Chelsea Blip-O-Meter
86-13 = 73 points
Chelsea Blip-O-Meter reading: 3.2
A maximum of 81-points is available if we can produce a perfect finish to the season. That would make the last couple of weeks rather interesting, especially if results elsewhere were accommodating.
As it is, in true footballing cliché fashion, we’ve-got-to-take-it-one-game-at-a-time.
And it just so happens that our next fixture is against Manchester City at home. Win that one and the business model looks rather less vulnerable as we leapfrog them into third place, and with it, its potential for automatic UCL group phase qualification.
Plus there is the likely bonus of a UCL quarter final spot in this year’s competition (unless we somehow contrive to melt-down at home to Copenhagen). That would leave us a mere four fixtures (none of which actually need to be victories – just peruse the history of Liverpool FC) away from this year’s Wembley final.
While it doesn’t hurt to dream, it might add a little substance to our fantasies if we could manage to get Torres to score a goal (at the right end)…
| Match | Available | 10/11 | GF | GA | GD | 09/10 | GF | GA | GD | Par | PtsYTD | GFYTD | GAYTD | GDYTD |
| WBA (Hull) (h) | 6-0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 2-1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | = | = | +4 | -1 | +5 | |
| Wigan (a) | 3 | 6-0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 1-3 | 3 | 4 | -1 | +3 | +3 | +9 | -4 | +14 |
| Stoke (h) | 2-0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 7-0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | = | +3 | +4 | -4 | +8 | |
| West Ham (a) | 2 | 3-1 | 17 | 1 | +16 | 1-1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | +2 | +5 | +6 | -4 | +10 |
| Blackpool (Portsmouth) (h) | 4-0 | 21 | 1 | +20 | 2-1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | = | +5 | +8 | -5 | +13 | |
| Man City (a) | 3 | 0-1 | 21 | 2 | +19 | 1-2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | = | +5 | +7 | -6 | +13 |
| Arsenal (h) | 2-0 | 23 | 2 | +21 | 2-0 | 16 | 8 | +8 | = | +5 | +7 | -6 | +13 | |
| Aston Villa (a) | 3 | 0-0 | 23 | 2 | +21 | 1-2 | 17 | 10 | +7 | +1 | +6 | +6 | -8 | +14 |
| Wolves (h) | 2-0 | 25 | 2 | +23 | 4-0 | 21 | 10 | +11 | = | +6 | +4 | -8 | +12 | |
| Blackburn (a) | 2 | 2-1 | 27 | 3 | +24 | 1-1 | 22 | 11 | +11 | +2 | +8 | +5 | -8 | +13 |
| Liverpool (a) | 0-2 | 27 | 5 | +22 | 2-0 | 24 | 11 | +13 | -3 | +5 | +3 | -6 | +9 | |
| Fulham (h) | 1-0 | 28 | 5 | +23 | 2-1 | 26 | 12 | +14 | = | +5 | +2 | -7 | +9 | |
| Sunderland (h) | 0-3 | 28 | 8 | +20 | 7-2 | 33 | 14 | +19 | -3 | +2 | -5 | -6 | +1 | |
| Birmingham (a) | 2 | 0-1 | 28 | 9 | +19 | 0-0 | 33 | 14 | +19 | -1 | +1 | -5 | -5 | = |
| Newcastle (Burnley) (a) | 1-1 | 29 | 10 | +19 | 2-1 | 35 | 15 | +20 | -2 | -1 | -6 | -5 | -1 | |
| Everton (h) | 2 | 1-1 | 30 | 11 | +19 | 3-3 | 38 | 18 | +20 | = | -1 | -8 | -7 | -1 |
| Tottenham (a) | 3 | 1-1 | 31 | 12 | +19 | 1-2 | 39 | 20 | +19 | +1 | = | -8 | -8 | = |
| Arsenal (a) | 1-3 | 32 | 15 | +17 | 3-0 | 41 | 20 | +21 | -3 | -3 | -9 | -5 | -4 | |
| Bolton (h) | 1-0 | 33 | 15 | +18 | 1-0 | 42 | 20 | +22 | = | -3 | -9 | -5 | -4 | |
| Aston Villa (h) | 3-3 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 7-1 | 49 | 21 | +28 | -2 | -5 | -13 | -3 | -10 | |
| Wolves (a) | 0-1 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 2-0 | 51 | 21 | +30 | -3 | -8 | -15 | -2 | -13 | |
| Blackburn (h) | 2-0 | 38 | 19 | +19 | 5-0 | 56 | 21 | +35 | = | -8 | -18 | -2 | -16 | |
| Bolton (a) | 4-0 | 42 | 19 | +23 | 4-0 | 60 | 21 | +39 | = | -8 | -18 | -2 | -16 | |
| Sunderland (a) | 4-2 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 3-1 | 63 | 22 | +41 | = | -8 | -17 | -1 | -16 | |
| Liverpool (h) | 0-1 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 2-0 | 65 | 22 | +43 | -3 | -11 | -19 | -2 | -17 | |
| Fulham (a) | 0-0 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 2-0 | 67 | 22 | +45 | -2 | -13 | -21 | 0 | -21 | |
| Man Utd (h) | 2-1 | 48 | 23 | +25 | 1-0 | 68 | 22 | +46 | = | -13 | -20 | +1 | -21 | |
| Blackpool (Portsmouth) (a) | 3-1 | 51 | 24 | +27 | 5-0 | 73 | 22 | +51 | = | -13 | -22 | +2 | -24 | |
| Man City (h) | 3 | 2-4 | ||||||||||||
| Stoke (a) | 2-1 | |||||||||||||
| Wigan (h) | 8-0 | |||||||||||||
| WBA (Hull) (a) | 2 | 1-1 | ||||||||||||
| Birmingham (h) | 3-0 | |||||||||||||
| West Ham (h) | 4-1 | |||||||||||||
| Tottenham (h) | 3-0 | |||||||||||||
| Man Utd (a) | 2-1 | |||||||||||||
| Newcastle (Burnley) (h) | 3-0 | |||||||||||||
| Everton (a) | 3 | 1-2 | ||||||||||||
Poster by Steve Symmons