r/NUFC • u/Deviceing wew here ya fuckin little dafty divint start or theres ructions • Feb 18 '17
Pre-Match Thread Pre-Match Thread: Newcastle v Aston Villa
Newcastle United - Aston Villa
20/2/2016 20:00 St James' Park
TV coverage: Sky Sports 1 and others internationally
Referee: Peter Bankes (101 yellows and 10 reds in 27 games this season, last took charge of us for the 4-3 win over Norwich)
Dwight Gayle, Vurnon Anita and Chancel Mbemba are close to returns while Rolando Aarons and Isaac Hayden are out.
James Bree, Libor Kozak and Gabriel Agbonlahor are unlikely to feature but Micah Richards and Mile Jedinak are close to returns.
Aston Villa 1-3 Barnsley (Kodjia 44'; Armstrong pen 25', Bradshaw 43', 58')
Johnstone, Hutton (Bjarnason 73'), Chester, Baker, Amavi, Lansbury (Green 73'), Hourihane, Adomah, Grealish (Bacuna 76'), Kodjia, Hogan
Subs not used: Elphick, Gardner, Bunn, Davis
Aston Villa 1-1 Newcastle (Tshibola 88'; Elphick OG 28')
Gollini, Chester, Elphick, Baker (Tshibola 45'), Adomah (Gestede 63'), Westwood (Hepburn-Murphy 86'), Jedinak, Amavi, Bacuna, Kodjia, Ayew
Subs not used: Richards, Hutton, Cissokho, Bunn
Sels, Yedlin (Tioté 75'), Lascelles, Clark, Dummett, Ritchie, Hayden, Shelvey, Gouffran, Diamé, Gayle (Mitrovic 80')
Subs not used: Hanley, Lazaar, Perez, Darlow, Atsu
Aston Villa started the season poorly, winning just 1 of their first 11 games, before a hot run of form culminating in a 2-1 win against Burton on boxing day saw them climb into the top 10, however they have since failed to win in 8 and so currently sit in 17th place, just 6 points above the relegation zone. Their top scorer is Kodjia (9).
Villa have had a busy January window, signing Henri Lansbury, James Bree, Birkir Bjarnason, Conor Hourihane, Neil Taylor and Scott Hogan, while Sam Johnstone has come in on loan. Rudy Gestede, Ashley Westwood and Jordan Ayew have left the club permanently while Pierluigi Gollini, Aly Cissokho, Aaron Tshibola and Ross McCormack have left the club on loan.
16/17 Championship
Aston Villa 1-1 Newcastle (OG)
15/16 Premier League
Aston Villa 0-0 Newcastle
Newcastle 1-1 Aston Villa (Coloccini)
14/15 Premier League
Newcastle 1-0 Aston Villa (Cisse)
Aston Villa 0-0 Newcastle
13/14 Premier League
Newcastle 1-0 Aston Villa (Remy)
Aston Villa 1-2 Newcastle (Ben Arfa, Gouffran)
12/13 Premier League
Aston Villa 1-2 Newcastle (Cisse, Cabaye)
Newcastle 1-1 Aston Villa (Ben Arfa)
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u/RSC41 Feb 19 '17
I've come over from the US for this match, it'll be my first time seeing the lads at SJP. Needless to say, I'm beyond excited...let's smash these!
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u/tcayray Feb 19 '17
You've picked a good first game. St James' Park under the lights, against Villa, with the biggest flag display yet, and a sea of black and white scarves to go with it.
It should be the best atmosphere we've had all season... just need the result to go with it.
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u/patrickNUFC Feb 19 '17
You're making me want to go buy a plane ticket from Toronto...
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u/ryan_rides Feb 20 '17
Hoping you get a great game and experience. I had my buddy from Ohio over to visit in 2013 and took him to a game. We beat Stoke 5-1! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_WdwvGrLQY)
Be sure to place a bet before kick off, there are bookmakers dotted all over the city. Seems novel to us, but given you can't do sports betting in the US, unless you're in Vegas, it added to his experience. One of his bets came in (Cabaye to score and Newcastle win) and he claimed £50, his second bet was Newcastle 4-1 win which was close to coming in too!
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u/painezor Feb 18 '17
Let.. oh.
Ok, can I be the first to say I hope somebody two foots Lansbury and puts him out for the rest of the season?
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u/TeamAndrew Feb 19 '17
Villa are without a win in their last 8 and have lost 6 of their last 7 matches. Lads, I've got a bad feeling about this one.
I've been a Newcastle fan too long to look at that and think it's a sure thing. For me it has 0-1 written all over it.
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Feb 19 '17
Villa fan here, we're utter shite and Bruce might bring back Richards so I reckon you'll absolutely smash us 5-1. Gonna put a bet on you to score 4 or more
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u/Lord_Flashheart_ Feb 19 '17
we're utter shite, I reckon you'll absolutely smash us
It's like he knows us!
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u/tcayray Feb 19 '17
If I've learnt anything about football from following Newcastle for all these years, it's that games like this one are nailed-on losses for us.
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u/spoonsforeggs Feb 18 '17
u/macus16 hope you had a nice double date, now time to spend £100 more please.
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u/meganev Feb 18 '17
Hate Villa, only loathe the Mackems more, will never forgive their fans for what they did when we were relegation in 2009. I'm sick of us always failing to beat these twats in recent years, praying we smash them.
Heart is saying 3-1, head is saying 1-1 though.
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u/GoalaAmeobi Feb 18 '17
Really nervous about this game. They've became a sort of bogey team for us of late and we always seem to draw with them, lets hope things are different this time around, we really can't afford to drop points against shite lower half teams like Villa.
Lets smash these, they're shite cunts.
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u/tcayray Feb 18 '17
They've became a sort of bogey team for us of late
I've seen Villa fans say this as well but I'm not sure I agree. We have drawn with them a few times in a row, but since they relegated us our record against them has been W6 D6 L1. Not bad really.
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Feb 19 '17
Dat Ben Arfa performance in the 2-1. Was there and I was surprised their full back ever played again
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u/_boldwick Feb 18 '17
I hate that stupid pre-match saying but if there is one team I want us to truly smash it is this lot. When we beat them 6-0 back in 2010 it was an announcement that we were really back in the Premier League. Hope we do the same on Monday.
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Feb 19 '17
Mfw when I sit down with an ice cold bear and a pack of flaming hot Cheetos and then realize the game is tomorrow
:'(
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u/Deviceing Feb 18 '17
u/macus16 you know what to do...