Chris Ramsey is looking forward to pitting his wits against Jose Mourinho for the first time and has backed himself to come out on top against the Chelsea boss.
QPR welcome their local rivals to Loftus Road on Sunday looking to extend a 19-year unbeaten home league record against the Blues to boost their survival hopes.
Chelsea will make the short hop across town knowing a victory will only cement their place as Premier League title favourites as Mourinho looks to collect a third crown over his two spells at Stamford Bridge.
Sunday will be his first experience of the away dugout at Loftus Road and, whilst Rangers boss Ramsey is amongst the Portuguese's many fans, he believes his side have enough about them to cause an upset.
"He's been a winner all his career," Ramsey said when asked his opinion of Mourinho.
"He is brave, courageous. I have never seen him work but they tell me he's fantastic on the training field, which shows that he realises that professionals, no matter what level they are at, need a level of focus and they always need to be doing things correctly.
"He's someone that I admire from the coaching fraternity. You can only respect the man for what he has done, and you can only respect him for how he deals with his critics, and how he bounces back time after time.
"He's a coach, I'm a coach. He's a man, I'm a man. I think I'm good, he knows he's good. You have to be confident in yourself."
Ramsey has no qualms with Mourinho sometimes offering to shake his counterpart's hand and disappearing down the tunnel before the end of a game and admits he would love a chance to pick his brains at some point.
"If he's got to go and check in with the missus that's up to him isn't it?," he said when asked about Mourinho's early handshake.
"Family is family and that is more important than any football match so whatever antics he's done, he's the one sat there with the trophy cabinet.
"If he can guarantee to give me the advice to get anywhere near what he's done in his career, I'd be happy to take that. If he'd spare me the time, of course (I'd like to sit down with him)."
Whilst Sunday's game could prove important at both ends of the table, Ramsey is hoping the match does not become a spectacle for the neutral fan, unlike the 3-3 draw against Aston Villa on Tuesday night.
"We are hoping that there are no goals until the 91st minute and then we get a penalty, we would take that now," he added.
"But the way we have gone this season the game will still end up 4-3! We are hoping it is not a good game from that point of view. 3-3 is a great game for the neutral, but not very good form the point of view that we know we can defend and play better than that.
"We have had two games this year with really questionable periods, 20 minutes at Crystal Palace and the same at Villa, that has meant we have had mountains to climb and we are hoping we don't fall into that trap this time."