Falling Into Place

I suggested last week that losing to Newcastle away was not all doom and gloom as it could be the beginning of better things and last week the team showed that it was ready to begin another winning streak.

Right now it stands at P 2 W 2 D 0 L 2

4 nil and 2 nil wins at home is hardly big news compared to some of our best performances this season but these kind of results is what breeds the kind of confidence needed to start another run.

It looks like everything is falling into place for us just at the right time. We have deliberately lost to lift the unneeded pressure of the boys and whether by coincidence or some twist of faith, we've managed to let 3 of our most influential players to serve their time for suspensions to get them available for the most busy and exciting period of the season.

Diego Costa was first then Matic against Newcastle. Our midfield maestro and assist leader  in the BPL Cesc Fabregas was also suspended for the Hull City game. Now all of them will be available for the festive games which comes almost every 2 days till mid - January next year.

With the team now officially participating in 4 competitions after the FA cup draw it was lovely to see the manager mix up the team and for us to witness a debut for Rueben Loftus-Cheek. But more importantly, it was great to see them produce the kind of performance they did on Wednesday in the CL.

Schurlle for instance had been hitting low keys for the team this season since he came back from the World Cup but he looked himself on Wednesday and capped a fine performance with a goal. All the players are staying sharp and ready to compete for the team and that can only be to the benefit of the team.

When Chelsea eliminated PSG from the Champions league last season their official twitter handle wrote that they shall be back and lo and behold, here they are. Right in the middle of the road blocking our path to CL glory. But I bet they didn't put into consideration the fact that they will be meeting a much improved and super high on confidence Chelsea.

They really put up a fight the last time beating us 3-1 in Paris and we could only go through on goal difference putting our vastly superior experience in the competition to use. But things are different now. We play at a different stage of the competition with a better team and against David Luiz whom we will love to beat. So if PSG tells us they are back our answer is simple.

Bring it on.