Blue Malaise

Chelsea 0 - Birmingham 0

The Mighty Chels has been sputtering of late, and their massive lead over second-place Manchester United has shrunk to just 7 points after their dreadful nil-nil result with relegation battlers Birmingham (that's Chelsea striker Didier Drogba below explaining to winger Damien Duff how difficult it is to put the ball into the back of the net). For US sport fans who aren't hip to the rules of the English Premier soccer/football league, the bottom three teams at the end of the season are relegated (Mrs. F would say "bumped") to the lower division (the unfortunately named Football League Championship), while the top three get promoted (well, sort of the top three... I won't get it into here).



Anyhoo, things are tightening up with just six games to go, which includes a matchup between Chelsea and ManU at Stamford Bridge (Chelsea's home in London) on 29 April (the second to last game of the season).