Aston Villa v Newcastle United Post-Match Thread

[Brian Taylor]

40 points will be beginning of safety. A win is a win but I wish we had more style in doing it. Confidence should grow now.

[citizenDJ]

Stressful stuff!

A really important win, that, obviously, but I also thought that, at times, we looked rather good. We were the better team for the majority of the match (Newcastle's general shoddiness notwithstanding), and played some decent stuff again. Yes, it got nervy at the end, but that's no surprise given the predicament we're in.

Anyway, I thought Friedel did very well today (he even came and got a cross!!), Downing looked the part again, and Petrov played an important role very effectively in the middle.
Makoun looks a good player.....but I'd rather him in a midfield three than two!
Oh, and a good shift from Agbonlahor today, too.

[Apyadg]

Never in doubt.

Nile Ranger is THE shittest forward ever, didn't someone actually say we should look to sign him?

2 league goals in 44 appearances (both goals in the Championship), and they've signed him up for another 5 years. You've got to laugh.

[JUAN PABLO]

clean sheet too ..   ;-))

[PaulWinch again]

As I said though we really battered them in the second half. Also pleasingly the players looked like they cared, Collins in particular.

[Ger Regan]

Very nervy last 20 minutes, to be expected i suppose. Although with the "offside" and penalty we should have been out of reach by that stage anyway.

Impressed with Downing (I still cannot fathom how some can't see what he brings to the team), both Youngs, Gabby in patches and Friedel. Thought the back 2 got VERY lucky on a couple of occasions by being sucked towards the ball and leaving newcastle players in acres of space.

And as if we needed any more evidence of how much of an odious little prick barton is, then we got it in spades today.

[richard moore]

Well we won but god is it painful to watch

Only Petrov to me looked like he had the remotest idea of the trouble we are in

If we do stay up in the summer, god is there some work to do

[Irish villain]

Excruciating viewing for the last ten minutes or so....But a win is a win and those points are massive for us. 5 points clear.

Makoun was dreadful. I'm not impressed with him so far. Petrov, Friedal, Gabby, Luke Young and Bent were immense I thought.

What happened our anthem by the way?

[PaulWinch again]

I thought Collins had the best game he has had in an age.

[Somniloquism]

The Sky guy. " The fact that we are the only team in the bottom half to claim all three points....."

What about the stripeyfilth? If they hadn't have won it would have been a perfect weekend.

[richard moore]

As I said though we really battered them in the second half. Also pleasingly the players looked like they cared, Collins in particular.

'Really battered them'? - gosh, I didn't realise me watching in HD made that much difference...

We might have upped our game a little and had a few chances but 'really battered them'?

[Irish villain]

What do others make of Makoun?

[JUAN PABLO]

sorry

[PaulWinch again]

Well we spent most of the second half in their half, and they didn't have a shot on goal until the 89th minute.

[ormskirkvillan]

An important win, but I think Newcastle were the ideal team for us to play, they have nothing to play for and it showed, still 3 points is 3 points.  Thats 2 good results in a row now, and there was a bit more bite about us so fingers crossed we have turned the corner.