Aston Villa 4 Newcastle 1
Written by Damian   
Saturday, 09 February 2008

Great result and considering we went in at half time one down you've got to be quite impressed.

A match report is coming from Doc later but for now I'll just say we've done what we had to do and that is get three points.

Liverpool and Manchester City are likely to lose tomorrow so this was very much needed.

My bets also all lost today, because I bet on Dundee United to win so I've placed a few more. I'll update the punt page later with them.

I'm very very happy right now so I'm going for a beer and I'm looking forward to a great weekend.

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ozavfc21 said:

get in!!!! what a great result and fantastic second half. great substitutions by mon and surely now no one can doubt harewood, he changes games and he plays with passion and pride. please please please martin drop petrov who is no good in the premier league and start with marlon, when gabby is fit again either play marlon just behind carew and gabby or play gabby on the right. UTV smilies/grin.gif
February 09, 2008

Rokin45 said:

saw these on the BBC 606, made me laugh,

"Officials of Iraq have claimed that Saddam Hussein hasn't been killed and is still alive by showing the leader giving an interview which was said to be live...

He said "To prove I am still alive, Newcastle were total sh**e on Saturday."

The British Government said, "That could have been recorded months ago."

======================================================= =

Kevin Keegan: (in a very high voice) "he's not the messiah, He's a Very Naughty Boy"
February 09, 2008

legend said:

some of petrov's problems are of his own making. he doesn't do enough to win the ball back for us or pick the right man to go after (he and mellberg had an argument on the field that seemed to go on forever) I don't think he is aware of his own faults - can't take criticism but blames the other players.

That aside a brilliant second half - Gardner/Young right side and Bouma/maloney on left - much better balance. Harewood got at their defence - that was all that was needed because they really are poor.

Interesting comment from MON about player confidence - these players CAN do the job for us - keep the faith UTV!
February 09, 2008

kohoutek said:

Great and much needed result, and good for the GD, as well.

Harewood really does change games. I really wonder whether he should start, or be brought on for impact. Only one way to find out, I guess.

Glad MON finally sat Petrov down. He's been patient, but obviously that's run out. I like that he gives players runs, shows belief, but if it's ever going to happen for Petrov, it seems like he'll need a spell on the bench first.
February 09, 2008

irishvillan said:

Great result for the Villa. Were still very dependent on set-plays to get goals and the first was fortunate. However, if we can win 4-1 and only play at 70% of what were capable off, then great.
MON changed it at half time and you cannot fault Harewood for effort and nearly capped it off with a goal when he ran from mid field and played a little 1-2 with Carew. Must start next day. Petrov not cutting it over there. We may need to send him back north.
February 09, 2008

Arrlui said:

Harewood and Maloney cemented 45 mins a game, if they can push on they could dislodge a few of the 'given' starters like Petrov and Reo-Coker. Bring on Routledge, we'll show the league what we're made of.
February 09, 2008

Oscars Arse said:

Brilliant result looked more like it the second half. When we play two halves like that we are gonna really wallop somebody. Glad the lads proved me wrong - well done
February 09, 2008

gazza said:

Harewood is really lookin like he's enjoying himself. I'm starting to like this lad, especially the way he gets the crowd going. definately should start. Keegan couldn't crawl far enough into the dugout in the second half, w****r
February 09, 2008

satch said:

what a great afternoon smilies/cheesy.gif
February 09, 2008

Myself said:

New chant lyrics?
Kum by arr...

Great game. Great performance. Great result.
February 09, 2008

AGvilla said:

After the first half i couldnt believe how badly we played, After half time MON had clearly said somethin and finally dropped the waste of space Petrov. Im glad to see we have got a mng that is not afraid to mix it up and change things because it really worked today. Harewood was excellent i think he should start a game he deserves it, Maloney looked more comfortable on the left than behind carew and the team had more of a balance. Great result just hope we can really push on UTV
February 09, 2008

Villain of the North said:

Thierry Henry at newcastle??! LOL

Dillusions of grandeur despite having achieved nothing. I don't really have anything against the toon army as a whole, but is it any wonder they over expect achievements when they've got morons in charge getting their hopes up like this? I kinda feel sorry for em.
February 09, 2008

villafandan said:

great result, can't wait to see the game... unfortunately i managed to delete it from my tivo before watching it. still, it's on again in another couple of hours. i don't mind knowing the result before watching when we've won!!! ;o)
February 09, 2008

rach said:

Even Taglor must be happy!!!
February 09, 2008

Villain from Texas said:

Petrov's performance was shocking, absolutely shocking. Surely MON won't start him again any time soon.

