Ratings & Reactions: Everton v Villa

[TheStagMan]

Nice. A good run of winnable games in front of us. Let's start racking up some points.

[Mantis]

We have the mother of all curses over Everton don't we?

[TheMightyVillans]

Pretty rough first half but thought we were decent after the 1st goal and then very comfortable after the 2nd goal which is good to see.

Mcginn and watkins great for whole match.

Ramsey much improved 2nd half.

[MikeMcKenna]

Excellent away win. Pity there has to be so much moaning on the match thread - some fans are so negative!

[supermon]

Buendia goal was just classy

[markavfc40]

Remarkable turn around under Emery in our away form and another deserved win today. I dipped my toe into the match thread at half time and was flabbergasted by some of the reactions as you'd have thought we'd been battered yet all I can remember is one very good save from Emi.

I thought he set us up perfectly. More runners/physicality in the side bringing Ramsey and Bailey in and then changed it up with the substitutions at the perfect time. Everton under Dyche were always going to make it a battle but football under Emery rather than kick and rush under Dyche I always felt would be the winner.

Best thing about today though is that despite another win on the road Emery will pick out where we were lacking, focus on that and want to improve. We have some future under this guy. 

Edited February 25, 2023 by markavfc40

[AVTuco]

Have to love Konsa lying around beside the goal, minding his own business, and then get hit by the ball, which almost resulted in a goal. 

[trekka]

Just now, Mantis said:

We have the mother of all curses over Everton don't we?

[dudevillaisnice]

A good win that

[maqroll]

Suddenly Ollie is in the form of his life. 

Weird game. Still lots of kinks to iron out but our superiority showed in the end. 

Onward!

[AVTuco]

... and after this win, we are back to being 11th.

[robby b]

Yes!  And phew!  

[joshharris12]

I’m happy with that up the Villa 

[Aston_Villan4]

Take of two halves. Went with Buendia for MOTM. 

[AvonVillain]

Win ✓
Clean sheet ✓
Record broken ✓
Looking forward to MOTD ✓

[Rodders]

just hope chelsea don't win next match. it would be nice to go into a game with a chance of changing places in the table

[UpTheVilla26]

Quality result against a team who are the most anti-football in the league. 

UTV

[BleedClaretAndBlue]

Great just to get the points on the board really with a not great performance. Watkins, McGinn & Buendia were our best performers.
 

Everton turned into Burnley so quick, so credit to Dyche for that. 4 out of 5 wins on the road is top form though, pleasing win. 5 in 5 for Ollie was great to see, he really deserves his flowers atm; great to see Emi pop up with another brilliant goal against this lot again too. Happy days

[sne]

Everton has scored 2 goals total in the 4 games since Dyche took over. Gotten 6 points out of it thou so they should be happy with that.

[TomC]

A win is a win...

...but from 10' to 60' was the worst I've seen us play under Unai.

When I saw the midfield before kickoff, I thought, where was the creativity going to come from? All I could figure was that Unai chose a physical midfield to counter DycheBall. The problem is, it didn't work. We were overrun in midfield for that stretch of the game. Fortunately, Emi M and (for the most part) the back line had a good game.

Bringing on Buendia changed everything, obviously. You need that creative threat. MOTM for me, and it wasn't even close.

Moreno played far better than Digne, at least going forward.

Cash hasn't played much since the WC but I thought that this was his best game since the WC.

Anyone who thinks that it's OK to let Emi M leave at the end of the season needs to think again.

Watkins did as well as he could considering that he didn't have much service for the first hour...unlucky not to score from open play. He's playing the best that he has in two years. Does he not respond to well to competition? Has Ings leaving made Watkins feel freer to play? You have to wonder.