Excellent news from Wigan today and confirmed by Villa that because of strenuous efforts around the ground to clear the ice the game is on, unless there is further worsening of the weather, which is not predicted to happen at the moment. Good luck to the 3000 who are going and make sure you wrap up warm.

So what can we expect ?

Wigan as they showed against us, Spurs and Chelsea are a right mixed bag of a side and you can not be sure of the type of performance they may put out. For Villa after two disappointing defeats and in one case very undeserved it is a great chance to bounce back at a ground we have a decent record at, better than at Villa Park !!).

With the run of games to come, baring any postponements it is not likely we see some changes from the team that started against Liverpool. Maybe one change may be that Carew starts instead of Heskey who may start against Blackburn three days later.

This is a game I expect us to win, it is the type of game we have slipped up on in this season so we have to go there with confidence we can win and not let the past two games affect the high confidence levels we have built up.

Make it Villa a red hot game for the fans who will make a dificult trip up there.