QPR v Peterborough 19Mar22 0 - 0 0mins 7th/59pts

No one will give up, that's one of the great attributes of this team, but there's a reason that the bookies don't fancy us to make the playoffs

www.oddschecker.com/football/english/championship/england-championship/to-make-the-playoffs

This has been a fantastic season so far and nothing is decided yet but I think the teams we play on the run in and our injury situation makes it very hard for us to keep up a 2 points a game average. We MUST beat Peterborough and then Stoke and Swansea won't have anything to play for so we could do well there. If we're lucky Derby might be down by the time we play them.

But let's not kid ourselves ...Dieng, Willock, Dykes...These players have been absolutely vital to us during our good runs... we needed some luck with injuries in the final stretch and we haven't got it

This is definitely not over yet but it will be an extraordinary feat for us to sneak into that 6th spot.

If there is a positive it's that we do play those other teams that we are competing with but equally those will be the hardest games to win and I foresee more games like Forest on the horizon

I think ultimately we might fall just short but it will be very close and I don't think I've ever seen a playoff race this close before, I think only the top 2 can count themselves as safe for a top 6 finish. It will only take one bad week to end the season or one good one to secure your place. Even Est Brom who were dead and buried 2 weeks ago are not out of it yet

I do think though that at the start of the season most people would have taken this position to be in the top 6 with 9 games to go and it still in our own hands.

Some pre-match Stats:

Mark Warburton will take charge of his 142nd match as QPR manager against Peterborough

This moves him clear of Dave Sexton (141)

In doing so Warburton moves into the Top 10 post-war QPR managers for number of matches in charge of the R's



If Andre Gray can score on Sunday he will become the first QPR player to score in 4 consecutive games in nearly 9 years.

The last player to score in 4 games in a row for QPR was Charlie Austin against Yeovil, Middlesbrough, Barnsley and Millwall in September/October 2013

Gray seems to have got that desire that edge back

he also looks to have re found a bit of pace

for me number 1 choice striker if all fit at moment

wont go into why i dont miss Dykes as much as you lot do

if Dykes had played wouldnt have changed the result at Forest we may have got more than zero points versus Cardiff we will never know

although he may have been able to put away that chance Amos squirmed early doors

i think the past few games Gray has been a better player than Dykes

dykes plays well one in 10 Andre Gray has played well the past 3 games (hopefully number 4 after today)

bad news Willock doesnt make it

i take it Johansen is unfit

surprised barbet left out would have gone for him ahead of Dickie if truth be known as for me his performance levels have dipped

midfield very surprised Dozzell is playing instead of hendrick

optimistic of 3 points

very attacking full backs so it looks like were going for the 3 points

fingers crossed

Come on uuuurrrsssssss