Arsenal v Aston Villa Match Thread

[The Left Side]

Vermaelen is playing as a midfielder he has so little to do at the back.

[pauliewalnuts]

It's not this performance, drastically shit as it is, which is the problem - it's that, given that we're likely to lose at Arsenal, our lack of adventure in other, winnable games is inexcusable.

Bingo.

I've thought for ages that our similar lack of ambition in much easier games would bite us on the arse in this tough run in.

[timeoutbigbar]

The ridiculous thing is that if we could nick a goal you never know.  As fancy as le Arse have been, they haven't put the game to bed yet (touchwood).

[PaulWinch again]

Well what a stunning display that Heskey put in eh Eck? you bellend.

[TheSandman]

I think we need Dave Cooper on this thread to tell everyone to stop pissing and moaning and get behind the team. Arsenal's confidence is sky-high having won six on the trot, what exactly were people expecting today?

My memory isn't what it once was but when was the last time we had a manager with a primary strategy of giving it a go irrespective of the opponents. Sir Brian? Ron? Fuck me, that's all I want. Even O'Leary the pug faced c*** was more adventurous.
Well, we could have at least given it a go.

O'Neill had his faults, and a few of them, but he would never have been as spineless as this guy.

What's even worse is that O'Neill has Sunderland on the verge of European qualification. I think 8th might be enough seeing as Liverpool are already in. His current club and his ex club couldn't be travelling in opposite directions at a more alarming rate.

here we go - a MON love in on a site that as a whole thought "he had taken us as far as he could" and should be sacked!!

Apart from the majority who felt that he deserved to continue. Every poll we had on this site about O'Neill had around at least 65-70% in favour of him continuing so I think it's a gross simplification, no in fact it's completely wrong, to say that the site as a whole wanted him sacked.

[django]

Thanks for your efforts Emile you have achieved nothing in 65 minutes.

[Villanation]

Anyway, Isn't it a lovely day....

[Fergal]

I have got to face a plastic Gooner on Monday.  I will just ask him if he watched the game then ask him if he went then ask him the last time he went to an Arsenal home game, then tell him to fuck off when he answers no no never been.... Wanker

[Mister E]

Thank F for that. I've not been a particularly vocal Emule-beater, but he has done absolutely zip-all today.

[eamonn]

I think we need Dave Cooper on this thread to tell everyone to stop pissing and moaning and get behind the team. Arsenal's confidence is sky-high having won six on the trot, what exactly were people expecting today?

A bit of fight? A bit of passion? how about a bit of clever management?  I could accept a beating if we showed that.

An attempt to win the game? It's nothing to do with the fact we're getting beaten, it's the manner of it.

We're not operating in a vacuum. The opposition, with far more quality are also attempting to win with better players and they're also bang in-form.
It's the type of game where we have to make the most of the chances we get. If Albrighton had scored that chance early on, all this meaningless talk of ''passion and spirit'' wouldn't be there.  Did Warnock show passion and spirit clearing that shot off the line?

Don't get me wrong, I'm as frustrated by McLeish and our season as much as anyone but sometimes you've got to be realistic. Being outplayed at the Library happens to better teams than us.

[pauliewalnuts]

Thanks for your efforts Emile you have achieved nothing in three years.

Fixed.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Shocking that we haven't scored from a corner this season

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Why am I still watching this?

[CJ]

YYYYEEEESSS. A corner

We've had 167 corners this season and are the only club not to have scored from one so I'd temper your enthusiasm a little

I know. I was being sarcastic

[wombat]

I have got to face a plastic Gooner on Monday.  I will just ask him if he watched the game then ask him if he went then ask him the last time he went to an Arsenal home game, then tell him to fuck off when he answers no no never been.... Wanker

Just cut to the chase, call him a wanker before he opens his mouth and walk off!