Aston Villa vs Newcastle United Post Match Scorchio!

[kipeye]

Single club city so bound to have numbers.

Newcastle has lower population than Stockport.

That’s bollocks.

Actually you are right by about 10,000. It has changed in the last decade or so. I remember giving a talk in Newcastle about the smaller town of Stockport when the leader of Newcastle council came up to me a told me actually Stockport was larger. This was in the 90's. So, not quite bollocks but incorrect at the current date.

[kipeye]

Single club city so bound to have numbers.

Newcastle has lower population than Stockport.

That’s bollocks.

Stockport is a conurbation within Greater Manchester.
So it’s population is irrelevant in this context.

Don't tell that to Stopfordians...

[pauliewalnuts]

Newcastle's catchment area is geographically large, but very lowly populated.  Their attendances have for years been excellent.

[Charlie8182]

Even the attitude of the disallowed goal from the players and fans, we all seemed to take it on the chin and scored again anyway in about 3 minutes.  When we normally have a goal chalked off from VAR there's usually overbearing disappointment and anger but this time it was 'oh well, lets just score again'.

[Monty]

Yeah their status as a big club is almost entirely based on way overperforming what their attendances should be. A quite staggering percentage of the area shows up - if we did the same we'd have something like 150k in the building!

[Nev]

Even the attitude of the disallowed goal from the players and fans, we all seemed to take it on the chin and scored again anyway in about 3 minutes.  When we normally have a goal chalked off from VAR there's usually overbearing disappointment and anger but this time it was 'oh well, lets just score again'.

Watching on MOTD, Ollie's face when the goal was chalked off didn't change, he shrugged it off and got back into position.

[danno]

Yeah their status as a big club is almost entirely based on way overperforming what their attendances should be. A quite staggering percentage of the area shows up - if we did the same we'd have something like 150k in the building!

Yeah but what else is there to do in Newcastle?   
Five attractions and one of them is St James park!  Lol.

https://www.visitnortheastengland.com/places/newcastle/newcastle-landmarks-and-attractions/

[Nev]

Newcastle's catchment area is geographically large, but very lowly populated.  Their attendances have for years been excellent.

The one club thing and their location can't be underestimated. How many people in our area travel up to Newton Heath or Liverpool every week? I bet there are very few glory hunters from Newcastle heading to the NW on a regular basis. There are Cockney Reds, Brummie Reds, Bristol, Cardiff, you name it.

[Monty]

Suppose they could go and watch Hibs?

[VILLA MOLE]

Even the attitude of the disallowed goal from the players and fans, we all seemed to take it on the chin and scored again anyway in about 3 minutes.  When we normally have a goal chalked off from VAR there's usually overbearing disappointment and anger but this time it was 'oh well, lets just score again'.

Watching on MOTD, Ollie's face when the goal was chalked off didn't change, he shrugged it off and got back into position.

Yes i noticed that ,  real Focus

[Smithy]

Even the attitude of the disallowed goal from the players and fans, we all seemed to take it on the chin and scored again anyway in about 3 minutes.  When we normally have a goal chalked off from VAR there's usually overbearing disappointment and anger but this time it was 'oh well, lets just score again'.

Watching on MOTD, Ollie's face when the goal was chalked off didn't change, he shrugged it off and got back into position.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one to notice that. Proper elite mentality. There are times when having a moan at the ref might make a small difference (even if it's just having your opposition to a decision noted), but VAR overturning a goal isn't one of them. There is absolutely zero value in sulking about it.

Treating like a missed chance and moving on immediately like that was brilliant.

[Paul.S]

Yeah their status as a big club is almost entirely based on way overperforming what their attendances should be. A quite staggering percentage of the area shows up - if we did the same we'd have something like 150k in the building!

I think we’ve got to take into account we are based centrally. Not only are there many clubs within the West Midlands but many people live here from other parts of the UK. We are within an hour or so from most of the major cities in England. Not that I’m disagreeing with your post but just putting something out there to think about.

[Risso]

Until Emery, Watkins would gone into his shell totally after that goal was ruled out. Now he just shrugs, resets, and gets on with it as if it didn't happen.

[Mister E]

And I loved how we left 2 out when defending their first corner ... we should do that more.

On reflection, it was amusing to see MacPhee doing his nut to get Ramsey and Buendia out of our area and up the field before the corner!

I also noticed how MacPhee 'manmarked' the odious Tindall when the latter was trying to get into the 4th official's ear. It occurred to me that perhaps he has been designated as the on-the-bench shithouser on behalf of Villa's coaching team ...

[RamboandBruno]

And I loved how we left 2 out when defending their first corner ... we should do that more.

On reflection, it was amusing to see MacPhee doing his nut to get Ramsey and Buendia out of our area and up the field before the corner!

I also noticed how MacPhee 'manmarked' the odious Tindall when the latter was trying to get into the 4th official's ear. It occurred to me that perhaps he has been designated as the on-the-bench shithouser on behalf of Villa's coaching team ...

Brilliant i didn’t notice this! The great survivor, you wouldn’t mess with him!