Match Thread | QPR 2 PNE 0

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TWO former QPR players who are sadly no longer with us will be inducted into The Forever R's Club this weekend.

Ivor Powell and Matt Brazier, who will be represented by family, will be posthumously inducted into our ex-players' association when Preston North End visit the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium on Saturday.

Former wing-half Powell, capped eight times by Wales, made 159 appearances for us, scoring two goals, between 1937 and 1948 after starting his career with the R’s – and was part of the team that clinched the Division Three South title in '48.

Versatile midfielder Brazier also started his career at QPR – making his debut in the Premier League and going on to make 57 appearances for Rangers, scoring three goals, between 1994 and 1998.

To mark the special occasion, there will be a minute’s applause ahead of kick-off as we commemorate the lives of the duo.

Ivor Powell entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest working football coach on his 90th birthday after 55 years as a coach. He retired on 26 May 2010, aged 93.

https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/club-news/powell-and-brazier-to-be-remembered/

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The Lilywhites will be well supported in the capital as ever, with their 1,245 allocation in the School Lane end close to selling out.

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Games won:10
Games drawn:16
Games lost:17

Vs PNE at home.

[Shania]

Oh how sweet a victory against them will feel. Imo.

[Joe90]

PNE's gamesmanship is second to none making them a very tricky side to play and beat.

Obviously I want us to win every game, but I do agree with you Shania, victory tomorrow would be particularly sweet!

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With Wallace available who will play LB ?
Pugh or Chair behind the striker ?

[Shania]

PNE's gamesmanship is second to none making them a very tricky side to play and beat.

Obviously I want us to win every game, but I do agree with you Shania, victory tomorrow would be particularly sweet!

I wish we could learn a bit from them, not the most ugly part of their play, but how they are organised etc..

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https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/david-prutton-offers-prediction-for-qprs-clash-against-preston/

David Prutton thinks its a 2-2 draw

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QPR defender Yoann Barbet is back in training after injury and has been passed fit to return to the squad.

But keeper Liam Kelly is still unavailable, so Joe Lumley is set to continue in goal.

Match facts

• QPR have lost their past six league matches against Preston, a run stretching back to August 2016.
• Preston have won their past three away league visits to QPR, as many as they had won in their first 17 trips there (W3 D7 L7).
• QPR have not kept a clean sheet in any of their past 23 league games - they last had a longer run without a shutout in a club-record run of 40 between May 1968 and April 1969.
• Preston have lost three of their past four away league games (W1). They conceded as many goals in their last away league game (0-4 vs Hull) as they had in their previous six on the road in the Championship.
• Eberechi Eze has been involved in 86 open-play sequences ending in a shot in the Championship this season - 13 more than any other QPR player.
• As Preston manager, Alex Neil has won more Championship games against QPR than any other side (four).

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MARK Warburton believes that his QPR squad will learn a great deal from their difficult November.

Despite some good spells in matches, they were unable to record a victory during the month and, as a result, have slipped away from the Championship’s play-off places.

Ahead of today’s clash against Preston North End in W12 – Rangers’ first game of December – the boss says that his players will be stronger for the tough period.

“I spoke so highly of them [the players] a few weeks ago because of the work they have done to gel together, to take on new ideas and it is such a demanding league as well,” he told www.qpr.co.uk.

“It challenges you every week, the games come thick and fast and many demands are placed on your squad members, young and old.

“The players have responded so well and that is why November, when it has been difficult for us, can be used as character building for the squad.

“We have to be better for it, learn lessons and make sure we don’t make the same mistakes. We are working very hard and I have every confidence that this squad will continue to grow from here.”

Preston will arrive in west London on a tough run themselves. After going top of the table in early November, the Lilywhites have since lost their last three league games.

Warburton knows what a tough test they will post his team, though.

He said: “It was a good performance by them against West Brom [on Monday night] and they were undone by a very harsh penalty.

“They are well organised, are disciplined, they know their roles and they strike me as a team of men. What I mean by that is that they can go home and away and they know the division, have good experience and have good quality in their ranks.

“They’re a very tough opponent, we respect that but we are a very good team as well and we have to show that on Saturday.”

He added: “Preston start every game on the front foot, we have to recognise that. They have pace up top, they have physicality and [Jayden] Stockley is a clear target man.

“They get forward with quality, pick up second balls quickly and they are organised at the back. We have analysed them well and I’m sure they have done the same to us.

“We are at home, we have to be on the front foot, we have to use the ball wisely, take our chances and defend our goal with a passion. Hopefully our supporters will see us win at our home stadium.”

The manager revealed that defender Yoann Barbet is now eligible for selection again, having missed the last few weeks with a hamstring injury.

He said: “Yoann is back, training on grass and is available again, which is great. Liam Kelly is probably two weeks away and the medical team are doing a superb job with him.

“The squad is getting fit and well, which is important for us. After Saturday, we go to Birmingham on Wednesday and then Barnsley and then play on the 21^st, 26^th and 29^th, 1^st, 4th and so on. It’s that demanding period of the season where you have to have the squad fit and well.”

With only one month until the New Year, Warburton was also asked about the upcoming January transfer window.

He said: “January is the toughest window. You’re either in a relegation fight and the selling club know that you’re going to pay up or you’re at the top [of the league] and they know you’re going to pay up.

“The £2m player becomes £4m, the £500k player becomes £1.2m and we can’t as a club overreach. We always have to seek value with every pound that we spend.

“If the right player becomes available then I’m sure we will move. We know what we need to do to strengthen and we want to improve ourselves over the coming transfer windows.

“However, we cannot be the club in January that spends what they shouldn’t. If the right player is available, we will act. If he isn’t then we will wait until the right time.”

[QPRFCJIM]

A solid, organised 0-0 would do me.

[rodman]

A solid, organised 0-0 would do me.

But that would mean a clean sheet.

We don't do clean sheets.

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[SheepRanger]

We'll win 3-2 after going 0-1 down, obviously