Aston Villa v Newcastle Post-Match Thread

[pelty]

Rogers was terrible and should have been pulled in the 60th at the latest. He either is up for it or he is not and you can tell after about 15 minutes.

It was a “safe,” defensive lineup from Emery which paid off because we went down a man, but I do wish he would be more courageous and attacking against these types of teams. I would have said that the plan was to soak up pressure in the first half and then to make subs (Malen, Guessand) in the second around 60 minutes, but that did not materialize.

[PaulWinch again]

I do hope the red card refocuses Konsa’s mind a bit. He’s a very good player, but he’s let bad habits slip into his game. Today is a good example, use your brain if you put an arm on the shoulder the player will go down. It’s like his thing of always going down expecting a foul. He needs to sharpen up.

[The Edge]

The timing of the sending off was crucial. Its about that time when Emery usually makes changes which have so often got us a result in a game that was heading for stalemate. The biggest issue for me was our wayward passing in the first half. Time and again our attacks broke down before we even got going. Work to do and some new recruits hopefully coming in will put a different outlook on things. Its certainly not as doom and gloom as some posters are making out. Onwards and upwards.

[rougegorge]

When we went down to 10, we were better defensively and Kamara improved a lot when he moved back which was a surprise. Their forwards are quick but had no end product, but our midfield was disappointing today.

We could really do with some pace to transition up the field more quickly as Rogers was mostly off it today.

[Smirker]

Watkins was especially shit.

Of course he was

as one news outlet said "Ollie Watkins, who had opened the scoring inside 40 seconds when Newcastle were dismissed 4-1 here in April, gave an outstanding display of forward running down the channels but Villa, apart from Morgan Rogers, simply could not get enough men supporting him"

Well done to him for running around.

[passport1]

Not ideal but under the circumstances  a decent point. Bizot and Onana were impressive. Onwards and upwards!!!

[Keeno]

As many have said I think the game was ready for Malen, Guessand and co. to come on and win it for us but the red card put paid to any chance of that happening, so we did well in the end to restrict Newcastle to very little after we went down to 10.

The first half was poor but I was impressed by the first 20 minutes of the second half before the sending off - upped the tempo. We are evenly matched with Newcastle and I wouldn't be surprised to see us in that 4-6th place battle again come the end of the season.

[PeterWithesShin]

[ChicagoLion]

Have we now had 2 sendings off in consecutive games instigated by sheer crapness from Cash ?

Both players who were sent off in those incidents are culpable themselves.

and the common denominator is Matthew Cash.

[Mister E]

Watkins was especially shit.

Of course he was

as one news outlet said "Ollie Watkins, who had opened the scoring inside 40 seconds when Newcastle were dismissed 4-1 here in April, gave an outstanding display of forward running down the channels but Villa, apart from Morgan Rogers, simply could not get enough men supporting him"

Well done to him for running around.

Unlike quite a few of the others ...

[Smirker]

Have we now had 2 sendings off in consecutive games instigated by sheer crapness from Cash ?

Both players who were sent off in those incidents are culpable themselves.

and the common denominator is Matthew Cash.

It doesn't matter how shit the passes were, Emi and Konsa were both massively at fault and had no need to do what they did. Plenty of time to think about it before rising their man down.

[brontebilly]

I do hope the red card refocuses Konsa’s mind a bit. He’s a very good player, but he’s let bad habits slip into his game. Today is a good example, use your brain if you put an arm on the shoulder the player will go down. It’s like his thing of always going down expecting a foul. He needs to sharpen up.

Good job he has strong competition for his place to sharpen him up

[JUAN PABLO]

If thats the highlights , shows what a dire match.

[VillaTim]

I think in the fullness of time, we will look back on today as a useful and important point.

[Brazilian Villain]

I think in the fullness of time, we will look back on today as a useful and important point.

That's what Dion said on Final Score.