Everton v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[saunders_heroes]

I thought I was the only one to like the Trailer Park Boys. :-)

[villan from luton]

71% of possession to EFC, we can't win without that much of the ball.

What was the % v Southampton?

[kippaxvilla2]

Manager reaction from Goodison Park. 

Paul Lambert felt his side were very unlucky not to leave Goodison with a point after a late double earned Everton all three points.  'I thought the lads were really excellent in the first half against a really strong side especially at home.  We got the goal deservedly and I thought we could push on from there.  They came back strong in the 2nd half but I thought we still had good chances to settle it.  There isn't much you can do about the quality of the strike that wins it but I felt we deserved something today for our work rate.  But you move on and go again on Monday.'

Can I just say in order to try and lift the gloom I actually completely made this after match reaction up.  But I've just seen what he actually said and its more or less the same!  Incredible.

[Irish villain]

Lerner is not interested. He never turns up. He would be embarrassed at any game, home or away, where none of the opposition directors know him, but all talk to Mr.Ellis.
Lambert is, also, a clown. What a pity that we have these pair at the forefront of our club.

I don't mind Lambert. I think he has done well given what he has been working with. If he was backed properly, I am sure Lambert would have signed two or three quality players by now which is really all that we lack. Stick a proper anchor man, a proper play-maker and a good, strong centre back into that side to play alongside Vlaar (Okore is 20, I think he should have been signed as one to blend into the side over the next few seasons and not as the 'main man' now), and we'd be a good side. We just have a weakness through the coreo f the side.

If Lambert does have a weakness, it's that he doesn't seem to hate  losing enough for my liking. With Fergie, Wenger, Pullis, MON and Mourinho you can see they cannot stand losing.With Lambert there's too much of a sense he's already waiting for the next game 'we go again' (ad nauseum). There's too much acceptance of losing at Villa. We used to be draw specialists and think for instance of some of those stupid narrow defeats over the past two seasons (today, Palace at home, Stoke away) if we could only grind  out draws in those positions they alone could be worth a higher position in the league at the end of the season.

[silhillvilla]

How was the away support today ?

[kippaxvilla2]

This is what he actually said.


I thought for 71 minutes we were really comfortable in the game, before the first half we never looked really under threat. First goal was really poor from our point of view second goal I think you can hold your hand up and it’s a world class free-kick, and you can’t do nothing about that, but I don’t think we deserved to lose the game.

[BC54 VFC]

The best it's been all season - it usually is at Everton for some reason, even though we never seem to take as many there as I think we should, in comparison to other away grounds.

[Dave Clark Five]

How was the away support today ?

Tolerant.

[silhillvilla]

Had a text from an Everton mate who really complimented our support. Wondered if anything special happened or were we just good as usual ?

[villan from luton]

Gabby was a massive miss today, would have been ideal

[silhillvilla]

Yes we really miss gabby. He really is great away from home. Hope he's back soon.

[villajk]

Had a text from an Everton mate who really complimented our support. Wondered if anything special happened or were we just good as usual ?

We weren't bad.  Didn't hear anything off them until they scored and then nothing until they scored their winner.

[Jimbo]

Our support is excellent. They pay a lot of money to watch, largely, turgid rubbish. Our billionaire owner can't even be bothered to turn up and watch his team. He can't be getting much pleasure from us. We're nowhere near being a success. There's no point in him owning us.

[olaftab]

71% of possession to EFC, we can't win without that much of the ball.

We were winning upto  74th minute and lost the game to an 85th minute unbelievable free kick. Funny he the possession stat gets used without any context of how the match actually played out.

[BoldmereVilla]

Another waste of my hard earned cash !!!!
I don't mind losing if we have a go and I can walk out the ground thinking we played well and it just wasn't our day. But that performance was shit !! Everton are a good side but we just lay down. We played like a non league side playing a top four side in an FA cup game, its embarrassing !!!
We are ASTON VILLA !!!!!