After picking the same eleven I had hoped he would at the weekend which for me apart from JT being injured is right now the strongest eleven we have on paper, watching Drogba and Lampard both score and fire Chelsea to a 3-0 win against Bolton to put pressure back on Arsenal for fourth place, AVB spoke about Frank Lampard and revealed that he will continue to rotate players between now and the end of the season based on the opposition we are to due to face.

Petr Cech, speaking to a Czech website has been quick to diffuse the apparent divide that has been reported in the Chelsea dressing room. Referring to reports that some of our senior players had questioned the managers selection and tactics during a team meeting after the Everton defeat, in the presence of Roman Abramovich, Cech said:

Everyone has been talking about a meeting between the team and Abramovich.

David Luiz has spoken out of the criticism of Chelsea from the press and the media and has been quick to point out that it's important to focus on what it happening at the club now and not the past or future. He said:

"All teams have problems. When Chelsea are first and somebody else is seventh, then they get criticised — that is the job of the media.

I think we have all read the comment and speculation that surrounds AVB and his job as Chelsea manager. With him openly admitting for the first time that he doesn't know if he will remain as manager or if Roman Abramovich will sack him you can imagine the press will now move into overdrive.
I have said that I am surprised he is still here after also admitting that he hasn't made any progress.

AVB spoke last Thursday to a radio station in Portugal with plenty of it being featured in the press in the last 24 hours. In an hour long interview AVB was asked to describe where Chelsea are now and he said:

"We are now in the exact same moment as last year"

I think we are worse now than when we were last year.

After scoring against Bolton on Saturday and with that the Premier League highest goal scoring midfielder and his 182nd goal for Chelsea, we are still sitting here wondering if Frank Lampard will be picked to play our next game at West Brom away on Saturday.
This is the question most of us are asking ourselves at the moment.

It would be fair to say that David Luiz is one of the most talked about and discussed defenders in the Premier League. More often than not the pundits on TV have had their comments on our Brazilian and have been mostly critical. Luiz has made mistakes at times in games and made a costly error for Napoli's third goal last week but continues to believe in himself and in his work.

I want to feature this video today because it's more relevant at the moment than ever. Frank Lampard speaking after the Bolton game on Saturday on Chelsea TV, was quick to praise the Chelsea fans for the way they always back their players even when things aren't going as how they should be.
He is right isn't he!

As ever the "Old School" Chels from Gate 17 have produced another one of their videos featuring a trip with Chelsea abroad. This time it's last weeks trip to Naples to see Napoli away. We lost the game 3-1 as you know, but here is their short documentary about their time there (Excuse the language and when you see the straw please be assured it is nothing more than CHEESE!

I said we needed a big win yesterday and to field our strongest eleven. AVB picked the same side I suggested as Lampard, Drogba and Essien all returned to the starting eleven and Chelsea picked up a big win, three points, a clean sheet and more importantly fourth place in the Premier League with Arsenal playing Spurs this afternoon.

I said we needed a big win yesterday and to field our strongest eleven. AVB picked the same side I suggested as Lampard, Drogba and Essien all returned to the starting eleven and Chelsea picked up a big win, three points, a clean sheet and more importantly fourth place in the Premier League with Arsenal playing Spurs this afternoon.

It really is massive today and we all know it. No disrespect to them, but who would have thought that Chelsea at home to Bolton could be a turning point in our season. It could be the start of a revival under AVB or, it could be his last game as manager if reports in the media are to be believed.

I think we all agree that being the Chelsea Manager is one of the most difficult jobs to take in the game at the moment. It's right up there with the England Manager's job for me. When you agree to take over the club you are aware of the pressure that comes with it. You know the levels of expectation from the owner, the board and the supporters and if things aren't going your way, the press and media will be on your back constantly.

It's YET ANOTHER game we simply cannot afford to drop points in. Bolton have nothing really to lose and everything to gain and for Chelsea and AVB, a draw or defeat would pile more and more pressure on us in the battle to finish fourth.
Looking back to the game at The Reebok earlier in the season, Chelsea were on a high and playing fast, flowing, attacking football scoring five.

Saturday's game against Bolton has now turned into a massive game for our club. The manager is under pressure, certain players are under pressure and as for us Chelsea fans, we are sitting here dreading what's going to happen next aren't we. Who would have thought that Bolton at home would become such a pivotal game in our season?

Listen there is plenty of debate at the moment about our players, team selection and substitutions etc. Again last night's was surprising and the fall out afterwards prompted me to have yet another rant at our club!.
What I want people to do right now is look at our squad and the players we have, forget form and favouritism, reported player power at the club and tell me what you personally believe to be our strongest eleven and the side that YOU believe can turn things round for us in the League and in the second leg against Napoli.

Just when it seems that we have reached our lowest point it seems to get worse doesn't it. As Chelsea fans all we want to see is our side give a good performance week in, week out just like any other set of supporters in the country. We want to see everyone pulling together as one unit and in the same direction but this is clearly not happening.

Chelsea lost tonight 3-1 away in Naples in a strange game that literally was end to end. After a difficult start, Chelsea nicked an away goal after a bobble on a dodgy pitch found Juan Mata who calmly slotted the ball past the keeper to make it 1-0.
With that you'd expect Chelsea to keep their shape try and remain solid and compact but it never happened.

Well this is it tonight for Chelsea it really is!. You know that saying "there's a time and a place"? Well it's tonight at 1945GMT and the place is Naples, Italy.
Chelsea need a big, big performance tonight from the players AND the manager. Everyone is waiting for Chelsea to fail, the press are ready to run more stories of doom and gloom and you can imagine the negative headlines that have already been drafted to run in the morning.

Simple question but with a difficult answer as Chelsea simply cannot afford to have the same result as Arsenal did last week in Italy.
We're down in the dumps, struggling for form and taking flack from everywhere as AVB continues to struggle with our players. Like I said yesterday, it's as much the players fault as it is AVB and I am glad people are finally seeing that too.