Match Thread Everton 0-1 Aston Villa - Wednesday 15th January 19:30

Your Everton MOTM vs Astom Villa

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lungo said:
the goal is 2m50 high and 6m wide so not hitting the goal from 2 m is actually a circus act even if the ball didnt fall 100% on his footComparing his ability to yourself tells it all.
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Why do people make things up?

The International Football Association Board (IFAB) set the model for a standard soccer goalpost which must be 24 feet wide and 8 feet tall.

8 feet = 2.4384m
24 feet = 7.3152m

Is your TV the old fashioned 4 x 3?
 

Pabbers said:
It went under him though, not to his left or right.

Watkins made it look easy, he is top quality, he had learnt from the first half miss when Pickford made him miss, this time it just didin't work.

This part is spot on mate, and it does my head in that every single thing is picked on with Pickford, when those in-front need to take most the blame really.

How he comes out is part of what makes him so good imo....Martinez does the same thing.
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I find it incredible that despite all the dross we have, there are always a few knives out for Pickford. He is our only great player. The only one who is consistently good. The only one that can easily be excused whatever happens. He is so good that when he is one on one with a good striker he is expected to save it, and if he doesn't, it is his fault.
 
cjuk87 said:
Well, you all cried for more possession. We had 50% so I'm guessing we're happier today? I've said it for a long time, at what point do we point fingers at the players? Managers have to carry some blame, but those players are a disgrace. I continually said it under Dyche, he's not telling them to miss sitters and struggle to pass 5 yards. Moyes isn't either.

Watch them and you'll see when one of ours has the ball, the rest stand and watch. There's no running into space or offering support. They just watch. They're lazy, don't care and we're in major trouble because of it.

I'll get hate for this, but the fans are a problem too. Everyone blamed it on Dyche, last night, we had a new manager and from the off it was dead. I refuse to agree with the spoilt logic of "give us something to sing about" Nah, we have one job. Yet we sit in silence and then the amount that left on the 80-85th was a disgrace. 10-15 mins left and everyone gets off.

What's the point of the flags before the game if it doesn't create an atmosphere? They look great and people spend so much of their own time organising it all, for what? A minute and then the fans sit in silence. The fans need to understand, it's ok to hate the players, tactics, manager etc. But when you're in the ground, you should be making an atmosphere. Groans and a tense crowd just because a player hit it out of play, isn't what's needed.
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That sir, is all bang on.
 

Don’t get the atmosphere jibes at all

It may not have been great last night but it was probably the best it’s been this season. Even when we beat wolves 3-0 the atmosphere was dead under dyche.

Normally there’s not even an Everton chant but last night there were probably around at least 10 separate ocassions when the fans tried to rally the players and sing and get something going and then there was constant noise because of the refs terrible performance. It wasn’t silent like a morgue.

There were even occasions where the villa fans were drowned out by our noise
 
PITA said:
Graeme Sharp got 111 in 322 for Everton and is generally regarded as a Goodison hero.
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Yeah, I watched him play and he was a better target man than goal scorer. My god he missed some good chances, even sitters. I think Howard said of him, he's was a scorer of great goals rather than a great goal scorer.
 

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