QPR v Burnley(12 February: Championship Match 32) [R]

[QPR Kevin H]

Some midweek action to (hopefully) keep the form going!

Team news: Buzsaky is not suspended yet? He plays, as does Stewart. Clark Carlisle misses out for Burnley with a hamstring injury.

QPR: Camp, Delaney, Mahon, Stewart, Buzsaky, Rowlands, Connolly, Agyemang, Ephraim, Vine, Rehman.

Subs: Pickens, Mancienne, Blackstock, Lee, Leigertwood.

Burnley: Jensen, Alexander, Harley, Caldwell, O'Connor, Gudjonsson, Elliott, Lafferty, Blake, Varga, Cole.

Subs: Kiraly, Akinbiyi, Randall, Spicer, Jordan.

Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)

Come on you Rs!!

Note: later kickoff than usual - 8pm UK

[QPR Kevin H]

RESULTS FROM OTHER MATCHES INCLUDED







Plymouth 1 - Barnsley nil, latest score

[QPR Kevin H]

Now Barnsley have had a man sent off. Gonna be a good night for JacksonJazz ;)

[QPR Kevin H]

We're off by the way - nothing too dramatic to report in the opening 10 minutes.

[QPR Kevin H]

Oh yes!!! Gavin Mahon makes it one-nil to the Rs!

[QPR Kevin H]

That man, Patrick Agyemang makes it 2-nil!

We're good at football right now :D

[Atouk]

UUUUURRRRRRRRRRRs!

Is that 8 goals in 6 league games for Agyemang? Wow.

[QPR Kevin H]

Rowly's coming off for Leigertwood

Not sure why (yet)

[QPR Kevin H]

Crap, 2-1 now after an unfortunate break leads to an Andy Cole goal

[rochester rhinos]

Crap, 2-1 now after an unfortunate break leads to an Andy Cole goalHow realistic is it that Pickens could beat out Lee Camp.Is Lee Camp rated at all or just looked at as the best we got.

[QPR Kevin H]

So a rather dissapointing end to an otherwise great half. Martin Rowlands was forced to come out of the match with an injury. Following that, a disputed free kick was turned into a goal for Andy Cole.

2-1 at HT - need to get the momentum back after the break.

[QPR Kevin H]

How realistic is it that Pickens could beat out Lee Camp.Is Lee Camp rated at all or just looked at as the best we got.
I think that Camp would have to suffer a couple poor matches to lose the spot. The management staff wanted Pickens to come in and be a solid back-up for now. And he's only on a 6 month deal. This could very well just be a first step for Pickens in securing a deal with another club.

Lee Camp was sought after (as a permanent signing) by the Rs for more than 3 seasons, and finally joined last summer from Derby. I'd be surprised if he wasn't in the clubs longterm plans.

[Atouk]

Camp has some caps (5, I think) for the England U-21 team, so he's well rated for a young keeper. He's just 23 now, so he's younger than Pickens (25). He's listed a 6'0, so he's not particularly tall for a keeper and Pickens (6'5) has an edge there.

[rochester rhinos]

I think that Camp would have to suffer a couple poor matches to lose the spot. The management staff wanted Pickens to come in and be a solid back-up for now. And he's only on a 6 month deal. This could very well just be a first step for Pickens in securing a deal with another club.

Lee Camp was sought after (as a permanent signing) by the Rs for more than 3 seasons, and finally joined last summer from Derby. I'd be surprised if he wasn't in the clubs longterm plans.So he is rated as being solid.
Pickens could be good in England as he is a big GK who's physical and likes to mix it up in the box and on crosses.

[QPR Kevin H]

Big match between a couple of clubs above us in the promotion race ;)

Crystal Palace 0 Ipswich 1 (Danny Haynes 45)

[QPR Kevin H]

So he is rated as being solid.
In his teens, Camp was very highly rated, getting youth caps (as Atouk mentioned). He was the clear loser in a race for the Derby GK spot with Stephen Bywater over the past few seasons. As a result, his prestige dipped and he left Derby for 300k.

[QPR Kevin H]

Good one at the Brittania...

Stoke 3 Southampton 2 (Stern John 54)

[QPR Kevin H]

Audio commentator is completely fascinated with the old round the pole game on the pitch at HT :)

[QPR Kevin H]

Burnley substitution...

Ade Akinbiyi on
Robbie Blake off

[QPR Kevin H]

Odd incident on the pitch - apparently two men ran on in some sort of protest. No word on what it was all about. Play was stopped for a couple minutes while the stewards escorted them off.

Hmm