Everton v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[supertom]

Could be a good game to play a bit more of an attacking formation. Have TC/Richardsion and Westwood sit then play Gabby, Cole/Grealish and Zogbia behind Benteke. Their defence is shit and we need to attack them. Sitting back only plays into their hands.
I'd like to see us go 4-2-3-1.

[Ron Manager]

Not really sure but a 2-1 result either way is likely. Bonus if Vlaar plays as it now looks as if he will. But will Okore be on the subs bench?

[silhillvilla]

---------Guzan----------

Hutton vlaar baker Sissoko

-----------Westwood ------

Richardson ------Cleverley

Gabby ------Beast -- Weimann

[Matt Collins]

Yeah I think I agree with that one. Maybe n'zogbia for Weimann

[cdbearsfan]

Comfortable away win.

[peter w]

From them:

"...let’s put our hands together to welcome our illustrious opponents from down the M6 – Aston Villa – as they come to play the latest instalment of the most played English top flight game of all time. The bit there where I said “illustrious” what I really meant was “plaque covered teeth sloth speaking try too hard mega scruffs”. Just in case there was any lingering confusion.

For a club with so much wonderful history and success they are unfortunately burdened with their fans. It’s like meeting a boss bird, an easy nine out of ten, but she’s got prominent arse grapes hanging out of the back. They're just there and you constantly know it.

These crushingly dull bum berries of Birmingham could choose to watch the game and enjoy the experience of following their sound club but instead are covered absolutely filthy rotten from head to toe with cringe worthy behaviour. Or as the whoppers on social media like to call it now: banter.

Let’s get it right: banter is for geordies, Soccer AM fawning texans, deeply insecure but outwardly confident university students trying to hide their middle class upbringing in the student halls and lastly: degenerate gobshites.

This isn't banter that I'm typing now, this is me as an Evertonian, calling you, Villa fans, a maelstrom of dim witted fucktards, and appealing with every last bit of goodwill in my heart to reconsider your approach to following a football club. Sincerely, please just try.

No more of this MY LORD crap, or singing about fire drills when a load of baldy half-arsed-about-the-footie scouse dars go the bog or the bar before half time. No more dressing like meffs or your Farmfood quality tattoos. Absolute no more singing stuff about stuff. Dull stuff. Stop being the rancid anus of humanity, I implore you. We just want to watch the footie and guess what? You might even beat us. Sound that.

But you go back to Birmingham, and most of us get to remain in Liverpool and the various wool areas surrounding it. So ultimately we win. Exclamation mark omitted.

There’s a path for improvement there if you really want it and hopefully you’ll see the constructive criticism in these words is intended to provoke a moment of self realisation, and a subsequent amending of prior unacceptable ways. If you have internet or adult literacy in Birmingham yet anyway. It must crush you that your wools (West Brom, Stoke, Leicester etc) are on the whole far more easier to digest in company than yourselves. Come on now..."

[fbriai]

Obviously never been on H&V.

[supertom]

Begrudgingly I hate to admit that, that is slightly brilliant.

"Let’s get it right: banter is for geordies, Soccer AM fawning texans, deeply insecure but outwardly confident university students trying to hide their middle class upbringing in the student halls and lastly: degenerate gobshites."

That said. I now hope we stuff Everton royally, even more than I did before reading that. The droll bastard.

[Louzie0]

Trying hard.
It must be worse than we thought, living up there.

[supertom]

In other news, the best team in the midlands is playing the second best team from Liverpool on saturday.

[Vegas]

From them:

"...let’s put our hands together to welcome our illustrious opponents from down the M6 – Aston Villa – as they come to play the latest instalment of the most played English top flight game of all time. The bit there where I said “illustrious” what I really meant was “plaque covered teeth sloth speaking try too hard mega scruffs”. Just in case there was any lingering confusion.

For a club with so much wonderful history and success they are unfortunately burdened with their fans. It’s like meeting a boss bird, an easy nine out of ten, but she’s got prominent arse grapes hanging out of the back. They're just there and you constantly know it.

These crushingly dull bum berries of Birmingham could choose to watch the game and enjoy the experience of following their sound club but instead are covered absolutely filthy rotten from head to toe with cringe worthy behaviour. Or as the whoppers on social media like to call it now: banter.

Let’s get it right: banter is for geordies, Soccer AM fawning texans, deeply insecure but outwardly confident university students trying to hide their middle class upbringing in the student halls and lastly: degenerate gobshites.

This isn't banter that I'm typing now, this is me as an Evertonian, calling you, Villa fans, a maelstrom of dim witted fucktards, and appealing with every last bit of goodwill in my heart to reconsider your approach to following a football club. Sincerely, please just try.

No more of this MY LORD crap, or singing about fire drills when a load of baldy half-arsed-about-the-footie scouse dars go the bog or the bar before half time. No more dressing like meffs or your Farmfood quality tattoos. Absolute no more singing stuff about stuff. Dull stuff. Stop being the rancid anus of humanity, I implore you. We just want to watch the footie and guess what? You might even beat us. Sound that.

But you go back to Birmingham, and most of us get to remain in Liverpool and the various wool areas surrounding it. So ultimately we win. Exclamation mark omitted.

There’s a path for improvement there if you really want it and hopefully you’ll see the constructive criticism in these words is intended to provoke a moment of self realisation, and a subsequent amending of prior unacceptable ways. If you have internet or adult literacy in Birmingham yet anyway. It must crush you that your wools (West Brom, Stoke, Leicester etc) are on the whole far more easier to digest in company than yourselves. Come on now..."

wordy, poor grammar

[BoskoDjembaSalifou]

I wonder how that person felt after that Ashley Young goal a few years ago

[dave.woodhall]

One of the many things beyond my comprehension is why it is that we, on the whole, have a lot of respect for their club while they, on the whole, seem to hate us. Is it just because we're the one club who 'now our 'istory better than they do?

[cdbearsfan]

I like it when we have no real malice against a team but they absolutely hate us.

I did think Everton were better than a Scouse Coventry though. I suppose when you never, ever beat your proper rivals you have to try to instigate a new, phony, rivalry to make up for it.

Bless.

[peter w]

Just proves we are who we are. We also seem to dislike Stoke but go on their sites and they have nothing but respect for us.