Post match positivity (Arsenal H)

[Stu]

A newish Villa fan went to the game with us yesterday. Paid £75 in the upper Doug Ellis and missed the first 15 mins due to the issues getting in. He was less than happy..

Seventy five quid!? In that awful stand? Jesus christ

[olaftab]

Onana wasn’t that effective. Drifted in and out.  Seemed to be where the ball wasn’t a lot of the time.  Let’s hope he is not a one in ten games player.   

You are on about Andre Onana, aren't you?

[RamboandBruno]

Onana wasn’t that effective. Drifted in and out.  Seemed to be where the ball wasn’t a lot of the time.  Let’s hope he is not a one in ten games player.

Think you were watching a different game. Our best player for me after Rogers.

[martin o`who??]

I love Unai and it goes without saying he is doing a fantastic job but i really do think he got it wrong with the substitutions. Why make all those changes when we were well on top?? - it wasnt like we were struggling and losing. i said when he did it it was risky and they scored straight after.

[ChicagoLion]

I love Unai and it goes without saying he is doing a fantastic job but i really do think he got it wrong with the substitutions. Why make all those changes when we were well on top?? - it wasnt like we were struggling and losing. i said when he did it it was risky and they scored straight after.

I agree, we were looking secure on our left until SJM went off.
We were on top with momentum and then bang, game over.

[olaftab]

I don’t agree. Subs were correct and in fact Digne should have been subbed as well in the first set of subs. His tiredness led to their first goal.

[itbrvilla]

We have some lovely running with the ball attacks.  They just need to get their heads up for the final ball.  We could seriously give a team a pasting. 
We need to sign a right back and another top class centre half.  If we do - glory is waiting on the horizon. 

Yesterday we often didn't have enough support going forward. I remember Onana and driving forward and there was no one near him. Happened far too often.

[steamer]

If SJM was not out on his feet he should have stayed on a bit longer.

[kippaxvilla2]

For some reason I’m still totally pissed off about losing yesterday. More so than most games.

[martyn ellis]

Anyone else on the train from Euston to New Street? We stopped Milton Keynes for an hour and a half because of cows on the line. No trains either way so well and truly stuck in the metropolis that is MK. Then they announced the train wasn't stopping at New Street (if and when it finally got going) and we would have to change at Rugby. By then it was just over an hour to kick-off so I walked and walked and walked until I finally found a screen in a casino and watched it with a load of Arsenal fans. I'm crossing MK off my 'places to visit' list (no offence if anyone on here lives there). Stood on a train all the way back to London. If Avanti West Coast don't fuck it up, the cows will, it seems.

[kippaxvilla2]

Martin used to live there or I may be wrong.

[Chris Smith]

I don’t agree. Subs were correct and in fact Digne should have been subbed as well in the first set of subs. His tiredness led to their first goal.

I thought that was more to do with Ramsey not providing the same protection that McGinn had previously. That said we won’t get players up to speed without giving them some time on the pitch.

[Nunkin1965]

For some reason I’m still totally pissed off about losing yesterday. More so than most games.

I'd say the gap, which was  huge, between us and Arsenal is getting smaller and smaller. We're getting close and perhaps thats why the frustration is there.
We've gone from serial also rans to starting to ruffle a few feathers amongst the so called elite!

[Ads]

I'd like a Maatsen/JJ axis for Leicester.

[Monty]

I'd like a Maatsen/JJ axis for Leicester.

Same. Fuck it. They've been 'eased in' in these two difficult games, and they at least equalled the starters in front of them overall. I say we unleash them at the home of the Crisp People.