The LONGEST Awayday of the Season...

[@newcastlefanstv]

Try being a Toon fan, our nearest game is Manchester. Every away game is 3 hours and more.

[@rmstew]

Try being a London based Toon fan. Took me 7 hours to drive home 🤣🤣

[@ozzy3965]

Surely you should be rooting for Sunderland boro and leeds to go up 😂

[@Oo-vr2jn]

Why would you drive from London 😂 dedication though ​@@rmstew

[@rungeordierun]

A good honest respectful analysis. Fair play. All the best. Good luck for the rest of the European campaign.

[@hollinsheadfamily2377]

As a Newcastle fan (I was right below you fyi) thank you for coming and giving us a good match this boxing day, good luck for the rest of your season.

[@Jake97x]

Why you wishing them good luck

[@ian-flanagan]

@@Jake97xFor one, because they could get us a 5th CL spot

[@matthancock260]

@@Jake97x stop crying, your small club will still not get Europe

[@CarlosTheVillan1874]

​@ian-flanagan definitely and the fact both our clubs can annoy sky by breaking up their 6 club love in

[@Marais-cu3vo]

Nah, I don't wish them any luck. Villa's self-appointed spokesman Gabby Agbonlahor keeps trash-talking about Newcastle all the time and advocates the sale of Isak. Maybe Villa should sell Watkins to Arsenal given that it's his boyhood team.

[@Yungrexy]

Fair play for being balanced and honest about the game. You seem to have the right attitude towards away days & football in general. Without resorting to emotion you will remain stress free and more able to see the bigger picture. Good luck going forward, wishing you and Villa all the best.

[@leemc923]

Newcastle fan but the way your videos are done are always great.

[@anzi614]

As a Toon Army, I agree

[@michaelfletcher2264]

As a Newcastle fan who has watched all your visits to Newcastle recently 😅 I have to say you give a great account of our city and team. I was saying yesterday we needed a win here to get some consistency like you said about villa. We seem like we are turning a corner 🤞🏻 as for Durans red I thought during the game it may have been a red because of the players reactions. But again I sit in the gallowgate so it was at the other end of the pitch so I wasn’t sure. Having seen it back on match of the day I fully agree with shearer and hart it was never a red card. I’d be fuming if that was us. Anyway I will sign off like always wishing you lot all the best and success for the rest of the season. Great club great fans up the villa 💪🏻

[@VillaOnTour]

Really appreciate the kind words Michael, thanks mate 🤝

[@dennisnielsen4289]

Seeing it in repeat/slow motion makes me think, it was indeed the correct decision to send Duran off. I was in doubt when seeing it 'Live' He was very clumsy, and deserved the red all day long, too bad for him.

[@michaelfletcher2264]

@ yeh mate I think it has a lot of people split so you can’t argue either way like.

[@danielbate13]

It's either a red or it isn't, full stop, not it's a red because Newcastle shout loud and they are at home, or because Alan Shearer said it is.

[@toasted7998]

Liverpool fan here, absolutely superb content mate love the videos earned a sub 👊

[@DC-lx8si]

newcastle fan here, really enjoyed the video, hope you had a good time up here - welcome back any time!

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

My mate and. went there way back on the last weekend before Christmas 2011. It was a freezing cold day, and we saw a bore 0-0 draw. I'm a Swansea fan and it was a 23 hour day out by the time the train pulled back in at home! For all that though it was a great day out at a proper football ground (with a great view of the surrounding area!!). And an emotional day too with a pre-match tribute to the late, great Gary Speed. We may get back there one day. Maybe!!

[@Magpies2022]

Fair play for been honest and balanced on your views all the best for the rest of the season 👏👍

[@jimrockford1969]

Great video as usual Max. Nice that you pointed out that you experienced a typical away day journey for Newcastle fans! Can you imagine travelling away to Southampton or Bournemouth? 😬 All the best for the rest of the season, other than against us at Villa Park of course! Keep flying the flag in the UCL where you have been brilliant so far. Really enjoy watching your European travels. All the best for the rest of the festive period!

[@christopherwright8811]

Yep, memories of '82 as I grew up near Brum....

