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

[PaulWinch again]

I think we’ll be well beaten, but at least Spurs were well beaten yesterday.

[LeeB]

I think we’ll be well beaten, but at least Spurs were well beaten yesterday.

I thought to myself last night if we came away with a narrow defeat and no further injuries I wouldn't be miserable.

[PaulWinch again]

I think we’ll be well beaten, but at least Spurs were well beaten yesterday.

I thought to myself last night if we came away with a narrow defeat and no further injuries I wouldn't be miserable.

Yeah I’m much more relaxed about it now (at least at this point!)

[Rigadon]

If you were looking at this game as a neutral you’d be looking forward to a close, exciting game.  That’s how it should be. 

If it was spurs panting then today what would you expect?  A battering for spurs? I would be worrying they could get a result. 

[Clampy]

If you were looking at this game as a neutral you’d be looking forward to a close, exciting game.  That’s how it should be. 

If it was spurs panting then today what would you expect?  A battering for spurs? I would be worrying they could get a result. 

Spurs were definatley panting yesterday.

[RamboandBruno]

Even with all the injuries/suspensions, I’m as nervous as I always am, maybe delusional, but I haven’t given up on this one.

[KevinGage]

Under O'Neill - even with his many, many faults - these sort of games were winnable.

Under Dean Smith, we should have beat them in our first season back and did beat them comfortably in 2020/21.

We have the best manager we've had in a generation, so shouldn't be thinking it's nailed on for the Gooners.

[Martyn Smith]

1-1

Gotta be worth 10 & 5 on win and draw saver

[Rotterdam]

4-1 unfortunately.

[Tayls_7]

1 - 1. Paul Merson, Tony Moon.

[Nii Lamptey]

En route. Nipper says 2-3 to us. I’d be ecstatic with that!

[baddowvillans]

I'm looking forward to big Jhon Duran clearly punching the ball in the net in the last minute for a Villa win and the referee allowing the goal on the grounds of "common sense" as Arsenal are cheating walkers!

[SoccerHQ]

I think we’ll be well beaten, but at least Spurs were well beaten yesterday.

I thought to myself last night if we came away with a narrow defeat and no further injuries I wouldn't be miserable.

We are still 4th even if we lose by a goal. That's the context we need as ultimately we'd come out of the weekend in a better position than we entered it.

Even a two goal defeat isn't a disaster as Spurs could get turned over 3 or 4 nil in at least one more game they play this season quite easily.

3-1 loss feels about right. Think Arsenal's gameplan will be a couple of early goals and then around 70th minute mark they'll take off key players and ease off to prepare for the Munich second leg. And we'll probably do the same rather than chase things.

[TopDeck113]

Arsenal are on a winning streak and scoring for fun. It has to end sometime...

[Footy-Vill]

A win would be huge, but a boring 0-0 draw wouldn't hurt either.

Ill happily take that!

Is there anything in the laws of the game that would forbid us from having 11 players on the line in the form of a human pyramid?

I'd rip your arm off for a 0-0 bore draw.

May I provide some additional insight into best draw result in the league and what is optimal in a score line? As it’s not 0-0
A score draw would make us all even happier

With the side we are likely to put out I think there is a better chance if a 2-2 or a 3-3

These are the scores which give us a little advantage.
Looking at the bigger picture in the league when teams are level on points and goal differential, it goes to goals scored, so a score draw today and not merely 0-0 with 1 point earned, but a 2-2 or 3-3, 4-4 is a better draw result as it gives both goals scored and a 1pt earned