Columnist Pat Nevin has been searching long and hard for the week's hot topic, and in the end settles on a possible glimpse into the future.

Every Tuesday morning I sit down in front of a blank computer screen with a nice warm cup of coffee at my side and think, what will I write about the Chelsea this week? Usually the ideas come thick and fast but this week, strangely there has been a problem.

Following an imperious away victory at West Brom, I thought I might muse about the phenomenal away form in the league, the style, the number of goals scored and the measly one goal lost on the team's travels, but wait a minute, haven't I done this before? The answer is of course yes.

No matter, how could I fail to write about Bosingwa, a right full back who plays like a winger and scores like a seasoned striker when he is in the vicinity of the opposition's 18-yard box? Well maybe I could fail to write that because I have already done so this season on more than one occasion.

Well there is always Nic Anelka, the player who has confused as many defenders as journalists over the years. I mean did anybody really think he would be the top scorer in the Premier League and score at a rate that would have us quite relaxed, although hugely annoyed, about the possible loss of Didier Drogba again, this time for returning a coin to its rightful owner?

Well a quick scan through the history of my columns - all still available on this huge website - and yes I have waxed lyrical about the Frenchman's touch, movement and incredible ability to slow down when he is one on one with a goalkeeper.

It is worth repeating what I said after his first goal for the club, he is among the most natural goalscorers I have ever seen because of the ability he has to relax and caress the ball into the corner of the net when some others, in fact most others, would panic and smash the ball in the general direction of the goal. But I refuse to write about that again because I have done so before, even though I am pretty smug about spotting it right at the start of his Chelsea career.

Maybe this temptation to repeat myself is simply because the team have become so dependably brilliant, bordering on predictable, away from home in the league. The reason why is pretty simple of course, it is down to the fact that the home team is almost duty bound to come out and attack Chelsea. That of course plays into the hands of Phil's men who will devastate any space in a defence that is left by a team brave enough to venture too far forward.

There may be another reason for me being tempted to repeat myself, it is because I don't want to dwell too much on the loss to Burnley last week. I haven't talked to my old friend Owen Coyle who manages them and to be honest if I can steer clear of him for the next few months I will, but I have to commend his team for their efforts.

He should be very proud of them, but do not be surprised if they are soon a top level outfit as they have plenty of good players and a dedicated manager who is talented and desperate to play good attacking football when he can.

Now wait a minute, I think I might have actually said that last week in the programme notes for the game, so there I go repeating myself again. This is getting a touch concerning if you ask me.

Okay, here is a thought, and I am sure I will not be going over old ground here but like everyone else involved with the club I would like to congratulate Michael Mancienne for his call up to the England international squad.

Although he is on loan to Wolves he is of course a Chelsea boy and wouldn't it be great if another player developed by the club could get into the national side. After that he could then progress even further and reach the pinnacle of any player's career, by getting a game for the Chelsea first team as well.

You cannot overestimate how difficult it is to break in to any of the top four clubs in England if you are a young Englishman coming through the ranks, but there are one or two around and I suspect that as young Michael has quietly - up until now of course - developed, more and more aficionados feel the 20-year-old could be the latest in a fine line to make it through the club's youth ranks.

Let's hope he gets a game in Berlin and maybe even a chance to partner John Terry over there for part of the night. It might be an interesting thing to view for us Chelsea fans, in fact it might just be a peak into our own club's future.

Last week I asked who was the Burnley player I played with near the end of my career and those who had the time to do a bit of research managed to figure out that it was Irishman Alan Mahon when we were both at Tranmere Rovers.

The winner picked by the girl with golden raquet, well we did all go to see the latest Bond movie last week, was Paul Hayward, a Chelsea fan with very good musical tastes, judging by his e-mails.

This week to win a Blue Pride season review DVD, could you tell me the first club Michael Mancienne was sent out on loan to before he went to Wolves. Answers as ever to pat.nevin@chelseafc.com

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