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Offline BC Villain

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Re: Aston Villa v Newcastle United Pre Match Thread
« Reply #15 on: January 21, 2021, 01:55:40 PM »
I think it may be tougher than some people think. Bruce will set them up to keep it tight so we may have to be patient. That said, I've not seen Newcastle play recently so I don't know how bad they've been.

Losing to Sheffield United (even with 10 men) without having a serious shot for over an hour is all you need to know.

You wouldn't put it past Bruce to shithouse a result and for all his media mates to argue it serves us right for getting rid of him

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Re: Aston Villa v Newcastle United Pre Match Thread
« Reply #16 on: January 21, 2021, 01:58:49 PM »
We've got to batter these, absolutely no excuses whatsoever. They are dreadful, we are good, but if we don't start winning some of our games in hand, we're going to end up in a disappointing lower mid table position.

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Re: Aston Villa v Newcastle United Pre Match Thread
« Reply #17 on: January 21, 2021, 02:07:44 PM »
I think it may be tougher than some people think. Bruce will set them up to keep it tight so we may have to be patient. That said, I've not seen Newcastle play recently so I don't know how bad they've been.

Losing to Sheffield United (even with 10 men) without having a serious shot for over an hour is all you need to know.

You wouldn't put it past Bruce to shithouse a result and for all his media mates to argue it serves us right for getting rid of him

Maybe he can but they'll still be fighting relegation into the final weeks given how bad they've been in last 6 weeks while we will hopefully be comfortable top half. Burnley-Fulham is a postponed game so the winner of that would close things on Newcastle.

Early goal is key otherwise we risk it being another Burnley type one.

Fancy Ollie to end his goal drought as think he'll get some Liverpool one v ones with their backline compared to all the scrambled crosses he seems to get.

What I do expect from SB is endless talk of us spending 200m since he left while he had to make do with his "waif and strays" of Snodgrass, John Terry, Jack, McGinn, Tammy Abraham and Kodjia while he managed us.

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Re: Aston Villa v Newcastle United Pre Match Thread
« Reply #18 on: January 21, 2021, 02:09:16 PM »
Pity we don't have Conor for the set-pieces. I fear a really frustrating draw.

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Re: Aston Villa v Newcastle United Pre Match Thread
« Reply #19 on: January 21, 2021, 02:21:12 PM »
Anything other than a win will make it our worst result of the season

anything from 2 to 5 nil for me

Offline Gerrin

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Re: Aston Villa v Newcastle United Pre Match Thread
« Reply #20 on: January 21, 2021, 02:26:32 PM »
I think it may be tougher than some people think. Bruce will set them up to keep it tight so we may have to be patient. That said, I've not seen Newcastle play recently so I don't know how bad they've been.

We will definitely need to be patient, it will be a case of figuring out a way of breaking them down. Wilson is a threat, but they rarely attempt to get out of their own half. Certainly won't be end to end stuff like last night.

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Re: Aston Villa v Newcastle United Pre Match Thread
« Reply #21 on: January 21, 2021, 02:28:24 PM »
Every time we seem to be playing well along comes a team and the match thread talk about 3-0 5-0 etc

And the inevitable happens.

keep our focus and we are good enough.

I think if we win and win comfortably then that could be the end for Potato head - would make it doubly enjoyable if so

Offline mr underhill

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Re: Aston Villa v Newcastle United Pre Match Thread
« Reply #22 on: January 21, 2021, 02:33:19 PM »
that's too harsh, he did a reasonable job with us and got us within a whisker of the PL. We need a win though to consolidate top half and then hopefully capitalize on our other games in hand.

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Re: Aston Villa v Newcastle United Pre Match Thread
« Reply #23 on: January 21, 2021, 02:35:59 PM »
Let's take that rage energy from last night and absolutely funeral these.

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Re: Aston Villa v Newcastle United Pre Match Thread
« Reply #24 on: January 21, 2021, 02:41:09 PM »
He should have left after the play off final, and then I think he'd be remembered a bit more fondly than he is. That defence or to be more precise, lack of one, he left us with was a disgrace, and was so bad it almost looked like sabotage.

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Re: Aston Villa v Newcastle United Pre Match Thread
« Reply #25 on: January 21, 2021, 02:53:43 PM »
We need to start this game on the front foot, take the game to them and pin them back.  Hopefully then to score and make them come out of their shell.  If we do our usual, start knocking it around between the back four and the midfield, taking 5 passes when 1 would do, we will find the game gradually drifting away from us and being unable to rouse ourselves from our slumber to impose ourselves on the game.  This particularly applies to Mings who has a habit of falling into the "that's a nice 15 yard square/backward pass I have just played, I will do it again next time I get the ball" mode instead of feeding it forwards to the midfield.

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Re: Aston Villa v Newcastle United Pre Match Thread
« Reply #26 on: January 21, 2021, 03:07:35 PM »
As happened with us a Bruce team can pull a performance out of the bag occaisionally so I would not write them off or be over confident. That is before taking into account the treatment we are likely to get from the referees club.
We need to get back to winning again, it feels like such a long time.

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Re: Aston Villa v Newcastle United Pre Match Thread
« Reply #27 on: January 21, 2021, 03:10:58 PM »
Newcastle nil please Villa...

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Offline Allan C

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Re: Aston Villa v Newcastle United Pre Match Thread
« Reply #28 on: January 21, 2021, 03:34:52 PM »
I was never a Bruce fan, knew exactly what we would get when he was manager and I don’t buy all the “steadying the ship” stuff. I’m going for 3-0 but hope for more. Ollie to score 2 don’t care who scores the subsequent goals

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Re: Aston Villa v Newcastle United Pre Match Thread
« Reply #29 on: January 21, 2021, 03:37:19 PM »
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