Ratings & Reactions: Everton v Villa

[Don_Simon]

18 minutes ago, brummybloke said:

The difference today is the 2 that slow us down released the ball quickly.

That meant Berkley and traore both played well.

Both still have the ball away very cheaply several times but their team contribution today was more than they have managed in the last 8 games combined.

Clearly both been instructed to not hold onto the ball, the result was flowing forward football for the majority of the time. It also meant there was less FFS TRAORE or FFS Berkley because they moved the ball on and we kept momentum.

Luiz seemed the least confident passing but was far more aggressive as was most of the team than the last 4 or so months.

Pass and move, keep the aggression there and we look twice or more better than the passive keep it try too much and give it away nonsense of previous games.

Watkins was my motm, if Berkley hadn't been at fault for their goal, got in the way of a through ball for ollie to out him clean through and given it away 5 or 6 times he would have been my motm.

Well done el ghazi, first half nothing worked apart from effort. Kept the effort and it then went more his way and a great goal.

All in all it was a top performance, much improved and far more aggression. While keeping the same team, the tactics were clearly very different. No more passive play.

Barkley. His surname is Barkley. "Berkley", it's not big, it's not clever, it makes you look silly.

[sheepyvillian]

32 minutes ago, The_Steve said:

Have some of that, you Scouse Representatives for Wellingborough. 

[bose]

This team, playing like that, with Rosstopher Barkley in top form and Jack Grealish back next week.

[sheepyvillian]

12 minutes ago, Villa87 said:

my player of the season

I concur.

[Osirus]

My Bluenose uncle walked through the door as we scored the first, and left just after the Ghazi goal 

 

**** LOVELY STUFF 

[briny_ear]

1 minute ago, mottaloo said:

Ok.....this is what I meant.....compared to our first half (lots of attacking, chances, good keeping by Pickford, hitting the woodwork)....we really weren't too good 2nd half and the goal came out of the blue.

We contained Everton pretty effectively in the second half and took a good counterattacking chance. That’s how you actually get results rather than just putting in a good “performance”.

[tinker]

4 minutes ago, mottaloo said:

Ok.....this is what I meant.....compared to our first half (lots of attacking, chances, good keeping by Pickford, hitting the woodwork)....we really weren't too good 2nd half and the goal came out of the blue.

I just didn't see it that way, Everton huffed and puffed but offered next to nothing offensively and defensively they looked shocking.  If Jack had played it could , as others have pointed out,  another Liverpool type result. 

We all see the game differently. 

[mottaloo]

Just now, tinker said:

I just didn't see it that way, Everton huffed and puffed but offered next to nothing offensively and defensively they looked shocking.  If Jack had played it could , as others have pointed out,  another Liverpool type result. 

We all see the game differently. 

Indeed we do

[villalad21]

8 minutes ago, bose said:

This team, playing like that, with Rosstopher Barkley in top form and Jack Grealish back next week.

The league isn't ready 

[DaveAV1]

7 minutes ago, Osirus said:

My Bluenose uncle walked through the door as we scored the first, and left just after the Ghazi goal 

 

**** LOVELY STUFF 

It’s the little things.....

[VillaChris]

Simply our best performance of 2021. First half we should've scored 3-4 goals, second half had more of a feel of happy with a point but Everton didn't create much at all despite us sitting back more.

Excellent win. Ollie MOTM and Traore was very very good aswell for the most part.

Makes the last few weeks a bit more interesting. Play like that and I reckon we have two more wins in us.

Edited May 1, 2021 by VillaChris

[bannedfromHandV]

Since being promoted we’ve played well in all 3 games against Everton and I don’t know if anyone else has noticed but Andre Gomes has been dogshit in each one.

Fingers crossed the trend continues in a couple of weeks 

[sheepyvillian]

As Chaka Khan likes to sing, " ain't nobody, like El Ghazi, makes me happy, makes me crazy ".

[Dante_Lockhart]

McGinn had some great moments, as did Luiz, but both also played some shocking football at times. I understand the way we’re set up can be risk reward with the fast passing and triangle stuff but you need to be better in the middle of the park.

Ref can do one too. Far too lenient with cards towards the Everton lot and IMO too harsh with us.

Ross MOTM for me. Everything went through him today and he hardly put a foot wrong. Deserved a goal (bloody post!)

[briny_ear]

11 minutes ago, Osirus said:

My Bluenose uncle walked through the door as we scored the first, and left just after the Ghazi goal 

 

**** LOVELY STUFF 

You’re going to reassure us this was consistent with current rules on social distancing/household gathering of course.

[Dante_Lockhart]

1 minute ago, briny_ear said:

You’re going to reassure us this was consistent with current rules on social distancing/household gathering of course.

Who cares?

[smg]

31 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said:

Brilliant performance etc etc. but did anyone else think Konsa was poor tonight? 

Not really but even if he was and I missed it so what, he has been brilliant all season no player can be faultless every game, and he has been brilliant all season why highlight the one game when his high standards may have slipped ? Are you outstanding at work every day ?

[briny_ear]

2 minutes ago, Dante_Lockhart said:

Who cares?

Relatives of the 127,000+ who have died perhaps?

[Kingman]

Now that's what I'm talking about 

[Stevo985]

Great result.

Great performance first half and did enough second half. Best we've played in a long time.