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It will be interesting to see what happens on Smackdown after the Extreme Rules pay per view on Sunday as Del Rio is now on Raw which makes it blatantly obvious that Christian will win the title as they won't have both the WWE Championship and Heavyweight Championship on Raw. Apart from Orton, Kane (if they use him properly), Wade Barrett (he'd have to drop the I.C belt) and Ezekiel Jackson there's nobody else that could challenge for it! Mark Henry, Kofi Kingston and Drew McIntyre at a push but that's it (off the top of my head). Compare that to Raw where there are ALOT of superstars that could challenge!

I knew that it would be Orton to go. I've been telling my brother that since last week. Pretty stupid drafting Cena then drafting him back to Raw again at the end. Gutted Sin Cara got drafted though as I'd much rather see him on Raw than Rey Mysterio! Smackdown need another big name though because they only have Orton now! They've turned Kane into a pussy and people like Christian aren't good enough to be the main man on the show. I'm guessing Jericho will be on there when he's back. I'm just glad The Miz stayed on Raw. CM Punk too! He's a great 'heel'

I dread to think where we would be without his goals so far! Propping up the league table probably! Fantastic header today. I still find it hard to believe that we've actually signed him ha ha! 20 + goals next season no doubt about it! Quality.

Tough game tomorrow. We need to be at it from the off defensively and also try not to give away silly free kicks as it just gives Stoke more opportunities to pile forward into the box. We need to keep them on the back foot because if we allow them to keep coming at us with crosses and Delaps they WILL score! We are not safe yet, one more win will do it and I'm hoping that win comes tomorrow. Come on Villa!!!

If David Moyes is getable, which I honestly think he is then I'd love to see him as our new manager next season!

I was playing it last night when I was watching the Newcastle Vs Man Utd game. Finished my season winning the Championship with Middlesbrough. Only lost 1 league game all season, 2-1 at home to Reading. Got to the semi final of the Carling Cup but lost against Man Utd. I drew with them 2-2 at home but got done 4-1 at Old Trafford. I beat Liverpool at Anfield in the quarters! Lost away against Chelsea in the FA Cup quarter final 3-1. I've had Macheda on loan and he scored 36 goals in 29 games! In another game I'm on the verge of breaking the Celtic/Rangers stranglehold in Scotland as I'm 8 points clear with Hearts with 4 games left to play. Signed Pires on a free, playing him right wing and he's assisted nearly 20 goals. Also, I've got a Chelsea Vs Man Utd game with my brother. I won the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and Community Shield. Villa won the Carling Cup!!! They beat my brother in the quarters :-) I signed Darren Bent for £19 million and he banged in 41 goals in total.

I'm still on the fence regarding Delph. He does look like he's got the potential to be a good player and he's shown flashes here and there but I'd like to see alot more of him and from him. If Houllier is still in charge next season and Delph isn't really in his plans as a regular we should try and loan him to Bolton ha ha! It done Jack Wilshire the world of good and it's paid off for Sturridge too!

Nice report would love to see Sin Cara live. Sheamus was on Telly here on Friday night in Ireland on the late late show. Came across well. BTW Raw is coming to Dublin as well in November. Tickets on sale Wednesday. Cheers for reading the blog mate. Yeah it's good when they come over and do promo stuff like interviews on tv shows. The Miz wrote on his twitter page this morning that he was appearing on Blue Peter today, how random! Raw was in Dublin last week aswell. I'm just disappointed that when they come back in November it will be Smackdown in Birmingham instead of Raw! Can't really complain though as the last few times have been Raw so I suppose that the rotation was inevitable. I can always head to London or Manchester for Raw too.

Thanks mate, glad you liked it. Yeah Sin Cara was amazing to see live. You don't appreciate just how good he is or how high he can 'fly' until you see him live. There were alot of families in the crowd with alot of young kids so yeah the crowd were definitely pro Cena. Randy Orton and CM Punk's street fight stole the show! As for Wrestlemania, I wanted to go to Florida again next year anyway but with Wrestlemania being in Miami it has given me an even bigger reason to go to Florida.

I made a blog about it last night/this morning with my review, here's the link mate... http://robsranch.blogspot.com

It was a quality event on Saturday night at the LG Arena!

Absolutely delighted with this win. Vital three points and also well deserved! It's great seeing us back in the top half too. Before the game I would have taken a draw so to get the win is amazing! Stoke will be a tough game but if we can perform like we did in the 2nd half today then I have no doubt in my mind that he will take all three points off them. Up the Villa!!!

