Aston Villa v Arsenal, 12:30 GMT (06/01, BT Sport 1)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Seems likely we'll have Runarsson in goal for this one. :lol:

Confident he'll show he is a better back up keeper than Martinez ever was. :unsure:

Having said that Martinez did chuck one in against West Ham too.

[dazthegooner]

Early kick off as well so can watch the England vs Scotland in the 6 nations :)

[Marc Overmars]

Need a good response after that freak show the other night.

Would also be good to get some revenge after they pumped us at the Emirates.

1-2.

[dazthegooner]

Would have said 0-2 but with Runarsson in goal would also go with 1-2.

[GP]

0-3

[Mac76]

3-0 Grealish hatter

[Mac76]

Early kick off as well so can watch the England vs Scotland in the 6 nations :)

or not... ;)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ryan will be available for this after all.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Aston Villa: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Targett, Nakamba, Barkley, McGinn, Traore, Watkins, Grealish.
Subs: Heaton, Engels, Elmohamady, Ramsey, Luiz, Sanson, El Ghazi, Trezeguet, Davis.

Arsenal: Ryan, Bellerin, Gabriel, Holding, Cedric, Xhaka, Partey, Smith Rowe, Saka, Lacazette, Pepe.
Subs: Runarsson, Chambers, Mari, Elneny, Ceballos, Odegaard, Willian, Aubameyang, Martinelli.

[WMUG]

Still no Tierney or Auba :(.

[Globalgunner]

No Auba, no problem. Tierney is a big miss, even though Cedric has done a more than adequate job so far

[Mac76]

Ryan will be available for this after all.

phew - i think...

[Mac76]

No Auba, no problem. Tierney is a big miss, even though Cedric has done a more than adequate job so far

yeah, also i'd have thought seriously about resting ESR and giviing Odegarrd a go, but we know Arteta likes to run players into the ground so there you go...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

[Mac76]

Xhaka hugging and having a laugh with Martinez in the tunnel - so much for trying to intimidate your opponent...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-0 Watkins pubs it in.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

That was awful from Cedric.

[Gooner23]

Should Ryan have done better? Deflection but it really trickled past him

[Mac76]

shocking by Cedric

[Mac76]

Should Ryan have done better? Deflection but it really trickled past him

big deflection, i don't think he had much chance

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Konta and Lacazette clash heads.

[Gooner23]

Let's hear what Peter Walton thinks... asked no one... ever

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cedric has lost his mind.

[Mac76]

Arsenal pull off the worst FK routine ever

set piece coach :bow:

[Gooner23]

Laca you muppet, killed us on a 3 v 2

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Shite from Lacazette, counter attack was clearly on.

[Mac76]

Laca :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Martinez out to prevent Saka doing anything with it.

[Mac76]

we're terrible in the final third

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Woeful corner.

[Gooner23]

Sluggish start, this game could easily get beyond us if we don't wake up. Villa are so dangerous when in the mood.

[Mac76]

awful corner

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Martinez saves from Xhaka's howitzer.

[Mac76]

booking for grealish surely?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Short corners. :lol:

Why? :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ryan saves us. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Why no red?

[GP]

Saka was away and clear! How is that not a red??

[McNamara That Ghost...]

We never get those kind of decisions. :lol:

[Mac76]

Saka was away and clear! How is that not a red??

totally a red

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Holding clears it.

[GP]

Why no red?

Had it been the other way around, you can bet it would be

[Mac76]

Had it been the other way around, you can bet it would be

i would bet everything i have and willl ever own on that

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Marvelous Nakamba booked. Scrote.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Partey. :haha:

[GP]

It would be really nice the ref didn't allow them to kick us constantly.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I thought that was a yellow.

[Mac76]

It would be really nice the ref didn't allow them to kick us constantly.

ridiculous idea...

[Mac76]

if we were playing like Villa we'd be down to 9 men by now

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe smacks it wide.

[Gooner23]

Keown is really unbearable on the co-comms. Just a random jumble of words and phrases he thinks he should be using.

[GP]

Grealish diving about.

[Mac76]

Grealish diving about.

such a cheat

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-0 HT. Shite.

[Gooner23]

Poor first half. A bit reminiscent of the dark days earlier in the season. Need Smith Rowe on the ball more, most of the good things happen when he's involved.

[Mac76]

saka...

[Mac76]

pretty poor effort, Arteta needs to freshen them up at HT and bring on Odegaard

[Marc Overmars]

We’re back!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Had our little run now back to mid-table shit.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on you useless twats.

