Aston Villa v Everton Pre-Match Thread

[Dave]

3-1 Everton.

We lose two early goals to Cahill and Saha, we then have the best of the next hour, Young scores with half an hour to go and Beckford's Injury comes on to score within five minutes.

We then give up and we both play out a boring last twenty minutes.

[pablopicasso_10]

dreading this...

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

As shit as we have been in the last week and inevitable looks likely, it's worth noting that Everton lost away at Blackburn and drew, at home, with Wolves. There are some positives. Not many, and I'm scraping the barrell, but there are.

I also think we have created some very good chances in all of our games so far, and it's likely that we'll score at least one.

[Simon Ward]

Better play well as two of my sons are making their first visit to VP.

[TheSandman]

0-3 Beckford hat-trick after coming on as a second half sub before which we looked good.

Coopers Injury to spontaneously combust in his seat in the  Upper Trinity.

[BannedUserIAT]

I think even if Villa were playing madrid or barcelona, there's a part of me that thinks just maybe the Villa can do me proud and make the impossible happen. So, it is with heavy heart i say that i can't see anything other than everton tearing us completely apart. Simon, i hope your lads have a good day regardless. Something you'll always remember as a dad.

[D.boy]

Why oh why did I think it would be a good idea to get tickets for this one. I have a bad feeling about this game after the last two performances.

[Mr Diggles]

Cahill, Fellaini, Piennar, Arteta etc against our powder-puff midfield presence?

Its going to be another defeat I fear.

[Summers]

Draw. Because I don't want to vote against us. I have a feeling I'll be standing at the train station in a bad mood again, though.

[john e]

2 nill Villa, no probs

[Matt Collins]

For all his faults, we have to play NRC in this one. Get an hour out of Ireland and then bring on Albrighton.

[PeterWithesShin]

I've decided to go crazily  optimistic and predict a draw.

1-1

[jembob]

2-1 win to us. Pick our best players in their best positions and we are a bloody good team and more than a match for Everton. I expect Dunne and Cuellar to start in defence and to be rock solid. I hope to god that Kev doesn't think that he should be playing 3 CBs to counter the aerial challenge of the shortest man on the pitch.

Somehow between now and Sunday the players need to relax, get positive and play their part in making things work.

[placeforparks]

3-0 everton.

thoroughly miserable after last night.

[luke25]

If we cut out the pathetic mistakes and play players in their correct positions then 2-1 to us, like to see us play a 4-2-3-1 system, friedel in goal, a back 4 of young, cuellar, dunne and warnock, petrov and reo-coker holding with young, downing and ireland playing off gabby