Arsenal v Aston Villa Pre Match

[Rory]

Actually I went to Edinburgh and Oxford. So Keys can, absolutely, go f**k themselves.

Oh dear, quite the faux pas, apologies! Dunno why I thought you were a Cantab.

It's my dear old hometown. So I'm town not gown, and Cambo not Cantab.

Ahhh. How could you bring yourself to move, leaving behind the bright lights of the Baron of Beef & Cindi's?!

[Monty]

Ah, lads, this is a derailed thread. Love the Baron of Beef, football pub of choice (wouldn't catch me in The Avery for all the cocaine in...well, The Avery).

[Rory]

Ah, lads, this is a derailed thread. Love the Baron of Beef, football pub of choice (wouldn't catch me in The Avery for all the cocaine in...well, The Avery).

Same. I watched the 2010 League Cup final in there. Wound up drunkenly singing HEITS with a couple of other Villa fans as the plastics all left at full time.

[Pete3206]

No Archer then.

[villadelph]

Fun fact:

Only Chelsea and Manchester City have won more Premier League away fixtures at the Emirates than Villa.

[eamonn]

Wasn't Wolfgang Wolf the manager of Wolfsburg? Rejected Wolves' advances apparently as he thought they were a bad cover version.

[Hillbilly]

Things I don't want to see; Villa passing the ball from deep in the Arsenal half back to our centre halves or Martinez, 4 or 5 Villa players penned in within the ball within 1 or 2 metres of the sideline, the entire team being kippered by a simple 1-2, Arsenal players running at the defence and Villa players backing off, crosses into the Arsenal box with only one Villa player in the vicinity of 4 Arsenal defenders and still being outnumbered when the ball pings out of the box.

Y' know. The basics.

[Legion]

No Archer then.

In the squad for the game.

[Monty]

Wasn't Wolfgang Wolf the manager of Wolfsburg? Rejected Wolves' advances apparently as he thought they were a bad cover version.

That's the winner, surely.

[Mister E]

The side we put out against West Ham was far too slow. I'd be dropping Ings, McGinn and Phil. Bring in Emi, Ramsey and Bailey. Let Bailey provide a bit of width.
Honestly I'd also drop Digne and if he's fit, bring in that Augustinsson fella. He's less attack-minded. Cash bombs forward and I don't think we can get away with doing that both flanks. One FB has to hold back a bit more. Additionally, Digne has honestly been a downgrade on Targett. He looks dead on 70 minutes most games, he's suspect defensively. He is better at the other end, but I don't think Targett was nearly as bad as some made out. You got a 7 out of him most games, even once Gerrard came in. I don't think it's a surprise that Gerrard's results have gone downhill in the Digne era either. Mings appeared to have a bit more trust in Targett beside him in truth too and Ty needs all the help he can get.

Agreed. I was a fan of Digne when he was at Everton: with us, he's been a big disappointment.

[JD]

2-1 Whittingham and Townsend

I got thumped whilst waiting for my Arsenal mate near the north bank after that one. A real smash and grab.

I was in the North Bank as there were renovations being done at the Clock End. Was pretty fiesty at the end, especially as there were quite a few Villa in the North Bank end.

[Axl Rose]

https://youtu.be/h5-1lwOerIE

Highlights if anyone wants to watch again.

Shit, I was 11 and remember listening to that on the radio as I played with the embers of the previous night's mini bonfire in the back garden.

[Duncan Shaw]

I dread tonight's game - my redeeming thoughts is all the gooners I know don't think they'll win 5 on the trot.  My wife arranged a meal out with friends a couple of weeks ago for tonight - I said fine without checking.  I'm ever so pleased now that I won't be watching, which is a bizarre thing to be thinking!!!

[olaftab]

When I was a kid the first Villa shirt I owned was when we were sponsored by AST Computers. I put that together with Arsenal-Arsene and just assumed that every club had some sort of association like that.

I started work about that time and a chap there used to refer to Leeds utd as them ******. So yes there was a clear association.

[cdward]

Quite happy that Partey isn't playing for several reasons. Put a marker on Odegaard and I think we can get something

Yes, probably a red card