Chelsea 'mocked' QPR before derby Julian Bennetts 25 Oct 2011 Queens Park Rangers are furious with Chelsea for mocking them on their official website. Manager Neil Warnock and players Adel Taarabt and Joey Barton were all ridiculed on chelseafc.com, where QPR were branded "a club under pressure", despite making an encouraging start on their return to the *Premier League after a 15-year break. Warnock is understood to have been angered by the article, which came in a preview for the west London derby, and it also upset other members of the QPR staff, who considered it unprofessional and an insult. Parts of the article that infuriated QPR included: "The noises from the Rs camp are redolent of the cliches produced by the underdog before a cup final. "It will be our first League meeting with Queens Park Rangers for 15 years and it is fair to say the hosts are quite worked up about it. Less so Blues supporters. And to the experienced Chelsea players it is obviously a potentially tricky fixture, but still fundamentally third versus 11th. "Add the spats between team-mates Adel Taarabt and social media lifestyle coach [Joey] Barton, and Warnock's odd attack on a fan who leaked the news that Taarabt had been dropped to the bench ahead of their recent 1-1 draw with Blackburn, and you have a club under some pressure." The article also referenced the fact that former QPR co-owner Bernie Ecclestone was a Chelsea fan. Rangers had the last laugh on Sunday, when they put a dent in Chelsea's title aspirations, winning 1-0 at Loftus Road in a match which saw Jose Bosingwa and Didier Drogba both sent off for the visitors. Although QPR are unlikely to complain to the Premier League, Warnock will use the controversy as an extra motivation for their trip across west London on April 28, when his side will be looking for their first League victory at Stamford Bridge in 29 years. Like our QPR page for automatic updates on your Facebook wall Like our Chelsea page for automatic updates on your Facebook wall iReader http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/stand...e-24002162-chelsea-mocked-qpr-before-derby.do
And the offending article! ================== PRE-MATCH BRIEFING: QUEEN’S PARK RANGERS V CHELSEA Absence is unlikely to have made the heart grow fonder in the 15 years since we last travelled to the north of the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham for a competitive match, but this fixture is eagerly anticipated. Club historian Rick Glanvill, club statistician Paul Dutton and former Chelsea and QPR player Clive Walker celebrate the return of the Rs versus the Blues… TALKING POINTS Chelsea arrive at our second west London derby of the season on a high, having hit 13 goals in three games in all competitions. The thrashing of Genk established a new highest score for home games in the Champions League and allowed Andre Villas-Boas to rest several regular starters fully ahead of the short trip across the borough to Shepherd's Bush. It will be our first league meeting with Queen's Park Rangers for 15 years and it is fair to say the hosts are quite worked up about it. Less so Blues supporters. And to the experienced Chelsea players it is obviously a potentially tricky fixture, but still fundamentally third versus 11th. KEY STAT Last weekend's strike by Heidar Helguson is the only home goal scored by one of QPR's own players over 376 minutes this season. The noises from the Rs camp are redolent of the clichés produced by the underdog before a cup final: the crowd being the 12th man, the baying hordes close to the pitch affecting the visitors, and the playing field itself being smaller than Chelsea are used to. Well, it is true that at 112 yards by 72 Loftus Road has one of the League's smallest fields. However, it is just one yard shorter and one narrower than the familiar surface of Stamford Bridge. QPR is a club that has had to roll with the punches over recent years. On top of an impressive promotion campaign, there has been substantial change at boardroom level. New owner Tony Fernandes pledges to invest more than the previous regime, which had encouraged but not justified the 'richest club in the world' mantra. (At least one of those previous owners, Bernie Ecclestone, is a well-known Chelsea supporter.) The Malaysian straight away partially reversed deeply unpopular season ticket price hikes - though home attendances are still currently averaging only 84% of the 19,000 capacity. He also invested in wages for players such as Joey Barton, Anton Ferdinand and Shaun Wright-Phillips (pictured below) to bolster manager Neil Warnock's squad. Still, Rangers are yet to win in front of their own this season - their two wins have come at Everton and Wolves - and they were humiliated 6-0 in the junior west London derby at Fulham. And in the week Patrick Agyemang went on a month's loan to Millwall, fellow striker DJ Campbell has gone under the knife for a metatarsal injury that will rule him out for some time. Add the spats between teammates Adel Taarabt and social media lifestyle coach Barton, and Warnock's odd attack on a fan who leaked the news that Taarabt had been dropped to the bench ahead of their recent 1-1 draw with Blackburn, and you have a club under some pressure. On the other hand, Chelsea must secure all three points to maintain pressure on the Manchester clubs, who face each other earlier the same day. They must do so without Fernando Torres, on a run of four goals in four matches, who serves the last of his three-match suspension. With several regulars restored to the starting line-up on Sunday, the Blues are one shy of 6,000 league goals. Who, if anyone, will claim that minor landmark at Loftus Road? By the way, travelling Chelsea fans should be aware that Rangers policy is that no alcohol will be on sale in away end at their ground. Perhaps they believe, as we hope, that the home fans will be the only ones needing to drown their sorrows. It would be remiss not to mention another huge derby match taking place up north. Crewe v Macclesfield, though, is a Football League Division Two game. Meanwhile, in Manchester, United entertain City. The hosts have had much the better of their meetings at Old Trafford since 2008. http://www.chelseafc.com/page/Talkin...~57694,00.html
Big club mentality,Show no respect and you get whats coming. give us 5 years and we will be writing the same about them
This is what happens when the majority of your staff and players have such an egocentric view on football (and life in general). They can't understand it when people don't bow down in front of them and kiss their feet when they walk on to the pitch or into a room. We only have a couple like that. Joey is beginning to realize what behaving like a prize prick can do to you and by the looks of it is beginning to curb himslef. Adel is forgiven as he only has a mental age of eleven and we shouldn't mock him for that.
