Newcastle United v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Jimbo]

God knows what the neighbours must think as i was absolutely raging all through that abomination of a game. I was told several times to calm down by the missus and the kids came in the room to have a laugh.

My views based on game and this season

Guzan - As good as anyone  - keep for the future

Bacuna - OMG - Apart from a couple of free kicks what the fuck does he contribute. Cannot tackle, cannot head the ball, goes missing for huge periods and fanny's around until the inveitible pass backwards - get rid as just not good enough

Baker - worries me that he dives in at least once in every game. At best he will certainly get a red at some point at worsthe will yet again injure himself. Significantly better than Clark - keep for future

Vlaar - at times looks a world beater, others a clown - not sure where the "leader" comments come from he is almost mute on the pitch -  a decent world cup and he will be off

Bertrand - started ok and i can only assume it is the appalling tactics of our clown of a manager that stops him from driving to the byline and whipping crosses over

Westwood - An obviously talented player who is going backwards due to the shite around him

Delph - everytime i speak of him as showing now the player we all thought he would be - he regresses into the headless chicken again- he is getting caught every game now in possession and its costing us

KEA - has the odd good game - always away from home so at least has some virtues (but not enough to think he is the future) bin him

Weinmann - flatters to deceive - simply not good enough at this level - if we want work rate - but a greyhound

Benteke - When he is hot - unplayable - when he is not at it - unwatchable. How we can have a player like him and not know how to use him and his talents is almost criminal

Gabby - yes he is a grafter, yes he is loyal and yes he is local - but fuck me it ends there. Yesterday he looked like a faster version of Heskey - brain dead on positioning, movement. His control meant he was trapping the ball further than i can kick it. Just the "thickest player" i have every seen on his decision making a complete waste of space. The fact that he has been around since DOL and he nor anyone else actually knows where he should play says it all - too comfortable for him ATM

Everyone else

Bennet - His hairdo sums it up really - get rid
Tonev - has he disappeared?
Bowery - as Tonev
Grant - whatever we are paying him - you have to question why
Helenius - How can he not get a chance ATM
Clark - error stricken
Albrighton - the best player we have when he does not play (or so some fans think) - whenever he gets a run he goes to shit  - again 4 managers cannot get him to step up - he is not good enough

The Manager (i stuggle to even write that as his title)

The prime function of a football manager is to

a/ Define the shape and style of football we are to play
b/ Buy / select the players needed to fit into that system / style of play
c/ Ensure that they are fit,  conditioned and well prepared for that style of play
d/ Ensure that they are well drilled and practice relentlessly towards the goals outlined in (a)
e/ To identify areas of the team / squad that need changing year on year as part of a continuous improvement plan
f/ To identify weaknesses in the players/ team / shape and man manage / motivate / inspire them to turn any bouts of poor form around.

Paul Lambert - you have failed on every single prime function

It is often quoted that in most professions people get promoted to a point of incompetence as they exceed their level of ability - its not always their fault

But if you have any dignity left  - Please just go

I'm glad I wasn't the only one to get a yellow card off the wife. In the last fifteen minutes I was told to sort out my turrets syndrome.

It isn't worth the castle.

[Virgil Caine]

Watching Villa at the moment is like a football related Groundhog Day and that is the most depressing point of all. Like so many here I am dreading going on Sunday as I know I will face a long drive back feeling utterly depressed and yes I do try and put it into perspective.
Like an alcoholic Lambert is now in full denial of the problems with the team, his tactics, coaching and the whole sodding predictability of it all.

I bet even the Orange Dot has given up.

[Legion]

You might be seeing it on Sunday. I'll add it to the pre-match thread when some-one starts it. I've now sacked myself from any future involvement the three associated threads until we are mathematically safe from relegation. Or doomed.

[Dave Clark Five]

Like an alcoholic Lambert is now in full denial

Is there a comma missing or is it a Freudian slip?

[ChicagoLion]

Great Rant Hookey

[LTA]

pretty poor first half, bloody awful second half.  That was a perfect game to get something against a Newcastle side out of form, yet we blew it.

[eastie]

pretty poor first half, bloody awful second half.  That was a perfect game to get something against a Newcastle side out of form, yet we blew it.

Thought the first half was decent enough to be fair .

[dekko]

Honestly, I thought we bossed the first half.  But I remember knowing that we wouldn't play well for the full 90, and knowing that we wouldnt win.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Bowery's on loan at Doncaster.

sums up that signing

See also Helenius

[Dave Clark Five]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one to get a yellow card off the wife. In the last fifteen minutes I was told to sort out my turrets syndrome.

It isn't worth the castle.
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Very good. Curse that spill chock tool.

[silhillvilla]

Seconded and congrats on getting through to the next Cup round, silhillvilla!

Thanks Louzie0

[nodge]

Needs some key players to stand up and be counted!

and our manager.

And our owner.

Don't forget the General, I'm sure he's as consumed by the pain of it all as we are folks

What about Nicky Keyes? Has anybody stopped to consider her in all of this?

That made me laugh for the first time in about 36 hours. Oh for the days when all we had to moan about was how warm the pies were.

[lordmcgrath5]

Honestly, I thought we bossed the first half.  But I remember knowing that we wouldn't play well for the full 90, and knowing that we wouldnt win.

We did boss the first half, further unsettled a very insecure Newcastle side and set everything up nicely for the second 45, with them getting booed off at the half-time whistle. And then we let it all go to shit.

[Ads]

 

Honestly, I thought we bossed the first half.  But I remember knowing that we wouldn't play well for the full 90, and knowing that we wouldnt win.

We did boss the first half, further unsettled a very insecure Newcastle side and set everything up nicely for the second half, with them getting booed off at the half-time whistle. And then we let it all go to shit.

Exactly. We came out and instead of giving it a high tempo push at the start, we allowed it to lull into a quagmire of nothingness. Then Westwood went off and any semblance of control vanished. 

[Brian Taylor]

Like an alcoholic Lambert is now in full denial

Is there a comma missing or is it a Freudian slip?

In denial ..more in de sh*t.  Awful. I sat with Newkie fan and said how many times we have lost in the last few minutes just before remy put it away. Awful. The Geordie lad was compassionate but a lot happier than I was. Woeful!