Barnsley 0-1 Chelsea: The one where Tammy Abraham played striker and defender

The Cobham Connection: James + Abraham

Not sure if it was mentioned at all this week across FA Cup and Premier League games, but it's been a bit cold across the UK. So cold that apparently Allison forgot how to be a goalkeeper in Liverpool's defeat to champions-elect Manchester City. And it also has given pundits up and down the country something to chat about when the match isn't very good. See Thursday's game at Barnsley or Manchester United's extra-time atrocity against West Ham.

Chelsea 3-0 West Ham: The one before Christmas

Thiago Silva and Olivier Giroud getting better with age 

Despite not quite hitting the halfway point in the season for matches played, Christmas is always a good marker for assessing the season so far. While Chelsea are currently sat in fifth following the win over London rivals West Ham, they're just 2 points off of second. In a very strange season, that saw the influx of eight new players to bed in without any pre-season at all - it's a decent position.

Newcastle 0-2 Chelsea: The one where Chelsea went top of the league

Ben Chilwell celebrated on Fernandez' behalf

Twelve games unbeaten - as a defeat on penalties isn't really a defeat. Five consecutive wins. Just one goal conceded across the last seven matches. And to top it all off -- top of the league. Granted, come Monday morning the table will likely have changed a number of times. But not matter. In this moment, Frank Lampard's Chelsea sit top of the table and have finally found their feet.

Chelsea 1-0 Newcastle: The one where Marcos Alonso trolled Newcastle

'You're just a sad Mackem bastard'

Sunderland legend Marcos Alonso the difference in Chelsea’s win against Newcastle on Saturday. Satisfying on so many levels. Five wins from five across all competitions and fourth in the Premier League on goal difference — just two points off of champions Manchester City. Too soon to get excited about where the team could finish this season?

There were huge questions marks looming over the squad ahead of Saturday’s clash. The most recent international break saw FOUR Chelsea stars aggravate pre-existing injuries or come off with new ones. The most worrying was N’Golo Kante who has not been able to regain any sort of fitness this season - thanks in part to Didier Deschamps.

Wolves 2-5 Chelsea: The one that Tammy got a hat-trick

Can't stop. Won't stop.

After an outstanding display from Chelsea’s young English stars at the Molineux on Saturday afternoon, the mighty Blues have not only reached the top half of the table but reached the dizzying heights of sixth. Or joint third if we jut want to look at the points tally five matches into the season.

I’ll be the first to hold my hands up and say I didn’t have faith in Kevin Tammy Abraham’s ability to lead the line and score consistently at this level yet. I felt as a striker, he needed more time to develop and grow physically. It’s one thing to poach a number of goals in the Championship, and not to be patronising to a brilliant league, but it’s not the same as finding the back of the net in the Premier League. There’ve been a number of outstanding players who have failed to make the step up.

Barcelona 1-2 Chelsea: The one that saw Frank Lampard lift his first trophy

The big one... all hail the Rakuten Cup

One month into his new role and Frank Lampard has led Chelsea to the dizzying heights of Rakuten Cup champions. A completely meaningful trophy that shall no doubt be revered for some time to come. Insert terrible overplayed jokes about it being more trophies than Mauricio Pochettino, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, etc and so on. Still no idea why actual trophies are given out in these pre-season friendlies. It’s odd. So nevermind that, Chelsea only went and did a win against fierce rivals Barcelona.

St Patrick’s Athletic 0-4 Chelsea: The one that was a diamond in the rough

Why we really watched Wimbledon

Chelsea continued their pre-season adventures in Ireland on Saturday afternoon as they faced Europa League hopeful St Patrick’s Athletic. A number of young debutants who had lined up against Bohemians were shipped back to London to link up with the development squad and prepped for impending loan deals immediately following the draw. Which led to a number of more familiar faces joining the pre-season fray at Richmond Park.