Aston Villa vs Newcastle pre-match thread

[PeterWithesShin]

Bramble was never as bad as made out, he just had Ming type moments where he'd be in good form and then out of nowhere do something utterly stupid, and the good performances were erased from memories as the fuck up was the news.

[Pat McMahon]

Which of Disasi's performances at centre-half was it that persuaded people he was rubbish? I must have missed it. Always looked pretty solid there, to me.

I agree, he was a solid option at centre half but shite as a full back

[VillaTim]

I think Mings will “sit it out” because we’ll want to play our best team first up.

If you want a better a defensive/solid  defence then it would be mings over pau. But we all know pau will start despite the fact that he is not great at defending

Cost us last season , in the big games Palace , PSG, ManUre . We were far better when he was injured and Mings stepped in .

[PaulWinch again]

It’s always good to have balance and avoid being so obvious in stacking your argument. Fortunately, as tie breaker I’ll go with what Unai thinks. He’s got a pretty strong record overall.

[john e]

I’ve now got a ticket in my app but it’s not in my name (it’s in the name of a person I don’t know) and for a different section of the stadium to what I purchased — very strange. Suspect I will have to call the ticket office tomorrow.

You better take half a day off work then mate

[VillaTim]

It’s always good to have balance and avoid being so obvious in stacking your argument. Fortunately, as tie breaker I’ll go with what Unai thinks. He’s got a pretty strong record overall.

He's done brilliant. But we should have had a trophy over the last two seasons given the resources he's had . Fine margins and when we get to the big games again he needs to pick the right team , especially at the back .

[PaulWinch again]

Thing is though of course a cup semi final is a big game, but the others it’s cherry picking. We defended well against PSG in the first leg and were picked off by 3 world class goals - all from the right side of the pitch. We then beat them in an all timer of a performance. All the games leading to the end of the season were big games, Pau played most and we won. The Man Utd game we lost due to an appalling lapse by Emi and a bad refereeing decision.

[VillaTim]

Guess we will just have to see how it plays out. I'm expecting Torres to play Saturday given the opposition line up . Horses for courses .

[PeterWithesShin]

Our net spend the last 2 seasons is tiny when you take our PSR signing Dobbin, SIL and Barrenchea into consideration. Tim makes it soumd like we've been spending shitloads of money and no trophy is failure.

[cdbearsfan]

Guess we will just have to see how it plays out. I'm expecting Torres to play Saturday given the opposition line up . Horses for courses .

Picking horses against Newcastle is risky.

[VillaTim]

Guess we will just have to see how it plays out. I'm expecting Torres to play Saturday given the opposition line up . Horses for courses .

Picking horses against Newcastle is risky.

Hahaha very true . Tossers .

[Smirker]

Aston Villa 0 - 1 Newcastle United (J. Ramsey, 90+5)

😯

[Demitri_C]

I think Mings will “sit it out” because we’ll want to play our best team first up.

If you want a better a defensive/solid  defence then it would be mings over pau. But we all know pau will start despite the fact that he is not great at defending

He's a centre-back who took his team to the Champions League semi-finals and his next team to fourth in the Premier League.

He's hardly Titus Bramble.

Does that mean he has

A) shown that for us

B) mean he is titus bramble?

He isnt as good as mings defensively thats plain to see

A) Erm, yes. We were that team he got to 4th but true, only got us to the quarter finals of the Champions League.
B) …

Wasnt the point though was it? Mings  is far superior  at defending than pau is

[Olneythelonely]

It became the point when you asked if he’d done that for us.

Mings is probably a stronger defender than Pau. Unai thinks Pau is better for our system. Don’t take this the wrong way, but I think he might know more about football than you.

[PaulWinch again]

Yep there’s two things confusing some people - the concept of form, and the concept of combinations. That and ignoring the good and focussing on the bad.