[@geordiehowayman1677]

We have to do the miles in return leg lol, also travel the most out of any club in the Pl ,sometimes on evenings and early kick offs. Anyway good luck rest of season,let’s disrupt the Cartel

[@phazex1774]

As a Newcastle fan, superb content mate, very balanced. Good luck for the rest of the season

[@woody140]

I was at the game and only 2 Villa player came over too thank you for your long journey , Shocking !111 Great vlog tho .

[@nettlewarrior8627]

Was waiting for your video, even as a Newcastle fan. Always enjoy the content. All the best.

[@johnenglish929]

Glad you made it - good to see so many Villa fans there, but 500 miles : that’s nothing. When we played Plymouth we did about 400 miles each way getting back Sunday morning ! We got held up by snow and bad weather - even in Devon - and got there at half time by when it was 3 - 3 and Barrie Thomas had got a first half hat trick. Taylor scored what proved to be the winner in the second half and we came home in fine fettle. Happy days !!!

[@philipscott9238]

Cheers mate all the best from Newcastle United fan 😂

[@tomhume1983]

A decent video tbh. A villa fan who does actually give credit to Newcastle. Fair play

[@paulhobday9272]

Nice one Max, one to forget!

[@shashwatrathore9897]

'Longest' away day in all senses of the word😅

[@jonathanward7320]

Villa are now overtaking spurs as coming to St James’ and just continually getting absolutely battered 😂

[@shykeegan]

I sit in the gallowgate corner and couldn't hear the villa fans at all. But this is not a diss to the villa fans, i recently sat in the leazes end and i realised our stadium acoustics are so open all the atmosphere escapes. Thats when i accepted the idea of a new stadium. From this video and a few others i can see you boys were actually making some noise.

[@realcapitalist1462]

I've only ever seen St James' from the outside but it looks fantastic, it would a shame to leave it.

[@anzi614]

You look like a decent Gentleman. Cheer up!!

[@lochinver1929]

Great video.. I don't think it was a red card but I think we would have won anyway. Good luck for the rest of the season 👍

[@placeholdercrh2286]

Looking back, Duran has also been let down by his teammates, none of them look upset at the decision or challenge the ref. In football IQ terms our players are miles off, we just give the oppo a free run at the ref. Dubravka has Duran by the shirt for half a minute before (McGinn?) separates them. We have to grab the low hanging fruit that pretty much every other team does, it’s worth points over a season. Other than that, another slow start, which again is down to low football IQ. We desperately need more Ashley Young types to give us the competitive edge. Credit to the lads for keeping it to 2 for so long, along with Anfield, that’s one of the toughest games of the season. On the bright side, as bumpy as our season has been, but for 10 minutes against Forrest, we’d be 5th.

[@craig3420]

Or Duran let his teammates down

[@Stewart.T]

Our players are docile and always accept decisions no matter how bad they are.

[@DemirhanKuzlak]

@@Stewart.Tit was great decision. Clear red

[@iPhilin]

@@craig3420by getting studs to the sack and rolling his ankle???

[@RsRs-o4r]

Nice people, the geordies are very welcoming

[@jamiecummings9666]

Toon fan here. I'd say no red. But a bit reckless so yellow would have been OK. I still think if stayed 11 v11 we still would have won. Just saying. I like the fact we villa and Newcastle are disrupting top six. Good luck for rest of season and hopefully see you in champions league with us next season. 🎉

[@thomaswood6115]

we will struggle to finish midtable we will be nowhere near Europe

[@chrisbravo920]

The best fan vlog on YT. Great vlog mate. Up the Toon!

