Aston Villa vs Everton post-match thread

[andyh]

It was probably a game for Mings to deal with Barry, but you can't just chuck him in after giving him no minutes post-injury. You could just tell McGinn going off sucked the life out of us, particulary having to replace him with that lump Guessand. We'd started so poorly I'd have been tempted to bring Mings on instead and gone 352/343 especially with Barry causing problems.

We coped pretty easily with their front line.
What you can’t account for your is when your own senior players fuck up for no reason and gift goals in crucial matches.

[Villa Lew]

Obviously gutted yesterday, if it hasn't been posted before,  I think our magnificent winning run of 11 home matches on the bounce deserves a mention, a joint club record. A huge well done to Unai and the boys.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

I heard on the 1874 podcast earlier than McGinn had an issue with his knee in the warm up or certainly pre match.
Did anyone see anything as I couldn’t make it and switched it on just at kick off?

[eamonn]

File today with Sheffield United. olympiacos, Palace SF and Old Trafford last day of the season. Chance to move to the next level and we froze.

Though if Rogers had bought his shooting boots would have been a different result. Would have liked to see him move wide left and Buendia into the middle for the last 30 minutes too

Think you have to take the McGinn, Onana, Kamara issue into account before making this association

Everton missing Ndiaye, Dewsbury-Hall and Gueye yesterday too though

Yeah, Grealish looked pretty average without his mates to back him up. No Barkley, Onana or Gana-Gay to join Jack in the Villa-Everton love-in.

[eamonn]

Obviously gutted yesterday, if it hasn't been posted before,  I think our magnificent winning run of 11 home matches on the bounce deserves a mention, a joint club record. A huge well done to Unai and the boys.

For some reason our 15 home-game winning streak two years ago seems to have been rendered void and unremembered.

It ran across two season but they were all league games. More impressive than the current 11 which included gimmes in the Wafer Cup.

[Clampy]

Haven't read the whole thread so this may have been mentioned but in hindsight, I think Lindeloff would have been a better choice than Torres yesterday.

[VILLA MOLE]

Sorry may have been mentioned but thought there was a lot of slipping around yesterday.  I know it was wet but seemed a bit too frequent

[Brend'Watkins]

Sorry may have been mentioned but thought there was a lot of slipping around yesterday.  I know it was wet but seemed a bit too frequent

It wasn’t just Villa players either. It was discussed yesterday with mates throughout the game.

[PeterWithe]

Also haven't read it all so apols if I'm repeating but we've played in exactly the same way, creating a limited number of chances and won time after time after time at home over the past few years. We control the game but usually give up a couple of chances and Emi pulls off a worldie. This time, we miss all our chances and Emi fluffs his lines.

One of those days...

[VILLA MOLE]

we actually created quite a few chances

[Clampy]

Pickford made some decent saves.

[Ian.]

We did, but Rogers turned into Tonev, Torres into Curtis Davies and Martinez into Peter Enckelman

[London Villan]

Pickford was the BBC’s man of the match.

[The Edge]

We did, but Rogers turned into Tonev, Torres into Curtis Davies and Martinez into Peter Enckelman

I don't remember Tonev curling a 25 yard beauty towards the top corner only for the England keeper to brilliantly tip it over. Rogers miss hit a couple in the first half and was unlucky not to earn a free kick on the edge of their box for a blatant shove in the back when he was forcing his way through the heart of their defence. It wasn't his best performance but he was still the best player on the pitch by some distance imo. I thought Garner was terrific for them but he was lucky to still be on the pitch after his blatant push in Rogers back.

[RamboandBruno]

We did, but Rogers turned into Tonev, Torres into Curtis Davies and Martinez into Peter Enckelman

I don't remember Tonev curling a 25 yard beauty towards the top corner only for the England keeper to brilliantly tip it over. Rogers miss hit a couple in the first half and was unlucky not to earn a free kick on the edge of their box for a blatant shove in the back when he was forcing his way through the heart of their defence. It wasn't his best performance but he was still the best player on the pitch by some distance imo. I thought Garner was terrific for them but he was lucky to still be on the pitch after his blatant push in Rogers back.

Agree with that