Aston Villa v Arsenal Match Thread

[Matt Collins]

Is bite your hand off at 2-0

This villa side does look worryingly poor. It's like how I imagine our youth team would look playing a premier league side. Just less good in any way conceivable

At least we've only got Liverpool next.

Even though I knew we'd lose, it's still really disappointing to see the same mistakes time and time and time again.

[Matt C]

Depressing.

[Rudy65]

From BBC Sport:

"Christian Benteke is a ghost of the man who terrorised the Premier League this time last year. As he fails to control a ball into him he just watches it bounce away and doesn't even chase it. What has gone wrong?"

What indeed.
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It's based on nothing more than gut feeling, and it's probably too easy a thing to say, but none-the-less I simply think he doesn't want to be at the club, really.

Bit of service to him,might help

[Rudy65]

Depressing.

The lack of any real hope, in this game and the future, is the real killer

[adrenachrome]

Bleh!

[Toronto Villa]

this game has gone how all of us feared it would. In every aspect. We haven't pressed, we haven't kept possession and we made stupid individual errors. We did that against Sheff Utd and lost and now we are repeating that tried and trusted formula against Arsenal. Genius

[Rigadon]

He could start to bring his team mates into the game by keeping hold of the football for more than 3 seconds.

[Proposition Joe]

Do I not like all these crossfield balls we play, especially right across the back line.

[PaulWinch again]

Fucking hell anyone going to help Delph?

[barrysleftfoot]

2-6 if i remember rightly Tony..."Always look on the bright side of life"

[Matt C]

I'm loathed to criticize Benteke overly because he's not exactly getting an abundance of service but he needs to work harder and defend from the front too. He's to passive at the moment.

[Ross]

Someone please try and convince me that this isn't worse than under McLeish. Because I'm bloody struggling. Absolutely staggered Lambert isn't under unbearable pressure.

[hilts_coolerking]

Fucking hell anyone going to help Delph?

That was pitiful.  Absolutely pitiful.  Ended up with three Arsenal players round him and no Villa player within 30 yards.

[eastie]

Depressing.

The lack of any real hope, in this game and the future, is the real killer

This - it makes me feel like crying seeing this great club in this situation

[JUAN PABLO]

7 goals in 10 home games

and we need 3 against these in 45mins

Can we?