[@jackh9954]

As a Newcastle fan I think it is a red card only due to the fact his foot slides all the way up his back but all of us shouting off probably didn’t help Duran

[@jeffirving5863]

First time I've watched your post and must say you have talked the most sense and balanced view keep it up

[@richardsales6996]

I'm a Newcastle fan and it wasn't a red card no way Duran twisted his foot so had to put the weight on the other it could be helped feel sorry for the lad

[@pgVeritas]

What a great vlog! I really enjoyed your matchday vlog and I'm glad you had a great, if disappointing time at SJP. Your production values are excellent, and you are a really genial host. I have subscribed to help your channel.....and I'm a Mag! Even with 11 men, you wouldn't have beaten NU today. It's because that early goal demonstrated the fear that the players had instilled in them by Emery, the fanbase and the media about this fixture. If NU were playing "let's placate Barnes-ball" like we were against Brentford (in the PL) you would have beaten us. Unfortunately for you, Eddie finally realised that winning is better than keeping someone's ego intact. We've been on fire, and Tonali now a full starter in the holding role has pushed us on to be able to score easily. In fact, the ball was won by Tonali before Gordon's goal. I used to be a pro-skater, and lived in California in the late 70s. I can tell you, even at speeds faster than running, you can rotate your body. Duran deliberately left his foot in (as you said, on the second one, and took extra steps). Players are used to collisions and this was a cynical attempt to make it look like an unfortunate incident. Now, I am fortunate from two points of view. My eldest brother was a PL official up until 1998. He was a DIv 1 referee, but only a lino in the PL, even though he'd reffed some UEFA qualifiers. Anyway, I spoke to him about Arsenal, tonight (he's a fan and we've been bantering about the Carabao Cup) . My brother said the ref had looked at the reaction of Schär, most players (like Morgan did) hold their face and roll around. Schär was holding his back, clearly in distress. The ref took time because he also looked the reaction of the Villa players, Duran and had the VAR in his ear. This is why he took the time, and yes, opposition players and the fans can influence, because he's human, but the decision was correct. VAR slowed it, and there is no rotation attempt. When his first foot landed, there is nothing Duran can do. The issue is the angle of the second and what looks like attempt to leave it on Schär's head, is the decisive factor. Now, back in 2015, I developed a system, in conjunction with a World ranked (top ten) research Uni, that issues the F1 crash safety certificates on behalf of the FIA. I was working in a different department, but the Head of the Impact centre, was a Liverpool fan, and I as a Newcastle fan, was ranting about how Salah was always diving. The head of the impact centre, and I, used to meet every Friday morning for a coffee. I was bemoaning being cheated out of a game by Salah and I said there had to be a nailed on way to prevent cheating. My eureka moment came as I stretched for the sugar, and my hand hit the salt cellar which hit the pepper pot which deflected, due to the impact: NEWTONIAN MECHANICS! I took a Masters student, contacted the Premier League (Operations Director) Sky Sports (Head of Football) and the FA. The FA were NOT interested, but the PL and Sky supported the research. Sky sent several games for analysis, one of which was a Villa game(!) There is software that is used in crash testing and to determine fault in racing incidents. It can reliably predict the forces, the direction of force and therefore blame. This is the software that was adapted to be used for football to determine impacts and whether there was a dive or not and other foul play. I named the research P.O.S.I.T.I.V.E. (Prevention Of Simulation with Impact Technologies In the Verification of Error). Basically, for those who didn't do physics or science in secondary school, Newton's Three Laws of motion describe how entities move. Law 1: A body will remain at rest or in a state of constant motion, unless acted upon by an external force. Law 2: The time rate of change of momentum of a body is equal in both magnitude and direction to the force imposed upon it. Law 3: To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction In other words, if a player is running into the box, and a defender comes flying into him, the attacker will be knocked in a proportionate distance and direction to the force applied to him (LAW 2). Knowing the mass of the player and the acceleration, allows us to identify the force. The distance of the deflection, or simply, where the player lands can be predicted. It requires high speed cameras and knowing the mass (what the lay man calls weight incorrectly) but these are easily sorted through sensors in the shoes or weighing at the start and at half-time to give an excellent degree of accuracy. POSITIVE was presented to the Head of Judicial Services of the FA in 2016, when I ran into him in the lift in Wembley Stadium. (The Head of Judicial Services is the Chair of the Disciplinary Panel who has the casting vote on disciplinary action (among other responsibilities). He looked at my security pass and asked me about my brother. He was on my brother's reffing team (as a young lino) when my brother was a Div 1 ref. It wasn't just a software enabled system. My masters student had investigated biomechanical principles and plotted motions across multiple body parts, and in multiple situations from the Sky videos. She also spoke to PL Officials for their insights too. I gave the research with the proof of concept in April 2016. I used to see the Head of Judicial Services on multiple occasions, each time there was an excuse as to why no demonstration had been requested. I still haven't had a response. When VAR was introduced at the WC in Russia in 2018, I sent the materials to the Head of IFAB, whom my brother knows. It is 2024 nearly 2025 and still there hasn't been a response. This was despite support from the PL and Sky Sports Football. Ask yourself why something which is almost impossible to be wrong, hasn't been implemented alongside VAR?

