Aston Villa v Everton Post-Match Thread

[supertom]

. Overall good performance, Kmac not for me but wouldn't be the end if he was the manager; this match showed he is learning.

Not 100% sure about that. For me the key was Coker in the middle with his aggression, energy and stamina. But he wouldn't have started if Ireland didn't injure himself in the warm up.

We also need consistency at the back, so hopefully he sticks with this back 4. We'll see next game, if he's still heading things, just how much he's learnt. But I felt his initial selection today was naive again.

In many regards though, he's got his hands tied. We're woefully short on CM options. Downing certainly can't play there. Too lightweight.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

How we won it i'll never know.
Huge performances from our back 4 and Friedel.

We're 4th!!!

[Monty]

Well, like most of us, Villa aren't going to win many attractiveness points today.

The two sides of Luke Young eh: first, a brilliant surging run and an excellent finish. A few good blocks and so on later on, but he was truly wasteful with the ball. I don't know if the ball left his foot along the ground once in the second half. Warnock was better with the ball in the second half, but was very similar in the first to Luke.

Terrifying. Great for K Mac, but we need a manager who can keep the players calm I think.

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

MON are you watching ?? Luke Young was fantastic .................

[Villa'Zawg]

V Everton, 3 points, job done.

A little bit nervy but one of those games where the points meant everything.

[hawkeye]

The ref was bloody awful

[supertom]

MON are you watching ?? Luke Young was fantastic .................

Probably not.

[unclefabio]

I wish we could play Everton every week. Never a dull moment with us two.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

MON are you watching ?? Luke Young was fantastic .................

Probably not.

The piece of shit would have been watching and praying we'd lose.

[sfx412]

post match interview and the players want KM. Sky obviously want him. Randy don't

[eastie]

I think ash needs to go back wide and let nige stay in the team with petrov , and Ireland playing the attacking role behind gabby - balance wasn't quite right today and downing doesn't do enough to be in the team- is use ash and marc out wide and leave downing out- cuellar very unlucky to be out but the defence were immense!

[deero83]

Took the words right out of my mouth!

Probably the most tense last 15mins yet!

[dicedlam]

Phew!!
Very lucky to get the win.
+
Collins - fantastic game and should of been motm.
Reo Coker - ran his socks off. Well done Nige
Ashley - another one who was immense today.

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Downing - whats the point? can we do a straight swop for Pienaar.

[Risso]

post match interview and the players want KM. Sky obviously want him. Randy don't

Nor do I.  We were completely overrun again and he seems to have his predecessor's annoying inability to change things for the better.

[taylorsworkrate]

3 vital points, even at this stage of the season.  Great game for the neutral, horrible for villa fans to watch.

Brad - 2 awesome saves second half,
L Young - Probably his best game for us, excellent.
Dunne - Excellent, back to his best.
Collins - Won everything today, an absolute trojan. man of the match.  IMO should be our new captain
Warnock - Much better than previous showings. Still a little worried with his tendency to dive in,
Albrighton - Not his day going forward, Gave everything to the cause though.  Destined to be a holte end hero.
Petrov - Has he arrived at the ground yet?
NRC - Worked hard, limitations there for all to see
Downing - Has he arrived at the ground yet?
Young - some good moments on the counter second half, didn't have enough of the ball.
Carew- Only arrived at the ground 10 minutes into second half.
Gabby - lively after coming on, with a break now hopefully he'll be back to full fitness and better than ever.

All in all 3 points definitely not deserved, I think again K mac showed his tactical naivety.(3rd game in a row we've been badly overrun in midfield.

Please Randy, give K mac a payrise, or the assistants job to the big name new manager.  Just don't give him the main job, hes not up to it, nice guy though he is