Next Manager Speculation/Hopes

[LeonW]

Poch is going to have to watch himself. The next big thing can quickly become yesterday's man if he gets too picky.

Agreed. I don’t think he’s reading the room(s) enough when he’s been rejected over the last year by Man Utd, Tottenham, Real Madrid, etc.

[Russ aka Big Nose]

Looks like it will be Emery. He's an experienced and successful manager that (presumably) would not be coming unless he is convinced that the owners are serious about what they want to achieve.

Plus he turned down Noocassel, so if it is confirmed before Saturday that makes the game even more interesting - it would be sweet to beat them at their place with Emery in our dugout.

The deal still to be done, though. UTV

[PeterWithe]

Is he Basque?

[brontebilly]

Emery for me

🤞🏻

🙌🏻

Hope you made a few quid??

[markeeeebeeee2005]

This is my Arsenal supporting pals take on Emery:

Well, for me the jury was out on Emery's time at Arsenal. He got a bit of a poisoned chalice post Wenger, with awful management above him in a power vacuum after Wenger's departure. He's viewed as meticulous a bit like Bielsa (but nothing like him), boring players to death with video analysis of themselves and opposition. Was seen as too reactive/a tinkerer, rather than stamping an identity. His communication was pretty bad, not the best grasp of English, so was a bit of an easy target for mockery as some of his pressers were unintelligible. But he's done really well with Spanish teams that are mid-table type teams, definitely getting them punching above their weight. Failed at PSG and Arsenal. I was happy to see him go in the end.

Also he is seen as a Europa League specialist! Completely weird, that. The idea a manager could be 'good' at only a certain competition.

It was at a time when he was brought in as a 'coach' and there was some experimenting with a Director of Football type role.

So people he brought in were arguably not 100% his people. The example of this that is brought up the most often is Pepe for 72m when he wanted Zaha.

This is seen as an exonerating factor.

Also on his watch were some awful signings though - over the hill big names. David Luiz. Leichtsteiner. And a lot of 'nearly good enough but not quite.

Most of whom now have been moved on e.g. Guendouzi, Torrera.

[robleflaneur]

Some good advice below if he comes. And if he doesn't.

Luis Miguel Echegaray
@lmechegaray
I am also asking any Villa fan to please not fall into the “good ebening” jokes. As someone who watched his father often be belittled in England because of his accent, it feels ignorant & xenophobic.

Also, if you only speak one language…you really need to sit this one down

https://twitter.com/lmechegaray/status/1584577553100001280

Indeed - I always it pathetic when people mock that sort of thing.

Let's hope he's soon pissing our way.

Yeah agreed. It always annoyed me the way people were talking the piss out of the way Roy Hodgson spoke when he spoke 6 languages I believe.

Except for Schteve Mclaren, when FC Twente boss,answering questions in English Shades of 'Allo,Allo' and 'inspector Clouseau  transfered to the Netherlands.
Very,very excited about Emery.

[Dave]

Poch is going to have to watch himself. The next big thing can quickly become yesterday's man if he gets too picky.

Had hoped it would be him at first but realised that he might be divisive appointment plus he turned us down anyway.

Why would he have been a divisive appointment?

I looked at his record and realised that in 13 years as a manager he'd won less than St Johnstone in the same period.

Oh, so literally no reason at all then.

[johnc]

Is he Basque?

Yes. From Hondarabbia. along the coast from San Sebastian. Same place as Olazabal. A starting point for the Camino Del Norte.

[N'ZMAV]

I've got a semi on

[jwarry]

Unai Emery’s claret and blue army has a ring to it

[cdbearsfan]

Poch is going to have to watch himself. The next big thing can quickly become yesterday's man if he gets too picky.

Agreed. I don’t think he’s reading the room(s) enough when he’s been rejected over the last year by Man Utd, Tottenham, Real Madrid, etc.

Pochettino will be scrambling around managing some shite like San Antonio Astro Scorpions, Guangzhou Lucky Dragons or West Bromwich Albion in ten years. Bottling shitebag.

(I will, of course, retract this if there is a massive Trussian U-turn and he's Villa manager this time next week)

[Beard82]

Darren Bent thinks a good move, so Im sold

[Chris_Jephcott]

Sky Sports reporting it now too as being “close”

[john e]

This is my Arsenal supporting pals take on Emery:

Well, for me the jury was out on Emery's time at Arsenal. He got a bit of a poisoned chalice post Wenger, with awful management above him in a power vacuum after Wenger's departure. He's viewed as meticulous a bit like Bielsa (but nothing like him), boring players to death with video analysis of themselves and opposition. Was seen as too reactive/a tinkerer, rather than stamping an identity. His communication was pretty bad, not the best grasp of English, so was a bit of an easy target for mockery as some of his pressers were unintelligible. But he's done really well with Spanish teams that are mid-table type teams, definitely getting them punching above their weight. Failed at PSG and Arsenal. I was happy to see him go in the end.

Also he is seen as a Europa League specialist! Completely weird, that. The idea a manager could be 'good' at only a certain competition.

It was at a time when he was brought in as a 'coach' and there was some experimenting with a Director of Football type role.

So people he brought in were arguably not 100% his people. The example of this that is brought up the most often is Pepe for 72m when he wanted Zaha.

This is seen as an exonerating factor.

Also on his watch were some awful signings though - over the hill big names. David Luiz. Leichtsteiner. And a lot of 'nearly good enough but not quite.

Most of whom now have been moved on e.g. Guendouzi, Torrera.

Thanks for that

Meticulous Is the word I like that’s what you get with foreign managers not the old British pull your socks up shit

[andyh]

Confirmed

https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1584621699294797827?s=20&t=WLjl8vbvwI0L24gfNZwWwQ