Sometimes we, and by we I mean the blog, pay the price for this not being a full time job. There
are times when the job that pays the bills takes precedence over the enjoyment of bringing you blog
posts so long that your bosses, significant others, non-fantasy-playing friends, and children
complain about the time spent on them on occasion.
After a largely inactive summer, a late spending spree sanctioned by new owner Tony Fernandes
has done wonders for Queens Park Rangers' squad by giving Neil Warnock a much deeper and talented
pool of players to work with.
This new-found quality in the team has turned QPR from a likely relegation candidate to a side
that can perhaps push into the mid-table region and cause a few upsets along the way.
It's our first away trip to QPR since 1995 and we're in dire need of a better result than the
1-0 loss we suffered that day after the downbeat nature of our Carling Cup exit.
With Darren Bent and Emile Heskey injured, here's how the managers will go looking for three
points today:
QPR Aston Villa 1 Patrick Kenny 1 Shay Given 18 Luke Young 2 Alan Hutton 35 Anton Ferdinand 6 James
Collins 5 Fitz Hall 5 Richard Dunne 13 Armand Traore 3 Stephen Warnock 11 Alejandro Faurlin 25
Barry Bannan 17 Joey Barton 19 Stiliyan Petrov 4 Shaun Derry 16 Fabian Delph 32 Shaun
Wright-Phillips 7 Stephen Ireland 10 Jay Bothroyd 10 Charles N'Zogbia 7 Adel Taarabt 11 Gabriel
Agbonlahor Subs Subs 26 Brian Murphy 22 Brad Guzan 2 Bradley Orr 23 Habib Beye 14 Ákos Buzsáky 34
Shane Lowry 16 Matthew Connolly 38 Gary Gardner 21 Tommy Smith 12 Marc Albrighton 22 Heidar
Helguson 14 Nathan Delfouneso 9 DJ Campbell 26 Andreas Weimann Probable Formation Castrol Football
Prediction Last 10 results for this fixture: 12/23/95 QPR 1-0 Aston Villa 10/29/94 QPR 2-0 Aston
Villa 12/04/93 QPR 2-2 Aston Villa 05/09/93 QPR 2-1 Aston Villa 11/02/91 QPR 0-1 Aston Villa
04/10/91 QPR 2-1 Aston Villa 03/20/90 QPR 1-1 Aston Villa 03/27/89 QPR 1-0 Aston Villa 08/30/86 QPR
1-0 Aston Villa 12/17/85 QPR 0-1 Aston Villa
