Aston Villa vs Newcastle pre-match thread

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

8.15 kick off on a school night is very late, with extra time now it's probably not going to finish til at least 10.30, so a lot of people won't be getting home until after 11.30. Be closer to 1am for me.

Yep, three of the ST holders i know in our village, they’re all in the more mature category, and they’re all giving this game a miss.

[olaftab]

And they wonder why we “don’t sell out”. Almost like they want it to look like there’s no need for the capacity increase.

But we are sold out. ST resales, only put up after all tickets are gone, are just extra money for the club.

[eamonn]

Wait til we go all España on audiences' asses and kick off after the 9pm threshold (players swearing is then free to be picked up by the mics).

[RamboandBruno]

Martinez

Cash
Konsa
Lenglet
Moreno

McGinn
Luiz
Kamara
Bailey

Tielemans
Watkins

Almost certainly will be this. Unless Emery wants to try to play Diaby into form, in which he could be in in place of Tielemans, but I'd definitely choose this starting line up.

Tielemans looked rusty on Friday, so needs to play, so id go with this team as well. Seems sure to start Bailey with him only get three mins on Friday

[Olneythelonely]

And they wonder why we “don’t sell out”. Almost like they want it to look like there’s no need for the capacity increase.

But we are sold out. ST resales, only put up after all tickets are gone, are just extra money for the club.

Maybe me just being cynical in thinking they might use the “through the gates” number as a way of backing up their point.

[Flamingo Lane]

Just looking on the club's website, it now seems that there about 700 tickets for this game available for purchase.

[hipkiss92]

8.15 kick off on a school night is very late, with extra time now it's probably not going to finish til at least 10.30, so a lot of people won't be getting home until after 11.30. Be closer to 1am for me.

M6 closed southbound J6 to J5 as well from 11pm.

[Nii Lamptey]

8.15 kick off on a school night is very late, with extra time now it's probably not going to finish til at least 10.30, so a lot of people won't be getting home until after 11.30. Be closer to 1am for me.

LOVE the joined up thinking in this country. Utter shambles.
M6 closed southbound J6 to J5 as well from 11pm.

[langleylions]

Thats the most tickets ive seen still for sale on the day of a big league game for years where the feck they all come from ?

[Paul.S]

Last season we somewhat abandoned passing out from the back against this lot. It worked a treat and we have to do the same tonight along with dropping a bit deeper.
I’m sure they’ll have singled out Lenglet as a weak point which I believe he is. They rely on pace and there’s not much more to their game, negate that and it’s a 2-0 Villa win.

[PeterWithe]

Thats the most tickets ive seen still for sale on the day of a big league game for years where the feck they all come from ?

They are all returned ST seats, they dont put them on sale until all of the other seats have been sold, which must have been this morning.

[olaftab]

Town full of Toon, they have obviously turned up without tickets.

[TonyD]

I remember years ago when they first came to the top flight they brought thousands to VP.
The gormless morlocks. 

[steamer]

Town full of Toon, they have obviously turned up without tickets.

Sure the Lulus who drink in town will be out there defending us

[brontebilly]

Beat them tonight and I think we finish any remote chance of them getting back into CL race.

It's the kind of night we need one of our attacking players to step up.....a goal from outside the box or some kind of moment of magic around it. I think we should dominate in midfield again and if we avoid individual errors a third clean sheet in a row is achievable.

I think we will do it but will be a struggle, 1-0 (McGinn).