Interesting read of a Chelsea fans pov... Queens Park Rangers as you have it are a side that we have always hated. More than the footballing aspect it's the other things that take centre stage! No one accepts racism in football and it should never ever have a place. But for Gods sake it's just a hand shake Mr. Ferdinand. Stop being an attention seeking cry baby. It seems the highlight of his career will be whether he shakes the hands of Chelsea players or not. In footballing terms he'll never be as good as Terry. Just like his brother never was. That apart let`s look at the way QPR will play tomorrow. First up they will line up in a 4-5-1 in an attempt to overcrowd the midfield of Lampard and Mikel and try and hit us on the counter like Atletico did. The midfield trio will consist of Diakte, Mbia and Madrid reject Granero. Not glamorous but physical vitality and quick transitioning capability are present! On the left flank you have Park Ji Sung! On the right flank you have the talented Junior Hoilett who could have signed for a better club but did not. Up front you have a target man in Zamora. But where they are vulnerable is behind that three man midfield at the defense. The centre backs Hill and Ferdinand junior are not world class, except in being a world class drama queen in reference to the latter! And their full backs most likely will be. Wait hold you're breath.... Fabio and Bosingwa. If our team had full backs like that I'd keep an emergency resuscitator next to me. Take nothing away from Bossi, he'll always be etched in my memory as a Champions League winner for us. But Bosingwa and Hazard are a match made in heaven if you get what I mean! Tactically a Hiddink style Chelsea would be well suited to this match. A medium line defense for starters. Luiz and Cahill are pacy and strong enough for Zamora or Johnson, whoever starts. On the right of our defense, I'd like to see Azpilicueta start as we need someone energetic to counter the pain in the neck Park Ji Sung can be. Ivanovic needs rest and bench time whichever way you look at it. At left back Ryan Bertrand has his work cut out and against Hoilett we'll see if he indeed is Cole's true successor. Cole meanwhile needs to be well rested for Juventus! In the mid field I'm going to ditch the pivot, and go ahead with a Midfield trio of Mikel, Lampard on the left and Ramires on the right. That I believe will help us match up the numbers against the hard working opposition midfield. Lampard could have been benched as most of you would have it after the Atletico disaster but the man is on a rich vein of form I'd like us to capitalize on. In a midfield trio and without Mata in front of him Lampard will be in a system suited best for him. Ramires provides cover and pace for Mikel. Mikel provides valuable composure and has to stay as deep as possible to avoid being counter-attacked on. The QPR midfield, although hard working, simply lacks the creativity to capitalize on the space between midfield and attack. Luiz and Cahill will also be given more freedom thus. Ramires when Lampard drops back will also have plenty of opportunities to run at the QPR defence and can be simply unstoppable. When he is not doing it he can apply pressure on the midfield. On the right Victor Moses will be our answer. He's strong fast and direct. Three things that will make Fabio wet his pants. He is also energetic and has enough stamina like Ramires to track back and help out fellow new signing Azpi. He also has dribbling skills as we know by his stat of highest dribbles last season in the league and a mean crossing ability. Left wing is where the fun will come from when Hazard runs into the places Bosingwa should be in but wont be. With their defense completely overawed QPR will be in complete disarray. And this is where the final piece of the puzzle will fit Daniel Sturridge will prove a surprise for good Old Sparky who would have thought Torres would start and pack their one third of the field. Danny will run directly at them and shoot at Julio Caesar's goal before you can say the word 'QPhahaha'. Torres won`t loose his fragile confidence as there's a mouth watering clash with the Italian champions waiting. With such a system there is no chance we'll concede much unless Jesus Christ himself intervenes. And we are bound to be up by 2 goals minimum by half time. At this point they'll start attacking us by pushing up. Fernando Torres will then come on for Danny boy. Sparky will bring on Adel Tarabt to capitalize on Franks forward runs and the space that's left in between our attack and Mikel. At this point we take out Frank with an eye on Juventus and put Mata up in front of Ramires and Mikel with strict instructions to Ramires to mark Tarabt out of the game. Mikel provides the screening guard and Mata combines with Hazard to feed Torres through the lines. Moses creates havoc of his own but with a more defensive approach. If it's a lead of three goals Oscar can be the number ten instead of Mata and play with no pressure. In the unlikely scenario that we are chasing the game I'd sacrifice Mikel and leave Ramires to shield the defense and tell Frank to make runs selectively. Torres can them came on and play slightly behind Danny as we overawe the defense. The last ditch move will be to take out Frank as well for Mata with 15 minutes of time left. However if things are going well for us by the 60th minute a defensive screen of Ramires-Mikel-Romeu can shut shop and wave QPR good bye. Hell we may even get Piazon to play with Mata and Hazard not having to move a muscle to get 3 points of the hoops. Player to watch for - Hoilett (QPR) Hazard (Chelsea) Score line - 3-0 to Chelsea Football Club. Danger areas - Luiz getting too excited to go have a chat with Julio Caesar and Robbie not taking off Lampard irrespective of the score line after 60 minutes and Sparky picking up on that error. I have a good feeling about the fixture unless we persist with the Lampard and Mikel pivot and surrender the midfield battle to 3 hardworking QPR midfielders. And we'll all be counting on Bosingwa to do us a favour or two. Miss you Jose Bosingwa. Read more: http://www.chelsea.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=530983#ixzz26Sn6slsC
Mikel is so composed on the ball that 2 years ago when they played city, City pressed every player except Mikel because he was the only player not capable of picking out a pass. I'm not worried. Biased, not facts and just a poor read.
QPR as you have it are a side we've always hated????? Where do they get these people???? I lost interest a bit but gathered that Mata works well with Torres but won't play? Hoilett is now a right winger? M'Bia and Diakite in central mid at the same time? I hope the Chelsea scouts are this good.
pathetic article..............M'bia and Diakite are both out and Park does not play on the left...........embarrassing really. Typical arrogance and smugness from the Roman's Johnny come-lately's. Personally I am really looking forward to seeing Granero operate in midfield alongside Ale, who will be given a warm welcome back at HQ for a Prem fixture in over a year.
Sure there are several equally sad gits on our side writing ill informed crap about Chelsea as well. Who cares? What happens on the pitch tomorrow is the only thing than counts. Adrenalin beginning to flow.....
Torres scored a hat-trick against us last season, so lets not play him because that's what they'll expect? This man's a genius! Can't wait to see Ephraim playing as a lone striker tomorrow. They won't see that coming!
The guy must be playing football manager or something. He seems to think Chelsea will be the only team on the field. I don't actually agree with anything the guy said, from team selection right down to tactics.