[@stuhector3511]

Boys what you taking about ? That’s never a red card, it’s not even a foul let alone a card ! Ref bottled it due to Newcastle reaction

[@teamboy19]

Glad you came 😂 Longest ,wow Try Newcastle away trips to Southampton or Bournemouth .

[@StreetRider-iz7tg]

Wow awesome shots of the stadium and city background 🔥

[@House0fHoot]

1:40 Max you should pop a pin in your map for Newcastle as the *most Northerly* club you’ve visited! 🖤🤍

[@dondonblacksmith6734]

£3.50 a pint, the south is suffering for sure!!! loool COYG!!!!!

[@paddyanglais91]

Outrageous prices 😅

[@christopherwright8811]

Don't forget the two-for-ones as well - £350 for TWO pints if you time it right!

[@LardjaLare-bk9vp]

Nos soutiens à l'équipe. Courage

[@RathOX]

I love being pitchside at our games, was a great win.

[@kevmorrison2452]

Enjoyed your video as you and your mate talk sense(from Newcastle fan) And agree with yourself regards the Duran sending off , Newcastle players done well to get in the refs head as a don’t think he even thought about a red at all when it first happened as a looked at him straight away at the game when it happened and he wasn’t in a hurry to move at all. Fair play to villa fans the atmosphere from above me was very good for team trailing from the first two mins.

[@jamesduffy8381]

I said in my group chat i thought it was a yellow. My mate was adamant it was a red. That’s why it won’t get rescinded. Good video with fair comments 👍🏻. Toon fan

[@ewrtgerweqwa-vp2vt]

geez a 4 hour drive being the longest is lucky, my shortest is an 8 hour drive

[@ResellNEThing]

I think it was harsh but for me it looks like it was intentional and in frustration a bit from the young lad. Changed the game though for sure. I think VAR made the call in his ear as there wasnt a massive check like there was for the three disallowed goals. I still think we would have won but it would have been closer 11v11

[@dwm4968]

Fair comments regarding the Duran sending off, unlike other Villa fans, for what its worth I thought it was a red on the day, having seen it back on tv I think yellow was enough.

[@bennufc1892]

Newcastle fan and subscriber - thanks for giving a great account of our city and for being very reasonable in your takes - much respect to Villa and your fans regardless of the pseudo rivalry some seem to drum up these days (even if our relegation at Villa Park still sticks in the mind, as someone who was sadly there that day) I think Villa looked decent yesterday up until the red card and the way we’re going it’s always going to be a very tough ask to leave SJP with something with 10 men. Best of luck for the rest of the season, especially in the Champions League!

[@VillaOnTour]

Very kind Ben, cheers mate!

[@silgen]

See you next year! 😊

[@MikeByrne-p2b]

No f******g chance. This is my last visit. 😂

[@steve10]

