Aston Villa v Arsenal Pre-Match Thread

[Clampy]

Mind you, no-one gave us a chance against Man City either. It'll be tough but keep it tight at the back and we could snatch a draw.

[PaulWinch again]

Mind you, no-one gave us a chance against Man City either. It'll be tough but keep it tight at the back and we could snatch a draw.

Only problem is that we've got ourselves in to a position where we probably need to start getting some wins from these type of games. It's a bit like Bournemouth and Newcastle winning last week, we need to pull off a few shock wins to get us back into the mix.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

We are 11/2 to win according to Paddy Power

[rob_bridge]

Draw

[aj2k77]

A few wins around Christmas time Villa, come on, bit of cheer for us suffering fans.

[john e]

i'm hoping for a Christmas miracle

[gpbarr]

More chance of Santa and his eight reindeers landing on my roof than Villa getting anything out of this game.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

More chance of Santa and his eight reindeers landing on my roof than Villa getting anything out of this game.

I still believe in Father Christmas. I still believe in Aston Villa. Both will happen.

[Tom_Mc9?]

Aston Villa 2-0 Arsenal.

[preston28]

A few wins around Christmas time Villa, come on, bit of cheer for us suffering fans.

Got my Tickets for the 2 North East games on 19th Dec & Jan 2nd. I think these are crucial away games that we just can't afford to lose. I'm hoping for at least 3 wins till the cup game at Wycombe to build some momentum & not be cut adrift.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Villa 1 - Arsenal 4.

Heartbreak as we go ahead early only to get thrashed kicking the wind out of the team so the traditional Christmas collapse comes early.

We get a drubbing and go into the usual holiday losing streak.

Cheery bugger aint I?

[QuintonVilla]

Watching them now, theyre going to batter us.

[Chris Jameson]

With the confidence knock they've taken tonight I can see us keeping them down to 2.

[DB]

Actually, if they had lost tonight that may have been worse as they would want to put it right and have to go for the league. This win, could take their eye off the ball & be complacent. Ok, this is stretching it a bit.

[Des Little]

With the confidence knock they've taken tonight I can see us keeping them down to 2.

Great point well made.

You are talking about the first ten minutes, yes?