Written by Damian Wednesday, 27 January 2010 21:33
Statistics of the match will come tomorrow but it was fairly even on shots and we did come close once or twice, as did Arsenal, but neither team really did enough to win it.
Arsenal never really got playing like we know they can and you could say that that was because of how we played, although on the counter today, we didn´t look as convincing as we have done this season.
So, the points are shared, we remain in seventh place and we have Fulham to look forward to on Saturday.
So, all that is left for you tonight is to vote for your man of the match - my vote goes to Webcam, as he looked better tonight and I suspect he has been working on his crossing because they looked better too.
More tomorrow, with post-mortem and some statistics and maybe a t-shirt winner, I have to check.
On that note, I am turning over to watch Manchester United v Manchester City - it is currently 2-1 to United, so extra time and penalties are on the horizon, unless someone scores.
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Paul W
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... as i said on the other post, would have took 0-0 at kick off, but after playing so well feel very frustrated. We need to play the fonz, when it's obvious that gabby and heskey arenot gonna score. |
VillaDude
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... We had the chances to win, but Arsenal hit the post and bar. Today showed how much we need a striker...ITS THE MISSING PIECE! All out best chances fell to Downing, and he had a nightmare. |
villatx
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... i thought we dominated the midfield and played well...lacked one thing...that class in the last 3rd...we build up and we build up but it just breaks down...its promising stuff tho...with slightly better attacking play that game would have been ours...UP THE VILLA as always |
bigjimvilla
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... i thought we played some really good stuff tonight ... passed it really well i was impressed. 58% possesion against arsenal is amazing.. agbonlahor i think has done almost everything perfect recently other then his finishing with has been dreadful he could of bagged loads of goals.All in all with arsenal hitting the woodwork twice good result. |
jc_villa
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... Well done lads. its never easy playing against the arse especially not with their current form but we did it well and if downing was awake today could have won it. Lets beat fulham on sat and start climbing the ladder again. UTV |
Badger
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... Fantastic performance which if we could put the ball in the net would have beaten anyone today, imo. I really don't think you could have asked any more from that team today. How many times did we get the ball in their box? They hit the woodwork twice I know, but it would have been an injustice if we'd lost that. |
bradz
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... Anybody else think that the REFEREE IS A w****r!!! I do and I think he cost us a possible win...way to many decisions against us...appalling...all in all though very very positive performance bar Downing (even Heskey battled well) and we need a striker or creative midfielder! |
Jimbo Daventry Villa
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... Just said on the stream I was watching we had 2 shots on goal to Arsenal's 8. Saying that I thought for long periods of the game we looked the better side, we just didn't have that killer instinct in front of goal. Do you think O'neill is still the only person in the country to not know this? I agree with the Downing comments, he was so poor tonight, it was embarrassing at times. |
VillaDude
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... Ashley Young looked like his old self today, had the better of Clichy. Shame Downing wasn't on the same level. |
VillaWerner
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... We have not scored a goal in the league since 15 december  And United scored 3-1 |
ak_27
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...Fantastic performance which if we could put the ball in the net would have beaten anyone today, imo. Didn't get to see it as gave up on the links in the end. Sounds very promising. Hopefully they will pick it as game of the night on sky so i can see the highlights. Who played well? Looks like Utd in the final. Would prefer them. |
George Templeton
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... Our reshuffled defense deserve all the plaudits tonight. When I saw how they were set up and I saw the Arsenal lineup I thought there was no hope for a clean sheet. All of them were awesome and a credit to Aston Villa. I can't believe I am saying this, but I am disappointed with a point. How did Downing not bury that header. And some of the other chances Aston Villa missed. Yes Arsenal hit the post and the bar, but Aston Villa contained them outside of that. I am worried that now over 6 hours in the Premier League without a goal that it will start to get into the heads of everyone. And in other news it will be Villa and Man United at Wembley! We'll turn them over again. |
AussieLion
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... 4th league game in a row with no goal. Although we played alright considering it was Arsenal we just didnt have enough chances. Loved Dunnes run at the end i thought he was going to score! |
Badger
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...Who played well? I thought the team on the whole was excellent ak. Usual breakneck stuff, but we kept it up all the way through and never suffered our usual crap second half. By his standards, I agree Downing wasn't too good today, but at the same time he played some good crossfield balls. The high tempo meant mistakes of course. Ash played well, defence looked good albeit they went into panic mode a couple of times. Oh for a striker who can score. Main game will be the Mancs after Rooney last minue goal  |
