Aston Villa v Newcastle Post-Match Thread

[BoVillan esq]

we need at least 1 possibly 2 pacey wide players . Asensio isn't the answer .

This is it, not convinced about Asensio either he dropped of sharply towards the end of last season, we have to get a striker in, it is imperative, we depend far to much on Ollie, last year we was bringing Duran on and he was hammering them home in just this kind of game, we don't have that now, we need a top striker regardless of budget or PSR.

[Ian.]

I can’t believe people are blaming the sending off on Cash. Whether you like him or not, Konsa could have not grabbed the back of the player.

[VillaTim]

we need at least 1 possibly 2 pacey wide players . Asensio isn't the answer .

This is it, not convinced about Asensio either he dropped of sharply towards the end of last season, we have to get a striker in, it is imperative, we depend far to much on Ollie, last year we was bringing Duran on and he was hammering them home in just this kind of game, we don't have that now, we need a top striker regardless of budget or PSR.

when watkins plays as poorly as he did today there is limited out ball, Watkins hold up play was poor today , looked like he'd been on annual leave for 4 weeks and just fired up his laptop again couldn't remember his password or what job he does .

[Demitri_C]

I will gurantee that if olsen was in goal today we lose that. He wouldnt have saved that elanga effort 1st half. Bizot was really impressive. I was actually shocked how comfortable  he looked today. Hopefully he can continue this as its key to have a good number 2. Really impressive debut.

I still dont understand  why unai opted for so little  pace in the side today knowing how pacy newcastle  are. We had a lot on the bench and didnt use any of it. Malen should ahve came on straight aftee half time in my opinion. That was a mistake by unai in my opinion.

Have to say malens been treated horribly here. Left out of CL squad, has scored goals and looked good but doesnt get any starts. Yet rogers can have a absolute  stinker today and stoll play next game. Same with mcginn.

Hoping malen gets a start next week

[PaulWinch again]

I do find it crazy in the context of the position we’re in who look at a player with Asensio’s pedigree, and who scored 8 goals for us, and go, “yeah he’s not good enough for us”. He tailed off a bit, let’s not forget though he was the best player on the pitch against Spurs in the penultimate game. He won’t consistently deliver week in week out, but he will win us games with his brilliance. We need that, and would be fortunate to have it.

[LukeJames]

Feels weird when were not thrashing each other.

[Demitri_C]

Feels weird when were not thrashing each other.

I would happily take a 0-0 at their place as well!

One of the funniest moments  today was when those two newcastle  defenders went into each other  when attacking us. They did our defending for us. I was pissing myself laughing as it was so embarrassing

[Ian.]

I do find it crazy in the context of the position we’re in who look at a player with Asensio’s pedigree, and who scored 8 goals for us, and go, “yeah he’s not good enough for us”. He tailed off a bit, let’s not forget though he was the best player on the pitch against Spurs in the penultimate game. He won’t consistently deliver week in week out, but he will win us games with his brilliance. We need that, and would be fortunate to have it.

Last season a few times I heard people say Tielemans should be further forward but today showed he has more influence deeper. Asensio is much better in that role. We really could do with some pace, especially if we haven’t got Bailey or even Ramsey charging forward.

[PaulWinch again]

I do find it crazy in the context of the position we’re in who look at a player with Asensio’s pedigree, and who scored 8 goals for us, and go, “yeah he’s not good enough for us”. He tailed off a bit, let’s not forget though he was the best player on the pitch against Spurs in the penultimate game. He won’t consistently deliver week in week out, but he will win us games with his brilliance. We need that, and would be fortunate to have it.

Last season a few times I heard people say Tielemans should be further forward but today showed he has more influence deeper. Asensio is much better in that role. We really could do with some pace, especially if we haven’t got Bailey or even Ramsey charging forward.

Yep we absolutely need pace out wide, but we need Asensio as an option as well if there’s any chance of it.

[VILLA MOLE]

I do find it crazy in the context of the position we’re in who look at a player with Asensio’s pedigree, and who scored 8 goals for us, and go, “yeah he’s not good enough for us”. He tailed off a bit, let’s not forget though he was the best player on the pitch against Spurs in the penultimate game. He won’t consistently deliver week in week out, but he will win us games with his brilliance. We need that, and would be fortunate to have it.

Last season a few times I heard people say Tielemans should be further forward but today showed he has more influence deeper. Asensio is much better in that role. We really could do with some pace, especially
 if we haven’t got Bailey or even Ramsey charging forward.

It felt a bit like to today we wanted to pack our midfield with all our best midfielders.  But i don’t think Mcginn benefits playing that wide ,  Tielemans. that further forward and Rogers certainly doesn’t like being wide .

[VillaTim]

I'd rather Diaby back than Asensio if i'm honest and i wasn't a Diaby fan, but he or someone like him is 100% the outball we need now .

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I do find it crazy in the context of the position we’re in who look at a player with Asensio’s pedigree, and who scored 8 goals for us, and go, “yeah he’s not good enough for us”. He tailed off a bit, let’s not forget though he was the best player on the pitch against Spurs in the penultimate game. He won’t consistently deliver week in week out, but he will win us games with his brilliance. We need that, and would be fortunate to have it.

Last season a few times I heard people say Tielemans should be further forward but today showed he has more influence deeper. Asensio is much better in that role. We really could do with some pace, especially
 if we haven’t got Bailey or even Ramsey charging forward.

It felt a bit like to today we wanted to pack our midfield with all our best midfielders.  But i don’t think Mcginn benefits playing that wide ,  Tielemans. that further forward and Rogers certainly doesn’t like being wide .

All the above make good points. Agree with you about McGinn too. The other day, can't remember against who but we started Kamara, Youri and Onana together in midfield and I was very pleasantly surprised how well they worked together. We don't have to play all our midfield together unless we are expecting to get slaughtered against top European competition away from home.

[PaulWinch again]

Nope and it’s an especially flawed approach against Newcastle because a midfield battle is exactly what they want.

Use Malen, Evann, get Asensio and another wide forward (with pace) in and our options look a lot better.

[Brazilian Villain]

The manager will be gone by this time next year,

No, he won't! Now that I've cleared that up, you can relax and enjoy the rest of this season (and next).

[olaftab]

I do find it crazy in the context of the position we’re in who look at a player with Asensio’s pedigree, and who scored 8 goals for us, and go, “yeah he’s not good enough for us”. He tailed off a bit, let’s not forget though he was the best player on the pitch against Spurs in the penultimate game. He won’t consistently deliver week in week out, but he will win us games with his brilliance. We need that, and would be fortunate to have it.

Last season a few times I heard people say Tielemans should be further forward but today showed he has more influence deeper. Asensio is much better in that role. We really could do with some pace, especially if we haven’t got Bailey or even Ramsey charging forward.

I agree, Tielemans is a 30/40 yard driller or chipper , not 10 yard exchanger.