Newcastle United v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[kippaxvilla2]

For one of the very first times this season I saw genuine fight in this team.  I mean look at those conditions, going one down, 50,000 screaming idiots - was ripe for another tonking.  And yet we took it to them and seem to be laying our bodies on the line a bit more.

[ozzjim]

I thought Lescott was magnificent in the second half. I also thought Veretout has an incredible engine.

If Sanchez could pass a football more than 5 yards he would be brilliant. As it is, he is not! At least Westwood keeps it. A couple of midfielder are needed desperately, as most of our problems we bring on ourselves giving it away.

Gueye looks like his confidence has taken a real battering which is a shame as he was excellent in his first few weeks.

[Risso]

For me
That 2nd half performance can only bode well for the future no way did we look relegation bound.
Sooner or later those moments are going to fall In our favour and we are going to take this to the wire
That fat lady ain't gonna sing just yet

Utv

One half decent performance doesn't change the fact that we're effectively 11 points from safety, and still haven't won a game since the first macth of the season.  We'd need to win 4 in a row just to have a chance of not being in the bottom 4, and I'll wager we don't win another 4 games all season.  I reckon we'll finish on about 20 points.

[SoccerHQ]

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

To have realistic hopes of staying up I think we need 18-20 points by final whistle of WBA game in Mid January. So yeah we need to win 4 of West Ham, Sunderland, Norwich, Palace, Leicester all stars and WBA. The table wouldn't look so bad then but just can't see it, today was a big opportunity just like Southampton was and we couldn't get the 3 points, other teams are.

[olaftab]

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

That would be nice but we need to stick in there and pick up points wherever we can and then see where we are after the next 10 games.

[russon]

I'm off to demand a trial at Bodymoor on Monday because if Sinclair can get a game I'm pretty sure I can.

[Villafirst]

Garde should've put Traore on for the last 20 minutes to run at their tiring left - back.  Why he resists this is costing us the chance of 3 points. Gestede was the wrong sub, just don't rate him.

[CJ]

Something else I noticed today - Guzan punched the ball away several times instead of hesitating/flapping/ending up in no man's land. Someone, somewhere appears to be doing some coaching

[LeeB]

Garde should've put Traore on for the last 20 minutes to run at their tiring left - back.  Why he resists this is costing us the chance of 3 points. Gestede was the wrong sub, just don't rate him.

You may not rate him, but to call it the wrong sub is crackers. He caused havoc, and we finally had a focus.

[olaftab]

Yes, we'll probably still go down but in all seriousness the difference in prize money between eighteenth and twentieth would buy the kind of player we'll need. And going down with a bit of spirit might just help kickstart a revival similar to 1970. 

My guess is, we will go down with a lot of forward momentum. It will just come too late to stop the inevitable happening. We will likely keep most, if not all of the players we want to keep, bring in a few good players, add Garde's two coaches and hopefully start where we left off the previous season.

Agree with both post. When we do get confirmed we need to start planning for a season in the championship and I believe we have the right man in charge to do that and bring us back.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I'll wager we don't win another 4 games all season.

I'll take that. A bottle of Casa Ferreirinha Douro Reserva Especial?*


*I'm being kind to you, I could have asked for Barca Velha.

[olaftab]

I'm off to demand a trial at Bodymoor on Monday because if Sinclair can get a game I'm pretty sure I can.

He is an absolute donkey. I think the reason he gets picked is probably that trains well and runs around showing "effort".

[garyshawsknee]

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

That would be nice but we need to stick in there and pick up points wherever we can and then see where we are after the next 10 games.

I think we need 9 points from the next 4 games. Can't see it happening.

[Exeter 77]

The second half is one of the few times we have played to Gestede's strengths even it was out if the necessity of the conditions.

[Villafirst]

Why not play Traore instead of Sinclair? Who offers nothing. And Gil for Westwood. Garde is clueless and too negative.