Closed QPR vs Chelsea

[Atwa 78]

I wanna see Azipilcueta and Oscar from start against QPR.

And Id like a few minutes for Moses as well..

Damnit, it should be illegal to have a 15 day gap between games.. I need Chelsea.

[Rowan_Osborn 58]

No Sturridge has to start for me, Oscar has time, he can come on later in the game.

I would like Sturridge to get some game time, just not sure how that formation would suit him, maybe a 4-2-2-1-1, with him playing off Torres?

[Rowan_Osborn 58]

I wanna see Azipilcueta and Oscar from start against QPR.

And Id like a few minutes for Moses as well..

Damnit, it should be illegal to have a 15 day gap between games.. I need Chelsea.

It will be good for some of our players to get a break though, Mata needs a rest and we should have Marin back soon so he won't miss too many games.

[Atwa 78]

It will be good for some of our players to get a break though, Mata needs a rest and we should have Marin back soon so he won't miss too many games.

Of course, its good for them! I meant more from my perspective, I need Chelsea more often.

[Rowan_Osborn 58]

Of course, its good for them! I meant more from my perspective, I need Chelsea more often.

I know how you feel, the summer was a long haul for lack of Chelsea action, without the euros and olympics i don't think i would of coped and that was mainly good because i was trying to spot good players that i would like to see at Chelsea.

[Kojo 4,676]

I would like Sturridge to get some game time, just not sure how that formation would suit him, maybe a 4-2-2-1-1, with him playing off Torres?

Well that's what it is anyway, pretty much Sturridge upfront with Torres.

I think Torres has to start, but so does Sturridge, let Sturridge cause the defense problems, he's probably our most underrated player. Just because he's in cam doesn't mean i meant play him as a playmaker or attacking midfielder.

[blueblood22 50]

my best 11 that no one wrote

cech

Azpic-Cahill-Terry-Bertrand

Romeu-Ramires

Hazard-oscar-mata

Sturridge

if you ask me this is the best 11 not only against QPR this is what i want to see all season

a lot of guys say give a chance to torres he will get back to himself. give a chance to Sturridge he will show you that he could be better than torres and he will not be selfish if he will get more that 10 minutes to prove himself and not be nervous that he must score a goal in this short time.i don't say kill torres but i say Sturridge could be better and give him the same chance even if he won't cost us 50 million

about Romeu we all loved him last season whan he got a chance no reason why he shold not play! perfect for our new system defend great pass fast forward!

Ramires could really fix our slow cb at the back and the same could fix the probalm that going slowly from defence to attack

and yes i think it's time for Bertrand to switch ashly you all talk about iva that is bad ashly was bad the same for me

and still 4 english players on the 11

what do you say?

[DavidLuizFan 23]

There's no doubt that we need to absolutely demolish QPR. For two reasons, moral boost after the Athletic Madrid match and also the fact that we are 3 from 3 in the EPL, can make it 4 now and with a good amount of goals. Let's bloody get this!

[royg 96]

----------Cech

Azpi---Cahill----JT------Cole

-------Mikel-------Romeu

-------------Oscar

Mata-------------------Hazard

------------Sturridge

Subs: Moses, Torres, Iva, Bertrand, Meireles, Lamps

Azpi for Brana so he could showcase his skills and to finally have a player on his natural position, both fullbacks giving the width option. Cahill and JT as CB's, as I feel they are more mature and more capable of holding our defense strong.

I think we should experiment with two DM's as Pivots with Romeu and Mikel as good ball handlers, ball winners and good covers when fullbacks such as Azpi and Cole tries to overlap.

Oscar will be the link up from Defense to Offense and i believe could give an extra hand to our defensive side. With these three players Oscar and 2 DM's in the middle they will keep the pressure and more than capable of controlling the midfield. The key is to control the midfiled with Oscar and Mata linking up and give a smooth transition from defense to offense.

As usual Mata and Hazard free to roam and interchange position and Hazard will stay up high to generate offense.

I would like to give Danny a try with CF role and Torres subs at 60-70 minute mark.

[FormerRussianSpy 163]

As a former KGB spy you should have done your research better. Try to see a full game of Brazil or Internacional and you realise his ability and, specially, his vision and passing skill.

Trust me brother, I watched every minute of Brazil's olympic campaign and the 4-3 thriller against Argentina. I was one of the first to jump on the Oscar bandwagon... who couldn't love a kid with his amount class and skill? But enough of me qualifying my faith in him, I was just trying to explain that RDM will probably like to ease Oscar into the team instead of throwing him into the first XI instantly.

