will change. (More draws, couple of wins to see us over the finish line) Im not saying we will win suddenly start winning away from home like we have of late at home, but we stand a better chance of seeing out games for a point and even knick the odd 3 points with a 1 nil win. If you can steal 2 points from teams like Burnley, Leicester and Hull then it prevents them gaining ground on you as long as you pick up points at home as well.
Pundits and papers will forever look at clubs fixtures but pay more attention to the run in, of which ours doesn't look particularly healthy. (Two tough away games against Liverpool and City), but for me, I wouldnt be looking at those games I would be looking at the second half fixtures as a whole. If we want to stay up, then we need to be aiming to get points on the board sooner rather than later. (All be it a home fixture against Newcastle and a massive 6 pointer against the foxes)
Lastly, our next two home games against WBA and Palace are again MASSIVE in our route to survival. Our home form is huge currently and has lead us out of the bottom three. We need to make sure we at least get a results in both of these games even though I think they will prove extremely hard.
I favour or second half of the season fixtures and maybe its more of a reason to get behind the boys as we do have a fighting chance this Season!!
You R'sss
SIR LESLIE FERDINAND!!
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