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Going to be a fairly short one this week, as I've got loads to get done.  Plus, it's not like we're going to storm down to Stamford Bridge and do what every other team this season has failed to do.

Are we?

After receiving an anonymous DVD in the post entitled "Craig Dawson's Greatest Knock-Outs", Diego Costa succumbs to a few pre-match nerves.

There's everything and nothing to be said about the Newcastle match, unfortunately.  We could have done with at least a point from the game, but an absolute shoot-your-own-foot performance complete with narrow formation and predictable line-up sent us slouching to defeat.  Normally you'd want to bounce straight back from a display like that, but Stamford Bridge has never been a place for bouncing.  The memory of last November's injustice there still hurts, but realistically, we're unlikely to show up there and magically set things right.  I hope for a decent counter-attacking show from the team - similar to the Leicester match if need be - and if we can't nick a point, then at least keeping the defeat respectable and giving ourselves a few positives to take forward and face a wobbly Arsenal will do.

Classic Match

Chelsea 1-3 West Bromwich Albion

Football League, First Division: 30th September 1978

Stamford Bridge wasn't always a plastic bowl full of cringeworthy banners like SUPER FRANKIE LAMPARD and JT IS OUR LEADER, and nor was it a place where points were hard to come by.  In 1978, with Chelsea well on their way to finishing bottom of the league and Albion in serious contention for the league title, it was a largely empty and windswept place where Albion ran riot.  Enjoy!