Everton v Aston Villa Match Thread

[Jimbo]

The wind will be our midfield today.

[manic-road]

I'm actually looking forward to having Holt in the team!

Grant Holt has scored three times in his last four games against Everton, hope he increases that tally today.

[CJ]

Looks pretty wet and windy up there

[PaulWinch again]

Why do we need three centre halves when they have no striker? What suggests is we're going to struggle to get the ball.

[PaulWinch again]

Oh well come on Villa!

[brontebilly]

atrocious team selection. play 3 centre backs against a side with no centre forward.....the mind boggles

dont rate kea but its the kind of game id have played him in. albrighton might come in handy on the wing

[Tuco Salamanca]

That team just looks like an invitation for Everton to keep the ball all afternoon.

Am a lot less confident now than I was this morning.

[CJ]

3-4-1-2?

[Malandro]

Why do we need three centre halves when they have no striker? What suggests is we're going to struggle to get the ball.

we normally give the opposition 65%+ of the ball anyway!

[PaulWinch again]

Christ that was close.

[CJ]

Was going to say we'll see why MON pursued McGeady for so long - nearly just saw why

[Mister E]

Everton's team does not include an out & out striker.

Exactly - so without the threat of Lukaku, why on earth are we playing three at the back and not the 4-3-3 what played so well at Liverpool?!

I know. I sigh.

Well this is an Everton team that has goals throughout the side, i think they've scored 43 in all competitions, Lukaku has 9, and the rest of the team has scored 34 goals between them, so we still need to be wary of them.

True, which means we will have track back from MF better than we have done in recent games otherwise their MF will score at will.

[Malandro]

too much space

[Jimbo]

Hoof!

[Matt Collins]

They look lively don't they? Need to hold out for the first twenty

I think we're gonna have something like 25% possession here. That doesn't mean we can't win of course. But it does mean I might not enjoy watching that much