Aston Villa v Newcastle United Pre-Match Thread

[PaulTheVillan]

Got a feeling in my water that Barton will be sent off.

For hacking down Ashley Young 10 times.

[phantom limb]

PLEASE, PLEASE VILLA WIN.

Villa 2 Newcastle 1

Bent, Albrighton - Taylor

[usav]

I wish it wasn't on Sunday so there is even more pressure after the results form Saturday.

[timeoutbigbar]

4-0 Villa 

Walker
Bent x2
A Young

[Pete3206]

Goals bonanza

3-3

[The Moose]

With luck, none of the bottom eight (us excepted) will be getting any more than a point at the weekend. Some tough games for all of 'em.
A seriously must win game, ahead of the trip to the Spammers!

[WikiVilla]

Bburn will prob draw with Blues
I can see Arsenal bottling out and losing at Blackpool
I also think Wolves will beat an injury ravaged Everton after we softened them up last week

[KevinGage]

Got a feeling in my water that Barton will be sent off.

Could do with something like that in our favour, particularly nice and early to take full advantage of it.  That said, with 11 players Newcastle will come to our place and think they can win. With a man down, they'll just put men behind the ball and try to kill the game.  It probably suits us better if they actually go for it.

If we could somehow eke out 4 points from the next two games that will kill a lot of the pressure. I don't care how we do it, whether we grind it out, play well or have the opposition bagging own goals left right and centre.

[eric woolban woolban]

Got to be optomistic this week.

4 - 2.

Us: Bent, Bent, Young, Bent.

Them: Ameobi, Dunne (o.g.)

A bloser asked me at work today, who was the last Villa player to score a hat trick in the league? I felt bad not remembering. Thought it may have been big Dion.

[The Left Side]

Got to be optomistic this week.

4 - 2.

Us: Bent, Bent, Young, Bent.

Them: Ameobi, Dunne (o.g.)

A bloser asked me at work today, who was the last Villa player to score a hat trick in the league? I felt bad not remembering. Thought it may have been big Dion.

Carew scored three against Newcastle a few years ago and didn't Gabby get one against Man City on the opening day of the season in 2009 too?

[WikiVilla]

correct re Gabby in a 4-2 win in the sun

[PaulWinch again]

I think we'll win, whatever people think of last Saturday I think they players will gain confidence from the draw at Everton.

[eric woolban woolban]

correct re Gabby in a 4-2 win in the sun

Of course. Put under pressure by a Bloser, how could I not remember Gabby's perfect hat-trick or Big John's last minute penalty against Newcastle.

Hopefully I'll be telling the Bloser on Monday that Bent was the last Villa player to score a hat-trick.

[Legion]

Leeg - have you jinxed us by not stickying this?!  May need to break out the orange dot again to compensate.

Again our opponents are doing their best to help us with injuries/suspensions. They lost Carroll obviously, Leon Best is out for the rest of the season and Nolan is suspended. They've still got the Amoeba and that Underpants guy, but we should have got some confidence from last week to carry in to this game.  Villa win 3-1

I bloody well hope not! Sorry, I was in a bit of a rush at work. Orange Dot will be on the Match Thread.

[Fin Feds Dad]

2-0 to the Villa - downing (15) , bent (27)

As the game has been moved to 4pm on Sunday I will not be able to attend - as I will be in that, there London.

Anyone know any pubs with Sky Sports by the London eye ?