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LoftforWords @loftforwords.bsky.social · 23m

#QPRMIL Oppo Profile

Millwall have been hot on the road and ropey at home, but with an injury list easing and 3-0 home thrashing of West Brom taking them into the break Alex Neil’s side are starting to show why many had them as a dark horse.

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West Brom whitewash hints at what’s to come from Neil’s Wall – Oppo Profile - Queens Park Rangers News

Millwall have been hot on the road and ropey at home, but with an easing injury list easing and 3-0 home thrashing of West Brom taking them into the break Alex Neil’s side are starting to show why man...

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LoftforWords @loftforwords.bsky.social · 3h

October Issue - Patreon Podcast

A LFW podcast brimming with positivity & optimism is almost certainly a portent of imminent doom, so let's enjoy 6 unbeaten, MOTM nomination, top 6 in the league and Nicolas Madsen's redemption arc while we can...

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The October Issue | LoftForWords

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LoftforWords @loftforwords.bsky.social · 1d

#QPRMIL History

Ahead of Saturday’s visit from Millwall we look back to a Loftus Road meeting from February 1995 when Clive Wilson put Rangers through to the FA Cup sixth round with a last-minute penalty.

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Wilson settles Millwall cup cliffhanger – History - Queens Park Rangers News

Ahead of Saturday’s visit from Millwall we look back to a Loftus Road meeting from February 1995 when Clive Wilson put Rangers through to the FA Cup sixth round with a last-minute penalty.

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LoftforWords @loftforwords.bsky.social · 1d

The death of Pep-ball - are QPR finally on trend?

After decades of always being (at least) one-step behind, Dorse wonders whether QPR might actually have got ahead of the game with the appointment of Julien Stéphan and his recent tactical switch.

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The death of Pep-ball – are QPR finally on trend? Column - Queens Park Rangers News

After decades of always being (at least) one-step behind, message board regular Dorse wonders whether QPR might actually have got ahead of the game with the appointment of Julien Stéphan and the tacti...

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LoftforWords @loftforwords.bsky.social · 1d

Saturday's referee is...

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Well, let’s hope this goes better than last time - Referee - Queens Park Rangers News

Durham’s Adam Herczeg will be our referee for Millwall at home on Saturday – he was last in charge at Coventry away.

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Andrew Scherer @scheza.bsky.social · 2d

The Rs have been flying of late - with less possession, less pressing, and more goals. Does the game model approve?

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LoftforWords @loftforwords.bsky.social · 2d

Possession, nine-tenths of the problem? – Analysis

How a(nother) tactical reset kickstarted QPR’s season after Coventry catastrophe, but is it game model approved? LFW's resident analysist @scheza.bsky.social crunches the numbers on Rangers' opening games...

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Possession, nine-tenths of the problem? – Analysis - Queens Park Rangers News

How a(nother) tactical reset kickstarted QPR’s season after Coventry catastrophe, but is it game model approved? LFW's resident analysist Andrew Scherer crunches the numbers from QPR's contrasting sea...

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LoftforWords @loftforwords.bsky.social · 9d

Bristol City have now conceded headed goals to Ilias Chair, Karamoko Dembele and Paul Smyth. 💪 #shortkings

LoftforWords @loftforwords.bsky.social · 9d

#BRCQPR 1-2

A fifth win in six visits to Bristol City, another goal in front of the away end for Paul Smyth, and QPR are now six unbeaten as they move into the play-off places.

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Déjà vu all over again for Stéphan’s resurgent Rangers – Report - Queens Park Rangers News

A fifth win in six visits to Bristol City, another goal in front of the away end for Paul Smyth, and QPR are now six unbeaten as they move into the play-off places.

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LoftforWords @loftforwords.bsky.social · 12d

#BRCQPR Preview-ish

Game three of a three game week. 😬

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Game three - Preview - Queens Park Rangers News

A disappointing week of performances for the previously improved QPR finishes with a trip to Bristol City this Saturday that looks difficult on paper but has been fertile ground for Rangers teams in r...

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LoftforWords @loftforwords.bsky.social · 12d

#BRCQPR Oppo Profile

Last season’s beaten play-off semi-finalists Bristol City lost Liam Manning to Norwich over the summer, but as @fevsfootball.bsky.social tells us the arrival of Gerhard Struber has rapidly improved the team’s aesthetics and attack.

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Struber settling nicely at new-look Bristol City – Oppo Profile - Queens Park Rangers News

Last season’s beaten play-off semi-finalists Bristol City lost manager Liam Manning to Norwich over the summer, but as Dave Featherstone (@FevsFootball) tells us the arrival of Gerhard Struber has rap...

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LoftforWords @loftforwords.bsky.social · 12d

#BRCQPR History

We're back to 2007 for today's memorable match as QPR get ready to head back to Ashton Gate, scene of some high intensity clashes between the teams in the Ian Holloway days.

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QPR's late, late show on Ashton Gate opening day – History - Queens Park Rangers News

We're back to 2007 for today's memorable match as QPR get ready to head back to Ashton Gate, scene of some high intensity clashes between the teams in the Ian Holloway days.

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LoftforWords @loftforwords.bsky.social · 12d

Tomorrow's referee is... (Championship debut)

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A Championship debut - Referee - Queens Park Rangers News

Preston’s Edward Duckworth makes his Championship debut as a referee this Saturday as the R’s head to Bristol City.