I like Carew and Gabby up front, Maloney and Young on the wings, and Harewood coming off of the bench.
February 09, 2008

taglor said:

I am really happy! Petrov and the first half were poo but who cares, Carew was on fire and marlon simpson looked handy. Couldn't stop laughing when the crowd started singing "there's only one kevin keegan" hahaha. Brilliant, well done Villa! smilies/grin.gif smilies/grin.gif smilies/grin.gif
February 09, 2008

steve m said:

Gazza... Why is keegan a w**ker? Bit of a strong comment without backing it up?!
February 09, 2008

gazza said:

Steve m

my opinion...And?
February 09, 2008

davevilla 111 said:

Great result, thought NRC played well today he saved us twice in the first half with great tackles when Olaf had messed up. Second half NRC and Barry totally bossed midfield Barton and Butt were played off the park. Maloney and Young were great and could both stay in those positions. Gardener was good as well and was unlucky not to score. His partnership with Young looked to have some promise I thought. Having said that Keegan is a poor Manager without a tactical clue and Newcastle was poor. Loved singing theres only one Kevin Keegan when his side have just been played off the park.
February 09, 2008

Jacko33 said:

Great performance 2nd half, Carew is a legend, unplayable when he's on that kind of form. Gardner and Harewood also looked quality - we need start harewood more often, he's always a handful

Petrov was utter utter sh!te though......
February 09, 2008

Villa_Rules said:

What a result keegan next manager to be sacked surely not smilies/grin.gif you never no in football these days lol

Well done the lads
February 09, 2008

Ian said:

Great effort in the second half, but why do we play so badly for half a game all the while? Mellberg could see that Petrov was crap, as could we, no wonder he bollocked him.
February 09, 2008

AV33 said:

Hi lads...fantastic result today.
I nearly put a bit of a negative post on here last night but thought better of it. I was basically going to suggest dropping Petrov, Davies and Carson for today's game to be replaced by Maloney, Knight and Taylor respectively, purely based on the totally inept performance at Fulham. I was going to suggest playing Maloney on the right with Harewood and Carew up top in a 4-4-2 and promoting Routledge to the bench so as we could have a look at him if things were going well.
However, i'm so glad i didn't send the post because once again, the players and MON have silenced my doubting side and produced the goods. MON's half time team talk and inevitable changes brought on the spirited second half display and we were very worthy winners in the end.
We were crap in the first half with little self belief and Petrov hiding as usual, and what Mellberg was playing at on several occasions God only knows ! (i suspect he has one eye on the Italian sunshine already).
Gardner filled in for him more than adequately and i was quite surprised just how effective he was today (especially the rockets !)
Marlon is really growing on me...who would have thought he would be turning in the performances he is with all the negativity surrounding his transfer. He has shut quite a few people up, including me, and long may it continue...well done son !
Big John was great and everyone involved in the second half deserves a pat on the back. Glad the big guy got his hat trick, nice one Gareth Barry for stepping down from the penalty so he could achieve it.
Crowd superb...and rewarded when Carew threw his shirt into the Holte at the end. Which lucky bleeder got that then?
Overall i'm well pleased to be a Villa fan tonight and I hope our good form can hold out until the summer when we can kick on again.
By the way, couple of questions and please forgive my ignorance but why Webcam Ashley? Has he been spit roasting with his webcam on?
Also, what were the words and the significance to Kum Bah Yah this afternoon/
As I say, please forgive my ignorance.

