Arsenal v Aston Villa Post-Match thread

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Clark was shite for the 1st goal. Play to the fucking whistle - he could have got there without the Tony Adams impression

Giroud also lost control of the ball - I thought: wanker, he's fu**ed that up - then he goes and recovers and places it comfortably over the advancing Guzan.
(the bloke behind me said he should have done better - I'm naïve enough to think that everybody just does their best. Which probably encapsulates Lambert's tactics: "just go out and give it a bit of a go lads...whether we're losing or winning i'll make completely pointless substitutions and tell the whole world we're fu**ing excellent! Whose turn to pick the movie for the journey home? Pass the Pringles will yer?")

[Ad@m]

Only just got home after stopping at a mate's house to let the traffic die down.  As a result I haven't read the last 24 pages but was that really as bad as it looked?!  Thankfully I was sat on row 2 so could barely see anything.  I think that was a saving grace.

Also, at what point did the majority of the team consider the fans in such contempt that all they could do after a performance that piss poor is to get off the pitch as quickly as possible?  I saw 4 players look at the crowd and clap at the end of the game.  Benteke and "Captain" Agbonlahor couldn't get off the pitch quick enough the pair of wankers.

[brontebilly]

These MOTD2 highlights are horrific. Our lads giving up chasing the Arsenal players for their second and third goals. Hutton was barely in his own half for the second goal, same for Okore for the third.

[kippaxvilla2]

Great analysis by Keowngoal to be fair.

[Des Little]

Today told me that we are going down. I sat and watched my team give up at two nil.

[tomd2103]

Only just got home after stopping at a mate's house to let the traffic die down.  As a result I haven't read the last 24 pages but was that really as bad as it looked?!  Thankfully I was sat on row 2 so could barely see anything.  I think that was a saving grace.

Also, at what point did the majority of the team consider the fans in such contempt that all they could do after a performance that piss poor is to get off the pitch as quickly as possible?  I saw 4 players look at the crowd and clap at the end of the game.  Benteke and "Captain" Agbonlahor couldn't get off the pitch quick enough the pair of wankers.

Wanted to swap shirts no doubt. 

[Tuscans]

Keown bores me but he summed it up perfectly.

We've lost our pace ( don't agree ) with the Gabby should be starting but we we're dangerous when we were direct, we don't have the players to play a slow passing game.

That 30 second clip said it all.

FUCK STATS, just get it forward any how.

[ktvillan]

According to the BBC football website we had 52% of the possession.  That's pretty impressive against a good technical footballing side like Arsenal away from home.  So it looks like Lambert has cracked it in that respect.  I can't help thinking though that there is some kind of fundamental  flaw in his approach, a nagging doubt that's something to do with us now having the worst goal difference in the PL.  But I can't quite put my finger on it for the moment.

[andyh]

Lambert has 'cracked' what exactly?
Possession means absolutely fuck all if you don't do anything with the ball.

Possession? My arse.

[saunders_heroes]

Lambert has 'cracked' what exactly?
Possession means absolutely fuck all if you don't do anything with the ball.

Possession? My arse.

Last season we surrendered possession to the opposition, but this season we decided to hold onto the ball and pass it harmlessly from side to side. It seems whatever Lambert tries he fails.

[Tuscans]

Lambert has 'cracked' what exactly?
Possession means absolutely fuck all if you don't do anything with the ball.

Possession? My arse.

This.

Been saying it for years but everyone seems to be brainwashed by La Liga and those bloody numbers and percentages Sky keep showing. We play the possession game along the back four, its bullshit. Hit the big man and play off him. We don't have the players to do anything else.

O'Neil played that game every single match and 9/10 times didn't do too bad.

[brontebilly]

Lambert has 'cracked' what exactly?
Possession means absolutely fuck all if you don't do anything with the ball.

Possession? My arse.

Last season we surrendered possession to the opposition, but this season we decided to hold onto the ball and pass it harmlessly from side to side. It seems whatever Lambert tries he fails.

Neither approach makes sense. We are passing for the sake of passing for the moment. No pace on the passes, most of them are Tom Cleverley specials.

[Clark W Griswold]

Lambert has 'cracked' what exactly?
Possession means absolutely fuck all if you don't do anything with the ball.

Possession? My arse.

And my arse too.

[London Villan]

Hmmm possession is a dubious stat... especially when you give the ball away so easily time after time...as we did today.

[David_Nab]

Notice how the more possession we have the less effective Benteke becomes ..we pass from side to side get it wide then pass it back.

We somehow today perfected the art of having not enough players in the attacking third and yet still get caught on the counter attack.

We have been utter shit for 12 months it's an absolute miracle we are still not in the bottom three.To my eyes we are clearly one of the worst 3 teams in the league and Lambert is by a country mile the worst manager in the league.