[The Skipper 20,609]

I'd go with something like Kojo's team (apart from Romeu instead of Mikel but we all know Kojo hates Mikel). We need to penetrate QPR, get at them straight from the get go.

A front 4/5 of:

Torres

Hazard Sturridge Moses

Ramires - Mikel

Cole Terry Luiz/Cahill Ivanovic

Cech

Should achieve that. I like the dynamism and pace in that team. If we're struggling to keep possession or lack that playmaking perhaps throw Oscar on instead of Rambo.

[ymalleb 14]

Oscar should start as i saw him ready to replace the fatigue Mata. Moses & Cesar should be given a cameo in later stage of the game.

Hate to say this, but i've a hunch that Lampard & Brana will retain their position. Funny, the double pivot won us two major cup last year and they were up against the likes of Liverpool (FA cup final), Barca & Bayern (CL final). Either Lampard & Mikel getting an off night or Atletico was just too good for us that night.

[Kezza 1,965]

In the back of our minds we all know what formation/players RDM is gonna use.

He'll be under pressure to stay at the top of the league after the Ath. Madrid game.

I just hope we doesn't use Iva..

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

sigh.... international break is a bitch, goo thing i got my NFL to keep me occuped for the weeks.

i think we're all very keen (me included) to see what RDM will do to shake things up. what else will he try as an alternative because i agree the constant shoving of rambo and bertrand in the current formation is not going to help in the long run. If he wants them to play, switch to 433 and put rambo where comfortable and actually give a. cole a rest so you can play bertrand.

expect 3pts though, mark hughes hasnt got any of the pieces to gel yet and being he bought 12 players, gona take hell-of-a-long-ass-time before they prove to be 'decent' team.

[didierforever 7,349]

will be really disappointed if we dont get 3 points.

plus i hope we play this

cech

cesar cahill luiz/jt cole

romeu raul

moses mata hazard

danny

should leave out lamps-mikel for the juventus and stoke game.

[Bambiny14 25]

I'd like to see this line-up:

Čech the goalkeeper, nothing to explain.

I would probably go with Bertrand as the left-back but because the League Cup game is going to be soon after it, Cole should start. He didn't play that bad against Atlético after all. JT is a must, we did see how we lacked his defence organization skills in the Supercup. David Luiz should be benched, he had very bad game and this is definitely time for Cahill. The same goes with Ivanović, big mistakes, Azpilicueta is here, no reason why he shouldn't be given a chance.

We did see that the double-pivot of Lampard and Mikel has not been working lately as we would like to. I think Oscar is the right man to play alongise Mikel. Mikel was one of the few players which against Atlético tried to their best. As much as I'd like to see Oriol on the pitch, it is the same as with Bertrand, Wolves in Capital One Cup is his time to shine.

Ramires was the worst player on friday so bench it is. Marin was shining in pre-season and if my memory is correct, RDM said he will be fit after this international break. I know it is a bit of a risk to put two players who have not yet played in the Premier League but I think it's risk woth taking and Mikel is there to put some of their posible mistakes right. Hazard central, Mata on the left wing. Might rotate and replace each other during the game but i prefer Mata left-winged as he has good crosses and Hazard so far seemed as a bigger threat. But this may change now with Mata having his well-desearved break, so we'll see.

Sturridge up front, Torres has been given lots of chances, Danny should got some too. I am sure he will covert his chances into goals.

[AndersonBLUE 819]

Doubt Danny will start, he will start in the cup game afterwards. If danny is on he will will come on out wide as a sub

[Ollie 4,400]

After QPR's deadline day blitz and our shocking performance in the super cup, i am not exactly confident about this game. We're probably their biggest game of the season whereas they are just a stepping stone to go onto bigger and better things. they ain't won all season, i can see us losing this game like we did last season. I hope Fridays game taught us a valuable lesson and we bounce back and fuck them big time but we'll see. Marin.... where are you? Moses and Marin must play with Hazard and Torres. No Mata and no Ramires hopefully.

[themightyblue 443]

I just pray that Robbie puts Hazard or Marin on the left and Moses on the right. Bosingwa and Fabio will have nightmares

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

I hope we rout them. We need to bounce back. It's about time Oscar gets his first start. Of course he won't because that's how RDM rolls. He'll stick with Mikel and Lampard as well of course. Azpilicueta should get some minutes. As should Moses. Marin should start but again won't. Ramires or Bertrand will start on the right/left. I hope RDM proves me wrong and actually makes some changes. I would have perfered this lineup with Mata getting a break

Cech

Ivanovic Cahill Terry Cole

Mikel Meireles

Marin Oscar Hazard

Torres