Holding back against Chelsea left me Blue

AS WITH most things in football, finding the right balance is essential even to those of us on the margins. Last week’s rare whiff of positivism struck a chord with readers who have bafflingly come to see me as a miserable old warthog.

Well, after a resounding victory at the weekend you’ll not be surprised to discover a reversion to glass-half-empty mode.

It seemed rather pointless to answer Mr Kurt’s invitation to savour Chelsea’s difficulties, especially as they pave the way for the future triumph of a club we actually despise as opposed to one we find merely distasteful.