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Stoke City manager Mark Hughes previews the trip to his former club Queens Park Rangers on Saturday. The Hoops' last Premier League game was a 4-0 thrashing by Manchester United.

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SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Hughes, Stoke City manager:(on Saturday's game against QPR)

"They are a very good team, you look at the quality that Harry [Redknapp] has brought in, there are some very good players there. I watched them last week -- they will be disappointed with the performance last week, I think that's fair to say, because they weren't able to ask too many questions of Manchester United, but in fairness, Manchester United were good on the day as well. But certainly they will want to bounce back from that performance I'm sure, so at home, with the support that they get from the crowd, it's a difficult fixture and not one that we expect to win, in terms of being an easy fixture, but certainly from our point of view, we have enough ability to expect to go there and get a positive result."

SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Hughes, Stoke City manager:(on the reception he might receive as a former coach at QPR during a difficult period)

"QPR fans will remember that time and it wasn't great for anyone connected with the club, so we were... if they feel the need to vent their frustration towards me, I take it on my shoulders. I'm a big guy now... I've been in the game a long time, had a lot of stick over the years from a lot of people, so... so be it."