Aston Villa v Everton Post-Match Thread

[tarzansbrother]

Ads, Albrighton still had one run again where he beat a couple of players and i was off my seat. Shit finish maybe but this kid looks a special player.

[Ads]

No such thing as luck.

[Ads]

Ads, Albrighton still had one run again where he beat a couple of players and i was off my seat. Shit finish maybe but this kid looks a special player.

He did, but there was no end product from it, which was the same as Downing. You want your widemen to create chances and stick balls into the box and neither of them did that today. Although as I've said, you've got to caveat that by remembering that we didn't have a lot of the ball all game and we were sat quite deep for large portions when we did have it.

[Summers]

Always hard when the referee is against you. Great day, though. Got what we deserved. The feeling of tension erupting away when Young scored was very noticeable. Shame bout Stevie.

Er, match thoughts. Young played great, played like a leader of men and didn't stop trying. Collins was a juggernaut and nothing was getting past him today. What a hero. Brad, too, stepped up when called upon. Dunne doesn't seem like he's back to his best yet, so hopefully soon he will be. Albrighton again showed what we've got a better right winger than what we had in Milner. Downing is getting a lot of stick, but he did try, tracked back a few times. We just didn't have enough of the ball for him to get involved.

We shoulda killed 'em off though. Few easy chances missed which would have put us comfortably 3 in front.

[Somniloquism]

Sky were a laugh, Gray was trying to make out that Downing and Albrighton had swapped wings because Downing would give LYoung protection down the flank. A great tactical swap they were drooling over. When in fact Downing would give as much protection as a wet paper bag and the swap occurred as it used to under MON when Downing came across to the right hand side to take a corner.

They also stated that we are such a threat at set pieces when I can't remember the last time we scored direct from a corner or free kick.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

Sky were a laugh, Gray was trying to make out that Downing and Albrighton had swapped wings because Downing would give LYoung protection down the flank. A great tactical swap they were drooling over. When in fact Downing would give as much protection as a wet paper bag and the swap occurred as it used to under MON when Downing came across to the right hand side to take a corner.

They also stated that we are such a threat at set pieces when I can't remember the last time we scored direct from a corner or free kick.

We haven't been a threat from set pieces since Laursen retired.

[hilts_coolerking]

And I hope the "We should have signed Beckford" argument is put to bed after that display.

Fair enough, if you agree the "We shouldn't have signed Downing" argument is also settled on the basis of today's display.

[john2710]

Fortune was on our side today, but I think we earned that bit of luck.

Ref was awful, not a single Villa player shook his hand at the end & in all the years I've been going I've never heard a ref' booed off the pitch after we've won.

Can't believe that there were people going home with 3 minutes left of normal time??

Neither Dunne or Carew look fully fit but they still gave everything. Collins, Luke, Ash & Brad were outstanding. Can't understand why people are obsessed with picking fault with Petrov & to a lesser degree Downing. Albrighton got the message in the 2nd half that he needed to defend also.

Kevin Mac - he's done a good job & we should be grateful that he put himself in the position, but unless we have no other option he shouldn't get the job & I think he / Randy know that. I'm sure Randy will recognise that he has helped the club out. After the last 2 games everyone could see that the formation left us vulnerable & but for Ireland's injury he would have picked more or less the same players / formation as the previous 2 games.   

[Guy M]

Reo, Luke Young, Petrov did enough to get my joint Mom, although Albrighton deserves special mention for making Ashley Young look ordinary and Downing a waste.

Sorry, I thought Ashley showed some real fight and determination today. Him and Ashley seem to really feed off each other. Interesting to note KMac has Ashley left up front alone at defnesive corners instead of Gabby. That's one thing I'd say he got right.

Albrighton doesn't look quite as good when he's up against a decent full-back does he?

That's closer to it for me. He started brightly against Vienna away then faded. Struggled against Newcassle and didn't think he got much on Thursday either. I'd like to see him coming on from the bench with 20 minutes to go at the moment rather than starting. Take some pressure off him.

Got royally fed up with him failing to track back whoever should have been his player for the umpteenth time towards the end of the first half and receive a simple return 1-2 ball. "He's left him alone again" I declare... only for the 5-year old lad behind me attending his first game to repeat the same thing word for word. Made me laugh and on a day when the crowd was so quiet and disinterested early on, having someone so excited about being at their first game (coming from Shrewsbury, his parents had decided to take advantage of the £10 tickets to take him) and shouting "come on Aston Villa" really cheered me up and reminded me what the game can sometimes still be about.

Oh and I'm with Monty on this one. Even ignoring Alrbighton's failings in the first half when it came to tracking back, I thought Luke Young allowed himself to be beaten way too often and didn't put much pressure on the wingers.

[Toronto Villa]

I don't care how we played to be honest. At this point in time, with the events of the past 3 weeks, 2 league wins out of 3 going into the international break is a decent return. Granted we've only played really well once, we're out of the Europa and we don't have a manager but  a lot of things will start to resolve themselves over the next 10 days. Deep breath, there's a lot of stuff to fix, but much of that is down to us lacking leadership, cohesion and confidence.

[Guy M]

toronto villa: were you at the game today? Spotted someone with a home shirt with Toronto on the back (and what might have been a long-sleeve Maple Leaves top underneath) as I was making my way round from Trinity to the North Stand. Probably should have asked you / him but was a bit slow off the mark.

[Toronto Villa]

toronto villa: were you at the game today? Spotted someone with a home shirt with Toronto on the back (and what might have been a long-sleeve Maple Leaves top underneath) as I was making my way round from Trinity to the North Stand. Probably should have asked you / him but was a bit slow off the mark.

No mate wasn't me. That would be a little much for me having Toronto on the back seeing as I'm from sunny Erdington really. Plus I detest the Maple Leafs hockey team of that's what the fella had on underneath. Still, be interesting to know who that was.

[JJ-AV]

At the ground I was suprised it was as low as 34k, but it looks awful on MOTD.

[Shrek]

Is it just me, or did MOTD make us look way better than we were!

[Shrek]

Please please tell me it's just a wind up, with this phil brown banter on MOTD