Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on December 30, 2025, 07:02:24 PM
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SJM and 4 kids on the bench.
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No McGinn. Hmmmmm.
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No SJM starting is a shocker
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Maybe don't rely on subs winning it today Unai.
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So it's Bogarde and Sancho presumably down the right. I hope he gives Bogarde some help as I think he'll need it.
Rice definitely out is good news.
Come on Villa, we can do this.
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Sancho and Buendia in the same side says "lightweight" to me.
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There we go……straight to bloody Rice on Sky!
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Blimey. SJM on the bench.
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If we go there and win with that defense Unai will be a Demi god
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If we go there and win with that defense Unai will be a Demi god
Will be?
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The Sanch 8)
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No McGinn is a weird one. Don’t like that team.
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If we go there and win with that defense Unai will be a Demi god
He already is….
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Yikes there’s very little on the bench. I don’t fancy this at all, but come on Villa!
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That’s a starting line up that no-one would have predicted
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This is a very attacking team. I cam see McGinn coming on after 20 mins.
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Malen/McGinn/Maatsen to come on is fine lads.
3-1 Villa FTF 8)
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This is a very attacking team. I cam see McGinn coming on after 20 mins.
He scored last night.
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Considering Unai generally takes a more cautious approach he seems to have gone full on Big Ange for this one
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SJM has looked tired last couple of games, but that is shock. Bench looks a bit weak doesn’t it.
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Considering Unai generally takes a more cautious approach he seems to have gone full on Big Ange for this one
Good.
They're shit.
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Missing 6 first teamers is going to have an impact.
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Looks ok to me the only one I hadn’t expected was Buendia for McGinn but with hindsight it’s logical as he is rotating as far as he can.
Subs will up the pace if needed.
Need the full backs to match their wingers!
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This is a very attacking team. I cam see McGinn coming on after 20 mins.
He scored last night.
Nice edit!
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Missing 6 first teamers is going to have an impact.
But they are missing Rice don’t you know.
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Someone is going to make sure they give our RB some protection and support.
If that falls on Sancho, he really needs to step up.
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Someone is going to make sure they give our RB some protection and support.
If that falls on Sancho, he really needs to step up.
Think he's done ok so far - the thought of going back to MU might motivate him into brilliance tonight.
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Sancho and Beundia in the same side with no McGinn is light and really risky, given we are already down Kamara.
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Hopefully we don't lose by more than 5.
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The mantra for us right now is…..
IN UNAI WE TRUST !!!!!!
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Its possibly the most unlike Unai side he ever picked with us especially considering the opposition
I’m not moaning he sees things we don’t, maybe he’s seen the weakness of them not having Rice
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Well we are not going down withoutba few swings.
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Win 7 nil and we go top.
Up the Villa
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Lack of squad depth is starting to tell. He hasn't got that same impact off the bench that he's relied on so heavily this far. But having said that it's the Spanish genius we're talking about here. No doubt he has a cunning plan up his sleeve. Whatever happens it's been a blast this season and it will continue to be a blast. Fuck it. Arse 2 All Conquering Aston Villa 3.
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Going to be very tough. First team looks much weaker than normal. Subs bench even more so. A point would be amazing. They have a full squad apart from Rice.
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McGinn, Malen and Maatsen as this games triple sub changers.
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Weakest midfield we've put out this season. The plan is obviously to completely bypass them all game. long balls for Watkins to chase. Great.
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Their bench is weird, not many options to change things in defence but 3 wingers and 2 10s on there.
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I'm so confident I don't get the negativity.
We might even win, 6-7!
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Going to be very tough. First team looks much weaker than normal. Subs bench even more so. A point would be amazing. They have a full squad apart from Rice.
Yep it’s incredibly difficult. I would be looking to try and bully Zubimendi, but without Kamara that is so difficult.
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I hope SJM as impact and not injured but defensively we look exposed.
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Big shifts required from little Emi and Sancho tonight. Can see us having 30 % possession and working hard off the ball.
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The only surprise is not starting McGinn: Emery was never going to start with Garcia given that he has had no minutes this season.
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I’ve put a £10 on Villa being 2-0 up and immediate cash out.
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Come on me Villa babbies!!
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I'll be very happy if it's still 0-0 at HT.
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Not as happy as I'll be.
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Not the strongest line-up. Just a pity those yellow cards for Cash and Kamara, oh, and when are Mings and Torres ever going to be fit? Torres is approaching 4 weeks out with a 'small' injury and Mings was supposed to be back in 7 weeks which is now approaching 9 weeks!
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Win 7 nil and we go top.
Up the Villa
Unai knows! Put out an attacking lineup and give these chumps a battering.
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They strike me as being quite wind-uppable. I hope we do some of that.
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Not the strongest line-up. Just a pity those yellow cards for Cash and Kamara, oh, and when are Mings and Torres ever going to be fit? Torres is approaching 4 weeks out with a 'small' injury and Mings was supposed to be back in 7 weeks which is now approaching 9 weeks!
Hmmmmmm.
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I wouldn’t be unhappy if it was 0-0 at full time.
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No going behind tonight. We are going to be fast out the traps, Rogers and Ollie are going to rip them to shreds.
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Think this is where is starts to bite: the quality of games and the quality of opposition we've faced recently.
A lot to expect from a relatively small squad.
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I’m anxious. Don’t expect us to get anything today, but we can afford one slip up.
As long as we beat Palace…
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Looks like we’re going for it boys and girls.
C’mon Villa!!!!
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I wouldn’t be unhappy if it was 0-0 at full time.
I’d be delighted, that’d be an excellent result.
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Where is Elliott?!
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How on earth is Alan Smith summariser for this match???
He’s just referred to them as “we”.
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Where is Elliott?!
Wrapped in bubble wrap waiting at the sorting office to return to sender!
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McGinn, Malen and Maatsen as this games triple sub changers.
Definitely. 2 games in a short space of time, all about minutes. SJM is getting the last 25.
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Where is Elliott?!
Don't need him, there's no ET in a league match.
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We are going to get overrun in midfield. We will need to be three up after ten.
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How on earth is Alan Smith summariser for this match???
He’s just referred to them as “we”.
Keown mk 2...
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I’d take the draw.
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We are going to get overrun in midfield.
That's my big fear too.
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No McGinn is a weird one. Don’t like that team.
Not really. Meatball breathes out of his arse more than Petrov. Let the man rest.
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Where is Elliott?!
