Newcastle United v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[luke25]

If you conceed atleast two goals every game then your gonna lose more than you win.

[tarzansbrother]

Warnock is a car crash, Dunne fuck off you big donkey and taking off NZogbia was a very poor decision. How these defenders are starting games is a joke. Cuellar and Clarke at the back next game please. Collins and Dunne can sell the hot dogs outside the ground the useless twats.

[Irish villain]

McLeish is too comfortable in his job. I didn't like the way he kept sitting on the bench when we were losing at Arsenal. It's like he's under no pressure.

I'd like the board to call him in on Monday. Point out that our average attendances are gash, that playing for draws at places like Spurs and Newcastle is unacceptable and that Villa Park needs to become a fortress again. They need to put him under pressure to start delivering with what he has.

Those subs were pathetic. Absolutely pathetic.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

why did we decide after 65 mins that we no longer wanted to win the game ?

That can only be down to the manager, in my opinion.

[London Villan]

Does Heskey have a clause in his contract where he has to play when 100% fit?

Comical at the back again.

[villadelph]

How were we ever supposed to win with no wingers on the pitch?!

Heskey for N'ogbia are you off your rocker McLeish? I am absolutely livid. How are we ever supposed to get Darren service from out wide with Ireland, Heskey and Bannan as our wingers. Shockingly bad decisions by McLeish. I don't get it. I just don't see what any manager sees in Emile Heskey, he is absolute dog shit. If he was just throwing him in there to win headers and "hold up the ball" at the expense of losing entire attack down the left flank that he is an absolute moron.

I thought we could have and should have gotten a point. Hutton wasn't awful and Warnock (even though he played hard) made some pretty awful mistakes to cost us possession.

WAY TOO MUCH HOOFBALL TODAY. Sort it out McLeish, we should be able to control a midfield missing 3 (or 4) of its top contributors. Our offense simply cannot adjust.

[DB]

We are so in-effective. Some nice moves, but too rare these happen, most the time we look scared to pass the ball.
Clark is so slow, can we sart Gardner next match, he was the best sub....I agree re eskey, what's the point???

[Matt Collins]

Really good first half really poor for much of the second. Bad substitutions, especially Heskey

Fancied Bent to score today, but he was very poor. Shocking that a £24m player can have such a bad touch really.

Gardner should have scored. Imposed himself well, but that was a great chance and he completely fluffed it. Unlucky with the header, but didn't really seem to get proper contact on it?

Bannan is frustrating. Gives the ball away too much, but his delivery into the box was excellent

Keane didn't really do anything in the second half but was still our best player by a mile

Dunne is very good for 95% of the time, but keeps on making mistakes.

Given literally didn't have a save to make

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

I'm sure I've just seen Villa play some good football in that match and create some good chances, but you'd never know it from the reaction most people.

Why can't you point out the good bits as much as you do the bad bits???

[Mister E]

Reasonably good display from the MF / attacking players; let down badly by indivdual and collective errors at the back, along with poor distribution from the defence. Bent is not going to thrive with the sort of lumping passes we saw today.

Having said that, we created a number of chances and put NU under some pressure at the end but not good enough when your defence is so porous.

McL showed lots of passion but I think his tactical nous in the end was found wanting. GG is clearly a player that can be trusted and makes a difference when on the field; time to give him more gameplay. I don't really understand bringing on Emile - he's off at the end of the season and his deployment is merely stunting the development of the younger players.

Clark looks like he needs a rest from MF: when is Herd available?

[Chipsticks]

Thought Krul was the deciding factor today, we would've won this if not for him.

[kipeye]

Cueller is still our best defender. Nothing i have seen the last few games changes my view on this.

[Jimsta]

AM let us down today, He should of brought on GG instead og Heskey.
The most worrying thing for me to the end of the season is that we have to score 2 goals a game just to get a win or draw.

[themossman]

Take out the FA cup game and we have conceded an average of exactly 2 goals a game in 2012. If you have to rely on scoring 3 goals to win games, with an occasionally-functioning attack, well then you're in the shit.

[Fergal]

If you conceed atleast two goals every game then your gonna lose more than you win.

Especially if you can only score 29 goals in 24 games.