Aston Villa v/s Arsenal, 13th Jan, 2000 BST

[fakeyank]

I was at the first game of the season (and possibly my last for a while). Time for revenge!

Come on you gooners! :scarf:

[Marc Overmars]

Villa are not very good. Should be a comfortable win.

Then again we said that last time.

[GP]

Who's the ref for this one?

[Ollie the Optimist]

I was at the first game of the season (and possibly my last for a while). Time for revenge!

Come on you gooners! :scarf:


thanks for the reminder. i had gotten over it haha

hopefully going to this one, should be good

[Master Splinter]

While there's no doubt it was entirely Anthony Taylor's fault that we somehow lost the game at The Emirates, Villa for some reason do seem to be a bit of a bitch to overcome for us in our recent history.

If we don't beat them away from home (where we are brilliant and they are timid to say the least), then it's genuinely pathetic. They can barely score, have just lost to Sheffield United and have about a 20% possession average. Withstanding another corrupt referee, this has to be an absolute banker considering our form and the big rest we have prior to the game.

I'd like to see Gnabry rewarded for his performance, especially as at this stage he's still a mostly unknown quantity and could do serious damage to pub teams if he is unleashed. I think Wenget will go for an On Paper strongest team though (I assume Theo is most likely out for this).

Szczesny

Sagna
BFG
Koscielny
Gibbs/Monreal

Arteta
Wilshere
Rosicky

Ozil
Giroud
Cazorla


1-3 (Giroud, Cazorla, Podolski).

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

0-3

Ozil hattrick

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Woy

Sagna
Merkyl
Kos
Gibbs

Arteta
Wilshere

Gnabry
Rosicky
Cazorla

Giroud

On form, I would go with that lot. I can't see a repeat of the farce that was the home game.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Who's the ref for this one?

Don't think it's been decided yet. There's nothing on the PL website yet.


As long as we avoid, Taylor, Mason, Dean, Dowd or Webb it should be fine. Wouldn't mind Clattenburg or Marriner, we have quite good records with them.

As for the team:

Ches

Sagna
Kos
BFG
Gibbs

Arteta
Ozil
Wilshere

Santi
Giroud
Walcott


I'd much rather start Gnabry ahead of Wilshere with Santi moving to the centre but I doubt Wenger will opt for that.

[Dein-machine]

Don't think it's been decided yet. There's nothing on the PL website yet.


As long as we avoid, Taylor, Mason, Dean, Dowd or Webb it should be fine. Wouldn't mind Clattenburg or Marriner, we have quite good records with them.

As for the team:

Ches

Sagna
Kos
BFG
Gibbs

Arteta
Ozil
Wilshere

Santi
Giroud
Walcott


I'd much rather start Gnabry ahead of Wilshere with Santi moving to the centre but I doubt Wenger will opt for that.

I heard yesterday that Theo's out for potentially 4 weeks

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

I haven't heard diddly squat, but if he is back for the next game, there must be a pig in the universe somewhere flying. Really didn't look great. I assumed it wouldn't be a dramatically long time because Theo didn't exactly look distraught but I'd be amazed if he was ready to play in this.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

I think it's really harsh to leave Rosicky out at the moment.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Oh well, with Theo out we've got to start Gnabry. We need players who can provide pace and directness.

[Bumble]

Villa are poor but I think they will treat anything against us a bonus. So I imagine they will sit back and try to his us on the counter, we will have possession of around 75% and win 2-0.

I agree gnabry has to start, played very well last time and we need some pace and directness.... when is the Ox back?

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

The Ox is supposed to be joining in with full training this week.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wish this game was on Saturday now to learn quicker how we will play sans Theo.

Theo. :(

[milla]

The Ox is supposed to be joining in with full training this week.

The OX will be short. Rozza/Gnabry will replace Feo and Miyaichi will take the last slot on the bench.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Managed to get tickets to this :dance:

[fakeyank]

I hope VE VIN this!

[Ollie the Optimist]

I hope VE VIN this!


as long as you aren't any where near this country, we should have a chance of winning this one

[Özim]

We should win this one easily, Villa are sh*t anything but 3 points would be a massive blow.

[Letters]

as long as you aren't any where near this country, we should have a chance of winning this one
Hopefully he'll die* of hypothermia in the polar vortex and Arsenal will live happily ever after

(* - not really, FY :hug:, severe hypothermia would do)

[fakeyank]

Hopefully he'll die* of hypothermia in the polar vortex and Arsenal will live happily ever after

(* - not really, FY :hug:, severe hypothermia would do)

http://www.troll.me/images/dramatic-soap-opera-cat/that-made-me-feel-sad.jpg

[Marc Overmars]

Oxlade is available for this.

