Ratings & Reactions: Villa v Newcastle

[TheStagMan]

5 minutes ago, rjw63 said:

First time I've given a referee top marks.

No, I'm not pissed.

Agreed, I thought the ref was very good today.

Newcastle shambolic.

Jack way off the pace today. Wonder if he was one of the ones who had Covid?

Emi, solid as usual. Not give  too much to do but very commanding.

Doug was everywhere. MoTM for me.

Targett is becoming so so good. Cant be far off an England call up (notwithstanding the idiot we have in charge of England). Konsa as well.

Bertie looking good too.

Mings made his standard couple of feck ups, but recovered from both well, otherwise rock solid 

Happy days

Edited January 23, 2021 by TheStagMan

[StefanAVFC]

Nakamba was excellent

Thought our first goal could have been given offside by the rules I thought I knew...

Very efficient performance. 

[tomav84]

Brilliant. Professional performance , just do what's required to get 3 pts

[OutByEaster?]

I didn't think we played well, but in fairness to ours, Newcastle are so bad that they throw you out of your rhythm. 

What I love about us is the swashbuckling forward play; runners, moving the ball quickly and doing clever things to make chances - we did some of that, but never really looked sharp with it - on form we could've scored a hatful. That said, we finished the game without Grealish, McGinn, Barkley or Traore and still looked much the better side. 

As it is, we've won, kept a clean sheet, had no bookings and been able to rest players - it's hard not to be happy about it - one for the result rather than the feeling I think tonight, a measure of how far we've come.

 

 

[Brumstopdogs]

Thought both Konsa and Watkins were superb today.

[jacketspuds]

Just now, Keener window-cleaner said:

At least they created one chance  eager to hear what Bruce says 

I'm sure he'll drop in how much money we've spent.

[KillieVillain]

Well that was easy , best I've seen Marvelous in a Villa shirt. Onwards and upwards.

[Davkaus]

Just now, Keener window-cleaner said:

At least they created one chance  eager to hear what Bruce says 

They all had their boots on, but most of the **** didn't have their sleeves rolled up. You can't legislate for that at this level.

[TheStagMan]

Well, that's not going to shut many people up, is it Steve?

[QldVilla]

Think we got into second gear in the first half, then dropped back to first in the second. Solid performance like a training run. Newcastle just awful at the moment.

[osmark86]

7 minutes ago, blunther said:

I really tried to stay away after the match midweek. That absolutely broke my will and my love for the 'sport'... It proved beyond any doubt to me that the game is in the pockets of someone, whether it's the big clubs or the betting syndicates I don't know. I guess it would be surprising if a £billions industry sponsored almost exclusively by gambling companies wasn't bent. Especially in the hands of such noble folk as the Premier League, UEFA and FIFA. I wanted to take a bit of time off, at least until we could go back to villa park and it was proper.

My will lasted til 7.58pm. I couldn't do it. Felt I was turning my back on the club and the manager and the players when I've never been more proud of what were building. So I had to come back. 

Glad I did. What a fantastically professional performance that was. I'll probably avoid watching any televised matches against the Manc words removed in the future, but I can't turn my back on this bunch, try as I might.

Really building something here. Despite the choreography from the PL and it's bent officials. **** you Friend, **** you fat word removed Moss.

Newcastle are a disgrace and are really stinking the league out. Shame Fulham are so shit and probably won't catch them. 

good to have you back mate

[Keener window-cleaner]

1 minute ago, Davkaus said:

They all had their boots on, but most of the **** didn't have their sleeves rolled up. You can't legislate for that at this level.

And they didn't take their chance 

[The Fun Factory]

Bye bye brucie.

Is this on MOTD tonight?

[dubbs]

In Bruce's defence, we put 7 passed Liverpool so Newcastle performed brilliantly in that respect. 

[hippo]

Tonight reminded me of something - but I've forgot what it was 

[Paddywhack]

5 minutes ago, HongKongVillan said:

We were actually quite poor and look fairly rusty towards the end. MoTM Marvelous for me. He covered so well from some of the errors made at the back

 

5 minutes ago, The_Rev said:

Easy. Didn’t break a sweat.  

I’m not sure which one I agree with. We certainly weren’t near our best but was it because we didn’t need to be? I’m not sure.

But who cares, another 3 points!

[nick76]

Bizarre to say but I thought that was one of our poorer performances of the season but we were never in trouble.

Thought Mings had a mixed game

Konsa was awesome

Nakamba was great

Chuffed Watkins got a goal.

This team has come so far because we were only in second gear with some sloppiness but we had way too much for Newcastle who are awful, look like they are too bored to play and lack heart or ideas.

Loving Villa at the moment!

[Demitri_C]

Eaay win

Shows the gap betwen us and them. We have surpassed them.now

[darrenm]

Really casual from Villa but the players do look like they're puffing at the end of games so I'm thinking COVID did take it out of some of them.

Some little flashes of brilliance and some wastefulness but I think that's only because the opposition was so poor so laziness crept in.

Nakamba was the right pick to replace McGinn because he allowed the defence to play out. Perfectly simple performance from him.

The ref didn't do much wrong which deserves a mention.

Not sure who took the jam out of Jack's donut but he wasn't happy about something. Probably that he had the freedom of the park and didn't do more.

Our back 5 is the best in the league.

When fit and on form, the Barkley, Grealish, Watkins, Traore partnership is scary.

Great time to be a Villa fan. McGinn back for Burnley and let's pummel them.

[striker]

That really was sack the manager performance by Newcastle and with a certain manager now available Bruce is gone.

Concerning the Villa, Konsa was immense with Barkley very tidy. Also impressed by Traore because he’s starting to track back adding to his obvious quality going forward. Grealish was his usual quality self and loved how he and Barkley reacted to being hooked.

Special mention also for Watkins who ran his socks off and deserved his goal.