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.

Mystic Wes 12

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.