Chelsea and QPR are supposidly planning to release a join statement to 'appeal' for good behaviour at Saturdays FA Cup Clash. However IMO the clubs should be turning their attention to their players rather than the Fans of each club! After all its what happens on the pitch is what is going to determin the behaviour of both crowds!
Their players behaviour in the last match was disgusting, no doubt they will be doing the same so it will be their own fault if it kicks off. With hughes in charge, our players will be a lot nastier than last time as well.
By MATT BARLOW and SAMI MOKBEL Last updated at 11:50 PM on 24th January 2012 Chelsea and Queens Park Rangers will issue a joint statement urging supporters not to tarnish Saturday's potentially explosive FA Cup fourth-round tie. Club chairmen Bruce Buck of Chelsea and QPR'S Tony Fernandes will call for fans to celebrate the west London derby in the right manner rather than stir up acrimony from the race row involving John Terry and Anton Ferdinand. The move comes 24 hours after Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson called for calm in his club's tie at Liverpool following the race row between Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra. Terry is due in court a week today charged with racially abusing Ferdinand in the Barclays Premier League game in October. He denies the allegation. Both are determined to play on Saturday, and managers Mark Hughes and Andre Villas-Boas have spoken of picking their strongest teams. Loftus Road generated a hostile atmosphere in October, when Rangers won 1-0 after Chelsea had Jose Bosingwa and Didier Drogba sent off. Some Chelsea fans have chanted a provocative song about Ferdinand at games since. The Stamford Bridge club are investigating reports that fans sang it on a train back to London after Saturday's goalless draw at Norwich. Saturday's kick-off was moved forward to midday on police advice and both clubs accept the mood inside the stadium could be improved if Terry and Ferdinand perform the routine pre-match handshake. Ferdinand is believed to be reluctant to do so. He will discuss the issue with advisers in the next 48 hours before making a decision. Sources say Ferdinand is trying to treat the week's training as normally as possible. Leading anti-racism campaigner Lord Ouseley says a handshake will help, insisting it need not detract from the 'Kick It Out' message. 'A handshake is part of the reconciliation and honesty that needs to take place,' he said. 'There is nothing wrong for someone making a mistake to apologise for it, face the consequences and move on. 'It is not about retribution and continued hostility, it is about reconciliation, otherwise the next generation will not understand the need for harmony in sport, which mirrors society.' Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2091380/John-Terry-race-row-Chelsea-QPR-tell-fans-cool-it.html#ixzz1kQMAuNTU
