Graham Potter's unprecedented start to life as Chelsea manager will continue, finally, as he watches his team face Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park tomorrow (Saturday). For Potter the irony will be that as he was made Chelsea boss his Brighton team would have had their own derby match against Palace to prepare for.
As it happens, Palace vs Brighton was cancelled and so were Potter's first two Chelsea league games as well. The waiting is over though and Potter's attention will be fully turned to getting a positive result from the match.
Until the busy October period gets going though there will remain a sense of nervous uncertainty around the 47-year-old. Although nothing will be proved for sure in this period, a good start before the World Cup disrupts the campaign would help to ease any tensions around Stamford Bridge.
