Stuck in Second Gear???

I'll be honest,it was a total disaster at Stamford Bridge on Sunday!! First home defeat since March,3 goals conceded after not conceding a single one for 9 games at home,and it could've been much worse! What does this do to Chelsea's title challenge?? Huge damage,if you ask me...

When the season began,with the 6-0 thumping of Wigan and West Brom (For all those Man Utd fans dancing with delight,same WestBrom that came to OldTrafford and drew 2-2!!) ,it all looked so good,there didn't seem to be anyone even close to challenging the Champions,another title just seemed a formality,and so even when they were not so dazzling versus Man City and Villa,people always said they still had the upper gears in reserve,to up the ante against the big guns.But apart from versus Arsenal,that doesn't seem to be happening,does it??

Points dropped against Villa and City were ok,but the defeats versus Liverpool and Sunderland were bad,for they were so convincing,even die hard Chelsea fans couldn't say they didn't deserve to lose!! They were plain mediocre ,it never looked like they were coming back,and thoroughly deserved the defeats.

Having said that,picture is not so dark as it's made out to be,ManUtd are still struggling (They were plain lucky to win vs Wolves,and even though draw at Villa Park was good,don't forget they have won only once on the road this season!) ,City don't look good enough,Arsenal can be threatening,but don't forget Chelsea had Lmapard, Terry, Alex and Essien missing on Sunday,yes that can't be an excuse against someone like Sunderland,but you won't say they wouldn't make a difference once they're back!!!

We're heading for an exciting Winter now,with many big games coming up,it starts this weekend itself with the London Derby of the Gunners and the Spurs,so I really hope the Reigning Champions finally switch to the Higher gears!!!