Arsenal 3 Villa 1 post match thread

[Villan82]

Tonight is the first game in years where it was embarrassing.

Did you miss the last 10 minutes of last week?

I think I have blurred last week out...

[Chico Hamilton III]

Absolute fucking shite. Relegation form tonight.

[RichardBatchelor]

Arse fans booing Martinez were beyond pathetic.

[Hillbilly]

Arse fans booing Martinez were beyond pathetic.

Hold that thought until we’ve played Man City.

[PaulWinch again]

Tonight is the first game in years where it was embarrassing.

Did you miss the last 10 minutes of last week?

I think I have blurred last week out...

Or first half of Watford?

[Risso]

I thought it would take a good while before I was as pissed off as I was last weekend about Villa. Turns out it was 6 days. Thanks Dean.

[caster troy]

We need to be going 433 and rotating Watkins/Ings/Traore/Bailey/Buendia. Two up front is so limiting, leaves us with a great bench but not much good if we are already losing before we make changes. When did Deano lose his bottle? Far too much respect given to a bang average Arsenal team tonight.   So so so frustrating.

[Stinkin_Thinkin]

Dunno why he didn't see the issues and make the changes after 15mins.
We'd be lauding his tactical acumen if he had.
When Ben White dribbles the whole length of the pitch unchallenged something isn't working. The camera panned to Smith and Shakespeare deep in conversation a few times even at nil nil.
Just pull tuzenebe off after 15, get Bailey on and "go toe to toe"
Axel's only a loan player if he sulks he can go back to trafford.
Ings and Buenada passengers. McGinn and Luiz were a bit more involved but both wretched.
Good strike by Ramsey.
I thought the yellow card for watkins after two mins was harsh. a ticking off would have sufficed,
and the pen, well I thought it was a pen but just the way it happened, so much time seemed to have passed I thought we'd got away with it.

[cdbearsfan]

Arse fans booing Martinez were beyond pathetic.

Hold that thought until we’ve played Man City.

We won't boo Scott Carson.

If you're referring to Quisling, the situation is entirely different.

[Skerra]

Lose the next 2 games and we will be in relegation territory. Draws no good either. We need at least 4 points from next two matches.

[AlwaysVilla]

What's just as worrying as that appalling display tonight, which I blame Smith for entirely, is his post match comments where he blames the players and says there was no issue with the formation.
He is now starting to sound like Bruce and the thought of the fans turning on him after he has done so much is not a welcoming thought but he is mastering his own Downfall.
The decision Will probably rest with Purslow and I suspect failure to win either the West Ham or Saints games could see him gone. It's been widely reported Purslow is a big fan of Gerrard. If Smith does goes it would make a great statement if we enticed a top drawer foreign manager for once

[Legion]

Gerrard? No thanks.

[Nunkin1965]

A few of our players might end up in Newcastle shirts at this rate.

[rougegorge]

The other notable thing tonight was our ill discipline right from the first minute when Watkins got booked. We racked up 5 cards, and although we've played a game more, we are top of the yellow card list (22 along with Brighton).

[Matt C]

Might need to try and be constructive about the formation and personnel another time, for now - that was utter shite.