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David Moyes can silence doubters with decent run of home games

Image: David Moyes and Adnan Januzaj: saw off Sunderland 2-1

This week's Soccer Saturday will be one of those great afternoons where all of the Champions League teams are in Premier League action which is something of a rarity these days.

Chris Hughton's side is currently in the bottom three but I believe they are in a false position because of the seven Premier League games that they've played at the moment, six of them have been against sides who when they played them were in the top half of the table. Chelsea were on the rack at times at Carrow Road in their last Premier League game and needed two goals in the last five minutes - one of them an absolute worldy from Willian - to take the points. For me Chelsea still have some way to go to prove themselves. Yes, they were good in the second half against Tottenham but while they were decent against Steaua Bucharest in the Champions League that was a game you'd expect them to win. Chelsea are traditionally strong at home and should beat Cardiff this weekend but I'm still not absolutely convinced by them. Next week's game against Manchester City might give us a clearer sign of how much progress they are making.

Jeff's Gem of the Week

Swindon's 4-0 win at Rotherham gets the nod this week. Rotherham have been fantastic in the division so far but I would not have wanted to be in the home dressing room with Steve Evans after that result! I had one eye on the game and Swindon were absolutely under the kosh but once they scored they were suddenly a completely new side. Their home form has been so good - not just this season, but last season as well - that if they could just start to turn in some away performances of this sort of ilk as well - then they won't be far away from the play-offs at worst.

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