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

[Norwegian Cow]

Difficult to vote for a motm today, no one really stood out much more than the rest

 

[brownmola]

Sometimes it just won't go in the net. We played well though. At least they didn't sneak one

Making progress. This is a match we’d lose very easily in recent years.

 

[the sniderman]

THEEEEEE RETURRNNNNNNN

hi buddy

 

[Zatara]

Quantify "open goal"?

Fine, only the keeper to beat 2 or 3 times.

 

[the golden visionary]

Martinez was as competent as the ref was incompetent. Alas.

Great goalie that one

 

[DanEFC92]

Really disappointed not to get 3 points there. They were awful.

We need better than Beto.

 

[KevMirallas]

Should have won, didn’t lose. Should have replaced Ndiaye with Dibling at 70 minutes as he was goosed. Going to need to have an extended look at Barry as Beto cost us two points there.

Ahh well, we are clearly a far superior team to any we have put out for the last four or five years. If the bad results are frustrating 0-0s then we’re in for a good ride.

 

[matty1878]

I've seen this Moyesy's Everton before. Decent midfield and then Jermaine Beckford up front. Or big Victor. Or or or.

Didn't score & officiating wasn't neutral.

get to bed you bore

 

[Frenk]

That early chance goes in, we’re probably 2 or 3 up after 60 and we see him. Moyes clearly doesn’t fancy him defensively so trying to cherry pick moments for him.

Wolves’ second goal scuppered him the other week, and the urge to keep what we held stopped him today.

Id rather he didn’t play like that

 

[II McColl II]

Not too sure why we've only used 2 subs when we've got Alcaraz, Dibling, McNeil who could have come on and tried to give a different creative look outside of get it to Grealish and let him get doubled all 2nd half.

Thought a few didn't really turn up today but even then Martinez made a couple of saves that kept them in it.

 

[DownunderToffee]

Honestly should have won but never really looked like losing. I'm okay with the performance but need to be more clinical up front. The fact that two Keane headers were some of our better chances is slightly concerning.

 

[blueblood]

Probably a tangible sign of progress that we’ve come away from that feeling we should have won, whereas in recent years taking anything from Villa has felt like a massive result.

 

[Melchizedek]

Really frustrating end to the match. Feel like it's unfair to let defenders tug shirts and jump on backs and wrap arms around attackers, but when the situation is reversed a foul is called immediately. If you're going to let one player do it you have to let the others do it.

 

[Zatara]

ohh so not an open goal

If you had watched the game id bother considering your opinion.

You a villa fan?

 

[MrD]

Villa usually time waste, they are nowhere near as threatening as pundits make them out to be. i didn't see the match but i can imagine lot's of poor Burnley like tackles, Mings not getting punished for his "tackles" and them mostly just being a bit sly