Villa score Moore than defenceless Toon

The unbeaten run at an end at the unlikeliest of places. Two instances of poor defending in an otherwise reasonable showing mean't be lost 2-0 to Aston Villa today. It is the second game of the season, but it is unacceptable, enough said. Martins has been in training with us for two days and has never played in the premiership so I didn't expect him to make an immediate impact, he didn't. The poor lad was upfront on his own because the newly prolific Ameobi failed to shake off his knocks. I was distraught on 60 minutes when Obafemi Martins was stretchered off with a suspected knee injury, but thankfully its just a bad dead leg. We had already made all 3 substitutions by then, so we played the last half hour with 10 men, meaning a possible come back was off the cards. Babayaro was appalling, and N'Zogbia did a much better job at left-back after half time while Luque was simply not interested, and Glenn knows it. Glenn said afterwards that he is trying to bring in another striker, which is good news, but we really should concentrate on our defence. Bramble had a solid game with only one mistake, but his only mistake led to a goal in the 2nd minute of the game. Not good.

We need a left-back, centre-back and striker. I have to be harsh and say Albert Luque is simply not up to it. Babayaro needs sorting out.

Luke Moore and Juan Pablo Angel scored the goals.