Aston Villa vs Arsenal Post-Match Thread

[pav]

Due to train cancellations and trains that weren't cancelled being late I missed the first 33 minutes .
Today was as flat as I've seen , no singing at all , hardly anybody stood up at all today , which shows there is nothing to stand up for .
My youngest said "do you think we will win a game at home this season dad ?" Pretty much somes things up .
Today has been nothing more than a chore , with not one bit of pleasure , my eldest didn't even go today as he basically said I can't watch it anymore . I don't blame him .

[Malandro]

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.

I accept it because a clever, quick player got in front of our lumbering buffoon.
He had his arms on the back of him.

[Chris Jameson]

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

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

And sack the manger.

[UK Redsox]

Definite penalty. Poor by the ref not to give it straight away

http://youtu.be/cWT9pOi_sYU

[auntiesledd]

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.

Hutton grabbed Walcott's shirt in the penalty area. It's a foul: therefore a penalty. Clutching at straws will not alter the fact that Arsenal won the game far too easily and we were individually & collectively shite. Yet again.

[Allan C]

So sad, so poor. When I looked at the pre match thread putting forward possible teams I nearly cried. I've been going since 1970 and this is the worst group of players I can remember. Absolute rubbish. How on earth did we get to this?? Who at the club thought that gestede was premiership class?? I can't believe where we are right now. If I could I would sell the whole lot if anybody would want this total rubbish.

[auntiesledd]

So sad, so poor. When I looked at the pre match thread putting forward possible teams I nearly cried. I've been going since 1970 and this is the worst group of players I can remember. Absolute rubbish. How on earth did we get to this?? Who at the club thought that gestede was premiership class?? I can't believe where we are right now. If I could I would sell the whole lot if anybody would want this total rubbish.

I also went to my first match at VP in 1970 - & like you I don't think I've witnessed a worse Villa side in my life. I thought the 'Joe 90' debacle was the (ahem) benchmark for abject crap, but I reckon this mob have plummeted to a new low.

[Brian Taylor]

1998 last time Villa beat Arse..estimates on next chance? 20yrs to get out of championship and then...?

[rougegorge]

Today was as flat as I've seen , no singing at all , hardly anybody stood up at all today , which shows there is nothing to stand up for .
My youngest said "do you think we will win a game at home this season dad ?" Pretty much somes things up .
Today has been nothing more than a chore , with not one bit of pleasure

Exactly how we all feel in our family group. We turn up every match but the expectation level is nil and the team never threaten to change that feeling.

We rarely get any of the pressing and chasing shown by other teams,  which surely is the absolute minimum prerequisite of the players. It's evident that none of them has any confidence in each other and they know that they are not good enough to change things and that spirals down into a communal shrug that envelopes the whole team.

Since Garde took over, I've seen no signs of improvement either.

[martin o`who??]

Armed insurrection - we're being taken for mindless fools blinded by loyalty and taken for granted - time to bare our fangs and show the shower of shit running our club that we've had a bellyful of their cack-handed fumblings with a Previously World standard sporting institution. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!.

[Brian Taylor]

Maybe Garde has sent Santa a letter? I elfing hope so.

[Brian Taylor]

Maybe Garde has sent Santa a letter? I elfing hope so.

My cat behaves like that when not fed for a while.

[dave.woodhall]

Armed insurrection - we're being taken for mindless fools blinded by loyalty and taken for granted - time to bare our fangs and show the shower of shit running our club that we've had a bellyful of their cack-handed fumblings with a Previously World standard sporting institution. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!.

And do what, exactly?

[UK Redsox]

Armed insurrection - we're being taken for mindless fools blinded by loyalty and taken for granted - time to bare our fangs and show the shower of shit running our club that we've had a bellyful of their cack-handed fumblings with a Previously World standard sporting institution. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!.

And do what, exactly?

[brian green]

I think Walcott bought the penalty.