Chelsea supporters are expected to produce a positive response to Jose Mourinho's remarks on the atmosphere at Stamford Bridge this Saturday.
The Premier League leaders play West Brom in their first home match since Mourinho said he felt his side had been "playing in an empty stadium'' during the 2-1 defeat of QPR earlier this month.
Chelsea have played since -- drawing at Maribor in the Champions League and beating Liverpool at Anfield -- but not yet at home.
Mourinho's comments created a stir, but Chelsea Supporters' Trust chairman Tim Rolls told PA Sport: "He's very, very popular with the fans; I would expect people would respond to it.
"I would anticipate at the start of the game he'll get a big cheer, they'll chant his name and there will be lots of chanting. I would expect a good atmosphere on Saturday.''
Mourinho's comments sparked a debate about possible reasons behind any crowd apathy. Ticket prices have been put forward as mitigation, as have all-seater stadia and a growing number of day-trippers to the ground.
"If it's a very sterile game the atmosphere does tend to die off these days,'' Rolls added.
"That's a by-product of the changing demographic of football.
"There's less young people, people are seated. It's less conducive to an exciting atmosphere. It's the same at all the top clubs. Old Trafford and Anfield in the '70s were pretty hostile places.
"It's a lot less now, certainly at Liverpool. Chelsea were on top for large periods of the game and Liverpool weren't getting the support from the Kop that they'd have got a generation ago.
"Maine Road was a pretty vibrant place. The old days at Highbury, at White Hart Lane. It's just different now. Clubs that have come up, [with] smaller, more tightly packed grounds like Burnley, there's probably more atmosphere.
"The design of modern grounds, plus the changed demographic and the fact people have to sit, means it is less vibrant than it used to be.''