Arsenal v Aston Villa F.A. Cup 4th Round Match Thread

[Matt Collins]

that spell of knocking it around the back culminating in cuellar hoofing it straight at their midfield was embarassing.

[Chipsticks]

Possession is 62% / 38%, this annoys me.

[Stu]

All we had to do. All we had to do was not concede.  I thought that was AM's whole modus operandi

Yep. He can't organise the defense, he can't organise the midfield, he can't use Darren Bent effectively, he certainly can't motivate. I can't think of one thing he's good at at all. A dire manager who will only take us one way, plus we're stuck with him for another couple of seasons as well. The directionless approach the board has taken over the last two years is showing on the pitch. Utterly dreadful.

[Apyadg]

Bent and Petrov, christ, it's like an episode of the Chuckle Brothers.

[Fergal]

Can we blame the Ginger one for this second half performance?

[CJ]

Gardner on for Gabby

[Colhint]

look were 1 down with 2 mins to go

[bob]

Can we blame the Ginger one for this second half performance?

Tough on Collins.

[TheSandman]

All we had to do. All we had to do was not concede.  I thought that was AM's whole modus operandi

Yep. He can't organise the defense, he can't organise the midfield, he can't use Darren Bent effectively, he certainly can't motivate. I can't think of one thing he's good at at all.

Getting relegated.

[Matt Collins]

bent's hold up play is really poor isn;t it?

[paulcomben]

Villa are like Alex Jones of The One Show. Fairly attractive but not gorgeous. Reasonably entertaining but a bit thick when it gets slightly complicated. And a couple of big boobs per match.

[Stu]

Can we blame the Ginger one for this second half performance?

The players have to take their share of the blame, surely. I would love to know what McLeish's half time instructions were though.

[KRS]

"2-0 up and we fucked it up"

How can a team capitulate so badly when 2-0 up away at half time and the home fans frustrated. Unbelievable.

Do you blame the management or the players on the pitch who put us 2-0 in the first place?

[Stu]

All we had to do. All we had to do was not concede.  I thought that was AM's whole modus operandi

Yep. He can't organise the defense, he can't organise the midfield, he can't use Darren Bent effectively, he certainly can't motivate. I can't think of one thing he's good at at all.

Getting relegated.

That's a good point.

[Fergal]

We need to get the pie eating defender off before the ref does it for us.