Packing for Thursday?
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I will be delighted, ecstatic, to be proven wrong but I think we might get a bit of a hiding.
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We are going to get overrun in midfield.
That's my big fear too.
Mine too. A lot rests on Onana and I worry tielemans isn’t mobile enough to cope with runners. I won’t be watching.
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Malen/McGinn/Maatsen to come on is fine lads.
3-1 Villa FTF 8)
Triple M > Triple R (Rash, JJ and Morgz)
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Where is Elliott?!
Don't need him, there's no ET in a league match.
;D ;D ;D ;D
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I’ve put a £10 on Villa being 2-0 up and immediate cash out.
Cash is out already
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No McGinn is a weird one. Don’t like that team.
Not really. Meatball breathes out of his arse more than Petrov. Let the man rest.
Only played 60mins v Chelsea. Bizarre selection decision. Maybe he's carrying a knock or something. Sancho on right wing is a huge gamble.
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Interesting line up, Sancho starts, lets see what he's got, thought he did well against Chelsea, lets see what he can do from the start, McGinn none starter, injuries, suspensions, this is what bothers me, we need this transfer window.
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No McGinn is a weird one. Don’t like that team.
Not really. Meatball breathes out of his arse more than Petrov. Let the man rest.
Only played 60mins v Chelsea. Bizarre selection decision. Maybe he's carrying a knock or something. Sancho on right wing is a huge gamble.
I don't know whether there's a gap in your life for a significant other, bronte, but I can't think of anyone else I'd like to reassure me in times of distress.
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Malen/McGinn/Maatsen to come on is fine lads.
3-1 Villa FTF 8)
Triple M > Triple R (Rash, JJ and Morgz)
Never rated Rashford so yes I agree.
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Listening to the sky build up, we may as well fuck off home and hand the win to Arsenal.
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Rice out!
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Oh great, another dose of Alan Smith's ultra negativity on commentary.
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Rice out!
Nah, give him the season.
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Goosebumps with NLF
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Is Declan Rice not playing?
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Listening to the sky build up, we may as well fuck off home and hand the win to Arsenal.
Hardly surprising
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Close to Rice starting.
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Pat Rice not available either.
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Is Buendia holding in midfield I can’t work out the plan
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ffs Townsend is a gooner now too , he was Chavski on saturday .
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Arsenal fans already whining.
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Arsenal fans already whining.
Excellent.
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Arse fans are such twats booing Emi.
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Some clumsy shit from these already, I hope the ref is keeping count of it.
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That Alan Smith a right twat
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Arse fans are such twats booing Emi.
Emi Martinez, he left 'cos you're shit.
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Cmon Ollie
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Fucks sake Ollie! Bury it!!!
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Hmmmmmm
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FFS the net should have been bulging!
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Massive chance that.
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awful finish
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Fucking he’ll Sancho….wake up
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Hmmmmmm
Give it time.
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Fucking hell.
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Horrible effort from Ollie. But two great balls won in midfield, Konsa there and Onana before. Arsenal wide open in midfield
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fucking hell we sprung them again!
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whys nobody just hitting the fucker
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They are playing a high line. If we break we must keep,going, not fucking pass back and kill the break
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That Alan Smith a right twat
I thought he grew up a Villa fan. I might be mistaken in that. But yes he’s all Arsenal.
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Horrible effort from Ollie. But two great balls won in midfield, Konsa there and Onana before. Arsenal wide open in midfield
You’ll be sticking him down for a 3/10 if he’s not careful.
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No Rice and we are slicing them to pieces.
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Ollie and Onana seem up for it
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Ollie is energetic but lacking quality.
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They’re nervy
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We should be 0-3 up. Come on Villa - be clinical!
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That Alan Smith a right twat
I thought he grew up a Villa fan. I might be mistaken in that. But yes he’s all Arsenal.
Been like that for years, wonder if he's actually a fan
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Fuck all chance this will finish 0-0
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That Alan Smith a right twat
I thought he grew up a Villa fan. I might be mistaken in that. But yes he’s all Arsenal.
Been like that for years, wonder if he's actually a fan
He’s being unbiased. Except for Arsenal
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They’re nervy
Or, Arteta is playing his cards very close to his chest v the come back kids, we have had a lot more ball early on, Arsenal could be playing the waiting game for the second half to counter Villa.
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We should be 2 or 3 up. Such poor decision making in front of goal.
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Fuck all chance this will finish 0-0
Final score from the emirates Arsenal 0 Villa 0 in a pulsating encounter.
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I have often thought that all of Arsenals nerves and twitchiness is brought on by their manager.
There is being passionate and there is being an absolute nervous wreck on the touchline
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I'd give my right knacker for four scorchios.
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Please score Aston Villa just to hear the arsenal whine on
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They’re nervy
Or, Arteta is playing his cards very close to his chest v the come back kids, we have had a lot more ball early on, Arsenal could be playing the waiting game for the second half to counter Villa.
???
Interesting devils advocate approach to supporting your team, I guess?
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THEIR XG IS SHIT.
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I think this is by design by Unai.
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I think this is by design by Unai.
Could be, either way we need to be more productive this half.
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Better side so far and should be at least two up. They'll get a dodgy one in a minute. Just shown Viera - has he been living next to a chip shop??
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Taking the game to them for sure, looking their equal at the moment
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Arsenal are vacating the midfield
We seem to be walking with the ball at either end of the pitch!
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Onana down
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Taking the game to them for sure, looking their equal at the moment
We never look anyone’s equal. The Perry Barr Pets are superior to all.
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Is he okay? Please say he is.
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Onana has been our best player. Could do with him staying on.
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Arsenal are vacating the midfield
We seem to be walking with the ball at either end of the pitch!
Strange that
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Please don’t be injured Onana.
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Very good start from us here. Arsenal very edgy. Rogers slow to get going. Did Buendia and Rogers swap positions early? Buendia on left now
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Onana back on, see if he lasts.
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Come on Nanie we need you!
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Smith, like keown, is a biased ******
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I get very concerned when we have good first half,
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Need our captain all over ref, blatant yellow not given to Saka.
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They are shit and there for the taking.
Shit team, no bottle.
Come on Villa.
OMG DUA LIPA IS THERE I LOVE HER
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Why isn't that a yellow for Saka? Blatant trip to stop the breakaway.
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I get very concerned when we have good first half,
Man City and Arsenal this season and Bournemouth
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Shite corner
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shocking corner
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Was that a good corner?
