Friday: Davies left dangling ..

Could Chelsea nail the final coffin in Billy Davies's coffin this weekend as Avram Grant takes his Blues to Pride Park to face a forlorn Derby County.

He certainly didn't seem to be relishing the forthcoming contest with too much confidence as Setanta Sports confirms. Chelsea surely all set to clinch a fifth away win of the campaign .. that's more than Manchester United and Manchester City combined.

Check out as well the Who Ate All The Pies classic snapshot as Chelsea land Ruud Gullit back in 1995.

Mourinho for Barca? ..

Chelsea website Blue Champions offer us up a treat this morning, in making news out of an apparent lack of news. True journalism.

Meanwhile, could the Special One be ready to spurn England's possible advances and head for the Nou Camp? Soccerblogs investigates.

Monday: Carvalho scan today ..

Chelsea will discover the aftermath of yesterday's depressing draw later on today. Two points dropped and a scan to assess the full damage to Ricardo Carvalho as Premier League.com reports.

Here are the goals from yesterday's match :

• Drogba makes it 1-0 - click here
• Cahill grabs late salvo - click here

.. while check out all the newspaper reaction at the excellent Chelsea Blog website ..

Thursday: Dentist required for West London ..

Chelsea are reportedly closing in on the new Ronaldinho, and 17-year-old Brazilian Lulinha could soon be secured as manager Avram Grant's first signing.

Check The Telegraph website for the story.

Meanwhile, it seems that former Blues boss Ruud Gullit is off to join Becks in LA. Imagine the hairdressing bills ...

Cech it out ..

Chelsea will be without goalkeeper Petr Cech for up to a month as confirmed by Pink Football, following his injury at Schalke last night.

As if that wasn't bad enough, it seems that Barcelona are sniffing around Lamps and Drogba with a view to a £60million January punt.

Mind you, it was The People newspaper who broke the story, so don't go reaching for the valium just yet ..

Wednesday AM: Goalless wish Granted

A case of 'job done' for Chelsea boss Avram Grant last night despite the Blues being 2nd-best in their Champions League clash at Schalke, as Football.co.uk gives all the crucial post-match reaction.

And staying in Europe, Chelsea are reportedly ready to spurn the advances of the G14 select group of clubs and the 'discrete-as-an-atomic-bomb' plans to launch a European Super League. Check out the Telegraph's exclusive report.

Stamford Bridge over troubled waters ..

All is not well down at the Bridge. Record signing Andrei Shevchenko has openly questioned manager Jose Mourinho's reluctance to use him, as Sky Sports reports.

While it seems that even some supporters are turning on the club, with bloggers objecting to captain John Terry's recent comments.

After all, they are only joint-top of the table ..