Mark Warburton keen for QPR to make amends for Barnsley defeat against CharltonQPR manager Mark Warburton is ready to let his “angry” players make amends for a bad day at the office when they entertain Sky Bet Championship rivals Charlton on Saturday. Rangers went down 5-3 at bottom-of-the-table Barnsley last weekend, with Warburton admitting they had let themselves down as a staff and a squad – and he is expecting a response this time around. Lee Wallace and Jordan Hugill came in for Marc Pugh and Nahki Wells at Oakwell as the manager attempted to make use of his squad with the busy festive programme fast approaching, and he could do so once again. Keeper Liam Kelly is back in training after a thigh injury, but the game will come too soon for him, while Yoann Barbet (hamstring) and Angel Rangel (muscle injury) are still missing. Charlton boss Lee Bowyer goes into the game at Loftus Road with a depleted squad and with midfielders Jonny Williams and Sam Field having sustained fresh injuries. Due to a knee problem, Williams had not played since late October but has now suffered a hamstring strain. Field, meanwhile, was closing in on a comeback after being out for almost two months but has re-injured a knee in training. None of the other players on the Addicks’ casualty list are available for the game, with Bowyer conceding it will not be until the new year the crisis eases. Midfielders Josh Cullen, Erhun Oztumer (both ankle), George Lapslie (hamstring), Beram Kayal and Jake Forster-Caskey remain sidelined, along with striker Chuks Aneke, goalkeeper Ben Amos (finger) and defender Lewis Page (hamstring).
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Rangers went down 5-3 at bottom-of-the-table Barnsley last weekend, with Warburton admitting they had let themselves down as a staff and a squad – and he is expecting a response this time around.
Lee Wallace and Jordan Hugill came in for Marc Pugh and Nahki Wells at Oakwell as the manager attempted to make use of his squad with the busy festive programme fast approaching, and he could do so once again.
Keeper Liam Kelly is back in training after a thigh injury, but the game will come too soon for him, while Yoann Barbet (hamstring) and Angel Rangel (muscle injury) are still missing.
Charlton boss Lee Bowyer goes into the game at Loftus Road with a depleted squad and with midfielders Jonny Williams and Sam Field having sustained fresh injuries.
Due to a knee problem, Williams had not played since late October but has now suffered a hamstring strain. Field, meanwhile, was closing in on a comeback after being out for almost two months but has re-injured a knee in training.
None of the other players on the Addicks’ casualty list are available for the game, with Bowyer conceding it will not be until the new year the crisis eases.
Midfielders Josh Cullen, Erhun Oztumer (both ankle), George Lapslie (hamstring), Beram Kayal and Jake Forster-Caskey remain sidelined, along with striker Chuks Aneke, goalkeeper Ben Amos (finger) and defender Lewis Page (hamstring).
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