Arsenal v Aston Villa - Sunday 4.30pm. Pre Match Yarn.

[amfy]

Imagine the confusion Spurs fans must be feeling about the outcome of this game now! Even they must want us to get a draw!

[edgysatsuma89]

I would be the most shocked I have been for a really long time if we can pull off a win here. I'm going 4-2. I basically work off the basis that we will likely concede a couple and go from there. If Konsa is back at CB though then that might change things a little.

[Hillbilly]

They are on a mission. This could be horrible.

[PeterWithesShin]

In 2024 in the league they're W10 D1 L0 F38 A4.

Time to chaos them to 3 points.

[ROBBO]

Emery doesn't do counter attacks. Not confident.

[Demitri_C]

Imagine the confusion Spurs fans must be feeling about the outcome of this game now! Even they must want us to get a draw!

I hae a lot of mates that are spurs fans and a majority told me they would rather finish 5th and miss CL to villa if it meant arsenal did not win league 😂

[LeonW]

No chance in this one with the personnel available and how we’ve been defending. We really struggle to keep clean sheets so we’d have to outscore Arsenal on their own patch which won’t happen.

[Demitri_C]

No chance in this one with the personnel available and how we’ve been defending. We really struggle to keep clean sheets so we’d have to outscore Arsenal on their own patch which won’t happen.

Yeah its not lookjng good  for me for the reasons you have given leon. But if we can avoid getting thumped that alone will be good. Cant see hiw we are going to contain saka.

Think timmy needs to start this one make it difficult for them in middle. If cash isnt back id rather have kesler start and konsa and pau at cb then carlos at cb and konsa at rb. Konsa at rb today would be massively worrying.  He is doing his best but konsa is superb at cb

[VillaTim]

Fascinated to see what plan Emery stitches together today to try and outmanoeuvre tarmac head. Personally I'd park the bus so to speak and hit these arrogant wankers on the counter. The pace of Diaby and Bailey is a weapon of mass destruction.

[Demitri_C]

Fascinated to see what plan Emery stitches together today to try and outmanoeuvre tarmac head. Personally I'd park the bus so to speak and hit these arrogant wankers on the counter. The pace of Diaby and Bailey is a weapon of mass destruction.

I have a feeling it may be same back four vs lille. Only change im expecting is maybe diaby starts ahead of bailey

Just hope he doesnt go diaby bailey rodgers  as thats far too attacking and i think we will get ripped apart if we go too attacking.

[Rigadon]

I saw a stat yesterday that the arse have scored the most goals from corners of any team in the league this year.  So that does not bode well with our seeming aversion to crosses coming into the box! 

I don’t know.  It’s going to be a really tough game.  Really tough.  But we have to go there acting like the top 4 club we are and not meekly swinging for a ‘free hit’.  Show some balls and get a bit of the rub of the green and it’s not beyond the realms of the possible that we can get a result.  A win would be a huge, nay gargantuan result at this point after the spurs result yesterday. 

[ADVILLAFAN]

I thought we'd scored the most goals from set pieces in Europe?

We just can't defend them.

[Clark W Griswold]

If Konsa is back at CB though then that might change things a little.

Yes, whilst we’ve got away with it at GK and CF this season we’ve not really at right back and with hindsight it’s looking like we should have done more there in the previous windows. A decent player to come in there so that Konsa can step back into his natural position would have been very useful in recent weeks. Hopefully this young Serb can fill the gap from next season.

4-1 them.

[wince]

Not hopeful. Could be an absolute battering.

[Rigadon]

I thought we'd scored the most goals from set pieces in Europe?

We just can't defend them.

Just checked and it was headed goals rather than corners:   

https://www.premierleague.com/stats/top/clubs/att_hd_goal