Aston Villa v Newcastle United Pre-Match Thread

[Matt Collins]

Definitely capable of a good win here. I'd love a nice professional 2-0 win

But I'm not underestimating the players Newcastle have. If they ever get their act together they've got some really good players. Remy and Ben Arfa I think are real threats. Cabaye and tiote have been poor for a while but in theory alongside sissokho that's a tasty midfield. And krul and coloccini can be very tough to get past.

It'd be great if we could get off to a better start. We've been slow out if the blocks in all four games this far. And hoping we don't concede first again.

Delph and the rest of the midfield should be fresh which is great. And benteke and gabby reasonably fresh too. Hopefully the break won't have interrupted our flow too much. And we'll have spent time improving our quick passing under pressure. 

[Mortimer's Bear]

3-0 (Benteke, Westwood, Agbonlahor)

Pardew to be sacked within 48 hours.

[silhillvilla]

I'm not that confident about this to be honest.
1-2 defeat.

[richard moore]

A more difficult game methinks than many will predict on here. They have found just a little bit of form and we haven't yet mastered how to play things at home. Any team coming and packing their midfield with half decent players as they have is quite capable of frustrating us I think. I fear a 1-1 draw and hope I'm wrong

[dekko]

Newcastle score first = 1-1

Villa score first = 3-1

[The Left Side]

3 points please, don't care how.

[jeowje]

Been looking forward to this one for what feels like an eternity. Real chance to get right on track, a good healthy win will put a great complexion on the season. And we will get it, 3-1 Villa, Benteke predictably amongst the goals again, and hopefully Gabby to get off the mark to underline his England credentials. The clean sheet is perhaps a game or two away yet though!

[PaulTheVillan]

1-1

[Legion]

Guzan
Lowton
Vlaar
Okore
Luna
Delph
Westwood
KEA
Weimann
Agbonlahor
Benteke

[darren woolley]

After the run of games we've had this is a must win one so I will say 2-1 to us Benteke and Gabby scoring.

[paul_e]

4-0 villa win

Benteke 2 Gabby and Vlaar

Newcastle may have gathered together over the international break but I don't see it and I'm firmly of the opinion that they are the most fragmented, disinterested side I've ever seen this early in the season.  They just remind me of Blues in their last 10 when they went down last time, no one seems to care that they look shit.

I take it you haven't  seen much of sunderland this season then yet?

To me sunderland look like a squad that don't know each other, which they don't with the amount of signings they've made.  Newcastle look like a squad with a few cliques in it and importantly, none of them seem to give a shit about the club and I really don't see much fight in them.

[Ads]

We have to win this if we're going to prove that things really have changed from last season. It is all well and good saying we should be two points at better off so far, but our home form over the past three seasons is woeful.

Newcastle are a side with decent players rather than a decent side. They looked callow against Man City and its clear for all to see that they are rotten to the core.

Last season the second 45 minutes against these turned our season around and we should have picked up at least a point. We have to be being sides like Newcastle at home if we want to finish in the top half.

Anything but a win and I think it will set the wrong tone for the season.

[Damo70]

2-0 with a late second goal to wrap it up.

[Clampy]

It does have a 'let's see how good we really are' type feel to it. I'm crap at predicting scores but if we play like we did against Chelsea, then it should be three points.

[Simon Ward]

Any Villa win will do!