DocW
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... 1994 and we won that, so who knows. Webcam had a good game, best all season for him. My MOM has to be Petrov, 4 against 5 in midfield, half injured and still bearly put a foot wrong. |
vivavilla
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...Europa Cup Secured as well... Sadly not. League Cup runners-up don't get European qualification anymore. |
Trezzy
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... downing was pants again, so he has played what 10 league games for us? and we aint scored in at least 4 of them. fulham next,another team wholove us at there place |
VillaDude
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... When did that europa rule come into place? to be honest, not being in europa has really helped us this season. |
vivavilla
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... Came in a few years ago. If the League Cup winners are already qualified for Europe, their spot goes to the next highest team in the league. Could still work in our favour, of course. |
GoonerForLife
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... Frustrated, but well done villa. U deserved it and maybe more, who knows. Fair result. PS Do us and yourself a favor and beat manu and chelsea! |
Headologist
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... Hope Lee Probert watches the game again to see what he missed 1 Gabby v Gallas 2 Delph v Arshavin 3 Dunne v Campbell 4 etc, etc, etc Encouraging that MON put on Delph rather than Sidwell. I think we'll see more of Delph now. |
dave210
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... Thought we were excellent tonight, Heskey was brilliant link up play, passing, taclking were quality, shooting still not there but everything else was great!! Gabby ran his arse off as usual. One thing we did do tonight which pleased me most is that we stopped Arsenal passing, if we allowed them to pass and pass and pass then no doubt we would have lost it, but we were on top of them, so I am pleased with the result. Let's take it into the Fulham game and get a positive result there!! UTV!!!! |
John R
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... Have to admit I felt a bit windy about this game. In all fairness to arsenal they are probably technically superior to us.However,the team did a good job and did'nt allow arsenal to dominate. Just one real concern and that is the lack of goals in the league. All the same well done villa who played well and probably should have scored. Feel that if we get one the floodgates will open |
Nanwasafan
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... Great point against and flying Arse. Must admit I nearly had to turn the audio off in the dying minutes, I was having horrific 'Pool flashbacks. I could hear '.....and THAT is why you pay £30m for THAT type of player...' -followed by several hours of painful reflection on this Blog. 0-0. I'm happy. But then, that's not gonna shock anyone, is it? |
Nanwasafan
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... It is also worth pointing out, after a 'what shall we make of it?' draw, that we could have won the game with a decent finish or lost the game had they not hit the woodwork. My point? Would a the same game with a 1-0 Villa score make us a better side? Same game, but lost 0-1 make us a worse side? I guess a fair answer, given that performance with any of the 3 suggested/obtained results, would be that we need a striker. |
Badger
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...Same game, but lost 0-1 make us a worse side? No way Nan, not for me anyway. I commented on the match thread at about 80 mins that we had played superbly, even though Arse had just started turning the screw. Bloody frustrating that we can't score though. I'd definitely have been bitching about that a lot louder if we'd lost. But I do see what you're getting at. |
Badger
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... Oh, 0-0, I'm not happy really, which says something in itself. But I am proud of the effort they showed tonight  I said to my lad at half time that they'd never keep the pace up. |
Avillian136
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... Great match bt with a better striker i.e delfounso we would hv won tht so i am just wondering isnt there a song we could make for delfounso and sing (forgive me if there is ive only just starting going down the villa) just like the john carew song to get oneill to play him, overall im happy with the result because we held arsenal after losing 3-0 to them and r not far off the top 4 if we win against fulham with our game in hand |
Celtic_Villan
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... saw the second half and bits of the first yes it is really encouraging to seeash looking like his old self - and i wouldnt be suprised if mon told them to give him motm too. he is all about building confidence. heskey was good, and gabby gave it all. still like to see delfouneso on, but i can understand mon not bringing him on today. and we know at this stage mon likes to play players out of bad form. good to see delph get on. petrov was excellent today. himself, ash and dunne were. what i like about downing, although we havnt seen him play great yet at the club, he realised it wasnt happening for him today, and it was for one of his main england rivals ashley young, and kept feeding him with crosssfield passes. great teamwork and professionalism. we would not see the reverse happen thats for sure |
cliffo
