After the most glorious week anyone can recall does Villa have the stuff to make some more noise at Stamford Bridge? More eyes than usual will be on the claret and blue. What better time to turn some heads?

Football is pretty wonderful, and at a time like this it's a very comforting thing.

Paul Lambert's return to Carrow Road may be getting all of the headlines, but the bigger story for Aston Villa is the tough task ahead on the pitch.

Aston Villa has taken a big step in the right direction in recent weeks, but the challenge posed by Stoke City could be a defining moment in the season.

That winning thing was fun. We should do it more often.

Aston Villa came through a nasty stretch of games with heads held reasonably high, but with the competition getting significantly less stiff over the next few weeks, it's time to start racking up points.

Manchester City at the Etihad is as difficult a game as there is in the Premier League, but just as was the case last week against Manchester United there's little to be gained by throwing caution to the wind.

This is a lopsided matchup in terms of talent, but that's not a good reason to abandon the culture Paul Lambert is trying to build.

It's been two full seasons and four different managers; we may not like Martin O'Neill (and be fully justified in feeling that way) but he's no longer figure worth paying attention to, as Aston Villa have their own business to be concerned with.