Aston Villa vs Newcastle Post-Match Thread

[Malandro]

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,

Amavi was head and shoulders the worst. He'll get up to speed.

[Nev]

Astonished at how bad the first was, I couldn't watch anymore and drove home from work where we have Sky. After that the result feels almost like a win. We must settle on a side and stop fucking about. No 3 at the back and utilise what forward strength we have.

We're still in touch, but only just.

[Malandro]

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,

Amavi was head and shoulders the worst. He'll get up to speed.

Amavi, I mean. Westwood is white.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Not happy with a point sure would be nice to win some of these games for a change BUT I have a hard time being down on RDM or the players for the rally. Honestly I couldnt fault that.

[VinnieChase84]

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.

Simple
             Kodjia
Ayew.     Ross.    Adomah

[Risso]

Tshibola looks a good buy but in Elphick, Chester and Jedinak we have massively overpaid for has beens. Jedinak and Elphick especially were shocking.

[PaulWinch again]

Tshibola looks a good buy but in Elphick, Chester and Jedinak we have massively overpaid for has beens. Jedinak and Elphick especially were shocking.

I think Chester has been good on the whole.

[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.

Westwood was far from being the worst Villa player today,

Amavi was head and shoulders the worst. He'll get up to speed.

Westwood wasn't the worst, but he is consistently ineffective, as much use as a vapour in midfield.

[PaulWinch again]

One positive from the past couple of weeks is we seem to be developing some resilience. When things go against us we're not just wilting we're trying to fight.

[VinnieChase84]

Tshibola looks a good buy but in Elphick, Chester and Jedinak we have massively overpaid for has beens. Jedinak and Elphick especially were shocking.

I think Chester has been good on the whole.

Agree - Jedinak needs two alongside him and he's good. As a two we get caught out too much

[villadelph]

Are we still in 19th?

[The Man With A Stick]

We had them on the rack there at the end, so-called best team in the league.  Yes, we were shite for an hour but a year ago we'd have collapsed under the same pressure.

Onion Head needs to sort out his formation sharpish, otherwise the players aren't going to have a clue.  I hate the whole "sack da manija" culture of modern football but he's beginning to get on my wick slightly.

[VinnieChase84]

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,

Amavi was head and shoulders the worst. He'll get up to speed.

Westwood wasn't the worst, but he is consistently ineffective, as much use as a vapour in midfield.

Thought Amavi was better when at LB than LWB.  Westwood was awful, again. We really needed another central midfielder in the summer.

[brontebilly]

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.

Ah here, they played us off the park for most of it. By the time we got going they should have been out of sight, Diame missed a real sitter.

Ayew got us back into the game single handedly but we were dreadful before then. Tactically RDM hasn't a clue unfortunately and that is our biggest problem.

Gollini was sharp and made a great save. Tshibola's took a while to get into the game but his athleticism stood out. Not sure what other positives we can take from it bar the late siege and goal. We look miles off challenging for promotion which is unacceptable.

[kippaxvilla2]

Three wins in 46 games.