Newcastle United v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[citizenDJ]

What Delph, Cleverley and Westwood do as a three can be done by one decent player. Westwood passes sideways, Cleverley runs a bit and Delph from time to time puts in a tackle and moves forward.

Delph does not put in a tackle, he bloody bottles it every time. All he does is his little turn and passes it sideways, other than that he chases shadows. I can only think he's concerned he may get injured and it could complicate exercising his escape clause if/when we are relegated. He's been a fucking passenger since he signed his new and improved contract. A complete waste of space.

Delph's seemingly endless fucking 'Cruyff turns' piss me off so much, even when they work! Irrational, but there it is.

[itbrvilla]

Sherwood just said "we picked ourselves up" on the beeb.  Oh, fuck...

I know hes been here 5 minutes but he is a fucking chancer IMO

[Rudy65]

I'd also say that, although I don't really blame Sherwood for the last couple of results, you have to seriously question Lerner and Fox's brains to

1. Leave it so very late to sack Lambert in the first place.
2. Replace him with a rookie manager with no track record of motivating players in a desperately struggling side.

How on earth did they think that was going to pan out?

These people have noble intentions (I'll give them the benefit of the doubt on that, anyway), and Fox might be great at getting sponsorship deals and whatnot, but they have zero "nous", absolutely zero.

Good luck flogging that shirt sponsorship in the Championship next year, Tom. Oh, and good luck flogging the club, too, Lerner.

Number 1 is really the biggy. Dumb as nuts to think there was any hope of Lambert turning it around.

I don't think Sherwood is wholly responsible for these two defeats - it's 7 in a row, not 2 in a row. However, I don't think his tactics have helped. Today, even when we were playing well, we looked ramshackle and shapeless. You can't help but compare it to how quickly someone like Pulis gets his teams organised and competent.

Agreed. We chose a manager with 20 games under his belt instead of a proven prem manager with 20 years managerial experience.

[curiousorange]

At the moment, I'm not bothered about keeping any of them. I'm not saying this out of hurt, it's just that i'm fucked off having to watch the same ineptitude every fucking game. The crap Westwood dead balls, the Benteke offsides, the Agbonlahor running into the full-back for a goal kicks. I keep trying to picture them becoming a team against an abysmal Championship side and I really cannot manage it. None of them seem to know how to play this sport anymore, and if serious bids came in for our better players in the summer, I honestly would be open to offers.

[aev]

Gil was a breath of fresh air....seems like he's succumbed like the rest. Didn't take long.....

This is the point though.

Gil looks a player, so we either stick him out wide and dont play him at all. He needs to be playing central behind Benteke. Its f in obvious. Instead we bring on Charlie

He has to be still injured  - it makes no sense otherwise.

[Rudy65]

dire football dire players dire owner dire straights

And a road to nowhere

[Ads]

Weimann and Gabby to be dropped, Gil to play off him. Today was a lot better. We ran out of ideas at the end, but we missed some good chances first half and Cleverley missed a huge one second.

Status quo hasn't changed at the bottom, which is a blessing. Huge pressure on Tuesday.

[Rotterdam Vetran]

No chance of staying up.Cant score goals.Cant win games.Taxi for Aston Villa.So sad

[myf]

Throw the towel in. Can't take anymore. Baggies safe as well. Will park the bus on Tuesday.  Curtains

[Tayls_7]

dire football dire players dire owner dire straights

All that money for nothing.

[Rudy65]

What Delph, Cleverley and Westwood do as a three can be done by one decent player. Westwood passes sideways, Cleverley runs a bit and Delph from time to time puts in a tackle and moves forward.

Delph does not put in a tackle, he bloody bottles it every time. All he does is his little turn and passes it sideways, other than that he chases shadows. I can only think he's concerned he may get injured and it could complicate exercising his escape clause if/when we are relegated. He's been a fucking passenger since he signed his new and improved contract. A complete waste of space.

I thought the same particularly in the first half but wondered whether my poor stream was making him look bad.

He was never that great in the first place

[mattjpa]

Against Baggies I would go

Given
Hutton Clarke Vlaar Okore
Delph Westwood
Sinclair Gill Grealish
Benteke

[ciggiesnbeer]

Oddly I am now on the other side of it. Just accepting with a smile and a shrug our time has come. Hey ho we will still have a club next season.

If by a miracle we start winning games then thats upside but right now its easier to just accept its our year and not get upset over it.

[berneboy]

Oddly I am now on the other side of it. Just accepting with a smile and a shrug our time has come. Hey ho we will still have a club next season.

If by a miracle we start winning games then thats upside but right now its easier to just accept its our year and not get upset over it.

I too feel the need to protect myself from the pain. I have to find ways to survive emotionally. This could become serious.

[curiousorange]

Throw the towel in. Can't take anymore. Baggies safe as well. Will park the bus on Tuesday.  Curtains

I hate Pulis with a passion, but he's experienced enough to drum into his players the opportunity they have this week. He'll set up to stop us scoring, for one, and elbows into Benteke to get him sent off. And that'll be job done in the league. Saturday will be the pudding.