THE air of despondency around Stamford Bridge on Saturday was so thick that you could have cut it with the edge of a credit card, if you are that way inclined.

ACCORDING to famous psychiatrist Dr Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, there are five sequential stages of grieving; denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.

AWFUL isn’t it — waiting for the phone to ring. Bet José has stayed home since last Saturday expecting that call from Keith Hackett apologising for the decision that denied us a goal and a win.

AS Chelsea made up over a third of the England team and provided the man-of-the-match last Saturday I suppose I should make some reference to the game.

WE passed a circus on the way home from Birmingham on Sunday — “no need to go” said one of my party, “we’ve already seen the clowns today”.

I HOPE no one minds but I thought I could use this week’s column to try and find out where the hell Shevchenko is.

LAST season, second only to Liverpool fans, the most hate mail I received was from Reading supporters. Of course they were defending the indefensible, that nasty little scrote Stephen Hunt.

THE history books now show that we have gone 64 home league games undefeated. That’s over three years! What makes it all the sweeter is that it was Liverpool’s record.

FOR Chelsea fans it has been a week of roller coaster emotions.

AT 12.40pm on Saturday José Mourinho finally revealed what some of us have suspected for some time — that his top priority for 2007 is the Champions League.