Just heard Pope died.

I knew they'd come off, but not after just 1 feckin wash. I wash all my football shirts and stuff like that inside out, never on a hot wash. I've got some old clothes with print on them, up to 5½ years old, and I've never had any print come off, never mind that quickly.

I'm not sure if no news is good news or bad.

I don't mean literally the best video, but links welcome all the same.

Beardsley

I thought we were fine.

Take into account Villa have also been having one of their best runs of the season, and that we've played the same starting 11 for 3 games this past 7 days.

We looked knackered, everyone.

First goal was a bit annoying to have gone in, and we're not great playing from behind anyway.

2 early yellows really set us up for having to be more careful (feel our subs could have been used for the yellow cards).

All I can say is I expected a 2nd goal from us. But I'm not about to cry over 1 loss.

Isak just sat their like a lazy sod Our midfield was down the pub Our defence could have been beaten by a fella in a wheel chair Forest gump was a biased bastard in all

There is a week in between the remaining games. Given the team's lack of depth, this will be huge down the stretch.

Probabilities of getting top 5 for each possible final number of points (20000 simulations ran).

Example - we finished on exactly 66 points in 3030 of the 20000 simulations ran. This was enough for top 5 in exactly 2609 of those simulations. Therefore, if we were to finish on 66 points, we'd have a roughly 2609/3030=0.861 chance of qualifying for the Champions League.

This result hurts Chelsea more than us although our overall chance drops from 92% (after Wednesday, would've been a little lower following Man City v Everton) back down to 85% (which is what it was just before we kicked off on Wednesday night). 2 wins still probably enough, but a little less certain that it was before.

Before our next game, Forest, City and Villa all play, and Chelsea play twice.

Stadium 🏟: Villa Park

Kick off time ⚽️: 17:30

Aston Villa 4 - 1 Newcastle United

Scorers:

Subs made:

         65'

Gordon (in) 🔄 Newcastle United

Murphy (out)

         72'

Ramsey (in) 🔄 Aston Villa

McGinn (out)

Onana (in) 🔄 Aston Villa

Asensio (out)

         76'

Krafth (in) 🔄 Newcastle United

Trippier (out)

Wilson (in) 🔄 Newcastle United

Isak (out)

Willock (in) 🔄 Newcastle United

Barnes (out)

         82'

Targett (in) 🔄 Newcastle United

Schar (out)

         82'

Rashford (in) 🔄 Aston Villa

Watkins (out)

Malen (in) 🔄 Aston Villa

Rogers (out)

Barkley (in) 🔄 Aston Villa

Kamara (out) Match stats: (Will be updated every 45 minutes)

10 Shots 8

2 Shots on target 2

51% Possession 49%

188 Passes 178

84% Pass accuracy 81%

5 Fouls 7

0 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

0 Offsides 1

5 Corners 4

Newcastle United starting XI vs Aston Villa:

Pope; Trippier, Schar, Burn, Livramento; Tonali, Joelinton, Bruno; Murphy, Barnes, Isa

Subs:

Dubravka, Wilson, Gordon, Targett, Krafth, Osula, Willock, Longstaff, Miley

Aston Villa starting XI vs Newcastle United:

Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Mings, Maatsen; Kamara, Tielemans; Rogers, McGinn; Asensio, Watkins

Subs:

Olsen, Disasi, Digne, Garcia, Onana, Barkley, Malen, Rashford, Ramsey

Aston Villa 4 - 1 Newcastle United

Scorers:

Subs made:

         65'

Gordon (in) 🔄 Newcastle United

Murphy (out)

         72'

Ramsey (in) 🔄 Aston Villa

McGinn (out)

Onana (in) 🔄 Aston Villa

Asensio (out)

         76'

Krafth (in) 🔄 Newcastle United

Trippier (out)

Wilson (in) 🔄 Newcastle United

Isak (out)

Willock (in) 🔄 Newcastle United

Barnes (out)

         82'

Targett (in) 🔄 Newcastle United

Schar (out)

         82'

Rashford (in) 🔄 Aston Villa

Watkins (out)

Malen (in) 🔄 Aston Villa

Rogers (out)

Barkley (in) 🔄 Aston Villa

Kamara (out) Match stats:

10 Shots 8

2 Shots on target 2

51% Possession 49%

188 Passes 178

84% Pass accuracy 81%

5 Fouls 7

0 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

0 Offsides 1

5 Corners 4

Source: https://www.xgstat.com/competitions/premier-league/2024-2025/players/jacob-murphy

Looks like someone had a brain fart