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Got to make more of our opportunities, corners, counter attacks etc
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Got fortunate there, Gyokores did well to get a head on that.
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Trousaard a problem
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Book Saka you fucking coward.
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How the fuck has saka not been booked there ?
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OMG DUA LIPA IS THERE I LOVE HER
She's not all that, you could do better.
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thats two naughty ones from saka
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That's the 2nd professional foul the cheating little twat saka has done...and no booking
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wheres sakas card
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Ref is a total homer.
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Book Saka you fucking coward.
I would, but I owe Pat Sharpe's agent a favour.
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Saka no yellow, wtf is going on there?
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Are we still playing well?
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Merino looks inbred
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Are we still playing well?
They had more or last 15 but only one chance
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Are we still playing well?
Sitting deeper and Arse coming back in to a bit more. We’re doing some tactical time wasting.
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rogers taking the outer circle
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Arse crowd and players getting nicely frustrated.
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townsend doing my head in
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rogers taking the outer circle
He did that against Manu and that ended good
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How many ref?
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These are a bunch of niggly pricks, loads of little fouls to break up play and the ref doing nothing about it.
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Onana is playing amazing.
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3 added mins
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Offside, but that was great defending by Saliba.
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Glad Merino got booked, fucking horrible tackle
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Half time
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he didnt hit the ball from the right place and booked rogers what a wanker
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Ref is just so poor.
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Job done so far
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Fuck off ref, booking Rogers for not just accepting them taking the free kick from wherever they want.
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Unai loves a 0-0 at half time away from home
He’ll be buzzing his head off
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Been decent so far, but I worry about Trossard.
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Excellent first half.
Onana has been an absolute colossus.
We need to be absolutely ruthless in front of goal.
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The boys are up for it.
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How many bookings is that for Rogers?
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How many bookings is that for Rogers?
4
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How many bookings is that for Rogers?
Think it's been reset?
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Onana is playing amazing.
Yes he has been very good.
He makes a massive difference when he is in the side and playing well.
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If we’d believe a bit more we may have taken one of those chances but the way they have set up has completely played into our hands!
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Good half
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Good.
Right side defensively concerning so subs really important.
Woolwich indulging in some top class crying every five mins.
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Thought we did well there. Onana has been immense and the whole team has defended well.
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Form team of Europe first off of the season and we are on their level.
CB and CM outstanding for us
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Ref is giving them everything.
What a bunch of whingeing wankers. Expect more histrionics from the poor little hard done to twats.
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Great half, we've sprung them down the middle loads of times. Onana has had a magnificent half, destroying, nicking ball, and surging forward runs!
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I don't know what anyone else thinks but we're proving were in the title race with that performance so far.
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Very disciplined first half performance from everyone.
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In today’s market with quite average players going for £50M, Onana starting to look a very good deal for us.
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Sounded like the Arsenal fans booed them off.
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OMG DUA LIPA IS THERE I LOVE HER
She's not all that, you could do better.
She's the one for me.
Decent half btw.
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Very good first-half, controlling the game well.
The ref is giving them pretty much everything too.
Now go on and win it in the 80th minute :)
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More about manager tactics than the teams, Villa, measured, deliberate but with chances, Arsenal control of the midfield but not overloading the attack as Chelsea did, think we are going to see a very different 2nd half.
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he didnt hit the ball from the right place and booked rogers what a wanker
All teams do it, mate
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Ref is giving them everything.
What a bunch of whingeing wankers. Expect more histrionics from the poor little hard done to twats.
Thought the ref had been good for us. Our boys staying down to slow things up
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Superb stuff.We were the calm,measured side.Arse the stressed,dirty one. Defo a winnable game here.As long as the ref stops trying to be a tv star.
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I didn’t know she was a Villa fan.
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Great first half. Nice to hear that the crowd are getting frustrated with us. A little bit more belief in and around the box and we’d be ahead.
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A great effort and performance for the first half.
All about being brave and they have been
We’ve had the best of the chances for me.
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We’re a better team than these and they know it.
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Only just got back. Seems we're doing well then, judging by these posts? How's Bogarde getting on?
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we should be winning , they had one effort with a header . Watkins has to score , and a couple of half chances with Rogers and Onana , I think we have contained them well .
Trossard is the best player but we can open them up easy and thats what we keep doing.
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I love how we have embraced the dark arts.
Slowing the game down, a bit of shithousary, waste a bit of time, all in the plan to frustrate and wind up the opponent and get them to lose focus.
We are very good at it.
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I think we are doing very well.
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Sounded like the Arsenal fans booed them off.
I doubt it was the Villa fans! Good first half by the Villa boys. ANOTHER ONE!!!
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Impressed with Buendia, Lindelof, Bogarde and Tielemans.
Onana having a good game in a game that suits him.
Watkins a little disappointing and seems to have given up challenging Gabriel.
Not seen much of Rogers.
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I didn’t know she was a Villa fan.
She heard Smirker had got a ticket for the away end.
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Sounded like the Arsenal fans booed them off.
I doubt it was the Villa fans! Good first half by the Villa boys. ANOTHER ONE!!!
STOP IT.
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Has to be said we were very good, calm, measured and composed and sprung them on the break often. Maatsen, Malen and McGinn at 60 for the win.
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Great half. Sancho excellent on and off the ball, again. Really like him off that right hand side.
Hang in there Villa and let’s pick them off late on.
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It might be the whisky and beer, but I can feel we are going to nick this... COME ON YOU VILLA Boys
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I am not happy when you’re all reasonably satisfied with our first half.
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It might be the whisky and beer, but I can feel we are going to nick this... COME ON YOU VILLA Boys
FFS
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he didnt hit the ball from the right place and booked rogers what a wanker
All teams do it, mate
not when we do it.
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Sounded like the Arsenal fans booed them off.
I doubt it was the Villa fans! Good first half by the Villa boys. ANOTHER ONE!!!
STOP IT.
Soz😀
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I don't know what anyone else thinks but we're proving were in the title race with that performance so far.
Shush now.
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Pop star taking selfies rather than watching the game just about sums up Arsenal.
The Tarquins are riled, fans and players both. Unai has Arteta in his back pocket.
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Should be doing better considering Arsenal have injured players out
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I sat in the away end the the Emirates years ago! The jokes about prawn sandwich brigade are true to a T. They are also all deluded. It was the game where Bent ruined their season and according to them there should of been 47 red cards 7 pens and a lynching.
