QPR vs Chelsea - LetsTalks Matchday Preview

So far this season Chelsea's league form has been magnificent, with the team picking up 3 wins from their first 3 games making them the only team in the English leagues to still have a 100% record and they head off to Loftus Road this weekend to take on their fierce London rivals, which is bound to be filled with incidents not least  the Anton Ferdinand and Terry 'handshake'.


Unlike Chelsea, QPR haven't had the most glamorous start to this year campaign. In their first 3 games they have only managed to pick up 1 point from a possible 9, losing the first game 5-0 to Swansea, drawing 1-1 on the road to Norwich and then inevitably losing 3-1 to Manchester City a week later. QPR have made a lot of new interesting signings this summer bringing in the likes of former blue Jose Bosingwa, Esteban Granero from Real Madrid and Ji- Sung Park from Manchester United who have quality in their own right however you can expect that its going to take a little while for all their new signings to gel so I think this tie could have come to soon for QPR in that respect.

Even though Chelsea have made a great start this season in the league they haven't been short of their own defeats in the two cup competitions so far this season. Firstly losing in the Community Shield 3-2 to Manchester City and then suffering an embarrassingly heavy defeat to Atlectico Madrid 4-1 in the European Super Cup shows that it is very possible to get at Chelsea as we still look a vulnerable at back at times. The only real problem I see Chelsea having against QPR this weekend would be if Ashley Cole and John Terry were unavailable as even though there is cover with Cahill and Ryan Bertrand the back line without them two especially Terry doesn't fill me with the greatest confidence as whenever Luiz and Cahill play alongside each other Chelsea tend to concede a lot of goals.
With that said I still can't look past a Chelsea victory as I think that Chelsea's attacking line of Torres, Hazard, potentially Moses as I hear Mata could be rested and Oscar seems just way to strong and bit of miss match against the likes of Bosingwa, Nelson, Ferdinand and Fabio.

I predict a 3-1 victory for Chelsea from a very action packed game and hopefully Torres can chip in with a couple of goals.


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Does Michael Essien still have a role to play at Chelsea?

How can I put this as simply as possible.... YES!! I personally don't understand how his ability and place in the team is being challenged so greatly buy Chelsea fans and even Di Matteo who seems to even favour Raul Merieles over him at the moment.

I get that he has had a lot of injuries in the past and when he came back for us last season he didn't seem to be as great as he was before but I still can't recall him playing bad for us at any time. Take the Manchester United game where we drew 3-3 last season. This was Essien's first start after coming back from injury and for me he controlled the midfield for the majority of the game and it was only in the last 20 minutes of the game he started to fade which was down to lack of match fitness.

I know that Obi Mikel seems to be Di Matteo's first choice defensive midfielder along side Frank Lampard in the double pivot but I still don't think that he is a better option then the Bison at the moment. Mikel has definitely improved over the years and his performances in our Champions League campaign last year was nothing short of exceptional however I always have the feeling that there is a mistake in him and  I still question whether he can keep such high level over a long period of time. He also doesn't offer enough going forward for me compared to Essien. I don't buy into the claims that he just plays simple passes side to side however I still think he needs to improve on his link up play in the same way Alex Song did last year for Arsenal and dramatically improve his shooting which is just woeful at the moment.

I think that know Essien has had a whole pre season this summer he definitely has a role to play for Chelsea this season whether it be in rotation with Mikel or as his deputy I still believe he has a lot to offer and would without doubt return to being the engine room in our midfield if given the chance this year.

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What should we expect from Chelsea this season?

What should we as fans be looking for from Chelsea this season? Should would be challenging the two Manchester clubs for the title, Champions League qualification with a top 4 finish or complete domination of all competitions.


Looking at how we are trying to play this season, with a new change in playing style from being a more physical team to a more attractive and attacking team and the massive influx of new small creative players I think that from this season I'd be more than happy with a top four finish and anything on top of that 'like cup success' would just be a bonus. Even though we won the Champions League and the FA Cup last season we still finished 6th in the league last season and we all know as fans that we are lucky that we succeeded in the Europe, otherwise we could potentially HAVE turned into another Liverpool who are just mediocre in the league even though they are trying to make a fight back to the top with their new signings.

Taking our new style and signings into account and how bad we were last year in the league I think that a top 4 finish preferably 3rd would definitely be a successful season for us and would then act as the perfect platform for us to properly challenge the two Manchester clubs for the league next season as all of our new signings would have properly adjusted to the pace and quality of the league. Obviously if Chelsea are able to mount a challenge for the title or even win it this year I would be delighted but I think we have to remember how things where only a few months ago when AVB was sacked and how we were feeling and how bad we could have been feeling without the European success, so if things don't continue to go as swimmingly as they are currently just try be patient with Di Matteo and the team I'm certain next year will be Chelsea's.

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Defensive Problems

Ok lets talk about this chelsea defense. Why is it that avb is being so stubborn with this high line which is clearly not working what so ever. I understand that he wants us to play really attractive football like the barcelona’s of this world but really who is he kidding, we dont have the players to make that system work.

Are defense is far to slow and are midfield is not dominating enough when it comes to retaining posession so its just not going to work now or anytime soon. He just need to get out of his head that football must be played in a specific way, I am one those people that like results dnt no what you guys think but thats just me and attractive football is all good (which we aint even playing) when your winning but damn we are not.

Alright thats enough with the high line, lets talk bout what you think are best defensive 4 is. Personally it has to be cole, terry , alex , ivanovic all day they are all class players and they do there job well. I cant really understand why he is so insistent on playing david luiz especially when he is allowing him to be so expressive. He is a flippin centre back not no attacking mid! I cant lie he does have some good attacking attributes but its not his job if anything he would be better suited to like rb or dm cause mikel is not cutting it but  i m goona leave the mikel brushing to another time.

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