Aston Villa vs Newcastle Post-Match Thread

[KevinGage]

I turned it off just after the Jedinak disallowed goal.

It sounds like I've inadvertently caused a bucking up of ideas.

Rather than killing us, that lifted us for a change.

[Jimbo]

Westwood off and we are better

I noticed that. Tshibola showed him up good and proper.

Westwood went off with 10 mins to go including added time, we were on top the last 30 mins.

I'll bet he was glad to go off once a proper midfielder materialised alongside him. He's a passenger, and one who's vomited on the back seat as well.

[PaulWinch again]

I'm really hoping that last 30 minutes, by the sound of it, can be the turning point for us.

[SoccerHQ]

Would've love us to win that at the end. I think we don't just need to win a game...but to win it in dramatic style like today would've been or indeed Forest.

That said we were lucky not to be 3 down so on balance you take the point.

Still so many round pegs in square holes, still a very poor position in the table.

Gestede is a conundrum to me....he comes on particularly at home and he turns the game in our favour...yet when he starts he's very very average. Still him and Kodjia should be a good combination.

[Nastylee]

All I'm going to say is:

1) Too negative a starting formation to play in this division. We are AVFC and shouldn't be playing defensive shite formations in this division.

2) Elphick looked fooking awful. Just kick the ball you twonk, you're not good enough to try and play. Apart from seeing him stand up in the first game with a bandage I cannot say I've been overly impressed.

[john e]

Feels like a win

[Dave]

Well, on that showing we're miles better than "run away with the title" Newcastle.

Even when we were rubbish in the first half, they weren't really any better.

Eh? They were by far the better team first half.

And were still pretty terrible.

[Deano's Mullet]

This is a resilient Aston Villa side - we're not winning games but we're not losing them either when last 3-4 years we would have lost that. Only one team was going to win that at the end though.  First half was terrible, last 30 mins of Villa pressure excellent. Kodjia extremely exciting and determined on the ball and once again we hit the frigging woodwork. I never expected us to go straight back up but I do think we're not far from gelling. And the other major plus point tonight - we didn't lose to The Loudmouth Geordies.

[john e]

Kodja and Ayew lots of promise and potential there

[aj2k77]

I'm not sure where this Adomah fellow is going to fit in. Kodj is the main man, McCormack offers great movement and link up between the midfield and attack, Ayew is the jack in the box who looks the most dangerous. Then we've got Grealish who has probably been our best midfielder/attacking midfielder. That's 4 players, not including Adomah. With the fact we can't get away with just 2 in the centre mid because we look so weak that leaves us with picking 3 from those 5. I can't for the life of me see where Adomah fits in apart from impact sub when needed along with Gestede.

[SoccerHQ]

Newcastle have already gone and won at Bristol and Derby, we haven't.

They could easily have been 3 up tonight.

I'd be amazed if we finish above them this season, we need to improve and quick.

[manic-road]

Westwood off and we are better

I noticed that. Tshibola showed him up good and proper.

Westwood went off with 10 mins to go including added time, we were on top the last 30 mins.

I'll bet he was glad to go off once a proper midfielder materialised alongside him. He's a passenger, and one who's vomited on the back seat as well.

Westwood was far from being the worst Villa player today,

[aj2k77]

Gestede is a conundrum to me....he comes on particularly at home and he turns the game in our favour...yet when he starts he's very very average. Still him and Kodjia should be a good combination.

I feel we can't fall in to the trap of picking Gestede, when he starts he looks poor and affects the whole way we play. When he comes on, he helps cause mayhem, he can do a job as impact sub for me but very rarely a starter.

[Dave]

Newcastle have already gone and won at Bristol and Derby, we haven't.

They could easily have been 3 up tonight.

Or they could have lost 3-1 based on the last half hour. In the end, both teams got the point that either, or neither deserved.

[Risso]

Shocking line up to start with from RDM, he really has gone to the Sherwood School of Football Tactics.