Aston Villa v Newcastle United Post-Match Thread

[cdbearsfan]

Weren't Newcastle fucking animals?

[Percy McCarthy]

Why do we keep playing Agbonlahor? He is absolutely shit and i've always said so. Zero technical ability, no footballing brain and has fuck all apart from a bit of pace. He's a nice enough lad and a Villa fan, but if he wasn't nobody would rate him.  He's piss poor.

Utter cock.

Whilst I wouldn't have put it in quite such extreme terms, I can't help thinking BCV has got something right with his comment about how we'd treat him if he wasn't "one of us".

I think I'd quite like a striker who'd scored for us at Anfield, Old Trafford, Stamford Bridge and The Emirates and had hit double figures in each of his first three seasons even if he was a Small Heath fan. I mean, how many have we had who could boast such a record?

[CJ]

Just saw highlights on MOTD2. Blatant foul on Ash by Barton for the free kick leading to our goal.  So Pardew talking bollocks. We also had a perfectly good second goal disallowed by a poor linesman decision.

[Percy McCarthy]

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.

They're not in the bottom half.

[andrew08]

Missed the game due to my nippers christening.even though I knew the score I still felt sick watching motd with those last few Newc chances.

So many of the bottom lot are playing each other next week it finishes it if we win.

[eamonn]

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.

They're not in the bottom half.

But they were before their game yesterday.

[Stu]

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'?

Yes we did. Newcastle didn't get hold of the ball for 20 mins after the start of the second half. We should have been 2-0 up by then anyway, but for a sun-blinded linesman.

[Macho Man Randy Savage]

Excellent result. Just what we needed.

If we can get a couple more like that we will be safe.

[Dave]

Bent's goal was offside. Not by much, but it was.

If any part of your body that can score a goal is ahead of the last defender then you're off - Bent's leg was beyond the last defender.

Tight, but undoubtedly the correct decision.

So just like Berbatov's yesterday?

Oh sorry that wasn't offside.

No idea, I've not seen it.

But yes, if any part of him was offside then that should have been given as well.

It doesn't make today's decision incorrect.

And having now seen it, yes Berbatov's was offside - by a greater margin that Bent's today.

Which nonetheless was still offside.

[Irish villain]

Lawro seemed to think GH's body language suggests he could walk in the summer. Is that a leap of the imagination or does he know something?

[The Situation]

Bent's goal was NOT offside. Even Scumbag Savage said so. We should of gone 2-0 up. Oh well. We still won.

[Dave]

Bent's goal was NOT offside. Even Scumbag Savage said so.

It was. It's not even a matter of opinion - it just was.

And the fact that a dimwit like Robbie Savage doesn't know the rules comes as no surprise.

[Greg N'Ash]

iffy performance at times but the result was all that mattered. Takes the pressure off us for now. Keep plugging away like that and the last game won't matter. Surprised some on here are using today's game to have a go at gabby. He's not had a good season by any means but who has?

[The Situation]

Bent's goal was NOT offside. Even Scumbag Savage said so.

It was. It's not even a matter of opinion - it just was.

And the fact that a dimwit like Robbie Savage doesn't know the rules comes as no surprise.

It was a goal.

Even a Newcastle fan on facebook said so.

It's not even a matter of opinion, it was a goal. Bent was level, it showed that on the replay.

[KevinGage]

Looked level to me.

The benefit of the doubt is supposed to go with the attacking side.
I haven't seen the specific part of the ruling that says if an arm or leg is fractionally past the last defender it's offside, but I'll take Dave's word on that.

You're getting into very fine (almost petty) margins if you have linesmen discounting goals for that, mind.