Ratings & Reactions: Arsenal v Villa

[Villatillidie95]

worse start to a season since 1997, enough said.

GERRARD OUT!

[ciggiesnbeer]

Times up. Over to you Purslow, every loss is now on you. Gerrard and staff are a failed project. Lets move on now before the season is gone and we are relegated.

[vreitti]

Never seen us so disorganized and all over the place. It would be funny if it wasn't so goddam tragic. He simply has to go now. 

[rodders0223]

Straight down the tunnel.

No clapping fans who traveled hours on a work day spending £100.

**** out my club you word removed.

[Vive_La_Villa]

I don’t actually think we were that bad that game. They are just much better than us. It’s not games at Emirates than will get Gerrard the sack, it’s the shit we’ve shown in games we should have won. 
 

Having said that they could have scored a lot more tonight.

[UpTheVilla26]

Pathetic. 

Off you pop Gerrard. 

[CVByrne]

The performance was better than any of us expected in that 2nd half. 

[Genie]

Relegation form.

[Herman22]

Better performance. Same result. 

Is it enough to save SG. Probably until City hammer us at the weekend! 

Badly let down by two howlers from Emi! 

[ferguson1]

Players put a shift in but the lack of tactics and decent organisation is costing us. 
 

Luiz should be starting next to Kamara, Chambers should be starting next to Mings for starters. 
 

At least we kept the score down. 

[PieFacE]

I mean, it was better in terms of intensity and tempo but all of that means nothing when you're all over the shop at the back and can't string a few passes together going forward. I don't really know how this team is trying to score from open play,. 

The system sucks, getting the ball to Digne and for him to swing a hopeful cross may get us about 5 goals a season. no idea what else we're trying to do from open play. 

Gerrard out, still. This narrow shit doesn't work, it's been completely found out.

[HalfTimePost]

Not sure what rules were even broken to have the Gerrard thread locked. Open it up and let us vent.

[thunderball]

Narrow 1 goal defeat against the leaders. Result.

Absolutely no performance positives. New manager please 

[theboyangel]

Wonder who McGinn will get to speak to the post match media?

[LondonVillian]

every single game we get destoyed on the wings - this system doesnt work in the pl.

maybe in pub league with 10000% more budget than the rest of the teams. 

gerrard out of his depth. 

Sack gerrard and mccalistair 

[A'Villan]

I'd rather not continue with Gerrard. I've rarely ever expressed desire for us to move on from a manager, opting for silence if I can't muster support.

The pieces we have are just too great and able, to continue with this approach, and at the risk of us losing the players due to poor league standing, and worse, poor football. 

Edited August 31, 2022 by A'Villan

[R.Bear]

Same problems as every game. Opened up for fun and then at the opposite end, no through balls, shit crosses, very few chances and zero cutting edge.

We look shaky at the back and are toothless up front. We're getting the results those two problems create.

Edited August 31, 2022 by R.Bear

[DJBOB]

A case of Arsenal letting up more than Villa taking reigns.

If you squint, there were positive signs - but until the underlying issues of the narrow formation, the wrong midfield, and the attacking tactic not taking advantage of the attacking players we have are solved - the  ship will continue drifting into the rocks.

[Farlz]

Another 2 defeats and he should be gone hopefully. 

[picicata]

Scoreline somewhat flattered us

We are 19th in the league and Leicester have a game in hand on us

On the bright side, hopefully only one more game and then we are rid of him