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

[KRS]

Is holteender1 a troll account taking the piss?

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Another nice evening interrupted by the football.

There was more effort, but very last ditch first half, as both McGinn and Ramsey evaporated like water on a hot day. No control in midfield of possession or territory. No real out ball either. Mings hit it long down the left to nobody in particular, McGinn hooked it wode right a few times. When we did get in the final third, we didn't know what to do and created one tame effort.

Consistently Bailey looks to find the full back to cross, which doesn't make a huge deal of sense to me.

Felt sorry for Kamara being effectively on his own in there. It baffles me why McGinn is picked and Ramsey is so out of form.

Even after the subs and the reversion to 442, there were still times when we had 3 lined up wide. Watkins and Ings aren't Benteke, they're not going to bully the opposition in the air.

There's a lack of joined up thinking in how we set up and there's no signs of improvement.

Arsenal are a decent side, first half they could have had a few more, but I thought they were poor 2nd and once you're back in the game, see it out. 2 really poor errors from Martinez though and if you're going to do that, no matter who you are, you're going to struggle.

I'm still of the belief that this squad is performing less than the sum of its parts and ought to be capable of 12th-10th. It needs a centre forward and a mobile midfielder desperately and a centre half stop gap. If we keep performing as we are and losing then Gerrard will only have himself to blame when he's inevitably let go.

[holteender1]

All im saying is...give him time, some of us have short memories...we were right behind him a few months ago. Perhaps a honeymoon period, maybe.
FFS Arsenal are an excellent team, im not getting on his back so early, im not a sheep. Halfway through the season, id agree with you. But its way too early chum.

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

I'm not sure holteender1 has the pedigree. The fact of the matter is we don't winalot!   

[Risso]

Another nice evening interrupted by the football.

Yep had a great afternoon before hand. A dead easy ground to get to with the tube being one stop from King's Cross/St Pancras. Absolutely hundreds of pubs/restaurants within walking distance, so you could do the typical away club "full of Villa" if you wanted, or go somehwere a bit quieter as well. The Emirates is a really good stadium, with a decent atmosphere although I suppose that's a result of them doing well at the moment.

[cdbearsfan]

It was certainly the loudest I remember hearing their ground, although you can't always tell on the telly.

[WarszaVillan]

Another nice evening interrupted by the football.

There was more effort, but very last ditch first half, as both McGinn and Ramsey evaporated like water on a hot day. No control in midfield of possession or territory. No real out ball either. Mings hit it long down the left to nobody in particular, McGinn hooked it wode right a few times. When we did get in the final third, we didn't know what to do and created one tame effort.

Consistently Bailey looks to find the full back to cross, which doesn't make a huge deal of sense to me.

Felt sorry for Kamara being effectively on his own in there. It baffles me why McGinn is picked and Ramsey is so out of form.

Even after the subs and the reversion to 442, there were still times when we had 3 lined up wide. Watkins and Ings aren't Benteke, they're not going to bully the opposition in the air.

There's a lack of joined up thinking in how we set up and there's no signs of improvement.

Arsenal are a decent side, first half they could have had a few more, but I thought they were poor 2nd and once you're back in the game, see it out. 2 really poor errors from Martinez though and if you're going to do that, no matter who you are, you're going to struggle.

I'm still of the belief that this squad is performing less than the sum of its parts and ought to be capable of 12th-10th. It needs a centre forward and a mobile midfielder desperately and a centre half stop gap. If we keep performing as we are and losing then Gerrard will only have himself to blame when he's inevitably let go.

I agree with all of this, apart from I thought Ramsey had a good second half.

[Chico Hamilton III]

It was certainly the loudest I remember hearing their ground, although you can't always tell on the telly.

They were very noisy. Understandable I suppose, given their start to the season. Although I did notice that they had what looked like a Crystal Palace-style Ultras section behind the goal. It looked like a few dozen kids  in black clobber trying to create “scenes” or whatever they call it. All looked a bit embarrassing to a miserable old cynic like me.

[LukeJames]

It was certainly the loudest I remember hearing their ground, although you can't always tell on the telly.

They were very noisy. Understandable I suppose, given their start to the season. Although I did notice that they had what looked like a Crystal Palace-style Ultras section behind the goal. It looked like a few dozen kids  in black clobber trying to create “scenes” or whatever they call it. All looked a bit embarrassing to a miserable old cynic like me.

I watched there game against Fulham on Saturday and noticed that Crystal Palace style manufactured atmosphere section. Tragic.

