Aston Villa v Newcastle United Pre-Match Thread

[CJ]

Serious question.

Is anyone's adrenaline pumping for tomorrow's game ?

For the first time in ages so early on in the season, I'm just going because I have a season ticket.

I've felt like that for a while and only renewed out of force of habit and meeting up with mates who I wouldn't see otherwise. But then when I walk up the steps and see the pitch the adrenaline always gets going again

[Ryu]

I actually feel more 'up' for the game tomorrow than I did for the other games this season.

I think its because I'm expecting a win and being able to say we've actually had a pretty good start.

[Gazza1982]

If we lose tomorrow we will see the first of the McLeish out messages for sure. If we win the same people will say we have had a solid start but too early to say if McLeish knows what he is doing.

[Toronto Villa]

Newcastle travel well. I hope we pack the stadium, and we start to see a turn in the mood of the doubters. It does the team no good at all to see empty seats or a quite stadium. We need it rocking tomorrow.

[Newquay_AVFC]

2-0 win. Bent and Gabby with the goals.

[eamonn]

Just...don't draw, yeah?

[stuart r]

MOTD Commentator Steve Wilson's preview is rather spikey towards Villa fans including preposterous shaping of statistics to prove his own argument and I quote:

"McLeish is a proven manager with a tally of eight major trophies in nine seasons, which rather dwarfs Villa's eight major trophies in the last 54 seasons"

Full review here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14864217.stm

[Jimbo]

Draw.

[hartman_1982]

Newcastle have only conceded in on league game so far this season so it will not be easy to brek them down.

4-0 Villa (Bent 2, Gabby and Dunne)

[Ryu]

Newcastle have only conceded in on league game so far this season so it will not be easy to BREK them down.

4-0 Villa (Bent 2, Gabby and Dunne)



We'll be ready for them

[DrGonzo]

Expecting the draw but praying for a win.  Didn't realise Lichaj is out for 3-4 months  .  The defence picks itself.  But with Heskey out and Jenas also missing the midfield might be interesting.  Wouldn't be suprised to see a midfield 3 of Clark holding and Petrov and Delph in front.  N'Zogbia, Agbonlahor and Bent across the front.

3 points would be massive, and hopefully silence some of the critics.

[Toronto Villa]

just watching our 4-1 win versus Newcastle on AVTV. Brings back a smile thinking back to when we really were starting to become very relevant again in the PL. When MON was assembling a very strong side, and we had genuine cult heroes like Carew, Laursen, Bouma and a blossoming Ashley Young. Even Marlon had a good game that day. A Carew hattrick capped of by a thunderous penalty and the win took us to 5th. Bent is a super player, but we need some characters again in the squad to really get behind. Such a shame that it wasn't sustained and it all fell apart.

I hope that after we've got the ship back on an even keel we can try and get back to those sorts of days again. A big win tomorrow will be a nice start.

[Shrek]

If we lose tomorrow we will see the first of the McLeish out messages for sure. If we win the same people will say we have had a solid start but too early to say if McLeish knows what he is doing.

What's your point? What you said is correct, if we win we have made a solid start, but if we lose, we've had a pretty shit start considering the fixtures.

I've always said I dont want be like blues, where they play shite but churn out draw after draw with the occasional win. I'd rather lose a few games trying to win a few.

We've gone from one extreme with Houllier to the other with Mcleish, But I havent given up on Mcleish yet and I think we will play well tomorrow with Mr Bannan scoring twice.

2-0 Bannan x2

[VillaAlways]

I'd like to see this team.

Given

Hutton
Collins
Dunne
Warnock

Albrighton
Petrov
Delph
N'Zogbia

Bent
Agbonlahor

I think this may well be the team that starts.Big Eck said in his press conference that Marc was pushing for a start.I think he'll go 4-4-2

[Dave]

If that is the team, there can't really be any question of attacking intent.