Arsenal vs Aston Villa 18.01.2025 KO 17:30 GMT

[21_GOONER_SALUTE]

Ah....I think I've just seen the still from Sky with a hand extended, surely that was him turning away from the ball. The still doesn't even show the ball touching that hand.

Anyway, like I said, he has the rep already and won't likely get anything go for him.

[Marc Overmars]

Ultimately throwing away a two goal lead is totally unacceptable

I’ve hated this season so much. It’s just been unremittingly bad. The football, the squad management….everything

We’ve dropped 12 points from winning positions. And we’ve lost the one thing we had going for us, which was a sense of invincibility once we went in front

I said the same to my brother, I’ve also despised this season. Which is a crying shame because of the progress we’ve seen for the past 2 seasons. I had a feeling we maxed out last season and missed the boat but still didn’t think we’d become such a sloppy mess.

[Mac76]

I am not sure why we let Odegaard take our freekicks when Rice is on the field.

His crosses always end up safely in the keeper hands.

Without Saka as his outlet, Ode is starting to look a bit ineffective, don't get me wrong he's a quality player but his fucking around with short corners and FKs and sideways passing or little looping balls into the box are starting to piss me off tbh

[Mac76]

Well anyway, you can't be thinking about titles when you blow a 2 goal lead at home against inferior opposition. So with that off the table, when are we getting a striker?

They weren't inferior over 90 mins because they had more attacking threat than us and made it pay

At full strength yes we should win but losing Saliba was the final straw, with him on the pitch we win the game IMO

[21_GOONER_SALUTE]

Without Saka as his outlet, Ode is starting to look a bit ineffective, don't get me wrong he's a quality player but his fucking around with short corners and FKs and sideways passing or little looping balls into the box are starting to piss me off tbh

If he could cut this shit out 60% of the time we'd probably have an additional 10 points.

But you would need a proper coach who has seen everything to give him proper advice....maybe a coach who had coached the likes of Pirlo and Kaka, but hey, what do I know

[Mac76]

If he could cut this shit out 60% of the time we'd probably have an additional 10 points.

But you would need a proper coach who has seen everything to give him proper advice....maybe a coach who had coached the likes of Pirlo and Kaka, but hey, what do I know

Well yes, that's where a rookie manager really isn't the answer and what's holding us back almost as much as arsehole refs and injuries ( no sarkiness intended on that final point but it's also true)

[Niall_Quinn]

Without Saka as his outlet, Ode is starting to look a bit ineffective, don't get me wrong he's a quality player but his fucking around with short corners and FKs and sideways passing or little looping balls into the box are starting to piss me off tbh

Villa have a goal difference in the minuses last time I looked. So for all their attacking prowess their defence is a shambles. We should have more than enough to walk past them at home.

[Letters]

I said the same to my brother, I’ve also despised this season. Which is a crying shame because of the progress we’ve seen for the past 2 seasons. I had a feeling we maxed out last season and missed the boat but still didn’t think we’d become such a sloppy mess.

You do seem to have turned into a YouTube streamer, massively overreacting to every goal or set back.
You were calling for Arteta’s head or declaring “season over” at 1-0 down in the week.

The main thing this year is injuries. Last year we were pretty lucky, this year we’ve been quite unlucky.
Obviously we need a striker but at full strength there are more goals in this team than we are getting.

[21_GOONER_SALUTE]

You do seem to have turned into a YouTube streamer, massively overreacting to every goal or set back.
You were calling for Arteta’s head or declaring “season over” at 1-0 down in the week.

The main thing this year is injuries. Last year we were pretty lucky, this year we’ve been quite unlucky.
Obviously we need a striker but at full strength there are more goals in this team than we are getting.

TBH I'm struggling to think of enjoyable moments in this season. I mean besides the double over the Spuds (who are generally doing poorly) there hasn't really been any other highpoints seeing as we've failed to beat all our other rivals.

Oh and I'm not counting the Man U win because it was a bit pathetic to only be able to beat a struggling Man U with a party trick at home...and as predicted our inadequacies did come back to bite us in the ass in our FA cup fixture also at home.

[21_GOONER_SALUTE]

Though the CL campaign hasn't been that bad with the win over Sporting being the highlight.....but hadn't Amorim resigned by then?