We were talking on the Monday Night Club about what Chelsea could do this season without any European football.

Tottenham are not in Europe either, of course, but they don't look like they are going to be challenging at the top of the table the way Xabi Alonso's side are.

People keep saying how Chelsea's attack is so good, but their 2-0 win over Everton last time out was their first clean sheet of their campaign in the league, and that side of thing still needs to improve.

Spurs, meanwhile, do seem to be getting better, albeit slowly.

It was a big result for them to beat Coventry on Monday but they have an awful record at Stamford Bridge, with only one win there in the Premier League era.

I don't see them getting anything this time, either.