Matty Cash

[Clampy]

Yep, the first half wasn't too bad really and they hardly created anything. Very early in the second half, you could tell they had tweaked it a little in the midfield and next thing you know, we're two down. A goal back would have changed it but the sending off killed off any hope of that really.  Not so sure it was carnage but nothing went right at all yesterday.

[Drummond]

A game is judged over 90 minutes. We didn't have a single attempt on target in the first half, and played really badly.

And a season is judged over 38 games. In the 28 we've played already we've done pretty well.

[Risso]

A game is judged over 90 minutes. We didn't have a single attempt on target in the first half, and played really badly.

And a season is judged over 38 games. In the 28 we've played already we've done pretty well.

I know. We’ve generally played well and won games with Cash at right back in a back four. We’ve mostly been a pile of shite with him in a back five.

[Somniloquism]

I guess the options were either Rogers in Ramsey's spot, or Tim in midfield. Both of which would probably have been better. Cash in a 5 is always a stupid idea.

Spurs away - absolute garbage until halftime when Emery sees it's not working.
Liverpool away - dreadful
Forest away - awful
Brentford away - terrible until the idea gets binned, and then we end up winning
Spurs at home yesterday - disaster

When Emery bangs on about learning from the mistakes, how about having a look at the last time he tried that experiment against the very same team?

Who was the 5 in that match? Did he drop McGinn or Kamara back?

[VillaTim]

Looked rattled yesterday . I think all the Romero stories got to him.

[chrisw1]

Looked rattled yesterday . I think all the Romero stories got to him.

Don't be daft.  The whole team was shite and he was up against Johnson & Udogie who are both playing extremely well.  I doubt very much that it was anything to do with Mr Bodywarmer and ripped jeans.

[SamTheMouse]

I'm not talking about his overall record Ian, just reacting to a basic and very obvious error. He was really chippy with the reporter who asked him about the change to 5 at the back in the post match interview, saying only "we've played it before." Yes we have, and nearly every single time it's been an absolute load of rubbish. Yesterday wasn't a blip, it was absolute carnage.

Yep. Every time it's been so terrible that he actually had to change it mid-game. And in most cases (e.g. Spurs away, Brentford) things improved dramatically from that moment on. Like flipping a switch.

It's almost like starting with Konsa and Cash and two other centre-backs is a REALLY REALLY bad idea. He's incredibly intelligent, so I genuinely can't fathom why he keeps doing it, when there's a mountain of empirical evidence as to why he shouldn't.

But then, all managers do this. They develop a weird fetish for some formation, or playing a certain player in a certain position, and stubbornly refuse to give up on it, despite everyone knowing it's cack. It's pathological.

[VillaTim]

Looked rattled yesterday . I think all the Romero stories got to him.

Don't be daft.  The whole team was shite and he was up against Johnson & Udogie who are both playing extremely well.  I doubt very much that it was anything to do with Mr Bodywarmer and ripped jeans.

What's a bodywarmer , is that what is now known as a Gilet or where i grew up a tank top.

[LeonW]

He’s perfectly good enough when Unai doesn’t have a brain fart like yesterday.

Cash is neither consistently good enough offensively or defensively for a top level side. For every moment like Burnley away will be offset by his often poor shooting and crossing, constant chopping back inside to not being able to hold his position in playing the offside trap or being caught out positionally. At least if he was more effective offensively there would be more of a justification for keeping him but right now, the only real justification is that his wages are probably quite low.

[Tony Daleys Shorts]

Cash is a decent lower half of the Premier League player. He lacks the decision making skills to be a top player.

[Mister E]

I guess the options were either Rogers in Ramsey's spot, or Tim in midfield. Both of which would probably have been better. Cash in a 5 is always a stupid idea.

Spurs away - absolute garbage until halftime when Emery sees it's not working.
Liverpool away - dreadful
Forest away - awful
Brentford away - terrible until the idea gets binned, and then we end up winning
Spurs at home yesterday - disaster

When Emery bangs on about learning from the mistakes, how about having a look at the last time he tried that experiment against the very same team?

correct.

[JUAN PABLO]

I was annoyed he didnt cross to Watkins for a tap in and shot instead.

[pauliewalnuts]

A game is judged over 90 minutes. We didn't have a single attempt on target in the first half, and played really badly.

And a season is judged over 38 games. In the 28 we've played already we've done pretty well.

Well, except the one yesterday, obvs. And quite a few of the other recent ones.

He's doing a brilliant job, absolutely stellar, but that doesn't make him infallible. When I saw that line up pre-match yesterday, I had a horrible feeling I knew what was going to happen. And it did.

[PaulWinch again]

A game is judged over 90 minutes. We didn't have a single attempt on target in the first half, and played really badly.

And a season is judged over 38 games. In the 28 we've played already we've done pretty well.

Well, except the one yesterday, obvs. And quite a few of the other recent ones.

He's doing a brilliant job, absolutely stellar, but that doesn't make him infallible. When I saw that line up pre-match yesterday, I had a horrible feeling I knew what was going to happen. And it did.

Yep it screamed inferiority complex and that is exactly how we played.

[VillaTim]

Kept slipping over yesterday , proper amateur it was .