Hello folks! Long time no blog! I’m just settling down in Singapore so I haven’t found time to follow football news, leave alone blogging. When checked up the football news sites, I find nothing has changed – England wins against mighty Bulgaria and Switzerland so they are officially the favourites for Euro2012, after showing a wee bit of promise Walcott is out for 6 weeks and Chelsea are still comfortably on top of the league table. Nothing’s changed.

West Ham are at the rock bottom. May be this is a nice time to play them and open our London league with a superb win. West Ham have done a good job of extending Parker’s contract but have truly lost a key player in Diamanti. Odds are in favour of Avram becoming the next manager to be sacked and his post-match comments don’t seem to contradict this. When West Ham plays Chelsea, it can be a heated encounter but no matter hot they get, I’m sure this Chelsea team can batter them with ease. No disrespect or arrogance – pure extrapolation of the form of these teams.

Lampard has had his surgery which denied him the opportunity of playing a part in the history created by England against Bulgaria and Switzerland. He could play this weekend which is a surprise because I thought he’d taking more time for rehab. Terry could also be featuring tomorrow. Despite selling Carvalho, we seem to be pretty strong at the back with multiple options. Talking about options at the back, Jeffrey Bruma has extended his contract with the club until 2014. That’s a good sign for him as well as the club. Carlo has been very vocal about his desire to use youngsters this season in the first team. He’s even named a few which included Bruma as well.

Remember Jose Bosingwa? The Portuguese right back who was brought as we could not land Dani Alves? The man who spends more time attacking than defending? We could see him again on the football pitch! Tomorrow!! He is back in full training so don’t check if it’s a live match or a recorded one, if you happen to see him coming on as a sub. Meanwhile, Ashley Cole has officially got his divorce from lovely looking Cheryl. People wonder why would he do anything to strain the relationship with an angel like Cheryl. We get to know what’s made known. Why do I care about what happens in his private life. Carlo summed this up beautifully last week: “I’m not interested in their private lives when it’s not involving our job”. As long as it has not affected Chelsea, why would we care what he does off the pitch.

Even if it were to affect his form, we always had Zhirkov who was waiting for every opportunity. There’s a report that Zhirkov might consider his future in January, if he continues to be on the bench. He’s said this in a very gentle and classy way. He acknowledges that to get a chance ahead of Ashley Cole or Malouda is pretty difficult. For instance, look at Ashley Cole. Amidst all his private problems, he is still playing at a very high and consistent level. Zhirkov is a player I don’t want us to lose. I’m sure Carlo would rotate smartly to keep Zhirkov interested.

This could be an interesting week of football with Manure playing at Goodison park. A frustrating draw there could do very well for us. I know it’s not an easy away match but I expect Chelsea to win and win very well indeed. I’m out to Sentosa tomorrow but I really hope to be back in time for the match. That’s the beauty of being in the far east. You can afford to go around and do the family duty in the afternoon and the evening and still be in time to watch football. That’s just about perfect. My apartment has StarHub while it is SingTel that shows premier league football. I do have a place nearby that shows premier league football but I hope it is the Chelsea match that’s on.

Okay then, here’s my prediction: Chelsea to win 3-0 while Everton to draw 2-2 with Man Utd. Predictions for other teams: don’t bother, they never mattered anyway.