Pre-Season Friendlies

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Pre-Season Friendlies May 16, 2019 13:02:21 GMT

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Post by ranger-boy on May 16, 2019 13:02:21 GMT

We've currently announced four friendlies for July!

Friday 12th July - Austria Vienna 3-1 QPR (Scowen)
Tuesday 16th July - Boreham Wood v QPR (Meadow Park)

Saturday 20th July - Oxford United v QPR (Kassam Stadium)
Saturday 27th July - QPR v Watford (Loftus Road)

Last Edit: Jul 13, 2019 10:37:50 GMT by ranger-boy

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Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	Pre-Season Friendlies May 16, 2019 13:41:35 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on May 16, 2019 13:41:35 GMT I used to love the Celtic pre-season friendlies They bought a few thousand down for that, then again London full of Celtic fans I would of thought Remember Henrick Larrsson played in one of the games

ranger-boy Don Givens Posts: 1,679	Pre-Season Friendlies May 18, 2019 9:50:42 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ranger-boy on May 18, 2019 9:50:42 GMT I've only been to one of the Celtic friendlies at Loftus Road, I remember being amazed that they had taken over the whole Ellerslise!
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Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	Pre-Season Friendlies May 18, 2019 11:40:21 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on May 18, 2019 11:40:21 GMT I sat with 5 of them in the lower loft And watched 3 others have a drunken fight in the upper loft It was just green and white outside I remember

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Pre-Season Friendlies May 18, 2019 16:04:38 GMT

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Post by Rosco Bosco on May 18, 2019 16:04:38 GMT

Underwhelmed so far.
Once again, as per the last few seasons, QPR have booked a preseason in Austria followed by fixtures against mediocre (to be nice) opposition. No doubt more fixtures against mediocre English opposition plus third-rate German teams to follow.

It doesn't work. It provides no meaningful context for what is to follow in the Championship, playing against poor German opposition who are normally less fit because they start their preseason a week later than us, and poor English opposition who are just as unfit as us.
Last season we looked good in preseason, and McClaren's tactics looked promising, exactly because of the lack of meaningful opposition; look what happened to us when the season proper started - the worst ever start to a season, and the tactics having to be abandoned.

Playing preseason fixtures against decent SPL opposition (Hibs, Hearts, Aberdeen, Kilmarnock) would be a far better test - more like the pace/intensity of the Championship against fitter teams because their season starts earlier.

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Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	Pre-Season Friendlies May 18, 2019 18:03:33 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on May 18, 2019 18:03:33 GMT Agree we should play stronger opponents Even if we got beat it’s about correcting the errors we make Playing weak teams only makes us look better than we actually are

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Pre-Season Friendlies May 20, 2019 7:40:50 GMT

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Post by northwesthoop on May 20, 2019 7:40:50 GMT

I'm not totally in agreement on this. I sometimes feel scoring lots of goals and winning matches starts to build some confidence.

Our best season in recent years under Warnock when we won the league the best team we played in pre-season was Plymouth.
We played Bodmin, Tavistock, Torquay, Crawley and 2 unknown Italian teams! Yet it was more about building team spirit and fitness.

There are clearly pros and cons to both arguments. We could play some good teams, beat them all and still have a terrible season. Conversely we could lose to meagre opposition and do well.

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Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	Pre-Season Friendlies May 20, 2019 8:49:06 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on May 20, 2019 8:49:06 GMT In reality it’s about achieving proper fitness levels And pre season games can only be good for that

Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	Pre-Season Friendlies May 23, 2019 9:34:16 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on May 23, 2019 9:34:16 GMT Watford on the 27th July at our gaff at 3pm Only a tenner

ranger-boy
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Pre-Season Friendlies May 23, 2019 20:02:22 GMT

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Post by ranger-boy on May 23, 2019 20:02:22 GMT

May 23, 2019 9:34:16 GMT @singlespeed said:

Watford on the 27th July at our gaff at 3pm
Only a tenner

I’ll add that to the main post in the thread, so we’ll have a list of all friendlies!

We also have a friendly in Austria announced! Anybody looking to fly out for it?

Last Edit: May 23, 2019 20:06:11 GMT by ranger-boy

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ashqpr Gary Bannister Posts: 981	Pre-Season Friendlies May 27, 2019 1:18:28 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ashqpr on May 27, 2019 1:18:28 GMT I'd love for QPR to come to Australia for a pre-season. Yes I know it's too far but for selfish reasons...

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Pre-Season Friendlies Jun 5, 2019 10:15:01 GMT

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Post by kensalr on Jun 5, 2019 10:15:01 GMT

I hope that our pre-season does well and we do get a better quality of oppression

We have started this well with Austria Vienna. Yes they may only be an Austrian team but they are a very good Austrian team They have won there championship 24 times and are one of two teams that have never been relegated from there top flight.

They have also qualified for the europa league and the first match will be on 8/8/19 which should mean that there level of fitness is at the same level as ours.

The game against Watford should also be a real test they would not want to loose to a championship team only 2 weeks before the season starts.

3 or 4 more fixtures of this quality would be a good pre-season and will tell us where our weakness and strengths are.

northwesthoop Stan Bowles @admin Posts: 12,644	Pre-Season Friendlies Jun 24, 2019 17:01:09 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by northwesthoop on Jun 24, 2019 17:01:09 GMT After all the testing yesterday the lads were out on the pitch today and you can see a minute of Warburton at work here:
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kingfisher Les Ferdinand The Sussex Rs fan group celebrate drawing with Sheff Utd Posts: 9,283	Pre-Season Friendlies Jun 24, 2019 20:15:34 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kingfisher on Jun 24, 2019 20:15:34 GMT Well he seems very 'hands-on' and knows what he wants! I hope that either the new style is learnt quickly and is effective.
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Pre-Season Friendlies Jun 30, 2019 19:39:42 GMT

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Post by northwesthoop on Jun 30, 2019 19:39:42 GMT

Is it unusual for us to have only 4 pre-season friendlies for the first team? I can't see us announcing more as we are heading into July now but 4 games doesn't seem a lot for a new manager to test his ideas, implement his style and give players a chance in different roles etc.

Just off the top of my head I'd have guessed 7 or 8 games was the norm? Some Premier League teams play cups and have 3 matches in just a few days.

Perhaps we are doing some 'behind closed door' matches?

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