Ozil and Giroud likely to be back as well.

Ramsey and Gibbs less likely but not completely ruled out.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

We've got Neil Swarbrick for this. Not bad, could have done a lot worse (see above mentioned) but he has a tendancy to be very reluctant to give out Yellow cards unless he absoutely has to. Might result in some physical scroting from Villa.

[fakeyank]

Oxlade is available for this.

Ozil and Giroud likely to be back as well.

Ramsey and Gibbs less likely but not completely ruled out.

Giroud should be fresh after his 2 week break. No excuses of fatigue tbh!

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Giroud was only out of the last game because he was sick as opposed to injured so I 100% expect him to be in the line up Monday.

Ramsey and Gibbs can be on the bench which is fine because we have a number of in form midfielders and Monreal is more than competent in a game like this.

------------------Szczesny------------------

Sagna------Merkyl----------KOS-------Nacho

----------Arteta---------Wilshere------------

Gnabry------------Rosicky-------------Cazorla

---------------Olivier Giroud------------------


Subs: Flaps, Gibbs, Flamini, Ramsey, Chamberlain, Ozil, Podolski - Solid looking bench.

[Master Splinter]

BBITW tbh.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

We need to exact revenge on these undesirables and what better way than to dish out one of our seasonal pasting on a pub team.

2-7.

#COYG :scarf:

[Master Splinter]

Villa scoring 2 at home :lol:.

[Niall_Quinn]

Villa scoring 2 at home :lol:.

Own goals, I think he means.

[GP]

Own goals, I think he means.

I doubt Jenkinson will play.

[Munchies]

Team news from the press conf :

on Theo Walcott’s injury…
He has surgery and then it’s rehab. You know that it is six months and you hope it all goes well. The only thing I can say is it's very sad news for us and above all for him.

on Oxlade-Chamberlain being back…
It is unbelievable because he played the first game of the season, against Aston Villa, and now he is back and available and it is against Aston Villa again. That makes it five months where has been completely out, so that means he is fresh and that should give us a boost.

on Ramsey and Gibbs...
Ramsey and Gibbs are very close. There is a small possibility that both of them could be available on Monday.

on Giroud and Ozil...
They had a good training session yesterday and today they had no problem. They could be back.

on Bendtner…
Bendtner, you count three weeks from now until he is back in training.

on Vermaelen…
Vermaelen had a little knee problem so he had to come off against Tottenham. He could be short for Monday but there's still a chance. But everybody else should be alright.

[KSE Comedy Club]

We are winning all the points!

We are the greetest!

[The Emirates Gallactico]

The weekend results so far have turned this must win into a REALLY ABSOUTELY MUST WIN NOW.

[KSE Comedy Club]

Its tough at the top.

[Özim]

De Niro tipped Aston Villa to win tomorrow.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

They nearly got the Everton result right too.

Only 24 hours to wait. Rest. :lol:

Awlful for supporters.

[fakeyank]

The title is man city's. The refs are doing all they can to ensure city win the title. Every other match, a controversial decision or two goes their favor.
All we can hope to do is keep playing consistently and be close to the top.

[JonasTC]

And they're doing it really obvious, i dont understand how this is accepted by FA. Refs should seriously be fined or put down in lower leagues if they make big mistakes like theese, how many points have changed hands so far this season from bad ref decisions? Its scary.

Anyway, looking forward to our match tomorrow :)

I have no idea who will start on the wings, Rosicky have been awesome, Podolski is fully fit, Gnabry is the new jesus and Cazorla is awesome as always, and then we have Ox who will probably get a cameo in the end.

[Injury Time]

1-1 last min plenalty for Villa for a foul on the halfway line.

[pmakgreb]

The only thing that worries me about villa is their pace in attack. Agbonlahor and benteke are the type of forwards who we can struggle with st times. Big strong and direct. If we keep them quiet we will win easy.

3-1 away win

[Syn]

They are aston village. Loud, shouty, runny abouty, hit and hope pondlife. If we drop points to the national farmers union again tomorrow I'm going to click straight for the transfer thread and start demanding overpriced german filth.

