Amadou Onana

[PeterWithe]

Even today, I thought he had his best ten minutes immediately before he was taken off, and it was a slightly odd decision bearing in mind that, before the incident, a set piece probably looked our best chance of a goal.

Same here, we hardly had an attack so when we did get a set piece that looked our best bet.

[Toronto Villa]

Happy Birthday Andre

[Aldridge Villa]

Gave him the benefit of the doubt last season. The doubt has crept into this one. Big unit, poor yield is my take.

[VillaTim]

Gave him the benefit of the doubt last season. The doubt has crept into this one. Big unit, poor yield is my take.

£50M was about £30M too much , Everton fans did warn us .

[PaulWinch again]

At his best he’s looked a £50m player. Let’s see if he stays fit and has a run of games. Everyone bar Bizot looked undercooked today.

Also I wouldn’t take too much from what opposition fans think when their club is selling a player.

[Chris Smith]

At his best he’s looked a £50m player. Let’s see if he stays fit and has a run of games. Everyone bar Bizot looked undercooked today.

Also I wouldn’t take too much from what opposition fans think when their club is selling a player.

Yep, difficult game for all of our midfield today as they flooded it due to playing without a striker. He was no better or worse than those around him.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I have no idea why Unai started him today. Like all our midfield he struggled with the basics, completing a simple pass was beyond them. Onana was slowing down the game to pedestrian levels when we desperately needed a forward ball.

Whatever Unai was thinking about having Onana playing alongside Kamara with Youri further forward,  I really hope he doesn't do it again. It did nobody any favours other than Newcastle.  A real tactical brainfart.

[VillaTim]

He was played for his physicality today, made sense .

[Aldridge Villa]

He was played for his physicality today, made sense .

Physicality implies constant involvement, a trait I haven’t witnessed.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

It would make sense if they didn't just play the ball around him. He rarely got close to them all game. He was not alone.

[VillaTim]

He was played for his physicality today, made sense .

Physicality implies constant involvement, a trait I haven’t witnessed.

he got stuck in as much as anyone , did more than Rogers Tielemans McGinn in the battles . 6/10 though but the others were 5's

[Demitri_C]

Did alot of defensive work today but rarely get forward to help in the attack. 

[VILLA MOLE]

there was one at the end where he tried to support Rogers but it looked like he trod on the ball which was a shame as we had numbers

[VillaTim]

there was one at the end where he tried to support Rogers but it looked like he trod on the ball which was a shame as we had numbers

think that was Rogers who trod on the ball when it looked like we had a really dangerous transition on . Rogers was awful today .

[VILLA MOLE]

there was one at the end where he tried to support Rogers but it looked like he trod on the ball which was a shame as we had numbers

think that was Rogers who trod on the ball when it looked like we had a really dangerous transition on . Rogers was awful today .

yes i meant Rogers somehow trod on it .  He certainly wasn’t having a good day