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I love how we have embraced the dark arts.
Slowing the game down, a bit of shithousary, waste a bit of time, all in the plan to frustrate and wind up the opponent and get them to lose focus.
We are very good at it.
Yeah, we have been pretty streetwise in that half. Is obviously frustrating when you're on the end of it, but we have been on the end of it for years against teams like this. We've caught them on the break a few times and Watkins had the best chance of the half.
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Two evenly-matched teams so far, I reckon.
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I didn’t know she was a Villa fan.
Her family is Arsenal.
She has an affinity to Liverpool because they like her song with Calvin Harris.
I could change her. She would be a Villa fan after a night with me.
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I am not happy when you’re all reasonably satisfied with our first half.
I'm this close to starting an invitation-only forum called The Bells Are Aftab, CD and SE And Stop Fucking Jinxing EveryFucking Thing. That's what I'm thinking of doing. Will dm in due course.
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It’s a good half, but they’ll hit us hard in the second.
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It’s a good half, but they’ll hit us hard in the second.
Oooh matron.
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I am not happy when you’re all reasonably satisfied with our first half.
I'm this close to starting an invitation-only forum called The Bells Are Aftab, CD and SE And Stop Fucking Jinxing EveryFucking Thing. That's what I'm thinking of doing. Will dm in due course.
All hail Admin.
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Gonna win though ain't we.
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Flicked over to Sky Multi-view for half-time, give me Lee Hendrie commentary rather than Alan Smith any day of the week.
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It’s a good half, but they’ll hit us hard in the second.
No they won't!
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Interesting the ref went over to berate Arteta, probably asked him why his missus didn’t get him a new coat for Xmas
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Has to be said we were very good, calm, measured and composed and sprung them on the break often. Maatsen, Malen and McGinn at 60 for the win.
That's where I'm at. We need to be clinical in front of goal and Watkins really should have scored two in the first 20 minutes.
Very impressed with Onana, taking on the responsibility of driving us forward. A joy to watch.
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It’s a good half, but they’ll hit us hard in the second.
My thoughts also, you can see this coming, I think this is Arteta's game plan, Unai will know this, lets see what he does.
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Really enjoyable first half. Have liked our shape out of possession. Wide men working hard and full backs have been strong. Arsenal wide open on the counter and Ollie had to punish them for that chance. Horrible contact. To be fair that lump Arsenal have up front should be doing better with those two headers. Neither of our centre backs covered themselves in glory there.
Midfield two have dominated their Spanish duo, neither of them can run. Need a bit more from Rogers. Sancho has been decent and Buendia very sharp and aggressive.
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I am not happy when you’re all reasonably satisfied with our first half.
I'm this close to starting an invitation-only forum called The Bells Are Aftab, CD and SE And Stop Fucking Jinxing EveryFucking Thing. That's what I'm thinking of doing. Will dm in due course.
Catchy title.
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he didnt hit the ball from the right place and booked rogers what a wanker
All teams do it, mate
Yeah but the ref doesn't give the opposition a yellow for pointing it out.
Saka is a bit lucky to be on the pitch. Should have a least 1 yellow.
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Alan Smith you anally retentive, one eyed, biased, monotone spunk bucket.
I cannot stand it when he commentates on our games
Score first and we win this
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It’s a good half, but they’ll hit us hard in the second.
Yes probably like they did at Villa Park.
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Considering we are at full strength and they have loads out it was pretty poor.
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SJM on for Onana
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Fuck, Onana off.
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This referee is going to do something really outrageous here.
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Onana off. That's shite.
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Ollie needs to take his chances.
Rogers needs to create more chances and get in there for his.
Sancho, please mate lets see a goal from you, now please.
Fancy Ezri to score one.
Come on Villa, we can do this.
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J Mc for Buendia, Sancho to the left. J Mc offering more cover for Lamare on the right.
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Considering we are at full strength and they have loads out it was pretty poor.
I heard their full first and second XI are injured, so not a bad show from them so far
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COME ON VILLA 🟣🔵
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So frustrating given how good he's been.
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Unai knows what he’s doing. These lot are the twitchiest bums in the league. Their players and manager are already getting edgy and their fans eggy.
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Onsna off that's a shame. Come on SJM.
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Unai knows what he’s doing. These lot are the twitchiest bums in the league. Their players and manager are already getting edgy and their fans eggy.
Let’s beat them then. Or is that a bit whisk-y?
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Onana off is a massive blow.
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If Onana could stay fit he'd be a cracking player.
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The gods are against us , so a Villa winner coming up.
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Onana off is a massive blow.
Better 45 minutes than 45 days though..
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1-0 ffs another goal from a corner
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Crap. Fuck Arsenal.
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Has Martinez fucked up again
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We need to sort out Dracula in goal
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Looked offside there .
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Hoping for a VAR miracle
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And no miracle
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buendia marking Gabriel ?
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What happened to our dominant keeper? Shite
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These corner goals are becoming a real problem.
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Deary me..
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Oh piss. We just made it really hard on ourselves
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Worlds number one flapping at corners again.
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Martinez is so soft.
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No Onana
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Keep it tight early as they were getting whiny. Then Emi is crap at a corner again.
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Back to back games of being shite at corners for Martinez.
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whys he not punching it
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back to the days of the cornality >:(
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Emi hate.. strange.
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It happening too often.
He is spending too much time fighting people to concentrate on the actual delivery of the ball
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No height in the box at all their..
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These fans are right twats, the reaction to every tackle is pathetic and they start shouting for penalties for fucking anything.
And for fuck sake, another shit one to concede.
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What a shit start to the second half. Alan Smith revelling in Emi's mistake.
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I enjoyed that half-time analysis though.
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well that was weak again from Martinez
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Really don’t get why the Arsenal fans are so moist for Martinez. He wasn’t starting, he left, won a World Cup.
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Onana off is a massive blow.
He is made of glass I'm afraid.
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Emi is doing too much of this soft stuff on corners/crosses.
Can’t see us getting back now, Onana out of midfield is such a hammer blow and they have their first choice centre back pairing.
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That’s was pure amateur from Martinez.
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Very soft again. Martinez poor but he should have some defensive cover too.
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Same as Chelsea first goal. Now we need the same response.
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Carbon copy of Chelsea goal. Martinez has to be a lot stronger
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1 clean sheet in the last 10, and that was against Wolves.