[AFC Leveller]

Agbonlahor will find an extra yard as always against us and i expect him to be their main dangerman. Our away record is one of, if not the, best in the league and we are good at beating pub teams so i expect nothing less than 3 points. Id play the same side that smacked Spuds, Giroud for Walcott obviously though.

1-2. Come on ARSENAL!

[GP]

0-6

[Marc Overmars]

For some reason I think tonight could finally be the game we dish out a good pumping.

0-4.

Hopefully.

[AFC Leveller]

When did we last dish out a thrashing? Saints at home 6-0? thats more than a year ago and are definitely overdue.

[Ollie the Optimist]

When did we last dish out a thrashing? Saints at home 6-0? thats more than a year ago and are definitely overdue.

spurs last weekend. the reason i say that was a thrashing was because we beat them easily without having to leave first gear.

in terms of score thrashing, must be reading or villa towards end of last season

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

We tend not to give them out as we usually get 2 nil up and make sure we are extremely difficult to breach from them on. We could have beaten a hand full of teams by a several goals this season though already.

I think we will have a little extra incentive owing from Villa beating us at the start and wanting show we can still put them up in the absence of Theo, so maybe that overdue spanking might come tonight.

Benteke hasn't been playing that well of late, although we know he fancies playing for the Arsenal so I expect a little effort from him at least.

[Power n Glory]

1-1

[Syn]

1-1

Why do you reckon?

[Power n Glory]

Just a weird feeling about today. The pressure is on, away game and the goals have started to dry up. I hope I’m wrong but I’m quite nervous. Aren’t many players in the team firing on all cylinders at the moment.

[Syn]

Just a weird feeling about today. The pressure is on, away game and the goals have started to dry up. I hope I’m wrong but I’m quite nervous. Aren’t many players in the team firing on all cylinders at the moment.

Famous last words but I'm not nervous at all. A lot of rest, first choice defence available and Ozil's back. Wenger will probably go with Podolski for the goal threat. We don't need a top performance tonight but as long as we do the simple things right we should see off Villa.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sky's programme for MNF is on in a few minutes.

[Power n Glory]

I need a stream!! Any links?

[Master Splinter]

I need a stream!! Any links?

Wait until about five minutes before kick-off for a Munchies HD special.

[Master Splinter]

Arsenal: Szczesny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Wilshere, Flamini, Cazorla, Ozil, Gnabry, Giroud
Subs: Fabianski, Jenkinson, Gibbs, Rosicky, Podolski, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ju-Young Park

Villa: Guzan, Lowton, Vlaar, Clark, Baker, Luna, El Ahmadi, Westwood, Delph, Agbonlahor, Benteke
Subs: Steer, Sylla, Bacuna, Tonev, Helenius, Weimann, Albrighton

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gnabbers. :bow:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Gnabry. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fulham's team. :lol:

Little bit old.

[Master Splinter]

Arteta injured now too. :rolleyes:

Hope it's nothing serious.

Exciting team tonight. Has to be a win.

Park :bow:.

Villa with a back 5? I'd think that makes them worse. Shame Bacuna's not starting.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Park on the bench? :haha:

What did he do to Arteta?

[Marc Overmars]

Good to see Gnabbers retain his place.

[Munchies]

Seems Arteta is injured then.

Wilshere in the centre, let's see how he does

[Maestro]

Park recalled from the DMZ

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Apart from Santi, everybody playing where they want to play. :popcorn:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

http://www.wiziwig.tv/broadcast.php?matchid=236149&part=sports

[Munchies]

Yeah, feeling confident on the 3 points

[fakeyank]

I'm nervous!! :upset:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mbiwa with the most alehouse challenge of all ime.

[Marc Overmars]

Mbiwa with the most alehouse challenge of all ime.

Looked pretty good to me.

[Munchies]

Only 8 week, ffs Mbiwa

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Looked pretty good to me.

Perhaps but it's fairly likely he'll try something similar against us.

And me. :lol:

Can't spell time properly.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

BFG Kos partnership :bow:

[Master Splinter]

Koscielny and Mertesacker :bow: :bow:.

Clearly should have been the CB pairing in the FIFA team of the year.

[Munchies]

Great stat that , wow

[fakeyank]

Koscielny and Mertesacker :bow: :bow:.

Clearly should have been the CB pairing in the FIFA team of the year.

They will be... once Real and Barca buy them off us

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Koscielny and Mertesacker :bow: :bow:.

Clearly should have been the CB pairing in the FIFA team of the year.

