Newcastle United v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[curiousorange]

"We went in at 1-0 down. Anxiety came in late in the second half. We tried to play too long, too quickly. I told them in there they need to continue to play and mix the game up and stretch teams, go and get it and be brave on the football."

I'm not exactly sure what the hell that means, and I have a degree in English.

[Toronto Villa]

He is saying that we resorted to long ball too quickly once we became anxious. He told the team it needs to be a mix of attacking tactics. I don't see what is so hard to understand.

[PeterWithe]

Indeed, there is a lot to be negative about, Sherwood after 2 games isnt one of them, the ship was listing far before he took the tiller.

[KRS]

If Tony Pullis had those players under his control you could have guaranteed he would have kept us up !00%. From what we have seen of Mr Sherwood and his selections in the two games he has had so far we stand absolutely no chance at all.

You can't guarantee that at all. Credit to Pullis for turning around both Palace and Baggies, but he'd struggle to achieve that with the poor players at his disposal at VP. We have to face facts that the overwhelming problem with the team at the moment is the sheer lack of quality and ability of the players, and as embarrassing as it is, both Palace and Baggies have better squads than ours.

[Monty]

Palace did not have particularly good players under him. The players he got to look good managed it because they were given simple to understand jobs, and everyone else worked to a plan. Under Holloway, they were supremely shite. One thing you can't say about Sherwood is that he's improved anything.

[Villan For Life]

I cannot contemplate the Villa being relegated. I remember 1986 and that was bad. I refuse to give up and will cling to any glimmer of hope and so will remain annoyingly optimistic. Hope springs eternal.

Today we our poor team played another poor team who were there for the taking. The players didn't sense that and again a mistake cost us.

We need to start winning in March because our April fixtures are difficult.

[curiousorange]

I wasn't trying to be snarky about Sherwood. He has my support. It just sounded like gibberish to me.

[PeterWithe]

If Tony Pullis had those players under his control you could have guaranteed he would have kept us up !00%. From what we have seen of Mr Sherwood and his selections in the two games he has had so far we stand absolutely no chance at all.

You can't guarantee that at all. Credit to Pullis for turning around both Palace and Baggies, but he'd struggle to achieve that with the poor players at his disposal at VP. We have to face facts that the overwhelming problem with the team at the moment is the sheer lack of quality and ability of the players, and as embarrassing as it is, both Palace and Baggies have better squads than ours.

Id rather our squad than both of theirs technically but we havnt got any heart, any will to win.

[Brian Taylor]

Sherwood has written his own Epitaph..like so many before him.

Lerner is the true culprit but Sherwood will get the toe in the arse before he gets his feet on the ground.

[KRS]

Palace did not have particularly good players under him. The players he got to look good managed it because they were given simple to understand jobs, and everyone else worked to a plan. Under Holloway, they were supremely shite. One thing you can't say about Sherwood is that he's improved anything.

Completely subjective and we'll never get to find out if Pullis' simple to understand instructions, plans and jobs would have worked with our bunch of incompetents. Results (and arguably performances) haven't improved on the pitch yet but he's clearly making improvements behind the scenes that we can only hope will come to fruition in time. Its not looking good.

[Monty]

It's not completely subjective to show that Pulis turned around a really rubbish-looking Palace side last season. Also, I don't know all that's behind the scenes, but he seems to have brought in the tactic to hit Benteke long, and then today he's says we were going too long. It can only be his tactic, as the long-balls were obviously phased out by Lambert and obviously brought back in by Sherwood, then he criticises the players for doing it!

[curiousorange]

Two games is nowhere near enough time to judge, and although he's not my choice I really, really want Sherwood to get it right, even if he has to write this season off. But one thing is critical: if it doesn't happen for him, we can't wait two bloody seasons to try an alternative.

[aev]

It's not completely subjective to show that Pulis turned around a really rubbish-looking Palace side last season. Also, I don't know all that's behind the scenes, but he seems to have brought in the tactic to hit Benteke long, and then today he's says we were going too long. It can only be his tactic, as the long-balls were obviously phased out by Lambert and obviously brought back in by Sherwood, then he criticises the players for doing it!

And Pardew has done a similar job for Palace too.

[FranzBiberkopf]

We've gone. Draw on Tuesday. Loss to Sunderland to confirm it.

I've given up on the league. Desperate for a win on Saturday instead.

[Monty]

It's not completely subjective to show that Pulis turned around a really rubbish-looking Palace side last season. Also, I don't know all that's behind the scenes, but he seems to have brought in the tactic to hit Benteke long, and then today he's says we were going too long. It can only be his tactic, as the long-balls were obviously phased out by Lambert and obviously brought back in by Sherwood, then he criticises the players for doing it!

And Pardew has done a similar job for Palace too.

Yep, Neil Warnock is a very poor manager. Neither Pulis nor Pardew are top-level managers by any stretch, but they can organise teams competently and have been around for a while. Warnock has been around for ages, but is just getting worse somehow (how does he keep getting work? It's baffling).