If you spent that extra 60 seconds before our FA Cup tie against Peterborough kicked off thinking about mental health awareness in football I hope you found it worthwhile. You can’t sense so easily the dark days some people are going through but maybe if you took that minute it may just help open a pathway for someone somewhere to get the help they need. It is ok not to be ok.

That was me with my serious head on. Now comes the small matter of a fairly routine trip to Stamford Bridge. In 11 previous Premier League meetings with Chelsea we have only one victory and in our current form we are highly unlikely to add to that tally. The match referee is Kevin Friend who has racked up 52 Yellow cards and 3 Red in his 14 PL games in charge so far this season which included our fixtures with West Ham and Spurs. I have a feeling we will need all the friends we can get! In the reverse fixture at Turf Moor Christian Pulisic helped himself to a hat trick from just 5 attempts on goal. He has only managed two goals from 35 attempts in his other appearances. Does he have a special pair of boots he only wears when he plays against us? If that wasn’t bad enough they have Tammy Abraham who has netted 12 times and I haven’t even mentioned the likes of Willian and Pedro yet. I probably shouldn’t have mentioned them as that is likely to prove a mistake and we can’t afford any more mistakes. Chelsea are run by Chairman Buck and owner Roman MegaBucks so they are not short of a rouble or two and can even persuade us to take their deadweights on loan so we can get them match fit to pass on to Villa!

I daren’t even think of the transfer window and all the players we won’t be signing but apart from that everything in the garden is rosy. COYC!