UP THE VILLA smilies/wink.gif smilies/cheesy.gif
February 09, 2008

the_flabster said:

Cant wait to see the highlights tonight on MOTD surely we must be on first, if not im going to be totally p**sed off.

Carew getting a hat trick and im glad GB stepped down to let him take the penaltie, it just shows what the team is like, you dont often see that in other teams in this league, alot of the time you see them fighting over who will take it. Remember the article in the forum about if any Villa players will score a hat trick this season?

Oh ye he is called webcam Ashley because basically he got caught wipping his todger out on webcam and it was in the paper.
February 09, 2008

AV33 said:

Thanks for that info flabster
Webcam Ashley then...dirty little get !
I'm afraid i missed that story in the paper but how embarrassing for the lad! I mean, all that fame and fortune you'd think he could pull chicks with ease without resorting to doing a Dirty Den !
If you have any problems in the pulling department Ashley, i'll gladly come up Broad Street with you if you pay for it! I'll get you as many birds as you want on the back of "i'm with the Villa player over there", get wrecked on your champagne and gladly take all the mingers that you may reject. (somehow, i doubt they'd be mingers though)
I'm also looking forward to MOTD tonight mate. I reckon we must be main game simply because ManU and Chelsea play tomorrow!
UP THE VILLA smilies/wink.gif
February 09, 2008

K4 AVFC said:

AV33 this is for you mate ....

The kum bah arr is a song dedicated to Paul McGrath and the lyrics are as follows

Paul McGrath my lord, Paul McGrath ... Paul McGrath my lord, Paul McGrath ... Paul McGrath my lord, Paul McGrath ... ohhh lord Paul McGrath.

On the p!ss my lord, on the p!ss ... On the p!ss my lord, on the p!ss ... On the p!ss my lord, on the p!ss ... ohhh lord on the p!ss.

Its your round my lord, its your round ... Its your round my lord, its your round ... Its your round my lord, its your round ... ohhh lord its your round.

Then we usually customize it for each team we play ... today it was ... geordie scum my lord, geordie scum lol ...
But it changes for each team, at blackburn away it was ... empty seats my lord, empty seats .. ohh lord empty seats.

Hope this helps ....
February 09, 2008

AV33 said:

Thanks for the Kum Ba Yah info
I watched the game on sky today with my pal and we were trying to guess. We were pretty much bang on but nice to know about the empty seats one etc.
My pal's young son went to the game and we asked him when he got home if he knew about the song. He was sitting in the Trinity, heard it but couldn't understand the words !
Thanks K4 AVFC
UP THE VILLA smilies/wink.gif
February 09, 2008

steve m said:

Gazza - I guess you met him and he upset you over something? Everybody has a right to an opinion but to say that somebody is a w*nker they must have done something to upset you? Your welcome to your opinion if you can explain what he did to upset you? No, I didn't think you would. Oh, and i'm not a newcastle fan but your post was just idiotic and totally injust. I guess Owen is a W*nker for scoring against us?
February 09, 2008

K4 AVFC said:

Bit of an anthem now really ... very popular in the standing sections back of the holte.

Great performance second half today .. i thought we pulled together and really played as a team, everyone doin their particular roles excellently.

A special mention for Harewood though ... he yet again was full of desire and hunger and gave Carr and Taylor a horrible second half.

Looking forward to goin to the Madejski in a couple of weeks time now ... UTV! SOTC! CABA!

We shall not be moved.
February 09, 2008

K4 AVFC said:

steve ... its all tittle tattle isnt it really? lets not be silly
February 09, 2008

gazza said:

Steve m.....boring...I've had to reply today as I'm not sure what time you'll be out of church tomorrow Mr Self Rightious (only my opinion) I dont really know you well enough to make a judgement, but I reckon it's a safe bet!!
February 09, 2008

rach said:

Steve m
Have you tried Barbie.com? Nothing offensive on there!! If someone thinks someones a w****r they're entitled to say so!!! Are you a primary school teacher?
February 09, 2008

AV33 said:

Now now lads...
lets just bask in the glory of today and not bicker amongst ourselves.
Peace and love !!
UP THE VILLA smilies/wink.gif
February 09, 2008

