Everton v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[andyh]

So, a gruelling midweek game was a contributing factor to today, according to the manager.
This must explain why we decided were not going to attempt to play any of the game in the opposition half, especially in the second half.
It's a good job he threw the FA cup because with the extra games of football we would be expected to play, as a football team, we would be totally bolloxed.

[itbrvilla]

I know people are going on about money constraints but look at Poyet he's managed to turn round a team full of misfits bought by his predecessors. Could you imagine us going anywhere and winning 0-3 any time soon. The long and short of it is Lambert is not a very good manager.

Poyet also has them playing good football

Agree, although this they looked pretty poor against us one month ago.

Reckon they might beat us know though.

Note their American owner has been spending some dosh. We have been loaning an overweight has been from Wigan.

Don't be silly, they are below us so are therefore shitter than us, regardless of performances apparently.....

[PaulWinch again]

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.

The possession stats are entirely relevant, eventually Everton broke us down because they had so much possession. If you replace Villa with West Ham today would you say they played well?

[olaftab]

We were really really shit. Playing like this is always going to result in us losing games.

Clueless management I'm afraid.

Rubbish today. Totally rubbish.

Just utterly heart breakingly shit!

Shite!

Yes and somehow we only lost because of a very good strike in the 85th minute.

[Dave Clark Five]

We were level with the edge of the penalty area at the Park End. I said that we should see plenty of action in the second half but did we fuck?!
Paint it how you like but we were poor and so were they. The highlight of the day was when my son beat me 2-0 at darts in the pub after the game.

[PaulWinch again]

I think there needs to be a separation here. I do not think we will be relegated, so I'm not too concerned about that and I don't think many people on here are either. What I am concerned about is the long term prospects under the current manager. We have played many games this season where we've had 40% possession or much less, so two questions does anyone think long term we can be a successful team with that sort of figure? and more importantly does anyone actually enjoy watching us play with this style?

[not3bad]

This season I have enjoyed home V West Brom and parts of the home games against Cardiff and Man City.  That's it really.

[mike]

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.

I'm guessing that the implication is that with more possession we might not have given two goals away. That it is energy sapping chasing the ball so you are more likely to give away late goals. That your concentration gives out defending all match, so you'll probably give late goals away. That if you have more possession it's possible we might have scored more than one goal. I think trying to win a match with 29% possession is a bit of a lost cause, and suggesting otherwise is not really realistic. Look at the shots which resulted from that possession. We were just lucky to hold out as long as we did.

[VillaAlways]

I know people are going on about money constraints but look at Poyet he's managed to turn round a team full of misfits bought by his predecessors. Could you imagine us going anywhere and winning 0-3 any time soon. The long and short of it is Lambert is not a very good manager.

Poyet also has them playing good football

Agree, although this they looked pretty poor against us one month ago.

Reckon they might beat us know though.

Note their American owner has been spending some dosh. We have been loaning an overweight has been from Wigan.

Don't be silly, they are below us so are therefore shitter than us, regardless of performances apparently.....

Poyet didn't take over until October. They're currently 5th in the form table in a cup final having beaten Man U in the semi final and still in the FA cup

[SoccerHQ]

So maybe it was an excellent result to go there and win. All I remember from that post match thread on NYD was how shite we were, how shite Sunderland were and how shite generally everything is.

[PaulWinch again]

Oh and if tiredness is a factor, keeping possession would probably help.

[Tuscans]

I really am starting to detest Lamberts port match interview. Why don't we ever hear, "We were very poor when we had the ball today and this needs to change", or, "It's not good enough giving silly free kicks away in dangerous areas of the pitch", and, " We need to press higher up the pitch and when we win the ball keep composed, heads up and take it to them".

But no, every game he pipes up with, and I quote, "I thought we looked really comfortable". "I am not so sure we deserved to lose the game". "You just keep trying to build it and keep going". "If we keep playing the way we are, we will certainly win more games than not."

I'm sorry but I can't agree with anything he says. No of course I don't want him to come out and slate them, nor do I want him sacked. But  we as fans see how bad we are with the ball, just be honest and say we were poor at keeping the ball, we need to improve because we certainly won't win more than not playing like that Paul.

How many mangers come out and criticise their team? Very, very few. Why would a manager do that? If someone told you you're shit, would you take kindly to it? Probably not.

Read it properly....I did say I don't want him to come out and slate them. But I hear from the very top managers week in week out say if their team plays poorly, gives away cheap possession, sloppy goals etc etc....they tell it how it is. Fergie did, Mourinho does. If you read Lamberts interviews he continues to say how excellent we were.....when we simply weren't.

Fergie and Mourinho tell it how it is. Are you drinking? Of the two managers on the planet you could have mentioned, and throw in Wenger too, they and their players never, ever do anything wrong and it is always, always everyone and everything else that is at fault.

That's my opinion.

[richtheholtender]

Will we ever switch on to quick free kicks? It is literally school boy defending.

[itbrvilla]

I know people are going on about money constraints but look at Poyet he's managed to turn round a team full of misfits bought by his predecessors. Could you imagine us going anywhere and winning 0-3 any time soon. The long and short of it is Lambert is not a very good manager.

Poyet also has them playing good football

Agree, although this they looked pretty poor against us one month ago.

Reckon they might beat us know though.

Note their American owner has been spending some dosh. We have been loaning an overweight has been from Wigan.

Don't be silly, they are below us so are therefore shitter than us, regardless of performances apparently.....

Poyet didn't take over until October. They're currently 5th in the form table in a cup final having beaten Man U in the semi final and still in the FA cup

It was a joke. If you read the Sunderland match thread you'll see why said that.

[Clark W Griswold]

WANK.