Nowhere to be seen in the Confederations Cup though. :lol:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

They will be... once Real and Barca buy them off us

Bayern are going to be sniffing around BFG this summer him being German and all. Fucking give him 200k a week at once Wenger!

[Master Splinter]

They will be... once Real and Barca buy them off us

Mertesacker's not marketable enough, so thankfully Real would never bid for him. Even though he's 14578899 times better than their defenders.

Ramos :lol:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

Carragher saying 'it is' erroneously really annoys me.

[Marc Overmars]

Come on you Gunners!!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

AND IT'S LIVE!!

[Munchies]

Coyg !!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Not used to this low camera angle at Villa Park.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Villa team huddle :unsure:

Hope they aren't up for this.

[Niall_Quinn]

Weak middle for us tonight but we should still win it. Arteta and/ or Ramsey a big miss though.

[JonasTC]

So should we get some bets up on how many decisions will go against us today? :d

[Marc Overmars]

Bloody hate low camera angles.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wheelchair gets a beating.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wheelchair fouled by El Ahmadi. Booked. :lol:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Good ref. I told you Swarbrick was a good un.

[Niall_Quinn]

WTF? Is this a real ref? Who plays by the rules?

cool.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Baker gives us a corner. Ta.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pub team touch from Gnabbers.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

WTF? Is this a real ref? Who plays by the rules?

cool.

If that was Webb, they'd be no card as he want to keep the "specatacle" of the game and not ruin it :rolleyes:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Giroud clears one.

[Niall_Quinn]

Bad miss by Giroud. Damn.

[Munchies]

Ffs Giroud, hit the target

[Niall_Quinn]

If that was Webb, they'd be no card as he want to keep the "specatacle" of the game and not ruin it :rolleyes:

Tbf, the game has been ruined as a spectacle.

[Maestro]

should have buried that, great chance

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Giroud shoots, deflects fairly kindly for Guzan.

[Niall_Quinn]

Hmmm, WAKEY, WAKEY Giroud.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

What's up the new BBC live update thing?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sagna cross right across goal. Bif says he was fouled, nothing given.

[fakeyank]

Giroud wrestled to the ground

WWE :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

Fuck, Giroud is playing like shite. Hope he snaps out of it. Mind you, he's in the box.

[Penguin]

Sagna's crossing :bow:

[Master Splinter]

Sagan has turned into the world's best crosser.

Must have taken inspiration from the abuse on GW.

[Maestro]

ffs

[Maestro]

black football boots, thank you flamini

[Niall_Quinn]

I hate it when it's this easy, we get complacent.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Flamini. :doh:

Not his best moment.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Delph puts it wide. Really poor from Wilshere.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Flamster :doh:

[Master Splinter]

Wake up Wilshere.

[Niall_Quinn]

All that came about from a shit pass by flamini.

[Maestro]

not easy if you're not using the possession to good effect

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gnabry shot, charged down. Killed Baker in the process.

[Niall_Quinn]

Remember the days when defenders would just ignore a ball in the face. Now ambulances are called.

[Maestro]

arsenal away fans awesome as ever

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gnabry really is Mike Tyson.

[Niall_Quinn]

Jesus, there's a stretcher on now, it's fucking ridiculous.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Baker coming off, Bacuna on. :popcorn:

[Niall_Quinn]

So is that it? Game over, set up an on field hospital?

[Maestro]

Gnabry really is Mike Tyson.

i was right, i called him son of tyson. glad you see it too

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Sweet Chin Music

[Niall_Quinn]

New tactics, boot the ball in their faces and wait until they have no more players.

[Maestro]

So is that it? Game over, set up an on field hospital?

yep Faluja it is

[JonasTC]

Holy shit... Gnabbers can kill people with his shot

[McNamara That Ghost...]

i was right, i called him son of tyson. glad you see it too

And he knocks people out.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Hopefully Gnabry's ok. Not sure if this may have an effect on him.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And we're back.

[Niall_Quinn]

Getting to the stage where the lads should be warming up again.

Oh look, our fans don't throw shit at injured players. Must be because We lack class.

[Maestro]

And he knocks people out.

he'sth a thampion in waithing tho be thair

[McNamara That Ghost...]

El Ahmadi connects it, just over. Eek.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cazorla. :lol:

Not his best.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Well done Kos. Recovered well.

