Aston Villa 0-0 Everton Post-Match Thread

[brontebilly]

Grim, fortunate enough to keep a clean sheet second half. Our attack provided no threat throughout.

Martinez 7, Cash 5 (Elmo 6), Konsa 7, Mings 8, Targett 7, Luiz 7, McGinn 7, Traore 3 (Grealish 6), Barkley 0 (Ramsey 6), AEG 6, Davis 5.

[manic-road]

Clean sheet, Martinez equals the Prem Villa clean sheet record and Jack is back.

I for one am happy with the point against a well organised Everton away team.

[Legion]

Quite glad I thought KO was 8pm and only tuned in 20 minutes or so ago.

[Toronto Villa]

Christ alive Jack Grealish is good. That's him 3 months rusty.

He instantly became the best player on the pitch. And they knew it. That one run he had 4 (FOUR) Everton players around him. He attracts Messi like attention when he is on the ball. He really needs to play with better players. I hope that it is with us, but he truly would be devastating at a top side who have great strikers and players who are experts off the ball.

[robleflaneur]

Mings and Martinez were magnificent.I've been looking forward to see Davis starting upfront,however he  just seemed  to freeze when he got into the box.Jack is back.

[Risso]

Good to see Jack back, and pleased for Emi and the defence for another clean sheet.

The rest though -

Barkley - dear oh dear, why is that numpty Smith persisting with him?
Davis - not good enough, by a long stretch
Traore - not good enough
El Ghazi - not good enough
McGinn - decent game I thought
Luiz - so so, passing really hit and miss.

[Rudy65]

Clearly Traore Davis and AEG together is never going to be good enough.

Those wingers are totally rubbish. Davis has no service. Barkley awful as usual. I like Ramsay but he needs to man up and be more physical. He won’t make a career at this level otherwise. Back 5 at their best. Congrats to Emi in equalling the records. M of the match was SJM, looking much better lately. Dougie improved as well

And finally Jack was back. A couple of lovely runs reminded us what we had been missing. Please pay him £200k per week and make him stay

Season petering out. 7 points from the final three please so win finish above the magician known as Bielsa

[CT]

Mings and Martinez were magnificent.I've been looking forward to see Davis starting upfront,however he  just seemed  to freeze when he got into the box.Jack is back.

To be fair, the service to him was pitiful.

On the plus side, I can’t express the relief at hearing all the Man U and Liverpool players are safe. I can only thank SKY for reassuring me every ten minutes.

[Legion]

From the BBC: Since the Premier League returned from lockdown in June last season, Emiliano Martínez has made more saves in the competition (162) than any other goalkeeper.

[Sexual Ealing]

I knew I should have had a nap instead

That's what I did. Woke up in injury time.

[Drummond]

A dull game that summed up the league position.

Jack is back, The youngsters need more playing time and Ramsay needs to work on his strength.

Barkley just not able to do it any more.

Martinez with 15 clean sheets, here's to at least one more for the record in his own.

Defensively we were good again.

[Aldridge Villa]

A plethora of contenders for give the ball away needlessly award although Dougie probably just about shaded it. Abject performance overall.

[SaddVillan]

Positives:

Jack came through unscathed
The defence withstood a bit of a battering  towards the end, but stood firm.
Another clean sheet.
Barkley's appeared in his last game for us at Villa Park
Smith was more decisive than past games in hooking Barkley after 65 mins

Negatives:
Cash getting imjured
Although he probably didn't get top class service, Davis's limited ability was apparent.

[garyellis]

Two very evenly matched sides and they have spent a shed more than we have. The next phase of recruitment is crucial we could so kick on if we get it right.

[Flin5tone]

Gutted Tom Heaton was missing from the Bench , looks like he is on his way out and a excellent back up shot stopper is leaving the Football Club .

The Midfield looked empty and at times it feels like we are playing with 9 men. Davis worked his socks off but like Watkins looks isolated.

Nice to see Jack coming on from the Bench and made some fantastic runs but also some passes that were not spectacular. Hopefully he starts against Crystal Palace.

Was not impressed with the Referee