People mentioned Veron as having a destablising effect on the mancs play during his spell there. It is quite possible that Drogba could prove to have a similar effect on Chelseas current form. As Sevie has pointed out Chelsea are playing very well at the moment with Anelka probably playing his best football since he was with us. The style of play will have to change to accomodate Drogba, whether its by dropping Anelka to the bench or by playing with two up top, either way it could take time to bed in. Re: our title credentials I think its important to just take each game as it comes. Each game has its different problems that we need to sucessfully navigate. From now to the new year: Bolton away Fulham home West Ham home Blackburn away Hull home Arsenal away Bolton home Newcastle away This is a decent series of games for us to continue our momentum. In the meantime the mancs have a small matter of having to go to Japan for the world club's, this will leave them in the position of having several games to play in order to catch up and the problem of getting over the interuption/jet lag. Ferguson has already ear marked this as a importnat part of their challenge this season. During this time we need to ensure that we push on and take as close to maximum as possible from those games.