On the eve of arguably their most important match of the season, Chelsea have strangely shown no signs of any turmoil in Europe. With AVB, they set a new record in the 'least time with one manager' category, and his memory seems to have lasted even less than the man himself. Of course, that might have to do with the sudden resurgence in domestic form, Torres scoring again, John Terry back to managing the team playing through pain and of course the minor matter of having beaten Barcelona.

Ducky's Note: Krish Prashanth is a Chelsea fan and a student of engineering. In the first ever Chelsea game he saw, he watched Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink score against Spurs. Since then, JFH has remained one of his all time favourite strikers. Here he provides a season-so-far review of sorts for Chelsea.

Nicks' note: This is a guest post. Like Ramires powering through the middle, straight-talking Sahil Dumir holds no prisoners and says it like it is. Small bio? He's a smug-smiling, hard-working, all-round good egg. He's also a Chelsea fan, which offsets all of the above.

Following his side's huge 2-1 win over Manchester City yesterday, Chelsea boss Andres Villas-Boas is confident that his side is back in the title race. The Blues are now just seven points back of league leaders Manchester City, and the young manager is convinced that with so many competitive teams it's not a huge points difference.

Ducky's Note: Long-time Blues fan Ratna Prashanth evaluates the reason for Andres Villas-Boas' apparent failure to adapt Chelsea to his method. Or adapt himself to Chelsea's method!

I think we can (win the title). We have most of the same players (who have won the title before)

- Andres Villas-Boas

Confidence is appreciable, but we need to get the right results if we are to compete for three titles (now that the milk cup is gone) and for this, December is the key.

An emotional Craig Bellamy during the minutes applause for Gary Speed...Liverpool have booked themselves a place in the Carling Cup Semi Finals after beating Chelsea for the second time in ten days at Stamford Bridge. The 2-0 win saw Martin Kelly and Maxi Rodriguez bag the Reds their goals whilst Chelsea couldn't even muster a consolation.

Yer shoulda stayed at a big club, staaaayed at a biiig club!...Liverpool make their second trip to Stamford Bridge on Tuesday in as many weeks. The Reds drew Andres Villas-Boas' side in the Carling Cup quarter final away from home and will be looking to progress to the semis.
After beating Chelsea 2-1 on their own turf last weekend, Liverpool will surely be brimming with confidence.

Glen takes his shot...Liverpool took all three points away with them from Stamford Bridge on Sunday as the Reds put two past the home side. A brilliant work up to Maxi Rodriguez's first was followed by a Glen Johnson winner in the 86th minute. Despite Chelsea beating Reina at the hands of Daniel Sturridge, they couldn't quite keep their heads for the whole 90 minutes.

Ducky's Note: Much like Torres' drought, BigFourZa has been suffering a lack of Chelsea contributions, putting the very name of our site at risk. Much like Torres' goal at OT, Sushajith has stepped up and broken the 27-month drought in BFZ's blue corner. Much like Torres' later miss in the same game.

Chelsea came from behind to beat West Bromwich Albion 2-1 at Stamford Bridge and join Aston Villa, Liverpool, and Newcastle United atop the Barclays Premier League standings.

Goals from Nicolas Anelka and first-half substitute Florent Malouda, who replaced Salomon Kalou, were enough to turn the tables on the Baggies, who had taken an early lead through last weekend's scorer Shane Long.

No Essien? No problem. Yossi Benayoun scored a sensational double flick goal (embedded above) in Chelsea's first pre-season game of the summer last night as the Blues beat Wycombe 3-0. Fernando Torres also scored while defender Slobodan Rajkovic, who ... Continue reading →

With acclaimed Portuguese coach Andres Villas-Boas taking over the Chelsea hotseat, Blues skipper John Terry is fully aware of the task at hand.

Owner Roman Abramovich has, as always, has identified Champions League glory as the top priority and reports emerging from the club's training camp suggest that Chelsea players have a lot of pressure to cope with.

The Group One makes his debut in front of the world's media. Thanks to YouTube user Artinho8 for uploading the press conference in full. What follows is in six parts. Enjoy.

Former FC Porto coach Andres Villas-Boas has finalized the last remnants of his contract as he prepares to take over the reins as the new Chelsea boss.

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich matched FC Porto's £13.5million release clause sparking Andres Villas-Boas' resignation after guiding the Portuguese champions to a historic four trophies this season.

Nickspinkboots' Note: Readers, please welcome Kiran Vr, a United fan who takes his football very seriously. He's the editor-in-chief of Inside Manchester United, a blog for all things United and more. This is his first guest post here, and if you critters behave yourselves then it won't be his last.

Having parted company with Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti after a disappointing season, Chelsea are once again searching for a new coach with Dutchman Guus Hiddink the bookies favourite to take over the reigns at Stamford Bridge. Rolly Pelovangu investigates...

A poisoned chalice or a great opportunity to manage at one of world football's richest clubs?