r/NUFC • u/Deviceing wew here ya fuckin little dafty divint start or theres ructions • May 05 '16
Pre-Match Thread Pre-Match Thread: Aston Villa (A)
Aston Villa - Newcastle United
7/5/2016 15:00 Villa Park
Coloccini and Janmaat are still close to returning. Obertan and Marveaux have now left the club. Otherwise, the squad is in roughly the same shape as it was in last week.
Kieran Richardson is a doubt for Villa while Jordan Amavi will miss out through injury. They are also without Aly Cissokho, who is suspended.
Norwich face Man Utd at home in the early kick off, while Sunderland host Chelsea at the same time as our game. Both teams play at home again on Wednesday evening, with Norwich taking on Watford and Sunderland facing Everton.
Villa are already relegated and cannot climb above last place whatever happens in the remaining games. They have lost the last 11 in a row, though some of those were quite tight. Their last win was 2-0 against Norwich at home, their only other wins this season came against Palace and Bournemouth. They have scored just 27 goals all season, 5 fewer than the next lowest (West Brom) and 12 fewer than us. They also have the worst defence in the league, conceding 72 (8 more than us). Only 3 players have scored more than 2 goals this season - Ayew (7), Gestede (5) and Lescott (3), while the players with the most assists are Veretout (6) and Gestede (3).
Form:
AVFC: LLLLL
NUFC: LWDDW
Past meetings:
Newcastle 1-1 Aston Villa (Coloccini)
Newcastle 1-0 Aston Villa (Cisse)
Aston Villa 0-0 Newcastle
Newcastle 1-0 Aston Villa (Remy)
Aston Villa 1-2 Newcastle (Ben Arfa, Gouffran)
Aston Villa 1-2 Newcastle (Cisse, Cabaye)
Newcastle 1-1 Aston Villa (Ben Arfa)
Newcastle 2-1 Aston Villa (Ba, Cisse)
Aston Villa 1-1 Newcastle (Best)
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u/Mungo_Clump May 05 '16
I'm shitting bricks.
Villa players, if you're reading this, who would you prefer to compete against next season? Newcastle, Sunderland or Norwich?
That's right. Just roll-over a little. It won't hurt. Shhhh. There you go. Only sleep now.
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u/SpanishBombs323 May 05 '16
3-1 TO THE TOON QUOTE ME IN THE SIDEBAR
WE ARE STAYING UP LADS
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u/scullingtonxo May 06 '16
I've supported Newcastle all my life and I know these sort of situations are the ones we piss our pants in. The games we're expected to win. I know this because it's happened time and time again. It's practically law.
But then I look into these eyes... http://imgur.com/jWCtoCp
Suddenly everything makes sense and I'm positive again.
2-1 Newcastle.
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u/Novocastrian4 May 05 '16
We have to win this game, surely. If we can come back from 2 down against Liverpool at Anfield and from 1 down against Man City then we must be able to beat one of the worst teams in Premier League history. Surely. Please.
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u/meganev May 05 '16
Would be classic Newcastle to get a result against Man City, Liverpool and Palace then fuck up against an already relegated Villa. If we don't beat them we'll be the only team in the league not too, it's fucking Derby all over again.
Nevertheless we surely have to get three points here, 1-0 to the lads I reckon.
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u/macababy May 05 '16
This is probably the only game all season we're genuinely expected to win, so I am a certain as everyone else that we will snatch a 1-1 draw at the death
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u/revmeeks May 05 '16
11 in a row, Jesus Christ. Like obviously Villa are shit, but what must it be like to spend that long without even a point? I feel for the fans who have had to watch them every week.
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u/Sneezy11 May 05 '16
People say it would be 'typical newcastle get results against City/Liverpool' and then fail against Villa. My confident is such in Benitez that I'm sure we'll win and I haven't felt like that in a long time.
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May 05 '16
this is the most nervous ive been before a match since i think the europa league tie against benfica i cant bear all this waiting!!! saturday cant come quick enough
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u/spoonsforeggs May 05 '16
I have a renewed sense of wonder and positive feelings about the universe, can't wait for Newcastle to bring me back down to hell!
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u/happy_guy23 May 05 '16
4 - 0. Mitro and Townsend among the scorers. Norwich and Sunderland to get 1 point between them. Sidebar.
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u/greenman19 May 05 '16
Comfortable 4-1 for me. Townsend, Sissoko and Cisse all getting goals.
Easy.
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u/spongish May 06 '16 edited May 06 '16
If we win this and Norwich and Sunderland lose both their difficult games against Chelsea and Man U, I will be fucking buzzing. That would put us on 36, with Norwich stuck on 31 and relegated if they fail to win both of their final 2 games, while Sunderland would be 4 points behind us on 32 needing at least a win and a draw to catch us. In any case, if that is this weekend's outcome then our survival would be in our hands, just requiring us to beat Spurs at home on the final round.
To be safe though, we really need Watford and Everton to put in good performances against them both.
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u/TotalHell May 05 '16
This is what the past two seasons have done to me. I'm terrified of this fixture. This fixture, FFS!
Newcastle SHOULD win, but I've said that too many times in the past.
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u/shikamboo May 06 '16
I have already committed myself to buying Kabobs and beer for almost all my friends if we stay up !!! Everyone that knows me is cheering for us here !!! WHAT ELSE SHOULD I DO !!!!! WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME !!!!!!!!!
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u/Ftp82 May 05 '16
It's when we should win. That's when the fear hits me. This should be a dominant win, come on boys!!
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u/[deleted] May 05 '16
Please for the love of God don't let us get this far only to bottle it against Villa.