Aston Villa v Newcastle United Match Thread

[Legion]

Available Tuesday evening. Get your prayer mats out!

[eamonn]

Less than an hour to go, team-sheets should be in by now.

Spot the error from the Beeb:

With four of the Premier League's bottom five in action tonight, we should be in for a tense affair.

Paul Lambert's Aston Villa are in desperate need of a win. After being dumped out of two cup competitions in a matter of days by Bradford and then Millwall, confidence must be at an all-time low.

1841:
 
Daily Telegraph's Henry Winter on Twitter: "Lambert in #AVFC programme: 'What is required now is resolute character, a refusal to lie down. Collectively, we must come out fighting'."

1840:
 Aston Villa v Newcastle (1945 GMT)
We have a humdinger of a game for you at Villa Park.

A fixture which down the years has seen fireworks from giants of the Premier League; a hat-trick from Dwight Yorke, a treble from Andy Carroll in a 6-0 mauling of the Hammers, another hat-trick from the forehead of John Carew.

Goals from Juan Pablo Angel, Paul Merson, Patrick Kluivert, Alan Shearer, Stefan Beinlich and Stephen Glass, no less.

Team-mates Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer fighting with each other on the pitch and both seeing red.

It's had it all - but can we add in the dreaded phrase of 'six-pointer' to tonight's match?

[Mr Diggles]

The memory of the game is enough for me to be happy that they are hoisting the infamy onto West Ham.

[l_mckay]

I'm so nervous already,come on villa,pleaseeee

[VillaAlways]

@AVFCOfficial: #AVFC: Guzan, Vlaar [c], Clark, Bennett, Baker, Lowton, Westwood, Bannan, N’Zogbia, Benteke, Bent. #AVFCLIVE

[Jockey Randall]

#AVFC subs: Given, Ireland, Lichaj, Holman, Agbonlahor, Weimann, Bowery.

Jeez we are so short defensively.

[caster troy]

Westwood and Bannan, that's quite a midfield.

[VillaAlways]

@AVFCOfficial: #AVFC subs: Given, Ireland, Lichaj, Holman, Agbonlahor, Weimann, Bowery. #AVFCLIVE

[Somniloquism]

5-3-2. Interesting no Weimann starting considering his scoring record. Lets hope Bent and Eke work well together.

[eamonn]

The two benders up front? Interesting.
I'm sick of reading that defence and midfield though.

[Irish villain]

Benteke and Bent?

Interesting. We have such excellent attacking options now whereas that was always our problem area as far back as I can go. We have gone from being strong at the back but lacking the cutting edge to having plenty of (potential) goals with a very leaky defence.

I fancy us to score so we need  a big performance at the back.

UTV

[KRS]

That midfield is as weak as watered down piss.

Looks 532 or 442 with Clark in the midfield?...either way I can see us being under the cosh tonight.

[curiousorange]

What you wouldn't give for the midfield of 2010 with the front line of 2013.

[ozzjim]

Shame no Dunne.

We have to get 2 central midfielders in 2 days.

[Jockey Randall]

#NUFC: Krul; Debuchy, S.Taylor, Coloccini (c), Santon; Perch, Cabaye; Gouffran, Sissoko, Gutierrez; Cisse.

Would they be playing a 442 with Perch right wing?