Newcastle United vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[oldhill_avfc]

Didn’t think we were that bad for 70mins.

3 at the back didn’t work.

Did Carlos have a kick?  Losing Mings and him being being one of the options to replace him is a major worry.

[manic-road]

Out fought and outplayed for the majority of the game, I know losing Tyrone is a huge loss but we fell apart in the second half.

Newcastle deserved the three points and the way they doubled up on our players out wide with the ball meant we couldn't feed Watkins as much as I wished.

[Rigadon]

Out fought and outplayed for the majority of the game, I know losing Tyrone is a huge loss but we fell apart in the second half.

Newcastle deserved the three points and the way they doubled up on our players out wide with the ball meant we couldn't feed Watkins as much as I wished.

No, we weren't outplayed.  We were out fought, which is standard playing these cloggers. They are the modern day Moyes's Everton.  They took their chances and we didn't, and 5-1 flattered them massively.

[VillaTim]

Dreadful result and performance (some of them actually stopped running !! - Kamara !!), but even worse is the loss of Mings . The defence is in tatters without him.

[john e]

We didn’t lose we got battered it was shocking really if it happened to some other team we would all on here ripping the piss it was that bad

Premier league is different gravy and Pau Torres knows all about it now, I can guarantee he sat in the changing room after the game and thought bloody hell now I know what they are  talking about, he will never have played in anything quite like that,
He is a good player, and I believe he will learn and adapt in time

The amount of times Newcastle got through the back line was unbelievable 5 goals flattered us, it’s the biggest problem we have at the moment with Mings being out as well

Has all the hallmarks of last season’s first game with the level of disappointment, punctured  balloon it was more like the Hindenburg going down
But we are in a better place and in better hands

Today is a bitter blow and I’m not pretending otherwise or making excuses
I think Uni I looked shellshocked at the end as well

[Rigadon]

Dreadful result and performance (some of them actually stopped running !! - Kamara !!), but even worse is the loss of Mings . The defence is in tatters without him.

Edit!  Quote fail.

[coreyfeldman]

Let's chill out, we got done today but first game integrating new players and we lost our leader. I'm sure toon were fuming when we battered them last season.

I'm sure we'll respond to this well

[john2710]

At half time, I thought we were the better team, had created the better chances & played the better football. Newcastle had done very little to warrant being ahead.

But the 3rd goal was the killer & some seemed to stop playing. Quite why we kept trying to play a high line when 4-1 down was beyond ridiculous. At that point we should look at damage limitation.

But Ming's is a huge loss, from a leadership, strength & organisational point of view. That will have a huge impact going forward.

[VillaTim]

But Ming's is a huge loss, from a leadership, strength & organisational point of view. That will have a huge impact going forward.

yep huge blow

[john e]

Let's chill out, we got done today but first game integrating new players and we lost our leader. I'm sure toon were fuming when we battered them last season.

I'm sure we'll respond to this well

No I’m not chilling out
I’m gona moan like mad and be depressed for a bit

[jimmygreen]

Pfhhh. Load of old waz. Put it away and start again.

[Risso]

Let's chill out, we got done today but first game integrating new players and we lost our leader. I'm sure toon were fuming when we battered them last season.

I'm sure we'll respond to this well

We started the game with one new player!

[pauliewalnuts]

Let's chill out, we got done today but first game integrating new players and we lost our leader. I'm sure toon were fuming when we battered them last season.

I'm sure we'll respond to this well

I agree with the sentiment, it’s just one game, but we were only integrating one new player from the start, and he scored.

We looked like an absolute clusterfuck out there.

I am sure we will sort it out, and we now have more transfer work to do, but there’s no escaping the fact that was utterly terrible.

We absolutely went to pieces, shat the bed.

[Jon Crofts]

Well that was fucking dreadful.

[RichardBatchelor]

For what’s it’s worth:

Martinez 9 - thought he was outstanding, the silly foul apart. Had Olsen played that game we could have been talking about double figures.
Cash 2 - really dreadful today
Digne 5
Mings 10 - his absence was poignant
Konsa 3 - a nightmare performance
McGinn 3 - strange off day
Kamara 5.5 - weird performance, thought he was rubbish in the first half, but the only decent player for 30 minutes in the second half, some good surging runs l.l then gave up.
Bailey 3 - ineffectual, but underrate Burn atyour own peril. He’s an excellent player
Diaby 6 - magnificent in patches first half - faded in the second, but we should be excited by him.
Watkins 3 - largely hopeless
Doug 4 - he’s had better days

Torres 3.5 A majestic first touch, after that, a defensive nightmare. He’ll come good.
Tielemans 2 - dreadful. Not convinced it was ever a good signing, was awful last season.
Philogene 6
Carlos 4 - got ripped apart.
Coutinho 7 - get him in!