TERRACE TALK: Chelsea - Without Beast, our Blues are bit of a bore

Who would have thought after last season, that this season we would be talking about Hazard’s inability to finish, that we would be discussing Courtois’ indecision at crosses as well as his reticence to catch rather than punch, and that Matic’s lack of composure on the ball would be an ongoing theme?

The tedium of watching a team with Mikel and Matic at its heart is bad enough but then to leave Costa out of the squad altogether on Saturday virtually guaranteed us a snoozathon.

Without Costa’s theatrics, we are boring — possibly one of the dullest sides in the league. Not only are we dull, we’re not actually very good either. We may not have lost under Guus but I’m not enjoying the football any more than when we were losing week in, week out under Jose.