Newcastle United v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[steamer]

Keep the faith
We took a point after being behind, I could point to some crap performances, but give them a break.
Ayew in his interview that the first half seemed a different formation, agreed by the commentator's.
At least when Gestede came on we had a formation.
One of my most enjoyable games ever was beating West Ham on Boxing Day (I hope it was Boxing Day ) lets repeat that after getting a confidence boost today.
And well done to the fans who travelled so far, sang so loud and have not given up.
 

[PaulWinch again]

Realistically now we're going to need to go on a run of about 5 wins on the trot to get back in this.

[john e]

I'm still disappointed with Garde's lineup
I was expecting a manager with an attacking philosophy which is what we were told before he got here

Traore, Gill, Grealish all sitting on the bench, we wont win games without those sort of players on the pitch
Sinclair given the nod before all 3 of them is pathetic in Lambert proportions, I wanted Remi to be better than that

Sanchez given 90 minutes, I mean there is no excuse for not seing how rubbish he was today
at any given moment he could have cost us the game, he got robbed of the ball at least 3 times when he just stood there looking round wondering what to do with it

Garde needs to be a bit more brave and trust the players who can at least control, handle and run with the ball and not be shit scared of it for 45 mins before they get going

[tomd2103]

Point is probably not enough and I think Garde could have been a bit more attacking and brought Traore on when we had Newcastle on the ropes.  I don't want to dwell too much on the negatives - Ayew looks better each time he plays, Veretout looked comfortable in the hole and is also improving and Gestede did OK when he came on.  It is slowly piecing together, but there are still a lot of areas to improve and it might already be too late.

[Small Rodent]

Ayew is very good with a good attitude.

Very good second half which we could have won.

And we ended the game attacking, not hiding.

[pauliewalnuts]

Realistically now we're going to need to go on a run of about 5 wins on the trot to get back in this.

I'd say three in a row are needed to keep it interesting.

I don't know if we will get them, I strongly suspect not, but I fancy our chances of doing it far more coming off a draw away in tricky circumstances than I would with yet another defeat.

[Villa By The Sea]

Keep the faith
We took a point after being behind, I could point to some crap performances, but give them a break.
Ayew in his interview that the first half seemed a different formation, agreed by the commentator's.
At least when Gestede came on we had a formation.
One of my most enjoyable games ever was beating West Ham on Boxing Day (I hope it was Boxing Day ) lets repeat that after getting a confidence boost today.
And well done to the fans who travelled so far, sang so loud and have not given up.

Well said. Hoping West ham wear their 3rd kit so we can beat the blues, in every sense.
Thanks for the welcome, Legion.

[Ron Manager]

Well I for one was extremely impressed by our second half performance. Both Veretout and Ayew have been playing well for several games. Ayew moved up another gear this afternoon. I thought Gueye played well and so did Chris Waddle who should know what he is talking about. Alan Hutton gave another 110% performance and Gestede got stuck in when he arrived. I dont think Traore would have been effective given the state of the pitch.

If we are to go down I want to see more performances like that. We will not go down without a fight.

[Ads]

No, no, five in a row.

West Ham, Norwich, Sunderland, Palace and a bus stop in Sandwell.

[tomd2103]

I'm still disappointed with Garde's lineup
I was expecting a manager with an attacking philosophy which is what we were told before he got here

Traore, Gill, Grealish all sitting on the bench, we wont win games without those sort of players on the pitch
Sinclair given the nod before all 3 of them is pathetic in Lambert proportions, I wanted Remi to be better than that

Sanchez given 90 minutes, I mean there is no excuse for not seing how rubbish he was today
at any given moment he could have cost us the game, he got robbed of the ball at least 3 times when he just stood there looking round wondering what to do with it

Garde needs to be a bit more brave and trust the players who can at least control, handle and run with the ball and not be shit scared of it for 45 mins before they get going

I've been willing to give Sanchez the benefit of the doubt, but have now come to the conclusion that he is a bit of a liability.  Needs to be taken out of the side and so,d in the summer.  I just think the pace of the game in this country is too quick for him and would be better off in a league where the pace is a bit slower like it is when he plays for Colombia.

[OzVilla]

Well it needs to be the next three considering who are the opposition, number of games remaining and the timing re the transfer window.

[Villa Lew]

Many positives posts,which is nice to hear for a change, but I fear that would have been alot different if Newcastle had taken their 3 or 4 gilt edges in the 2nd half. As much an improvement as there was in the 2nd, apart from the goal we only created one other decent chance, which is worrying against a very poor team.

Midfield of Sanchez, Gana and Westwood nowhere near Premier League standard. First half particulary Sanchez was a liability every time he got the time. Think playing Clark and Richards in front of the back 4 would be worth a try, they can't do any worse. Despite the wet conditions still think Traore should have been brought on, to terrorise their defense, hopefully he gets decent playing time on Saturday.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

Point is probably not enough and I think Garde could have been a bit more attacking and brought Traore on when we had Newcastle on the ropes.  I don't want to dwell too much on the negatives - Ayew looks better each time he plays, Veretout looked comfortable in the hole and is also improving and Gestede did OK when he came on.  It is slowly piecing together, but there are still a lot of areas to improve and it might already be too late.

ayew and traore up front with veretout behind is the way to go

i know he is young, inexperienced, the pitch was wet, the dog ate my homework but fuck me we need to be playing him to put the shit up defenders

[SoccerHQ]

Only saw the second half but that was as good as we've produced all season imo, we actually looked a decent threat going forward.

Still though in our position you simply need to win that game...if only Gestede wasn't such a donkey (although in fairness him coming on unsettled the Newcastle defence big time)

Jordan Ayew though....even without the goal I thought he was magnificent second half. He's one of the few good things about this club and if more players showed his spirit and quality we'd be out of the bottom 3.

[Jimbo]

I think Garde's MO is to gain as many cautious points as we can until January, before getting new blood in and going hell for leather in the second half of the season. Better to draw games and pick up points when you're shot for confidence, than to take risks, keep losing and pick up nowt.