Newcastle United v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[ChicagoLion]

Definitely ligaments for Hogan. He went right over on it. At least 3 months I would think so that would be it for this season.

Considering it was from our corner and he was clearly in distress, it really was appalling that no-one went to him. Just a group of players thrown together with no identity and no togetherness. We are in serious trouble.

It's a very interesting point about no one seeing if Hogan was okay until Hutton came over.  Gary Thompson was raging about it on the radio.  The team spirit appears non existent.

utterly depressing

Truly shocking. By far and away the worst part of the night for me.

Newcastle players called on the physio didn't they?

That's it. That's your team spirit right there. And f there's no team spirit its over.

I said exactly the same thing when watching it, I think Hutton only came over to get a drink.
Either they don't like Hogan or these guys just don't give a shit.

[Nunkin1965]

To a man, the players should be ashamed. Not just a fellow pro possibly seriously injured but one of their own team mates. Not one of them interested.

Thats Aston Villa 2017 right there.

[DeKuip]

To a man, the players should be ashamed. Not just a fellow pro possibly seriously injured but one of their own team mates. Not one of them interested.

Thats Aston Villa 2017 right there.

What you probably wouldn't have seen on tele was that even Steve Bruce didn't turn to the stretcher to acknowledge Hogan when was carried behind him down the tunnel either.
Hutton when to see how he was though and I think another Villa player did as well, but can't be sure. It was a long drive ago - and diverted - as is the norm for traveling back from night matches. A1 closed this time, hopefully they closed the A19 as well by the time the team coach left.

[Perthvillan]

Watching the first half it seemed like Newcastle like their crowd were a bit flat.
You could only really hear our 2000 singing for large parts of the half.
Newcastle weren't really up for it seemed. As the half was drawing to a close I thought one of two things might happen.
They would eventually wake up and put us under pressure or we would help them out by making a defensive error.
Sure enough, a couple of minutes before half time we gift them a goal and then you know how it will play out from there.
Most teams feeling the mood last night would probably think they had a chance to get at Newcastle but our lot were just going through the motions again giving them no problems and we ended up getting what we deserved. Nothing...again.
It's really hard to see how we will get the goals let alone the wins to stay up.
The Hogan thing just put the cherry on the s##t cake.
Not sure where we go from here.

[pbavfckuwait]

One goal and we collapse, no shape, no style, no tactical awareness, no team spirit, no substitutions,not looking fit, all those things mentioned are what you would call the basics of any team sport, never mind football, not having them only points at one person.

[mr underhill]

fully expecting Bruce to be gone within a week. disgraceful, unpardonable, unacceptable - all that's left to Villa fans is to re arrange negatives into slightly different sentences with the same meaning.Shite.

[villadelph]

fully expecting Bruce to be gone within a week. disgraceful, unpardonable, unacceptable - all that's left to Villa fans is to re arrange negatives into slightly different sentences with the same meaning.Shite.

..to be replaced by whom?

[mr underhill]

I don't have a fucking clue but do you really think that the worst record in the football league since the New Year is something to persevere with?

[Malandro]

fully expecting Bruce to be gone within a week. disgraceful, unpardonable, unacceptable - all that's left to Villa fans is to re arrange negatives into slightly different sentences with the same meaning.Shite.

..to be replaced by whom?

Prandelli

[villadelph]

fully expecting Bruce to be gone within a week. disgraceful, unpardonable, unacceptable - all that's left to Villa fans is to re arrange negatives into slightly different sentences with the same meaning.Shite.

..to be replaced by whom?

Prandelli

Would he come? Would de Boer, Mancini, Rodgers?

Probably not

[Malandro]

Prandelli is out of work, claims to support the club and would get a suit case full of money for his troubles. I think he'd do it.

We are stuck with Bruce.

[Ads]

Decent first half and the better side without creating too much. Typical that we were sloppy in defence at their first foray into our box. We should have cleared the corner, didn't and looked like we lack belief we could do anything about it.

Second half was poor all round. Another sloppy piece of defending and a soft goal conceded and that was it, they managed the game and we never looked like threatening, bar the once chance from Thor, which he should have buried.

Hourihane and Lansbury didn't get close to Hogan, who spent the game isolated and starved of service. Looked a nasty injury so I doubt we will see him again.

Confidence is rock bottom at present. 7 defeats in 8 league games is terrible form to say the least.

[ROBBO]

Felt sorry for Hogan it looked as if Villa players were bypassing him, Kodja may be our leading goal scorer but he continually slows our attacks up by trying to dribble around two or three players. As the losses climb I can imagine the dressing room atmosphere it would be as bad as it has been. I would love for Bruce turn it around and get us to safety so we can plan for next season but if we lose the next two surely he would have to go.

[luke95]

I love The Villa, always will.
But I really couldn't give a shit about any of the tossers in recent years who have played for us, managed us, or anybody else who has had any direct input into our sorrowful and pathetic demise.
They have successfully alienated me and I now get absolutely zero pleasure from following us.
But these chancers and greedy underperforming fuckers who have tried to destroy my spirit can never take away my memories of days gone by.

Same here.

& me.

[QuintonVilla]

Once we go 1-0 down in a game you know we've lost, which is shameful given how much money we've spent and the standard of opposition in this league. After they scored last night not one part of me thought we would get back into it and I'm sure most Villa fans thought the same.