The last two league matches have been highly disappointing, which considering we have taken four points seems a bit ungrateful - but unless you are wearing your blue-tinted glasses you cannot disagree.

The Norwich match this weekend was the epitome of Chelsea in the past year and a half, little style with less substance. Overall disappointing.

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Happy new year all, it’s been some time – and rather a lot has gone on in the world of Chelsea, but rather little has actually changed.

There have been mainly lows, slightly salved by the late high against Wolves at the weekend, but on reflection draws against Fulham and Spurs and the loss against Villa have truly made 2011 forgettable.

It’s time to realise that we are not the force we once were.

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It seems unfair to complain after a run of three wins and a draw, especially as in that period we beat a resurgent Newcastle and the previously unbeaten leaders, Man City - but the draw at the weekend showed that there are still frailties to this team.

The appointment of AVB was supposed to herald a new era, but unfortunately it seems that the squad is still over reliant on the ageing players who have held us back from moving with the times.

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It's been some time reader friends! And at the start of the time things were looking pretty bleak, indifferent home form, a higher line than Rooney's forehead pre-op and a Champions' League campaign hanging by a thread. Ish.

The topsy-turvy world of football has once again set us back on the right path.

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With a consecutive home defeat in what was (but what isn’t) a must win match, it appears that the bad moment Carlo Ancelotti proclaimed we went through last season has once again reared its ugly head.

Whilst issues from last season were down to creativity, or lack of, this season’s buzz word is the high line. Although yesterday’s woes were not caused by a high line but downright poor defending.

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How on earth do you start writing down your opinions on a match when you have just witnessed five (yes five) goals shipped at home for the first time in 22 years?

In my case, with a fantastic double entendre - no defence, get it? That pretty much summarises my feelings, and summarises that blood curdling showing on the weekend.

No defence for letting in so many goals, as well as having no defence for many an occasion against the most in form attacker in the league.

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It has been a while, but thats what the depravity of an international break will do to you. Another weekend, and another win, were a comforting reminder that there is still life left in football, even if your international team are wholly uninspiring.

Even though the tie against Everton wasn't full of the best football, it once again showed that AVB is revolutionising the style of Chelsea Football Club.

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Another end to, in hindsight, another good week.

Two points snatched at the last at the Mestalla, but the draw would've been one we accepted had it been offered before the game.

Added to the home win against Swansea, where Fernando Torres' Jekyll & Hyde act continued, and Chelsea showed strength to win their second game in a row with just 10 men.

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You'll like what I did there.

Just like I'm sure you liked what we as a team did on Sunday, however strange it may be to feel relief in defeat.

But similarly to last week against Sunderland we saw sure signs of the effect of the AVB revolution - the first major shift in style and play since the Mourinho era.

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The initial signs of a turn in the tide, and signals that AVB's regime is a brave new world are showing. Two tricky tests, one in the league against Sunderland and the other in the Champions' League against Leverkusen, are over and passed with full points.

And a bigger test awaits on Sunday.

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