Arsenal v Aston Villa

cson

Line up per the Guardian



Nothing match which I expect us to a typical Arsenal and beat them 4-1 easily when it doesn't matter.

Frisbee

Fabregas is still out apparently.

Rumours abounding that there will be one shock decision in the Arsenal line up and most reckon Henderson is going to get a start :eek:

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Frisbee wrote: »

Fabregas is still out apparently.

Rumours abounding that there will be one shock decision in the Arsenal line up and most reckon Henderson is going to get a start :eek:

Henderson and Miquel are gonna be in the squad apparently.

I would still like to get 3rd place sorted though.

JPA

GARY McAllister has suggested he will chop and change Villa tomorrow by naming an experimental first XI against Arsenal at The Emirates.
Carlos Cuellar, Michael Bradley, Fabian Delph and Barry Bannan will all be pushing for rare starts against Arsene Wenger’s men.
Jean Makoun returns to the squad after a recovering from a dead leg, but Ciaran Clark will again miss out because of a back problem.
McAllister has also hinted at a different system.

“The formation may change a little bit,” said the caretaker boss. “There may be room to try a few things.
“I might be looking to do things a little bit differently with different players.”
McAllister believes Villa’s players can use tomorrow’s match and next Sunday’s final fixture against Liverpool as a test of their current playing levels.
“These two games can be great barometers for players,’’ he said. “With Arsenal, they are testing themselves against a team I believe is one of the best in Europe.’’
McAllister revealed Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has visited close friend and compatriot Gerard Houllier several times during his recovery from his latest heart scare.
“Arsene’s been up to visit Gerard in hospital and at home. They go back a long way,” he added.
“Gerard would have liked to have been in charge for this game. It would have been nice for them to share a glass of red wine after the game.”

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Just in case there was a chance of getting something from the game...

cson

TV to make his first start since September.

Bit meh about it tbh, would rather Belgium didn't have a reason to call him up.

cson

JPA wrote: »

Just in case there was a chance of getting something from the game...

What's the story with Bannan?

Watched him a couple of times early on in the season and thought he was quality. Him and Albrighton.

Frisbee

Fuzzy_Dunlop wrote: »

I would still like to get 3rd place sorted though.

Same, we need to start a full strength side, now is no time for another attempt at winning people over to Project Youth.

The_Kew_Tour

I hope he starts like to see him for first time

invinciblePRSTV

I'm all for experimentation as this stage. I think 3 in the middle with Delph-Makoun-NRC could really put manners on Arsenals dandy midfield. That or play 5 in the centre with Bannan as the link up man.

Shame Clark is still out, much rather see him and Carlos at CB then Dunne and Collins.

4-1 to Arsenal.

JPA

cson wrote: »

What's the story with Bannan?

Watched him a couple of times early on in the season and thought he was quality. Him and Albrighton.

The inconsistency of young players I suppose.

Bannan can get left behind in games and can sometimes try the spectacular too often so he has some things to learn.

Albrighton is also in his first proper season so he likely tired although most Villa fans have been frustrated by his lack of playing lately.

JPA

Villa - 4-3-3 - Friedel; Walker, Dunne, Collins, L Young; Delph, Reo-Coker, Petrov; Downing, Bent, A Young.

Subs: Pires, Agbonlahor, Albrighton, Bradley, Heskey, Cuellar, Marshall.

No big changes as suggested.

Frisbee

ARSENAL TEAM: Szczesny, Sagna, Squillaci, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Song, Wilshere, Ramsey, Arshavin, Walcott, Van Persie

SUBS: Lehmann, Denilson, Eboue, Chamakh, Bendtner, Henderson, Miquel


Dodgy back line there

cson

Very dodgy.

We really need a LB badly.

cson

Hope they bring Pires on at the end.

Frisbee

Bob

Bounty Hunter

cson wrote: »

Hope they bring Pires on at the end.

hope we dont

cson

Massive chance for Bent there. Thought he was quicker than that.

Peyton Manning

1-0 Villa

Fuzzy_Dunlop

The **** was that from Squillachi?

cson

Bent 1-0.

Incredibly soft as per usual.

matrim

Nice finish from Bent

DOC09UNAM

brilliant finish.

Frisbee

What a finish!

Squillaci two yards deeper than everyone else ffs.

cson

matrim wrote: »

Nice finish from Bent

It was a quality finish from him to be fair.

cson

Ricky Dunne for the equaliser plz

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Oh ffs this is disgraceful.

iMuse

2-0 I love our defense

matrim

2-0

cson

Jesus christ.

JPA

Nice nice

Frisbee

rofl

Paleface

Only one team playing at the moment. Load of sh*te!

parker kent

Arsenal have been very, very lax in the first 15 minutes. Shocking really. They really have started as if they are already on summer holidays. They might regret that if they have to come back early for Champions League qualification games.

Plenty of time left though. But it could be a big mistake to lose this game.

thorbarry

It'd be nice if we learned to cross the ball.

sonic85

fcuking disgraceful showing so far. that first goal from bent was a fabulous finish

cson

Has the ****ing penny not dropped that;

(a) We can't play a high line when our defenders are both **** and slow

(b) This one up top craic doesn't work

greendom

parker kent wrote: »

Arsenal have been very, very lax in the first 15 minutes. Shocking really. They really have started as if they are already on summer holidays. They might regret that if they have to come back early for Champions League qualification games.

Plenty of time left though. But it could be a big mistake to lose this game.

An extra couple of games for all the new players bedding in won't be a bad thing.

Frisbee

Can we please just go 4-4-2 at HT. Please.

parker kent

greendom wrote: »

An extra couple of games for all the new players bedding in won't be a bad thing.

Getting knocked out would be a bad thing though.

F*ck me. That is all

sonic85

at least we tried a long range shot. well done verm

cson

Frisbee wrote: »

Can we please just go 4-4-2 at HT. Please.

I'd like to see us go with Bendtner up top, Walcott beside him and RVP in behind those two. For the lolz like.

But no, you know as well as I do what's coming Frisbee; Chamakh & RVP up top with Bendtner on the wing to save us as he's done so often this season. :rolleyes:

iMuse

Squillaci is proper sh*t

Frisbee

Vermalene having a shot at least.

amacachi

"Strong challenge". Fcuking disgusting is what that was.

cson

That was filthy from Reo Coker.

Colm_purchase

:):):):)
Any links folks?

Helix

amacachi wrote: »

"Strong challenge". Fcuking disgusting is what that was.

goway outta that it was no such thing

not a great tackle by any stretch, but disgusting? give us a break

cson

Colm_purchase wrote: »

:):):):)
Any links folks?

www.****off.com

parker kent

That was not a "filthy tackle". Calm down lads.

cson

Helix wrote: »

goway outta that it was no such thing

not a great tackle by any stretch, but disgusting? give us a break

It was filthy; threw himself at him. Reckless.