The reason we are struggling isn't because we are worse than last year , it's because with the tactic we use is geared up for energy , work rate , talent to play it and confidence. We have the talent to play it , however if players lack confidence or are tired , then the work rate drops, the tactics we use , Liverpool under Klopp use and man city use , work when the team are flying , this tactic breeds confidence , however once you get a defeat here or there and a couple of players start doubting their form , or are knackered you have a problem. If you notice our passing was poor , start of the season it was working ,, we tend to play risk and reward passes , if they pay off great, if they don't, the we swarm and usually win back possession. When confidence is knocked , those risk passes become misplaced , and the swarm isn't with the same energy , which then becomes a negative tactic. Man city are a classic example of this , Peps whole philosophy is play a variant of these tactics and was successful, the players aren't worse , but they lack confidence and the squad is so small he can't trust them to rotate, plus he can't manage with any other tactic , too small a squad , players aging , no fresh blood and now confidence will see City struggle to get champions league I think , unless he buys his way out of trouble , that's the weakness of pep and these types of high press risk and reward tactics ,Pep himself has sleepwalked himself into this position. We have an advantage now over city, which showed in the win over them. Emery needs to find a way of getting the players confidence up , their fitness needs looking at and we need to trust in rotation. Even if we finish 6th this year , we are still progressing , because eventually Emery will find a 25 man squad where everyone knows this system fully , so we can rotate , Duran was actually a decent swap for Watkins who was looking leggy , I think a few others look leggy , our wing backs need resting , but I don't think Emery is confident in rotating too often. I still believe though that just because we lost today , we can't get a win in the next , tbh I haven't felt this way for decades with villa , Emery , this tactic and players, just needs belief , confidence, and they need to rest , if Emery can figure out who he can rest and trust a rotated player thn you can switch without ruining the tactic

[@AndrewCraner-gp8dy]

Bad day at office great vid up the villa

[@jayledger-k6j]

quality content = proper footy fan from an nufc fan

[@SimonLoy]

Excellent and balanced. Well said.

[@Tuffluk]

Great video Good lad. Thanks

[@iPhilin]

If you think it's difficult to control how you fall after getting clattered and kicked in the sack while running full speed, you should try rolling your ankle in the process like Duran did, and see how much control you've got.

[@phillydavison]

Worth every penny 😵‍💫

[@craig3420]

Great vid..dont mind villa...best team won

[@graememcintosh8041]

Newcastle supporter great video

[@Steve-o1u8y]

As a Newcastle fan, thanks for all the fair coverage you give whenever you come up here. It *could* be worse though, have you seen Spurs record up here lately? There is hope on your horizon though as we might be moving to a new stadium soon, the club are due to make an announcement early 2025. It's either a new stadium away from St James's or an extension to the Gallowgate end....I know what you will be hoping for. Happy New Year mate.

[@robinsleight6270]

Good video mate from Toon fan, yes think u were hard done by with the sending off.

[@DaveShortt]

Cheers Max good report again, I’m really confused as to why there is so much needle between us two. As for the game red card or not and it was not, Newcastle well worth the 3 points, no argument here. Keep the faith Max UTV

[@rockrooster3878]

Hope you lads had a good trip result aside. I thought red as soon as it happened in real time but after seeing the replay and Duran rolling his left ankle it could quite be accidental but only Duran will know. Buzzing with the 3 points but the red changed the game.

[@OriginsReborn]

The camera angle showing his face from the front shows his intention imho. Definite red card!

[@nathanthomson1931]

​@@OriginsRebornI kinda thought that too

[@tagginge4300]

First away game I went to, didn't think we were going to win, sat behind the goal, Newcastle fans hating Rogers for being to go through their players, thought Onana was decent but not our day, never a red for me, but enjoy the st james park hospitality, UTV

[@ianhart4990]

Newcastle away truly is our kryptonite! The landlady in my local is a toon fan. I had to buy her a pint! 😢

[@kieranharriman7055]

I genuinely believe the red card was harsh. He was running full tilt and slipped. How is he meant to control how it all unfolds. In truth though Newcastle were the better team and our record up there is atrocious. I had predicted 3-1 so I wasn’t far off. This season has been one of either being bang on it or making awful defensive mistakes. No complaints in that the better team won but really annoyed about the sending off. Happy New Year Max

[@DebbieFoster-p9l]

Not an intentional stamp.not a red utv

[@DebbieFoster-p9l]

Well done Newcastle btw

[@kevin-john4089]

it is a harsh card. whether intentional or not from duran it is technically studs in an area where he could get caught wrong and can lead to a bad injury. but it can be looked as a violent conduct due to where the foot landed on his back and with studs near his back. plus on the replay it looks like he swings his right leg into schar which doesnt help duran out. thats coming from a NUFC fan so I might be abit biased.

