Lush Vlad

Yeah. You’re probably right there

He might want to start playing some of his summer signings then

Both goals were beauts and all.

Been there before in the play-offs when Bury Town played there. It was the night Cisse scored THAT brace against Chelsea.

By all means criticise him when he is crap. Which he has been a lot of times this season. But you might want to get your eyes tested

I almost, ALMOST feel sorry for Fletch. Imagine commentating on this as a Forest fan

Absolutely diabolical defending. But it was still pleasing on the eye. Great finish.

Has Rogers been out of form for a while? Whenever I have watched Villa in the last 2-3 months. He has looked terrible by his standards.

Surely not?!

Fernandes has been class most times I’ve seen him this season.

Tighter than Arteta’s strides.

Topped off a great night. PSG masterclass, they won and we still got YABBA DABBA DOOOOOOOOO

Kvara and Doue have been great fun to watch. But Pacho has arguably been MOTM. A smaller name than most in that squad. But I love how aggressive he is with his defending. Him and Marquinhos (sp?) work great as a pair.

Ideally don’t waste 200 odd million on players that look nowhere near good enough and spend most of their time on the bench. It wasn’t the number of players signed. It was how ill suited they look to the system if you’re being kind. Crap if you’re not. Along with Howe’s reluctance to consistently play any of them bar Thiaw. It’s been a total disaster looking back.

Poor old Zaire-Emery is having a turbulent old night so far. Diaz causing him loads of bother. Kvara is a joy to watch. Is he even that fast? He just glides by players for fun, either way

He did with Isak. In his own head.

Might turn this off now. Could do with an early night and it’ll only get more unbearable from here.

Keeper?

True. But have you seen him on the ball? Barely better than Andy Carroll

He has actually managed to bag 22 goals and act as their focal point they need. But growing up watching Arsenal and the attacking talent and flair they had. He really does stand out as a cart horse.

Get that Gnocchi Gnonce out of here.

Norrrrrfff Laaaanda 4 evvvaaaa. Whateva da weavaaaaaa. The lyrics are incredibly bad. Mental that they’ve adopted it as their song. Another reason to dislike Arteta’s Arsenal.

Probably end up going around in circles and I think we agree with the broader discussion points. But he certainly does stop the other way. Of course it could be tactical and also you have to factor in how many sprints he manages per game. But I’ve seen him plenty of times this season where I thought the Gordon of old would have been putting far more of a shift in defensively.

I agree and disagree here. I think he is worth £75m in today’s market for sure. Especially when you consider what we paid for him in a cheaper market and with nowhere near the stats to back it up at the time. I also think he is our best forward. But that isn’t really saying that much when you consider the competition. So I think we will miss him. Especially if we don’t reinvest the money properly and if we insist on playing the same way again next season. Absolutely not having that bit in bold, mind. The amount of games where he has looked uninterested or not bothered about getting at the fullback. Usually when they can match him for athleticism. Is racking up into a decent amount, I would have said? You can tell what sort of game he is going to have in the opening few minutes. That’s before the laying on the floor he does. Before eventually walking back whilst the other team are on the break. I suppose you then have the few times where people have questioned if he is actually injured or not. Athletic Bilbao I thought he was. Man City I thought he wasn’t FWIW. I think he was injured recently. But people put two and two together with the comments from Howe and the transfer speculation. Gordon on his day at his radge best is unplayable. I just think for various reasons. We don’t get to see that so much nowadays. When he was player of the season, he was a joy to watch from my POV. I just don’t see that all that often these days. But it might just be me.

We all keep saying this. But I’m just not sure Howe wants to change from this now flawed 4-3-3. Reverted to playing runners and the big lads to try and stop the rot. Whilst 200 odd mil of transfers from the catastrophic summer sit on the bench. Looking no closer to getting meaningful minutes or fitting into the team.