MATCH DAY BLOG: ASTON VILLA
STARTING 11 IS PAIN
I always forget: if I lock a post before the game, you can't comment. So here is a blog where you can comment and say really nice things about my writing and insights.
Team news is pretty rough. Saliba is out, we have no right backs, so we're rolling with Timber in the middle, Partey on the right, and a quite turgid midfield offering with Merino stepping in.
The forward line has a little more pace with Martinelli stepping in, but it still feels really weak, especially when you look at the total lack of options we have coming from the bench.
If we're going to win the Premier League this season, we're doing it the hard way. The unblessed way. Lady Luck has flipped us off after we cut her off on the Journey To Glory Highway.
But... isn't that... the Arsenal Way?
I believe it is. This afternoon is going to be brutal. Let's hope we beat Emery and the home fans show up HARD for the boys.
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ENJOY! x
When arteta was busy playing zinch, kiwior and calafiori, Lewis skelly was busy warming the bench as if he was not good enough. All his fans were chorusing it. Now Lewis skelly has proven that he is better than them all. Now the same arteta keeps playing partey on the right back and instead of calling out this stupid manager, his stupid fans are all out blaming partey. I don't need anyone to tell me if there will be one or two youth team players that can conveniently play better than partey at the right back. But no, this stupid manager will rather remove his best midfielder from the middle and put him in the position where he has never had any good performance. More like cut your nose to spite your face.
Despite his side’s fatigue, Arteta only used one substitute in the on-loan Raheem Sterling, who was unable to make an impact.
This motherfucker I swear the amount of games where he's not used his full allocation of subs has got to be close to a hundred. And he wonders why people get injured or tired. His inability to properly rotate and use his squad has been a major major worry