The past 48 hours have seen the Blues boosted both by the signing of Gary Cahill and the even more eagerly-anticipated return of Michael Essien from injury. Cahill was the fourth major capture of the Andre Villas-Boas era as the Portuguese continues his rebuilding job at Stamford Bridge, one that has witnessed plenty of teething problems.
The Blues have never gone two successive seasons without lifting a trophy since Roman Abramovich bought the club and goalkeeper Cech said: "We set a standard in recent years, and that's the way it is at a big club - especially here."
He added: "We want, ourselves, to win something. We don't want to go another season without trophies, so our aim is to end this season with silverware.
"We're doing everything in our power to achieve that, alongside the transformation and transition of the team. I think it will be a good year to build on for the future."
Cech sees similarities between Chelsea and the Czech Republic team he represents.
"I've lived this in the last few years with the Czech national team," said Cech.
"We had two generations of players who basically retired at the same time, and it takes time to recover.
"It took us nearly three years to rebuild the team and now we are grateful that we managed to qualify for the Euros. That is a big achievement as a result with such a new team.
"You can see this team, there have been changes in recent years because you can't stop players ageing. It's normal in a top club that people change. We changed the manager and a bit of the philosophy, so it needs time."
Source: PA
Source: PA