Villa87 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 (edited) Concerned about this one. A partisan crowd and we showed we can be incredibly naive defensively. Hoping for the same fight as shown against Everton. Hope Buendia is good to go - him, Coutinho and Ramsey would be too much for Newcastle. Guimares is a good player but no minutes in the league yet. Shelvey is slow and with intricate passing will be exposed. Edited February 13, 2022 by Villa87 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Villa87 said: Concerned about this one. A partisan crowd and we showed we can be incredibly naive defensively. Hoping for the same fight as shown against Everton. Hope Buendia is good to go - him, Coutinho and Ramsey would be too much for Newcastle. Guimares is a good player but no minutes in the league yet. Shelvey is slow and with intricate passing will be exposed. I’m still not worried about ASM, we have dealt with him previously. But Bruno G is a top player and will probably start today. He’s going to be huge for Newcastle and could today be the difference between us controlling midfield or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 I'm not too fussed about this season, but failing to beat Leeds and Newcastle in back to back games would be pretty poor. I'm hoping for a response today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 I have very little confidence for today. Concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robtaylor200 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Free money 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 After our last performance I was thinking a 2-2 draw... Now I think we'll be lucky to get a point, we like to help teams out when they need three points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 24 minutes ago, DCJonah said: I'm not too fussed about this season, but failing to beat Leeds and Newcastle in back to back games would be pretty poor. I'm hoping for a response today. Tbf - I think today is a tougher game than it first appears. I actually think the enforced changes may help us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Really would like Ings to be given a go up front today. Disappointing we’re likely without Buendia as well, that’s a big blow. Could be a good opportunity for Chuk though. I think a draw is probably likely today. That win midweek wasn’t ideal and our record at their place is terrible as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sheepyvillian Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 16 hours ago, Eligius said: Not surprised Leeds lost today, they put in a huge effort against us that they had several players collapsing with more than 10 minutes to go with cramp. They were probably ballbagged today. Good point. When you see that Everton scored three, it makes even more sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talldarkandransome Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 I'll take a boring 0-1 win off someone's ass today. We deffo need a clean sheet and Watkins to be on bench Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 I’m going for a Desmond. Will be a tough game and their fans will be fired up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Hopefully won’t start Watkins. He needs a kick up the ass and a few games on the bench might shake him up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 I’ve got a bad feeling about this one. They’ll be well up for it - hopefully we are too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Emi2 might be the only new injury concern. I'd go either Chuk or Ash. Konza got himself a day off through stupidity. We bought Chambers to cover that side but Wood is a huge ariel threat so we could see big Korts in there. Leaving us with a teaser up front, stick with Ollie or give Ings a shot. Given our full injury situation, I think we still have adequate cover and a decent bench. They need points and will go for it which will I think be their downfall, keep it tight and we will score goals. Hard fought out win for the Villa, but I also have this feeling that if we click for 90 mins we can blow them away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted February 13, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 13, 2022 Loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 I really hope bailey makes it we badly need a dangerous player to bring off the bench, now that traires injyred himself again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moustache of Teale Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 I have bad feelings about this one too. Newcastle have looked much improved the last few games and defensively we were a shambles defensively against Leeds. My wife’s a Geordie and whilst she’s not into football I’m not looking forward to the grief from her family and friends if we lose. It’s like a local derby for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 im really unsure what is going to happen here. It could quite as easily be: 1) Great display of composure, attacking intent and solid defending, or 2) Weak minded, panic merchant, bottle job loss. I'm leaning towards the second option, as Newcastle will have their tails up and come at us with physicality, which normally leads to option 2 happening. The only positive i can take from the fact either can happen with us, is at least Gerrard gets to see the weak-minded, panic merchant, bottle job performances first hand, so he can see exactly who needs replacing in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Griffin Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Its funny that prematch the discourse is that we will get a bad result due to our dodgy defence. Yet post match, the discourse is that we should not be looking to change our defenders and we couldn't get better than Mings and so much effort is put into trying to find some way of absolving him accountability. I have no idea what to expect today. Toon is not a good side, we should be going out for a comfortable win. But the result is going to be determined by our defenders and whether the PL defenders turn up or the League 1 defenders turn up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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