Arsenal v Aston Villa Match Thread

[PaulWinch again]

Oh fucking hell we should be level. This is so frustrating.

[Jimbo]

why, why, why fucking why do we keep passing the ball backwads towards our own 18 yd line. just why ?

Don't you know, it's Lambert's brand of I-can-see-what-he's-trying-to-do attractive, passing football. See Houllier, G.

[seanthevillan]

Or it's stretching the pitch to create more space for our attackers, which has worked pretty well at times.

[Olof's Beard]

The players all look confident on the ball but absolutely shit themselves when they don't have it.  That said, the back six outfield players are all 23 in under - bonkers.

Bennett has done well so far at least.  We should be level.

[PaulWinch again]

That chance for Walcott came from shockingly lazy closing down.

[onje_villa]

Looks like Charlie's gone back to dead-end running again

[PaulWinch again]

Stop fucking around on the edge of the box Bennett.

[SamTheMouse]

One of the things that annoys me, is that Lambert surely knew Vlaar was injury prone. His fitness record in Holland was abysmal. Yet Lambert didn't sign any cover. Twat.

[mattjpa]

Benteke is having a bad day, which usually means defeat for us...

[Jimbo]

We're giving balls away like a peado with a bag of penny chews. Again.

[seanthevillan]

Benteke is having a bad day, which usually means defeat for us...

He's been our quietest player so far, despite our decent attacking play, but I wouldn't say he's playing especially badly.

[MonsXI]

We're giving balls away like a peado with a bag of penny chews. Again.

But so are they!

[PaulWinch again]

Lowton that is idiotic, he was clearly just going to boot it into touch and you give away a stupid foul and get a yellow.

[mattjpa]

F off was that a yellow

[PeterWithesShin]

Afternoon folks. Just got in, what's the score and how we playing?