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No they didn't! They went straight back down (twice)! The second time they had the sense to stick with their manager and bounced straight back up; at the third attempt, they stuck in the PL.

Half a season's worth of matches is enough to establish a noticeable trend; certain enough to compare like for like with another club's half season of results against the same teams..

Makes sense to me.

I do understand the logic - the maths and the stats and all that - of keeping the score down against the likes of Spurs and Chelski. Losing 2-0 is better than conceding a hatful, because at the end of the season, goal difference can make the difference of one or two places. I understand that...

I don't know - with the chance to get thirteen behind the ball, we might just leave one up........... ......on the other hand, probably not.

Oh dear, here we go now.

Well set up set piece there - as planned straight into the wall. I'm sure there's a tactical reason for doing this....................

No, I'm fairly sure Morata will have intended to do it.

Strewth! We're going 4-5-1............

4-0 down now, so no they won't! SSN fail again. 'Brighton have never scored at the home of Chelsea'..........haven't the plonkers ever heard of the Charity Shield? (Addendum: probably not, because it's not the PL - and anyway, they didn't invent football until 1992, did they?)

The only team we've never beaten in the league* so let's make some history today! * We did beat them once in the Cup, ages ago; and yes, there are some of the newer teams in League 2 (and possibly league 1) we haven't played yet. But at one time or another we've beaten every other team in the...