Arsenal v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[RamboandBruno]

Same with Man City if they win tonight

[Nunkin1965]

Our first half performance was outstanding and we could/should have been ahead.

The scoreline is irrelevant because we weren't outclassed, we made some mistakes that they punished.

The first, Martinez should have been stronger.
Second wouldn't have happened if it had been McGinn instead of Sancho.

Pointless picking the bones out of the rest.

We are a damn good side with at least two of our better players returning on Saturday. This is a blip that gives us work to do to win the league....

I thought our first half showing was brilliant, but losing Onana was just too big a hole to fill for us and we got overran as soon as they went in front.
I've every confidence in Unai picking us up and us going on another impressive run now.
Roll on Saturday!

[Zouch Villa]

Taken a little time to let the emotions cool from the other evening. 

Agree with others in that the fact that Arsenal (not just their wankpot fans, but the players themselves) saw this as such a huge win, albeit at home, is a massive indicator in how far we have come.

Tuesday evening was the first time in a decent while that I didn’t feel as confident in the strength from the bench.  We were always going to miss the likes of Boubacar and Matty, and against lesser opposition we may have managed with the loss of Onana so early in the second half, but our imposed transfer handicap was always going to catch up with us eventually.

There were more than enough moments that for a bit of luck and better officiating, we could have been talking about a much more positive result.

So thank you Mr Emery, lets smash these fuckers in the FA cup final please.

[Tony Daleys Shorts]

Smashing them in an FA Cup final? Yes fucking please, I’ll have some of that.

[Flamingo Lane]

The commentator was nauseating, he glorified every goal they scored ranting that they were making a statement, not once did he mention how many players we were missing. Gone to the top of my dislike list even above the two Manc sides.

Who was the commentator? He was every bit as annoying as Drury, albeit in a different way.

[OCD]

Pat, I have been moaning for years about how often we give the ball away at throw ins or take so long that all our players are marked by the time that we finally get round to it.

It's mad. For a team with coaches who have a fine eye for detail we are consistently atrocious at simply keeping possession. never mind doing something vaguely creative..

I just don’t get why folk are willing to pay tens of millions of pounds in transfer fees plus millions of pounds per year in players’ wages yet don’t seem to see the value in a set piece coach, let alone specialist coaches for absolutely everything - goal kicks, throw ins, warming up as a substitute, putting the kettle on, … you’d naturally assume that none of that would be left to chance. Yet it feels like it is sometimes.

I put Mings' injury at Liverpool down to not being warmed up correctly and I thought then why, in this day and age, isn't there a coach on the touchline with subs to make sure they're ready to come into the game if called upon.