Aston Villa vs Newcastle United pre match thread

[tomd2103]

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

Deflecting blame from their local hero who took them down.  Nothing to do with the 37 games that came before.

They are the 'loyalest' football supporters the world has ever seen though.  According to themselves of course. 

[Drummond]

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)

I don't think anyone has ever used me to try and prove that. If anything it's the other way around.....

[OzVilla]

Is there are more easily rattled fanbase in the country than this lot?  There's a few contenders for sure but to be still upset about a bedsheet 14 years later takes some beating.

Anyway they've had a great season so fair play for that - an entertaining 2-2.

[N'ZMAV]

these Geordie morons have more self-importance than Sam Smith. Hope we beat them.

[TaxDodger]

My work's head office is in Newcastle and so I go there 4/5 times a year. Pretty much every Newcastle fan I've met in person seem to be perfectly rational human beings who hold Villa in similar regard to how most of us hold Newcastle, i.e. broad indifference. Every Newcastle fan on the internet however appears to be the complete opposite of this. Maybe I should just ignore the internet.

[PeterWithe]

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.

It was Leighton who used to post on here and VT wasn't it? He seemed a decent sort but I didnt think the banners were up to much. And we've had to live with the manufactured 'rivalry' ever since.

Does anyone give a shit about them?

[Risso]

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.

It was Leighton who used to post on here and VT wasn't it? He seemed a decent sort but I didnt think the banners were up to much. And we've had to live with the manufactured 'rivalry' ever since.

Does anyone give a shit about them?

I know he did the David O'Leary "We're not fickle" one, not sure about any others.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

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.

It was Leighton who used to post on here and VT wasn't it? He seemed a decent sort but I didnt think the banners were up to much. And we've had to live with the manufactured 'rivalry' ever since.

Does anyone give a shit about them?

It was him, yes. I find him a bit of an embarrassment on Twitter to be honest. Maybe the Geordies who think Villa fans are Tories have been listening to him banging on. (Although I think Farage, Fox and co are more his thing).

[Dave P]

It was him and he is awful on Twitter.

[AV82EC]

I seem to recall blocking him on Twitter a while ago for some pretty obnoxious views on some culture war issue he was banging on about. Life’s too short to give these morons your time.

[eamonn]

My work's head office is in Newcastle and so I go there 4/5 times a year. Pretty much every Newcastle fan I've met in person seem to be perfectly rational human beings who hold Villa in similar regard to how most of us hold Newcastle, i.e. broad indifference. Every Newcastle fan on the internet however appears to be the complete opposite of this. Maybe I should just ignore the internet.

Why not? You're already a tax ignorer.

[PeterWithe]

It was indeed Leighton, he seemed to hint at it here https://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?topic=55945.msg3066538#msg3066538

Doesnt seem to have been around in many years.

[The Edge]

Back to the match tomorrow. I'm getting a strangely optimistic feeling the closer the game gets. There's a feeling in my water this morning that I'm taking as a sign. Let's go Villa.

[chrisw1]

The Tifo analysis is always really good and the second part of this video covers our tactics really well.

The first part explains my point regarding luck far better than I could - notwithstanding your strict definition.  I know people will say it's down to Emery's tactics and excellent play from Watkins and Martinez, and I get all that - and the video acknowledges it.  My overarching point really was that you need some fortune to over perform you stats by so much.

Whatever your view, it's a good watch and it's nice to see Villa getting some coverage.

[eamonn]

Ha, just posted that vid in the Europe thread as the discussion might get stopped here once the pre-match thread is moved.