Aston Villa vs Arsenal Pre-Match Thread

[Tom_Mc9?]

Aston Villa 1 (One) - 1 Arsenal.

[OzVilla]

A routine 2-0 win for Arsenal playing like its a pre-season match.

[silhillvilla]

1-4 with Benteke getting ours

Horrendous booing at half time and the end from the home support, and Lambert walking off looking grumpy the same as always

I've decided to watch it in the local curry house instead

That sounds good. No curry houses in Solihull show the footy to my knowledge . Where is this establishment where you can eat curry and watch the footy? Sounds amazing.

[Ron Manager]

More mature posters will remember Andy Lochhead faiing to score for god knows how many games. Benteke can't be that far off his record now. With Kozak out long term his place is guaranteed though. Lets see how much effort he puts in on Monday night shall we. You can lack confidence but lack of effort is inexcuseable.

[CT]

I'm going for 1-1, following by endless Arsenal fans hitting the internet again, spouting venom at Wenger and the owners, crying because they didn't get 3 points against little old us.

[JUAN PABLO]

I  remember my dad coming down the youth club to ask my If I fancied going down the Villa v Arsenal

now the older people on here will know more , it was a week night , maybe a Wednesday ? but we did not  get there to half time from Hinckley, now Im not sure but Arsenal were winning 1-0 at HT I think but I witnessed 5 goals in the second half and we won 5-1  , I think this is how it went , it was a bloody marvelous anyway .

those were the days

[silhillvilla]

I  remember my dad coming down the youth club to ask my If I fancied going down the Villa v Arsenal

now the older people on here will know more , it was a week night , maybe a Wednesday ? but we did not  get there to half time from Hinckley, now Im not sure but Arsenal were winning 1-0 at HT I think but I witnessed 5 goals in the second half and we won 5-1  , I think this is how it went , it was a bloody marvelous anyway .

those were the days

Late 70's ? Didn't deehan get 3 ? Or was that vs Liverpool ?

[rougegorge]

I  remember my dad coming down the youth club to ask my If I fancied going down the Villa v Arsenal

now the older people on here will know more , it was a week night , maybe a Wednesday ? but we did not  get there to half time from Hinckley, now Im not sure but Arsenal were winning 1-0 at HT I think but I witnessed 5 goals in the second half and we won 5-1  , I think this is how it went , it was a bloody marvelous anyway .

those were the days

Late 70's ? Didn't deehan get 3 ? Or was that vs Liverpool ?

April 79; Deehan brace and a Gary Shelton hat-trick!

[silhillvilla]

Happy days , was at the game myself lower trinity in the old wooden seats.

[JUAN PABLO]

Happy days , was at the game myself lower trinity in the old wooden seats.

cant remember where I was . I know we got season tickets in the front row of North stand when it opened but cant remember the year of that but before we would have been in Trinity road stand B5  .   maybe the north stand I think

[levico]

As a pure, polyunsaturated pessimist, I expect seven shades of shite to be kicked out of us.

r

Yup. Just hope you are using the number 7 in a purely metaphorical context.

[purpletrousers]

Since a team won't park the bus there are irrational glimmers of hope we could scrape a point, we do seem to pull results out of nowehere sometimes, so why not...

I think that's what we should do. Make some banners and sing his name.

Stuttgart will do it. Where are the Brigada mob?

I said on Der Hammer thread (amongst many other things)

I can't go to the Arsenal game as I live work/in London and have a voluteer commitment Monday night, but if I could go to the match I would like the applause for the 12th minute, and I'd even go further.

I'd also do a banner from the Upper Holte, just for the press shot, something like,

"#12 Tommy Hitz
We're not fickle
We just like you

Against homophobia
at Villa. Are you?"

&

Thinking about it, I'd happily chuck anyone a few quid who could make that banner for Monday night. Small acts can be effective, it's on TV, timing is everything. See my prior suggestion, anyone (willing to be) in the upper holte up for it? feel free to PM me. Seeing that in the press would at least soften a bad result.

It's a bit rich to make suggestions when i'm not even there, but i am curious if anyone has anything planned? I wonder if even such a banner is a step too far for some in 2014. Just curious....?

[tom jennings III]

A Tommy Hitz banner would be absolutely fantastic, not many fans at other clubs would do that I and it would look absolutely brilliant for Villa to do so and really support him. Villa to again be at the forefront, this time in bringing football out of the dark ages. Just thinking about that goal against the Baggies, from my seat in the Holte it felt like the best view in the house. Do do do do Hitzlsperger do do do do Hitzlsperger (Pigbag!).

Can't see anything other than a dull 0-2 loss tomorrow, I'm not going though so could easily be a jammy 2-1 win! Hope so.

[martin o`who??]

I  remember my dad coming down the youth club to ask my If I fancied going down the Villa v Arsenal

now the older people on here will know more , it was a week night , maybe a Wednesday ? but we did not  get there to half time from Hinckley, now Im not sure but Arsenal were winning 1-0 at HT I think but I witnessed 5 goals in the second half and we won 5-1  , I think this is how it went , it was a bloody marvelous anyway .

those were the days

I remember it well, it was the same season 76-77, when we did Liverpool 5-1, we had a bloody good side back then, seriously doubt they`ll be on the wrong end of a 5-1 tomorrow night.

[VillaAlways]

My prediction is that I will be watching Benefit Street by 9 pm