Tim Harrison

CHELSEA have three quickfire games in a week… and someone in the technical area needs to calm down.

The Blues’ progress in the FA Cup – reaching the semis to face Palace at Wembley after a professional victory at Middlesbrough – means that the eagerly awaited trip to Elland Road to meet Leeds in the league will have to be moved.

"WHERE’S your money gone?" chanted rival fans, to the tune of the early 1970s bubblegum pop hit Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep after Blues owner Roman Abramovich’s assets – including his football club – were frozen.

CHELSEA host Newcastle at the Bridge on Sunday, before hopping on a flight to France for the second leg of the Champions League duel with Lille, writes Tim Harrison.

HE’S proving to be a bold tactician. Blues manager Tom Tuchel took a rare, risky gamble with a triple substitution in the 74th minute of the London derby against Palace, breaking the deadlock at Selhurst Park and nicking all three points at the death.

Chelsea’s opponents – starting with Palace this weekend – already had a strong incentive to beat the reigning European champions. That’s likely to be fiercer now that the Blues rule the world.

A 5TH ROUND clash at Luton looms for Chelsea after Plymouth Argyle were squeezed aside at Stamford Bridge in the FA Cup.

A PARADE of motorcoaches will set off from Devon at 6am on Saturday, carrying many of the 6,000 Plymouth Argyle raucous fans who will pack the Shed end of Stamford Bridge for an eagerly awaited FA Cup 4th Round tie against the Blues.

GLOWING with pleasure after defeating Spurs four times in a season, without conceding a goal, Chelsea have a Fourth Round FA Cup tie against League One Plymouth Argyle to look forward to in a week’s time.

ARE the Blues moving forwards or backwards? It’s currently hard to tell as Tom Tuchel seems to be trying to steer Dr Doolittle’s pushmi-pullyu.