QPR v Chelsea, 23 Oct 4:00pm

thebison

Probably the biggest Derby of the year so far, but not enough to warrant badges.


Chelsea Team News
Ramires will miss out on the west London derby following the knee injury he suffered last weekend against Everton. Fernando Torres will sit out for the last of his three games for the red card suspension.

AVB has been spot on so far with this team rotation giving enough time for all players to have match time under their belt. 5-0 win against Genk saw AVB bring in six changes to the team that defeated Everton 3-1 last weekend and would be looking to do the same for the game against QPR with the likes of Sturridge, Terry, Mikel, Mata and Drogba being brought into the starting line-up. Hilario and Essien remain our long term absentees.

QPR Team News
Warnock will be without striker DJ Campbell for the visit of the Blues as he is sidelined with a cracked metatarsal. Heidar Helguson who scored in the 1-1 draw against Rovers should retain his place.

Adel Taarabt is pushing for a recall having emerged from the bench against Blackburn Rovers. Defender Daniel Gabbidon (knee), striker Rob Hulse (knee) and midfielder Kieron Dyer (foot) are all unavailable for QPR. What could be the starting line-up for the QPR vs Chelsea tie at Loftus Road??

Probable Team Line-ups:
QPR: Kenny, Hall, Ferdinand, Young, Traore, Wright-Phillips, Derry, Barton, Taarabt, Faurlin, Helguson.

Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Terry, Ivanovic, Cole, Meireles, Mikel, Lampard, Mata, Drogba, Sturridge.

Referee: Chris Foy


Prediction
3-1 Chelsea.
Drogba to score Chelsea 's 6000th League goal aka Chelseas first goal today

amiable

Here you go

VS

0-2 is my prediction by the way.
Drogba with both goals if he starts

ItsAWindUp

I predict Chelsea administering a hiding.

homer simpson

QPR:

Kenny
Young hall ferdinand hill
barton deery faurlin wright philips
taarabt helguson

Chelsea

cech
Bosingwa Luiz Terry Cole
meireles mikel lampard
sturridge drogba mata

Only real surprise is luiz and not ivan for me in the team. Big game for chelsea now we can go second.

ItsAWindUp

Who's got a link?

Chong

Any Sopcast links?

willmunny1990

We should win this easy and take second spot.

3-0 Chelsea is my prediction.

RichT

Nice pre-match stuff there took me down memory lane.

Stan Bowles looks a bit shook these days.

dfx-

Barton telling everyone around him, especially Lampard/Terry and Cech the scoreline from Old Trafford:pac:

InTheTrees

willmunny1990 wrote: »

...and take second spot.

Yes!

The utd/city match was amazing. The first 60minutes anyway, after that Utd gave up.

ItsAWindUp

Lads someone must have a link?

starbelgrade

Link

Channel - 96441 Sopcast

daithijjj

Fox Soccer

sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/82153

Nuri Sahin

We need a my word sweepstake for every game Wilkins is on commentary.

ItsAWindUp

Wright Phillips is turning 30 on Tuesday:eek:

amiable

ItsAWindUp wrote: »

Wright Phillips is turning 30 on Tuesday:eek:

My word:D

G.K.

penatly to qpr

ollie1

Penalty for QPR :eek:

namloc1980

Penalty for QPR

namloc1980

1-0 QPR

ollie1

1-0 QPR

Ordinary man

luiz really is a poor defender.

That_Guy

You're just a shít Coloccini.

Get in!!

ItsAWindUp

Sily from Luiz. S hit.

homer simpson

Said it before and i'll say it again Luiz is a more liability at the minute!

willmunny1990

Sideshow bob at it again!!!:mad: i said he was dodgy from day one,f*ck sake hes a liability

ItsAWindUp

Ordinary man wrote: »

luiz really is a poor defender.

For God's sake:rolleyes:

InTheTrees

Too bad. He had his fingers on the ball...

Lukker-

Such a soft penalty.

Hank Scorpio

stupid by luiz, needs to cut that crap out of his game, can be a massive liability

amiable

Well there goes my prediction

Loftus Road is rocking.

Love the Loft

steelcityblues

They really don't like Chelsea, do they?

ItsAWindUp

On the replay the QPR player went down easily enough.

shrewdness

Luiz isn't a very good defender at all is he? Great going forward and with ball at foot, but very rash and a liability in the box.

amiable

steelcityblues wrote: »

They really don't like Chelsea, do they?

And Vice Versa

MUSEIST

Those bloody mongs

steelcityblues

amiable wrote: »

And Vice Versa

The hate is greater on the QPR side. Always will be with the supporters of the less successful club.

Nemanja91

Feck missed the penalty, what's taraabts problem?

namloc1980

ItsAWindUp wrote: »

On the replay the QPR player went down easily enough.

It was still a penalty.

ItsAWindUp

steelcityblues wrote: »

The hate is greater on the QPR side. Always will be with the supporters of the less successful club.

I believe the term is jealousy:p

namloc1980

Nemanja91 wrote: »

Feck missed the penalty, what's taraabts problem?

He wanted to take the spotter and threw the toys out of the pram when Helguson took it.

ItsAWindUp

namloc1980 wrote: »

It was still a penalty.

Not overly convinced, tbh. Oh well, what can you do, onwards and upwards!

Ordinary man

ItsAWindUp wrote: »

For God's sake:rolleyes:

Are you disagreeing?

ItsAWindUp

My stream is crap. Who's got a good one?

MUSEIST

very soft pen IMO

ItsAWindUp

Ordinary man wrote: »

Are you disagreeing?

I am yeah. He's shown himself to be a brilliant defender since we signed him.

namloc1980

MUSEIST wrote: »

very soft pen IMO

Not really. If it happened out the field it would have been a free so no reason why it wouldn't be a penalty.

That_Guy

Is Wilkins on first name basis with everybody?

steelcityblues

MUSEIST wrote: »

very soft pen IMO

Even if Helguson went down easy, you don't run across and make contact.

Lukker-

namloc1980 wrote: »

Not really. If it happened out the field it would have been a free so no reason why it wouldn't be a penalty.

He dived.

Ordinary man

ItsAWindUp wrote: »

I am yeah. He's shown himself to be a brilliant defender since we signed him.

Decent with poor moments - yes, brilliant - not by any stretch of the imagination