Match Thread Everton V Aston Villa. Sat Sep 13th. 3pm

[msb]

is barry any better than DCL

After 2 games? Come on, give the lad a chance.

 

[RomanReigns]

is barry any better than DCL

i haven't seen barry have a clear one on one opportunity yet so can't really judge at the moment

 

[badloaf]

Villa always been a bit of bogey side for us, but they don't seem to be as strong so far - their window seemed a rush job at the end, Elliott a good signing, but Sancho & Lindelof just feel like rushed desperation signings at the end

Same side as Wolves, hopefully another victory.

Branthwaite can't be far off after the break

Bench should be looking strong, adding Rohl in there now as well

Yeah, they’re more unsettled than when we played them in Moyes’s first game, and we’ve strengthened this summer, so you’d like to think we could get a result this season.

A lot depends on how Moyes sets us up - we need to get stuck into them from the off, let Grealish shine, so that their fans get on their backs.

Won’t be easy, in any case.

 

[Simo]

Early shout.. any spares for palace Sunday 5th October. Ideally 2/3 in block 226 or close by. FB+ members Thanks

 

[Toffe3m4n]

No reason why we can't take the game to these. They're reeling after a pretty poor first three games.

 

[Bryan+]

I'd say this is the easiest game of our season up to now.

 

[D. Amokachi]

Can’t wait to see The Sexy Trinity (Grealish, KDH and Ndiaye) back in action.

The clean sheet against Brighton was a bit fortunate. I suspect we will have to outscore teams until Branthwaite is back.

7-6 to the Blues.

 

[Toffeelover]

Hope fully with the break coming up players with injuries can recover for this game.

 

[Hellerad]

This will be a proper trap. Coming off of an international break after a strong August. Against a side that has had a poor start.

Time to show some character Everton. For the first time in a while we should beat these.

 

[Hellerad]

AV clog the midfield and have pressed well in past seasons (our biggest weakness) but are prone to cede possession and can be beat wide and with long balls. Our transfers have given us a decent ability to transition into the attack from wider spaces, but real pace would be useful here.

Keep Morgan on a leash and they aren’t that dangerous.

I’d like to see us play physical in the midfield and make them frustrated. Could see Grealish and Ndiaye winning plenty of free kicks and could put a couple of their players on early yellows.

 

[SLAVEN BILIC]

Bizot gonna be in goal for these or does Martinez come back in. I hope it’s the former and Emery has another breakdown in his interview by repeating his name over and over again.

 

[LostLegend]

This is why I hate these early season international breaks.
Could ruin the little head of steam we're building up and gives them time to regroup after a poor start.

Still, home advantage and hopefully we can keep some of that momentum and get a result.
Hope someone sticks their studs through Harvey Eliiott's knee, the rat.

 

[brieverton]

I like Villa and see us as fighting the same battles as they do but we really need to improve our record against them since they came up.

We have a good chance there albeit I expect a difficult, tight game. We have to make HD a real fortress. Villa will be up for it after a poor start and looking to reset.

Them not scoring yet is a concern. However we looked very fluid going forward vs Wolves and with more of the same we can win this.

 

[Osamabindiesel]

I haven't looked at their schedule, but last season they half arsed it against us and we should have won both games. Not sure what emphasis they will put on Europa as opposed to champions league and they might come full throttle at us this time. It's a good test to see where we are at. Shame we don't have Branners healthy though

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

They have just signed Sancho and Elliott 2 players who can cause our full backs trouble of we are not on it

tough game but atmosphere should be rocking and hopefully the blue shinsters give us a show

what Full Backs?