“Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.” This is a famous quote from my most favourite movie of all time – Shawshank Redemption. It’s true hope can drive you insane but that’s also what makes the impossible possible. While hope drives me insane, let hope drive Chelsea to do the impossible.

Will I ever learn? This is what I’ve been doing. I think this season belongs to us. Then I think no it’s not. Suddenly something infuses some hope. I’m waiting for the winning streak to begin. Then I think this is not going to work. And then something happens. I think we’re in it again. I don’t know what to really make of this. One thing for sure – I know I’m not alone. This has been such a season. All teams have dropped points. No team has been very dominating. Exactly why I think this is a league that we could have wrapped up early April. But then we are also in the inconsistent mix ourselves.

So what’s happened now? After last wave of title charge died down, it was all for Man Utd to complete the formalities, especially after Arsenal drew in the last minute in a very comical fashion. The new card from the deck has opened the game up again. Man Utd have been held by Newcastle Utd.

Where does this leave us? Well, in the land of hope, once again. Here are the numbers. We have 61 points from 32 games. We have 6 more games to go, where at best we can win all 18 points. This would leave us at 79 points. That’s the maximum we can get.

Man Utd are on 70 points now with 5 games to be played. They need to get 9 points from these 5 games that would put them on 79 points which would be enough for them to win the title as they have the goal difference advantage.

For Chelsea, 4 out of the 6 matches are at fortress Stamford Bridge. We would play West Ham who would fight to stay above. And also Birmingham who might not want to leave anything to chance. The two away matches are at Old Trafford and Goodison Park. Granted not the most friendly of places. It’s great that we get to play Man Utd. A win at Old Trafford would just kick the fuss! That game should require no additional motivation. And it should be fine at Goodison on the last day of the season as Everton wouldn’t be playing for anything. They have no chance in hell for a Europa spot. So these two away games are fine. Our last game of the season is not at home.

Meanwhile, Man Utd play 3 out of those 5 games at home. They play Everton, Chelsea and Blackpool at home. The games against Chelsea and Blackpool may not be very easy. And the two away games are against Arsenal and Blackburn. So, basically, 4 out of their 5 games are very crucial for their opponents – 2 against their title rivals and 2 against relegation battlers. Their last game of the season is at home. But anything can happen.

Two important things though: (a) Chelsea need to win 6 matches in a row. (b) I’ve discounted Arsenal.

Chelsea winning 6 games in a row is possible. As I’ve been saying we have a near full squad to choose from. Let’s use our resources cleverly and somehow engineer a 6 match winning streak and let’s what Man Utd comes up with.

One thing’s for sure. In the game at Old Trafford against Chelsea, Man Utd would play for a draw. Every single time Fergie comes with a plan to get a draw against us, we have beaten them.

I don’t want to raise your expectations but I can’t help but think about this and not talk about this. This is how things stand. The opportunity is knocking our door yet again. Let’s try to open it.