QPR v. Colchester United (22 December: Championship Match 23) [R]

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Today's starting lineup for the R's: Camp; Rehman, Malcolm, Stewart, Barker; Ainsworth, Buzsaky, Leigertwood, Bolder; Blackstock, Vine.

Bench: Cole, Nygaard, Walton, Moore, Balanta.

Rowlands misses due to illness. So, will we pair Buzsaky and Leigertwood in the middle and push Buzsaky out wide?

Former R's midfielder Kevin McLeod is in the starting lineup for Colchester, as is Teddy Sheringham.

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You RRR's!!! Let's see a good result today!!!

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We're underway. UUURRRs!

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Looks like we're in a bit of a 4-4-1-1 to open up with Vine on the left, Ainsworth on the right, Leigertwood and Bolder in the middle with Buzsaky as a deep forward behind Blackstock.

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Pass from Buzsaky to Vine. Nice run and shot from Vine forces a save from the Colchester keeper.

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It's Sheringham's 900th league appearance. :eek:

Bela Balogh goes in the book for a rugby tackle on Vine.

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Goal Buzsaky!!!

Goal by Akos Buzsaky(QPR) curled left-footed (top-right of goal) from right channel (25 yards). Assist by Robert Malcolm(QPR) from left wing.

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[R] in this thread for any of today's English games.

Kemal Izzet picked up an injury after a foul by Ainsworth. No booking for Ainsworth. Izzet had to come out. Luke Guttridge replaced him.

The bottom of the Championship entering today:
Team GP Points GD
Cardiff 22 26 -2
Sheff Wed 21 24 -4
Blackpool 22 23 -6
Scunthorpe 22 23 -7
Leicester 22 22 -2
Norwich 22 22 -11
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Colchester 22 21 -5
Preston 22 21 -6
QPR 22 21 -12

Three teams tied with 21 points including both teams in this game. 8 teams have between 21-24 points.

Stoke is leading West Brom 2-0.

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Blackpool leads Coventry, 1-0.
Bristol City and Barnsley are 1-1.
Cardiff leads Sheffield United, 1-0.
Palace leads Plymouth, 1-0.
Watford leads at Sheffield Wednesday, 1-0.
Southampton/Preston, Ipswich/Burnley, and Charlton/Hull are all 0-0.

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QPR 1-0 Colchester United
HALF TIME

Good half from the R's. More of the possession, more of the chances, nice goal by Buzsaky.

Barnsley scored a second to take a 2-1 lead at Bristol City.

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It's Sheringham's 900th league appearance. :eek:

Holy Smokes! That's some impressive longevity.

C'mon, boys. Make number 900 a loser for the iron man.

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We're underway in the second half. No changes from the teams who finished the first half.

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Pat Baldwin goes in the book for the U's for a foul on Buzsaky.

Bradley Allen says that the referee, D. Whitestone, has thus far had one of the best games he's seen this year.

The R's had a decent chance on the free kick that resulted. Blackstock got to it, but couldn't get it on target.

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Sheringham with a decent chance. He got the ball with his back to goal, but he made a turn and sent it wide.

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BUZSAKY with a second goal!!!

2-0!

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Great counter from the R's. Sheringham's cross was blocked. Vine received it, sent it to Blackstock, he flicked it on to Buzsaky who slotted it under the keeper, curling it into the far corner. :D

UUUURRRRRs!

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Decent chance for Mark Yeates for Colchester just after that. Stand firm, Rangers.

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Wow. Camp dropped the ball, but Colchester couldn't take advantage as Sheringham missed what would have been a simple tap-in.

The R's got a shot on goal on a counter-attack. Gerken spilled it, but Buzsaky couldn't take advantage, either.

Then, another minute later, a very nice save from Camp as Luke Guttridge broke through and got a shot off.

End-to-end action at the moment.

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Leigertwood with a bit of an injury to the thigh or groin, but he's come back on.

Just a minute later, Colchester goal. Yeates scores his 8th of the season, flicking it over Camp.

Just as the commentators were saying what a good game Rehman was having, he was shrugged off by Yeates before the U's man scored.

QPR's lead has been cut to 2-1.

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Just after the goal, Camp was forced to make a save on a shot by Clive Platt. Camp palmed it away and Sheringham knocked the rebound out of bounds for a goal kick.