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Managerial "Sack Race"
EDP24 "...The bookmakers don't rate [Norwich] City's chances for promotion this season - and one company has him down as a 16-1 shot to be the first Championship manager to be sacked this season.
Roeder is rated at 16-1 to get the elbow from Carrow Road, although it's another former West Ham manager, Alan Pardew, who SkyBet reckon could be the first to pick up his P45. Click to continue reading...

As a child, the summer holidays brought about a family trip to a campsite in Europe. We'd get in the car to travel down to Dover and I would always be wearing my United shirt. After hours and hours of driving, we'd pull in at our designated tin can and the holiday had begun. It wouldn't [...] Click to continue reading...

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Goal.com/Ricky Brooks - "Championships Tops & Flops: Week 2 - The second round of Championship games kicked off on Saturday afternoon with all 24 clubs in action. Ricky Brooks takes a look at the best and the worst performances...
Flops...
"...3 – Queens Park Rangers
QPR might be the richest club in England's second tier and herald the title of the ‘Chelsea of the Championship. Click to continue reading...

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"IN CASE YOU MISSED IT"

With some people exiting work early on Fridays and not logging back on again till they return to work on Monday: Some of the items posted on QPR Report over the 'long' weekend (besides all the Sheffield United previews and post-mortems. Click to continue reading...

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- Photos from the game (QPR, wearing their third strip of black and yellow)

Guardian/Mark Tallentire - Blackwell sticks to his guns and sees Sharp shoot down QPR
"... Kevin Blackwell stuck by the Sheffield United side who lost their previous league match in the final minute and had Saturday's game won before his players had even broken into sweat - proof, if newly rich QPR needed it, of the value of knowing your best team and sticking by it. Click to continue reading...

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On The Field: Last Saturday began with a come-from-behind victory at home to Barnsley. That was followed in mid-week with defeating Swindon 3-2 in the Carling Cup. Followed that with a home Carling Cup draw against Carlisle in the next round. And the week ended with QPR travelling to Sheffield to play Sheffield United and to suffer their worst-ever League Defeat to Sheffield United. Click to continue reading...

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Over the year, QPR's games against Sheffield United have usually been relatively close and QPR have a relatively good away record at Sheffield United. Yesterday's 0-3 defeat of QPR to Sheffield United was the most one-sided result(for either side) of any of their encounters. Past Results


Nick Townsend/The Times - Billy Sharp cuts up Rangers

With a name like his, Billy Sharp's destiny as a goalscorer was as obvious as that of the fictional Roy Race. Click to continue reading...

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QPR Official SIte
QPR's fairytale start to the season came to a shuddering halt with a 3-0 defeat at a noisy Bramall Lane.

Ex-Scunthorpe striker Billy Sharp did the damage with a marvellous hat-trick, as Iain Dowie's side failed to use the momentum gained from last weekend.

Rangers were outfoxed and outclassed, as they failed to tough it out with the physical Blades, who had a two-goal lead inside 12 minutes. Click to continue reading...

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Today's teams for QPR at Sheffield United.

A few changes from QPR's midweek cup team against Swindon. But Bulanta retains his starting spot. Parejo also starts. But no Agyemang in the 16.


QPR: Cerny, Delaney, Hall, Leigertwood, Parejo, Blackstock, Gorkss, Connolly, Cook, Balanta, Ledesma. Click to continue reading...

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UPDATED 10:00 AM

QPR travel to Kevin Blackwell's Sheffield United on Saturday hoping to preserve their 100% start to the season (sounds good!). Last Saturday, Sheffield United lost to a last minute goal at Birmingham, so hopefully their confidence will be a just a little dampened. (That confidence might have been restored after their 3-1 Carling Cup win over Port Vale). Click to continue reading...

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Congratulations to the three. Undoubtedly something QPR will have to get used to!

QPR Official Site - AGYEMANG CALLED UP
Patrick Agyemang has been called up by Ghana for their upcoming friendly against Tanzania (20th August), as well as World Cup qualifiers against Libya (5th September) and Lesotho (12th October). Click to continue reading...

Christ, it must be pretty rough being a Derby fan. After literally the worst top flight season in English football history, they opened their Championship account this year with a home defeat to newly-promoted Doncaster. At home. Ouch. Paul Jewell's record as the Rams boss is now 1 win out of 29, and however you decide to chop it up, that is miserable to say the least.

