Matt Lowton in The Times

[Chris Jameson]

Above all though, I will sit and laugh at their failure.

I really don't get this, state we're in I'd say we're in no position to mock anybody. I don't get the obsession with Newcastle.

It's just mirroring back their sudden dislike of us I think?

Don't think they give a stuff about Villa, the Newcastle supporters I know were a bit taken aback at the celebrations when we sent them down but that's about it. I just don't think we're in a position to mock anybody.

[rob_bridge]

Genuine question, how many times has Villa Park been a sell out in the last 20 years?

On average I'd say 5-6 times per season

[dave.woodhall]

Genuine question, how many times has Villa Park been a sell out in the last 20 years?

On average I'd say 5-6 times per season

Alternatively, give Newcastle three big-ish clubs  on their doorstep, let our closest rivals be in a town no-one from Birmingham visits on pain of death with no other club in the same division within 140 miles, and see what our respective gates are like.

[tomd2103]

Above all though, I will sit and laugh at their failure.

I really don't get this, state we're in I'd say we're in no position to mock anybody. I don't get the obsession with Newcastle.

It's just mirroring back their sudden dislike of us I think?

Don't think they give a stuff about Villa, the Newcastle supporters I know were a bit taken aback at the celebrations when we sent them down but that's about it. I just don't think we're in a position to mock anybody.

Have you not seen or read anything in the media in the build up to our games against them since that day? 

[Jimbo]

Newcastle's hatred of us is real, but they still don't get that any club would have taken the piss under those circumstances. We just did it with a bit of style. They will find that out when / if they get relegated this time around. But I hope the football gods decree that it shall be us that sends them down again. It'll be the only scrap of entertainment we've had this season.

[Chris Jameson]

Above all though, I will sit and laugh at their failure.

I really don't get this, state we're in I'd say we're in no position to mock anybody. I don't get the obsession with Newcastle.

It's just mirroring back their sudden dislike of us I think?

Don't think they give a stuff about Villa, the Newcastle supporters I know were a bit taken aback at the celebrations when we sent them down but that's about it. I just don't think we're in a position to mock anybody.

Have you not seen or read anything in the media in the build up to our games against them since that day? 

The stuff in the tabloids? No. I'm only going by the many Newcastle supporters I know, none of which are the carTOON characters that hang about outside St James waiting for any passing camera crews or tabloid journos.

[Chris Jameson]

Newcastle's hatred of us is real

It isn't, they hate Sunderland.

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Newcastle's hatred of us is real

It isn't, they hate Sunderland.

Anybody who came out the away end at their place the past two seasons would be able to confirm that Newcastle hate us.

The last time we had home fans waiting outside trying to kick off was January 2011.

[Risso]

The two Geordie fans I know over here hate Villa with a vengeance. Obviously not in the same league as their distaste for the Mackems, but it's still there.

[Chris Jameson]

I just don't think mocking Newcastle this season is particularly clever as we are in a far bigger mess than they are. If they go down I can see Ashley giving whoever is the manager the money to get them back up, I can't see Lerner doing similar for Villa.

[Chris Jameson]

The two Geordie fans I know over here hate Villa with a vengeance. Obviously not in the same league as their distaste for the Mackems, but it's still there.

I can only assume the many Geordies I know are the very few who have no feelings whatsoever towards Villa, slightly baffled and miffed at the unpleasantness and mocking they were subjected to at Villa Park but save their hatred for Ashley and Sunderland.

[Jimbo]

Don't think of it as mocking Newcastle, think of it as deflecting their mockery of us, because they've been relishing our plight with gusto all season. They've been waiting to take the piss royally at the penultimate game at Villa Park, but the boot might be on both feet, so to speak. Surely anyone can see the schadenfreude in that?

[pauliewalnuts]

The banners are VP when they went down were funny.

We have to accept they didn't like it, and may well get the chance to rub it in when we play them.

If we're going to dish it out, we have to take it, too.

[Dave]

Don't think of it as mocking Newcastle, think of it as deflecting their mockery of us, because they've been relishing our plight with gusto all season. They've been waiting to take the piss royally at the penultimate game at Villa Park, but the boot might be on both feet, so to speak. Surely anyone can see the schadenfreude in that?

Not to mention the near £30m they spent in January to probably still go down.

[Jimbo]

The banners are VP when they went down were funny.

We have to accept they didn't like it, and may well get the chance to rub it in when we play them.

If we're going to dish it out, we have to take it, too.

Quite. Whoever sends us down will enjoy the occasion immensely, because from my experience Villa are not a popular club. I think a lot of other fans think we've stunk out the Premier League for too long, and for the most part prior to our putrefaction, we were a byword for nothingness. Just a bland club floating around with far too much arrogance than is justified. As somebody once put it: "A half-arsed club that used to be famous." I can understand all that.

But, it would be nice to have someone to laugh at this season. And all the better if it's Newcastle. It'll be like someone coming swinging at you in the street and then slipping over in a puddle.