Everton 1-1 Aston Villa post match thread

[Legion]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/53439001

[ChicagoLion]

El Ghazi had a simple tap in with his left foot but tried to use his natural right and that made the difference. Can't knock the effort but woefully short at centre forward, Samatta is nowhere near premieship standard but that goes for a few of them.

Samatta started off looking very sharp in his first few games off a limited supply. Fine goal in the cup final. But since the restart he has looked hopeless.

And completely disinterested.

[purpletrousers]

El Ghazi had a simple tap in with his left foot but tried to use his natural right and that made the difference. Can't knock the effort but woefully short at centre forward, Samatta is nowhere near premieship standard but that goes for a few of them.

Samatta started off looking very sharp in his first few games off a limited supply. Fine goal in the cup final. But since the restart he has looked hopeless.

Yep I was yearning for Keinan to bring a bit of strength and stickability.

I’ll be forever grateful for being able to celebrate an East African scoring a cup final goal for the Villa sitting in a bar East Africa, but it feels at the moment like it could be another striker that doesn’t work out.


 

[Matt C]

Just not quite good enough on or off the pitch and that’s the season in a nutshell. Unlike the last horror show relegation I don’t think it’s a case of people not caring, not trying - we’re just not quite good enough.

[Skerra]

I don’t think El Khazi was feigning injury...he was just trying to tell us that his effort was a load of bollocks?

[David_Nab]

AEG miss looking at it again he over runs it and can't adjust his body quick enough.Given the chance again he might just try and through his upper body at it and hope it doesn't hit is arm.

Their goal we got away with one a few mins earlier when Gomes crossed for Calvert-Lewinn so we should of been more wary.There is a combination of error's to start with Houriane put's out a tired leg to try and stop the cross and get no where near it.Targett lose's the ball in the air , as does Reina who is in no mans land and Walcott get's lucky as looks more like a head back across goal than an attempt to score.

They played 4-4-2 , of the 4 MF's who started they subbed 3 .We played 4-3-3 and subbed 0 of our MF 3 .The fresh legs told
I know our options on bench where limited by 85 mins McGinn and Hourihane are passengers I just can't understand why Smith at this point at the very least to stop Everton's momentum doesn't take one of them off.We know Nakamba and Lansbury are no world beaters but surely for 5-10 mins their fresh legs would of helped more than a toiling McGinn and Hourihane?  You could even bring on Vasillev and move Jack into cm to have some fresh legs to hit it long too

Maybe the subs wouldn't of helped but I just don't know how you watch that last 10 mins or so and don't try something to stem the tide.

[Jaffa]

Trying to stay calm but just fed up of Smith’s lack of substitutes.... today quite clearly El Mo & McGinn were spent ... Guilbert & Nakamba, more energy & probably would have stopped the cross into Sick note to stop his looping fifty pence header Goal !!!....…,

[cfetters]

I can understand people saying EL Ghazi should have chucked everything at it but if he had clobbered Pickford, the goal would surely have been ruled out anyway.
Crap defending at the end of a game is what killed us (again).

It was Tim Cahill who called him a coward. Dion Dublin agreed. They weren't talking about fouling Pickford. The point they were making was he should of made sure of contact with the ball first. If he takes it into the back of the net along with the keeper that's not a foul. It's being determined to put the ball in the net. The enormity of a second goal meant he had to everything physically possible to make sure he scored. He failed to do that.That's the point they were making in the studio.

Three things.

1) I think we can all agree that in real time it looked harder to miss that shot than make it.
2) After seeing the replay, it honestly looked like he could have done the same thing Hause did at Forest last year...literally just let the ball bounce off his chest or mid-section and it bounds in, no issue. Just guide it in.
3) I know what Cahill and Dublin said. That's their opinion and I respect it. Only thing I'll say is, if it looks like you pulled out of a 50/50 that could have won your team three points - it's not surprising your heart and desire comes into question. I just hope he learns from it, FAST.

[Toronto Villa]

It’s shit but let us wash over you as quickly as possible. It’s a lot more peaceful. Next season will be a Covid impacted season. We will be by far the strongest club in the Championship. Playing next year in the PL in a five sub season will be shit for all clubs outside the biggest and wealthiest who without FPP will just be that much stronger and deeper. Conversely as that rule applies to the Championship, it will benefit clubs like us if we have a manager that knows how to take advantage of it. I’m getting used to going down. I’m not devaluing what it means but it’s not the end of the world even if it might feel that way.

[tomd2103]

That could well be our chance gone.  El Ghazi makes it two and it's probably enough to see us home, but we never look like holding on to leads as there are too many in the side capable of switching off.

[Villan82]

A bit of concentration at key moments this season and we'd be safe.

[OzVilla]

Another massive missed opportunity which pretty much sums up this entire season. 

I predicted in the pre-match 1-1, Villa play well, take the lead, miss a sitter and get pegged back. Its just what we do.

[Perthvillan]

Very disappointing not to have seen the game out.
I suppose we have become numbed to it this season.
When El Ghazi missed that chance I thought what an Andy Gray would have done with it.
I can't remember the game but El Ghazi did that feigning injury thing earlier this season after missing an easy chance.
It was at least good to see some fight today and our midfield pretty much ran the game.
I can't see it but haven't quite given up yet.
We have to somehow get something against Arsenal so that we still have a chance on the final day at WHU.
UTV

[steamer]

Overall not the worst peformance of the season.
El Ghazi scores and we win.
 We have to have the most goal shy forward line in the league, for the stick Wesley got Samatta gets off very lightly.
Davis tries but never looks like scoring.
Throw into the mix our weekly defensive bollock drop and there you go.
As others have said after we missed why not shore up the defence with some fresh legs, we could still make 3 subs.

[OzVilla]

That's just yet another example of Dean Smith not getting it right when we needs to this season.

This is when he earns his money - 5 mins to go you just slow the game down, take the rhythm out of it, play for free kicks, dont give up possession cheaply, use up all your subs etc.  We just continually lack the smarts when it comes to holding on to a lead late in the game. Its just happened too often now, we've never learned and ultimately not holding on to wins/draws will be what will send us down. And that's largely down to the management.