Aston Villa vs Newcastle United Pre-Match Thread

[Villafirst]

Us 0-2 them
Are they planning the 17th min thing all season ?

Nah, can't see us losing this one. Watched Newcastle against Man City and they looked shile. 2-1 to Villa.

[villa_cads]

3-0 Villa, easy win.

[Ger Regan]

We'll lose. We always lose after a performance like we had at stoke.

[Lastfootstamper]

3-0 Villa, easy win.

Been so long, I'm not sure I'd recognize one of those if it happened in front of me.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

A hard fought  3-2 win.

Hampton, Hateley and Hitchens for us

Collier and Ferris for them

Seems likely.

[Damo70]

2-1 Villa.

[SoccerHQ]

Our record against Alan Pardew teams is shocking....

05/06

West Ham 4 Villa 0
Villa 1 West 2

06/07

West Ham 1 Villa 1
Charlton 2 Villa 1

10/11

Villa 1 Newcastle 0

11/12

Newcastle 2-1 Villa
Villa 1-1 Newcastle

12/13

Newcastle 1-1 Villa
Villa 1-2 Newcastle

13/14

Villa 1-2 Newcastle
Newcastle 1-0 Newcastle

So that's 1 win from 11 games against him as a premier league manager and he's hardly been managing the elite.

Still recent history suggests this will either be 1-1 or 1-2. I'll go for 1-1.

[Chipsticks]

And if we lose we know to blame Chipsticks for starting the thread when I had started the Stoke one and we won. Chipsticks out! (possibly)

The last one I started was before we beat Hull 3-1 last season so I'm on a roll myself ;)

[brontebilly]

We seem far more capable of getting stuck into a battle this season. But our lack of quality up front was pretty evident at Stoke.

Id be worried about us having to chase a game after having conceded early on. Do we have goals in Gabby, Weimann or Nzogbia?

Where is the quality in the rest of the pitch to create chances for them?

Newcastle with players back, 0-2 win.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

13/14

Villa 1-2 Newcastle
Newcastle 1-0 Newcastle

Newcastle v Newcastle last season ? I'm sure that was longer ago.

 http://youtu.be/AFLeTm46CqQ

[wally58]

it`s my mates 50th birthday on Saturday, so a few of us are having a couple of quid each on 5-0 to the villa, it`s 200/1

[Matt Collins]

I'm at edgbaston for the cricket. Anyone know if I can catch the game inside the ground somewhere?

They're a bit of a bogey side. A winnable game but a draw would be ok if we can beat hull subsequently

I reckon an unchanged side. Perhaps more 4411 with n'zogbia and Richardson wide given it's at home. But I'd keep it reasonably tight. Their main threat will be getting in behind us and stretching us so that the guy with weird hair can cause some damage.

Looks too early for sanchez

[Gregorys Boy]

13/14

Villa 1-2 Newcastle
Newcastle 1-0 Newcastle

Newcastle v Newcastle last season ? I'm sure that was longer ago.

 http://youtu.be/AFLeTm46CqQ

What made me laugh about that video is that twat Shearer complaining to the ref like there was any other call he could make....

Had this one down as a draw before the win over Stoke and am sticking to that now.  The home defeat last season was one of our weaker performances of the first half of the season.  There is little to pick between us and them.  As long as we beat Hull the following week then a draw here isn't too bad a result.

1-1

Delph for us 28 Minutes

Some french guy for them 64 Minutes

[Goldie.7]

Us 0-2 them
Are they planning the 17th min thing all season ?

Nah, can't see us losing this one. Watched Newcastle against Man City and they looked shite. 2-1 to Villa.

Really, I must have been watching a different game for 93 minutes then.

[eamonn]

What exactly did they do against Citeh except huff and puff?