[Maestro]

if benteke was being paid on a "per goal basis" only, he'd be on welfare by now

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Özil does exactly what Cazorla did. :haha:

[Master Splinter]

Ozil does a Cazorla.

[Niall_Quinn]

Bit of a laugh there, Santi moaning at Ozil for doing the same thing he did 2 mins ago.

[Maestro]

we're actively encouraging these fucks by not being ruthless and direct enough

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Flamini gives Agbonlahor a good kicking.

[Niall_Quinn]

That looked bad on Sagna

[Master Splinter]

Ozil having a shocker so far.

[Power n Glory]

Both Cazorla and Ozil need to step it up.

[Maestro]

slackness, pure slackness

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gnabry showing strength, pace and power. :bow:

[Penguin]

Good strength from Gnabry there

[Niall_Quinn]

Such a contrast between the corrupt and non corrupt refs. This guy will probably make a few mistakes tonight but you know they'll be genuine mistakes.

[JonasTC]

Gnabry is a beast

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Guzan with a woeful kick.

[fakeyank]

Too much fannying around!

[Niall_Quinn]

Let Gnabbers take the next FK and nobody will want to be in the wall.

[Özim]

Such a contrast between the corrupt and non corrupt refs. This guy will probably make a few mistakes tonight but you know they'll be genuine mistakes.

Looks corrupt for sure.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Delph dives.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Monreal booked. Eek.

Shite from Wilshere high up the pitch.

[Niall_Quinn]

Knew it, too east, leads to complacency.

[Özim]

English Spaniard playing innocent.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Officials stop us on the counter.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Too much fannying around!

Villa are parking the bus - it's trying to pick a lock at the moment.

Need Gnbary to try a few long rangers.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

WILSHERE!!! Awlsome play.

[Master Splinter]

Wilshere!!!!!!!

[JonasTC]

That was not a yellow at all... Monreal is going into the tackle while being pushed by the ugly diver

[Özim]

We r boring 2day

[fakeyank]

JAckie Wilshere!

[The Emirates Gallactico]

WILSHERE!!

[Niall_Quinn]

Beautiful, and it's all about Ozil again.

[Penguin]

Yes! :scarf:

[Özim]

Wilshere scores, simple goal...game needed that!

[Rors]

Bang. Even via radio only that one sounded like a tracer of a move... Muh

[McNamara That Ghost...]

We r boring 2day

:lol:

[JonasTC]

YEEES!!! but ffs... My stream is 2min behind

[The Emirates Gallactico]

We r boring 2day

:haha::haha::haha:


What a time to post that

[Rors]

Oh FFS.

[Penguin]

That was not a yellow at all... Monreal is going into the tackle while being pushed by the ugly diver

:lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

GIROUD!!!!! WOW.

[Master Splinter]

Giroud!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Power n Glory]

Fantastic. Jack in the mix! And another!

[fakeyank]

GIROUD

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Oh FFS.

Sorry brother.

[Niall_Quinn]

Yep, boring boring arsenal. 2-0

[Maestro]

thank you lord, good goal jack

[Penguin]

GIROUD

Brilliant goal :bow:

[Özim]

Wasn't a very clean hit but they all count.

2-0!!!

[Rors]

Sorry brother.

Don't bring him into it!!!

[JonasTC]

What a goal from Giroud!!

[Özim]

Giroud with a scuffer! :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Don't bring him into it!!!

:lol:

HH.

[GP]

Great finish :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

Next test,go for more goals, don't sit back

[Master Splinter]

Wilshere was almost having another one of those days. Then a lovely touch and finish and a classy assist.

Sir Jack :bow:.

[Maestro]

fucking HD channel delayed transmission

BIF you needed that, well done jack again

[Rors]

:lol:

HH.

TB by name....

[McNamara That Ghost...]

BFG beasting Bentekkers.

[Maestro]

Next test,go for more goals, don't sit back

exactly, could do with giving them a pummeling

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And again. BFG. :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

Too elaborate, just play the guy in and score

[Master Splinter]

Swabrick is a superb ref.

So far.

[Niall_Quinn]

Are you totnum in disguise, shall we sing a song for you

[Penguin]

Giroud tackles Gnabry and gives it away :doh:

[Niall_Quinn]

Swabrick is a superb ref.

So far.

You mean a bog standard ref who applies the rules? They should all do the same but as we know they are fucking cheats

[Maestro]

stop fucking sitting back

[Niall_Quinn]

Gnabbers is more than ready for the first team. Very tidy player

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Villa play in a permanent state of Nervous Kittens.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tekkers from Özil. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Eight added minutes.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mild concussion for Baker, Gnabry did knock him out, for a minute.

