Everton vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Whoever thought Duran was the ideal back up striker for Watkins really does need a word.

True yet today Duran was the more effective of the two. We desperately need some serious competition up front.

[rougegorge]

We were the better side, but didn't create too many good chances. They created even less, and we do need to play it more quickly.

Martínez and the defenders were still playing out slowly well towards the end.

Diaby seems to have lost all his impact whilst Durán spent too much energy berating his team mates or lying on the turf. It's no wonder Watkins was having a heated word with him after the final whistle.

I though Lenglet and Kamara were the best today.

[mrfuse]

Konsa is wasted at right back in these type of games which is why a right back is an Essential signing if FFP allows.

Obviously Emery doesn't like Cash but I felt like he should have come on earlier today.

[Ads]

He was there for height. Everton are a dreadful long ball team who look for diagonals. They mainly hit the left owing to Moreno, but once even that limited ambition had gone, we got Cashy involved.

We need a Grealish type.

[brontebilly]

We were the better side, but didn't create too many good chances. They created even less, and we do need to play it more quickly.

Martínez and the defenders were still playing out slowly well towards the end.

Playing out slowly only works if the opposition forwards and midfield are pressing hard. Everton at that stage had no interest in pressing us, that Beto didn't have a kick that I recall. Martinez needed to play it a lot quicker.

[Villa Lew]

Another below par away performance, can't think of a really decent chance we created, still we got a point and came within an inch of getting 3, what a cracking goal it would've been from Moreno. I thought Kamara now looks like he's getting back to his best and also credit to Lenglet, has much improved in recent games.

[VillaTim]

Duran spent too much time again getting involved in fracas with defenders . He's a loose cannon

[Rudy Can't Fail]

..Durán spent too much energy berating his team mates or lying on the turf. It's no wonder Watkins was having a heated word with him after the final whistle.

Maybe there was an opportunity for Duran to have headed the ball down to Watkins who had space rather than go for goal. In Duran's defence the chance of Watkins controlling it would be close to zero. A first time shot however.. probably straight at the keeper. We'll never know.

[RamboandBruno]

..Durán spent too much energy berating his team mates or lying on the turf. It's no wonder Watkins was having a heated word with him after the final whistle.

Maybe there was an opportunity for Duran to have headed the ball down to Watkins who had space rather than go for goal. In Duran's defence the chance of Watkins controlling it would be close to zero. A first time shot however.. probably straight at the keeper. We'll never know.

You really don’t rate Watkins.

[pablo_picasso]

Yeah Duran did well, competed with them physically. Thought we should have had a penalty with the lunge at Diaby.

I'd like Everton to drop. 30 years I've been going there and I've had just about as much as I can tolerate now of them never supporting their side, but moaning constantly and speculatively calling handball on every possible ocassion. Fuck off you turds, time to be flushed.

This. Every day & always...

I think "handball" & that weird high pitched whine they do every few seconds are the only chants that they know...

[danno]

We weren’t very good collectively. I think looking for an individual to point the finger at is a waste of time as too many were under par.

[eamonn]

..Durán spent too much energy berating his team mates or lying on the turf. It's no wonder Watkins was having a heated word with him after the final whistle.

Maybe there was an opportunity for Duran to have headed the ball down to Watkins who had space rather than go for goal. In Duran's defence the chance of Watkins controlling it would be close to zero. A first time shot however.. probably straight at the keeper. We'll never know.

You really don’t rate Watkins.

He's probably still having a go at El Ghazi, even if the poor bugger's without a club!

[nick harper]

That was a really poor tackle by Tarkowski on Diaby. Reckless and endangered the opponent. It’s a penalty despite getting the ball.

Thought our players should have made a lot more of that. Shocking tackle and he repeated the dose a few minutes later on Moreno. He's another Ben Mee type thug.

Yeah - if that was Duran, he would be rolling around and angrily barking at the ref. Diaby seems a quieter individual and didn't make enough of it.

Wan-Bissaka was booked for a very similar tackle on Johnson in the ManU Spurs game. Won the ball but it was out of control and reckless. If we’d surrounded the referee like the sky6 do, it would have been a penalty.

[VillaTim]

We weren’t very good collectively. I think looking for an individual to point the finger at is a waste of time as too many were under par.

McGinn was really off today , one eye on his holidays ?

[eamonn]

Did we win it on xG? Please, it's important.