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I fear for us now.
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If you are up against Martinez you know you can push him about a bit and totally put him off his game
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Once again it comes down to how we respond, we have to stifle them now, they will have their tails up.
Come on Villa, come on Unai, let do it all again.
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Just punch the fucker
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2-0
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2-0
We’re missing Onana at once
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He’s ego wouldn’t let him punch that
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This is our good half
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We had a good run. Onana injury changed the game.
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Sancho refused to tackle.
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Balls.
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It happening too often.
He is spending too much time fighting people to concentrate on the actual delivery of the ball
That is, I'm sure deliberate. It's happening time and time again. Put players around him, get him distracted then drop the ball on his head in the six yard box.
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You can’t give a pass to Sancho where he needs to show a bit of bottle to hold it.
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Crap
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Sancho jumping out of a tackle in midfield and game over
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Rubbish, pretty obvious really.
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Game over
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This could get ugly. I thought they’d come out strong and sadly we’ve let them have the game.
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Sancho thinks everyone still has covid so won't go near them
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Better side and we - oh fuck off.
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Well it was good whilst it lasted.
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Townsend can fuck off as well
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FFS
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Missing Onana there.
Bollocks
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Fucking need to sort this out at once
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These corner goals are becoming a real problem.
It's become noticeable in recent weeks that teams are targeting Martinez off corners. He gets involved in nonsense pushing and pulling and looking for fouls than actually concentrating on the ball.
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Two centre backs in different time zones there too
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Uh oh, just turned on the footage to Connor Macnamara wanking himself blind to Arsenal's second.
Turn off, do something else with the evening methinks.
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Oh well.
Wonder if there will be any mention in the media of us missing Kamara and then Onana from our midfield.
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Missing Onana and Kamara right now. We're too easy to press without them!
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Sancho is an utter coward. Send him back tomorrow
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The half time team talk was bollocksed within a few mins.
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They are still coming at us. There should be space for us to counter.
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Alan Smith being a prime bell end.....
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Hoping we start the second half well when we come out.
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Two centre backs in different time zones there too
I don't really blame them, we lost it so early they were both marking players level with our back four - he ran past Youri too easily.
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O well it could not go on for ever
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Martinez looks as frightened as a Bluenose on bath night every corner.
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Garcia and Malen getting ready
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I would take Martinez off.
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Annoying that Onana went off and annoying the way we have defended.
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These corner goals are becoming a real problem.
It's become noticeable in recent weeks that teams are targeting Martinez off corners. He gets involved in nonsense pushing and pulling and looking for fouls than actually concentrating on the ball.
Teams know how to 'distract' him at corners.
6'5" and he looks like he's 5'9"
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Subs
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Starting to mess around at the back again
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Subs
Might as well just bloody go for it now. What’s the worst that can happen?
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Alan Smith being a prime bell end.....
He's booked a room with Martin Keown tonight no doubt.
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This is all about the injury to Onana
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Not a single shot on target at the hour mark is quite shit.
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I'd take a draw now.
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Marco Bizot Marco Bizot. Marco Bizot.
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They are still coming at us. There should be space for us to counter.
That's my hope. Also, if we nick one they will get VERY nervous...
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We are playing a very good side to be fair.
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Subs
Might as well just bloody go for it now. What’s the worst that can happen?
6-0 and it takes weeks to recover
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Martinez set the tone. Twice in two games , and he just had to punch that one and it is cleared.
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Got to be sent off. Bottled it.
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That is a disgraceful referee decision
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Can it go to VAR
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Merino should be off
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come on thats a 2nd yellow
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Smith loving Merino not getting sent off there.
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How's that not a second yellow card?
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Can it go to VAR
Nope.
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Pathetic refereeing.
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whys he not off
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Has to be a second yellow.
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Refs a fucking coward.
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Merino should be off
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That is a disgraceful referee decision
Coward.
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What do you expect with this ref.
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whys he not off
Because he's an Arsenal player
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got to weather this storm
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Can it go to VAR
Bookings don't, unless it's dangerous play. Unfortunately. Ref didn't see him holding the arm, is the only thin I can think. It's a definitely booking otherwise.
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He ran away from the scene of the crime
Alan Smith is a knob
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Smith loving Merino not getting sent off there.
didn't even try to disguise it ...the Alvechurch Arsehole
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Garcia and Malen getting ready
Sancho and Buendia off
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Corners in the premier league generally are becoming a bit of a farce.
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Martinez seems to get smaller when he jumps at corners now, he used to be a beast.
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Red card all day long.
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Very harsh on Buendia this sub
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What do you expect with this ref.
I'd expect him to be honest, fair and just, clearly that's not his remit.
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I always liked Garcia…
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People seem to forget far too readily when Martinez has saved us
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People seem to forget far too readily when Martinez has saved us
No one is saying sell him, should we ignore that corners are becoming an issue?
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Looking forward to Lego head bemoaning the standard of reffing with that missed 2nd yellow
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What do you expect with this ref.
I'd expect him to be honest, fair and just, clearly that's not his remit.
The least you would expect is doing the job he's paid for.
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People seem to forget far too readily when Martinez has saved us
No they don’t.
He has massive amounts of credit.
But no-one can turn a blind eye to the fuck ups either.
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Our squad is painfully thin and it’s showing.
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Watkins staying on? Ha!
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whys he not off
Because he's an Arsenal player
Im fuming .. these fans are wankers
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People seem to forget far too readily when Martinez has saved us
No one is saying sell him, should we ignore that corners are becoming an issue?
No it doesn't,, but there is a severe amount of overreaction here
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Atrocious referee today. You can't try to kick the ball at knee height, apparently.
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What do you expect with this ref.
I'd expect him to be honest, fair and just, clearly that's not his remit.
The least you would expect is doing the job he's paid for.
The non yellow for Saka for the cynical trip set the tone...he'll give us nothing
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Our squad is painfully thin and it’s showing.
We need this transfer window if we are going to hang on to top 4.
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Fuck this: let's school Forest on Saturday!
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People seem to forget far too readily when Martinez has saved us
No one is saying sell him, should we ignore that corners are becoming an issue?
No it doesn't,, but there is a severe amount of overreaction here
What severe overreaction, has anyone said drop him or sell him?
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People seem to forget far too readily when Martinez has saved us
No they don’t.
He has massive amounts of credit.
But no-one can turn a blind eye to the fuck ups either.
