Everton v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[ozzjim]

Don't start on Houllier already please for fecks sake. Gets boring.

On balance they had enough chances to take it in open play, but to lose the points on that pen decision is sickening. The results elsewhere are bad for us, must win game next week against Newcastle. The Albion result is a particular piss take. West Ham - 2 pens, Albion - 2 pens. Villa pen against.

Wigan getting a draw - not great.

Anyhow.

Dunne and Collins did ok. Walker was very poor. Bent - brilliant finishing. Downing man of the match - great display. Makoun - would have him off on 60 minutes every week while he gets used to the speed of the game here. Carrying him from then to the end.

Gabby - pretty anonymous, but Newcastle are shit at the back, and the 2 have to start together up top next week.

[spangley1812]

We need Arsenal to help us tonight and Fulham tomorrow

[VillaZogmariner]

12 West Brom 36
13 Fulham 35
14 Birmingham 34 (-12)
15 Aston Villa 34 (-14)
16 Blackburn 33 (-12)
17 Blackpool 33 (-15)
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18 West Ham 32 (-15)
19 Wolves 32 (-17)
20 Wigan 31 (-22)


Need Arsenal to win tonight and hopefully Fulham don't lose to Blackpool

[TimTheVillain]

Only two points dropped due to the referee not having the courage of his convictions though.
Everton were missing a lot of players but they're in good form and had home advantage. They missed a couple of sitters too.
Not a bad result in the scheme of things, but we're going to have to play better in the run-in.

............and there lies the most frightening thing.

We aren't able to play any better than that.

[PaulWinch again]

We need to win next week, but I think a point at Goodison is a good result overall.

[Caiphus]

Draw was fair, think it was less a penalty than the ball being over the line though...  Walker was a little off, ashley young was invisible, it was a point away at everton... can't complain.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Just hope we can limp home to safety at the end of the season.

Then ideally get rid of Le Smirk and his two lickspittles and fuck Collins and Dunne off at the earliest opportunity.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Two sloppy goals to concede, but we could have conceded more so I'll take it. Not the calmest display we'll ever see but more bottle and mental fortitude to come back in the second half.

Agreed and it will set us up nicely for the Newcastle game.

[Percy McCarthy]

Happy with that. Could have been 3 points if not for Makoun's stupidity, might have been 0 if not for the linesman. Some positive signs.

[CJ]

I'd have taken a point before the game.  Then when I saw their line-up I thought nothing but a win for us.  Then with all the chances they missed I was physically shaking in extra time so a point will do for me.

[VillaZogmariner]

No idea why he kept the 4-4-2, we should have tightened it up, Makoun is an idiot

How is he an idiot? He never even touched Jagielka.

[Pete3206]

We need wins and quickly. That point however may prove valuable.

[Monty]

Only two points dropped due to the referee not having the courage of his convictions though.
Everton were missing a lot of players but they're in good form and had home advantage. They missed a couple of sitters too.
Not a bad result in the scheme of things, but we're going to have to play better in the run-in.

............and there lies the most frightening thing.

We aren't able to play any better than that.

You were in a coma for the Blackburn game, I presume?

[hawkeye]

there was a bit more fight in the second half, we kept diving in and giving free kicks away, was looking for Houlier to something at 2-1 but he didnt

[TheSandman]

Better than I expected.

We needed to beat Newcastle before this game and a draw has meant that we are heading to that crucial game with a bit less pressure.