Arsenal vs Aston Villa, 3pm

cathalio11

Arsenal line-up:

Szczesny, Sagna, Vermaelen, Koscielny, Gibbs, Song, Arteta, Rosicky, Gervinho, Walcott, Van Persie.

Villa line-up:

Given, Hutton, Collins, Cuellar, Warnock, Petrov, Herd, Albrighton, Ireland, Heskey, Agbonlahor.


Massive game for Arsenal as they will be looking to capitalise on Chelse and/or Spurs dropping points.
Gervinho in for Ramsey is the only change, no surprise there.

Villa are wrecked with injuries as they will be without Dunne, Bent and N'Zogbia for this game.

Thoughts?

HazDanz

I'm going for a handy home win due to villas injuries. 3-0

cathalio11

Aye, probably Arsenal's easiest fixture in their last 9 games!

I'll say a 3-1 or 4-1

wandatowell

Id happily take 3 nil right now but Villa always give Arsenal a tough game.

Im thinking 2-1 to Arsenal

gebbel

Could somebody post a link to a stream of the game please. Thanks.

cson

We never get it easy off Villa, Bent and N'Zogbia being out is a help though.

I'm afraid Heskey will do something outrageous.

cathalio11

gebbel wrote: »

Could somebody post a link to a stream of the game please. Thanks.

PM

cson wrote: »

We never get it easy off Villa, Bent and N'Zogbia being out is a help though.

I'm afraid Heskey will do something outrageous.

I have the same worry Either going to be amazing or horrible :rolleyes:

HazDanz

cson wrote: »

I'm afraid Heskey will do something outrageous.

Heskey's general play is usually outrageous so be afrraid! :pac:

iMuse

Koscniely injured in warm up, Djourou in

djan

iMuse wrote: »

Koscniely injured in warm up, Djourou in

NO NO NO NO NO :eek:

djan

Well looking at the line up Im really happy that Ramsey has been dropped again as he has been one of the worst players on the pitch lately, and playing Rosicky on the wing doesn't tend to work. Hopefully Gervinho got out of bed with his right foot today.

Just hope that Kos didn't get injured at warm up as iMuse has said.

edit: yep Kos is gone due to a slight knee strain.

Patser

I'll be the token optomistic Villa fan then and say 1-2 to Villa.

Why? Because with that team out Villa will defend like it's WW1 all over again but I can see Ireland, Albirghton and Gabby especially having some fun on the counter as Arsenal go chasing the game. The last few games Villa did that but couldn't hold on (remember being 2-0 at the Emirates in the FA cup) but last season they did manage an got away with a very important win for Villa.

So delusions away, Villa to win:D

cathalio11

Koscielny injury is true. Jenkinson on the bench now then.

Djourou doesn't worry me too much, did impress last season as centre back at times. Gives him a good chance. Not a bad game either.

djan

cathalio11 wrote: »

Koscielny injury is true. Jenkinson on the bench now then.

Djourou doesn't worry me too much, did impress last season as centre back at times. Gives him a good chance. Not a bad game either.

I know he isn't as bad as I made it out to be BUT Heskey is playing on the left wing.... this will be interesting

wandatowell

Damn it Kosser!!!

Fantastic defender. Hopefully it wont effect us too much

Pepe LeFrits

Noooooooo Kos...

Pepe LeFrits

wandatowell wrote: »

Damn it Kosser!!!

Fantastic defender. Hopefully it wont effect us too much

It obviously will, he and Vermaelen were just starting to form a partnership.

cathalio11

Heskey already providing a tricky approach

Patser

Closest Heskey's had to a strike on target all season - how many more defenders do Arsenal have on the bench now, if Djourou comes off?

Minstrel27

Djourou in bits

batistuta9

what happened him?

cathalio11

Santos and Jenkinson on the bench lol

Patser

batistuta9 wrote: »

what happened him?

Elbow in face, completely accidental

Neil3030

BBC wrote:

Worrying moments for Arsenal as Emile Heskey lands on Johan Djourou - who was a late replacement for Laurent Koscielny - following an aerial challenge. Djourou looks hurt. Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is remonstrating with the fourth official, suggesting an elbow was used by Heskey.

Finally, Heskey finds a use for himself; falling, but on people.

Drexel

any chance some one could PM me good english links? Cant find one:(

batistuta9

is there any english commentary of this online anywhere?

on FSS it foreign

Helix

why do you need commentary? can you not see what's going on for yourself? :S

cathalio11

batistuta9 wrote: »

is there any english commentary of this online anywhere?

on FSS it foreign

I'll you one mate

Drexel

ooohhh that would have been lovey!!

Oranage2

Anyone else find it a little worrying that 75% of our defense was around the Villa box in the last attack?

Patser

Villa keeping 10 back in their own box and still can't mark up:mad:

If they were allowed dig trenches and lay down barb wire McLeish would be delighted

HazDanz

Sagna jesus..

Minstrel27

batistuta9 wrote: »

is there any english commentary of this online anywhere?

on FSS it foreign

English commentary will be harder to find now the the Premier League blocked all EU broadcasters from having the default English feed.

cathalio11

I'm watching with English commentary :P

batistuta9

Helix wrote: »

why do you need commentary? can you not see what's going on for yourself? :S

no i'm blind. see > :cool: there's my blind glasses not smug smiley blind smiley

i like listening to the commentary, it doesn't help me see what's going on

Patser

Not a regular on boards soccer these days - are we not allowed post links to streams any more, I'm watching in English

batistuta9

Patser wrote: »

Not a regular on boards soccer these days - are we not allowed post links to streams any more, I'm watching in English

you can post about omlets though

Minstrel27

cathalio11 wrote: »

I'm watching with English commentary :P

I never said it was non existent. There are a lot of countries outside the EU

Minstrel27

Goal for Gibbs

shano_88

Vermaelen is such an attacking centre back. Running forward at any opportunity. We do luck a bit open on the break though.

batistuta9

gibbs get in

cathalio11

great moment for gibbs

shano_88

Gibbo.

Patser

Ahhh Christ Shay!

Redzer7

Lads i've a perfect omelette recipe that's in English anyone wants it PM me.

C'mon Gibbs!!!

Mickeroo

Hah good man Gibbsy.

HazDanz

Good man Gibbs!

Drexel

nice one!! Glad for gibbs too!! I feel a battering coming for Villa

Pepe LeFrits

Nice one Ricardo!

greendom

Given owes us one of those

efb

Woot! Gibbs! Final Score on BBC HD- sucking the life out of Saturday football- I can't abide Gareth Crooks