Always been of the opinion that what Chelsea Football Club has become should be a stark reminder of what happens when big business blows smoke up it's own arse ... Before you know it... It's a world within a world and everyone is swept away within it until no one knows what is real and what us not ... The machine runs itself As most know I worry about us but we seem to love and feed off being the underdog ... Long may that be the case for me Within a decade we may ourselves have job titles that no one knows what they mean eg Head of overseas development
makes me laugh even more after reading those arrogent comments and beating them. Chelsea have a good team but lack class and respect. They are not a manu, Arse or Liverpool and never will be. They are just another club that a rich man spent money on and sadly do not have the pedigree to match the money. Roman suits Chelsea because like the club came from nothing and now acts flash. Not jealous of them, just hope we don't end up like that because we now have people with money who will spend it. What doesn't help them as a club is the off-field antics of the players. Chelsea are hated not because they are good or because they have been successful in recent years but because the way the arrogant fans and people associated with the club have gone about it.
"...the junior west London derby at Fulham..." Arrogance personified. I'm actually glad to see this rubbish because it puts to bed the theory that the new Chelsea or its supporters are different from the old breed. They may not make much noise or indulge in gratuitous violence but otherwise are as obnoxious as they always have been (not generalising of course).
There are many reasons as to why we are hated, primarily due to money and success, secondly due to hooliganism. Like Man City we are a big club with a large following but due to financial reasons we both faded in the 70s/80s and now wealthy owners have taken us back to the pinnacle of the English game. Everybody has different personalities, you can't brand people arrogant based on the team you support. I know some United fans for instance that are supremely arrogant, but some that are very humble and moderate with their views, it's just one of those things. I don't know an arrogant Chelsea fan, sure there are some out there as there are with any club but I don't know one. The difference between Chelsea and City is that: - Media coverage of the two clubs is different. City always is and has been a hospitable club for journalists etc. Chelsea particularly under Bates were never that accommodating with regards to the media. - Sheikh Mansour is the biggest investor in the Sky expansion to the Middle East, therefore as a matter of self interest City tend to be criticised less. - Chastisation of individual Chelsea players: There isn't a week that goes by when Ashley Cole, Terry or Lampard etc aren't in the papers for something, whether it because their cousin twice removed has shoplifted from Morrison's or whether they have been out partying with girls. Compare and contrast the alleged Giggs affair and JT affair and the media reaction. - Mourinho/Siege mentality: Similar to Fergie - Chelsea have won far more since the takeover. - Forgotten history: Many forget that we had huge followings when we weren't successful yet City fans are seen as more loyal and deserving of success because of their attendances in the 80s and 90s which are seen as the "golden era" by most journalists. - It was new; Chelsea set the blueprint for mass spending over few transfer windows. - Anti-Russian/Eastern European element that still exists in UK and Western Europe and has done for decades, hence why Roman is seen as Stalin-esque and harrassed by the media more than any other owner. These are just my opinions btw
You would you have thought the chip on your shoulder may have receded a little after your great win. But no, the bitterness is stronger than ever. Embarrassing
BREAKING NEWS: Chelsea charged by FA with failure to control players during QPR defeat Chelsea charged Tuesday, 25 October, 2011 Premier League club charged after incident in QPR game. The FA has today charged Chelsea with failure to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion. This relates to an incident involving Chelsea players surrounded match official Chris Foy, immediately following Jose Bosingwa’s dismissal. The incident occurred in their Premier League fixture against QPR at Loftus Road on Sunday 23 October. Separately, The FA has written to Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas and asked for an explanation on his post-match media comments Villas-Boas has been asked to explain his comments on match referee Chris Foy and the assistant referees. On both counts, the club has until Friday 28 October to respond.
they swagger onto our Manor and expect us to bend down and take it up the arse,well **** that we showed them were not prepared to bow down to anyone.
This comment brings a smile to my face " And to the experienced Chelsea players it is obviously a potentially tricky fixture, but still fundamentally third versus 11th".......Experienced Chelsea players? Experienced in what? Moaning and cursing when you don't get the decisions? Pertulance on the pitch? For a team of internationals the players of that side in Foolham leave a lot to be desired. also, to any CFc fan who reads this, you comment on the following is welcomed: On the first sending off...imagine Boswinga attaking the QPR goal with SWP chasing and bringing him down........(and with the nearest QPR centre half without a hope in hell of stopping any potential attack), wouldn't you expect the defending player to be sent off?