[Mac76]

Come on you useless twats.

:gp:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Awful from Pepe.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ryan saves again. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And again. :bow:

[Xhaka Can’t]

We are very poor

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Looking all over the place currently. :lol:

[GP]

Pepe :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hopefully two of our players headbutt each other so we can have the two extra subs.

[Mac76]

barkley :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Another save from Ryan.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

That is shocking from Bellerin.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Unlucky ESR.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bellerin shot, Martinez saves.

[Letters]

We’re doing pretty well right now. Villa are defending well though.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Corner comes in, beats everyone.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lacazette hauled off, Auabmeyang on.

[GP]

We’re doing pretty well right now. Villa are defending well though.

We have played well, we need to do more in the final 1/3

Too wasteful.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Odegaard to get half an hour. :faint:

[Gooner23]

Bellerin has been dreadful on the ball today

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Auba takes out Martinez. :bow:

[Letters]

Loads of players dead for some reason.

[Mac76]

Grealish gets a ball in the face - pity...

[Letters]

We have played well, we need to do more in the final 1/3

Too wasteful.

Agreed. But we don’t look as toothless as we did early season.

[Gooner23]

Cedric hauled off, Saka to left back

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cedric hauled off, Odegaard on.

Traore off, Trezeguet on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Auba header wide.

[Letters]

Oh Auba :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe shoots, Martinez saves.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Partey injured again, what have we done to him? :lol:

[Gooner23]

Partey off injured again, FFS

[Mac76]

Willian coming on :ilt:

[LDG]

Willian coming on :ilt:

Game over

[Mac76]

Odegaard puts a good ball into the box from a corner - what a revolutionary idea :bow:

[GP]

Grealish diving about again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barkley off, Ramsey on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ryan saves from Grealish.

[Gooner23]

So poor from Willian, genuinely a disgrace he continues to get minutes over other players

[Mac76]

good save Ryan

[Mac76]

Barkley throws his toys out of the pram :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Not a chance in hell will we score.

[Letters]

:doh:

We are kind of dominating but they’ve had the 2 best chances :(

[GP]

FUCK SAKE!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Odegaard sends it miles away.

[Letters]

Sell him, he’s shit! :(

[McNamara That Ghost...]

That was terrible from Holding.

[Bumble]

Willian is useless

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Had to turn the sound down, can't listen to Keown anymore.

[Letters]

Controversial opinion, I know, but I’m not sure Willian is all that good.

[GP]

Keown is a terrible pundit.

[Bumble]

Controversial opinion, I know, but I’m not sure Willian is all that good.

Overpriced as a free transfer

[LDG]

Controversial opinion, I know, but I’m not sure Willian is all that good.

I remember when Chelsea signed him and everyone was like “this dude is gonna tear it up”.

Every time I watched him, I thought, “you’re shit”.

How wrong was I!!?

[Letters]

Ah.
Villa go above Spurs by winning this.
Arteta threw it :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bellerin is awful, so fucking slow now.

[Bumble]

Bellerin is awful, so fucking slow now.

Didnt he used to be quicker than walcott

[Mac76]

Xhaka makes sure he picks up his yellow

[Letters]

Xhaka with his mandatory booking

[Letters]

Oh Pepe you prick.

[GP]

Xhaka with his mandatory booking

Great challenge

[Bumble]

Arteta moaning about something

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Three defeats in a row against Villa, not one goal scored.

Villa and Wolves have done the double over us.

1-0 FT.

Not sure how much more of this Artetaball shit I can take.

[Mac76]

what rubbish

good run officially over

[Marc Overmars]

Mid table shit. :shrug:

Kidding ourselves if we think we’re any better.

[Letters]

Mid table shit. :shrug:

Kidding ourselves if we think we’re any better.

:( I was arguing against this in the week but it’s pretty hard to tbf.

[Niall_Quinn]

Did we lose? Did we win? Does it make a slight bit of difference?

This team couldn't play its way out of a piss soaked paper bag. I don't even know the result - but I know what the performance was like. Coma inducing. As always. But we're not the only ones. The whole PL, sideways, backwards, tip, tap, absolute bullshit. Everyone involved in so-called professional football is stealing a living. It's unwatchable.

[Niall_Quinn]

Didnt he used to be quicker than walcott

A long time ago. Now the only thing he is quick at is spotting the backpass. He's a terrible, terrible performer, but maybe not a terrible player. It's just he doesn't even try. And Arteta and the rest let him away with it. Plenty of blame to spread around.