Newcastle United vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[ROBBO]

Down to the coaching again, first half Young was all at sea but no structural change, Ings was missing all game and should have been replaced at the break but he stayed on the pitch all game, why? Buendia is too easily knocked off the ball, in fact all of our forwards were just not aggressive enough. When we went one down the game was over, but the way we just gave up says a lot about the players.

[steamer]

Agree with Robbo
Let the new games begin

[PeterWithesShin]

Ings staying on the whole game was bonkers. Defensively, 1 foul and 1 clearance. Offense, 0 shots, offside twice, fouled twice, tackled twice, 8 passes. In fairness, Watkins didn't do much better.

[Ian.]

It was tough for Danks. After last weeks game it would have been hard to drop anyone, but we probably should have tweaked it today and maybe not had Bailey, Buendia, Ings and Watkins all starting away from home against such an inform and physical side.

[Toronto Villa]

We have some underlying issues that need resolving. Some players are not good enough and others have lost confidence and belief. Still the new manager starts next week and it might get worse before better. But Emery has a superb reputation so I’m just looking long term now. Newcastle just last season were where are and look at them now. Players like Almiron who many laughed at are playing at a level nobody thought he was capable of. Who’d have swapped him for Buendia or Coutinho last season? It can be that quick with good coaching and belief. We’ve not had either for a while now.

[Drummond]

I've not seen it yet, I went to the Rugby League.

I feared it would happen, and of course, it did.

We've got a World Class coach starting in 3 days and in 12 months we'll look very, very different. Whether that's formation, style, or players (or all of the above), it will be different.

They appointed a decent coach who has given players belief anf improved them. We recruited an incompetent who's made us worse.

Onwards.

[RamboandBruno]

Im guilty of a bit of sentimentality with some if the players that got us up, kept us up and finished 11th a couple of years ago.
But although good coaching will improve a lot of these lads, some of them will need to be phased out and moved on by Emery over the next year or two. The best managers always know when to change players. McGinn, Mings, Konsa, Watkins, Ings are some of those. No team can have a really high turnover of lots of players in one go, so this is going to take time and two or three windows. In the meantime i really believe with his track record Emery can make us far more competitive and hopefully this can start next Sunday.

[adrenachrome]

The only positive in my view is that Emery will have seen a clear pattern from the last two games. Time and again we have seen a very good performance directly followed by an abject display.
This could be down to a whole range of issues, but I am fairly confident he will sort it out.

[PaulWinch again]

I wouldn’t read too much into Buendia’s display. He had a really ropey day, but generally he’s been really good and I wouldn’t be too worried about him.

[N'ZMAV]

it will be good to see how these players are with a decent coach - most of these lot we've got haven't had one since being at Villa

[Jon Crofts]

Thanks Christian Purslow, your sad vanity project has undoubtedly set the club back years.
8th highest paid squad in the league. Absolute wank.

[Goldenballs]

0 shots on target and 0 corners 😔

[Risso]

Thanks Christian Purslow, your sad vanity project has undoubtedly set the club back years.
8th highest paid squad in the league. Absolute wank.

I still think the money wasted when we sold Grealish is the biggest issue. Absolute criminal use of £100m.

[brontebilly]

Newcastle looked fitter and more aggressive than us.

Thought the same, eventually they just physically overpowered us and pretty much every one of our players raised the white flag.

Shocking performance, eerily reminscent of that game under Kevin McDonald. Reality check.

[PeterWithesShin]

It took Howe less than a year to turn Newcastle from bottom of the league to top 4 challengers.