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Jim Bennings
1 Posted 04/03/2023 at 08:53:36
Around about this stage, the wheels fell off for Bobby's dream.

We always had goals in the team mind you with Lukaku, Barkley, Deulofeu, Lennon, Mirallas, Naismith etc etc.

What we'd do for those attacking options now eh?

Pete Neilson
2 Posted 04/03/2023 at 09:29:40
Has Moshiri followed Lerner's lead and had a club tattoo on his ankle? If so, what is it?

Questions for the next FAB meeting.

Danny O’Neill
3 Posted 04/03/2023 at 12:20:25
I've had many memories of Villa and Villa Park.

Those semi finals against Luton and Sheffield Wednesday. I couldn't make the one against Norwich as I was elsewhere.

My son's very first match was at home to Villa alongside the wife (Villain) in the Enclosure on the first day of the season. A pretty unspectacular 0-0, but it kept the peace in the O'Neill household.

Unlike the one at Goodison when we thought Lescott had rescued us a point only to concede in what felt like 10 seconds later. I went into a rant that led to me being put on probation.

I'm not sure why, but she won't take my offer to go the Villa Park to watch Villa v Everton and sit amongst the home supporters with her. I don't think she trusts me. even though I'm friendly and mix well.

Paul Birmingham
4 Posted 04/03/2023 at 19:09:17
Frightening where time, has gone, and the reality of the situation with Everton, across this time span.

It's Biblical, but it does bring Everton fans together, and respecting each other's opinions, rightfully so, it's galvanised in kryptonite, the spirit and resolve of Evertonians.

UTFTs!

Mike Gaynes
5 Posted 05/03/2023 at 05:33:12
I remember that game because of the ice cream.

I was very ill, just out of the hospital, down about 30 pounds, and eating vanilla ice cream for breakfast at my wife's suggestion.

I'm pretty sure Funes Mori's goal was off a corner kick, and I flipped the bowl of ice cream onto my lap and into the recliner cushions. The chair smelled of vanilla for weeks.

Funny the moments you remember. I needed a morale boost that day, and the Blues gave me one.

Lee Courtliff
6 Posted 05/03/2023 at 07:27:13
I'm finding it hard to see anything other than repeat of what happened to Villa finally happening to us this season! Everyone else seems better than us, even Bournemouth gave Arsenal a real test before conceding late on whereas we just capitulated against the league leaders.

But then, only seconds later, I convince myself that everything will be fine and the Old Lady will save us, just like last season.

Peter Warren
7 Posted 05/03/2023 at 07:42:52
It was a shock to be in position we were last year and I think we underperformed and other teams were worse than us.

However, this year we are worse without Richarlison and DCL continues to be injured. Maupay looks awful. The promoted clubs all look better than us aside from perhaps Bournemouth. Unfortunately, we look odds on to me to go down. The only positive is Dyche seems to know what he's doing unlike Lampard.

Jim Bennings
8 Posted 05/03/2023 at 19:51:00
Peter

I'd say Dyche marginally seems to know what he's doing.

I'm not over hyping him really to be honest and bear in mind Lampard won 3 of his first 6 games to start with, and recorded wins against United and Chelsea in Spring.

Dyche for me is another caution first manager however.

Joe McMahon
9 Posted 05/03/2023 at 20:06:45
Jim B, you are not kidding. I go to Turf Moor a few times with the Mrs (she's a Claret). I have witnessed some very cautious drab football, and too late to make changes resulting (most of the time) with a loss. I made no secret of my reluctantance to have him as Everton manager.

Yes he did get Burnley back after relegation to the Prem. A young goal getter called Danny Ings and a shrewed move with Joey Barton in midfield were pivotal.

The timing of the substitutions today was baffling and I agree with what has already been stated I feel that cost us the win.

Tony Abrahams
10 Posted 05/03/2023 at 21:13:44
I never watched the second half Joe, but I heard we would have won only for a bad Doucoure pass, but then another person in the same house, told me he could sense the Forest equaliser.

I never enjoyed watching Onana, during the first half, and although Godfrey wasn't that good, he was at least trying, and I thought he was also putting himself about physically.

I thought everyone was doing very well, and also think that when a manager is reluctant to make a change it's usually for at least a two fold reason.

He's happy with how his team are playing and he must not really want to change anything because of a lack of trust in the players he has sitting next to him on the bench?

It sounded like McNeil, wasn't having a good game according to Barry Horne (I think?) on radio Merseyside, and although he agreed with bringing off Gray, he thought Iwobi, had been our best player, and couldn't understand this decision.

He was saying that we had stopped getting players up and a stat about how wasteful we had been in the Forest box, was very significant because it showed we just never had enough quality in the final third?


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