Chelsea yet to get the credit they deserve

Chelsea rampaged past Blackpool on Sunday afternoon, the game's result in no doubt as early as 1 minute 13 seconds when the Blues opened the scoring.

The champions have now scored 21 goals and have conceded only one in their first five games. They are already four points clear of Arsenal and Manchester United in second and third and seven clear of Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur in fourth and fifth.

Critics claims that Chelsea have 'only' played West Brom (6-0), Wigan (6-0), Stoke City (2-0), West Ham (3-1) and Blackpool (4-0), but these results are undoubtedly impressive.

There is no doubt that stiffer tests will come and Saturday's lunchtime visit to Manchester City will be the first. However, big-spenders City have hardly impressed to date and, in reality, it's hard to see anything other than another Chelsea win.

Last week's statistics that Chelsea are the tallest and heaviest team in the Premier League surely confirms that they are the most powerful squad. Just look at Didier Drogba, Michael Essien and John Terry as examples of what other teams have to battle against.

Yet somehow, even with the staggering string of league results, following on from last season's 17 goals in the last three games (all wins), it seems that the media darlings are still Manchester United, Arsenal and (believe it or not) Liverpool.

Perhaps some crushing wins by Chelsea against those teams will start to bring them the credit they deserve.