Premiership preview, table prediction: 14. Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers Barclays Premier League prediction 2011/12

Manager: Neil Warnock

Ground: Loftus Road

Nickname: R’s

Capacity: 18682

squad:

·         Goalkeepers 1 Paddy Kenny 24 Radek Cerny Elvijs Putnins ·         Defenders 2 Bradley Orr 3 Clint Hill 5 Fitz Hall 6 Danny Gabbidon 13 Kaspars Gorkss 16 Matthew Connolly 29 Danny Shittu Michael Harriman Gary Borrowdale

·         Midfielders 4 Shaun Derry 7 Adel Taarabt 8 Kieron Dyer 11 Alejandro Faurlin 14 Akos Buzsaky 23 Petter Vaagen Moen 28 Michael Doughty 35 Hogan Ephraim Martin Rowlands Bruno Andrade Lee Cook Matteo Alberti

·          Forwards 9 DJ Campbell 10 Jay Bothroyd 12 Jamie Mackie 19 Patrick Agyemang 20 Rob Hulse 21 Tommy Smith 22 Heidar Helguson 30 Troy Hewitt Leon Clarke Rowan Vine Antonio German Alessandro Pellicori

Last season championship champions are finally back where they belong. Now it’s only a few days until it all begins, and it’s going to be interesting to watch if QPRs return to the premiership. Manager Neil Warnock is an experienced and good manager who knows what is needed for QPR to stay up this season. Warnock have done some smart deals in bringing in a balance of experience to mesh with his talented and youthful players at the club.  Usually one out of the three promoted teams will supprise in the premiership. And my bet is that the team this year will be QPR. They look to me to be the strongest out of the three teams, and with an experienced manager like Warnock they should be able to take the premiership with storm.

Pre-Season Fixtures/Results
July 15 vs Harrow Borough 1-0 – Saikou Kujabi July
18 vs Tavistock 13-0 – Ephraim (4), Smith, Agyemang, James (og), Shittu, Helguson (2), Webber, Vaagan Moen, Connolly
July 20 vs Plymouth Argyle 1-0 – Helguson
July 27 vs Cesena 0-1
July 30 vs Braga 1-0 – Bothroyd
July 30 vs Atalanta 1-1 Faurlain
August 2 vs Crawley Town 4-2 Gorkss, Helgusson 2, Cook
August 5 vs Luton Town 1-3 DJ Campbell





Players in
07/11 Angelo Balanta FW
07/11 Jay Bothroyd FW  
07/11 Leon Clarke FW  
07/11 Kieron Dyer MF
07/11 Daniel Gabbidon DF
07/11 Antonio German FW  
07/11 Gavin Mahon MF  
07/11 Joe Oastler DF  
07/11 Alessandro Pellicori FW  





Players out
06/11 Lee Brown DF  
06/11 Max Ehmer MF  
06/11 Mikele Leigertwood MF  
06/11 Josh Parker MF  
06/11 Peter Ramage DF  
06/11 Wayne Routledge MF  






Most likely starting lineup for QPR next weekend:

Paddy Kenny

Bradley Orr        Danny Gabbidon             Fitz Hall           Clint Hill        

      

                           Adel Taarabt      Shaun Derry

Tommy Smith                                                              Alejandro Faurlin

                           DJ Campbell       Jay Bothroyd

I have a strong feeling that QPR will supprise the experts this season and be the one out of the three promoted teams to impress. With players like Kieron Dyer, DJ Campbell and Danny Gabbidon they got players with premiership experience. Adel Taarabt, Jay Bothroyd and Fitz Hall should also make contributes that should be noticed this season. I think QPR should be able to stay clear of relegation this season.