[Niall_Quinn]

Mild concussion for Baker.

[Niall_Quinn]

Ozil :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cazorla and Özil pubbing it up.

[Power n Glory]

Overplayed that.

[Penguin]

oh dear Santi :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Well done Monreal.

[Niall_Quinn]

Santi is having the day off

[McNamara That Ghost...]

BFG clearing everything.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Giroud. :doh:

[Niall_Quinn]

Ozils passing very 50/50 today

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Delph :haha::haha:

[Master Splinter]

Delph :haha:.

Bif :bow:.

[Özim]

You mean a bog standard ref who applies the rules? They should all do the same but as we know they are fucking cheats

The ref has added 8 minutes, must be corrupt.

[Özim]

Santi is having the day off

Winter break is over.

[Niall_Quinn]

Are they really trying to say the loss of baker was a turning point? Possession was 75% when gnabbers switched his lights off

[fakeyank]

Giroud, other than his goal, has been shocking so far!

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Bentekkers scroting it up. :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

The ref has added 8 minutes, must be corrupt.

Strangely the amount of time he added matched the length of the injury.

[Özim]

Are they really trying to say the loss of baker was a turning point? Possession was 75% when gnabbers switched his lights off

The FA must have injured him to improve Villa's chances tonight I reckon.

[Maestro]

Are they really trying to say the loss of baker was a turning point? Possession was 75% when gnabbers switched his lights off

of course they are, it is arsenal they are talking about after all

[Özim]

Strangely the amount of time he added matched the length of the injury.

Did you time it?

[Penguin]

This is horrible to watch. At least we're 2-0 up :penguin:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Villa 0-2 Arsenal, HT. :bow:

Boos ring out.

[GP]

Booooooo-urns!

[Niall_Quinn]

Think we could have had 4 or 5, 2 will have to do. Very careless after the goals. Villa offering nothing here.

[Munchies]

Get in !

[Marc Overmars]

Pretty comfortable.

Got a little sloppy at the end.

Come on you Gunners!

[Niall_Quinn]

Did you time it?

You can work it out, think about it.

[Master Splinter]

With all the time and space available, Podolski would be ideal.

Give Ox an opportunity for some +1s when we're 0-4 up.

[Niall_Quinn]

The FA must have injured him to improve Villa's chances tonight I reckon.

Jesus, are you still pissed people were getting on city's case for buying refs? Or did you feel that ref made a "mistake"

[Niall_Quinn]

Yes, they are going to pretend the injury made a difference.

[Niall_Quinn]

Good first touch from jack for the goal

[Niall_Quinn]

Great first touch from Giroud too.

[Niall_Quinn]

Where have you all gone! Come back.

[Master Splinter]

Robbie SavageBBC Radio 5 live at Villa Park
HALF-TIMEAston Villa 0-2 Arsenal"Christian Benteke can't hold the ball up and when he loses it I don't see greatest urgency to win it back. At the opposite end, Giroud's excellent work-rate does not even compare.
"The best teams work hard on and off the ball - and that's what Arsenal have done. Aston Villa look like a side that will be battling against relegation at the end of the season. You can't see where this Villa team are going."



But Hansen and Lawro said we don't do anything off the ball.

When Savage makes you like utter cretins, you know you should put yourself down.

[Özim]

You can work it out, think about it.

How can you be sure they didn't add more on top so that Villa have a chance of getting back into it, you know how this corruption thing works better than anyone.

[Özim]

Jesus, are you still pissed people were getting on city's case for buying refs? Or did you feel that ref made a "mistake"

I'm not p*ssed at all, but all we've heard for the past few months is how the refs are corrupt and screwing us over. Utter nonsense, Liverpool have had more penalties anyone else this season.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

On to more pertinent matters, but what the hell are the BBC playing at with their live update thing? It's shit now! No live table!

[Özim]

Great first touch from Giroud too.

For the goal?

One of the touches just bounced off his leg, got kinda lucky there.

[Maestro]

Where have you all gone! Come back.

we're winning, there's nothing to moan about

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I'm not p*ssed at all, but all we've heard for the past few months is how the refs are corrupt and screwing us over. Utter nonsense, Liverpool have had more penalties anyone else this season.

Spurs have had 4.

Liverpool, 3.