The issue is, teams now know we're vulnerable to a floated corner in the six yard box if you disrupt Emi's set-up. So they're all going to do it. Either he figures out a way to fix it, or we're going to concede a lot more goals from corners.
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If we can nick one we're still in this
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People seem to forget far too readily when Martinez has saved us
No one is saying sell him, should we ignore that corners are becoming an issue?
No it doesn't,, but there is a severe amount of overreaction here
What severe overreaction, has anyone said drop him or sell him?
Yes - quite a few
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This was always going to be the game I worried about. We’re comfy, we have enough of a margin. We finish this one and we’ve got one of the toughest teams played both home and away.
Arsenal will slip up later in the season. They always do.
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Our squad is painfully thin and it’s showing.
Look at their bench versus ours. A couple of injuries and suspensions we are down to the academy. They lashed out ten times wha we did just to reinforce what thy had, get deeper and stronger. It will take us many more years of consistent CL football and revenues to get there. And even then we may never catch up.
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Fuck this: let's school Forest on Saturday!
We need a quick reaction
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This is our 'blip', as the Arsenal loss at Villa Park was theirs
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too many suicide balls in the middle
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Frustrating that we keep helping them out.
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If we can nick one we're still in this
This is key if we can pull one back Arsenal will get very panicky.
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3-0
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There was a push before that goal
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3-0
That’ll be game over then
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Our squad is painfully thin and it’s showing.
Look at their bench versus ours. A couple of injuries and suspensions we are down to the academy. They lashed out ten times wha we did just to reinforce what thy had, get deeper and stronger. It will take us many more years of consistent CL football and revenues to get there. And even then we may never catch up.
Exactly this.
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Desperately poor half. Gifted them the game
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That's it.
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That's that.
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VAR
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fuck this shit!
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That’s off
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digne ffs
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Our squad is painfully thin and it’s showing.
Look at their bench versus ours. A couple of injuries and suspensions we are down to the academy. They lashed out ten times wha we did just to reinforce what thy had, get deeper and stronger. It will take us many more years of consistent CL football and revenues to get there. And even then we may never catch up.
Not helped by having to constantly sell our best while clubs like Arsenal can spend as they wish.
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Clear push
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We had our chances, sadly Watkins reverted to type, you have to score when you have the chances in these games.
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Got to be offisde
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It is 3-0
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There were at least three different things they could hage disallowed that for but, of course, they've given the goal.
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We had our chances, sadly Watkins reverted to type, you have to score when you have the chances in these games.
Yep, you need to take your chances when you're away to a team fighting for the title. It was a bad miss, but he's not to blame for our capitulation in the second half.
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Bum.
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Sadly our excellent first half will be eclipsed by our shite second
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Out muscled this half
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Stopped watching the prat of a commentator just does my head in, he glorifies Arsenal.
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This is all about missing Onana and Kamara in midfield today.
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Got to be offisde
Not showing the lines. Funny that.
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Well at least the pressure is off us.
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Losing Onana when and not hanging Kamara has really killed us.
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Gifted them the game.
Like the Liverpool match.
Emi for the first and Sancho the second.
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We had our chances, sadly Watkins reverted to type, you have to score when you have the chances in these games.
Yep, you need to take your chances when you're away to a team fighting for the title. It was a bad miss, but he's not to blame for our capitulation in the second half.
Yeah, hard to blame Watkins today, if one wished to do so. The loss of Onana and Kamara did us.
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Clear offside and a push....ffs
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Might be a bridge too far even for our comeback skills now.
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Win one lose one 3 points. Draw both games 2 points.
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Oh dear we are falling apart. Great run but out foxed today with missing players hurting us. UTV onwards...
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We had our chances, sadly Watkins reverted to type, you have to score when you have the chances in these games.
Yep, you need to take your chances when you're away to a team fighting for the title. It was a bad miss, but he's not to blame for our capitulation in the second half.
He isn’t, started with Martinez but if it had happened at the other end it would not have been given.
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All due to Onana going off...
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Not good enough 2nd half they stepped up a gear and we couldn’t match it
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Just a shame it had to come to an end against these turds.
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We don't have the side on the pitch we need for this game. Simple as that.
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This is all about missing Onana and Kamara in midfield today.
Yep, this second half they've just walked through the middle. God knows how bad it would have been if Rice had been playing. Clearly the drop-off from our first choice midfield is significantly bigger than theirs.
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Arsenal won’t win this league.
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Puzzled why we stopped the ball over the top which caused Arsenal problems first half
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I’ll take a draw.
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Bollocks. They'll still bottle the title.
It's been a great run but I fear it ends tonight.
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Onana's height sorely missed at corners.
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Hopefully we don't lose by more than 5.
Still hoping!
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still think it was offside
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Squad depth (lack of) being exposed.
Watch Arse, Spuds, C115ty, Liverpool and ManU spaff £30-£40m in January whilst we're struggling to find 10p for the meter.
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Their strength overall and depth showing. They have their best CB pairing back that missed the game at Villa Park. We had numerous injuries and suspensions and it shows. But it’s only 3 points and we need to win the next one.
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Have to say highly predictable looking at the way Arsenal played the first half, Arsenal have done a Villa on us without going behind, the one thing that could have changed that was if Ollie had taken his chance and left Arsenal chasing the game.
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Sancho, Martinez and the ref have fucked the whole thing but we haven't been good enough.
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still think it was offside
Me too
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Merino off...
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Losing Onana was massive.
But 2 individual fuck ups so early in the second half did the damage.
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still think it was offside
Had we scored that goal, it would have been chalked off.
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And when we do lose, we rarely lose by the odd goal, so GD takes a big hit.
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Fuck those North London forever wankers. Let's keep that goal difference under control though.
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Has Ollie touched the ball this half?
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Where were the lines??
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115 are winning it anyway
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Puzzled why we stopped the ball over the top which caused Arsenal problems first half
can't send it long if you barely have the ball.
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:(
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4-0
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They're a level above us tbf. With our first 11 we can give most teams a good run, but take 2 or 3 out and we're going to struggle.
I'd have taken 6 points from the last 3, and I'd have had it the way we've got it, so not too disappointed, even though I fucking hate these ******. Really hope Man City win the league.
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They’ll bottle the title. They were twitchy at half time at nil nil. One injury too many for us. But good first half. On to the next one.
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The London press will all have an absolute throbber tomorrow totally ignoring the fact that we bossed the first half and the glass man going off was a massive turning point.
