Aston Villa v Arsenal Post-Match Thread

[olaftab]

Just watched extended highlights again. Other than goals they had one good attempt, Odegaard shot, whilst we had 4, Olliex2, Malen and Maatsen.

[Somniloquism]

And the almost own goal. (Edit, or is that the Maatsen attempt you mentioned?)

[waynejames]

Call me salty but i have just complained to TNT Sports about Martin Keown.
I had to turn it off on Saturday, what a one eyed pleb.
He is one talkshite now as well.
I know nothing will change but they need to know

[Sexual Ealing]

Quite right. This is much too important to ignore.

[Monty]

Honestly, quite apart from anything else, I think TNT looked at Keown's Wiki page and thought he'd be ideal for a down-the-middle co-comm, and will do nothing at all to remedy this in future.

[rob_bridge]

Call me salty but i have just complained to TNT Sports about Martin Keown.
I had to turn it off on Saturday, what a one eyed pleb.
He is one talkshite now as well.
I know nothing will change but they need to know

The guys a knob.

'...what Aston Villa fail to realise is they have handed the title to City fot the 2nd time in 3 seasons. That isnt what football fans want. Why didnt they roll over....-

[ChicagoLion]

he went to the Rio Ferdinand arrogant condescending twat school

[andyh]

The conversation has morphed into what Arsenal didn’t do, or their injuries, rather than a full analysis of how Villa outplayed them.
Incredibly, the only fair analysis I have seen that highlights our superiority was from Murphy on MoTD.

It doesn’t matter how good our form, how consistent we have been over the last 3 years, we will always be seen as plucky underdogs who cause a shock to the big boys every now and again.

The lazy pundits and football commentators are incapable of acknowledging that this Villa squad has been 5/6 years in the making.
The last 3 have been incredible, with consistency being the biggest single factor.

But no, Arsenal were without their 2 centre halves so that’s the reason.

[Nev]

I firmly believe that the outpouring of emotion on Sat was in some small way related to the fact that the attention and bias towards teams like Woolwich is just unbearable at times. Neville on Newton Heath games, Carragher on Liverpool games, Simon Stone and his endless articles about NH etc etc. No-one would've known about Keown's approach but I saw him on the screens under the Holte pre match and new he would be biased towards them.

We didn't just beat Arsenal on Sat, we stuffed it up the lazy, ill-informed pundits, the client journalists, the fawning refs and commentators, the dismissal of anyone outside of the top 6.

In the grand scheme of things it shouldn't matter but it does. A fair crack of the whip is all most people want.

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

Indeed. Agree 110%. I can't bear any of them.

I was still wandering around town (had shopping to do) 2hrs later in a happy daze. McGrath only knows how many times I've replayed that goal and the crowd reaction since Saturday!

[Baldy]

The conversation has morphed into what Arsenal didn’t do, or their injuries, rather than a full analysis of how Villa outplayed them.
Incredibly, the only fair analysis I have seen that highlights our superiority was from Murphy on MoTD.

It doesn’t matter how good our form, how consistent we have been over the last 3 years, we will always be seen as plucky underdogs who cause a shock to the big boys every now and again.

The lazy pundits and football commentators are incapable of acknowledging that this Villa squad has been 5/6 years in the making.
The last 3 have been incredible, with consistency being the biggest single factor.

But no, Arsenal were without their 2 centre halves so that’s the reason.

Agreed 100%, we are being treated like a 'flash in the pan'.

Apart from our brilliant emergence in the league over the last 3 years, they seem to forget  we were in the Champions League quarter final and the FA Cup semi final in April 2025. Hardly a flash a pan.

Plucky underdogs, my arse.

[olaftab]

And the almost own goal. (Edit, or is that the Maatsen attempt you mentioned?)

Yes Maatsen.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

Quite right. This is much too important to ignore.

It’s just another punch in the guts to go along with not being on MOTD first!!

[waynejames]

Get complaining guys and girls......let them know the score!
If we do win the league it will get swept under the carpet with Leicester's prem title

[simon ward 50]

Just keep watching the goals over and over!

If the day/week is going badly keep going back to them.