Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal Post Match Thread

[Dave]

Jack won’t be suspended as the yellow cards get re-set once clubs have played their 19th match.

I don't think they get reset - it's just that the ban for five is removed.

If he gets to ten, he still gets a ban.

[olaftab]

Is that Jack suspended?

Don't think so.

You're right Lee, that marker passed at the half way of the season stage.

Brill cheers chaps.

However if he picks up 4 more bookings he misses two matches.

[Hillbilly]

I’m liking Ramsey’s cameos too.

That little bit of skill towards the end was wonderful.

It was but what followed clearly wasn’t to Trezeguet’s liking. He went shouty crackers. I like Trez.

[Ads]

Excellent result.

I hate watching at home, makes me nervous, but as much as we conceded territory at times, they never once looked like scoring and created nothing, whereas we should have won by 2 or 3 given Watkins quality chances.

Negatives

Barkely on the ball is excellent, Barkley off it, is anonymous at the moment. When Ramsey came on, our press totally smothered them.

Lack of killer instinct. We ought to have buried them with the chances we had. They weren't half chances, but really good ones.

Losing the midfield; felt for 20 minutes we lost the midfield and that was a combination of Barkely being poor off the ball and Nakamba tiring, being stunted somewhat by the yellow.

Arsenal are very pretty and have a lot of creative players who are very good at creating nothing at all, but against a better side, we need to be wiser. We can get away with it against midtable outfits, perhaps not the higher echelons.

Positives

Mings, Konsa, Targett and Cash, superb.

Options. Ramsey has some quality and presence which is good to see and Nakamba did well too, although we miss Dougie and his quality on the ball.

Watkins is the new Vardy. Absolute pest of a centre forward. Part Duracell battery, part energy drink. What a player.

A lot more comfortable than it feels in the eye of the maelstrom. An Albion mate said he thought we were comfortable with them all game. Have to agree, they could be playing now and Martinez still wouldn't have made a save.

[Rudy65]

There build up play was better but we had the only worthwhile chances.

......all fart and no....

[PeterWithe]

Thought Traore was decent enough, held his position to stretch them wide and retained the ball well enough, his tracking back was even improved until the few minutes before he got dragged.

[Small Rodent]

Apologies to TheEdge for me being a knob in the match thread.

[Taylor]

I’m liking Ramsey’s cameos too.

That little bit of skill towards the end was wonderful.

It was but what followed clearly wasn’t to Trezeguet’s liking. He went shouty crackers. I like Trez.

This made me laugh

[rob_bridge]

Mings MOTM for me. Best game in a while. Really led the team today.

[Risso]

I'm being lazy here but any Statto's on here care to let us know the last time we did the double over Arsenal?  Pleeeeeease.  Well done Villa.

1992/3 season. Saunders pen at home in a 1-0 win, Daley goal away, also 1-0.

[Des Little]

Brilliant win...not easy on the ticker, but every player put a shift in. Really chuffed with that.

[Rudy65]

There build up play was better but we had the only worthwhile chances.

Pass, pass, pass, bore.

Another Wenger 2005 onward mk2. They have too many of the same players, as good as they are, Pepe (not so good 75m😂) Smith Rowe and Sakha who I do rate highly. No real physical steel and sometimes you need route 1

[walsall villain]

It's funny that we think Arsenal were all over us and spent the second half watching from behind the sofa but  just had an exchange with a Gooner friend who said Villa played very well and they were crap and never going to score.

Just watched 3 minutes highlights and they made it look comfortable. So many good chances for us. It’s not easy watching the full match though when you are conceding possession, makes it feel nervy.

[Matt C]

Great win and another superb defensive performance. Good to see Watkins racking up the goals of course, but his overall game leading the line was immense - we don’t win today without that contribution.

[Mister E]

We played it more like an away game.
Defence was superb, and  thought McGinn played pretty well. Nakamba has definitely improved on last season; not a car crash waiting to happen but I was worried he might add to his early yellow card (particularly the way Arteta was appealing every single foul).
I like Ramsey - I think he's going to become a fixture in this team, soon.
In the end, Ryan had more to do than Emi, which shows we still had a threat and probably should have added to the only goal.

I was really nervous during the game, for some reason; glad it is done and the squad has a little time to collect itself before the next game.