AFC Bournemouth v. QPR (D2 -- Matchday 28) [R]
13. AFC Bournemouth - 9-9-9, -1, 36 points
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24 January 2004, 3 p.m.
Dean Court
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Rangers News:
Carlisle is suspended due to yellow card accumulation. Ainsworth, McLeod, Edghill, and Bean are unavailable due to injury. McLeod is already training with Prav and should move back to training with the team next week. Ainsworth is set to begin running next week. Edghill is not progressing as they'd hoped, he's going to a surgeon next week, and they think he might get an injection in the knee. Bean has strained his MCL and the "ballpark" figure is six weeks out. Tony Thorpe trained on Thursday with no ill effects, so appears likely to be on the bench. Gallen and Forbes picked up dead legs on Tuesday, were out of training on Thursday, but are both expected back to training on Friday and to be available for selection.
Rangers have sold out an allocation of 1,500 tickets (an original 1,300 and an added 200)!
The Opponent:
The Cherries have a win, a draw, and four losses in their last six, with the more positive results coming in their last two. Last weekend, they drew 1-1 away to Barnsley and the week before they defeated Port Vale 2-1 at home. Losses to Swindon (away), Bristol City (away), Plymouth (home), and Wycombe (away) preceed those two.
The "stat pack" from the official site:
http://www.qpr.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10373~477752,00.html
First Meeting:
On D2 Matchday 3, Rangers won 1-0 at Loftus Road on 23 August behind a Paul Furlong goal.
Match reports:
http://www.qpr.premiumtv.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10373~22052,00.html
http://www.queensparkrangersfc.com/reports/0304/bournh.htm
Our thread:
http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=68135
The Series:
Rangers now lead 32-14-25.
The Referee:
Scott Mathieson has been assigned. He has worked 19 matches this season and issued 61 yellows and 3 reds. His last QPR match was the 0-0 away draw against Vauxhaull Motors that earned them the replay at Loftus Road which saw our awful exit from the First Round of the FA Cup last year. His most recent Bournemouth match was a 0-0 draw at Bristol Rovers in February '03.
Hartlepool 1:1 Bristol City
We need at least a point here.
James Hayter gets carded for a foul on Gallen. 70th minute and we're still down a goal.
Listen online here...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/sport/sportshow/saturday.shtml
Some idiot texted in ripping Holloway, saying we're doing well in spite of him and that his tactical knowledge is zero.
Heard that too - what an idiot! Olly must have stolen his lady back in the day or something.
so whats the word? Plymouth being promoted? QPR in D2 again next year.
28 minutes in. Still 0-0. We've had a few chances, but it still seems they've had a few more. Come on, Rangers!
Match Live stats: possession 58-42 Bournemouth, but goal attempts 5-2 QPR, on target 2-0 QPR.
Come in Hartlepool and come on R's
Heard that too - what an idiot! Olly must have stolen his lady back in the day or something. Exactly. It's either a wind-up or he's out to lunch. He just texted in again too. Olly knows nothing about substitutions as well as tactics, according to the guy. Yeah, Olly should have brought on Sabin, Oli, or Daly by now.
Holloway's Blue Army!
No changes going into the second half. 10 minutes in and it's still 0-0.
Oh tough break for you guys..... a 2-0 shut out... hmmmm thats the same score of Plymouth.... but we were on the winning end... that puts us up 5 on fellas....
so whats the word? Plymouth being promoted? QPR in D2 again next year.
piss off to the Plymouth boards you Welsh knob
we must get three points away to Chesterfield.
No worries - I'm now going up to C'field - and I have not seen us lose this season. In fact, I haven't seen us lose for nearly 5 years (wow - I'm putting a lot on the line there - and there should be a big * next to that stat).
Clarke and Thorpe will help. We really need Bean and McLeod in the team though. Rose and Marney are just not gonna get it done for us.
HALF TIME
Some idiot texted in ripping Holloway, saying we're doing well in spite of him and that his tactical knowledge is zero. I couldn't disagree much more with that one. Holloway has built us into what we are, a team with enough talent to really "play" or to tough it out with you and, while he's been given a nice budget for players for Division Two, what he's done to change the culture and attitude at Rangers is something that Rangers fans should be quite thankful for. The R's are going up and Olly is one of the main reasons.
Four minutes plus injury time for Rangers to pull out a point.
Our XI:
Day; Padula, Rose, Shittu, Forbes; Rowlands, Bircham, Palmer, Marney; Furlong, Gallen.
Our Bench:
Thorpe, Sabin, Oli, Daly, Culkin.
Rough start for Rangers. The Cherries had three corners in a row at one point and Daysie had to tip one over the bar. Seems like we've settled now and are getting some possession.
Come on, you R's!!!
Bournemouth 1-0 QPR
FULL TIME
Crap.
We nearly answered within a minute, but couldn't make the most of a couple of good chances.
Damn. Come on, Rangers!
I hope our patchwork side can pull of what (to me) would be a surprising win. I see a 2-0 Cherries win and lots of worry in the Bush as the most likely outcome though.
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