The end of November was one to forget with the frustration of Bordeaux sandwiched between a home draw and a home defeat in the league. However the Chelsea directors saw nothing to dissuade them that the outlook is good for the rest of the season.

Already this week Peter Kenyon has discussed club finances and transfer thinking and he has also looked at the man detailed to achieve results on the pitch - Luiz Felipe Scolari.

'You get weeks like the one we have just had and we are not used to it, thank goodness,' said the Chelsea chief executive.

'And it is not something we want to get used to. But you have to put it in the context of a long season. Felipe has made a huge impact on the way and style that we play, that has been pretty immediate, and we are in the most competitive league in the world and to be at the top at the moment, you can't be disappointed about that.'

Kenyon was talking shortly before Liverpool's Monday night home draw with West Ham that took the Merseysiders one point above Chelsea in the table.

'We have a squad that is the right size. Felipe was absolutely adamant about the size of squad he wanted to work with every single day, and we have some big players who have been missing and are just coming back.

'Yes we are disappointed about the Arsenal result but we have to put it in context of the rest of the season - and we are confident.'

Of those players coming back, one is Didier Drogba who completes a three-match ban when he misses the Bolton game this coming Saturday. The striker has been the subject of transfer speculation.

'Didier has got18 months left on his contract with us and players will only leave Chelsea when we let them leave,' Kenyon said.

'Didier has a big season ahead of him. We know the contribution he can make to Chelsea. We want to get him back to past form because it is important for the second half of the season. That has been my message to Didier. The coach is supportive of him and the team is supportive of him and if you are at Chelsea, why do you want to be anywhere else?'

Kenyon has outlined the projection for finances in the seasons ahead and he also spoke about his hopes for the management side of the team.

'You want some continuity and if you look at the most successful teams in England in the past, it has to have something to do with the continuity of their staff.

'The objectives for Felipe are exactly the same as when he joined us. He knows what we want to achieve and that is why he joined us. He felt in August that he had the squad to do that and I know he still feels he has the squad to do that.

'He clearly wants to take us to the next level and if you look at the record over the last five years, it has been pretty significant. You improve on that by not just getting to the final of the Champions League but by winning it and by regaining the Premier League title. If you do any of those two, you've moved the club on from last season. If not, Felipe has a three-year contract and we'll try again next season.

'He has done a tremendous job and we shouldn't be questioning his role pre-Christmas when we are challenging for the league and with just one heavy week against us, disappointed as we are about the Arsenal result.'

Kenyon was also understanding of Scolari's post-match comments about wishing to hear an apology from match officials.

'It was a big game and to have the game turn on such an obviously wrong decision, I think there was a bit of frustration.

'It was not his style but I think that was a genuine outburst from a point of view of frustration, not a continued rant at the authorities in the game. I am not worried about that.

'We shouldn't be in such a sterile environment that the manager can't say something after the game without finishing up in prison. It is an emotional, passionate game and managers are at the edge of it so why can't they occasionally say someone has got it wrong?'

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