Arsenal v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[villa `cross the mersey]

Sorry it has to be said - Feck off Lambert - you have had all season to sort out the defence and you have failed miserably.
Losing at home to the likes of Necastle, and Wigan will cost us  - not losing at Arsenal.
Sick to the stomach tonight - how many times have we given up late goals?

[KRS]

Painfully predictable conceding yet another late goal and throwing away a much needed point. This game was rightfully written off by most as an away defeat but hard to come bonus points like these could have proven to be vital if we do go down.

[petegoldring]

ffs - that was coming. There is no way we are good enough to sit that deep and defend. Also I thought our left and right back were tucked inside too far which left acres of space out wide for them. Was it Delph who did not track Cazorla back for their second? That pass was always going to be pulled back to the penalty spot but we just decided to let him have a free shot at it.

Yet another bitter pill to have to swallow.

[The Situation]

I'm starting to worry again a bit. Wigan have probably got the easier run in with favourable fixtures... we all know what Wigan are like towards the end of the season not to mention how much better their GD is compared to our disgraceful GD.

[darren woolley]

Disappointed we couldn't hang on for a point.

[Matt Collins]

God it is looking ropey down there, I can only see Southampton or Wigan of teams not in the bottom 3 being relegated really.

And at some point, you suspect we'll have to win a couple of games in a row to stay up. I don't think we've done that in the league since Gary McAllister.

[robbo1874]

But we held our own for most of what I saw of the match and should've had at least a point. There was a 5 min period after we equalised where we could've gone on to score again.

That was a battling performance against a top side despite their recent results. Still think we'll be ok.

[olaftab]

I thought we played very well today and deserved at least a point. In the last ten minutes the only way we could have kept it to 1-1 would have been through Arsenals incompentence because we stopped attacking and stopped defending upfield. N' Zogbia was disappointing today but can't fault the rest. Villa fans as usual were great.

[PaulWinch again]

But we held our own for most of what I saw of the match and should've had at least a point. There was a 5 min period after we equalised where we could've gone on to score again.

That was a battling performance against a top side despite their recent results. Still think we'll be ok.

We didn't hold our own for the second half, we were under the cosh for nearly all of it.

[Jockey Randall]

I feel like it's going to come to Wigan on the last day. With us needing a draw and them needing to win to stay up. Imagine the nerves before that one!

[Mortimer's Bear]

Good afternoon brothers and sisters, having only just finished work I've only just seen the scores.

Was it as predictable as I imagine it to have been?

[TopDeck113]

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.

[pauliewalnuts]

I feel like it's going to come to Wigan on the last day. With us needing a draw and them needing to win to stay up. Imagine the nerves before that one!

What worries me is this.

Wigan won 3-0 away from home today. For all the improvement I can see in some areas, for all the promising football we can play, taking all that into account, I try to imagine us winning 3-0 away from home against any team, in any league, and it just seems to utterly impossible to imagine.

[Tayls_7]

Wasn't it nice to have a fortnights break before the Villa started ruining your weekends again. http://

[olaftab]

Sorry it has to be said - Feck off Lambert - you have had all season to sort out the defence and you have failed miserably.
Losing at home to the likes of Necastle, and Wigan will cost us  - not losing at Arsenal.
Sick to the stomach tonight - how many times have we given up late goals?

Drink a cold glass of milk and lie down on a comfy bed.