Aston Villa vs Arsenal Post-Match Thread

[gregavfc69/70]

RANDY LEARNER - YOU'VE FAILED!
RANDY LEARNER - YOU'RE FIRED!

[oswald funkletrumpet]

total abject performance arsenal didnt even get out of first gear, we are just so slow, ponderous and predictable, we look no different than under tsm, lambert and sherwood

garde really pissed me off, traore with 5 mins left?

fucking why?

anyway we are down now if you take gd into account 9 points adrift

[LeeB]

RANDY LEARNER - YOU'VE FAILED!
RANDY LEARNER - YOU'RE FIRED!

And you can take those useless bastards Clarke and Guzman with you.

[Mortimer's Bear]

I'm sorry but all the comments on here claiming the club are 'dead' are fucking bullshit. The team is shit, the owner is colossally out of his depth and the manager does not appear to be up for the scrap ahead. We are nailed on to be relegated this season, but dead? Get a fucking grip.

[auntiesledd]

Disgusting! Never a pen!
Nasty cheat Walcot fell to the ground - no touch.
Shameful!

The TV pictures suggested otherwise.I think the tackle that led to the second was a foul though or at least would have been given by most Refs.

I saw both incidents on telly & both decisions were correct IMO - although how Kevin 'No Bloody' Friend had to take his cue from the Lino to make the call beggars belief.

[gregavfc69/70]

Walcot too easily went to ground - bought the penalty.
30 - 40 yrs ago, refs wouldn't give these the time of day, and rightly so.
They'd turn and sprint up the pitch - no pen. Never. Ever.

[Villa Lew]

12/1 on now for the drop, soon the bookies will stop taking any more bets.

[Mortimer's Bear]

Walcot too easily went to ground - bought the penalty.
30 - 40 yrs ago, refs wouldn't give these the time of day, and rightly so.
They'd turn and sprint up the pitch - no pen. Never. Ever.

Couldn't see from me seat in the Lower Nirth but according not to Stanley Victor it was a stonewaller. Annoying that the ref gestured no pen then appeared to change his mind.

[PaulWinch again]

Walcot too easily went to ground - bought the penalty.
30 - 40 yrs ago, refs wouldn't give these the time of day, and rightly so.
They'd turn and sprint up the pitch - no pen. Never. Ever.

Yes but it's not 30 or 40 years ago sadly. It happens nowadays.

[QuintonVilla]

It was a blatant penalty. I was shocked when the ref didn't give it initially and thought we'd got away with one.

[pauliewalnuts]

I'm sorry but all the comments on here claiming the club are 'dead' are fucking bullshit. The team is shit, the owner is colossally out of his depth and the manager does not appear to be up for the scrap ahead. We are nailed on to be relegated this season, but dead? Get a fucking grip.

Quite right.

With the exception of the national joke of a team, the absentee owner who is one of the worst 'leaders' we've ever seen in sport - two of them, and the fact we are nailed on to get relegated, everything is fine.

[john2710]

Walcot too easily went to ground - bought the penalty.
30 - 40 yrs ago, refs wouldn't give these the time of day, and rightly so.
They'd turn and sprint up the pitch - no pen. Never. Ever.

The ref, who was 10 yards away doesn't see it as a penalty, but the linesman, who's 50 yards away can see it & gives it. Fucking attrocious decision but it goes by without a murmur because it only Aston Villa. Our players just accept it too.

[QuintonVilla]

Never seen or heard Villa Park as soulless and lifeless as today. It has been sucked out of the crowd, I've already accepted we're down and it seems many others have aswell. Everyone was waiting for the inevitable to happen.

[Deano's Mullet]

The Arsenal songs wound me up today. 4-0 in a cup final. Down with the Chelsea. That's why you're going down. Cruel bastards but then I suppose we'd have done the same if situation reversed.

[Rigadon]

RANDY LEARNER - YOU'VE FAILED!
RANDY LEARNER - YOU'RE FIRED!

And you can take those useless bastards Clarke and Guzman with you.

Chortle