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.

Once you break a habit, it's very difficult to go back to the way things were. Occasions where you were coasting along like it was second nature suddenly seem like uncharted territory. Every step is a challenge involving multiple thoughts, anxious moments and uncertain decisions. Ever since we were hammered 6-1 at Old Trafford on the blackest day in our recent memory, our form has displayed the sort of scratchy incompetence of a broken habit.

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.

It was like watching never ending porn

-Surjo Sekhar, musician par excellence and life-long United fan

I didn't zee it

-Nickspinkboots, writer par excellence and life-long (until today atleast) Gooner

I've always maintained that life is about the simple pleasures.

Maddy's Note: After a hiatus almost as long as Arsenal's trophy drought, the man with a million quotes is back. BFZ proudly re-presents long term contributor Vishwa

I would have opened this post with an extremely comical quote that featured a comparison between Benjani and Torres but the weekend's developments in the premier league put paid to that.

For exactly 40-odd seconds at Old Trafford yesterday, it seemed like Drogba had funnelled all the talk about Chelsea and their owners' 'obsession' into one surging run and a nerveless finish to leave Chelsea one goal short of what would be a definite Champions League Classic. At that moment all football writers wondered if they should rewrite the headlines for the morning papers, from singing paens about United and Sir Alex to Didier Drogba who did, at that moment, look like he would single-handedly drag 10 men in Blue to a famous victory.

For exactly 40-odd seconds at Old Trafford yesterday, it seemed like Drogba had funnelled all the talk about Chelsea and their owners' 'obsession' into one surging run and a nerveless finish to leave Chelsea one goal short of what would be a definite Champions League Classic. At that moment all football writers wondered if they should rewrite the headlines for the morning papers, from singing paens about United and Sir Alex to Didier Drogba who did, at that moment, look like he would single-handedly drag 10 men in Blue to a famous victory.

Ducky's Note: BigFourZa's regular Manc Bharat Dutt is back, and is a really angry young man after the FA upheld Rooney's two-match ban. However, he argues, it's totally not the end of the world. Quite the opposite, in fact.

Firstly, let's take stock here.

Ducky's Note: BigFourZa's regular Manc Bharat Dutt is back, and is a really angry young man after the FA upheld Rooney's two-match ban. However, he argues, it's totally not the end of the world. Quite the opposite, in fact.

Firstly, let's take stock here.

Football in England is all about tribalism. It's about supporting your village against the other, and it dates back to, well, forever. So I am informed by two gentlemen from London on this blog who have, apart from livening up proceedings around these parts, given us a peek into a few chants that we simply can't hear over the airwaves, HD or no HD.

Ducky's Note: On the back of some good ol' mud-slinging that has been going on at BigFourZa between the usual suspects (being Le Arse and The Devils), I will stealthily slip-in a guest post about why we do all the mud-slinging we do from Debjit Lahiri. Debjit is a Chelsea fan (yes, they still exist!