Some things won’t be changing here at the Scout no matter what situation we are in. So as our (slightly delayed) 12:45 kick off draws near (once a replacement fourth official is found, after Steven Bennett was taken ill) for Chelsea’s visit to Villa Park it is time to begin the gameday banter.
Line-ups in the first game of the week are as to be expected, Villa name an unchanged side and the only noticable difference at Chelsea is Deco coming into the pack for the recently injured (on international duty by his own team-mate Yuri Zhirkov, unfortunately) Michael Ballack…
As per usual you can use this here article to debate all of the goings on today, and with all of the big teams in action today, and everything done and dusted by 5pm this evening there should certainly be more than enough to talk about. For those of you after a more interactive brand of talk why not come join the Scout chat-room for (amongst other things) some fantasy football based banter.
But don’t forget, if you fancy winning some free money courtesy of our friends at Paddy Power to hark back to Marks last article on the free Last Man Standing competition they have running. I’m down to the last five in the money entrance competition we set up at the start of the season, and I already have grand plans to win both of them now. Think you can take that £500 from my grasp?