Newcastle United vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[VillaTim]

Maguire I would take if it was still an option.

didn't he go west Ham ? sorry been busy few days

[pauliewalnuts]

Another thing I found myself thinking, Isak is a much, much better player than Watkins, technically miles better, different level.

Their second choice striker Wilson is also very decent, much better than our 'options' which are a couple of inexperienced kids.

I get the entire "yeah but who would we get if we wanted to improve on Watkins" idea, but Newcastle spent 65m on Isak. They're our peers, they are the people we need to be competing with, maybe we need to go out and be bold and do the same?

[Flamingo Lane]

He didn't do much after he came on, but did anyone notice that 'pass' by Tielemans, when he  basically just hammered the ball knee high at one of our players, possibly Watkins, possibly Diaby, who was no more than about 15 yards from him? Or was it something I imagined?

[PeterWithesShin]

After a quick scan, it may well be our heaviest ever opening day defeat. We conceded 5 at Bolton in 51/52, but we scored 2.

[AV84]

Maguire I would take if it was still an option.

didn't he go west Ham ? sorry been busy few days

ManU won't let it go through until they've decided on a replacement for him, apparently.

[Risso]

Another thing I found myself thinking, Isak is a much, much better player than Watkins, technically miles better, different level.

Their second choice striker Wilson is also very decent, much better than our 'options' which are a couple of inexperienced kids.

I get the entire "yeah but who would we get if we wanted to improve on Watkins" idea, but Newcastle spent 65m on Isak. They're our peers, they are the people we need to be competing with, maybe we need to go out and be bold and do the same?

This is our 5th year back, and in that time in terms of strikers we've bought Wesley, who got injured and who the jury was out on anyway, Samatta who was a crap emergency replacement, Ings, who was the wrong player at the wrong time and lasted just over a year, Watkins and a hugely expensive kid in Duran. For most of that time then we've relied on one striker, and had to hope that nothing bad happens to them. The one I don't get is Duran. Wouldn't we have been better putting that £18m to a more proven, expensive player?

[PeterWithe]

I thought we were second best from the start to the finish although the scoreless flattered them a tad.

They were simply more aggressive in pressing and winning the ball back, they simply did to us what did to them at VP,mand we had no answers, which is worrying

[kippaxvilla2]

Based on a hunch I think we would’ve signed Abraham.  But of course he did his ACL.

[Toronto Villa]

Maguire I would take if it was still an option.

I was about to say (re the other post) no worries, I gets you, but THEN THIS?

One bad defeat and usually regular, solid, rational thinkers lose their damn mind.

[danno]

Lightning slow Maguire and our high line?  Hmmm…

[BC Villain]

It’s our worst defeat in the first game of the season since football was reinvented in 1992. 

If this was under Gerrard as it was this time last year we would be crucifying him. 

We need to go and sign a central defensive leader on Monday.  What is Gary Cahill up to these days? 

Yeah but Gerrard had no credit in the bank. Emery has fucking tons of it. What nonsense.

Yes he has got credit in the bank.  Doesn't mean he gets a free pass when gets it wrong, and he fucked up that game today from start to finish.

[Astral Weeks]

Quote fail...

[Aldridge Villa]

Thought some of the pre match optimism on this site a little over the top. Our failure to make a telling tackle or get a foot in during the first 10 minutes reeked of complacency.

[Risso]

I woner what a player like Diaby is feeling tonight? "I turned down a million quid a week for this?!?!?!?!11111"

[Toronto Villa]

It’s our worst defeat in the first game of the season since football was reinvented in 1992. 

If this was under Gerrard as it was this time last year we would be crucifying him. 

We need to go and sign a central defensive leader on Monday.  What is Gary Cahill up to these days? 

Yeah but Gerrard had no credit in the bank. Emery has fucking tons of it. What nonsense.

Yes he has got credit in the bank.  Doesn't mean he gets a free pass when gets it wrong, and he fucked up that game today from start to finish.

Who’s giving him a free pass? But comparing this to anything that Lego headed con man did is ridiculous. He shouldn’t ever be used in the same library, let alone same book or same sentence.