Aston Villa v Arsenal Post Match Thread

[astonvilla82]

You'll love this one from The Guardian comments

GroveburyAlso all the Villa fans giving it large at the moment baffle me. This is their first good season since 1981 and they are acting like they support Real Madrid. In that time Arsenal have won five league titles, gone invincible, become the one and only club to win the golden premier league trophy, won a record number of FA Cups, multiple Charity Shields, have more friendly trophies than any other team in the world, have come to have the biggest YouTube fan channel on the planet, have more Twitter aggregator accounts than any other team in world football, have a state of the art stadium with the most diverse match day crowd of any other club in the league and so much more. Meanwhile Villa have languished in mid table mediocrity, boast Gabby Agbonlahor as their greatest player of the modern era, been relegated and are now managed by an Arsenal reject. Justified arrogance is one thing, but delusions of grandeur quite another. Time for them to wind their neck in a little.

Yes, how dare Villa fans enjoy the moment after years of mediocrity.

Especially at the expense of one of the most overrated, entitled, arrogant, ignorant c**t-stain bunch of fuckwits on the planet in Arsenal.

"Please don't celebrate your record breaking 15 consecutive win at Villa Park that gives you a bit of breathing space sat in 3rd spot, you know, like we did when we beat you at Villa Park 16 games ago as if we had won the World Cup, because as a fanbase, we are more melty snowflaky than an ice-cube inside the centre of the sun..."

Bunch of c**ts....

No mention of the European Cup then if you were that good

[Risso]

I find it very hard to dislike Saka, he's getting a bit of stick on here for his antics which I didn't note that many of myself. I'd even go as far as saying there are no Arsenal players, with the exception of maybe Havertz in this team that I dislike which is very much in comparison to yesteryear when there would be plenty. Arteta is starting to become a bit of a tit as he tries to develop his managerial personality, it's not a good look. Those You-Tubers though are something else.  They're the sort who would drop their support at the drop of a hat if they were hovering around the bottom 3, you just know it.

I don't agree about Saka sorry mate. He's a very good player, and he could be one of the best if he didn't look to chuck himself on the ground literally every time an opposition player comes near him. He's a cheating twat, and I can't stand him.

[Mellin]

You'll love this one from The Guardian comments

Grovebury

The abiding memory of the Arsenal Villa game is going to be all the Villa fans leaving their ground saying how Arsenal were the best team they have faced not only this season but many a year.

The truth is that Villa didn’t win on Saturday, Arsenal lost. Lost because the team is up against not only an anti-Arsenal media, not only a team facing 115 FFP charges, but also seemingly now a PMGOL determined to give decisions against them no matter what. How could Havertz goal not be allowed to stand? How did Matty Cash stay on the pitch? How is it that Saka likes balls into his feet but the referees just wouldn’t allow the game to flow that way? I would call it a disgrace but that would be to understate it.

Also all the Villa fans giving it large at the moment baffle me. This is their first good season since 1981 and they are acting like they support Real Madrid. In that time Arsenal have won five league titles, gone invincible, become the one and only club to win the golden premier league trophy, won a record number of FA Cups, multiple Charity Shields, have more friendly trophies than any other team in the world, have come to have the biggest YouTube fan channel on the planet, have more Twitter aggregator accounts than any other team in world football, have a state of the art stadium with the most diverse match day crowd of any other club in the league and so much more. Meanwhile Villa have languished in mid table mediocrity, boast Gabby Agbonlahor as their greatest player of the modern era, been relegated and are now managed by an Arsenal reject. Justified arrogance is one thing, but delusions of grandeur quite another. Time for them to wind their neck in a little.

Glad that's been brought up. Not to worry, shot him down early.

[Brazilian Villain]

I find it very hard to dislike Saka, he's getting a bit of stick on here for his antics which I didn't note that many of myself. I'd even go as far as saying there are no Arsenal players, with the exception of maybe Havertz in this team that I dislike which is very much in comparison to yesteryear when there would be plenty. Arteta is starting to become a bit of a tit as he tries to develop his managerial personality, it's not a good look. Those You-Tubers though are something else.  They're the sort who would drop their support at the drop of a hat if they were hovering around the bottom 3, you just know it.

I don't agree about Saka sorry mate. He's a very good player, and he could be one of the best if he didn't look to chuck himself on the ground literally every time an opposition player comes near him. He's a cheating twat, and I can't stand him.

I don't mind Saka and he's a very good player, but I find it hard to take him seriously because of that 'permanently surprised' look he has on his face.

[VillaTim]

I find it very hard to dislike Saka, he's getting a bit of stick on here for his antics which I didn't note that many of myself. I'd even go as far as saying there are no Arsenal players, with the exception of maybe Havertz in this team that I dislike which is very much in comparison to yesteryear when there would be plenty. Arteta is starting to become a bit of a tit as he tries to develop his managerial personality, it's not a good look. Those You-Tubers though are something else.  They're the sort who would drop their support at the drop of a hat if they were hovering around the bottom 3, you just know it.

