Aston Villa v Arsenal Post-Match Thread

[pauliewalnuts]

This made me laugh. Is it true?

Nathan ‏@GreavesAVFC 2h
In the HT comp, man was asked what he wanted to win, XBOX or 5 year ticket. Replies "After watching this shit I'll take the XBOX" over mic

[dekko]

This made me laugh. Is it true?

Nathan ‏@GreavesAVFC 2h
In the HT comp, man was asked what he wanted to win, XBOX or 5 year ticket. Replies "After watching this shit I'll take the XBOX" over mic

Brilliant

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

This made me laugh. Is it true?

Nathan ‏@GreavesAVFC 2h
In the HT comp, man was asked what he wanted to win, XBOX or 5 year ticket. Replies "After watching this shit I'll take the XBOX" over mic

I didn't hear it and nobody around me commented on it, but that's not to say it didn't happen.

[villabear]

Villa game plan: Ball gets played back, Guzan hoof, Benteke tries to flick on, Gabby hopefully somewhere near.
Repeat
Repeat
Repeat
Repeat.................

[SW9-VILLA]

On the whole, we were shit.

We were lucky Arsenal didn't really bother in the second half so avoided a hammering.

The Benteke goal brought about some momentum and with some luck an equaliser may have happened.

Arsenal demonstrated they are the best team in the league when they play. They make it look so easy. Imagine watching that every week?!?!?

*Closes eyes*

...

Nope, still nothing

[SoccerHQ]

There was a huge laugh around the ground when that 5 year season ticket prize was announced.

I've seen far worse than tonight but even with a spirited second half comeback this game just shows our issues. No creativity, schoolboy error of conceding two goals in a minute and just a lack of belief.

It was too easy for Arsenal at 2 nil up so much so that Carzola randomly started passing to our team for 5 minutes.

The reality is though 7 defeats from 11 home league games plus the two shocking cup defeats. A manager really shouldn't be surviving that wretched run of home form.

And Now I hear Grant fcuking Holt is turning up....please do one Lambert.

[JUAN PABLO]

I thought we were poor for most of the game and then Arsenal dropped a gear
we got a good goal ,give us a little confidence  and then had a go for last 15 minutes even thou I really couldnt see us getting the second goal , still not enough quality
would have be nice to have a go a lot earlier or not been so negative from the start
The Benteke goal is a big positive thou , it might get him firing now

Benteke and Holt upfront then for Liverpoo

[Clampy]

Well it wasn't a 5-0 or 6-0 hammering that was being widely predicted before the game. Disapointing to have lost again obviously but encouraged by us getting at them and also good to see Benteke starting to look more like his old self. A three minute spell where we switched off has won them the game. Oh and the ref was dreadful.

[PeterWithesShin]

This made me laugh. Is it true?

Nathan ‏@GreavesAVFC 2h
In the HT comp, man was asked what he wanted to win, XBOX or 5 year ticket. Replies "After watching this shit I'll take the XBOX" over mic

He didn't swear. He was asked which prize he wanted (the ST wasn't mentioned as a possible prize) and he replied along the lines of "after watching that first half i'll go for the Xbox one"

[aj2k77]

Shite. Grant Holt and wes hoolahan......Lambert has lost it, if he ever had it in the first place.

[Duncan Shaw]

This made me laugh. Is it true?

Nathan ‏@GreavesAVFC 2h
In the HT comp, man was asked what he wanted to win, XBOX or 5 year ticket. Replies "After watching this shit I'll take the XBOX" over mic

Yes he did.
Anyway, at the risk of going against the tide, I thought we were the better side for the second half.  The didn't look like scoring and we did.  They key was when Weimann came on, he pushed Lowton right forward, almost as a winger and had Bacuna covering in behind him.  This looked much more effective, as Lowton had given a shocking defensive fullback performance in the first half as had his mate on the left.  Luna had a much better second half too.
The second goal I felt was Luna's fault.  He wanted rid of the ball in possession so quickly that hit a really strong pass to Delphi who miscontrolled it due to the pace on it.  Two passes later it's in the back of the net.  For all the Gooners saying they need a striker, Giroud had one shot tonight and scored a great finish.
Vlaar was superb and but for him we could have been 4 or more down at HT, but second half we really gave it a go and looked OK, I'll take the positives.

[saunders_heroes]

Other than a spirited last 15 mins that was as bad as anything this season.
Seriously how long more do with have to put up with this shit? Sooner or later it'll end up in relegation unless Lerner comes to his senses. I'm sick to fuckin death of it.

[amfy]

 that we were the better team "in the second half", by which i take it he was referring to the last 15-20 mins.

On holiday in Australia, I got the time kick off time wrong for Fox Sports and only saw the second half.
I am seeing a lot of people commenting on this post match thread that we only played well for something between the last 15 minutes and half an hour, and I think that people's views may be coloured by an abysmal first half and for those who had sat through that, it was harder to begin to see the positives early in the second half. For those who are saying we only played well for the last 15 minutes, maybe they couldn't begin to see anything to be positive about until we scored.
We were better from the outset of the second half, even the commentators said so, so I am not imagining it.
In fact, I think our worst play in that half was after we scored, when we turned urgency into disorganisation, but I was still pretty pleased with the effort, and I thought Benteke looked better after his goal.   

I noticed a major issue for us when attacking is that much of the time all our forwards seem to stand within a yard of each other. If the cross misses one of them, it misses all of them. If one of them gets a touch, it isn't going to drop to any of the others. There is no space between them and this leaves us no second chances. This does concern me - it's like watching 10 year olds.

The other thing is that the wide player is often moving no faster than the player on the ball so our 'counter attacking style' is more than a little stilted. Is this a lack of fitness?

[PeterWithesShin]

We weren't shit apart from the last 15 mins. We created the best two chances in the first half before they scored and were the better side in the second. Not a great performance by any stretch of the imagination but not as shit as people are making out either.

[JUAN PABLO]

fuck