Match Thread Everton v Aston Villa - Preview, Match Report & MotM Poll

[blueblueskies]

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This is the team he picked to beat Chelsea in Dec 2019, I mean look at the midfield he had to pick. He has far better resources available this time around.

Gordon or Townsend Allan Dacoure Gray

Is a much stronger midfield unit, Mina available at the back plus options of Godfrey and Branthwaite.
Pretty confident going into this game for the first time in a long while.

With hindsight if he could get that team to beat Chelsea we should give him the full time job now

 

[larbert toffee]

Last weekend he got forward pretty well in his debut for them. Also whenever Rafael Benitez wasn’t his manager. He was absolutely brilliant his first couple seasons here particularly going forward. Also with France. Let’s not let recency bias skew our memories.

Memories they were and he never gave us many, lost count how many times he was our weak link in defence and didn't do much damage the other end to make up for it.
I honestly wasn't sad to see him go, whether our new left back is a good replacement time will tell.

 

[carolinablue232]

Memories they were and he never gave us many, lost count how many times he was our weak link in defence and didn't do much damage the other end to make up for it.
I honestly wasn't sad to see him go, whether our new left back is a good replacement time will tell.

 

[larbert toffee]

 

[Toast]

Whoever is playing on the wing, kick it past Digne and leg him.

He will foul you.. early yellow..

Gordon / Gray.. run him all day long.

Just saying like..

 

[larbert toffee]

Whoever is playing on the wing, kick it past Digne and leg him.

He will foul you.. early yellow..

Gordon / Gray.. run him all day long.

Just saying like..

Gray used to tear him a new one when Leicester played us.

 

[Vedder]

Hoping the vibe around the ground and team since that Spanish clown has left lifts the team to get a result tomorrow,

 

[BlueInNZ]

This feels a bad moment to be playing Villa, they've looked impressive from what I've seen. Too many ghosts of Christmas' past lurking there now for comfort as well.

That said, hopefully they'd say the something similar about us.

It's most definitely a bad moment for Villa to be playing us. They would much rather have had RB still in charge and a toxic Goodison. Now they face us with Dunc at the helm and a fired up Goodison. COYB

 

[Vedder]

Jaysus..looking at tonite result...we really could do with a win tomorrow

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

Looking forward to this, hadn’t felt excitement for a game in months. It is tinged with nerves though, given our turgid run of form and the fact we’re in a scrap. The big man needs to get it right tactically tomorrow.

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

There is a lot riding on the goodison crowd tomorrow who need to get up, get a few down their necks and roar on the blues against the devil incarnate.

 

[COYB75]

Would love this to be a straightforward battering of Slippy and his Villains. But this is Everton and we’ll all have aged 10 years over the 90 mins. Please let it be a win though.

 

[Wat Tyler]

I don’t think this is the right time for a premier league debut, especially given Digne is going to be bombing forward all game. I’d actually consider putting Godfrey or Holgate there tomorrow.

Disagree mate we need to pin Digne back

Coleman is absolutely finished

 

[carolinablue232]

Disagree mate we need to pin Digne back

Coleman is absolutely finished

Ideally yes, we’d pin him back. I just have no faith we’ll be able to do that even if we do go with Gray or Rich on that side. Which is why I suggested Godfrey or Holgate rather than Coleman or Patterson. None of the 4 are good options tomorrow. So what’s the least bad one?

 

[BlueStevie35]

Richy and Dom are going to go beast mode tomorrow, I can feel it