Newcastle Utd vs Aston Villa pre-match thread

[Dave]

Friday March 12th, 8pm

Should really be winning this comfortably, with or without Jack.

[eamonn]

Last chance for a result to give us momentum to finish in a European place as the hard games come most weeks for the rest of the season after this one.

[Nev]

Given the way this season has gone, any notion of this being straightforward is rather fanciful but we do need to make games such as this routine at some point.
They are poor enough for the presence of Jack not to be a factor as stated above and we have shown that we can play good attacking football without him in patches, maybe we need to colour that in.

2-4

[JuanMartinez]

1-3

Ollie, McGinn, Clark OG.

Ollie woodwork x 2

[Legion]

2-0.

[Dr Butler]

Newcastle Nil please Villa

0-2  McGinn and Watkins

UTV
The Doc

[ASHTONVILLA]

Think we are turning a corner and will win this even without Jack. 0-2 Watkins and McGinn.

[Allan C]

Villa win but we need to have maximum effort despite how poor they are. Given up predicting the score but at the moment 1-0 will do

[aj2k77]

No excuse for this, we have to five old Spud a good going over, they are shit.

[VinnieChase84]

Just win Villa, please

Team

          Martinez
Cash Konsa Mings Targett
              Luiz
      Sanson   Mcginn
Traore    Watkins    ElGhazi

[lovejoy]

We've got to be winning this surely.

[The Fish]

No Wilson, no ASM, no Almiron, and Bruce still in charge?

You'll not need a 'keeper on the pitch, let alone Grealish.

Honestly, we went to West Brom, who've the worst defence in the league, without a striker starting. We waited until deep into the second half before bringing on Gayle, then didn't play him as the striker, then gave Andy Carroll 180 seconds to magic something out his arse.

Bruce is without a doubt, the worst football manager I've seen at my club in over 30yrs watching them. Worse than Ardilles, Dalglish, Gullit, Souness, Roeder (RIP), Allardyce, Kinnear, Pardew, McClaren(FFS). He's maybe, MAYBE better than John Carver, but that's it.

We can't defend well, don't control the ball, and don't create chances as a team. We've relied on individuals way too much.

Of course, it's not Bruce's fault, what with self-inflicted injury crises, the press being negative by accurately reporting our malaise, the fans making St James' toxic by saying means things about him on twitter, the players fault for not being telepathic.

honestly, I've no idea what the profanity filter on here is like, but I swear I could break it.

[Martin Carruthers]

Always thought Dalglish was a decent manager. Probably based on the fact he always used to seem to be winning the league when I was a nipper!

[The Fish]

Always thought Dalglish was a decent manager. Probably based on the fact he always used to seem to be winning the league when I was a nipper!

Took a genuine title challenging side and turned them into immediate midtable plodders. Sold Beardsley, Clark, Ginola, Ferdinand etc, brought in ageing players like Ian Rush, John Barnes and stuart Pearce, oh and Jon-Dahl Tomasson.

I get that a new manager might want to stamp his personality on the team, but we just needed tweaks here and there, not an overhaul. The football was poor, on the whole, and it was no surprise he got the boot when he did.

Never really took to the club, nor us to him.

[LeeB]

No Wilson, no ASM, no Almiron, and Bruce still in charge?

You'll not need a 'keeper on the pitch, let alone Grealish.

Honestly, we went to West Brom, who've the worst defence in the league, without a striker starting. We waited until deep into the second half before bringing on Gayle, then didn't play him as the striker, then gave Andy Carroll 180 seconds to magic something out his arse.

Bruce is without a doubt, the worst football manager I've seen at my club in over 30yrs watching them. Worse than Ardilles, Dalglish, Gullit, Souness, Roeder (RIP), Allardyce, Kinnear, Pardew, McClaren(FFS). He's maybe, MAYBE better than John Carver, but that's it.

We can't defend well, don't control the ball, and don't create chances as a team. We've relied on individuals way too much.

Of course, it's not Bruce's fault, what with self-inflicted injury crises, the press being negative by accurately reporting our malaise, the fans making St James' toxic by saying means things about him on twitter, the players fault for not being telepathic.

honestly, I've no idea what the profanity filter on here is like, but I swear I could break it.

You're preaching to the converted here pal, we've seen it all with him too. I genuinely do feel for you, especially when some areswipe from a club that hasn't had to suffer him say "What do Newcastle fans expect?"