I'm delighted with him. When I think about it sometimes I still can't believe we've got him! 6 goals in 11 games is a great start. If linesmen/referee's could do their jobs properly he'd have 9 in 11 because he's had 3 perfectly good goals ruled out now since we signed him! There was nothing wrong with the one he had disallowed today!

Anyone going to watch it tonight at the LG Arena? I'm gutted about having to miss the West Ham game but I can't wait to go and watch the wrestling. I've got front row tickets too which makes it even better! I had front row tickets the last time WWE were here in November and it was a great show! John Morrison gave his sunglasses to my little brother! The only thing that is abit disappointing is the fact that the scheduled main event is the same main event as the November one! The Miz Vs Cena.

GSP vs Shields is very tough to call. I'd go for GSP though!

Great news if Parker is definitely ruled out! We need to build on the last 2 results, a win would be amazing but a draw wouldn't be the end of the world thanks to the 3 points vs Newcastle giving us a 5 point gap. Come on Villa!!!

^^^ Watched and recorded on Sky + HD. My little brother sat glued to the tv whilst this was on and he was asking me loads of questions about it during the ad breaks. A few years ago he used to play football at a place where Tony Morley was doing the coaching. He found it hilarious that Morley used to have long blonde hair.

Behave! TNA is awful.

Yeah Jericho will be back soon and he'll be on Smackdown. He made a brief appearance on there about a month ago. He's currently doing the 'Dancing with the stars' show in America at the moment, as soon as he's done with that he'll be back.

Such a shame about Edge having to retire! It's stuff like this that is a big **** you to everyone that slates wrestling for being fake etc. It may all be scripted but the injuries are NOT! For those that don't know, he broke his neck about 8 years ago and he had to have parts of his spine fused together. By his own admission he's basically been wrestling on borrowed time since and it has finally caught up with him. He's got to the point where he's been losing the feeling in both arms and after very extensive tests it was either retire or face being wheelchair bound! He's had a great career though and he's going out as champion after retaining the title at Wrestlemania, great way to bow out! He'll definitely be a big miss for the company. I've got some great memories of watching him wrestle over the years! He was one of the only reasons that I watched Smackdown. I think they'll draft one of Raw's big players over to try and make up for the loss of Edge.

Even though Villa Vs West Brom was the original Birmingham derby there's only one team that we have our real derbies with and it's Small Heath! I don't really have any real hatred towards any of the other teams in the West Midlands. Whenever we play the likes of West Brom and Wolves I just treat it as a normal game. The day we relegated Coventry was a great day at Villa Park though!

Ha ha I know yeah, I said that to one of my mates. Crucial 3 points today. What a relief! My nervous system is shot to pieces though. I really thought they were going to nick a draw in injury time and I had my head in my hands when Taylor was about to take that free kick. Pissed off about Bent's goal not standing. I've just got home and seen the replay, he was definitely onside. I thought he could have had a penalty too, definitely seen them given for alot less. Atwell is a useless referee though! We need to build on this now! We've got a nice little 5 point cushion which relieves the pressure slightly but we need to kick on now and finish as strongly as possible. West Ham away next week will be very tough though and I honestly would take a point.

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My team would be: -----------------Friedel--------------- Walker---Cuellar---Dunne---Young -------Delph----Makoun----NRC----- --Downing-------------------Young-- -----------------Bent------------------ Newcastle will play 4-5-1. If we play 4-4-2 or Houllier's favourite 4-4-1-1 then we'll get outnumbered in midfield. 4-3-3 would really suit our players, I'm sure of it. The extra man in the middle of the pitch would help provide more protection for the back 4 plus with Young and Downing abit further forward it would provide more service for the often isolated Bent. I'm expecting us to narrowly win this BUT knowing Villa they will find a way to **** up as usual. I've looked at the rest of the weekends fixtures and as we don't play until Sunday I can see us dropping into the relegation zone on Saturday which will add extra pressure on us to win. We really can't afford anymore slip ups. Come on Villa!!!

I thought that Wrestlemania was good but it wasn't as good as I was hoping or expecting it to be. HHH Vs Undertaker was the best match. I loved it when HHH spinebustered Undertaker through the Spanish announcers table. Undertakers 'streak' will NEVER end. Simply because one of the clauses in his contract is that he cannot lose at Wrestlemania. He had this clause put in his contract after he went 3-0. I was disappointed with the outcome of RAW last night. The Rock will fight Cena at Wrestlemania 28. What a let down, having to wait till April 1st 2012 to watch them finally fight in a proper match is a piss take. Big risk too!