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Lacking match fitness. Doesn't help.

It would be just typical of us really. A 4 game losing streak after the great start. That's just expected :-)

Crap. I didn't mean 2-0. I mean it's a real test now.

On edge now. 2-0 Villa and I think we'd be lost.

They've just sat back the entire game and hit us on the counter. I expect the same for the rest of the game. We need to take it to them.

Poor defending. Poor cover. Embarrassment.

1-0 Villa. Ridiculous.

Villa putting us under no pressure whatsoever. Need to score whilst we can.

Couple of good chances but fairly dull apart from that so far.

Pretty much the worst time of the season for this to happen. We'll have to hope he's better than he looked at the weekend.

How embarrassing for the BBC really.

If he leaves then I would expect us to bring in a replacement of similar quality. It is very harsh to judge him when he's barely had a chance really.

4 points from the two Chelsea games last year. If we keep it tight it can be the same again this year.

Once Adam went off we had nothing going really. Osvaldo just seems to be on a different wavelength to everyone else.

Good play this half so far. Whatever happens we can take positives from that.

For all his qualities, finishing isn't one of them. Lallana off - probably tired.

The game has that kind of momentum sucking feel to it. Lost Lovren, Shaw, the keeper's made a mistake. Lambert's out of form. But.. it's still only 1-0 to them and if we can pull one back? Well, who knows! Like to see Ossie on now though.

Shhhhhhhh!!

Two hard players on a yellow. Tightrope to end the game with the full team on the pitch now.

Lambert - the new Ostenstad today!

True but we would all agree we are punching above our weight. Got to be delighted with the start to the season and we've shown enough potential to show we are more then capable of staying up and aiming for the top half.

Arsenal hit the post twice before they scored. I'd say they had the better of the chances and possibly deserve to lead 1-0. Just not in those circumstances.

Offside again SRL? Having a mare.

Yeah but they are something like 6th

Great pressure. Shame about Boruc...