Chelsea have started off their campaign with a relatively good flow of results, apart from the obvious loss to Manchester United, which we were unlucky to come away with. This result aside, the recent few fixtures are showing healthy signs that Villas-Boas has a good understanding of the Premier league, and that his blueprints of a 4-4-3 system that he once used at Porto, and is now implementing on the Blues, is starting to work. But there is one key ingredient that Chelsea are still missing, a playmaker.

If there is one thing that has been progressing and evolving at a steady rate over the years at Stamford Bridge, it is the lack of atmosphere that surrounds the SW6 area particularly on top European nights.

The next two home league games have sold out, if you have not got your tickets then you will have to stay at home or head to your local pub.

Florent Malouda is the latest Chelsea player to book his place in Ukraine and Poland for next summer’s European Championships.