Nelson pays credit to the club’s supporters

Ryan Nelsen heaped praise on Queens Park Rangers after the Hoops kept their first clean sheet of the season against Chelsea.
Mark Hughes’ side restricted the Champions League holders to just four efforts on Júlio César’s goal, while the Hoops came close to scoring a winner in the second half.

Nelsen, who joined on a free transfer from Tottenham Hotspur this summer, paid credit to the club’s supporters after they created an electric atmosphere for the west London derby on Saturday.

“It was a very pleasing result for us,” Nelsen told QPR’s website.

“Getting a clean sheet is always a huge positive to take, especially against a team with the attacking options they have at their disposal.”

“I thought the fans were fantastic. They got right into the game and backed us superbly.

“In the end I think both teams will have been happy with a point.”

The New Zealand international also hailed fellow centre-half Anton Ferdinand for a composed performance despite the tensions between the former Sunderland defender and John Terry.

“I feel so sorry for Anton,” said Nelsen. “He is the victim here, but he handled himself superbly and was probably the best player on the park on the day.

“He rose to the occasion and was absolutely fantastic for us.”

Nelsen also criticised Terry for a dramatic attempt to win a penalty in the first half after clashing with QPR’s veteran defender in César’s area.

“When grown men go down like he [Terry] did it’s a bit of a shame,” added Nelsen. “There was nothing in it at all.

“If you ask John, he just fell down. I was holding him, of course, but he just fell down. He does it to everybody in their box.

“I said to him ‘that was a bit embarrassing John’ and he laughed when he ran off. He didn’t say anything to me, I think he was too embarrassed.”

 

I'm really beginning to like nelsen!

 

damn it
even i spelt his name wrong

nelsen nelsen nelsen nelsen nelsen

 

He's a bloody Kiwi as well!...

 

i think he has been in england longer than i have been in kiwiland

from now on i might just refer to him as nelse

 

Try writing it with your hand over the other eye. Works for me.

 

If he keeps playing the way he is we'll be calling him God...

 

There are quite a few women who can claim to have had the same experience!

 

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I do love the fact that he pulled no punches and ripped into Terry for what I call "doing a Holt" which is giving up but falling to the ground like a 5 yo once someone gives it back.

 

Holt makes up for a lack of skill with plenty of gamesmanship. He'll elbow you off the ball and look all innocent when the whistle blows but if you make any contact on him then down he'll go often clutching an ankle or his face in mock agony. He goes down quicker than a $20 dollar whore (to para-phrase Blazing Saddles) when he thinks it will get him something. He's done the business at Norwich for a few years now and is a legend in those parts, can't say his style of play is what I'd be happy seeing every week.

JT will pull shirts when defending, wrap arms around necks and anything else to prevent an attack, by the same token he'll go over at the slightest whisper nearby. Par for the course these days and as much as I don't like it I doubt things will change in a hurry.

As for Nelsen I think he was being very generous towards Anton regarding MOTM as it was the Kiwi who was more outstanding IMO.