I don't agree about Saka sorry mate. He's a very good player, and he could be one of the best if he didn't look to chuck himself on the ground literally every time an opposition player comes near him.He's  a cheating twat, and I can't stand him.

i wholeheartedly agree with this

[LeeB]

I find it very hard to dislike Saka, he's getting a bit of stick on here for his antics which I didn't note that many of myself. I'd even go as far as saying there are no Arsenal players, with the exception of maybe Havertz in this team that I dislike which is very much in comparison to yesteryear when there would be plenty. Arteta is starting to become a bit of a tit as he tries to develop his managerial personality, it's not a good look. Those You-Tubers though are something else.  They're the sort who would drop their support at the drop of a hat if they were hovering around the bottom 3, you just know it.

I don't agree about Saka sorry mate. He's a very good player, and he could be one of the best if he didn't look to chuck himself on the ground literally every time an opposition player comes near him. He's a cheating twat, and I can't stand him.

I think back to him trying to get Mings sent off by running into his outstretched leg, the snidey little shit.

[VillaTim]

the way Saka screams now aswell when he dives, pathetic little girl

[brontebilly]

Remember when we beat them at Arsenal when likes of Grealish and Barkley were going well. Was that Emery or Arteta in charge then? Those social media clips by those AFTV types were gold at the time. Absolutely seething.

I thought they played very well in the first half, maybe first 60 mins against us. We couldn't get playing through midfield, Watkins was pocketed really and we were reliant on odd surges from Bailey/Diaby and McGinn to break out. But I thought once we refreshed the team and turned it into a battle they struggled. Taking off Martinelli first was bizarre, Saka should have been first off and maybe tried Jesus over on right. Likes of Trossard, Nketiah didn't exactly worry us...Liverpool have far better options up top as do City.

[Risso]

Remember when we beat them at Arsenal when likes of Grealish and Barkley were going well. Was that Emery or Arteta in charge then? Those social media clips by those AFTV types were gold at the time. Absolutely seething.

I was looking for that AFTV episode the other day, the bald bloke on there was internet gold. "Jack Grealish, Jack Fucking Grealish, he's not fucking good enough for Arsenal they said!"

[Somniloquism]

Remember when we beat them at Arsenal when likes of Grealish and Barkley were going well. Was that Emery or Arteta in charge then? Those social media clips by those AFTV types were gold at the time. Absolutely seething.

I thought they played very well in the first half, maybe first 60 mins against us. We couldn't get playing through midfield, Watkins was pocketed really and we were reliant on odd surges from Bailey/Diaby and McGinn to break out. But I thought once we refreshed the team and turned it into a battle they struggled. Taking off Martinelli first was bizarre, Saka should have been first off and maybe tried Jesus over on right. Likes of Trossard, Nketiah didn't exactly worry us...Liverpool have far better options up top as do City.

Emery's only match against us was the 3-2 loss when we went 1-0 and then 2-1 (straight after they scored.) They then scored 2 in the last 10 minutes to win 3-2 even though they were down to 10 men for at least half the match.

We did the double in the 20/21 season when we beat them 3-0 down there, we also beat them 1-0 at Villa Park.

[VillaTim]

Remember when we beat them at Arsenal when likes of Grealish and Barkley were going well. Was that Emery or Arteta in charge then? Those social media clips by those AFTV types were gold at the time. Absolutely seething.

I was looking for that AFTV episode the other day, the bald bloke on there was internet gold. "Jack Grealish, Jack Fucking Grealish, he's not fucking good enough for Arsenal they said!"

he's funny
"he's done it again , he's done it a-fucking gain"

[olaftab]

It's funny how the same Tarquins were praising us to the hilt a couple of weeks ago when we did Spurs ar WHL.

[paul_e]

That Grov bury thing is exactly why I dislike them so much. Other top 6 fans talk bollocks but Arsenal take it to an extreme and seem to genuinely believe they're better fans than anyone else. I know a decent Arsenal fan and even he thinks most of them are c**ts.

[olaftab]

I've long thought Arsenal fans are overwrought fannies playing at being supporters until something new and shiny comes along, like fucking cereal restaurants, ice bars, hip hop bingo venues or shit like that.

Nothing I've seem since Saturday suggests I'm wrong.

Who was it said on here that they behave like they've read a guide to being a soccer fan, written by an American?

I think that was also mentioned in an article in The Independent I linked on here.

[Clampy]

My cousin was on the train after the game on his way to see The Levellers in Wolvo and got chatting to an arsey Tarquinwho said 'we shouldn't be losing to the likes of Villa'. A few fellow Arsenal weighed into him by all accounts and then eventually they all starting arguing amongst themselves. Sounds tremendous fun.

The Levellers were great apparently.