Aston Villa v Newcastle United Post-Match Thread

[silhillvilla]

They had the best chances , two missed in the first half both by their full backs then poor defending allowed de Jong in 2nd half but brad saved us. Defence did well with a slice of fortune. Did we make Krull make a single save ??

[Hoppo]

Look we kept a clean sheet and played ok.. Not great, not good but ok.
Came out of Villa Park quite calm, nice feeling..
Baby steps and all that but were making progress.
Just enjoy it.

[kippaxvilla2]

We desperately need the creativity Palacios will bring us.

[silhillvilla]

I said its a decent point and it's been a brilliant start. Especially happy with the defence. The foundation of any decent side.

[supertom]

At least there's also some semblance of consistency too. You could be forgiven after the Stoke win for expecting us to turn to complete dog doodoo the next game, but we didn't. I think the key thing also is, that we've been good value for our 4 points. There were a number of points we got last season that were more than fortunate. We absolutely burgled some of them. That'll happen over a season, and that'll happen against us, but at one point last winter it was accounting for a large total of our points. When that luck ran out, as inevitably it does, we weren't deserving wins and we weren't getting them either. At some juncture you have to warrant your points, you have to be good value for them. So far we have been.

If we start chalking up more well earned points, and perhaps have the luck to perform a few daylight robberies again this season, then we'll be pretty comfortable. The biggest positive is that we look well organised.

We're also easing new players in and trying to shake off a pretty godawful string of results from the tail end of last season too. I think if we continue building on these grafted results, we'll get a little bit more fluid in the attacking sense as the confidence grows too.

[Ron Manager]

I would like to have seen Joe Cole on for the last fifteen minutes in place of Weimann. He could have created something for Bent to finish off

[Shrek]

Decent start to the season.

I'm a little confused by Sanchez, a little underwhelmed infact.
I know he was only on for a bit, but he sat very deep and stood right off every Newcastle player when they had the ball.
Isn't he meant to be a ball winner, which would involve closing people down?

[PeterWithesShin]

I would like to have seen Joe Cole on for the last fifteen minutes in place of Weimann. He could have created something for Bent to finish off

Good job job we didn't do that as we'd have been down to 10 when Aly went off.

[bruisedshins]

Thought we looked good today, we abandoned the hoof ball game that was prevalent last season and passed the ball around. Although there was a dearth of clear cut chances it's good that we kept another clean sheet and remain unbeaten. With Sanchez, Okore and Benteke to really come into the fold I can only be positive about how things are going.

Personally happy about the way the display went, considering it was  first game and a 12.45 kick off it's heartening. UTV.

[Shrek]

I would like to have seen Joe Cole on for the last fifteen minutes in place of Weimann. He could have created something for Bent to finish off

I think the Cissoko injury prevented that, sadly.

[PeterWithesShin]

Thought we looked good today, we abandoned the hoof ball game that was prevalent last season and passed the ball around. Although there was a dearth of clear cut chances it's good that we kept another clean sheet and remain unbeaten. With Sanchez, Okore and Benteke to really come into the fold I can only be positive about how things are going.

Personally happy about the way the display went, considering it was  first game and a 12.45 kick off it's heartening. UTV.

Is that Collymore? And Dion costing us a derby game. Really a hero moment?

[Tom_Mc9?]

Decent start to the season.

I'm a little confused by Sanchez, a little underwhelmed infact.
I know he was only on for a bit, but he sat very deep and stood right off every Newcastle player when they had the ball.
Isn't he meant to be a ball winner, which would involve closing people down?

As you said, it's a bit harsh to judge him on his 30 minute debut, but I think he did quite well. He keeps it simple and always was looking for the ball. I think he'll be a much needed different option for our midfield this term, as well as Richardson and N'Zogbia.

[olaftab]

4 out of 6 is good however it's disappointing that we were not able to win this one after a hard earned victory at Stoke last week. N'Zogbia's free kick was the closest any side came close to scoring and generally pleased we didn't lose against a very creative midfield and tricky forwards comprised Newcastle side. Their defence is weak however we do not have forwards good enough at the moment to deal even with that. Gabby and Weimann I am afraid are just not good enough but that is all we have now. When Kozak and Benteke return we will be much more potent not just due to their return but also that this time they will be playing in front of good defence and solid midfield. Today we didn't deserve anything more than what we got.

[olaftab]

Decent start to the season.

I'm a little confused by Sanchez, a little underwhelmed infact.
I know he was only on for a bit, but he sat very deep and stood right off every Newcastle player when they had the ball.
Isn't he meant to be a ball winner, which would involve closing people down?

You mean go chasing dog to ball fashion like Holman? I thought he was OK. Had huge presence and calmed everything down.

[bruisedshins]

Thought we looked good today, we abandoned the hoof ball game that was prevalent last season and passed the ball around. Although there was a dearth of clear cut chances it's good that we kept another clean sheet and remain unbeaten. With Sanchez, Okore and Benteke to really come into the fold I can only be positive about how things are going.

Personally happy about the way the display went, considering it was  first game and a 12.45 kick off it's heartening. UTV.

Is that Collymore? And Dion costing us a derby game. Really a hero moment?

It is Collymore and Dion is also hero to some, personally i think that image is an iconic moment, of course it wasn't advised, no ones going to stick it in a coaching manual but it's one that depicts the passion of a derby game. Everyone has different heroes, these are some of ours.