Villa Post Match

Surprised no one's bothered to do this. We're still not convincing, but a good win nonetheless.
It worries me that dross like Aston Villa can score 2 at the Emirates.

When we play the 5th round on the 18/19 february, will there be premier league games for others ?

I created another thread. I'll just copy and paste everything from there so that the admins could delete it.

We are finding it hard to score more than one goal from open play at the moment.
Hopefully we find the scoring touch again.

Ramsey needs to work on his finishing.

Mert is coming closer to get a goal for us. Unlucky the last few games.

Sagna is back!

Any team with pacey wide midfielders can take us on currently, though with Sanga coming back, at least we'll be good on one flank. Lets see how long it takes for Gibbs to get back to full fitness. But having Arteta and Bac back as well as Henry is a massive boost for now.

Who knows, we might just sign Baines and Hazard in the next two days. or no one at all. But as long as RVP stays fit, we will always have a chance.

Great win for us obviously. What a second half performance from pretty much everyone. Theo, Ramsey, and Rosicky turned up. RvP equaled Bergkamp's goal tally at Arsenal. We were terrible defensively conceding those two goals and having Fabianski didn't really help. How nervous is this guy? Great to see Arteta, Henry, and Sagna back as well. We didn't reallu create that many chances for RvP in open play though, which was a worry. But a great win and hopefully we go on a great winning run from now till the end of the season and secure a CL spot.

When you consider that Villa was playing Keane, Bent, and Agbonlahor at the same time, I'm not surprised we conceded. That's not a world-class trio, but dangerous nonetheless.

''Who knows, we might just sign Baines and Hazard in the next two days, or no one at all. But as long as RVP stays fit, we will always have a chance.''

My money's on no one at all. At least we've managed to win though, we've looked incapable of beating anyone the past 3-4 games.

Cool, we can delete topics we create in this group.

And Djourou stays away further from the first team now that Sagna is back and Le coq showing some good form and talent.

Rosicky stood out for me.

He and Chamberlain's direct running makes such a difference.

Walcott picked up after his goal which wasnt as lucky as the commentators made out, he had just hit the post after all, he deserved it.

Song was out of position defensively alot, just doesnt have enough disclipline.

I forgot to mention the Coq. What a player. He was a decent winger even.

Wenger: "I was very impressed by our spirit. You can feel sorry for yourself or show you have the mental qualities to play for this Club."

^THIS.

Coquelin was steady, nothing more, its his ability to be decent in so many positions that impresses me, not his overal performance, he was caught out a fair few times today.

Jenks1981 wrote:



Song was out of position defensively alot, just doesnt have enough disclipline.

He almost got another assist today and it turned out to be a penalty.

Justin Chew wrote:

Jenks1981 wrote:



Song was out of position defensively alot, just doesnt have enough disclipline.

He almost got another assist today and it turned out to be a penalty.

Yes, but it was still one of his poor performances.

Justin Chew wrote:

Jenks1981 wrote:



Song was out of position defensively alot, just doesnt have enough disclipline.

He almost got another assist today and it turned out to be a penalty.

Doesnt mean that he was any good defensively..

Walcott: ''Robin Van Persie told us at half
time: "Come on we want to win this trophy,
we must win this game!"

Why do our players not know this before the game, why do they take our game for granted until its too late?

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More or less a good news, I suppose.

Just giving him some extra credit. He might be off defensively this season. But he has got the most assists in our team this term.

Justin Chew wrote:

Jenks1981 wrote:



Song was out of position defensively alot, just doesnt have enough disclipline.

He almost got another assist today and it turned out to be a penalty.

A good contribution in attack doesnt cancel out any bad defending which might have taken place, he is equally if not more meant to be a defensive player than an attacking one and that one pass doesnt cover up for anything else, to think that it does is, imo stupid.

Van Roy Bostanian wrote:Arsenal Arsenal.com
Wenger: "Diaby is coming back on Tuesday. He has worked hard in rehab. The earliest he will play will be the end of February."
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More or less a good news, I suppose.

I wouldn't expect too much. If he was fit he would've been so useful with Arteta injured and Ramsey tiring, but as usual you can never rely on him. Really hope he does come back though, with Wenger not signing anyone we could use all the bodies we can get.

Jason Morrison wrote:Walcott: ''Robin Van Persie told us at half
time: "Come on we want to win this trophy,
we must win this game!"

Why do our players not know this before the game, why do they take our game for granted until its too late?

Van Persie has been an exemplary captain. First good captain since Patrick Vieira.

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new record for most consecutive
games unbeaten at home in the
FA Cup proper. Invincibles

nice.

Van Roy Bostanian wrote:

Jason Morrison wrote:Walcott: ''Robin Van Persie told us at half
time: "Come on we want to win this trophy,
we must win this game!"

Why do our players not know this before the game, why do they take our game for granted until its too late?

Van Persie has been an exemplary captain. First good captain since Patrick Vieira.

I must say I am with you on that quote....vocal for all the right reasons,

Great to see him net 2 again today...