Match Thread Vs Aston Villa

VisionarySound wrote:BANG ON BAZZA. Read that glass half-full merchants and weep your bitter tears of self defeat . . . .

Loughtonlegend wrote:baz we not hit form yet. we can player better . we created more chances the season we got 4th. we scored more aswell

all im saying is that a game we expeted to win and we did.
we got to keep this up and then beat chelsea

anicoll5 wrote:I entirely agree Baz - not a Facebook football fan - too much obscenity
It is the here and now as you say
The statement of a Spud fan that what he dreamed about was finishing above AFC in thd PL was clearly the sad ravings of a lunatic
And May is the finish line not November
Aye it's the truth

Loughtonlegend wrote:we need to be more ruthless. shay given didnt have many saves to make



By ruthless do you mean scoring goals that he is unable to save?





Well I'd say we 'ruthlessly' produced 2 of them.

kaboul done well again

Loughtonlegend wrote:
Friedel - 7. Done what was needed.

Walker - 7. Got forward and supported Lennon very well. Kept Agbonlahor in his pocket.
Kaboul - 9. Monster. Cleared everything. great speed to catch up to abonlahor and get that tackle in
King - 7. Played second fiddle to Kaboul today, but kept it neat and tidy.
BAE - 8. Superb game. Excellent distribution.

Lennon - 7. Looked sharp and is working well with Walker.
Parker - 8 another great performance. he gives hes all

Modric - 8. Pulled the strings with some sublime movement and passing.
Bale - 8. Looking close to what we saw at his best.

Ade - 8. Two goals, but should have had more. Some great hold up play and tracking back.
VdV -6 tried silly shots.

much needed clean sheet. i think we would of murderd them if defoe had started.

west brom next.

anicoll5 wrote:It is hardly the matter of dreams Vis - it will right happen or not
It will not make the slightest difference in respect of your faith in your team, or my support of Arsenal

Be fair do you imagine for one second, given the past decade and a half, even one a*se fan thinks about where Spuds finish ?

Chelsea perhaps - Manyoo often - but Spuds ?

Why !

anicoll5 wrote:Don't get me wrong Dave there are still plenty of the "stand up if you hate Tottenham" brigade but it does not really bother me or most AFC fans - for others though they like to cling on to the old traditions

Back before the PL fair enough it was an evening contest with Spuds and us among the pack chasing Liverpool usually and picking ip the odd trophy, one year you would finish above us, the next us above you

But fifteen years of one way traffic - for ten of which you never managed a win - has rather dulled the contest

anicoll5 wrote:
I was referring to the 15+ years since Spuds finished above us Dave, and the 10 years between the last win you had at the Lane in Autumn 99 and the Danny Rose game in April 10 - no local derby in English football - in Manchester,London, Liverpool, Birmingham, Tyne Wear etc has ever gone ten years with one side failing to pick up at least one win - past couple of seasons your results have been good - another eight years and you will be able to say the same in terms of a "one sided" phase

anicoll5 wrote:Last four seasons Dave ? Check your figures again mate - the first time Spuds beat us at the Lane was in April 10.

On the more general point I thought the Jol team could well have managed to finish in a CL place. After a strong season though you faded in the next.

Never mind when finally you do manage to finish above AFC you can celebrate into the wee small hours