Aston Villa 2 The Arse 4 Post Match ah well what could have been thread

[Goldie.7]

In fairness I wouldn't have touched Willian. He was shit at Arsenal, apparently pretty shit back at Corinthians. I'm not sure many expected him to be as decent as he has been this season.

Exactly right.  If we'd been in for him I would have been very disappointed.  Fair play to him he's done okay there but I'm glad we didn't take that risk on.

He signed a one-year deal. Very risky business that!

[Taylor]

Yes, Emery could well turn us into a good side but here and now it’s frustrating again.

Yes, exactly that, it IS frustrating and it will continue to be so for the remainder of this season.

You just have to accept that (especially having not having strengthened in January).

We've never any choice but to accept it. I'm just utterly sick of the same old shit. I did say that the players and not the previous managers were the main problem, but I did think that Emery would get more of a tune out of them than this. He's properly pissed off with them though, his interview on BBC radio is basically 6 minutes of him saying that they're not doing what he asks them to do, which is suspiciously similar to what the previous manager used to say. I'm only guessing, but I think he's toeing the party line regarding the lack of spending in January, but if he's not backed in the summer I think he'll be off. He's not going to risk his reputation trying to play possession based football with a rabble who can't string two passes together.

He’ll be off where exactly? How many football managers just up and quit?


Ah. There was Kevin Keegan.

[Risso]

And for all that it boiled down to angles on the woodwork.

Do we get sympathy points for that then?

[Risso]

Yes, Emery could well turn us into a good side but here and now it’s frustrating again.

Yes, exactly that, it IS frustrating and it will continue to be so for the remainder of this season.

You just have to accept that (especially having not having strengthened in January).

We've never any choice but to accept it. I'm just utterly sick of the same old shit. I did say that the players and not the previous managers were the main problem, but I did think that Emery would get more of a tune out of them than this. He's properly pissed off with them though, his interview on BBC radio is basically 6 minutes of him saying that they're not doing what he asks them to do, which is suspiciously similar to what the previous manager used to say. I'm only guessing, but I think he's toeing the party line regarding the lack of spending in January, but if he's not backed in the summer I think he'll be off. He's not going to risk his reputation trying to play possession based football with a rabble who can't string two passes together.

He’ll be off where exactly? How many football managers just up and quit?


Ah. There was Kevin Keegan.

Off to a different job, you know, like thousands of managers.

[astonvilla82]

 My game of football is you put the ball in the net, not how many chances they had, they don't count and didn't until a shot off the bar,in other words they were lucky how it comes off our keeper

[ChicagoLion]

My game of football is you put the ball in the net, not how many chances they had, they don't count and didn't until a shot off the bar,in other words they were lucky how it comes off our keeper

2 -4

[Steve67]

Two Arsenal player stood in front of Martinez for the winner.  Will Arteta be demanding Villa are awarded a point?

And both players clearly standing in front of our keeper.  Wonder if that'll get a mention on Match of the Day?  Really poor decision, despite the ball hitting Martinez.  I hate Arsenal.  Bunch of self-entitled pansy wankers.  Nearly as bad as their other half.

[Meanwood Villa]

They were better than us but we were desperately unlucky not to come out of that with a point. If people are angry with the Villa after that I think it says more about them than how the team's doing. Onwards.

[BC Villain]

Arsenal deserved to win, but God some of their fans are utter helmets......

https://twitter.com/AFTVMedia/status/1626988527144632320?t=H2XFruFS7BQAaYkkAMlusg&s=19

[Villafirst]

The sooner Diego Carlos is fit the better. The man is a beast. Such awful luck at getting a ruptured Achilles in only his second appearance. Our goals against column would be much healthier if he had played most of this season

[Lastfootstamper]

We lost to a team which by jammily spawning two in stoppage time went top of the league.

The Villa's alright.

[Lastfootstamper]

Arsenal deserved to win, but God some of their fans are utter helmets......

https://twitter.com/AFTVMedia/status/1626988527144632320?t=H2XFruFS7BQAaYkkAMlusg&s=19

All. All of their fans are fucking helmets. Like lesta, anybody that thinks one of their supporters is 'alright' needs to have a fucking good look at themselves.

[taylorsworkrate]

So we're turning on the best keeper in the world now? Exactly which of the goals was his fault? And before anyone says the last one, every keeper comes up for that and it wasn't him who overhit the corner.

God's sake.

So we're turning on the best keeper in the world now? Exactly which of the goals was his fault? And before anyone says the last one, every keeper comes up for that and it wasn't him who overhit the corner.

God's sake.

On what planet is he the "best keeper in the world"?

Ìf he was then he wouldn't be playing for a lower midtable team

[Hillbilly]

The playing from the back thing does my head in, not because we do it but because 1. we are so slow to set up and we let the opposition set to counter it and 2. we have no plan b other than hoof it. There were several occasions where Martinez could have made a simple throw over Mings’ marker to Moreno who was in acres of space and could have pushed up the field.

[LeonW]

So we're turning on the best keeper in the world now? Exactly which of the goals was his fault? And before anyone says the last one, every keeper comes up for that and it wasn't him who overhit the corner.

God's sake.

So we're turning on the best keeper in the world now? Exactly which of the goals was his fault? And before anyone says the last one, every keeper comes up for that and it wasn't him who overhit the corner.

God's sake.

On what planet is he the "best keeper in the world"?

Ìf he was then he wouldn't be playing for a lower midtable team

This one; potentially confirmed in the next week or so.