Aston Villa 3-0 Everton post match thread

[darren woolley]

Brilliant performance and great result great day out again yesterday.

[cdbearsfan]

People still moaning about 5-3-2? 🤣

Yep, 3-5-2 was awful. Game changed 2 minutes after we switched formation.

I didn’t think we changed formation.
 Bailey was a straight swap, in regards formation, for Targett.
It remained 3-5-2 as far as I could make out

Nah, Mings went left back. Young then replaced Bailey as we went back to the non-scoring 5-3-2.

[Nastylee]

People still moaning about 5-3-2? 🤣

Yep, 3-5-2 was awful. Game changed 2 minutes after we switched formation.

I didn’t think we changed formation.
 Bailey was a straight swap, in regards formation, for Targett.
It remained 3-5-2 as far as I could make out

Nah, Mings went left back. Young then replaced Bailey as we went back to the non-scoring 5-3-2.

Smith said it was a straight swap so I'll go with him if you don't mind. Said he asked both full backs to stay really high and asked Mings and Konsa to bring the ball out. Bold move that pushed everton back and paid off.

[cdbearsfan]

You think Bailey was playing left back? Yeah, okay mate. It was 0-0 with hardly any chances with five at the back. Battered them senseless with four at the back.

Get Bailey in and start with four at the back next game, please.

[Monty]

No he was playing left of a middle 5. Apparently.

[Flin5tone]

Scintillating end to what was a very poor first half. A flash of brilliance from Matty Cash changed the game and the introduction of Leon Bailey who was absolutely superb.A much needed win with some extremely tough fixtures coming up.

Queue ridiculous at Half Time again and it wasn't just me who was frustrated by it. Told the chap behind me to contact the club because the more of us that do the better chance of seeing improvements

[Monty]

It's a work of art at this stage.

[LukeJames]

Watching it back on Sky. When the 2nd went in Konsa screamed in Godfreys face.

Proper shithouse.

[Brazilian Villain]

Cue ridiculous.

[nigel]

You think Bailey was playing left back? Yeah, okay mate. It was 0-0 with hardly any chances with five at the back. Battered them senseless with four at the back.

Get Bailey in and start with four at the back next game, please.

It wasn’t 5 at the back, though, mate. It was always a 3-5-2 formation
Cash and Targett were pushing so high they could hardly be called full backs today.

Cash certainly didn’t change what he was doing when Bailey came on, so, as Dean said, it remained 3-5-2. Likewise when Young replaced Bailey.

I get you don’t like the 3 centre halves, but, for me, with the right personnel it’s a really flexible formation.

[WarszaVillan]

You think Bailey was playing left back? Yeah, okay mate. It was 0-0 with hardly any chances with five at the back. Battered them senseless with four at the back.

Get Bailey in and start with four at the back next game, please.

It wasn’t 5 at the back, though, mate. It was always a 3-5-2 formation
Cash and Targett were pushing so high they could hardly be called full backs today.

Cash certainly didn’t change what he was doing when Bailey came on, so, as Dean said, it remained 3-5-2. Likewise when Young replaced Bailey.

I get you don’t like the 3 centre halves, but, for me, with the right personnel it’s a really flexible formation.

And in the second half Mings was given room to roam forward more, which made a big difference. It can be a very flexible and attacking formation. The challenge for Smith this year is to use the squad, which will mean using different formations. But yesterday it worked very well.

[Monty]

You think Bailey was playing left back? Yeah, okay mate. It was 0-0 with hardly any chances with five at the back. Battered them senseless with four at the back.

Get Bailey in and start with four at the back next game, please.

It wasn’t 5 at the back, though, mate. It was always a 3-5-2 formation
Cash and Targett were pushing so high they could hardly be called full backs today.

Cash certainly didn’t change what he was doing when Bailey came on, so, as Dean said, it remained 3-5-2. Likewise when Young replaced Bailey.

I get you don’t like the 3 centre halves, but, for me, with the right personnel it’s a really flexible formation.

And in the second half Mings was given room to roam forward more, which made a big difference. It can be a very flexible and attacking formation. The challenge for Smith this year is to use the squad, which will mean using different formations. But yesterday it worked very well.

I think it had mixed results up until a tweak, which I thought was four at the back but more on here seem convinced was more what you describe. Whatever he did, it worked, and isn't that a really pleasing thing to say about Dean Smith?

[cdbearsfan]

You think Bailey was playing left back? Yeah, okay mate. It was 0-0 with hardly any chances with five at the back. Battered them senseless with four at the back.

Get Bailey in and start with four at the back next game, please.

It wasn’t 5 at the back, though, mate. It was always a 3-5-2 formation
Cash and Targett were pushing so high they could hardly be called full backs today.

Cash certainly didn’t change what he was doing when Bailey came on, so, as Dean said, it remained 3-5-2. Likewise when Young replaced Bailey.

I get you don’t like the 3 centre halves, but, for me, with the right personnel it’s a really flexible formation.

It was neither three nor five at the back. We had four defenders on the pitch. Cash, Tuanzebe, Konsa and Mings. None of them were playing in midfield.

[London Villan]

It is a very different 352 when you change a solid left back to a £30m winger. And it did look like Mings shifted over to the left to plug the gap left by Bailey playing high and wide.

[nigel]

You think Bailey was playing left back? Yeah, okay mate. It was 0-0 with hardly any chances with five at the back. Battered them senseless with four at the back.

Get Bailey in and start with four at the back next game, please.

It wasn’t 5 at the back, though, mate. It was always a 3-5-2 formation
Cash and Targett were pushing so high they could hardly be called full backs today.

Cash certainly didn’t change what he was doing when Bailey came on, so, as Dean said, it remained 3-5-2. Likewise when Young replaced Bailey.

I get you don’t like the 3 centre halves, but, for me, with the right personnel it’s a really flexible formation.

It was neither three nor five at the back. We had four defenders on the pitch. Cash, Tuanzebe, Konsa and Mings. None of them were playing in midfield.

Yes, but neither Cash or Targett were playing fullback roles. Yes, they both defended at times, but there’s no way on Earth that either were playing traditional fullback roles, which would, incidentally, have made it 5 at the back. Surely you could see that?

Dean actually said that because Cash and Targett  were playing so high it enabled them to stick to the same formation when Bailey and Young came on.

I don’t suppose we’ll ever agree, though.