Arsenal vs Aston Villa match thread

[Toronto Villa]

Axel isn't the issue. It's that we don't 3 CB's and I would rather we had 5 in the middle or 3 with 2 wingers. We are constantly bang the ball long and lose it more often with less in midfield.

[olaftab]

I can only assume Axel will be playing as a defensive midfielder, protecting the back four, breaking up play and supplying the midfield with a short pass, the kind of 10 yard pass he made to Wolves players every time he had the ball against Wolves.

There was an obviuos error in your post but fixed.

[London Villan]

“Interesting” coverage on sky… are we playing??

[steamer]

Axel isn't the issue. It's that we don't 3 CB's and I would rather we had 5 in the middle or 3 with 2 wingers. We are constantly bang the ball long and lose it more often with less in midfield.

Not an issue for you, but I think he has been crap

[KRS]

All he has to do is drop Axel for Ramsey, push Buendia out right and Ollie to the left…then we have the makings of a much more cohesive team in both attack and defence.

Edit: …and when Bailey/Traore are fit, simply rotate Ings/Watkins up front.

[Edvard Remberg]

Impressive.  32 mins in Sky and barely mentioned Villa

[Villa Lew]

Not surprised Bailey didn't start he only started training fully a couple of days again, Dean will definitely bring him on sometime in the 2nd half. It's a very good bench.

[markeeeebeeee2005]

Boring boring boring Arsenal. This Sky coverage - Jeez. I’ve seen more interesting curing of paint.

[markeeeebeeee2005]

Arsenal are mediocre the sooner they get used to it and bore off the better.

[mrfuse]

“Interesting” coverage on sky… are we playing??

It doesn't look like it does it?

I think they've already decided they would have 6 points this week.

[Percy McCarthy]

Looking more and more like we promised Ings he will always play.

[Villa Lew]

Impressive.  32 mins in Sky and barely mentioned Villa

I understand they've got planned 30 seconds, in which they will talk solely about Villa.

[Bobby Boy]

Not surprised Bailey didn't start he only started training fully a couple of days again, Dean will definitely bring him on sometime in the 2nd half. It's a very good bench.

There's a lot of talk about how good our squad is but that only means anything if our results show the value of it.

We need a result tonight

[caster troy]

Maybe this is the game that Ings and Watkins click and prove they aren't another 'Yorke and Collymore' * prays hard *

[Rigadon]

Maybe this is the game that Ings and Watkins click and prove they aren't another 'Yorke and Collymore' * prays hard *

Watkins needs to sort his body language out and if he gets a chance, put it away.  That will go a long way.