A 24,000 attendance! When a club prices its bread and butter working-class fans out of those big-weekend Premiership games, it is hardly surprising that they don’t come flocking in on a Tuesday night at a knockdown bargain price of £36, replacing the well-off Saturday support that can’t be ar*ed putting their coat on during the week when they can watch it on telly.

About the ‘Special One’. He has alienated neutral supporters with his sniping and whinging, generally leaving a nasty taste in the mouth of the non-faithful. Despite impressive past achievements on his CV, Jose Mourinho seems bent on proving that he is nothing special as manager of a team that has enjoyed ridiculously high investment on a scale reminiscent of a football manager game (with unlimited cash cheat codes).

For example, the purchase of Andriy Shevchenko (who should change his name to Morientes), underlines the unbelievable foolishness of Ch£l$£a$ financial management. The man is 31 for god's sake, clearly well past his sell-by date, and was signed for over £30m!

'When Roman Abramovich gets bored with his toy, the Chelsea circus will disband fast'

A fact that cannot be ignored is that Chelsea are the only team in the UK that don’t feel that they need to run their club as a business. Profit and loss just do not seem to be a consideration at all. When Roman Abramovich gets bored with his toy, the Chelsea circus will disband fast.

Perhaps his next project will be to try and finance Skoda to the pinnacle of Formula One, with Chelski following Leeds United down the slippery road to football ruin.

Despite all the cash, there seems to be something lacking at Chelsea. A certain spirit that just isn’t there - a soul perhaps - lending a sense of hollowness to their achievements.