Newcastle United vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[VillaTim]

startled deer in the headlights . Totally embarrassing and unacceptable. Feel sorry for the fans who paid and spent all day going to that shite

Football fans buy tickets knowing full well we will either have a great day, a shit day or a pretty  average day… and if we have a great day we mock those who’ve had a shit day. So no-one should ever feel sorry for us, least of all ourselves. Just be happy at being born a Villa fan, how lucky is that.

i get that , i go to a fair few aways myself. But that was unacceptable. Players giving up etc. I'd be furious if i went .

[pauliewalnuts]

Cash is the absolute dictionary definition of average, at best. He spent plenty of time with 120 year old Ashley Young in his place last season.

[PaulWinch again]

Watkins did ok today, that chance apart. His problem was the midfield were just off it and not providing enough support.

[Sexual Ealing]

Watkins did ok today, that chance apart. His problem was the midfield were just off it and not providing enough support.

"That chance apart" is what he gets paid for.

[VillaTim]

Cash is the absolute dictionary definition of average, at best. He spent plenty of time with 120 year old Ashley Young in his place last season.

Cash had a ridiculously bad game, made Gordon look like Ronaldo and then Barnes look like Messi .

[Clampy]

It’s one game. An absolutely shit game and utterly shit 3 days. But it’s one game. And we will be better. Much better. Newcastle is arguably the hardest place to go and we were completely trounced. So sugar coating it. But it’s one game. Let’s keep perspective.

This. It was shit, but this.

[pauliewalnuts]

Watkins did ok today, that chance apart. His problem was the midfield were just off it and not providing enough support.

"That chance apart" is what he gets paid for.

That's the problem with Watkins in a nutshell.

[VillaTim]

Watkins did ok today, that chance apart. His problem was the midfield were just off it and not providing enough support.

"That chance apart" is what he gets paid for.

That's the problem with Watkins in a nutshell.

would you cash in now ?

[pauliewalnuts]

I bet we absolutely funeral Everton next week, mind.

Funeral them, then bring them back to life, then funeral them again all over.

[Bad English]

We won’t be any worse than that all season again.

Why am I not convinced?

[pauliewalnuts]

Watkins did ok today, that chance apart. His problem was the midfield were just off it and not providing enough support.

"That chance apart" is what he gets paid for.

That's the problem with Watkins in a nutshell.

would you cash in now ?

No, because then we'd have no strikers other than 12 year old Jhon Duran and a totally unproven Sir Cameron Archer.

[Sexual Ealing]

Watkins did ok today, that chance apart. His problem was the midfield were just off it and not providing enough support.

"That chance apart" is what he gets paid for.

That's the problem with Watkins in a nutshell.

would you cash in now ?

I would. And it's not just a reaction to today.

[Lastfootstamper]

Watkins had a higher shot accuracy percentage last season than Kane, Haaland, Salah, Toney, Wilson.

Although on the flip side, he had one of the lowest coversion rates of the top scorers last season.

I've a theory to explain those stats, based on nothing more than my own musings. The other 5 tend not to aim at the middle of the goal, which gives them simultaneously higher chances of both scoring and missing.

[Risso]

I would. And it's not just a reaction to today.

I honestly don't think we can. In Carlos and Torres we've got a central defensive partnership with just over three Premier League games between them, combined. Unless we bring in some unexpectedly good, experienced Premier League strikers, the spine of our team would be way too inexpereinced if we sold Watkins. Much as he blows hot and cold, we need to be at least keeping him around, not replacing him. And I do mostly agree with your opinion on him.

[pauliewalnuts]

Yes, I agree, with Watkins in that hypothetical situation, it's hard to see how, even if you could make an argument based on his ability or not, anyone could mount a convincing case to sell him 2 weeks before the end of the window, with no other feasible strikers in the squad.