Post-match thread - Newcastle v Aston Villa

[Percy McCarthy]

lets not dwell on the negatives,
 lets take the positives out of the performance and move on !

What were they??? We didn't lose 10?

The only positive we can take from today is it's bloody obvious where we need to strengthen.

The boardroom?

[5ft811st2 Durham]

There isn't a single player from Newcastle's starting line up that I'd have in our team ahead of the players we have.  So to get so throughly destroyed by them was shocking.

I'd certainly prefer Carroll to Carew.

[pauliewalnuts]

lets not dwell on the negatives,
 lets take the positives out of the performance and move on !

What were they??? We didn't lose 10?

The only positive we can take from today is it's bloody obvious where we need to strengthen.

The boardroom?

Yep, it is definitely their fault.

[sfx412]

When you get beat so comprehensively by for all normal measures are a very average team then something is not right? What is it that is wrong, lack of direction and leadership within the club?

Could that have anything to do with the manager walking out a few weeks ago?
A manger who controlled most everything to do with the club, a manager who took his main men with him leaving a huge vacuum behind, or where you criticising  RL?

[Toronto Villa]

If they ever wanted to exorcise the memories of the day we sent them packing to the Championship, this was it. The one thing about MON teams was they were amongst the best at fighting back when falling behind. Today we threw in the towel, and wherever anyone stands on the merits or not of MON, we haven't seen that very often in the past 4 years. Today at 1-0 down it was as if we lost all belief. It's amazing how two solid performances, that should provide momentum, could manifest itself into this.

The club needs to regroup fast. A massive game awaits on Thursday. The manager uncertainty needs to be removed so everyone can go back to doing their proper jobs. If it's someone like Klinsmann, then great. His mere presence will lift the club. Either way we need leadership right now because today is going to hurt.

[5ft811st2 Durham]

One of the reasons we lost so heavily today, is because our owner decided to sell our midfield engine and replace him with a player who clearly doesn't have the capacity to fill that role.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Admittedly this is a bad result, but lets look at any positives to be taken from this game.



















Right, thats that sorted then. 

[tarzansbrother]

At least Klinsmann will teach that over paid arsehole Carew how to take a penalty

[Toronto Villa]

One of the reasons we lost so heavily today, is because our owner decided to sell our midfield engine and replace him with a player who clearly doesn't have the capacity to fill that role.

You can't say that after one game where everyone around him fell to pieces

[Quiet Lion]

Went down the gym after the 5th. Kept thinking to myself how many they got, in the last few minutes.

I convinced myself they probably got 7, so six didn't seem so bad, when I found out the score. Then I realised Newcastle put six past us, and puked up

[PhilGibson]

When you get beat so comprehensively by for all normal measures are a very average team then something is not right? What is it that is wrong, lack of direction and leadership within the club?

Could that have anything to do with the manager walking out a few weeks ago?
A manger who controlled most everything to do with the club, a manager who took his main men with him leaving a huge vacuum behind, or where you criticising  RL?

I do not disagree and Martin walking out when he did could not have come at a worse time, however people have been saying and I was agreeing with them that Martin leaving was a good thing and we would play with more freedom as the shackles had come off, well today was truly awful and as good as we played last week, its been a long time since I have seen us play as bad for 70 minutes of a game.

I am not blaming Randy, just feel now is the time for direction and leadership either from Randy or Paul Faulkner, we cannot carry on with a lame duck period forever, its nearly two weeks now since Martin left, they must know who is available and who is not, if the man they want is not available and noone else is suitable then confirm if you want to appoint Kevin McDonald for a longer term basis, we need to get the club moving again behind a common purpose, it is Martin's fault for walking when he did, but we cannot allow the instability to continue.

[jembob]

Horrific result and crap performance. Most of all a freak result.

[myf]

I can't get my head round it, especially after the performance against the Hammers and the fact we rested the senior players on Thursday.

The Chelsea result last year was very tough to take but they are a quality side.  The Geordies are just average.

Overrun in midfield and extremely shaky at the back.  A lot of questions have to be asked of some of the senior pro's - particularly Dunne, Warnock, Petrov, NRC and Carew.  Not one of them showed any leadership today.  My biggest concern is that such a result could linger for the remainder of the season.

Bollocks!

[5ft811st2 Durham]

One of the reasons we lost so heavily today, is because our owner decided to sell our midfield engine and replace him with a player who clearly doesn't have the capacity to fill that role.

You can't say that after one game where everyone around him fell to pieces


I'm not particularly having a go at Ireland he may turn out to be a decent player for us. However on the basis of today's game he was not able to get round the pitch and close players down in the way that Milner did.

So the team was obviously weakened from the first game of the season and the decision to do that was not taken by the football people at the club. I find that worrying.

[olaftab]

OK it was a fluke enhanced  by poor team selection by KM. Fair play to him for admitting. NRC should have started if both Downing and Albrighton were in the team. Ireland and Petrov...that was asking for trouble.

Totally devastaed that we have 6 scored against us by a team that is going to just about avoid relegation however it is only  1 match. Let's move on.  No need to sack anyone.