Arsenal v Aston Villa match thread

[PaulWinch again]

Terrible management Dean, well done. Pathetic effort.

Fucking dismal.

[ironmaidenmania]

Dean Smith needs a damned good kicking for this. They were tired and needed a change about 15/20 minutes ago. He really needs to think about his tactics because I'm sorry this should be won and done by now.

Very poor.

[Toronto Villa]

This is all on Dean Smith. So fucking naive.

[Rudy65]

Fuck it was coming.

against 10 fucking men

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[kippaxvilla2]

This is actually a big chance lost.  Ten men for an hour dear me.

[D.boy]

We could all see that we were defending deep and inviting them onto us. It was only going to be a matter of time before Arsenal scored. SJM is clearly knackered yet no subs made.

[SoccerHQ]

This is on Dean Smith I'm afraid.

Players gave their all and showed good quality again at times but with the intensity at this level they need help from their manager in the second half.

Dean seems to think we're still playing likes of Bolton and Rotherham where you can win games in second gear.

[Nii Lamptey]

You don't bring Elmo on in place of a threatening winger against a team of 10 men that look like rabbits in headlights every time we run at them.

2 subs left, but Smith leaves the team breathing out of their arse - This one is definitely on him, same as Monday.

We can all see it - As Chicago said, this is Bruce style management.

[Goldie.7]

Bunch of no bottle c***ts.

Smith now makes the subs needed 15 minutes ago, fucking clown.

[BoVillan esq]

2-3

Blimey, don't believe it, we had this.

[andyh]

The lack of quality in the team is frightening.
No one is able to pass to another villa player and crap decisions are being made all over the place.

[brontebilly]

Embarrassing....against the worst Arsenal side in 25years

[Villa in Denmark]

The decision to bring Elmo on has cost us here, our shape has been all over the place since that change.

It's not like we tried the same move and didn't nearly get fucked over on Monday night is it?

[themossman]

Smith is costing us games.

[frank black]

Too many players blowing out their arses and we have 11. All round shit really, Deano has been poor