3 reasons why Everton need to win against Aston Villa

 

3 reasons why Everton need to win against Aston Villa

 

 

 Motivation

 

Results in the Premier league have been hard to get for Everton this season. A 2-0 away win at West Brom in September is the only three points that Roberto Martinez's side have gained in their familiar struggle to a Premier league season. Although they have faced high quality teams such as Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal, they should beaten Arsenal at Goodison Park but failed to do so after thinking that the game was finished at 2-0. A win against Aston Villa would give the squad confidence going into a run of 3 games in 10 days and restore faith from the fans that this season will not be struggle.

 

Giving last season's team dignity

 

The current Everton team is not much different from the team that finished fifth last season and automatically qualified for Europa league football (apart from the handful of loanees). Everton fans feel that they haven't really hit top gear yet this season and the uncomfortable thing is that we are past the 'it's early days' stage and into the first real testing period of the season (October- Christmas). This adds to the fact of how this team played such entertaining and flowing football not so long ago and now struggle to provide both attacking threat and defensive stability in a game.

 

Points on the board

 

Everton linger just above the relegation zone and even though it has only been seven match games for the toffees in the Premier league this season, it isn't a great feeling seeing your tem hang around the bottom of the table. As an Everton fan, I don't see relegation being a worry in the long term for us. However, in the world's most competitive league, every point counts towards a team's objective so it is better to get wins under Everton's belt now than in a few months time when the season comes to a climax. From the team's point of view, going into the end of October with only one league win would not help morale and once morale is low, especially with the extreme nature of the Premier league, it can take a while to get back on track in terms of performance and results.