Aston Villa v Arsenal Post-Match Thread

[Villafirst]

The Vlaar tackle on Monreal at the Witton End was a corker.
We need more of that.

Yes we loved that as well. He stayed tackled! I know it's not much but for me one of highlights of the evening.

Although I've heavily criticised Lambert (with justification), I do think he's been very unlucky with not being able to play Vlaar and Okore together as a first choice CB Pairing. With those two playing we would probably have 4 or 5 more points on the board and a better GD which would put an entirely different perspective on the situation.

[dicedlam]

with the exception of 2 x lowton crosses and the benteke goal, thought we were awful and the football played was predictably offensive.

OK remind me again  as to other than benefitting from two mistakes and scoring twice what did the best football team in the Country do last night?

Win?

[Brend'Watkins]

Did anyone really think Baker was that hurt? 

I've lost count of the amount of times this player has had to go off for one reason or another.  He maybe incredibly unlucky or it might be that he just doesn't fancy it.  I think that's more likely the case.

[olaftab]

Win?

Yes you are very smart and I nominate you as the prize winner of the obvious.

[andyh]

Did anyone really think Baker was that hurt? 

I've lost count of the amount of times this player has had to go off for one reason or another.  He maybe incredibly unlucky or it might be that he just doesn't fancy it.  I think that's more likely the case.

He was poleaxed.
I don't think he was acting.

[olaftab]

Did anyone really think Baker was that hurt? 
I've lost count of the amount of times this player has had to go off for one reason or another.  He maybe incredibly unlucky or it might be that he just doesn't fancy it.  I think that's more likely the case.

Silly comment Bren'd. I expect better from you. He was hit full on head with a ball prob travelling at 70MPH.

[dicedlam]

Win?

Yes you are very smart and I nominate you as the prize winner of the obvious.

I could elaborate further on your post, but you made the point why we are so shit so eloquently.

[oldhill_avfc]

Did anyone really think Baker was that hurt? 

I've lost count of the amount of times this player has had to go off for one reason or another.  He maybe incredibly unlucky or it might be that he just doesn't fancy it.  I think that's more likely the case.

Well - he was unconscious for a while.

He also went off with a neck brace and what looked like a bag-mask on his lap.

Of course the paramedics over react in these situations.  I can't see any reason why he didn't simply run it off.

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 But we're not shit though are?

In the rush to wank ourselves fucking senseless with even more hyperbolic nonsense about just how utter fucking shite we are, we cannot escape the fact, that there are a good chunk of sides who must be even more apocalyptic than us.

This of course can be brushed off by the "yeah we're 11th now, but will will sink!!!!1111!!!" catch all, yet despite being apparently utterly atrocious (although Benteke unlucky not to "grab a second" apparently and therefore a draw against the league leaders)  here we sit. Mid-table, enjoying poor home form and poor football, but 11th nonetheless. Exactly where most predicted we would be. No hope, no ambition, seas boiling, cats marrying dogs, plagues killing the first born. 11th, mid-table.

[lordmcgrath5]

We MUST get a couple of midfielders in who will dictate play and get us on the front foot. Get them in and we will be a completely different team.

Totally agree with this assessment. We've looked lightweight in midfield for ages.

[sirlordbaltimore]

The last 15 minutes, after Benteke's goal infuriated me last night. Yet i've had conversations with mates since who thought it was great.

To my eyes, we got back into the game from a wonderful cross into the danger area that was put away perfectly. Instead of building on that with a good amount of time left we then just proceeded to just launch the ball forward at every opportunity in the hope of causing a scramble instead of trying the route that had just been successful again. Hoofing it doesn't work for us, getting some decent delivery into the box (more than once or twice a game) just fucking might.

[villasjf]

When was the last time under this manager that we actually played well for 90 minutes ,time after time we only put a decent 45 minutes in

Not just this manager but for quite a few years now.

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Why do we need to play well for 90 minutes? Which side plays well for 90 minutes?

[supertom]

But we're not shit though are?

In the rush to wank ourselves fucking senseless with even more hyperbolic nonsense about just how utter fucking shite we are, we cannot escape the fact, that there are a good chunk of sides who must be even more apocalyptic than us.

This of course can be brushed off by the "yeah we're 11th now, but will will sink!!!!1111!!!" catch all, yet despite being apparently utterly atrocious (although Benteke unlucky not to "grab a second" apparently and therefore a draw against the league leaders)  here we sit. Mid-table, enjoying poor home form and poor football, but 11th nonetheless. Exactly where most predicted we would be. No hope, no ambition, seas boiling, cats marrying dogs, plagues killing the first born. 11th, mid-table.

We are shit though. That entire bottom half is made up of hopeless drek to be honest. We're part of that. We're not going to stay 11th that's for sure. There's gonna be a lot of chopping and changing of order in the next 5 months I think. If we're back in 11th by the end of our final game then we'll have done okay.

Everyone from Hull down is fighting for survival. We've been quite fortunate that we seem to lose games and without falling down the table, or falling too far. We lost 4 on the Spin and only really dropped 2 places IIRC.

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Why aren't we going to stay 11th? Is all that "hopeless drek" going to put a run together? All of them? While we, who have managed to be the 11th worst team thus far, suddenly fall dramatically?

I am struggling with the contradiction in your argument.