Everton v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[jembob]

I'd have taken a point before the start of the game. Obviously a win would have been better but a loss would have been really damaging. Good to see Bent earning his wages.

[avfcpg]

3 wins from next 5 games will do it...Newcastle, Stoke, Wigan at home and West Ham and Baggies away isn't it (not in that order). need to get winning though pretty quickly. Anything less than a win next week will heap all the pressure on us...

[Chris Smith]

Not happy with Friedel again today

Never mind, perhaps your boy Beckford will find a more obliging keeper next week.

[VillaZogmariner]

Next weeks fixtures involving the other teams around us -

WOLVES v Everton
BLACKBURN v BIRMINGHAM
Bolton v WEST HAM
Chelsea v WIGAN
Man Utd v FULHAM
Sunderland v WEST BROM
BLACKPOOL v ARSENAL

[b23]

Yay! We got a point! I miss us getting points...

The game was alright I guess. Same old really. Lots of posession, pretty football, but lacking the final third. But I have to admit, at HT, I really tought we were going to lose Wolves style. But credit when its due, the team showed character in the 2nd half but it was not enough to get the much needed 3 points. I couldn't stop fidgeting when we were 2 goals up! Reminded me of that Old Trafford win last yr when we were parking the bus and trying to protect that 1 goal lead. I'm telling you, watching Villa is not good for my heart!

Agreed. Its all a bit of a white knuckle ride isnt it ?

[olaftab]

Bolton are the team to play now. Nothing in the League and  one eye on the semi.

[Dan England]

Not happy with Friedel again today

Would that be the Freidel that made several excellent saves that kept us in the game?

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Re: The 'non goal'.

I hope he was well onside and that it's shown to be over the line. I like the idea that we may have got the biggest slice of luck imaginable and got away with daylight robbery. Further, I hope the point it gained is the difference between being relegated and us ultimately staying up.

We were on the wrong end of a similar incident at Leicester City in April 1970 and we  finished up being relegated to the 3rd division. As you can gather I'm still sore about it.

Call it Karma. You can say what goes around comes around.

All I know is that after waiting 41 years, when the managers, players, TV pundits all analyse it from 20 different angles, speed it up, slow it down, use every bit of technology and then get all self righteous and pious I can say "Bollocks to the lot of ya ! Im Villa me and we're staying up ! "





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[Dave Cooper please]

Not happy with Friedel again today

What?
He made three fantastic saves and neither of the goals were his fault.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

I think Wigan are doomed.

It's just a matter of who the other two are.

[garyshawsknee]

3 wins from next 5 games will do it...Newcastle, Stoke, Wigan at home and West Ham and Baggies away isn't it (not in that order). need to get winning though pretty quickly. Anything less than a win next week will heap all the pressure on us...

9 or 10 points from that lot of games should see us ok,if we can't get enough points from those games then we arent good enough for this division,we owe Newcastle as well.

[Holtenderinthesky]

The match commentator today said of Darren Bent, " he hasn't quite scored the goals for Villa that he did for Sunderland".  WTF?  How on earth could have scored 32 goals in 9 appearances?  Twat.  5 goals in 9 is bloody good return, especially considering where we are in the table.  Numpty.

[Greg N'Ash]

I'd have taken at point there beforehand most seasons so on balance i'm happy. Not a brilliant performance but at least a bit of spirit there compared to Wolves. Our defence though...jesus its crap.

[Karl Bridges]

This just in from Twitter

KyleWalker28 Kyle Walker
That could be the worst game I have ever played.... The boys got me out the shit today I o u all a performance next weekend!

[KrisHacking]

How did Ashley Young play or does he only bother putting in a shift when wearing an England shirt!!