Carl McCullum said:

great display. petrov what r u doing. thought maloney was excellant. all 2nd half players were good really. lets keep it up boys. up the villa
February 09, 2008

ste23 said:

@steve m 40,000 villa fans call the ref a w**ker most weeks and they haven't met him.grow up smilies/tongue.gif
February 10, 2008 | url

Sasa said:

dont really see Kevin Keegan as a w**ker. i quite like him. joey barton on the otherhand....
February 10, 2008

Tor Olsen said:

Exellent second half from Big John and Aston Villa today smilies/grin.gif
Greetings from Norway !
February 10, 2008

AV33 said:

Just watched Match of the Day and came to the following conclusions:

Derby 0 Spurs 3...
Giles Barnes, no ta. Predictable Spurs performance.

West Ham 1 Blues 1...
McLeish One win in Eleven? Lame Blues penalty decision. Bowyer sending off bourne from reputation and not incident.
Carlton Cole per..lease !

Bolton 0 Portsmouth 1...
Matt Taylor for Bolton...s**te
Gary Cahill will be a big part of Bolton's future and he nearly scored and assisted today.
Diarra's goal for Pompey was offside.
Defoe doesn't look any better than our Gabby.

Everton 1 Reading 0...
Another offside goal from Jaglielka decided the game. Kevin Doyle (our transfer target !) may have played him onside but it's debatable !

Sunderland 2 Wigan 0...
Great Andy Reid pass and Daryl Murphy finish for second goal.
Wigan a little unlucky but Craig Gordon looks good.

Middlesborough 1 Fulham 0...
Aliadiere lucky nutmeg type thing and the £12m boy got about ten minutes and didn't kick the ball in earnest !

Onto the other fixture...Aston Villa 4 Newcastle 1.
I love typing that !!

Joey Barton is a thug and pulled Maloney down in the box, enabling him to then handball the subsequent shot away from harm.
Our Ashley does go down a little easily sometimes...referees will soon get wise to this and Joey Barton is a thug.
Maloney on the left, Young on the right and Marlene and Carew up top from the start would be good for me next game. Give Gabby a rest and bring in Salifou and Routledge when the time is right and Joey Barton is a thug.
MON said tonight that Marlon was "a major influence", John Carew was "superb", our second half display was "monumental !!" but he did not say that Joey Barton was a thug...whch surprised me.

Happy days everyone...what aboout playing NRC and Barry in central midfield with the above formation with the emphasis to hit the wingers immediately.
That way, if Barry carries the ball forward, NRC drops deep and holds. Alternately if NRC surges forward, Barry holds but with the emphasis on hitting the wingers (glued to the touch line) at all times.
Happy days at Villa Park...sorry for the long post but i was bored !
UP THE VILLA smilies/wink.gif smilies/cheesy.gif
February 10, 2008

taglor said:

gaza don't worry steve m tried to say I was wrong that dol brought gabby through. keegan has to be called a w****r just for his haircut smilies/grin.gif
February 10, 2008

AV33 said:

Taglor...come on mate?
Nowt good to say about the lads?
February 10, 2008

AV33 said:

And by the way, can we have "54 - 46 Was My Number" by Toots & The Maytals over the PA next time Joey Barton shows his face at Villa Park please?
Better still, can we get someone in authority to put an ASBO on the chav dickhead and every one of his kind.
Enough said....
February 10, 2008

Arrlui said:

Mellberg saw the black and white and thought he was in Italy today. Barton is a F**king menace. Maloney and Harewood deserve to start. Petrov should be binned because we could have had Milner for the same price around the same time until Fat Freddie s**tface blocked his transfer. Carew invented a new trick, heading the ball without looking directly at it. The 'Carew Backhead'. I saw him try two. Too cool for shoes that boy. Gardner to replace Juveberg. Bring on Routledge. Stop.
February 10, 2008

cameron :) said:

great result second hald disply quality, frst hlf wasant that bad just pertrov mellberg ?? one more thing why dnt he give harewood a good run in the side with gabby out ????
February 10, 2008

moseley said:

