After a decent start to the title campaign, the Chelsea fans here in the Transfer Tavern are starting to get a little disgruntled.

Having scraped past Watford, after three matches and suffering back to back defeats in the league, some of our punters say morale is low at Stamford Bridge at the moment. Our landlord pointed out that Antonio Conte has not been a happy man since the transfer window and it seemed he’d push past his own problems and started to steer the Blues in the right direction as they climbed up the table in the league.

There’s an increasing fear that that the Italian is going to follow the same path has the man before him did, following winning the league, Jose Mourinho had a horrific season and ended getting the chop before Christmas. Indeed, right now, our Chelsea regulars can only see it going the same way as the board are starting to show signs of frustration according to the Sun.

With that in mind, here are three reasons why the board should feel annoyed at this moment…

Dealing with Costa

With things going well last season it seems a simple text managed to bring around a huge turn of events in the summer window, Conte was said to have text Diego Costa that he would not be a part of the Italian’s plans next season. This led to Costa holding the board to ransom over a move for them to have to back their manager as their star striker left, after missing out on Lukaku and Llorente they managed to get Morata in.

Growing excuses

With every defeat or point dropped Conte is laying the blame at someone else’s door, after having already had one season in the Premier League and winning it, he knows what to expect from life in England. Last year, Chelsea didn’t have Champions League football which takes a bit more of a toll on your team but it seems the board are growing frustrated with the excuses and just want Conte to get on with the job in hand.

Poor form

Chelsea were in great form last season after a change in formation provided them with huge success, but since they got found out in the FA Cup final against London rivals Arsenal, who played them at their own game, Conte has struggled.

An opening day defeat and recently followed by two winless games, the form is mirroring the appalling league showing by Mourinho’s post-title winning team in 15/16.