Shaun Wright-Phillips has urged some sections of the Blues support not to start pressing panic buttons too early in the team’s development.
There were dark mutterings in some quarters before a sequence of seven successive Premier League draws was snapped by the 3-0 Carling Cup victory over Arsenal on Wednesday night.
Now though the Blues are back on track and buzzing with just one defeat on their record card since the start of the season seventeen games ago.
“The boss had a strategy and targets before the season started and we are only about two points off that at this stage of the season,” revealed Wright-Phillips.
"The main thing is that we are not losing. In the main we are doing the right things even though we have let ourselves and the fans down on occasions by losing leads we should have retained.
“Our fans are brilliant as they showed on Wednesday and I am sure they will do again against Chelsea but there has to be some patience.”
SWP is backing the Blues frontmen to cause plenty of problems of their own. “It does not matter if it is at home or away, it’s a matter of us all clicking at the same time which we have done from time to time this season. The fans have been patient and they’ve been great with us, because it takes time to gel, but with their backing we have it in us to really do our thing.
“Craig Bellamy, has really shut his critics up since coming here. I’m really happy for him, he’s been on fire for us this season and he’s scored some vital goals for us.
"Other strikers came in after him, but he raised his game. That’s Bellers’ character all over, he never bows down over anything, on or off the pitch! He just lets his football do the talking and I admire him for that.”