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Hells bells
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I'd have moved Bogey into midfield once we knew Onana was coming off.
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The game changed after their mini team talk in the first half. They stopped us playing through midfield. Then we gift them a couple of soft goals.
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Garcia piss poor
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This is now going from understandable to embarrassing.
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The game changed after their mini team talk in the first half. They stopped us playing through midfield. Then we gift them a couple of soft goals.
Indeed. Shouldn't have been allowed
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Still a free hit is it?
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Lose a game but bloody hell show some metal Villa, damage limitation please.
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Our third choice right back getting roasted.
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FFS Villa, can we not?
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Garcia was poor
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They’ll bottle the title. They were twitchy at half time at nil nil. One injury too many for us. But good first half. On to the next one.
We still aren't out of it anyway imo.
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This night never happened.
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Garcia bottled that near the half-way line. Shocking defending.
What a shit night at the office.
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GD taking a hammering. got to shut up shop now
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Maybe not the game to bring Garcia on to be honest.
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Occasionally we have one of these nights.
How we respond next2 games will tell us a lot
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We have been awful this half.
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So it all revolves around Merino gets away with murder. We need to know our place
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At this rate we may as well go off for an early bath and let Arsenal get on with it. We are lost in a fog.
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We had a goal difference before tonight
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I mean, they struggled to beat Wolves, why did we decide to make it so easy for them?
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We've given up and are bringing the kids on.
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Even Youri having a mare
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We’re going to lose and still be 9 points clear of 6th spot. We have just gone through the worst part of our schedule. We will come back from this.
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We seem to have forgotten how to play football.
We are like a boxer who is being battered on the ropes.
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I thought this would be very tough and so it’s proven. A really bad second half.
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Eh, it happens. Way too many important players out, not enough depth in the squad to cope with it because we’re not allowed to spend any money. Arsenal needed to win this and they have loads of players.
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Even Youri having a mare
I'll have to be honest, he hasn't looked up to his standards this season at all.
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We have a weaker squad because we can’t spend like they can spend. That’s it really.
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We've given up and are bringing the kids on.
Could be an invitation for even more of a drubbing
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Embarrassing 2nd half. Poor from Martinez,Sancho, Garcia and the ref for also bottling his job.
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We’re going to lose and still be 9 points clear of 6th spot. We have just gone through the worst part of our schedule. We will come back from this.
Yeah this.
Title still on I think.
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We've given up and are bringing the kids on.
Yeah, desperate gesture, we need the transfer window, need to get rid of Elliot and Sancho sent packing, just hasn't worked out.
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6 points from Man U at home, Chelsea and Arsenal away is superb. Tonight is one defeat. Proud of the lads for what we have achieved so far.
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Martinez is starting to really cost us.
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We’re all over the shop now.
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Who have they got Saturday? I hope we beat Forest and they get stuffed!
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At the start of December how many of us thought we would get 9 points from 4 games?
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still think it was offside
Had we scored that goal, it would have been chalked off.
1000%
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crazy...we missed out on ucl by goal difference last season and now bringing on the kids? just see the game out with whats out there
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6 points from Man U at home, Chelsea and Arsenal away is superb. Tonight is one defeat. Proud of the lads for what we have achieved so far.
Agree over the long term its OK.
One bad game.
We'll qualify for the CL.
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Who’s the hungover Jack Grealish sitting next to Declan Rice?
Nice bit of pitch time for the young pups at least.
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We’re going to lose and still be 9 points clear of 6th spot. We have just gone through the worst part of our schedule. We will come back from this.
Yeah this.
Title still on I think.
It was never about the title as nice as it is to dream. We are 3rd because we deserve to be. A CL spot and a cup would be delightful this year. That is very much still on. One defeat doesn’t change that at all.
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Still not going long.It's cost us this half
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On the plus side, if the results stay the same for the last 5 mins elsewhere, we've had an absolutely atrocious night ourselves, but we've only lost one point to both Chelsea and Man Utd, who were both playing at home to teams they were expected to beat. It could have been a lot worse.
Not much of a silver lining, but I'll take it!
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crazy...we missed out on ucl by goal difference last season and now bringing on the kids? just see the game out with whats out there
Concentrating on Saturday now!!
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6 points from Man U at home, Chelsea and Arsenal away is superb. Tonight is one defeat. Proud of the lads for what we have achieved so far.
Indeed.
Even the fixture computer has been a ****** to us this December.
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That drop from Martinez was the turning point. He has cost us dearly a few times this season but this was the most pivotal.
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We’re going to lose and still be 9 points clear of 6th spot.
If Man U win now, this is your fault.
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6 points from Man U at home, Chelsea and Arsenal away is superb. Tonight is one defeat. Proud of the lads for what we have achieved so far.
This. The "told you so" noise from the likes of Jonathan Wilson and the xG tossers will be deafening no doubt, but we've just won 11 out of 12 games. 11 out of fucking 12.
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That drop from Martinez was the turning point. He has cost us dearly a few times this season but this was the most pivotal.
I am the only person who thought it was a foul, aren't I? Like I don't think it was great keeping, but he had an elbow in his face.
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Think we know why we haven’t seen much of Garcia.
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Is Nass there to rage sack in London again?
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That drop from Martinez was the turning point. He has cost us dearly a few times this season but this was the most pivotal.
I am the only person who thought it was a foul, aren't I? Like I don't think it was great keeping, but he had an elbow in his face.
Totally agree with you
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That drop from Martinez was the turning point. He has cost us dearly a few times this season but this was the most pivotal.
I am the only person who thought it was a foul, aren't I? Like I don't think it was great keeping, but he had an elbow in his face.
I agree, VAR would have chalked it off at the other end
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That drop from Martinez was the turning point. He has cost us dearly a few times this season but this was the most pivotal.
I am the only person who thought it was a foul, aren't I? Like I don't think it was great keeping, but he had an elbow in his face.
I’m pretty sure if Konsa had an elbow in Reya’s face and we’d have scored it would have been a foul.
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Garcia isn’t good enough then.
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Think we know why we haven’t seen much of Garcia.
Not a game to break him back in. Spuds in Cup would have been better
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6 points from Man U at home, Chelsea and Arsenal away is superb. Tonight is one defeat. Proud of the lads for what we have achieved so far.
This. The "told you so" noise from the likes of Jonathan Wilson and the xG tossers will be deafening no doubt, but we've just won 11 out of 12 games. 11 out of fucking 12.
