Aston Villa v Newcastle United Post-Match Thread

[Crabman]

A bit of creativity at home would be nice, Cole, Grealish, anyone!
On the plus side we don't look like we are going to concede everytime the opposition attacks.

[john e]

If we could just get our home form and more importantly our home results just a tad bit better, we would have no problems with any relegation threat

[Clampy]

A bit of creativity at home would be nice, Cole, Grealish, anyone!
On the plus side we don't look like we are going to concede everytime the opposition attacks.

I think he might have brought Cole or Grealish on yesterday had Cissohko not gone off.

[Exeter 77]

Mrs Exeter was born and brought up on the outskirts if Newcastle and her usual description if the North East is 'fantastic place, awful people'.

[olaftab]

I think he might have brought Cole or Grealish on yesterday had Cissohko not gone off.

A few poster have said this however Cissohko was  subbed in the 83rd minute so I don't buy it. Not much point in those sort of subs with around 5 mins to go. Keene and Lambert had settled for a draw much earlier. I remember looking at Keane gesturing at Sanchez and Hutton to drop back when Bent was fouled by Williamson.

[ez]

Don't often post, but already this season Gabby is really frustrating me. !!! IMO he would be better moving to pastures new as he offers us nothing apart from a bit of speed. His problem is he doesn't know how to use it effectively and never has done. His goal ratio is shocking and Wiemman has to suffer out wide to accommodate him. Four goals last season !!!! God he has more kids than he got goals last season. But I get the impression under Lambert he is the first name on the team sheet. We look a lot more solid this season but I cannot see us scoring many until Benteke is back, lets give Bent and Wiemman a go down the middle as a two now we have the rock sitting in front of the back four. Newcastle I thought were poor on the plus side we probably would have lost this game last season. We have the nucleus of a good side but whilst Gabby struts around doing nothing we are not going to score many goals.

Good post but why is Gabby undroppable? Is Lambert worried about upsetting those fans who see Gabby as a villa legend. Is it a reward for his years of service? That's all i can think of.

[dave.woodhall]

Don't often post, but already this season Gabby is really frustrating me. !!! IMO he would be better moving to pastures new as he offers us nothing apart from a bit of speed. His problem is he doesn't know how to use it effectively and never has done. His goal ratio is shocking and Wiemman has to suffer out wide to accommodate him. Four goals last season !!!! God he has more kids than he got goals last season. But I get the impression under Lambert he is the first name on the team sheet. We look a lot more solid this season but I cannot see us scoring many until Benteke is back, lets give Bent and Wiemman a go down the middle as a two now we have the rock sitting in front of the back four. Newcastle I thought were poor on the plus side we probably would have lost this game last season. We have the nucleus of a good side but whilst Gabby struts around doing nothing we are not going to score many goals.

Good post but why is Gabby undroppable? Is Lambert worried about upsetting those fans who see Gabby as a villa legend. Is it a reward for his years of service? That's all i can think of.

He's the one player we've got at the moment who can win a match in a couple of seconds, but that doesn't happen often enough.

[Ron Manager]

Don't often post, but already this season Gabby is really frustrating me. !!! IMO he would be better moving to pastures new as he offers us nothing apart from a bit of speed. His problem is he doesn't know how to use it effectively and never has done. His goal ratio is shocking and Wiemman has to suffer out wide to accommodate him. Four goals last season !!!! God he has more kids than he got goals last season. But I get the impression under Lambert he is the first name on the team sheet. We look a lot more solid this season but I cannot see us scoring many until Benteke is back, lets give Bent and Wiemman a go down the middle as a two now we have the rock sitting in front of the back four. Newcastle I thought were poor on the plus side we probably would have lost this game last season. We have the nucleus of a good side but whilst Gabby struts around doing nothing we are not going to score many goals.

Good post but why is Gabby undroppable? Is Lambert worried about upsetting those fans who see Gabby as a villa legend. Is it a reward for his years of service? That's all i can think of.

Agbonlahor will never,I repeat never, be thought of as a 'Villa Legend'

Unless Villa Kicks thinks that way!

[olaftab]

The other thing that really pissed me off yesterday was Brads distribution, the amount of time his hoofs went straight to a Newcastle player,

That wasn't Brads fault. If you remember he mostly played out to Westwood or one of the fullbacks usually Hutton. From there the ball would be passed around a couple of times but with no forward movement returned to Brad and He would clear downfield usually under some pressure. That was not distribution  and with no Kozak/Benteke a bit fruitless.

[BoskoDjembaSalifou]

Sanchez looked a class above the rest of our midfield. One of his first touches was a lovely pass to pick out a run into the box. Most everything he did looked simple and assured. he was clearly rusty but his class shone through imho.

On the negative side I couldn't help but compare him to Delph & Westwood and thinking to myself "You pair are nowhere near his ability".

Bit of a weird reaction. Sanchez looked good when he came on, but I thought Delph was the best player on the pitch.

[Chris Smith]

Don't often post, but already this season Gabby is really frustrating me. !!! IMO he would be better moving to pastures new as he offers us nothing apart from a bit of speed. His problem is he doesn't know how to use it effectively and never has done. His goal ratio is shocking and Wiemman has to suffer out wide to accommodate him. Four goals last season !!!! God he has more kids than he got goals last season. But I get the impression under Lambert he is the first name on the team sheet. We look a lot more solid this season but I cannot see us scoring many until Benteke is back, lets give Bent and Wiemman a go down the middle as a two now we have the rock sitting in front of the back four. Newcastle I thought were poor on the plus side we probably would have lost this game last season. We have the nucleus of a good side but whilst Gabby struts around doing nothing we are not going to score many goals.

Good post but why is Gabby undroppable? Is Lambert worried about upsetting those fans who see Gabby as a villa legend. Is it a reward for his years of service? That's all i can think of.

Gabby and Andi both worked hard yesterday but produced next to nothing. In my view if everyone was fit we would probably not see both starting but as it stands there is little option. Bent is a bit of a luxury and we are not in a position to carry players who don't put in the work.

[olaftab]

Mrs Exeter was born and brought up on the outskirts if Newcastle and her usual description if the North East is 'fantastic place, awful people'.

Thank you for "rescuing" one at least.

[olaftab]

Very disappointing attendance yesterday. They were there in fierce I guess about 3000 so only 27000 home supporters bothered to turn up. Sad state of affairs from a very Big city for a big club.

[pauliewalnuts]

Very disappointing attendance yesterday. They were there in fierce I guess about 3000 so only 27000 home supporters bothered to turn up. Sad state of affairs from a very Big city for a big club.

I think part of the problem is we might be a big club, but we haven't acted like one for a while now.

Plus, look at our abysmal home record for the last four years.

[Chris Smith]

The other thing that really pissed me off yesterday was Brads distribution, the amount of time his hoofs went straight to a Newcastle player,

That wasn't Brads fault. If you remember he mostly played out to Westwood or one of the fullbacks usually Hutton. From there the ball would be passed around a couple of times but with no forward movement returned to Brad and He would clear downfield usually under some pressure. That was not distribution  and with no Kozak/Benteke a bit fruitless.

It is partly his fault. The best keepers are comfortable with the ball at their feet and can be used as an outlet when the opposition are pressing high up the pitch. Unfortunately Brad is a bit of a throwback in that he looks nervous with the ball on the ground so hoofing it is the safe option but without any height up front yesterday it invariably conceded possession. Newcastle clearly knew this so forced us back at every opportunity.