Arsenal v Aston Villa Match Thread

[TonyD]

I am going to the game.
Come on me babbies.

[Sexual Ealing]

They’re going to slice through that midfield as often as they like. Not that the manager had any options due to Doug being a dickhead.

We're going to need a very disciplined McGinn.

He owes us too!

[PeterWithesShin]

Hopefully we leave the North London slums with a result.

[VILLA MOLE]

errrr who is tackling today 😳😃

[algy]

Come on me Villa babbies!

[SamTheMouse]

I think we can win this, but we're going to have to score a minimum of six goals to do it.

[jon collett]

Can’t work out how that team will even line up. 5  strikers effectively

[Pete3206]

A team line up that gambles with hitting the opponent early with a lucky punch.

[PeterWithesShin]

1-1 after 70 mins, bring on the panda and we win 3-1. Job done.

[260475]

Villa to score 2, so 2-0, or 2-1 to us. I'm obv discounting the draw.

[olaftab]

Hopefully we leave the North London slums with a result.

It will definitely be a result.

[Mister E]

Overall that's the best team we can put out in the circumstances.

They have huge threats out wide so Konsa and Digne are the two best at dealing with that. I also think Diaby has been in better form than Bailey in last six weeks so this is his chance to force a start on Thursday.

Also good to see Cashy and Lenglet return to the bench. They'll be options to start on Thursday if they get last 20 minutes today.

This isn't a white flag selection like Man. City so looking forward to seeing how we do.

I might have been tempted to play Moreno in front of Digne: two energetic defenders who can also attack, in place of either Z or Rogers.

[Demitri_C]

Suprised zaniolo starting but with few options what choice do we have. Glad to see cash and lenglet back. We will need them for lille.

Big game for carlos for me as he hasnt been very good and konsa going back to cb if carlos again dont impress

[eamonn]

They’re going to slice through that midfield as often as they like. Not that the manager had any options due to Doug being a dickhead.

We're going to need a very disciplined McGinn.

He owes us too!

He repaid on Thursday night.

[eamonn]

Zaniolo off the ball is more useless than Hourihane. Physically weak as piss as and a liability at giving away fouls.