Newcastle United v Aston Villa Match Thread

[Axl Rose]

I am one of Westwood's biggest critics, but to his credit, he is playing excellently today. And fucking Pleat....it's GUZAN, not Guzman, surely he knows that by now.

[PeterWithesShin]

Racist FC 2-2 after being two up.

[Matt Collins]

If our choice of option were better we could be a goal or two up here. We've lacked a bit of composure in the final third

[CJ]

How was that not a foul on Gabby?

[Irish villain]

They lack so much confidence. Come on villa make it count.

[Axl Rose]

did we miss a penalty away at Everton recently? According to the live stream, we did....hmm

[citizenDJ]

Afternoon everyone!

Sounds like a pretty strange atmosphere at St James', very quiet.

[Matt Collins]

Our fwds and / or full backs need to give us more width when we're getting a bit too tight in the middle

[Nelly]

Villa take years off your life.

[ez]

Defence looking in control.

[Matt Collins]

Westwood is playing absolutely superbly

Best player on the pitch by a mile so far

[Nelly]

First corner to us!

[CJ]

Great work again Gabby

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Unlucky, Gabby.

[Irish villain]

Interesting: (i) Westwood is playing much better than of late; (ii) when not in possession, we are hunting in twos to close down the oppo - that's good!

Reminds me of the day we played them away in Lambert's first season and we all thought Holman was our saviour!