Fans of our old feature ‘The Credit Crunch – with Jolean Lescott’ will be sad to hear that it will cease to continue under the current management of iaab. We refuse to align ourselves with a man who claims to be looking for the best deals in football; despite the fact that he is the most overpriced player in the league just now.

We can confirm that we are in pre-contract negotiations with IAAB favourite Mido, to take over the feature. We hope to make an announcement in the coming weeks.

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Wes Brown has been getting a good run of appearances in the United team of late, but he’s still managed to take some time out to give us a few midweek predictions. We missed him when he called but he left us a voicemail to let us know that “Alan Shearer will be wearing a horrific shirt on MOTD on Wednesday”.

Breaking news: It’s All About Bouncebackability Returns in Reserves Run-Out!

It has been a ridiculously long time since any action was had from iaab’s front two that you’d be forgiven for thinking the blog was written by Owen Hargreaves and Wilfred Bouma. Now that we’re back from visiting horse placenta doctors, southern ‘massage’ parlours and Wayne Bridge’s house we can get back to doing what we do best – irreverently dissecting the weird and sometimes wonderful world of professional football.

It would be too dismissive of us to ignore *everything* that's happened over the past three months so here is the one thing that we really need to bring to your attention: Nicky Shorey's Wedding Photos

Tonight sees Villa hosting an in-form Manchester United team, in a dress rehearsal for the Carling Cup final later this month. Chelsea will be looking for a win in the battle of the ‘blue teams that most people hate’ showdown at Goodison, while Liverpool and Arsenal face one another to decide who has a more annoying/deluded (delete as appropriate) manager.

Phil Brown upsets two IAAB favourites

Following the last blog piece regarding Phil Brown he has further dropped in our estimations following his deadline day behaviour.

He made offers for both Benjani (this week's player of the week) and Marlon Harewood, but then never called to confirm the transfers.

Marlon is especially fragile at the moment having been dropped in favour of the physio at Villa for a recent reserve game. This move could have seen him back on track.

Portsmouth swooped for Benji after Phil neglected to sign, but unfortunately got the wrong bus south, and thus is still a Man C player.

Phil Brown: Is he Crap?

All of us are aware of the Premier League's very own Mexican manager Phil Brown, but after a season and a bit managing Hull in this league, we have to ask the question is he any good?

Last season, despite a superb start to the season followed by a monumental Leeds United style fall Brown managed to keep the Tigers in the prem. Along comes 09/10, and the difficult second season. Unlike Wigan and Bolton who have previosuly managed to avoid a second season drop, I have absolutely no faith that Phil Brown can do the same. To start with, the man doesn't look like a football manager, but the house karoke singer from 'Linker's bar' in Teneriffe.

Add to this his inability to deal with his team (I won't go into the pitch team talk at Eastlands last season), and his difficulty in the transfer market (Benjani today rejecting a move to the KC on grounds that Brown is a bit of a bell end) and you have the makings of the first managerial casulaty of the year. Sorry Phil. Though you never know, Paul (who?) Hart may well just pip you you it!

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Many of you will know Wes Brown as the sometime Man United, sometime England defender. Others will know him as Mystic Wes due to his ability to predict the future with resounding accuracy. Every week, Wes will make his predictions known. A great source if you want to get a cheeky bet on.

Wes' record for the 2008/9 season was outstanding and we have full confidence that this will continue this term.


This week Wes has predicted that there will be a surprise addition to the Man United squad against Chelsea in the Charity Shield this afternoon. He said "All I'm saying is that he's an ex Liverpool, Real Madrid and Newcastle striker, who is most famous for scoring a goal for England v Argentina in the 2008 World Cup. He is also fond of horses. I don't want to give too much away".

We will be going to Wes on a weekly basis to get his predictions throughout the season.

The New Season

After a sloppy end to last season IAAB Bouncebackability is back for the new season. New features, interviews and possible lat signings are a prospect for the team. We have managed to keep hold of the big name players; Uncle Roy and Mystic Wes, despite some interest from abroad. At the moment we are unable to talk about the future of Jolean Lescott, but we hope this will be resolved within the week.