Everton v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[The Left Side]

1-1

[*shellac*]

Them 2 - 3 Us

They will attack us relentlessly from the kickoff, our defence will hold for the first 15 minutes then the cave-in.  But eventually our famed counter-attacking will seize the day.

Lucana Traore & Baines for them.  A hat-trick from Benteke, the Beast is really back!

[Goldie.7]

Lacina Traoré is out with a hamstring problem.

[*shellac*]

Lacina Traoré is out with a hamstring problem.

No worries, there are a lot of Traores out there in the football world.  Especially the French league.

[silhillvilla]

Everton 2-0 villa
Down to earth with a bump

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

Another early goal against followed by a spirited come back.

3-1 to the Villa.

[martyn ellis]

Isn't Barclay still out too?

[jeowje]

Gabby is vital, hopefully weiman and benteke's returns to form can compensate, if indeed he is out. Bad feeling about one im afraid, 3-1 loss my prediction, really hope im wrong

[manic-road]

2-2    Benteke and Barry og

[Matt Collins]

Doesn't look like gabby will be fit which is a real shame. I wonder who will play in his place? Not sure the bacuna as the tip of the diamond experiment really worked? Plus Lowton isn't looking convincing at the moment

[Damo70]

1-1. Their reaction to the Liverpool game could go either way but they do have injuries.

[Ron Manager]

I'm with Damo. 1-1.

[Simon Ward]

Without Gabby I think we may struggle!

[paulcomben]

We will lose to Everton, because they are a good team and we will be on the come-down from Wednesday night. Our only hope is that Everton's injuries do bring them down a few notches. But, it does not matter at all, because the important thing is to go on and defeat West Ham & Norwich and get something out of Cardiff.

[Ads]

Why will our mid-week match be more significant than the humping they took at Anfield?

They are there for the taking. Injuries, on a wobble, playing poorly, a ground where we have an excellent record of picking up results.