Been back from Newcastle for a few hours now. Still not really sunk in what happened.
Ratings:
Friedel 2 - possibly the worst I've seen him for us, thought he should have done better in the build up to their second goal, instead of parrying it out to whoever headed it in
L Young 4 - covered well and made few mistakes
Dunne 2 - made a few good challenges but also so many uncharacteristic mistakes. Shocking attempted clearance for their third goal
Clark 5 - thought he was the best of the defence, especially given his inexperience
Warnock 1 - largely absent, and gave the ball away too much. Very poor.
Albrighton 3 - showed naiveity (sp?) today I felt, but at least tried hard
Ireland 5 - promising given his rustiness, played a few nice passes and put in a lovely crunching challenge on Smith. Was sat FAR too deep though (although that's probably what he was told to do)
Petrov 1 - barely noticed him, not what we needed from our captain
Downing 4 - he has bore the brunt of a lot of the criticism on here but I thought he was one of our better players today
A Young 4 - kept trying but also moaned far too much and was caught offside far too often
Carew 1 - worst I've seen him. Shockin penalty too.
Heskey 2 - right wing?! When he was pushed up he still disappointed, not a player to bring on at 4-0 down (I know that isn't his fault)
NRC 1 - poor, dispossesed far too easily. However I would have liked to see him on for Marc (who looked weary) at half time.
Beye - thought it was a bad move bringing him on with five mins left, just to get booed.
I would also like to say that I wasn't impressed with their fans, I thought they were supposed to have a good atmosphere up there?! Far too many Villa fans left early for my liking, but I guess based on the second half performance fair enough, one of the worst performances I have seen (not as bad as Doncaster though, as some have suggested).
Only plus point was that they were selling their pies for a quid after the final whistle!
All in all, a shit day. But I think we will come back from this, remember the gritty win away at Bolton a week after the Chelsea debacle? Collins and Cuellar will give us a lot more discipline when they return.