[@anthonysmurthwaite6258]

I don't know if it was intentional or not but the way he straightens his leg looks really bad, so after the card is already given VAR can't overturn it when it looks that bad

[@projectfl1nt522]

Great video. Good Luck in the CL hope you smash it.

[@danrobinson902]

Great show! I'm.gonna subscribe to your channel, it's nice to hear someone speak with a level head. You looked at both sides of the red card, and formed your decision. Well done! I thought it was a red, he knew what he was doing, but I'd not have been upset if it was a yellow. It was a good game, and Villa played well even with 10 men!

[@polytop1]

They got it right on match of the day, listen to shearers comments.

[@kevinbrookes2032]

My favourite commentator 🙂.... a NFC fan 🙂

[@JayChurch-s6m]

As a Toon fan it was not a red but at the same time he didn't need to put his foot there and help the referee make the decision

[@Pud7]

As a Newcastle fan it was a definite red, two stamps is a red card like

[@Stewart.T]

​@Pud7 Except it wasn't a stamp. If anything it was Schar that should have got the red for kicking Duran 2 footed in the nuts.

[@Charlieb82]

​@Pud7 aye he left his studs in after taking a few steps. Cash should have been sent off for a second yellow pull on Schar too in the first half from our freekick, he just wrestled him to the ground to stop him getting into the box - ref gave us the freekick but no booking

[@PaulLesbirel-ii5id]

Brilliant as always Max. The red card, my view, don't give the ref a chance to even consider it. On the whole, well beaten. Crap record at Newcastle. Dust ourselves down for a big game against Brighton on Monday.Merry Christmas.A hopeful Guernsey Pride. UTV😀👍⚽️💜💙

[@stif077]

Great content and honest review of the game from a away fan 👍💪🖤🤍👏

[@tooniehd]

As a mag, i think it was a bit harsh after seeing the replay, he twisted his ankle a little which automatically makes you switch to the other leg. So no red for me, it was never intentional.

[@doinacrancher8412]

You don't know how lucky you are regarding supposed long distance travels. A 3 hour coach journey is probably as long as it gets when you live in the midlands.

[@TheSurferboi1992]

I love watching other fans away day trips to Newcastle, sob on the peaky blinders 😂😂 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year one and all ⬛️⬜️⬛️⬜️⬛️

[@Stewart.T]

I think you'll find the peaky blinders is more of a Birmingham City thing.

[@simonwarren8809]

Wasn't a stamp. Was more than just landing on him. Could have gone either way. Yellow would probably have been a fairer outcome.

[@CarlosTheVillan1874]

We always seem to implode when we go to Newcastle

[@craighammy8277]

Thought a draw at best today, regarding Duran, as u said, "silly" these are the things that we will get with Duran, personally think he knew what was doing, despite left ankle slipping , S Given made good point , after the tackle made, N utd player put straighten leg into Duran groin area, 🤷‍♂️

[@sebblackmore3697]

Player prices on the bench for Villa - Watkins - £30m Buendia - £30+m Carlos - £25m Bailey - £30m Maatsen was signed for £40m in the summer and he wasnt on the bench. Nor does he start regularly. Onana did start for once, but looked terrible. He cost £50m. No ambitious club can afford to be so wasteful. Over £200m worth, doing nothing. That was the problem here

[@richlordtravels]

Credit to you for a balanced, thought out view of a poor match. Enjoyable view as ever. UTV!

[@malcomflibbleghast8140]

id like to point out wales is in the uk, just FYI>

[@scotttowers1759]

Imagine only thinking that was a yellow lmao. I also love how you recorded the only four or five times your fans sang. Brentford was louder.

[@matty832]

If he filmed every time we sang the video would 90 mins long you muppet

[@mjcamp01]

Newcastle fan. Enjoyed your video, more so given I already knew the result obviously. I thought the red card was harsh and would have been overturned on appeal, until he stupidly kicked that water bottle now i think the chance is it will be 3 matches plus a stupidity bonus of 1 or 2 more. Nice to hear your positive views of the club, stadium, city and your kudos to Newcastle fans. I watched the extended highlights, Villa had chances but Newcastle were battering your goal, despite losing 3-0 I think your keeper deserved your motm.

