Everton vs Aston Villa Match Thread

[Hookeysmith]

When league places are worth millions you pick your best team every game. You tinker in cup games and on dead rubbers

This certainly is not a dead rubber.

I certainly would give Davis longer but not done anywhere near enough to start and change our entire shape

[Sexual Ealing]

Being angry at Smith for not playing 4-4-2 is like being angry at cheese for not being marmalade.

[eric woolban woolban]

Yawn. Just experiment a tad Dean!

[Risso]

Barkley, fucking hell.

[caster troy]

Why change a winning formula? Oh wait...

I'm bored to death of this now to be honest.

[PaulWinch again]

Win please Villa. Good luck Ross.

[Risso]

When league places are worth millions you pick your best team every game. You tinker in cup games and on dead rubbers

This certainly is not a dead rubber.

I certainly would give Davis longer but not done anywhere near enough to start and change our entire shape

And yet he's started Barkley again.

[PhilVill]

Would really like to see some of the really good kids getting a run out but there you go, hopefully an exciting 3-3 with really open footy.

[TonyD]

When league places are worth millions you pick your best team every game. You tinker in cup games and on dead rubbers

This certainly is not a dead rubber.

I certainly would give Davis longer but not done anywhere near enough to start and change our entire shape

I would love our shape to change - we have been crap most 0f 2021.

Not starting Davis is inexcusable.

[colin69]

When league places are worth millions you pick your best team every game. You tinker in cup games and on dead rubbers

This certainly is not a dead rubber.

I certainly would give Davis longer but not done anywhere near enough to start and change our entire shape

We will not be relegated and Ross Barkley is a joke of a footballer.

This is the ideal time to start Davis.

I’m sorry but Dean Smith is not doing himself any favours.

[Border villan]

A generous description of Barkley against the baggies would be either adequate or better than last few games not “good” or “played well” by any stretch of imagination.

[Villan82]

Yes, taken aback by the support for Barkley.

[BC Villain]

So with a week of planning after that abysmal display against Sandwell, we bottle it and stick with the same lineup?  So disappointing.

[olaftab]

Barkley? So disappointing.

Dean’s hoping he’s got a point to prove against Everton as I can see no other reason for his inclusion.

[aev]

Underwhelming.