Newcastle United vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[PaulWinch again]

I thought we might lose, it was always going to be very tough. I didn’t think we’d be a complete rabble. Masses of work to do.

At least Coutinho looked bright.

[curiousorange]

What kills me most about today is that Eddie Howe has clearly had it circled in red since we caned them last season, and we made it so fucking easy for them.

[SoccerHQ]

The usual first day apocalypse.

Think Mings injury rather than the end scoreline will impact more on us up to January.

We sign endless players and still the squad looks very light at the key parts now although potentially two ACLs in under a week is ridiculous luck and something you simply can't legislate for.

Emery is human and did get his team wrong today as it was an awful first 10 minutes and also a game where we needed to control the tempo and midfield area but we simply never got close bar looking o.k at 2-1 towards end of first half.

Disappointing but you can lose by four goals at Newcastle and finish 7th (or 6th as Brighton did) so a week too early for doom predictions.

[Axl Rose]

Wank

[rob_bridge]

Dreadful. We need a Right Back. We nee Moreno back.
We need to get the balance in midfield and we need to sell Bailey tonight.

[Monty]

3-1, because their second and third shouldn't have stood but KSS have clearly bought the league.

I mean really, yes it's a reality check, yes they were better, but I feel like I'm being fucking gaslit here. Is nobody going to talk about how that offside wasn't given? Really? He was a whole leg offside! But you don't give decisions against the Crown Prince and you certainly don't talk about that.

Honestly, I hate it. The rich psycopaths who run everything else have now come for your hobbies, your loves, the things that give you meaning. And they've devoured them and left not a crumb.

Football is over. Fuck it, fuck everything.

[Bobby Boy]

Worse than our worst nightmares. An absolutely shocker.

[maidstonevillain]

Firstly, I blame Toronto's thread title. Secondly, I believe (I'm starting to sound like Footy) if we hadn't started with Bailey, the whole game would have panned out differently.

[Richard E]

Wank

No, those are enjoyable. Or so I’m told.

[PaulWinch again]

The usual first day apocalypse.

Think Mings injury rather than the end scoreline will impact more on us up to January.

We sign endless players and still the squad looks very light at the key parts now although potentially two ACLs in under a week is ridiculous luck and something you simply can't legislate for.

Emery is human and did get his team wrong today as it was an awful first 10 minutes and also a game where we needed to control the tempo and midfield area but we simply never got close bar looking o.k at 2-1 towards end of first half.

Disappointing but you can lose by four goals at Newcastle and finish 7th (or 6th as Brighton did) so a week too early for doom predictions.

Yes there’s no need for utter doom stations. It’s a catastrophically bad display, with a dreadful injury on top of it, but it’s recoverable. But my god McGinn, Kamara, Digne, Pau, and Konsa in particular were utterly embarrassing. Massive kick up the arse needed.

[pauliewalnuts]

Cash and Bailey are two players we need to improve on significantly.

[Dazvillain]

Never seen Kamara play so many short forward passes, some stopped running .
Our defence was smashed apart , literally

[CT Villan]

Garbage the lot of them.

Kamara sunk to a new level of ineptitude, though Bailey, Digne and Konsa weren't far behind.

I most certainly got the answer to my question of how UE was going to defend the ball over the top (or in behind us) with our high line...he left us vulnerable

McGinn completely neutralized playing on the left. The players bear much of the responsibility for that performance but UE got the tactics completely wrong.

[Dogtanian]

I’m off out for a nice meal shortly, and it had better be the best Lasagne I’ve ever had now to make this trip worthwhile.

I think we look shaken from losing two of the team in short succession. The plan was out the window before we kicked a ball, and say what you like about the captaincy, but Mings is a real leader on the pitch and I think we really missed that too.

We knew going in that overly playing out from the back and playing a very high line were the key dangers against this Newcastle side, but we fell into it completely in a way we avoided at Villa Park.

It’s disappointing, but what Emery needs now is a few weeks to get things back together.

[Exeter 77]

Optimism evaporated. It's fairly obvious who organises our defence on the pitch.