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... Hi everyone, long time reader, made the odd comment, and felt i had to get this out for all to see lol also wanted to double check on something With us having man u now in the final, obviously with them getting the champs league, will the europa league place roll onto us automatically? tbh tho out of man u and citeh i think we cud win this 1! wudda loved to rub it in judas' face tho, but spose its even better for him to not even get to wembley! haha! Yeah once again villa showing how much we need a good striker that can score goals. that 1 season when angel had a stormer, where did we finish? right up there. same with that 1 season vassell was on form. and of course dwight yorke. the list goes on. to do well, you need a striker that will score goals and at the moment i just can't see heskey or gabby scoring in ANY game! i think either martin need to make an astute signing this month that NO1 can see coming, or he needs to give the fonz that league game he is crying out for. he's had 2 games recently and scored in both, has gabby done that? i think not. ok maybe the opposition wasn't of the greatest quality (brighton and blackburn under strength) but if i put gabby in his shoes i dont think he would have scored in those games, i honestly don't. i do believe gabby has got something about him, but i feel there is far too much pressure on him atm to get the goals. with a little bit of a break maybe he could, and atm does it seem to make a difference to his starting place even if he doesn't score? i like MON coz i feel that he does play players when they are on form, but i think he needs to give those younger players more than just the odd cup game. anyone else think this? i'd like to see him play him on sat, cant see it though. |
avfcbob
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... A very good performance by the Villa tonight it was full of determination and hard work and they could have won it except we do not have a quality forward to put away the chances that we create This is a great frustration to me and hopefully to MON and I prey that he will do his upmost to change this situation sooner than later It was great to see Delph come on but not at the expense of Heskey who would have been my man of the match but that goes to Ashley Young who imo was back to his best against a very good Arse team |
Villatx
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... I love how Martin o Neil said webcam took clichy to the cleaners tonight...wengers comments must have really pissed him off...I mean no man in his right mind would say such a graphic insult to that of clichys play |
arsene wenger
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... no one took clichy nowehere, he dives in like a pratt, its a shame traore is shit and gibbs is injured, ref saved your lifes tonight with that ginger west ham player blocking off ramsey and then also not playin the davantage when delph brought down rossicky |
arsene wenger
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... not to discredit you lot, you played well, good luck for the rest of the season, we watch you play,we like you in my household |
Shava
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... What sort of pathetic team plays on the counter attack at home? Miserable tactics from a dull team and dull manager. You aren't getting anywhere near 4th spot. Your team is pants and the tactics are worse. |
Andyb
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... These are the post match comments from both coaches "I believe we dropped two points because we had clear chances," said Wenger. "But on the other hand it was a very difficult game because they stopped us from playing when we had the ball and when they had the ball they played a very long-ball game and closed us down. It was difficult for us. We couldn't find our passing game. We know what you get when you come here and we were not disappointed. It's a very efficient English game with long balls and very physical." O'Neill, who was involved in a touchline argument with Wenger here last year, was incensed. He said: "If that's what he saw tonight, that is a ridiculous statement … He's made a few ridiculous statements in his time here and that's probably as good as any. That's only an annoyance at the end of it all. Anybody who saw the game wouldn't take that viewpoint. Ashley Young didn't have time to play long balls when he was taking that left-back [Gaël Clichy] to the cleaners. It's an appalling insult." Good on MON for having a dip at Arse-end Bender, never liked that dodgy French pratt and am really stoke to see MON give a bit of stick back, would have been nicer had we taken all the points though. |
Genital Grinder
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... http://www.irishexaminer.com/s...10755.html At least in Ireland they see it as it is... |
jus nasty
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... just a quick q do we automatically qualify for europe being in the final with man poo who will qualify for CL definate oh and wouldnt gudlohnson be a good aquisition for the team as he can play CF and that link role |
arsene wenger
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... you cant trust a bunch of bitter irish fans, they still think henry plays for arsenal. it was a closegame,i just watched the highlights, good luck for the rest of the season , we like you lot even if MARTIN'were just a working class team'O'NEAL is getting a bit big for his own boots |
George Templeton
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... The ref saved us tonight arsene. What a bunch of nonsense. How about Heskey getting and Richard Dunne getting fouled outside the area with nothing given. Or some of the nasty tackles that weren't punished with yellow cards. The post and the crossbar saved us, just as Stewart Downing saved you by shanking his header and messing up that volley after Ashley Young left Gael Clichy for dead (and just one of many times as O'Neill so correctly pointed out!). |
Pancho Villan
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... It's not just the ability to finish, it's the ability to be in the right place at the right time. We are firing the ball into the box and neither Heskey nor Gabby know how to make the right runs to capitalise - they wait for the ball to come to them. MON - buy someone like Huntelaar, or give Delfouneso his head |
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