You do wish St Cuthbert would stick him in the dragon dungeon.
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That drop from Martinez was the turning point. He has cost us dearly a few times this season but this was the most pivotal.
I am the only person who thought it was a foul, aren't I? Like I don't think it was great keeping, but he had an elbow in his face.
I definitely think it’s about time they protected keepers on corners otherwise it’s just wrestling. What happened to obstruction?
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We’ve had an absolutely amazing run…shame it’s had to end like this in the second half.
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We’re going to lose and still be 9 points clear of 6th spot.
If Man U win now, this is your fault.
Fuck I know. And it’s that lot where jammy late goals is what they do. Wankers
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ManU did score but disallowed.
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So Arsenal have got Bournemouth and then Liverpool, ho ho ho.
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They're a level above us tbf. With our first 11 we can give most teams a good run, but take 2 or 3 out and we're going to struggle.
I'd have taken 6 points from the last 3, and I'd have had it the way we've got it, so not too disappointed, even though I fucking hate these ******. Really hope Man City win the league.
they are 1.3 billion team and we have 2 class midfielders out and others. and the fans think they have just hammered PSG , Its not over this season yet . . . They will be crying at the end.
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No Kamara or Onana against a top side and you get this second half.
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I wasn't expecting us to necessarily win, but after the first half when it was 50/50, I wasn't expecting such a capitulation, albeit to a good side.
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6 points from Man U at home, Chelsea and Arsenal away is superb. Tonight is one defeat. Proud of the lads for what we have achieved so far.
This. The "told you so" noise from the likes of Jonathan Wilson and the xG tossers will be deafening no doubt, but we've just won 11 out of 12 games. 11 out of fucking 12.
You do wish St Cuthbert would stick him in the dragon dungeon.
I don't understand what you're saying I'm sad to say, but yes, he can fail his Wisdom check on a D20 as far as I'm concerned. And his Insight one too.
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We're leaving it late for a comeback, 8 added mins.
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Cash Mings Torres Barkley Kamara Onana (half time) Guessand - look at their bench by comparison - I'm delighted we are well clear in third still.
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Of course it isn't a penalty.
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One of those nights where nothing goes for you and everything against.
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No Kamara or Onana against a top side and you get this second half.
Yep and Onana was amazing that first half. Such a shame.
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Impressed again with Jimoh-Aloba
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How the fuck did we not score
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Positive...and it's a big one to be fair. If Wolves hang on we've only dropped a point to United and Chelsea having gotten the Emirates out the way with half a first team missing. Could be worse.
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the narrative about Arsenal injuries by that twat Smith . They throw on 3 players costing £150 million . let’s talk squads
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If it can't be Villa then anyone but Arsenal. Let's hope City go on and run away with it.
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These comments are hilarious. We aren't *embarrassing*, Martinez isn't "costing" us, and Youri has had a bloody great run. Just accept that we've lost a game FFS. We're still 3rd, yes?
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I mean, that would've been a soft penalty, sure, but it's an obvious foul in the centre-circle isn't it?
I mean I'm not saying Arsenal don't deserve it, jammy bastards etc, but when you get such obvious shit against you all game from the officials, what do you expect?
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Fucking hell, missed from off the goal line
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That's when you know it's not your night...
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These comments are hilarious. We aren't *embarrassing*, Martinez isn't "costing" us, and Youri has had a bloody great run. Just accept that we've lost a game FFS. We're still 3rd, yes?
Huh?
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mcginn's got to bury that.
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This is all about missing Onana and Kamara in midfield today.
It's more about missing sitters when they arise. We had our chances first half somehow failed to score. We really need a striker in the window.
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Not our night.
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We haven't had players, they haven't had players, Rice to name one, we are always going to lose a game somewhere, this was always going to be the joker in the pack of these 3 big games, the important thing is our points gap and the other is staying in the top 4.
The third being we beat Forest.
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got to score that
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4-1 Ollie scores
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Wtf? When it’s not your night…
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GD going the right direction again
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Brilliant from J-A and Donny
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Cash Mings Torres Barkley Kamara Onana (half time) Guessand - look at their bench by comparison - I'm delighted we are well clear in third still.
Three quarters of a defence and a full midfield. Not heard it mentioned tonight though. All I heard at Villa Park. I've put that through the am I being a paranoidfootballfanometer and it has given me the all clear.
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Yay!!!!is this the come back of all time
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4-1 Ollie scores
Every goal we score and GD matters
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The comeback starts left it a bit late mind
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Brilliant!
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Villa back in it... and Man U drew so we don't have to assassinate Toronto.
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Well done Ollie.
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Yay! Take that Alan Smith!
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that goal could be crucial come May
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Fair play to Arsenal, but they've been allowed to get away with murder throughout this game. Constant fouling not being penalised by the ref. As for their corners, again, it seems like they are allowed to get away with blatant holding and fouling. But, having said that we have been poor in the second half.
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you are a shit martinez
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Will feel like a defeat for Arsenal now.
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Villa back in it... and Man U drew so we don't have to assassinate Toronto.
I’m only going to take positives from this evening. Not being assassinated is one of them.
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Ollie booked
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Jimoh-Aloba doesn't look out of place at all. I know Arsenal have taken their foot off the gas a bit, but he looks very comfortable indeed.
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Villa back in it... and Man U drew so we don't have to assassinate Toronto.
I’m only going to take positives from this evening. Not being assassinated is one of them.
Threat of death, contact the authorities, it's the H&V way.
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Stick your clean sheet up your Arsenal!
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And relax....
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Fuck the result tonight, we have matched them throughout, another ref and var team doesn't allow Gabriel to stick an elbow in Emis face and they dont run riot for 20 mins.
We all knew the title was beyond us this year but we will come again and when we do we will have the squad to back it up.
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Never in doubt boys. Onwards and upwards
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Looks like Unai left early
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Nice that they could beat our b team and kids
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Tarmac head you aint winning the league
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Least Ollie scored on his birthday.
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Least Ollie scored on his birthday.
It's my 47th wedding anniversary today. No comment!!!
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Alan Smith - as thick as a rhino’s ringpiece, and about as pretty too.
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Tarmac head you aint winning the league
nope it will be the oil cheats. , so that will be nice to watch the tears
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Well done Ollie.
You're taking the piss aren't you? On his display tonight I'm surprised he managed to score from 10 centimetres. Both he and Martinez were absolutely shocking.