Chelsea defender Gary Cahill feels they've silenced their critics with results against Arsenal and Liverpool.
Jose Mourinho has played down the prospects of repeating his feat from 2004-05 and bagging the title in his first season back as Blues boss.
"The gaffer has touched on that, but it is a bit of a transitional period," said Cahill.
"But at the same time we have the quality to be competing in the league, FA Cup and Champions League.
"At the minute we are in touching distance of the other teams. It's going to be entertaining and will go to the wire, but as long as we stay in there we are in with a shout.
"I was reading a lot of negative things about the team leading up to the Arsenal game, but if we had won at the Emirates we'd have gone top.
"We should look at that as a positive. When we do click we can expect good things."
