Never start Lampard. Never play Ramires right wing. Never play Bertrand left wing unless you want to park the bus. Revised lineup for Chelsea: ----------------Cech Ivanovic - Cahill - Luiz - Cole ------------Mikel - Ramires -------Oscar - Hazard - Mata ----------------Torres I understand we lacked Mata today but frankly that was shocking. QPR should be easy points. Get some balls RDM and realise the problem can't be solved by continuosly playing and hoping it improves. Subs were too late as well. Not impressed at all. I can justify these changes if you want.
Agreed with you up until this point. No team on their own ground is easy. We don't have the divine right to win. I thought tactically RDM was inept but heck managers make mistakes. Not many teams will take 6 points from QPR this season IMO so we shouldn't worry, it's out the way. Come Janaury 1st (on paper) our fixture list is far easier. I'd be delighted with even 38 points from these first 19 games. After Christmas Spurs, Arsenal, West Ham all at home. Everton and Sunderland as well, not to mention plucky teams like Swansea and Wigan
DL--We are all down tonight, but stand back and think a bit! If we were asked before the season stated , would we like 10 points from the first 4 games , I cant think of a Blue who wouldn't have said " Yes please!" We're top! Be happy!
QPR was never going to be easy even without all the tosh surrounding the game. I thought a 1-1 would have been the result before the match - but what do I know! I remain unconvinced by RDM if I am being honest - he is very slow to react whilst the match is on. I remember JM was the complete opposite to great effect. When things were not working out we made fast and effective changes either with the on-field players or with sub's coming on. I miss that. RDM needs to liven up.
Cant believe your slating a manager after 3 games; that just got you the Champions League.... #nof-ingidea!!
I wouldn't say RDM was being slated, Queen! I think its the regular thing to debate the games on here and when we do we look at the things that might have gone better! I still have growing faith in RDM, because of what he has achieved so far and because I know however good he is, a blip like this will come along, particularly now we're missing a match winner like Drogba! As I said before, there's plenty of clubs who'd swap what RDM has produced so far for us against what their own clubs have achieved --including yours!
Slating his selection rather than him, it's obvious to us that Mikel/Lampard doesn't work yet he continues to play it. I have a lot of faith in Robbie but he needs to be braver with his team selection.
