Tagged with Villa

Dec 2009

27th

Arsenal v Aston Villa — a battle for 2nd

3–0 to the Arsenal 4 points off the top with a game in hand what a way to end the Christmas weekend.

Mar 2009

5th

Calm down…we’re still 3 points behind

We have to realise that our bid for champions league football still relies on Villa dropping more points. The good news is that while Villa seems to be running out of legs, several of our key players are slated to be back over the next few weeks.

Dec 2008

27th

Arsenal frustrated by injury time goal.

I cannot knock the team for yesterday’s result. When the news came that Djourou was injured if anyone had offered us a 2 – 2, I don’t think there are many gooners who wouldn’t take that as a result. We would like better for our club but the fact is the team we put out yesterday could have done much worse.

Dec 2008

26th

Aston Villa a must win for Arsenal

Arsenal needs to be switched on for all 95 minutes today, be wary of the threat posed by the pace of Young and Agbonlahor. The two main protagonists for Villa can also be their Achilles heel no doubt that there full of confidence but like Arsenal that confidence is fragile. The have not had good games at home, so I’d not be surprised if they are non factors this afternoon.

Nov 2008

14th

Villa Preview

We need to be in top gear for the game, as I’ve posted before , the win against Manchester United will stand for nothing if we don’t get a victory against Aston villa. What this team needs more than anything else is a bit of consistency, two wins will be seen as the beginning of a good run, anything else and it’s back to square one.

Dec 2007

2nd

A game of two halves

Arsene summed it up simply, brilliant and resilient. The first half we served up the a most exquisite display of football that typifies wengerball. Hleb pulling Villa apart with an almost magical ability to keep the ball at his feet. For the second half Martin O’Neil must gave Villa a team talk that the FA [...]

Dec 2007

1st

Why it is important for Arsenal to get points at Villa

With three games coming up in the next eight days, today may be the most crucial of the lot. Losing to Villa can be catastrophic, detrimental to the hard work and confidence Arsenal has built up of the last few months. Arsenal have become undone by exactly this type of game in the last campaign, [...]

Nov 2007

30th

The next test, is winning at Villa

Arsenal needs to be at the top of their game, cannot afford to underestimate Villa, and must put in a performance worthy of league leaders. Show that they can rebound well from defeat, show that they can win without Cesc, show that they have strength in depth.