Newcastle v Aston Villa Post Match Thread

[The Edge]

Oh and a shout out for Conor Hourihane. With 94min & 30 seconds on the clock we get a free kick in a perfect position to hang one up to the far post where all our big guns had gathered. He hits a fekkin bobbler straight to a Newcastle player. With all the doors and windows open I let off a volley of swear words which I'm sure my neighbour's really appreciated. Thanks Conor.

[Sexual Ealing]

Oh and a shout out for Conor Hourihane. With 94min & 30 seconds on the clock we get a free kick in a perfect position to hang one up to the far post where all our big guns had gathered. He hits a fekkin bobbler straight to a Newcastle player. With all the doors and windows open I let off a volley of swear words which I'm sure my neighbour's really appreciated. Thanks Conor.

Also thanks for the assist for our equaliser.

[ChicagoLion]

Oh and a shout out for Conor Hourihane. With 94min & 30 seconds on the clock we get a free kick in a perfect position to hang one up to the far post where all our big guns had gathered. He hits a fekkin bobbler straight to a Newcastle player. With all the doors and windows open I let off a volley of swear words which I'm sure my neighbour's really appreciated. Thanks Conor.

It’s not like he has any time or opportunity to practice.

[olaftab]

We’ve taken 2 points from the last 21. Why are we suddenly going to get 7 out of the next 21?

Aha but we have taken 1 out of the last 3. You do the math...or is it maths?

[The Edge]

Oh and a shout out for Conor Hourihane. With 94min & 30 seconds on the clock we get a free kick in a perfect position to hang one up to the far post where all our big guns had gathered. He hits a fekkin bobbler straight to a Newcastle player. With all the doors and windows open I let off a volley of swear words which I'm sure my neighbour's really appreciated. Thanks Conor.

Also thanks for the assist for our equaliser.

Yeah that was an amazing corner. Cheers Conor

[tomd2103]

Really can’t see where the goals are going to come from to keep us up, even the equaliser from a corner, we had no one attacking the second ball in the 6 yard box.

Resigned to it.

Really think we are now reliant on Bournemouth and West Ham pretty much losing every game from here on in and is just pulling off a couple of wins from somewhere (has looked unlikely since the season resumed to be honest).

[PeterWithe]

It was a bit of a pisser, a bloke who’s only real talent suited to the PL is the dead ball on the edge of their box with glory abound. I really fancied us to score.

It’s the hope that kills you.

[olaftab]

I agree that today was a missed opportunity, but if we actually won all the "must win" games identified on here we'd end up in Europe.

How many times do I have to TELL YOU we are OUT of Europe

[Sexual Ealing]

I agree that today was a missed opportunity, but if we actually won all the "must win" games identified on here we'd end up in Europe.

How many times do I have to TELL YOU we are OUT of Europe

I'm crying salt tears at the status of this once-great club.

[Rory]

I agree that today was a missed opportunity, but if we actually won all the "must win" games identified on here we'd end up in Europe.

How many times do I have to TELL YOU we are OUT of Europe

Maybe we could come to a compromise? So we can enter, and win, but we choose our own draw, all of our games are at home, we keep all the matchday revenue and TV money, but in exchange, the opposition can have a discount fishing trip in Skegness once a year. Deal?

[Footy-Vill]

Douglas comes out with some credit .
Though second half apart from last 10 were 2nd best and woeful.
Of course spurned chances first half and Trez and Samatta for sure should be hitting target.

Well done Elmo and just so frustrating to see another goal coming from the left side of our pitch.

Could have done with 3pts but have to do things the hard way.

Only good thing is we play before West Ham and Bournemouth matches .
Need Chelsea and Newacstle favours.

Already panicked about Traore and Doherty taking liberties on the left side.
How we'll stop them is anyone's guess.

A fighting chance
Lost and I may have resigned myself.
We go on

Up the villa

[Brazilian Villain]

It was a bit of a pisser, a bloke who’s only real talent suited to the PL is the dead ball on the edge of their box with glory abound. I really fancied us to score.

It’s the hope that kills you.

Free kicks are funny things as we tend to selectively remember the successful ones.

There was a similar stat about Ronaldo's free kicks a few years ago when he was at his peak but here's last season's.
https://www.sportbible.com/football/news-stats-ronaldo-is-statistically-the-second-worst-free-kick-taker-in-serie-a-20190925

[brontebilly]

Mings terrifies me. It's not the fact he's got a rick in him 3-4 times a game (I love the guy, but if he's England quality, then the national side will be miles off competing) but it's how he has to do everything so fucking awkwardly. A player comes past and he opts to dive in. The comfortable way and most logical would be to use your right foot. He stretches out his left. In the first half he managed to get the ball away, in the second half he got done and we thankfully didn't get punished. My worry is that he'll do himself a mischief and be out for months. He's so ungainly and so inefficient in how he uses his body. Can we not get the lummox a ballet teacher or something? Or train him in body positioning? Maybe some Yoga? He's gonna tear his own leg out the fucking socket or obliterate his Achilles or something.

Well he used his left to good effect to make a super block from Joelington in first half, likely saved a goal. Tried same in second half and Saint-Maxime destroyed him, easier to make a tackle with right but Mings is horribly one sided in everything he does. Hourihane has the exact same deficiency. Its like if they have to turn onto their right side they could fall over.

Mings is the type of defender beloved by the British media for all the last ditch stuff. Top defenders, McGrath, Ferdinand etc read dangerous situations so they didnt need to be diving in all over the place. Look at how poor he read the situation for our goal, one of maybe three or four at fault, mind.

[ktvillan]

Some classic Villa moments.  Dominate early exchanges and fail to take advantage, defence leaves a gap big enough to drive a bendy bus sideways through and practically sends a written invitation to score, Smith brings on subs on 70 minutes just as it's too late,  two wide front players contribute the cubed root of bugger all, Conor chooses the last kick of the game to take the worst free kick of his career, completely wasting the last chance to nick a win.  Brainless all round. 

It;s a race to the bottom between us West Ham and Bournemouth and we all seem to be competing to see who can be the most shite.  Which means we may even draw our way out of it, but I doubt it.

[TonyD]

Claret benny hats with squad numbers