[Brend'Watkins]

Arsenal are full of confidence, we have none.  Even so it was a slight improvement from the weekend.  Bailey was good here and there and Kamara decent throughout. It didn't help that our two Argentinians had very poor games by their standards with the goalkeeping one at fault for both goals and lucky, very lucky, not to concede a penalty. I suppose we did well not to concede more than one first half but that one incident where they were peppering our goal where it seemed everyone of their players were about to score, had they done so it would have been ruled out by VAR for a handball by Jesus with the first attempt.

Gerrard should be given the boot but I think that will now be after Saturday as it's pretty much a lost cause.  Unless of course they sack him now and let Gary Mac be interim while thay get their new man. Gerrard is not going to turn this around.

Incidentally, getting access to the site during games seems to be worse than ever, anyone else having similar problems?

[The Edge]

Arsenal are full of confidence, we have none.  Even so it was a slight improvement from the weekend.  Bailey was good here and there and Kamara decent throughout. It didn't help that our two Argentinians had very poor games by their standards with the goalkeeping one at fault for both goals and lucky, very lucky, not to concede a penalty. I suppose we did well not to concede more than one first half but that one incident where they were peppering our goal where it seemed everyone of their players were about to score, had they done so it would have been ruled out by VAR for a handball by Jesus with the first attempt.

Gerrard should be given the boot but I think that will now be after Saturday as it's pretty much a lost cause.  Unless of course they sack him now and let Gary Mac be interim while thay get their new man. Gerrard is not going to turn this around.

Incidentally, getting access to the site during games seems to be worse than ever, anyone else having similar problems?

I had the same problem and gave up trying to post in the second half. I expect it's to do with the amount of people trying to post at the same time but I don't know if that's something that can be cured. I'm not particularly tech savvy.

[JD]

All im saying is...give him time, some of us have short memories...we were right behind him a few months ago. Perhaps a honeymoon period, maybe.
FFS Arsenal are an excellent team, im not getting on his back so early, im not a sheep. Halfway through the season, id agree with you. But its way too early chum.

Stevie G, is that you?

[pauliewalnuts]

Arsenal are a more than decent side at the moment, but that scoreline flatters us.

Disappointing to see that we manage to get level somehow only to piss it away meekly minutes later.

This team has no collective heart, and even less confidence, and that is down to the manager. Yes, individuals had poor games and made errors, but this all stems from the top - these are not top eight players, but neither are they a 19th in the league squad, either.

For me, though the scoreline was not, what happened on the pitch was cringemaking, they were so much better than us in absolutely every department. We looked like a League One side getting a big match away in the FAC 3rd round and just working hard and hoping for something to happen.

Man City will murder us. We'll then give him Leicester and Southampton and that'll be over 20% of the season gone and we'll be rock bottom, or very near it.

[PeterWithesShin]

All im saying is...give him time, some of us have short memories...we were right behind him a few months ago. Perhaps a honeymoon period, maybe.
FFS Arsenal are an excellent team, im not getting on his back so early, im not a sheep. Halfway through the season, id agree with you. But its way too early chum.

12 points from the last 16 games
26 points from the last 26 games

Baaaaaaaaa

[RamboandBruno]

Arsenal are a more than decent side at the moment, but that scoreline flatters us.

Disappointing to see that we manage to get level somehow only to piss it away meekly minutes later.

This team has no collective heart, and even less confidence, and that is down to the manager. Yes, individuals had poor games and made errors, but this all stems from the top - these are not top eight players, but neither are they a 19th in the league squad, either.

For me, though the scoreline was not, what happened on the pitch was cringemaking, they were so much better than us in absolutely every department. We looked like a League One side getting a big match away in the FAC 3rd round and just working hard and hoping for something to happen.

Man City will murder us. We'll then give him Leicester and Southampton and that'll be over 20% of the season gone and we'll be rock bottom, or very near it.

For the first time in many many years i really don’t want to go on Saturday, i will of course. Its only two years since they dicked us 6-1 at home but there was still a sense of delusional perhaps, hope after promotion and with Grealish in tow. The way they are playing and our regilar shit show, this really could be something similar. But whilst that 6-1 was met with disappointment and a bit of embarrassment, if/when we get tonked on Saturday, the  atmosphere will be bloody vile, especially with people having the afternoon to drink.
Its now beyond absurd thinking he can turn this around, i don’t understand the logic of giving him Saturdays game, if we get battered and he still gets Southampton and Leicester its actually huge culpability on behalf of the club. Far better now to have a caretaker to try and settle things for a couple of weeks until we get someone else in.