Dimitar, can I stay with you for a while?

As I type, Villa and Chelsea are preparing to take the field in what is seen as a crunch match for both; Chelsea fail to win and it's curtains on their title ambitions, Villa lose and perhaps their top four ambitions are just too high. Hiddink will undoubtedly have his side well up for the fight and I find it hard to see past a Chelsea win here. A very telling stat about Villa is that they have only used 19 players so far this league campaign. If you can maintain a consistent side with a few quality players (which they have in Ashley Young, Laursen, Friedel, Barry) then you can hold your own in this league but going for the likes of Emile Heskey at the expense of John Carew is baffling.

We play Blackburn in the late game in what always seems like a tough fixture but we've had the best out of Blackburn in the last few games, including Tevez scoring four in a league cup game earlier this year. I can't see this game being anything like so open and one goal could very well be enough to win this for either side. I have a feeling that Berbatov's going to score today. Bet your house on it, if you didn't lose it in the credit crunch.

Gary Neville's signed a new contract. I'd guess it is a contract offered out of honouring an old hand and showing his influence around the club, rather than the contract being earned on the pitch as was the case with Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes. I'm glad to have him still around the team though, his passion is a vital component of a team with the kind of run in we have coming up and knowing he'll be around for another year at least will surely aid young Rafael and Fabio.

If I don't appear after tonight, it's because I've had the flat repossessed because a certain Bulgarian has lost me everything. Fingers crossed, eh?