Aston Villa vs Arsenal Match Thread

[villadelph]

My fear before the season started was i think we havent replaced the goals that diaby and luiz bring to us and after two games we have missed so many chances.

Tielemans has been class today, hardly wasted a pass so in general terms I don't think we'll miss Luiz. And majority of his goals were penalties so we just need to get some more.

We'll score plenty v bottom half teams so not really worried. Today we should've had two goals from not many chances but Ollie just had one of those days.

Youri has been good but i cant see many goals in our midfield like last year. I dont think we have addressed the 15+ goals diabs and luiz gave us

Ollie had a poor game last week too.

I think the most worrying aspect for me was how easy arsenal cut through us. Two chances two goals.

I wouldn’t describe it as cutting through us. The first goal was an unlucky bounce off Rogers and the second was a mess at the top of the box.

[SoccerHQ]

Next time we play this type of match we need to be trusting Maatsen to start.

A few times in the second half we had decent breaks but Digne was a bit fatigued so couldn't get up the pitch to support it quickly enough.

Maatsen got pace to burn so wouldn't shock me if we see him in from the start next week at Leicester.

[Demitri_C]

My fear before the season started was i think we havent replaced the goals that diaby and luiz bring to us and after two games we have missed so many chances.

Tielemans has been class today, hardly wasted a pass so in general terms I don't think we'll miss Luiz. And majority of his goals were penalties so we just need to get some more.

We'll score plenty v bottom half teams so not really worried. Today we should've had two goals from not many chances but Ollie just had one of those days.

Youri has been good but i cant see many goals in our midfield like last year. I dont think we have addressed the 15+ goals diabs and luiz gave us

Ollie had a poor game last week too.

I think the most worrying aspect for me was how easy arsenal cut through us. Two chances two goals.

I wouldn’t describe it as cutting through us. The first goal was an unlucky bounce off Rogers and the second was a mess at the top of the box.

The second was far too easy for me.

[stevo_st]

4 mins

[Demitri_C]

4 mins

Put us out of our misery. Now we have endure the smug arsenal fans

[brontebilly]

Next time we play this type of match we need to be trusting Maatsen to start.

A few times in the second half we had decent breaks but Digne was a bit fatigued so couldn't get up the pitch to support it quickly enough.

Maatsen got pace to burn so wouldn't shock me if we see him in from the start next week at Leicester.

I thought Digne did a very good job on Saka but he isn't offering anything offensively these days.

Thought we took off McGinn too early.

[JUAN PABLO]

Maatsen should have came on wwhen JJ and Duran came on

[PeterWithesShin]

FT. We go again.

[TelfordVilla]

Only one player we are missing. Watkins. The goalscorer variety

[brontebilly]

Only one player we are missing. Watkins. The goalscorer variety

Two absolute sitters missed, the second one was worse.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Only one player we are missing. Watkins. The goalscorer variety

Two absolute sitters missed, the second one was worse.

They were both shocking, the first embarrassing, the second will take some time to forget.

[ROBBO]

Watkins oh dear, clearly not fit enough, thought we should have won this but you can't miss chances like that. Need a better back up than Duran.

[DC1874]

F**k England - Ollie needs to concentrate on his day job!

[malckennedy]

Probably two of our best players (Watkins missed 2 sitters and Martinez let a shot through his hands for their second) cost us all the points. That’s the way it goes but we more than matched the cockney wankers.

That’s my considered opinion.

[Paul.S]

Played very well, should’ve won it but when you
miss sitters like that you will pay the price and we did.
I thought we suffered when McGinn went off but what a player we’ve got on our hands with Rogers.
Disappointed but also encouraged by the way this team are developing.