Everton v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Plenty of commitment yesterday, we just look very brittle when the pressure is on. None more so than Collins. Cuellar should be in the side in his place. He's not as good a header of the ball but his anticipation and nous would have been invaluable yesterday.

Collins looked like someone who has spun around on the spot twenty times and then tried to stand still as Osman ran at him for the goal. Really piss poor defending.

Agree.
Once again he played like somebody who simply doesn't give a shit.

[davevillan]

My Windows/NVidia/Pentium goal line technology, "Print screen of internet feed" shows that it was over.

So, to all Everton fans HA! HA! HA!

Still doesn't look like it to me. there's certainly more of the ball over the line than not, but is the whole ball over it?

No goal!!! For the whole ball to be over the line, it needs to bounce further behind the line...Its amazing how people can say thats a goal because the bottom of the ball has bounced behind the line!!!!

[damon loves JT]

I always said Beckford was rubbish.

[eamonn]

Plenty of commitment yesterday, we just look very brittle when the pressure is on. None more so than Collins. Cuellar should be in the side in his place. He's not as good a header of the ball but his anticipation and nous would have been invaluable yesterday.

Collins looked like someone who has spun around on the spot twenty times and then tried to stand still as Osman ran at him for the goal. Really piss poor defending.

Agree.
Once again he played like somebody who simply doesn't give a shit.

I'd say he's playing like someone who is out of form/not as good as we thought rather than him not caring.

[Bad English]

My Windows/NVidia/Pentium goal line technology, "Print screen of internet feed" shows that it was over.

So, to all Everton fans HA! HA! HA!

Still doesn't look like it to me. there's certainly more of the ball over the line than not, but is the whole ball over it?

No goal!!! For the whole ball to be over the line, it needs to bounce further behind the line...Its amazing how people can say thats a goal because the bottom of the ball has bounced behind the line!!!!

Look! I WANT it to have been over the line. It's more fun that way. Leave me alone!

[hawkeye]

I am still dissapointed that we went from a winning position, to conceding 2 points.
I would expect that a decent manager would have been able to work out how to see the game off.

[davevillan]

I am still dissapointed that we went from a winning position, to conceding 2 points.
I would expect that a decent manager would have been able to work out how to see the game off.

So one of their guys cons the ref in the box, and its the fault of the manager??

[VillaAlways]

I am still dissapointed that we went from a winning position, to conceding 2 points.
I would expect that a decent manager would have been able to work out how to see the game off.

Move on, a point is decent against the Toffees.I'm confident we'll get 3 against the jawdees

[WikiVilla]

I've been chatting to a few Villans here in Spain today & most are behind GH, survive and most think he's a good long term manager. Must admit, I'm arriving at the same place. He's getting into the role now IMLO

[Percy McCarthy]

Just see motd, 2 good goals by Bent, some more crap defending & that was never a pen

Worryingly, Wigan and West Ham were unlucky and looked decent, only Wolves out of the bottom lot were truly shite.

Do you think West Ham were unlucky? I thought they capitulated big style

They did. However, they were unlucky that Vidic wasn't sent off when they were 2-0 up.

[VillaAlways]

Just see motd, 2 good goals by Bent, some more crap defending & that was never a pen

Worryingly, Wigan and West Ham were unlucky and looked decent, only Wolves out of the bottom lot were truly shite.

Do you think West Ham were unlucky? I thought they capitulated big style

They did. However, they were unlucky that Vidic wasn't sent off when they were 2-0 up.

I agree Vidic should have walked,but conceding 4 goals in 45 mins from a 2-0 advantage 11v11 aint unlucky

[OzVilla]

Plenty of commitment yesterday, we just look very brittle when the pressure is on. None more so than Collins. Cuellar should be in the side in his place. He's not as good a header of the ball but his anticipation and nous would have been invaluable yesterday.

Collins looked like someone who has spun around on the spot twenty times and then tried to stand still as Osman ran at him for the goal. Really piss poor defending.

Agreed, it was very poor defending, should never have allowed him to run that far with the ball unchallenged.  You can't be allowing players to get hold of the ball 45 yards out and only go to them to challenge when they are about to pull the trigger from 12 yards.

it was a piss poor goal allround and a sign of a players very low on confidence with their defensive decision making.

[placeforparks]

Plenty of commitment yesterday, we just look very brittle when the pressure is on. None more so than Collins. Cuellar should be in the side in his place. He's not as good a header of the ball but his anticipation and nous would have been invaluable yesterday.

Collins looked like someone who has spun around on the spot twenty times and then tried to stand still as Osman ran at him for the goal. Really piss poor defending.

Agree.
Once again he played like somebody who simply doesn't give a shit.

I'd say he's playing like someone who is out of form/not as good as we thought rather than him not caring.

he has been equally shite for wales, so at least it's not personal!

[WikiVilla]

Never rated Collins at West Ham tbh
I think he arrived here and played off the adrenalin of being at a big club, and rode the momentum of the whole side for a while
He's now reverted to his natural state which is a very average footballer

[Greg N'Ash]

As a comedy aside, i heard Collins was recently surprised naked by a young member of staff whilst changing. She found the experience so traumatic she ran off screaming and had to be persuaded to come out of the room she hid in.