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

[CJ]

I feel an equaliser coming!

[Fergal]

I feel an equaliser coming!

I will be fucking amazed if we get anything out of this game...

[mattjpa]

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.

give it a rest. how can he organise a team to cut out individual errors? we were 2-0 up and dunne spunked himself. u need to take a minute before u type things in future

I have said the players should shoulder the responsibility, but can you look at McLeish's record here and claim any sort of confidence in it?

How many times has he taken Aston Villa here? Go back and read the pages of this thread at half time, his game plan was effective and working well. you cannot teach people to stand up and be men. there are enough 30yr old+ players on the pitch for that not to happen. this is purely the players fault

[Fergal]

Aston Villa football club only need 2 things.
1. An owner who understands football.
2. A proper manager.

[ez]

When did we last have back to back wins

[Fergal]

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.

give it a rest. how can he organise a team to cut out individual errors? we were 2-0 up and dunne spunked himself. u need to take a minute before u type things in future

I have said the players should shoulder the responsibility, but can you look at McLeish's record here and claim any sort of confidence in it?

How many times has he taken Aston Villa here? Go back and read the pages of this thread at half time, his game plan was effective and working well. you cannot teach people to stand up and be men. there are enough 30yr old+ players on the pitch for that not to happen. this is purely the players fault

Good point well made.

[JUAN PABLO]

fooking linesman 

[Irish villain]

officials have really fucked us over today.

[Dave Cooper please]

The game pan was fine, we had a brainless 15 minutes and I'm absolutely sure AM's teamtalk wasn't "Act like frightened rabbits and give away penalties."

[TopDeck113]

Right: you always get a chance.  When it comes, let's take it.

[berneboy]

Alan Green was quite scathing about Darren Bent on R5, referring to him as a very expensive and ineffective luxury or words to that effect.

Bell end of the highest order.   Not interested if its not red

I'm not sure what a bell end is but I am sure that Alan Green is one.

Really?
Well I'm not explaining, but yep he certainly is and a smelly one at that

Well, I've googled it and found it - so to speak

[Astral Weeks]

Has anybody pointed out the perfect comedy symmetry of the two penalties being given away by our two goalscorers? Really, you couldn't write this stuff...

[tarzansbrother]

officials have really fucked us over today.

Our defence has fucked us over today. Something they have doing for 2 seasons at least now

[CorkVilla]

Why do we ever have hope.

[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.

give it a rest. how can he organise a team to cut out individual errors? we were 2-0 up and dunne spunked himself. u need to take a minute before u type things in future

I have said the players should shoulder the responsibility, but can you look at McLeish's record here and claim any sort of confidence in it?

How many times has he taken Aston Villa here? Go back and read the pages of this thread at half time, his game plan was effective and working well. you cannot teach people to stand up and be men. there are enough 30yr old+ players on the pitch for that not to happen. this is purely the players fault

So what happened to the second half tactics then? Was he expecting Arsenal not to come out at us full pelt? I agree with you to an extent, the players have to take some of the responsibility, but you also have to question the managers tactics.