Arsenal v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Irish villain]

Vlaar got a knock on his calf in training

Christ. Chocolate Concrete Ron. What a waste of space.

That's him out for the season, it was his bloody calf before.

Don't worry my good friend, that's why we strengthened the squad in the transfer Windo......

OH FUCK!!!!

[Oscar Arce]

Fed up of hearing all the positives we must take from another defeat, the simple fact is we won't have won enough games to stay in the Premier League.
People have said it's not the games like today that will seal our fate but games against our nearest rivals that are coming up, but apart from the squeaky 1-0 against Reading, we haven't won any of those either, and I can see maybe only three points from the double header of Reading/QPR that is coming up, we haven't got the steel or determination to win those sort of games in this pityful excuse for a Villa side.
I've said for ages that this side is the worst since Billy McBingo's, and I'm afraid our fate was sealed quite a while ago.
Just heard Lambert saying we were unlucky and played well, I'm sorry that is total bollocks.

[Pat McMahon]

Oscar Arce you are right, we have not played well enough all season and this is defo they worst team since 86-7. Possibly worse in fact.

I am sick of hearing people say it was Arsenal away we could not expect to win etc. Do yu think Southampton said that before beating Man City at home 2 weeks ago? Or QPR at Chelsea before their win? We are too meek on the pitch and too accepting of our fate.

They should be fighting like rabid zombies with cucumbers up their Arses.

[brontebilly]

Thought we played well in the first half against the worst Arsenal side since the Bruce Rioch days. All composure went out the window in the second half though, the trio of Nzogbia, Gabby and in particular Benteke went missing. After the equaliser we were gutless, conceding unnecessary corners and hoofing to nobody. Lambert should have withdrawn Benteke,who was hopeless throughout, when El Ahmadi came on.

Centre backs did reasonably ok. Bennett did a lot better defensively than I expected. Lowton is a fairly hopeless defender really. Positionally all over the place and was targeted successfully by Arsenal. I thought Delph was very good in the first half but lost his head in the second half. Westwood needs to play in a 3 man midfield. Weimann gave his all and deserved his goal. Gabby and Nzogbia were very good in the first half but anonymous in the second
Arsenal were so poor today really, Wenger's time does seem up. The amount of space we had on the counterattack was ridiculous. Wilshere and Cazorla seemed out of place with the rest of the mediocrity they had on show. I'm disappointed as Arsenal were truly there for the taking but we didn't have the courage or quality to take advantage.

[villan from luton]

Do you think we were better last season?

[levico]

I sincerely hope that Lambert doesn't believe his post match comments. If he really believes that we were unlucky to lose that match then he is either more deluded or stupid than I thought.

Can't see anything other than us going down with Reading and QPR.

Can't wait for this miserable season to end, whatever the outcome.

Wouldn't it be great to go to a match with some hope of getting a result? Having said that, with Lambert at the helm we could be in a Wolves-type scenario in a years time.

[Irish villain]

Do you think we were better last season?

I don't know. I actually think something is fundamentally wrong at the club. It's not a happy place and so it is impossible to compare this season with last.

In my view, we should have been more comfortable last year than we were. Instead of trying to draw our way to safety, we should have been going for wins. This year we have less experience but a more positive manager.

I'm just trying to be positive because I got very down about the situation last year and it did me no favours.

[SoccerHQ]

Do you think we were better last season?

We only had five more points at this stage last season I think. Basically where Sunderland are now.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Just seen the highlights, Delph left his man. No positional sense and not good enough.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

I sincerely hope that Lambert doesn't believe his post match comments. If he really believes that we were unlucky to lose that match then he is either more deluded or stupid than I thought.

Can't see anything other than us going down with Reading and QPR.

Can't wait for this miserable season to end, whatever the outcome.

Wouldn't it be great to go to a match with some hope of getting a result? Having said that, with Lambert at the helm we could be in a Wolves-type scenario in a years time.

Allardyce said they dominated us last game, so don't pay attention to any post match comments.

[damon loves JT]

Do you think we were better last season?

We only had five more points at this stage last season I think. Basically where Sunderland are now.

Five more points, but playing gradually worse and worse. We are actually improving now, though God knows that's not saying much

[PaulWinch again]

Do you think we were better last season?

I don't know. I actually think something is fundamentally wrong at the club. It's not a happy place and so it is impossible to compare this season with last.

In my view, we should have been more comfortable last year than we were. Instead of trying to draw our way to safety, we should have been going for wins. This year we have less experience but a more positive manager.

I'm just trying to be positive because I got very down about the situation last year and it did me no favours.

It is very clear there is a massive problem at the club, essentially an absent board who are negligent.

[rob_bridge]

Do you think we were better last season?

We only had five more points at this stage last season I think. Basically where Sunderland are now.

Five more points, but playing gradually worse and worse. We are actually improving now, though God knows that's not saying much

Yep thats it for me. And running out of games and potential points

[SoccerHQ]

We need to play four teams as bad as West Ham were the other week. Fulham, Sunderland and QPR at VP and either Reading/Norwich away surely?

[andyh]

Bruised foot my arse. As for Vlaar, well bollocks to his shit cardboard leg.

As someone so eloquentley put it, it's time for Vlaar to stop looking like a hard bastard and start acting like one.