Aston Villa vs Newcastle United pre match thread

[pablo_picasso]

I went on a few of their forums last night. Despite trying, i couldn’t find any humility nevermind a philosophical discussion on the nature of luck. Virtually every post I read about the match on Saturday, was ‘we’re shit’, ‘we’ve had a good run but only played shit’, ‘they are going to batter us’, they f***ing hate us’…..it goes on and on, endless noise and a complete lack of any awareness.

I hope even more than before that we get an Emery tactical masterclass, luck and all.

H&V really is  a heady place in comparison.

It makes me laugh when I look on other teams forums before we meet and they always cite someone being a bit of a div on Villa Talk as what we are all like.

There is one place called "The Mag" where they do that. They selectively pick the most extreme & try to show balance by picking one or two that are realistic... Amusing.

They also decided to selectively pick the last 13 of our 17 games under Emery to try to make the claim that we are nothing but "big stack bullies" because our form is better than theirs since Emery arrived. Which those 13 games would suggest. Ignoring the previous 4 would completely blow their silly little argument out of the water though, which is why they chose to ignore them.

From what I have read of that place, they are still really bitter about those bedsheets, lol...   

[Rory]

I went on a few of their forums last night. Despite trying, i couldn’t find any humility nevermind a philosophical discussion on the nature of luck. Virtually every post I read about the match on Saturday, was ‘we’re shit’, ‘we’ve had a good run but only played shit’, ‘they are going to batter us’, they f***ing hate us’…..it goes on and on, endless noise and a complete lack of any awareness.

I hope even more than before that we get an Emery tactical masterclass, luck and all.

H&V really is  a heady place in comparison.

It makes me laugh when I look on other teams forums before we meet and they always cite someone being a bit of a div on Villa Talk as what we are all like.

There is one place called "The Mag" where they do that. They selectively pick the most extreme & try to show balance by picking one or two that are realistic... Amusing.

They also decided to selectively pick the last 13 of our 17 games under Emery to try to make the claim that we are nothing but "big stack bullies". Which those 13 games would suggest. Ignoring the previous 4 would completely blow their silly little argument out of the water though, which is why they chose to ignore them.

From what I have read of that place, they are still really bitter about those bedsheets, lol...   

Nice of them to mention our big stacks, though...

[dave.woodhall]

As I say twice a season, The Mag was perhaps the most up itself, aren't we wonderful fanzine of the lot. They went out of their way to take other supporters' quotes out of context.

[pablo_picasso]

As I say twice a season, The Mag was perhaps the most up itself, aren't we wonderful fanzine of the lot. They went out of their way to take other supporters' quotes out of context.

From my interactions with them, most of them are deluded imbeciles & cannot grasp the concept of a bit of banter when it is directed at them...

There are a few of them who comment that find the whole "manufactured rivalry" thing from bedsheet-gate, a bit of nonsense...

[mallo]

If we play it from the back they will pick us off - they overload the keeper and centre backs when the keeper tries to play it out, then it gets hoofed to midfield and their defence invariably win it. I'm sure Unai will have an answer though.

[Mister E]

Fuck my old boots, could somebody please start a punathon to stop the endless luck definitions?

You should be so lucky, lucky, lucky lucky.

Anyone read 'The Diceman'?

... it's all in the roll of the dice.

I read that book as a kid and absolutely loved it.
I sometimes think about re-reading it as I'd not be entirely sure how it'd stack up decades later.

Yeah, I read it in my teens and thought it was really good.
Go read it and review it, Paulie!

Andrew 'Diceman' Clay? Surely one of the greatest poets of the 20th century.

No.

The Dice Man is a 1971 novel by American novelist George Cockcroft, writing under the pen name, "Luke Rhinehart"

[Mister E]

If we play it from the back they will pick us off - they overload the keeper and centre backs when the keeper tries to play it out, then it gets hoofed to midfield and their defence invariably win it. I'm sure Unai will have an answer though.

You may be right, mallo, but if they overload the keeper and centre-backs, surely their capacity to win the ball from the long hoof would be somewhat diminished. Or am I missing something?

[Toronto Villa]

No ASM this weekend. Hamstring injury.

[DrGonzo]

Anything from this game please.  I will take a dull 0-0 right now.  I take it by ASM you don't mean my third favourite hip hop DJs?  I dpnt remember ever seeing them at the Villa.

[Toronto Villa]

Anything from this game please.  I will take a dull 0-0 right now.  I take it by ASM you don't mean my third favourite hip hop DJs?  I dpnt remember ever seeing them at the Villa.

Thankfully no. But no Allan Saint Maximin down the left helps. He's unpredictable but dangerous when on form.

[PeterWithesShin]

ASM was never making it back for this game, Almiron might make the bench although most likely only as a last ditch effort to grab a result if they are losing.

[wince]

In the words of iron maiden we make our own luck, we create our destiny. 2-2 is my prediction.

[The Edge]

As I say twice a season, The Mag was perhaps the most up itself, aren't we wonderful fanzine of the lot. They went out of their way to take other supporters' quotes out of context.

I thought I'd take a look for myself to see what all the fuss is about. A lot of them seem obsessed with the idea that we're obsessed with them. Some of them have even  taken up that hilarious Small Heath jibe of calling us the vile.I've never heard any villa fans mention them unless we are playing them. Lot's of them think THAT banner represents how all villa fans feel about them but the truth is it was a couple of lads who took the opportunity to have some "bants" at their expense and boy did it work. Good work whoever did it. It's a date that will go down in infamy.

[Pete3206]

They're still crying over a couple of banners from 09. It's not our fault they were shit and went down. Dismal bunch.

[purpletrousers]

Bit of traffic news for anybody who usually goes back on the southbound M6. It's shut from junction 4 to 3 southbound all weekend, so if that's how you usually get home you'll have to find another route.

I was starting to smile about you railing against the definitions by randomly sharing traffic news, a la nice weather today innit. Then I realised this is real info. And it affects me. What bad luck.

You're gonna have the Geordies coming down the M42 as well so better diverting south past Cov

I'm not very good on following routes, I usually just follow Google maps.
So I'm to off motorway a bit to get home to Luton? Presuming I manage to get there. I may need to self a joint selfie Drummond to prove I'm not up to no good (appropriate emoji selected)