Aston Villa v Arsenal Pre-Match Thread

[Hoppo]

We need to put in Cuellar at centre back. Clark centre mid and if fit Herd at right back. im going 1-1 though.

[VillaAlways]

My brother in law and nephew are Arsenal fans . im turning my phone off today for a week ...

Coincidence so are my brother in law and nephew are as well. The difference being they're coming down from Leeds to watch it They'll be going home happy

[JUAN PABLO]

My brother in law and nephew are Arsenal fans . im turning my phone off today for a week ...

Coincidence so are my brother in law and nephew are as well. The difference being they're coming down from Leeds to watch it They'll be going home happy

Ive been too many times with them and come away feeling humiliated , I remember a 3-2 that was great but my nephew wasnt born and a pissed off day when Henry scored with that free kick but I cant face taking them to this .



p.s   and he is french ;(

[monkeyboy]

3-0  Villa win. Heskey hat trick to answer his critics in the best possible way.

Chris - i admire your glass half full attitude, i really do - either this or the glass has been half full too many times in the last 24 hours

Heskey hat trick is as likely as Kate Moss turning up at my front door (pretty version not pissed and stinking of fags) and demanding that I service her until Big Ben sounds off for 2012

Hang on was that the door....no it wasn't

UTV!!

[Chris Jameson]

In a 16 year career that has seen him play upwards of 500 top flight games as well as many Internationals i'm sure that one day my prediction will come true and he will indeed answer his critics in the best possible way, he may well be playing in a veterans match on a beach somewhere in 15 years time but he will prove once and for all that he is not a buffoon nor a spectaculary crap footballer.

When he does we will all feel incredibly foolish for ever doubting his ability. 

[monkeyboy]

In a 16 year career that has seen him play upwards of 500 top flight games as well as many Internationals i'm sure that one day my prediction will come true and he will indeed answer his critics in the best possible way, he may well be playing in a veterans match on a beach somewhere in 15 years time but he will prove once and for all that he is not a buffoon nor a spectaculary crap footballer.

When he does we will all feel incredibly foolish for ever doubting his ability. 

You're right, I already feel foolish

Heskey hat trick it is then

[Chris Jameson]

In the admittedly highly unlikely scenario of Heskey answering his critics i'm going for defeat with Heskey throwing himself to the floor whenever anybody breathes on him, missing a fairly simple chance and trapping the ball further than anybody can kick it.

[TonyD]

Does anybody remember an Arsenal game at VP in the mid 80's when they went 4 nil up and I think it was before HT.  Well if AM doesnt bring Clark, Carlos and Gardner into the team - we could be looking at history repeating itself.

[LeeB]

In the admittedly highly unlikely scenario of Heskey answering his critics i'm going for defeat with Heskey throwing himself to the floor whenever anybody breathes on him, missing a fairly simple chance and trapping the ball further than anybody can kick it.

He managed to chest the ball further than I can kick it yesterday.

You can't teach that.

[monkeyboy]

In the admittedly highly unlikely scenario of Heskey answering his critics i'm going for defeat with Heskey throwing himself to the floor whenever anybody breathes on him, missing a fairly simple chance and trapping the ball further than anybody can kick it.

Make your mind up Chris - i've sent Kate back to Croydon with a flea in her ear - now you give me this!!

I"ll run down to the station see if i can catch her - Kaaaaaaaate, Heskey really is shit afterall let's get funky - Kaaaaaaate !!!

:-)

[jembob]

In a 16 year career that has seen him play upwards of 500 top flight games as well as many Internationals i'm sure that one day my prediction will come true and he will indeed answer his critics in the best possible way, he may well be playing in a veterans match on a beach somewhere in 15 years time but he will prove once and for all that he is not a buffoon nor a spectaculary crap footballer.

When he does we will all feel incredibly foolish for ever doubting his ability. 

How many non-buffoons here earn £60k a week? He may not be the footballer we would like him to be but he'll retire early and wealthy - that's pretty smart in my view.

[jembob]

I can only see us getting thumped, with Hutton being sent off before half time. If we go 2 or 3 down in the first half I suspect that the vitriol aimed at Mcleish will be so severe that he'll need security to get off the pitch. If we really get hammered badly then I can't possibly see him surviving or there will be a riot at VP.
It's disgraceful going to see Villa play knowing that we are going to get mauled and I'm going to have to try and detach myself emotionally from what is about to happen. I've worked fucking hard this year and the money spent on a season ticket was done so without question but it really makes my piss boil that some of these twats are getting paid so handsomely for being so shite.

[luke25]

Just been reading an Arsenal forum (Arsenal mania I think it was) and they seem to dislike McLeish more than we do, one comment from a Gooner was "I hope we annihilate them and free them from the curse that is Mcleish", the majority seem to think we're going to kick them all over the pitch, judging by the Liverpool game though we won't get with in 5 yards of an Arsenal play to as much as sniff there hair let alone kick them.

[Des Little]

Anyone who thinks the outcome will be anything other than a comprehensive defeat is clearly off their tits.

[supertom]

We'll get royally turned over, and undoubtedly we'll merely roll over and let them stroll undisturbed around us for 90 minutes. Arsenal won't have a bloody easier game all season (at least until we play them at the Emirates), I garauntee it.