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RANGERS TRAVEL TO
BARNSLEY
Monday 25th February 2008
by Ron Norris & Simon Skinner
The Rangers fun
bus hits the road again on Tuesday as they travel to south Yorkshire for
a rearranged game against Barnsley. This one was pulled earlier in the
month as The Tykes had an appointment at Anfield. As with Saturday, we
are playing a team separated from us by goal difference alone so defeat
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Queens
Park Rangers v Barnsley
The Championship
Tuesday 26th February 2008
Kick Off 19:45 |
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RANGERS VERSUS ..... |
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LAST TIME OUT:
“Vine collected the ball wide on the right and immediately
burst infield leaving a host of Barnsley defenders in his wake.
He knocked the ball into Agyemang, and then took the return; he
then sent it back to Agyemang again and headed for the middle of
the six yard box. Agyemang picked him out perfectly and Vine
slammed the ball into the gaping net.” Queens Park
Rangers 2-0 Barnsley Saturday 19th January 2008 |
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HEAD TO HEAD |
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Overall |
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Played |
QPR |
Barnsley |
Draws |
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41 |
19 |
13 |
9 |
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At Oakwell |
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Played |
QPR |
Barnsley |
Draws |
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20 |
3 |
12 |
5 |
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OTHER
MEETINGS:
Rangers are well ahead in the league head to head between
the sides with eighteen wins to Barnsley’s twelve, there have
been a further nine draws. Rangers haven’t won at Oakwell for
ages; you have to go back to September 1996 for that when goals
from Simon Barker, Mark Perry and Danny Dichio secured a 3-1
win. |
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LEAGUE
STANDINGS |
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Pos |
Team |
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GD |
Pts |
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16th |
QPR |
33 |
-7 |
40 |
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17th |
Barnsley |
33 |
-13 |
40 |
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GENERAL INFORMATION |
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THE REFEREE |
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Eddie Ilderton from Tyne & Wear is the man in the middle
for this one and this will be his first Rangers game for well
over five years. He took charge of a 1-1 draw at Wigan in
October 2002 in League One. This season he has done even amounts
of games in all three Football League divisions and has booked a
respectable fifty two in his twenty three games, he has sent off
three. |
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THE REF RECORD |
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Season |
Games |
Yellows |
Reds |
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2007-08 |
23 |
52 |
3 |
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2006-07 |
34 |
110 |
9 |
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2005-06 |
36 |
84 |
4 |
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2004-05 |
27 |
53 |
5 |
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2003-04 |
31 |
91 |
4 |
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SIX DEGREES OF SEP-R-ATION:
Brian Howard to Angelo Balanta. Brian Howard made his first
team debut for Swindon following his release from Southampton
against a Sheffield Wednesday side with Shefki Kuqi up front.
Kuqi has this week been fined and slapped on the transfer list
by Neil Warnock at Palace for flicking the V’s at the home fans.
Warnock was previously the manager of Sheffield United and his
long time assistant Kevin Blackwell has now taken over as
manager after a brief tour of the country. Blackwell’s first
league game in charge of The Blades saw him select Paddy Kenny
in goal at Loftus Road where he was beaten by Angelo Balanta’s
first senior goal. |
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RON AND SIMON'S PREDICT-OFF |
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SIMON:
Rangers are due a performance after a second half collapse
against Burnley was followed by the ugly draw against Sheffield United. De
Canio won’t be happy with how we played in either of those and he will want
to see a response. The return of Buzsaky could be key to getting something
from this game. All things considered a point away on a Tuesday night
doesn’t sound bad to me and I think we will grab one. 1-1.
RON:
As Simon has noted we are overdue for another terrific
performance and something I’ve admired so far about De Canio is his ability
to quickly stamp out and malaise and pull us out of mini slumps. This will
be a tricky one but no doubt Barnsley will be just as wary after the run
around we gave them at HQ. I’d be happy with a draw but I’m feeling cocky so
I’ll have us for a narrow victory. 1-0 to Rangers.
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Current score: Ron 17 Simon 14 |
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