Ratings & Reactions: Villa v Everton

[villa89]

Ashley Young was Villa's man of the match.

[NoelVilla]

We were good and didn't need more. Everton might be lucky that Luton, Sheff Utd and Wolves are probably worse.

McGinn MOTM. Bailey very good. Shit luck for Coutinho.

[Spoony]

We need a new “worst injury of the game” poll as well

[Aston_Villan4]

1 minute ago, Rodders said:

Terrific win. Everton are shit. But two more injuries:(

Who was the second one before Coutinho?

[Jas10]

Perfect tonic to the misery of last weekend… can completely forget that now.

Onwards and upwards!

Never lose faith in King Unai.

On to Hibs.

[Rodders]

Just now, Aston_Villan4 said:

Who was the second one before Coutinho?

Bailey limped off when he was subbed. 

[dubbs]

1 minute ago, Aston_Villan4 said:

Who was the second one before Coutinho?

Bailey?

[Awol]

Happy with that! 

[Keyblade]

4 minutes ago, The_Steve said:

Eighteen minutes of stoppage time today. Surely, it won’t be like this all season long. 

Was absolutely warranted though

[jim]

That’s the response we were looking for

[osmark86]

Clean performance. We were not even at our best and that game wasn't even competitive. We absolutely dominated them.

Goal difference is reset and 3 pts after 2 games is decent all things considered.

MotM goes to McGinn who was an absolute boss today in multiple positions. Fantastic display from him! Runners up goes to Bailey who I think surprised a lot of people (myself included) today.

Really bummed about the injuries though. Our squad is ultra-thin atm and we need to get some bodies in I think.

UTV!

[tomav84]

much more like it. diaby is a great find.

won't have many easier games but you can only beat what's in front of you

[bannedfromHandV]

And we’re back. 
 

Gosh Everton are shite though! Great to see Bailey playing well and looking a threat, delighted for Duran too. McGinn man of the match, he was everywhere and got the ball rolling with the first.

Watkins should have scored two or more and just doesn’t look very sharp, perhaps that Duran goal will put a rocket up him. 
 

I was pretty bummed out over the last week but we’re back on an even keel in goal difference as well as points which is great, good day (injuries aside).

[Giro]

Everton defo going down this season awful team 

Edited August 20, 2023 by Giro

[jacketspuds]

1 minute ago, Rodders said:

Bailey limped off when he was subbed. 

He was laughing and joking with Diaby on the bench.

Think / hope his sub was more precautionary.

[CarryOnVilla]

 

That game was too easy 

[Hiney]

Everton were dreadful, we won't play many, if any teams worse than that this season.

We were awesome at times but it wasnt a wow performance like Newcastle at home last season. We definitely have a few more gears and feel we can play a lot better. 

That said, 4-0 is a great result.

McGinn or Bailey MOTM. 

Disappoining the injury for Coutinho, he was looking pretty good and I was just thinking how useful he would be in Europe and then that happened. 

[Aston_Villan4]

2 minutes ago, dubbs said:

Bailey?

 

2 minutes ago, Rodders said:

Bailey limped off when he was subbed. 

Oh he’s fine. Just got stepped on or something innocuous. He was walking around no problem after the match.

[Humanoid]

[switters]

Quality performance to get the season going after nightmare start, and especially good to get a few different players on the scoresheet. 

Plenty of positive performances. In particular, should be a nice booster for Pau to get a clean sheet after a pretty torrid introduction. McGinn was best player on pitch, and back to where he was 2nd half of last season. Diaby is also settling in quick which is great, and as he gets more understanding with Watkins that combi should bring plenty of goals.

Still early days to really judge this team. Newcastle away will be one of the hardest fixtures of the season, and on this showing Everton at home will be one of the easiest.