Rant Box: Chelsea v QPR
By: Jack | September 22nd, 2009Fantastic display on the weekend at home to Tottenham — sans the Drogba scare, of course.
Now that we know the terrifying Ivorian is going to be just fine, we can get on with the business at hand. Namely this Carling Cup third-round tie at Stamford Bridge against Championship side Queens Park Rangers.
Chelsea v QPR, circa Feb. 1974
I think it’s obvious Chelsea enjoys this competition. The Blues have won it twice in the past five years; only a loss to Tottenham in the final denied us a third title in 2008. Shall we make it a firm three? Yes please.
More promising is the mindset of Ancelotti regarding the league cup. It seems as if CA plans to turn the show over to our so-called promising youngsters. Assistant coach Ray Wilkins confirmed Tuesday that academy players Sam Hutchinson, Fabio Borini and Jeffrey Bruma will be included in Wednesday’s squad.
Perhaps more importantly, he said Joe Cole and Yuri Zhirkov will return from injury against QPR. They’ll both be in the starting XI.
“We haven’t finalised the side yet but Joe Cole and Zhirkov will both start, which is good news,” Wilkins said. “They’ll be very important players for us as the season progresses. It’s nice to see them come back in. When you can’t use someone of Joe’s ability, any side would miss him. He has that bit of fantasy that can open up defences, so we have missed him.
“The youngsters are all players who have impressed Carlo since he’s been here. This gives us an opportunity to bring these players in and use them later in the season. If we progress, hopefully we’ll be able to use them in the Carling Cup. .. They’ll be in the squad. Whether they’ll start is another matter.”
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cmon!!young star!
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Looking forward to seeing Cole and Zhirkov play a part
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It would be fun watching Sam play tonight, coz he’s a wonderful player.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/london/hi/front_page/newsid_8255000/8255287.stm that’s the radio coverage on BBC; can’t find any stream anywhere :>
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Charlie, you read my mind. I was about to post the BBC Radio link as well. No live video stream available guys, sorry.
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1-0 KALOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That’s my boy!!
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1-0 it is then. 8 wins out of 8. :>
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hi guys, finally found Chelsea v QPR highlights:
http://highlights.indonewyork.com/videos/33/chelsea-1-0-qpr-%28carling%29
now it’s 8 out of 8
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUEJs-3nfDY&feature=related
GOAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
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Ahh so thats what QPR stood for when I was listening to various podcasts..was all who the hell are they?? Hopefully I don’t pass out before this game starts. And re: the live radio coverage – so even though I missed the game live theres no way I could of caught it in the first place? I have it taped on my DVR now thanks to ChelseaTv – quite boring to watch after knowing the score unfortunately – 1st goal after second half before the 70m mark or whatever?
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