Ratings & Reactions: Villa v Arsenal

[rodders0223]

5 minutes ago, NoelVilla said:

Get rid of all the mistakes please. Creating an identity with the team and a gameplan but it's just too many individual mistakes. Not convinced with Buendia on the left in this formation.

It's purely a personelle problem at this point and it's so obvious.

[Demitri_C]

11 goals conceded in 3 i wonder where the problem lies?

 

[Johnnyp]

He’s been undone by basic rudimentary individual errors that he can do absolutely nothing about. How does Emery legislative for the Mings header that goes straight to Saka. Needs better defenders. 

[Aston_Villan4]

1 minute ago, tinker said:

 

Lol VAR wanted to stay out of the headlines again. Only would’ve been a big deal had they actually made the correct call. No one is going to say a word about it.

[ianifratti]

I can’t believe people on here saying we were shit. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion I know but Is this the difference between being a supporter and a fan? If so go follow whichever team wins the title. We don’t need you. 
 

I’m gutted we lost today. It was a great game and we deserved a draw

[rjw63]

Just now, The_Steve said:

How can Emi react?! It’s an obvious offence. One of the Arsenal players is even ducking FFS. Look how they took away Meatball’s goal for less. 

Different set of rules for Arsenhole and all the other media darlings.

[villa4europe]

Just now, Demitri_C said:

11 goals conceded in 3 i wonder where the problem lies?

 

Playing the best 2 teams in the league will be a big part of it

 

[Aston_Villan4]

4 minutes ago, HKP90 said:

Why does anyone 'time waste', when it's just added on at the end?

Mainly to kill momentum. 

[Lomaski]

1 minute ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

We've got 45 points left to play for, and have just played the Champions and League leaders back to back, calm down lol

Thanks for your concern but I'm very calm thanks, just reporting how poor we have been defensively recently!

 

[switters]

Embarrassing ending. Competed well mostly, but the soft underbelly still there, and conceding way too many goals lately. First 3 goals were all similar failures to get out and close down quick enough. Arsenal obv very good team, Odegaard and Saka will cause any team in the world problems but the goals were avoidable in the build up.

Ref abject failure to give clear cards to Saka obviously helped them a lot too. He's a very talented played but knows the dark arts very well indeed and refs let him get away with it time and again.

For us, good attacking combinations at times and had the chance of our own fairytale ending with either Doran or Bailey, but we never had much sustained possession or attacking pressure, it was all countering. Still, against weaker teams you'd have to think we should find some wins again soon. Just got to hope the run of losses isn't too damaging to confidence. 

[HKP90]

2 minutes ago, TheMightyVillans said:

VAR probably scared to look at the offside because of the incorrect call arsenal had against brentford

Nah, you can't let the investment of billionaire conglomerates be influenced by referees or VAR. They are........employees [shudder] for god sake. 

[foreveryoung]

1 minute ago, ianifratti said:

I can’t believe people on here saying we were shit. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion I know but Is this the difference between being a supporter and a fan? If so go follow whichever team wins the title. We don’t need you. 
 

I’m gutted we lost today. It was a great game and we deserved a draw

Defence was shit, has been for the last 3, 11 goals says it.

[ozvillafan]

7 minutes ago, AV82 said:

We gifted them 4 goals today and we still looked like we could win. That's progress. Eliminate the mistakes and we'll be well up there.

Not having that.

We gifted Leicester 4 goals - sure. But their first 2 were well taken, the 3rd one just desperately unlucky and the 4th is an all-or-nothing goal

[The_Steve]

1 minute ago, rjw63 said:

Different set of rules for Arsenhole and all the other media darlings.

Now watch the media silence - but they would happily rule this out if we scored this way. 

[Farlz]

Now them 2 games are out the way, we’ve got a nice run of fixtures again now. Need to start getting back to winning ways and stop conceding so many terrible goals. 

There’s clearly positive signs but this team loves to keep throwing them away. 

[HKP90]

Just now, Aston_Villan4 said:

Mainly to kill momentum. 

It was obvious we'd come under pressure at the end. Painfully, painfully obvious. 

[jim]

2 minutes ago, Johnnyp said:

He’s been undone by basic rudimentary individual errors that he can do absolutely nothing about. How does Emery legislative for the Mings header that goes straight to Saka. Needs better defenders. 

Individual errors keep happening time and again even against the mighty Stevenage. Do we have to replace the whole team?

[CVByrne]

6 minutes ago, MaVilla said:

Fully supportive of Emery and we are close but so far from being what he wants.

There are some positives on the team, but.....

There are no excuses for the players imo, when a team continues again and again to do the same thing over and over, the same poor game management, the same weak mentality, the same mistakes.

Doing it once or twice is one thing, but we do it again and again, it's really painful to know what's coming before it happens.

Fully agree, need to bring in new players without the mental baggage and consistent failings.

[Jareth]

1 minute ago, Farlz said:

Now them 2 games are out the way, we’ve got a nice run of fixtures again now. Need to start getting back to winning ways and stop conceding so many terrible goals. 

My take too. We'll finish this season well. 

[Sulberto21]

Lol @ people claiming their players had to duck for the third.