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After the Championship play-off final all media coverage fell upon one man: Dean Windass. Heaps of praise for the player who had scored such a fantastic winning goal for his home club was tempered by equal amounts of press coverage scorn on the idea of a 40 year old striker in the Premier League.

The fact that Dean is only going to get a bit part role makes no matter to these journalists, the thought of the big man in the league is little more than a joke. Click to continue reading...

Birmingham were certainly disappointed kicking off the Championship season after enjoying the high life in the Prem last season, but frowns turned to jubilee after they gave the Coke a raucous start. Their game with Sheffield United had eeked out to a goalless draw until a 92nd minute goal kick was met by a head [. Click to continue reading...

Soccerword's Championship Predictions
1. Birmingham
2. Reading
3. Sheffield United
4. Crystal Palace
5. Queens Park Rangers
6. Ipswich
7. Bristol City
8. Watford
9. Coventry City
10. Nottingham Forest
11. Charlton
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Who'd want to be a ref anyway? All that stomping around, shouting and getting angry – and that's from the players and supporters. So what happens when an amateur star-studded football team tries to play 11-a-side without a ref? About the same as what happens to any football game played without a ref – chaos and [. Click to continue reading...

It's a pretty light day in transfer news and rumors, which is a little surprising seeing as how we're in the thick of the week. But, there are still a good few tidbits to report on from around Europe. Before I get started, I'd like to give well-wishes (and so should all of [...] Click to continue reading...

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Football League - Championship Preview

CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW
Matt Smith takes a closer look at this years runners and riders in the Coca-Cola Championship.

THE MAIN CONTENDERSStood on a golf course, in the middle of the short summer break we all get from football these days, a fan of a Championship club asked me whether I thought it would be a total lottery again this season. Click to continue reading...

WIGAN ATHLETIC Notable arrivals: Lee Cattermole (Middlesbrough), Amr Zaki (Loan), Olivier Kapo (Birmingham City), Daniel de Ridder (Birmingham City), Maynor Figueroa. Notable departures: David Cotterill (Sheffield United), Andreas Granqvist (Gronigen), Marcus Bent (Charlton). Possibility: Marlon King (Hull City). Click to continue reading...

They play some of the ugliest soccer in the Premiership. Their field surface is undoubtedly the worst in the Premiership and sits in one of the league's smallest stadiums, which is also shared with a rugby club. They have no star players to speak of, and are run by a 71-year-old chairman with questionable financial know-how. Click to continue reading...

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Dave McIntyre in the Ealing Gazette and on his BBC 606 Blog

Dave McIntyre/BBC 606 Blog What a week
Lee Cook is back at QPR, the signing of Kaspars' Gorkss has finally gone through and Daniel Parejo will join on loan from Real Madrid on Monday assuming Rangers don't go one better and agree a deal to sign him outright. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Lee Cattermole (Middlesbrough), Amr Zaki (Loan), Olivier Kapo (Birmingham City), Daniel de Ridder (Birmingham City), Maynor Figueroa. Notable departures: David Cotterill (Sheffield United), Andreas Granqvist (Gronigen), Marcus Bent (Charlton). Possibility: Marlon King (Hull City). Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Lee Cattermole (Middlesbrough), Amr Zaki (Loan), Olivier Kapo (Birmingham City), Daniel de Ridder (Birmingham City), Maynor Figueroa. Notable departures: David Cotterill (Sheffield United), Andreas Granqvist (Gronigen), Marcus Bent (Charlton). Possibility: Marlon King (Hull City). Despite Steve Bruce's declaration. Click to continue reading...

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Don't think this has yet been reported on the Official SiteDave McIntyre - BBC 606 Blog Connolly injury not serious
Matt Connolly will miss the Barnsley game but a scan on his injured ankle revealed no serious damage and he could be fit for the match at Sheffield United on the 16th. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Lee Cattermole (Middlesbrough), Amr Zaki (Loan), Olivier Kapo (Birmingham City), Daniel de Ridder (Birmingham City), Maynor Figueroa. Notable departures: David Cotterill (Sheffield United), Andreas Granqvist (Gronigen), Marcus Bent (Charlton). Possibility: Marlon King (Hull City). Despite Steve Bruce's declaration. Click to continue reading...