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LoftforWords @loftforwords.bsky.social · 13d

#QPROXF 0-0

"Maybe just shake hands now. I don’t think QPR and Oxford should be allowed to play each other. No good comes of it when they do. Like several meetings with the U’s before, may we never speak of this one again."

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Overtaking National Express coaches – Report - Queens Park Rangers News

We wondered what QPR would learn from Saturday and take into another game where the assignment was dominate possession justify a favourites tag – and against Oxford, at Loftus Road, on Wednesday night...

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LoftforWords @loftforwords.bsky.social · 14d

#QPROXF Preview-ish

Squeezing in under the wire with a look ahead to tonight - another game where QPR will be expected to seize initiative, and possession 😬

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Conquer your fears – Preview - Queens Park Rangers News

After almost tripping over the supposed gimme at Sheff Wed on Saturday, QPR now face another game where they’re expected to both win and dominate the ball.

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LoftforWords @loftforwords.bsky.social · 15d

#QPROXF Oppo Profile

Survival was mission accomplished for Oxford on their first return to the second tier since 1999, but with only one win on the board so far this season it’s proving a difficult second album for Gary Rowett’s U’s.

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Oxford’s difficult second album – Oppo Profile - Queens Park Rangers News

Survival was mission accomplished for Oxford on their first return to the second tier since 1999, but with only one win on the board so far this season it’s proving a difficult second album for Gary R...

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LoftforWords @loftforwords.bsky.social · 15d

Sheff Wed Awayday - Patreon Podcast

Optimistic pre-match chat from the pub, frustrated post-match analysis from the train, Sheff Wed fans ownership protests, and Nick London gets intimidated by the dirty pigeons...

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Sheff Wed - Awaydays | LoftForWords

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LoftforWords @loftforwords.bsky.social · 15d

#QPROXF History

Oxford's visit to Loftus Road on Wednesday night sees us look back to the opening day of the 1996/97 season.

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A tricky opening day, The Bald Eagle, and a cup final to forget – History - Queens Park Rangers News

Oxford's visit to Loftus Road on Wednesday night sees us look back to the opening day of the 1996/97 season, the often overlooked QPR achievements of Jim Smith, and, yes, the 1986 League Cup final.

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LoftforWords @loftforwords.bsky.social · 16d

Tomorrow's referee is... (newbie)

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QPR debut for Oxford match official - Referee - Queens Park Rangers News

Championship newbie Ruebyn Ricardo, a referee with an interesting back story, is the man in the middle for QPR's home game with Oxford on Wednesday - his first career appointment with the R's.

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LoftforWords @loftforwords.bsky.social · 17d

#SHWQPR 1-1

Barry Bannan FC 1-1 QPR. As ever was, ever is and ever shall be.

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A few of my favourite things – Report - Queens Park Rangers News

QPR went to crisis club Sheff Wed on Saturday and, for the first half at least, were very QPR indeed, before a second half rally rescued a point.

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LoftforWords @loftforwords.bsky.social · 19d

#SHWQPR Preview-ish

QPR, with three wins in a row, will try not to do the most QPR thing of all when they head to crisis club Sheff Wed tomorrow afternoon.

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Owls’ problems coming home to roost – Preview - Queens Park Rangers News

QPR, with three wins in a row, will try not to do the most QPR thing of all when they head to crisis club Sheff Wed tomorrow afternoon.

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LoftforWords @loftforwords.bsky.social · 20d

#SHWQPR History

Having done the 2003/04 promotion game in great detail previously, we're going back to a less heralded Hillsborough win from 1996 this week as Rangers prepare to visit Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday.

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Barker chips struggling QPR to surprise Hillsborough victory – History - Queens Park Rangers News

Having done the 2003/04 promotion game in great detail previously, we're going back to a less heralded Hillsborough win from 1996 this week as Rangers prepare to visit Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday.

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LoftforWords @loftforwords.bsky.social · 20d

#SHWQPR Oppo Profile

The inevitable collapse of Sheff Wed under the malignant ownership of Derek Chansiri is now in full swing, despite the best efforts of Barry Bannan and co to hold things together on the field - Jon Hore is this week’s oppo fan.

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Chansiri’s chokehold leaves Owls facing bleak winter – Oppo Profile - Queens Park Rangers News

The long inevitable collapse of Sheffield Wednesday under the malignant ownership of Derek Chansiri is now in full swing, despite the best efforts of Barry Bannan and co to hold things together on the...

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LoftforWords @loftforwords.bsky.social · 22d

Saturday's referee is...

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Brooks gets Sheff Wed meeting again - Referee - Queens Park Rangers News

Another Premier League referee for us this weekend as John Brooks from Leicestershire takes charge of QPR against Sheff Wed at Hillsborough – the fourth time he’s refereed a meeting between these side...

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LoftforWords @loftforwords.bsky.social · 24d

#QPRSTO 1-0

"Nothing is more obsolete than yesterday’s vision of the future... From outright despair I’m increasingly excited by what we might have on our hands here."

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QPR make it three from three as Vale downs Stoke – Report - Queens Park Rangers News

QPR are well and truly up and running in the 2025/26 Championship, with three wins in a row now following Saturday’s impressive performance and 1-0 win against in form Stoke.

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