Aston Villa vs Newcastle United Pre-Match Thread

[Matt Collins]

3-0 Villa, easy win.

Bloody hell, nothing like a scrappy 1-0 win to create over optimism. When was the last time we had a straight forward 2 or 3-0 win? 2010?

Any win would be fantastic!

[silhillvilla]

I fear Saturday will be an early reality check.

[Dr Butler]

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

good luck and I hope you cash in
UTV

[paul_e]

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.

They looked less threatening than we did, the late 1on1 and the shot onto the bar were the only decent chances they made. They looked okay at the back and played in front of man city nicely but there wasn't much to worry about there. The kid up front looked good when he came on though.

[Clampy]

I fear Saturday will be an early reality check.

Why would it be a reality check if we lost?

[Mortimer's Bear]

3-0 home win, Bent hat-trick

[JD]

2-0 Villa. Bringing my daughter to her first game.

Welcome back young man. Hope your Daughter enjoys the experience and Villa can get the right result for her first game.

[Pete3206]

1-1

[JUAN PABLO]

I went this game last season , we were bloody awful . Okore got injured , we couldn't taken a thrown in and just kept giving the ball away Lambert owes us this one. Villa win

[johnboy]

us 0 - them 1

[darren woolley]

I reckon this will be a 1-1 draw.

[silhillvilla]

When did we last start a season with back to back wins ?

[nodge]

2-0 Villa. Bringing my daughter to her first game.

Welcome back young man. Hope your Daughter enjoys the experience and Villa can get the right result for her first game.

Took my lad to his first game when we relegated them.  He thought every game would be that funny!

[Brend'Watkins]

I went this game last season , we were bloody awful . Okore got injured , we couldn't taken a thrown in and just kept giving the ball away Lambert owes us this one. Villa win

The Okore injury was a defining moment so early in our season.  A foolish, God awful, pathetic pass by Westwood  instigated that injury.  I'm still pissed off by it.

[RussellC]

According to the official site Lambert has confirmed that both Carlos Sanchez and Joe Cole will be in the squad on Saturday. Baker must be cert to lose his place on the bench, but I wonder who else will. KEA?