borobaz 147 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Guess the Crowd! Aarfy - 16,781 BoroBoy84 - 13,368 DownSouth - 14,850 boro-unger - 13,846 OldManGravz - 15,921 Ollie10 - 14,999 AnglianRed - 13,895 Aphex_Boro - 14,567 BoroCoxswain - 15,358 Borobaz - 14,406 BiB - 14,678 KM786 - 14,448 MMC - 14,247 smoggie_be - 13,482 treknet - 13,793 ACTUAL ATTENDANCE: 15,075 WINNER, WINNER, CHICKEN DINNER! **OLLIE10 14,999** JUST 76 FANS OUT, TOP JOB :) Link to post Share on other sites
HoyteForLeftBack 194 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 This, like all boro games, has 0-0 written all over it... ...So I'm going for 3-3 thriller, penalties and sendings off galor And hopefully the team bus "accidentally" runs joey Barton over in the car park, and then reverses to make sure!! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest SmogOnTheTyne Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Both teams not in the greatest of form so is only pointing one way and that's to a poorly played out draw. QPR at least have something to play for and there's no doubt that Kevin Doyle will probably score, so maybe 1-1 or 1-0 QPR for this one. Link to post Share on other sites
"KM" 1,656 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 We've done well at home against some of the top teams in the division so i have a feeling we'll nick it 1-0 with a long range effort from Ledesma against his old club. :cool: Link to post Share on other sites
Nics 8 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 5 red cards and 4-4 with Tomlin to score 8 goals. Let's go. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dekker Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 No idea what the score will be - they need it more than we do but maybe we can play unencumbered given we are neither in danger of going down and have no practical chance of the playoffs. I was just looking and note that since the home loss to Brighton on 14th December we have played 16 league games, losing three away (where we did not score), winning 6 and drawing 7 (5 of which 0:0). That's 25 points out of 48, so 72 prorate for the season - a clear platform is being built where we can defend and not concede despite changes in the back four and in goal. Theoretically with Tomlin/Butterfield at no. 10, Graham up front and any one of Adomah, Ledesma and Carayol on the wing, we should be scoring goals for fun -so maybe we will win 4:0 on Saturday. Carayol will be missed but we will have to cope. Would be good to ensure 'Arry (should have managed Engerlund) and (the voice of the people) Joey Barton go away empty handed - I live in hope. Some squad they have by the way: http://www.qpr.co.uk/team/ Link to post Share on other sites
LukeR 44 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 5 red cards and 4-4 with Tomlin to score 8 goals. Let's go. All 8 goals are penalties too :P Link to post Share on other sites
AnglianRed 6,320 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Well, without wanting to steal Baz's thunder, the omens appear to be good for this one. QPR are on a poor run of form, which began 8 games ago. In that time they've won just twice, drawn twice and lost 4 times. That could be enough for the Championship's joint draw specialists (Forest have drawn as many games as Boro - 15) to sneak a win. They have actually scored fewer goals than Boro (just the 1 less) but have one of the best defences in the league, with only Brighton matching their 28 goals conceded...which could be a problem, as we've been unable to score against the likes of Bournemouth, Leeds and Doncaster, lately. BORO: W10| D15| L11| F44| A38| Pts 45| Pos 13th QPR: W18| D9| L8| F43| A28| Pts 63| Pos 4th Last 6 Games BORO: L D L W D D QPR: L L D W L W Historically, these two teams haven't played each other much, just 39 times in total, but our home record is pretty decent: Played 19 Boro Wins 10 Draws 5 QPR Wins 4 Boro Goals 28 QPR Goals 20 Biggest Boro Win 6-2 (1970-71) Biggest QPR Win 0-3 (2010-11) Last Boro Win 2-0 (2009-10) Last QPR Win 0-3 (2010-11) The reverse fixture this season ended in a 2-0 win for QPR, however we seem to have a record for getting narrow wins at home, so I have a tiny spark of hope we can get the 3 points this weekend. My Prediction Middlesbrough 1 - 0 QPR Link to post Share on other sites
BoroDownSouth 60 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 We will lose 2-1 I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites
Essuuaitch 330 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 arguable Strachans greatest moment as boro boss was at loftus road on the flip side my worst away experience was there waaaaaaay back in the days of thier plapstik pitch ...we lost 6-1 and it was the main motd game. but this is on our turf innit but to get any points were gonna have to score at least one this time i reckon . Link to post Share on other sites
CAS04 11 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 for many weeks i thought we will sneak games or even get 2 clear goals but this one for me has defeat all over it. QPR are waiting to hit form and i think this week will be the week. im sorry to say but i think we are going to get our pants pulled down 3-0 or 3-1 defeat for me. Link to post Share on other sites
Aarfy_Aardvark 38 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 QPR are very prosaic upfront. There is very little invention so I think with our defence playing the way it is, only a daft mistake or a dodgy referring decision will mean we will concede. I'll go 1-0 Boro or possibly 1-1 thanks to the ref granting QPR a dodgy penalty. Link to post Share on other sites
jamesp 125 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 this has 0-0 written all over it Link to post Share on other sites
borobaz 147 Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 Well, without wanting to steal Baz's thunder, the omens appear to be good for this one. QPR are on a poor run of form, which began 8 games ago. In that time they've won just twice, drawn twice and lost 4 times. That could be enough for the Championship's joint draw specialists (Forest have drawn as many games as Boro - 15) to sneak a win. They have actually scored fewer goals than Boro (just the 1 less) but have one of the best defences in the league, with only Brighton matching their 28 goals conceded...which could be a problem, as we've been unable to score against the likes of Bournemouth, Leeds and Doncaster, lately. BORO: W10| D15| L11| F44| A38| Pts 45| Pos 13th QPR: W18| D9| L8| F43| A28| Pts 63| Pos 4th Last 6 Games BORO: L D L W D D QPR: L L D W L W Historically, these two teams haven't played each other much, just 39 times in total, but our home record is pretty decent: Played 19 Boro Wins 10 Draws 5 QPR Wins 4 Boro Goals 28 QPR Goals 20 Biggest Boro Win 6-2 (1970-71) Biggest QPR Win 0-3 (2010-11) Last Boro Win 2-0 (2009-10) Last QPR Win 0-3 (2010-11) The reverse fixture this season ended in a 2-0 win for QPR, however we seem to have a record for getting narrow wins at home, so I have a tiny spark of hope we can get the 3 points this weekend. My Prediction Middlesbrough 1 - 0 QPR I was just about to say all that :@ Nah, only kidding... saved me a job :D Goals in this one, as QPR will actually try to attack us leaving space to get into. See this as being quite an entertaining game. Link to post Share on other sites
jamesp 125 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 richard dunne just sent off for QPR, will miss the game on sat Link to post Share on other sites
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