Aston Villa v Newcastle United Post-Match Thread

[pauliewalnuts]

Let's face it folks, it is only blind optimism that makes people say with any great authority that they think we will stay up.  We have won (I think) six of our last forty matches.  We now need to win six of our next fifteen.  You'd have to say it's against the odds.

It's hard to be angry rather than just frustrated after that 2nd half but we have scored two goals in six home games and a bit of fight (which is the least we should expect) doesn't change that.  Newcastle had not won away all season.

It's just depressing.

Newcastle are a really different side now to 2 weeks back though.

Because they're radically strengthened their squad.

Meanwhile, our owner is sat on his fucking hands thousands of miles away, shitting on about "multiyear lack of competitive stability".

What a fucking joke. Lerner has not got the first idea.

[Olof's Beard]

We have won (I think) six of our last forty matches.

Is that right?  If so it's almost unbelievable.

It might be seven.  It's no more.  Basically, that's the number of games we have won since the first day of 2012 I think and that is now more that two halves of two separate seasons so more than a full season worth of matches.  Conditioned to lose unfortunately, at least McLeish could bore us all to safety.  We are wide open with this team and sides which leak goals usually go down.

[nick harper]

And so endeth January. Probably the worst single month in our history.

It's over. This team is simply not capable of getting anywhere near the 20 or so points we need.

[danlanza]

I don't know what to do now. Go to bed, stay up posting guff on here, watch crap on tele, have a beer, listen to some more Napalm Death?

I feel numb, as if we've been relegated today.

Beer and Napalm Death, loud as fuck.

[Jimbo]

The only way we'd have equalised tonight is if we were playing ourselves. And even then we would probably have lost it in the last minute. Which means we'd have won and we'd be out the bottom three.

Ah, if only there was a team worse than us in this division to beat. Sadly, there isn't, and we'll be finishing bottom of the league. It's no more than we deserve in all honesty.

[Toronto Villa]

Relegation will be decided as much on quality as those who acted upon their weaknesses. We've done nothing and will get what is coming to us as a result.

[mike]

Lerner has left us. This idea of us losing loads of money if we're relegated is not so simple. Most of the Sky money goes on wages. Go into the Championship, lose the wages and its much the same if you're just worried about the money. And in truth, much as it makes me really angry, another bit of me thinks that he did put in £200,000,000 into the club and there has to come a time when you say bollocks to it, tattoo on your ankle or not.

[itbrvilla]

Fuck them all. If they don't give a shit then neither do i.

[lovejoy]

The saddest thing is I don't feel gutted anymore.

[Mortimer's Bear]

I don't know what to do now. Go to bed, stay up posting guff on here, watch crap on tele, have a beer, listen to some more Napalm Death?

I feel numb, as if we've been relegated today.

Beer and Napalm Death, loud as fuck.

Fuck it why not

[pauliewalnuts]

Lerner has left us. This idea of us losing loads of money if we're relegated is not so simple. Most of the Sky money goes on wages. Go into the Championship, lose the wages and its much the same if you're just worried about the money. And in truth, much as it makes me really angry, another bit of me thinks that he did put in £200,000,000 into the club and there has to come a time when you say bollocks to it, tattoo on your ankle or not.

Lerner is so stupid, he needs protecting from himself.

I used to think he was a well meaning idiot, but now I don't even think he's well-meaning.

It takes a special type of moron to spend £200m getting us *exactly* where we were when Doug sold up.

Bravo, Lerner, bravo.

[ez]

Our last 4 league games at home all lost. Spurs, Wigan, Southampton and Newcastle.

[lordmcgrath5]

Definitely on the way down now. The fact that Newcastle have got their first away win tonight says it all.

We were very close to relegation last season and lucky to stay up. Our current league position is very much where we deserve to be and I can't see things getting any better in view of the games coming up and our lack of a defence/midfield/experience/tactical awareness.

[paulcomben]

That Football League Show makes ITV's FA Cup Highlights seem satisfying. 10 seconds for most Villa games followed by caveman Claridge mumbling nonsense will be hard to bear. Let's hope we only have to watch it for one season.

[ROBBO]

Mcleish probably read the signs right, that the players were not good enough and the only possible way to survive was to bore everyone to death. He may just be feeling a little bit smug now.