All of a sudden,everyone believes Chelsea are on the way to disaster.Two bad performances in a week,and it's suddenly a crisis,isn't it?? Arsenal have lost 3 times at home already,including twice against Newly-promoted teams,and still Chelsea,after first home defeat of the season are suddenly doomed,aren't they??However convincing the defeat maybe,I should just point out,it came in the absence of Terry,Lampard,Essien and and Alex (Can anyone imagine Liverpool missing Gerrard,Torres and Carragher and even beating Northampton???Not really..)
Same thing with United,those guys have won just 1 game away from home so far,just ONE in one-thirds of the season,and still just a couple of away defeats at Liverpool and Birmingham suddenly mean Chelsea are just not good enough for the title?? Nonsense.
Yes,the sacking of Ray Wilkins came as a rude shock,which wasn't really necessary,with all going so smoothly,but does anyone doubt they are not up for the fight after watching them vs Birmingham?? I don't certainly.It was just a bad day,where nothing seemed to go in for them,and their opponents scored from the only Chance they created in 90 mins (Still,horrible goal to concede,though,watching the replays,I felt John Terry even on a wheelchair,would position himself better!! But,that's the reason he's John Terry though,you can't suddenly expect Ferreira to be like him)
Say anything you want,but Chelsea have badly missed Frank Lampard (All those thinking we're just making excuses,just remember what Manutd or Liverpool keep crying about when Rooney or Gerrard is missing) .Not just his consistent flow of goals,but his ability to drive forward relentlessly,creating more space for the attackers.I should point out,Chelsea were hammering goals for fun,early in the season,when he was playing,they just seemed to have dried now he's missing.We're supposed to have signed the "Future of Brazilian Midfield" for 18 millions,but his attacking skills make Lucas look like Xabi Alonso! And you just can't afford to put 4 fullbacks in defence,not even vs Sunderland,as we found out.But,still there will be better days to come,no?
Huge games coming up for Chelsea now,with Spurs,Arsenal and ManUtd all to be faced,but with the return of Inspirational skipper Terry,along with Super Frank and Essien,talk of whatever crisis as long as you want,Chelsea are still the team to beat if you want that Title !!!!