No home comforts for old boy Di Matteo

I WAS worried before the West Brom game. Don’t get me wrong, we were always going to be stronger than the newly-promoted side, but I did wonder whether we were going to see some major bottom lips on display after news was leaked of the abolition of various bonuses.

How is a young man to survive on just 80 grand a week? Any toy-throwing has wisely been kept behind closed doors as Double or no Double, there would not have been much sympathy from fans like myself who will be charged over £60 this season for the knock-out stage of the Champions League, as well as having swallowed a significant season ticket increase.

Chelsea fans will even be charged a fiver to watch the reserves this season — looks like Peter Kenyon’s replacement has taken seriously the task of breaking even some time this century.