Arsenal v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[martin o`who??]

I just watched some clips on youtube to cheer myself up, Rotterdam/shaftin the noses/Dwight Yorke etc`, what a big mistake THAT was.

[Nastylee]

I was watching Final Score when they were talking about how to shut a game out in relation to WBA almost letting Sunderland back in. Matt Holland made the point that your two CBs are very important when trying to see a game out since they tell the FBs how far they can push up the pitch, direct the CM to protect them and so on. Holland went on to say they need to be very vocal in this situation and I think this is the problem. When I see our FBs losing the ball halfway up the pitch and the gaps in the centre of the park it makes you wonder who is directing. Yes, we carried a threat but our shape was all over the place at times and an Arsenal team with confidence would have tore us apart. As soon as we entered the last 10 mins we should have employed spoiling tactics to break their rhythm and see it through, taking off N'Zogbia and bringing Dawkins on did nothing to stem the tide. Personally, I just cannot see us winning enough games because we simply do no know how to win, which is why we have seen so many points slip in the final minutes of games.

[Five Villa Tattoos]

On my way back from the Emirates. The side reeks of relegation, full of players just simply not good enough. My heart is broken at what we have become.

[olaftab]

The fact that the post match thread is not yet running to a dozen or so pages, suggests a certain resignation as to our fate.

No it does not. Most H&Vers recognise that the team played well today and there is no point in making doom reddin comments on here. We need to hold our nerve and we will be ok.

[Risso]

The fact that the post match thread is not yet running to a dozen or so pages, suggests a certain resignation as to our fate.

No it does no such thing. Most of the H&Vers recognise that the team did well today and were desperately unlucky to lose.

Desperately unlucky my arse.  It was men against boys second half.

[PaulWinch again]

The fact that the post match thread is not yet running to a dozen or so pages, suggests a certain resignation as to our fate.

No it does no such thing. Most of the H&Vers recognise that the team did well today and were desperately unlucky to lose.

Desperately unlucky my arse.  It was men against boys second half.

Yep it wasn't unlucky, it was a result of our tactics being trying to just defend from our own box which was never going to work and it never fucking does.

[bertlambshank]

The fact that the post match thread is not yet running to a dozen or so pages, suggests a certain resignation as to our fate.

No it does not. Most H&Vers recognise that the team played well today and there is no point in making doom reddin comments on here. We need to hold our nerve and we will be ok.

Too much Prozac again.

[Nev]

I'm not interested in gallant performances, hard luck stories or displays that bode well for the future, I'm interested in results.

And once again the manager has delivered a negative one.

[caster troy]

On the plus side only 11 games left of this diabolical season. Stay up or go down, I think my main emotion come May 20th will be relief that it's over.

[Fin Feds Dad]

Good effort but so predictable .

Crying out for an old head  in the middle of the park . Pig headed tosser should have got one in on 1st  jan -and el Ahmadi is shit , never tracked cazorla for their winner - lazy twat.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

The fact that the post match thread is not yet running to a dozen or so pages, suggests a certain resignation as to our fate.

No it does not. Most H&Vers recognise that the team played well today and there is no point in making doom reddin comments on here. We need to hold our nerve and we will be ok.

Too much Prozac again.

As opposed to the noose around your neck.

[Hoppo]

Just got back from town.. Well after reading some on here you would think we got clattered. Time to have abit of faith.

[damon loves JT]

On the plus side only 11 games left of this diabolical season. Stay up or go down, I think my main emotion come May 20th will be relief that it's over.

It feels like that bit in `Saving private Ryan' where the Jewish GI is having a bayonet slowly pushed into him and the German is urging him to just relax and die. Part of me just wants to stop struggling and stop hurting.

[rutski]

frustrated, all season i have been saying we arent far awy and we havent played that bad. i say it again tonight, i am fed up saying it! we have some important home games to win, but i can see us doing that!

[bertlambshank]

The fact that the post match thread is not yet running to a dozen or so pages, suggests a certain resignation as to our fate.

No it does not. Most H&Vers recognise that the team played well today and there is no point in making doom reddin comments on here. We need to hold our nerve and we will be ok.

Too much Prozac again.

As opposed to the noose around your neck.

The wife has banned bread knifes in the house,