Newcastle United v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[adrenachrome]

Can somebody turn the sprinklers on for the West Ham game?

I've been saying this for years.

Turn on the sprinklers and  carve up the pitch, with a good size trench at the half way line.

[PeterWithesShin]

I think we've won there twice. The Taylor game when Shearer was sent off and the Dyer/Bowyer game when they had 3 sent off.

yeah but im sick of this "premiership shite" weve beat em loads of fkn times

We've won up there in the league about 4 times in 50+ years.

[Steve67]

Not bad going forward, although never enough in the box, but we can't defend for shot and we seem to get away with it quite often today.

[kippaxvilla2]

I am going to offer everyone a tiny bit of hope.

Everyone is banging on about us having the least number of points at this stage of the season and all that.  Fair enough.

It is worth noting that even after Boxing Day's fixtures last year, Leicester still only had 10 points.  At the end of January, Leicester had 17 points from 23 games.  At the end of February Leicester only had 18 points from 26 games.  As late as 4th April, after 30 games incredibly, Leicester were still only on 22 points.  So it is possible to accrue points quickly.

I realise it is faint hope, however, considering the gap, but it is worth noting how quickly things can look different.

[villan from luton]

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

I am not Westwood's biggest fan but in that insipid first half which was one of the worst I have ever seen as a Villa fan of 45 years watching, he was one of two who seemed to care. Compare him to Gana or Sanchez please

[kippaxvilla2]

One other bit of hope.  They do say there is always a team that drops into the mix in the 2nd half of the season.  Keep an eye on Southampton.....No wins in 5.  21 points.  Remote I grant you but even we got a draw there.

[villan from luton]

If we play like first half I think we will be lucky to get 21 points all season.

Second half bit of fight but would still say the manager should have unleashed Traore on the worst left back I think I have seen in the premiership.

[Risso]

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.

I'll take that bet.  Which year?  Shall we say 2007?

[kippaxvilla2]

A couple of weeks ago everyone was saying Bournemouth were looking doomed.  They have won three on the trot, now look at them. 

[villan from luton]

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.

I'll take that bet.  Which year?  Shall we say 2007?

I will take the bet in that we will win more than 4 games, you say what

[ChicagoLion]

A couple of weeks ago everyone was saying Bournemouth were looking doomed.  They have won three on the trot, now look at them.

Yes they have won 3 on the trot and we haven't

[SoccerHQ]

I think we've won there twice. The Taylor game when Shearer was sent off and the Dyer/Bowyer game when they had 3 sent off.

yeah but im sick of this "premiership shite" weve beat em loads of fkn times

We've won up there in the league about 4 times in 50+ years.

And yet our record is so good 10 miles down the road in Sunderland, it's an odd one although this was our best performance at St James for a long while I think.

[damon loves JT]

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.

This.

A draw may not be good enough, but nothing we have done since Bournemouth has been good enough. And today was better than most days this season. So I'll take it.

[villan from luton]

First half I thought we were awful and content to sit on the back foot.

Second half we gave it a go. I thought we actually showed some fight and about time. Veretout and Ayew were excellent and they had been awful in first 45 mins for me.

My MOTM is Westwood, he fought in the first half unlike many others

[olaftab]

Not sure if conditions contributed to it but Guzan was poor for their goal.