Aston Villa v Newcastle United Post-Match Thread

[SashasGrandad]

John Collins - couldn't make a pass at Angelina Jolie - out of form - sell him please.

Brother of James? We're supposed to be offering him a two-year contract extension...

Some of them would find it hard to make a pass at Joan Collins at the moment.

[PeterWithesShin]

Positives, well we're still unbeaten, Shay Given and Gabby. That double sliding tackle by Warnock. Had Bent scored to make it 2-0 I reckon we would have pissed that game.

Negatives. N'Zogbia, christ he was shocking today. Our passing was dire, a lot of the Newcastle pressure came from us giving away possession far too easily. The midfield was the problem, maybe that was a glimpse of why McLeish likes Heskey, helps us keep possession and have someone to knock the long ball to. Delph was meh, Bannan was in and out the game often making the wrong decision with his passes.

Did anyone else notice Gabby started to look increasingly frustrated/pissed off at how poor we were in the second half?

And finally, to the Newcastles fans singing about empty seats, and the Villa fans singing shit support to Newcastle, can you spot the irony?

[paulcomben]

You all seem quite calm. Before the season began, i forecast 21 points by the end of the year. Villa are already 4 points behind, through failing to beat Wolves & Newcastle at home. The team has no rhythm no pattern no fluency and, basically, is not playing football.

[luke25]

Boring drawing Villa, zZzZz

[Villanation]

Cold light of morning as they say, my thoughts are still the fact that was awful.

Newcastle over ran the midfield area's, at times they where peppering our defence with 1 attack after another, eevery ball that came out of defence came straight back at us, put simply,  be in no doubt Shay Given saved the day and on a different day we would all be on here now talking about a trouncing, no question.

We have no midfield, Bannan and Albrighton good at times but they will not last the rigours and pressures of a full season in the Premiership, particularly if we are fighting the drop again.

N'Zogbia, this is a player we paid how much for!!!!!!!!!!! and he is in place as a swap out for Young or Downing, sorry but he don't get near them, and why would we expect he should, this poor lad CV epitomizes bottom of the Premiership and Championship football, Wigan and Newcastle.

I am really concerned for Darren Bent, i don't think for one minute this player will stay with the club longer than Jan, he'll be of in the next transfer window, he won't put up with a club that is set up and playing football like this, he's got way to much at stake to fanny about.

We have a problem, no question we'll get the sooth sayers on saying well we are still unbeaten and we are 7th, fact is the season is still warming up, we will at some point very soon come up against a team that really really wants to beat us, that's when the poo will really hit the fan.

Awful game.

[Nev]

I've not been to day (non-league for me again, well FA Cup). I've briefly read the BBC report, and scanned this thread and it is exactly what I expected to read. And exactly what I expected for the team the minute the manager was appointed.

I'm all for getting behind the manager, back the team etc etc but it's an average manager with average players (mostly) turning out average results. But average can turn bad very quickly.

[The Moose]

I feel full of confidence and hope! Mind you, I'm off to Munich in the morning for Oktoberfest!!!

Prost!!

[Villanation]

I've not been to day (non-league for me again, well FA Cup). I've briefly read the BBC report, and scanned this thread and it is exactly what I expected to read. And exactly what I expected for the team the minute the manager was appointed.

I'm all for getting behind the manager, back the team etc etc but it's an average manager with average players (mostly) turning out average results. But average can turn bad very quickly.

Nev: Did you see anybody we could improve the team with.......................................sign em up.

[Villanation]

I feel full of confidence and hope! Mind you, I'm off to Munich in the morning for Oktoberfest!!!

Prost!!

No wonder your full of confidence, you'll be looking at Villa the right way, through a alcoholic beer mist....

[Legion]

It works for me.

[The Moose]

...and several hundred miles away....

[Lobsterboy]

So a quick scan at the thread tells me we need to sack the manager in 6 games and N'Zogbia has already cemented our place in the worst five Villa players of all time?

Oh dear...

Not a great performance but still unbeaten (fact, whether the anti McLeish brigade like it or not) and with two reasonable games coming up we could be sat with 11/13 points from our opening 7 games.

Still lots of room for improvement especially Messrs Bent, N'Zogbia and Hutton but early days folks, keep the faith

[Risso]

That's two games in a row where two very average football teams have outplayed us in the middle of the park.  You didn't have to be psychic to predict both the style of football and the results that McLeish was going to serve up. 

[Villanation]

It works for me.

and..........................................................it works for me.....

[olaftab]

Shay was MOTM  despite Gabby's goal. Bent ...there is something wrong and as for NZogbia...absolute waste.