Arsenal -2 Aston Villa - 1 Post Match Rant Fest.

[Clampy]

Gerrard is getting an incredibly easy ride by ex-players. Dublin and James Collins basically defending him on the basis that he's young and is gonna make a great manager. No worries, then!

Keown, and Chris Sutton, were very critical of our tactics. But the team organisation is just so poor. Spaces everywhere...full back to centre back, the defensive line, Kamara to the other two midfielders, front 3 and midfield. Watkins and the two narrow forwards. No wonder we can't keep the ball, there's no cohesion at all with and without the ball.

Martinez 3 - at fault for two goals and hiding on line again.
Cash 5 - average defender at this level and regressing going forward. Awful defending for their winner
Konsa 6 - bullied by Jesus for that yellow but was decent in the main
Mings 6 - solid enough for me
Digne 4 - rubbish defender and a terrible signing. Bullied by Saka. Mugged off buying him
Kamara 6 - battled hard I thought but the midfield unit sunk
Ramsey 6 - probably a 3 in first half, unable to track runners and their first came from that but much better second half
McGinn 5 - tried hard first half but anonymous second bar his yellow
Buendia 4 - shite, kept giving ball away
Watkins 6 - same as Ramsey, vastly improved second half
Bailey 6 - some really smart touches at times but needs to do a lot more

Coutinho was ok when he came in on the left, Luiz scored a corner and trotted around avoiding tackles

I watched the 1st half with Italian commentary as a  novel idea i made a note on moments
my notes show , 15 mins Mings hesitated, Arsenal guy beat him could have been a goal
24 mins Mings hoofed out for no reason
Goal Konsa/Martinez gifted it
39 mins Mings and Martinez fucked up again
Second half found English commentary , stopped making notes
An overall 5 for me for most, I think the 6 for Mings was generous.

What a pointless post. Well done with those 'notes'.

[PeterWithesShin]

Were any of his notes wrong?

[pauliewalnuts]

Not sure how that post is particularly pointless

[Clampy]

Were any of his notes wrong?

I just found them pointless bearing in mind he wasnt  responsible for any of our goals. Besides, we had another ten players on that pitch.

[Goldie.7]

Why is Konsa playing instead of Chambers?

Gerrard is picking the team.

lolz.

[villadelph]

Why is Konsa playing instead of Chambers?

Gerrard is picking the team.

lolz.

Critchley is the manager, Gerrard just wears a nice suit and gets the microphone.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Were any of his notes wrong?

I think he's the first to point out the first goal was not just Martinez's fault. It took a deflection off Konza.

[PeterWithesShin]

Seems the right thread to talk about how players did in the game. And there's nothing he mentioned that isn't true.

[olaftab]

Were any of his notes wrong?

I think he's the first to point out the first goal was not just Martinez's fault. It took a deflection off Konza.

Still his fault as he was the last man to touch the ball.

[cdward]

Thought our supporters tonight were great, heard lots of singing.
Anyone know what the reaction was at full time?

[Steve67]

Just watched the highlights again, defensively akin to the Keystone Cops. Players on the floor, others ball watching and not marking.  This is rotten to the core and Gerrard has lost any grip he had.

[darren woolley]

I'm left disappointed again leaving a Villa match our fans got behind the team but we need to improve.

[richtheholtender]

Gerrard is getting an incredibly easy ride by ex-players. Dublin and James Collins basically defending him on the basis that he's young and is gonna make a great manager. No worries, then!

Keown, and Chris Sutton, were very critical of our tactics. But the team organisation is just so poor. Spaces everywhere...full back to centre back, the defensive line, Kamara to the other two midfielders, front 3 and midfield. Watkins and the two narrow forwards. No wonder we can't keep the ball, there's no cohesion at all with and without the ball.

Martinez 3 - at fault for two goals and hiding on line again.
Cash 5 - average defender at this level and regressing going forward. Awful defending for their winner
Konsa 6 - bullied by Jesus for that yellow but was decent in the main
Mings 6 - solid enough for me
Digne 4 - rubbish defender and a terrible signing. Bullied by Saka. Mugged off buying him
Kamara 6 - battled hard I thought but the midfield unit sunk
Ramsey 6 - probably a 3 in first half, unable to track runners and their first came from that but much better second half
McGinn 5 - tried hard first half but anonymous second bar his yellow
Buendia 4 - shite, kept giving ball away
Watkins 6 - same as Ramsey, vastly improved second half
Bailey 6 - some really smart touches at times but needs to do a lot more

Coutinho was ok when he came in on the left, Luiz scored a corner and trotted around avoiding tackles

I watched the 1st half with Italian commentary as a  novel idea i made a note on moments
my notes show , 15 mins Mings hesitated, Arsenal guy beat him could have been a goal
24 mins Mings hoofed out for no reason
Goal Konsa/Martinez gifted it
39 mins Mings and Martinez fucked up again
Second half found English commentary , stopped making notes
An overall 5 for me for most, I think the 6 for Mings was generous.

What a pointless post. Well done with those 'notes'.

Do you just attack everybody? Or do you just randomly lash out?

[Risso]

You get used to him after a while.

[TonyD]

Was in Islington this evening. Saw loads of Villa fans. Everywhere