[@FightingIrish1975]

Bro you need to get even more north and visit Scandinavia. Ur pins are no where to be seen there. Football wise I obviously understand it as there is not too much competition up there at the moment but just visit the viking homelands for the fun. Good content and I am sorry we smashed you yet again at home. Both teams are doing good lately which of course a great upset to the "established" Top 6. Happy Christmas and a Great New Year and let the battle continue

[@callum9679]

For me it was a red (toon fan) purely because it was dangerous. People would be thinking of this differently if he'd done damage to Schärs back

[@justininfrance]

Villa fan here, that was totally a red card. Duran did a similar thing against a City defender last week, raked his elbow down his back as he was falling. Does the same here but with his foot. Being a fan does not mean defending dirty play by our player.

[@CTMUSIC70]

Firstly, they get their pre match build up just perfect to get the crowd wound up. Compare to ours which has been abject for years - last week we were playing crowd noise before the City game, fucking woeful. One other thing to add to this. Their players surround the ref in numbers. The crowd then get right onto the ref, so he now thinks he has a big decision to make. We never do this at Villa Park. We give referees an easy ride, on & off the pitch

[@gameforalaugh5743]

Was a very harsh red, however, it's 'ref's call', if it were given a yellow no way in hell that would have been given as a red

[@stevelong5510]

Mourinho was incensed by Taylor in a euro final and I can understand why. He’s one of those refs who you know will give you nothing.

[@Stewart.T]

He had to get a police escort through the airport. Easy to see why.

[@alrightmatee]

Fair play getting up there! They may have always battered us, but we sent them down, great memories 😂

[@YnotTony-ht6iu]

I think Unai will have a few words in Spanish with Jhon

[@grahamebell1561]

Great report on the day (Newcastle fan), wasn't sure on the sending off myself, all the best for the rest of the season, good to see different teams at the top

[@Inkednathan96]

I love how your longest journey is 4 hours and that’s like our shortest 😂😂 never a red for Duran and hope we can both annoy the top 6 again 💪🏻💪🏻

[@erynpimentel915]

Emery Christmas everyone! As a cartographer I love your travel map! Sorry for everyone wearing claret-colored glasses, but it was a deserved red. Duran deliberately put his boot on him. I don’t think that would have changed the outcome but it certainly sealed the deal.

[@DebbieFoster-p9l]

BS

[@robertpowell7228]

We don't keep clean sheets away from home. This was another defeat waiting to happen.

[@SlabISO]

Duran let a couple of decisions go to his head. If he hadn’t been sent off when he was, he would’ve been sent off later. Red Mist. He knew exactly what he was doing and ended the contest.

[@paulroberts3125]

Can i ask you, if that tackle had been a Newcastle player on a Villa player would you have felt the same?

[@jagtarsinghmattu1212]

Duran had a bad attitude during match, which helped ref make his decision, (made ref think he lashed out)

[@ZhuXin0001]

as a Villa fan hope we can go the level of Newcastle and building up a big team like them.. they're much of a bigger club than we are and we need to have atleast 55000 to 60000 seats..

[@kevinadamson5768]

It doesn't happen overnight, the days of spending big money and buying all the best players like Chelsea and Man city did are over, we may have the richest owners but are restricted by pif. 😊You have some good players so it's just a matter of building a team around them. 😊

[@Stewart.T]

You are definitely not a Villa fan.

[@Stataze]

Subbed toon fan, well put together mate.

[@classic-shirt-obsession9843]

Fair play what’s your day job mate

[@Darthshearer]

Canny watch mate, I shall put you on subscribe. I was at the game as a NUFC fan. You guys were a canny bunch. I thought you looked better when at 10 and had Tielemans on and was surprised he took off Rogers too. Took your best two players off I thought. good luck for the rest of the season and lets smash the 'Top 6' cartel!

[@nathanthomson1931]

Newcastle fan here, and it was probably a yellow. He took a minute to give the card because he'd asked VAR for confirmation on what he thought he'd seen though, not because he was listening to the players' arguments. He might have bumped it from a yellow to a red to balance out the SCHOCKING red Schar got in game 1 of the season against Southampton 🤷‍♂️