Aston Villa v Arsenal Post-Match Thread

[ChicagoLion]

We will rotate heavily for Basel. I expect us to rotate the midfield, Digne/Maatsen and Watkins/Malen in the Chelsea/Arsenal/Forest/Palace games but not change too much else.

I'd definitely give Lindelof a go against Basel. Done nothing wrong in his cameos, and would be good to get some minutes in his legs and out of Konsa or Pau's.

Agree. I expect to see a lot of changes.

[eye digress]

We will rotate heavily for Basel. I expect us to rotate the midfield, Digne/Maatsen and Watkins/Malen in the Chelsea/Arsenal/Forest/Palace games but not change too much else.

I'd definitely give Lindelof a go against Basel. Done nothing wrong in his cameos, and would be good to get some minutes in his legs and out of Konsa or Pau's.

Deffo. Thought he was very accomplished yesterday. Protecting Pau and (to a lesser extent, as physically imperious) Konsa needs to be our top priority.

[dave shelley]

Aguero!!! Oops sorry I mean Buendiaaaaaa!  That's what  Sky brainwashing does to you.

[PeterWithesShin]

[Deano's Mullet]

John and Roger Taylor from Duran Duran both at VP yesterday. Two  more Brummie celebrity fans that Small Heath ignore when trying to claim the moral high ground. My dad saw them at VP in ... was it 1983?

[kippaxvilla2]

Scholes has called out Keowns biased commentary yesterday.  Something about him sounding like Paddy Crerand from MUTV.

[AV82EC]

On a wider point I wish they’d get rid of co-comms with some ex player who’s invariably here for the beer and adds precisely nothing to the commentators art. I seem to recall Moore, Motson, Davies et al not needing some simpleton sat beside them trotting out cliches.

[KevinGage]

Keown, McCoist et al offer no value whatsoever.

[eamonn]

John and Roger Taylor from Duran Duran both at VP yesterday. Two  more Brummie celebrity fans that Small Heath ignore when trying to claim the moral high ground. My dad saw them at VP in ... was it 1983?

A pity Jhon Duran wasn't there. Raul could have talked him into coming back.

[eye digress]

Don't mind McCoist, find him to be fairly neutral on English footie.

Keown was an embarassment though, yesterday. In addition to the unapologetic Arsenal bias, there was also the double standard of him also being a former Villa player.

All that offset obviously by the sound of him moaning as Tielemans almost poked it in at the end, capped by the subsequent silence...

[Lizz]

After he was told about Prince William's MOTM tweet, Keown said something about not wanting to be court martialed. As he's not subject to military law, I thought his comment was a bit odd, or illustrative of his lack of knowledge on some subjects. #Nitpicking.

[eye digress]

Like, thick? #bitchy

[Tayls_7]

In my local pub here in Akrotiri, (Moss the owner is a Toon fan and the pub is decked in toon colours), the Hamlet - The place went ballistic when wee Emi scored, plenty of Villa supporters and non Arsenal supporters in the squaddies.

Nearly as good as being there................but not quite.

What a game, what a winner

Let the pundits concentrate on Ipswich, sorry Arsenal, we are in the mix.

That's great Neil. I was at Ay Nik for 5 years and no stranger to the Aki Arms.

[astonvilla82]

Don't mind McCoist, find him to be fairly neutral on English footie.

Keown was an embarassment though, yesterday. In addition to the unapologetic Arsenal bias, there was also the double standard of him also being a former Villa player.

All that offset obviously by the sound of him moaning as Tielemans almost poked it in at the end, capped by the subsequent silence...

Quite like Ally's commentary on our games, seems to have a soft spot for us, might have been from when he stood on the Holte back in the day

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

Don't mind McCoist, find him to be fairly neutral on English footie.

Keown was an embarassment though, yesterday. In addition to the unapologetic Arsenal bias, there was also the double standard of him also being a former Villa player.

All that offset obviously by the sound of him moaning as Tielemans almost poked it in at the end, capped by the subsequent silence...

Quite like Ally's commentary on our games, seems to have a soft spot for us, might have been from when he stood on the Holte back in the day

Didn’t he score a great goal from outside the box for Scotland at VP in Euro 96?