Aston Villa vs Arsenal Post-Match Thread

[SoccerHQ]

This club is dead.

[Breezeblock]

On the Villa Special trying to get away from the ground. Thought we were OK second half but shit decisions and shit substitutions cost us. Gutted

[preston28]

Newcastle next isn't it? That ought to be entertaining.

I'm going to this game. For me the entertainment is a night on the lash in Newcastle.

[villadelph]

4 months without a league win. With every passing week the culture of defeat just gets stronger. Bright fucking furure they said

Its been four years like this. The team stinks of accepting defeat.

It's not the team, it's the top.

They could at least show some desire, some fight passion and respect to the fans.  They may be shit but still have a decent share of the blame.

Part of me feels sorry for most of the players as they're clearly out of their depth in the Premier League.

Why?

Just compare us with the fight of the Bournemouth players these last few weeks. Who the hell is Josh King? I didnt know until three weeks ago but he shows more fight and endeavour than the so called established prem player such as Scott f in Sinclair.

Dont give the players any excuses. They deserve none

Bournmouth are on a crest of a wave after promotion and the whole club is on the up. Compare that to what's happened at Villa over the last 6 seasons.
I'll save my criticisms to those who deserve it - Randy bloody Lerner.

So are Watford, Leicester, Southampton, Crystal Palace..

We can't even find a way to stabilize ourselves. It only feels like a short time ago we were complaining that we couldn't push beyond mid table mediocrity, and now we can't even get three points in our wildest dreams.

[Rudy65]

4 months without a league win. With every passing week the culture of defeat just gets stronger. Bright fucking furure they said

Its been four years like this. The team stinks of accepting defeat.

It's not the team, it's the top.

They could at least show some desire, some fight passion and respect to the fans.  They may be shit but still have a decent share of the blame.

Part of me feels sorry for most of the players as they're clearly out of their depth in the Premier League.

Why?

Just compare us with the fight of the Bournemouth players these last few weeks. Who the hell is Josh King? I didnt know until three weeks ago but he shows more fight and endeavour than the so called established prem player such as Scott f in Sinclair.

Dont give the players any excuses. They deserve none

Bournmouth are on a crest of a wave after promotion and the whole club is on the up. Compare that to what's happened at Villa over the last 6 seasons.
I'll save my criticisms to those who deserve it - Randy bloody Lerner.

Thye werent on the crest of a wave in October but have seriously turned it around. We wont do the same

Lerner is at fault but please dont give the players any excuses. They deserve nothing

Finally respect for the fans still going down VP.

[Villafirst]

Thing is with Hutton and Bacuna as full backs we're buried.

Yes, Richards and Amavi would be a massive improvement.....pity both injured. Hope Richards is fit next week.....

[QuintonVilla]

We'll lose at Newcastle and be virtually down by Christmas.

[auntiesledd]

It's time for Prince William to assume his ultimate space lizard form and start bending space-time to save us.

Well that suggestion's certainly more likely than Villa avoiding the drop. 

[mal]

It's time for Prince William to assume his ultimate space lizard form and start bending space-time to save us.

Could not possibly be that useful.... could he?

[olaftab]

I thought we were ok today and should have converted those two headers in the second half. Impressed with Vertout, Ayew and Okore. We need some luck as at the moment the bounce is not going with us. Not sure what Sinclair gives to the team other than running around like a wild donkey on ice.
Just posting this  whilst on the way home so what was the reason for their pen and why did Friend take so long?

[Lobsterboy]

We are well and truly fucked; the only positives I can draw from today are the fact that we didn't get completely battered as any semblance of confidence would have been gone forever if it had been 0-4 or 0-5.

Oh that and the fact I had £20 on Arsenal to win/Giroud to score at 2/1 so I can at least get pissed for the rest of the week to try and forget how much all of this hurts...

[Gregorys Boy]

Well we always lose at the Geodies no matter how shit they are! I guess if you're trying to drag a postive out of this, its that we still have to play the teams around us, so if we won those games, then that might give us a chance, but yeah I know that is clutching

[PaulMcGrathsNo5Shirt]

When the strategy of the owner has been to be one point better than the three worse teams in the league eventually you're going to get caught out. Lerner doesn't have the fight or desire for it and his appalling choices of consecutive managers or CEO's has seen the demise of this great club. The players are trying hard I believe, but sadly they're quite simply not good enough individually or collectively. 

Respect to those who are still paying to watch the slow painful demise of this great club.

[Toronto Villa]

Sitting in the pub with a Man City supporting friend, and she was saying how sad and strange the Premier League will be without Villa Park. Brought it home just how impressive relegating Aston Villa is.

It will be sad and relevant for the 5 minutes the football media discuss us until they can back to talking about the issues at Chelsea, why Man U are so full despite spending another £100m and why Wenger didn't strengthen in the transfer market again. We'll be an afterthought. In fact we are an afterthought now.

[olaftab]

It's time for Prince William to assume his ultimate space lizard form and start bending space-time to save us.

Well FFS he is a Prince of the Kingdom surely he can make some rule changes that see us nicely sitting in the top 4?