The downside to beating Doncaster is our semi-final draw - against Arsenal. It is not the best stage of the competition to be meeting the best team in the country, but if we beat them we have one hand on The Cup already.

I can look at it two ways. Either we would meet them in the final and possibly lose, or beat them in the semis and have a real chance of winning the Cup.

But before that we have Bristol Rovers back in the league. They are a physical side, and we have to match that.

As a manager I have to pick the team and tactics according to what sort of team we are facing. I don't go as far as picking one 11 for one kind of game and another for a different match, but I have tried to mix things up according to how the opposition play.

For example, if we are playing someone like Fulham, who pass the ball around then we have to match it with a more footballing style. But if we are up against someone physical - as we are this weekend - then we have to match that.

But obviously I don't have time to watch every team in our league play, nor do I have a network of spies watching our opponents.

So how do I know how each team's strengths and weaknesses? Simple! I get on the phone to one of the players. The women's game is much more open than the men's. In return for a bit of gossip they tell all... it's not very scientific, but it has worked so far.

The only time I didn't try to match what the other side were doing is when we played Arsenal earlier this season - we got battered. So you can bet that when we play them in The Cup I will have done my homework.

I am back in the squad this weekend after serving my one-match suspension. Last time I played, against Millwall, I was pushed up into the right wing then to centre-half.

As a manager myself I can understand why these changes have to be made - we had lots of injuries - but I would always prefer to play at right back.

If I was pushed into the midfield on a regular basis, I would prefer to be in the centre, because on the wing I feel I have to do a trick, or something fancy.

I am known as a utility player, and in my first time at QPR I was played all over the place, but I would have preferred to be at right back week in week out.

When players say things like 'I'm just happy to be on the pitch' it's a load of rubbish - because every player I know has a favoured position.

Because I was suspended last week, the boss gave me the weekend off, and I spent the time wisely: I enjoyed a night out in north London last Friday, then watched a fireworks display in Birmingham on Saturday.

I am glad that bonfire night is over, because it was freezing.

But I am back into it this week - we have a massive test on Saturday against Wigan. I am looking forward to it - especially the battle between their strikers and our defenders.

Roberts and Ellington are the best in our division at the moment, but I think Danny Shittu and George Santos are the best centre halves in the league. The battle is going to be something special.

But talk of that will have to wait till next week!