Fantastic result. Can't remember the last season, that we put 4 goals in with such regularity. 48 goals so far this season, 5 more than the whole of last season. We are now only behind man utd (49) and arsenal (51) with goals scored. I just wish we didn't concede so early.
February 10, 2008

sam_villa 1 said:

i think we have a selection problem now, not bad for a 23 man squad. im not sure who should play upfront next week. i think mon will go for gabby and carew and have harewood on the bench. but i would like to see harewood and carew but i just can't see mon leaving gabby on the bench.
February 10, 2008

pazzler said:

for once in my life im supportin manure an chelski today. top result. if wanna be picky, lets try an get that elusive clean sheet. yesterday makes las sunday even more heartbreaking. if we'd av played against fulham like we did in the 2nd half v newcastle, we;d hav spanked fulham. stil, look ahead, not back. super carew n i think iv got a bit of egg on my face from marlon. if he keeps it up, il offer him my chin and 3 clean shots.
February 10, 2008

taglor said:

AV33 I did post earlier scroll up, I think the lads minus Petrov were super fantastique wunderbar! smilies/grin.gif smilies/grin.gif
February 10, 2008

Pgough said:

That was a great game to watch as a supporter. Lots of emotional swings. I would have loved to have heard Martins half time speech. Next week its Reading away and another 3 points. Lets all be optimists, even you Taglor.
February 10, 2008

Chrisodon said:

We really should try and sign milner in the summer (quote keegan) I'd love him at aston villa I'd love it.
February 10, 2008

salty said:

Am I the only one who thinks that MON's subs were to discipline Mellburg and Petrov for their running spat? At one point they were more interested in going at each other than watching the game and it probably spilled over into the dressing-room. Whatever the reason it worked beautifully after a frankly aweful first half display.
On MOTD Keegan said 'I don't know what went wrong'-no change there then!
February 10, 2008

mylesmorris1 said:

well i picked a good match to go see first time in villa park brilliant second half petrov was utter s**t has be dropped ,harewood was excellant deserves a start but cant drop gabby either
February 10, 2008

Jimmy Villain said:

Penalty on 14 mins turned down barton hand ball - 23 mins another penalty and another Joey Barton moment what a thug cut Young down and still still the ref gave nothing newcastle are a dirty average side, Alan Smith's last league goal nov 2005, 0 in 40 league games.

Newcastle fans are dreamers, their side is mid table at best, I think they had some tidy spells but their defence is shocking. Why Viduka never got a run out is beyond me, as I mentioned above Alan Smith is not going to get goals for you.

Good second half display from the lads, again lethal at set pieces and converted our chances well, if the ref had been to specsavers you could haev added another 2 goals to that tally. Another pleasing thing was the performance of both Gardner and Reo Coker, Coker has had a lot of stick from everyone including myself over the past few weeks but he didn't do much wrong yesterday. Also have to mention Harewood, another great team motivating performance from him, he gives 100% every time he gets on and would be hard done to not to get a start against Reading.

Petrov has to get dropped, utter sh**e again, why he starts is beyond me…

UTV!

February 10, 2008

DedicatedFollower said:

Does anyone know where you can get the undershirts/training tops that several of the players were wearing under their kit? Nike swash on the chest, claret and make my muscles look as big as Carews(?). Ta
February 11, 2008

steve m said:

Taglor - nice of you to try and turn my post round. You were trying to discredit MON for the work he had done with Gabby by saying that it was all Olearys doing. Oleary had no other choice but to play gabby and played him on few occasions mostly as a sub. MoN is responsible for bringing him on in leaps and bounds which is what my post said. Ste23, we call the ref a w*nker when we have reason to....
February 11, 2008

theprimeminister said:

This is tuning into 606, leave the childish insults alone lads it's a football forum.
February 11, 2008

ozavfc21 said:

firstly keegan wont get sacked because he will run away like he did before to newcastle and england. barton is a useless scumbag w**ker sorry steve m but if you argue that then you got something wrong with you. UTV.
February 12, 2008

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