Unai Emery

[Drummond]

The wins against the two teams with the worst away records in the league are looking like blips.

I know right, looks like relegation.

[Risso]

The wins against the two teams with the worst away records in the league are looking like blips.

I know right, looks like relegation.

Christ you're dull.

[olaftab]

We’ve just lost to a very good side in excellent form, it doesn’t have to be the end of the world again.

I don't have a problem with that Ian if it was a straight forward tight game and they edged it however losing a winning game with 3 minutes to go is extremely worrying and unacceptable.

[Drummond]

The wins against the two teams with the worst away records in the league are looking like blips.

I know right, looks like relegation.

Christ you're dull.

Yeah, you'll always find me in the kitchen at parties.

[Monty]

Think none of us are in our most scintillating form right now, to be fair.

[Percy McCarthy]

To be fair to Risso, he was quite level-headed when Gerrard was manager. I remember all the stats comparing him favourably with that Dean Smith charlatan.

[Monty]

I find Risso to be a passionate, high-standards, tough-love, truth-telling fan of our beloved club who agrees with me. Also a wild-eyed, hysterical, overly-demanding doom-merchant who doesn't agree with me.

[brontebilly]

How can he not fix the defence? Kamara back and in great form, the "world's number one" in goal, a £50m defensive midfielder on the bench, and it's still like Laurel and hardy at the back. It's getting beyond a joke.

Uh oh.

He has a point though. The defence has not been anywhere near good enough this season perce

When you see some of the individual mistakes made then it’s very difficult to sort out. You can coach shape and positioning but a lot of the mistakes are unbelievable. We’ve got to accept that a few just aren’t good enough to maintain a standard and need replacing.

That’s all very well, but it doesn’t really explain why certain posters think we should pick the very worst combination of defenders we can.

First things first, pick Konsa and Mings together. We know that works. If you can’t pick those two, pick Carlos and Pau with Konsa at RB. We know that works more often than Konsa and Pau with Cash at RB. Well, those who can count do.

Just using your goals conceded stat as a metric, not any other factors that make a successful team or defence as outlined to you by an OP on yet another thread...

Cash at RB - 8 - Brentford (1), Chelsea (3), Palace (0 after h/t), Spurs until injury (1), Bournemouth (1), Fulham (1), Man United (0), West Ham (1)

Without Cash at RB -17 - Forest (2), Soton (0), Palace (2), Liverpool (2), Spurs (3), Everton (2), Leicester (1), Arsenal (2), Wolves (1), Ipswich (2)

[Toronto Villa]

I made this comment on the match thread. We are a squad mainly still made up of players who flirted with relegation, overachieving massively. Even the players we bought at the prices we paid are squad level players at top sides playing well above themselves. There are exceptions but in the main that’s what we are. The manager in his time with us has worked miracles. But what we are seeing now it a topping out of our potential and some players are being exposed. It happens and it ultimately creates the turnover that is needed to push on to the next stage. The tough part under the financial rules is can we do it fast enough? Emery needs top talent in a few areas rather than punts on the likes of Rogers or Philogene. Rogers has done amazingly but we are relying on overachievement versus known and proven quality. 

[Drummond]

It's the same as ever, lose a game and everything, and everyone except the players not in the team, are shit. The coaches, players, Directors etc. all worse than what came before, all worse than the ones who haven't joined yet, all worse than the ones not in the team, who were in the team, but were worse than the ones that replaced them.

And keep making the same points over and over, despite them being debunked., and eventually actually believing it.

And I'm dull because I don't agree with it.

Well as things stand, given how poor we are, how generous our defence is, how toothless our attack has become, we sit in 6th place in the Premier League, 3 points from the Top 4 and we're 5th in the Champions League table, having beaten Bayern Munich, Juventus, RB Leipzig and Bologna and having only lost once because of stupid moment.

Under Gerrard, some were happily defending him when we flirted with the relegation places. Knocking Smith when we were rebuilding after being promoted. Now, after the best season we've had since the first season of the Premier League in 92/93, yes after that 2nd place , the best was also 4th under Little in 95/96, we're only 6th so we must be shit and the world is caving in.

I suggest taking stock, thinking before posting crap and being abusive towards others who aren't feeling as desperate, and realise we're in the best and most consistent form in 30 years.

[Drummond]

And we're still in the FA Cup. 😉

[Toronto Villa]

We should have beaten Juve…

To clarify also, my post was to point way we have come a long way in a very short time with a lot of players that have massively overachieved. Of course in certain player purchase decisions we could have done better. And maybe the likes of Maatsen or Philogene will be worth what we paid at the time. Philogene has disappointed but Maatsen will be great long term. Pau is a great player to have for certain games but like a few players is lacking in specific situations. But as Drummond says when you take away the disappointment of some of our losses we are still fighting for 4th and it could be 5th against sides every bit as inconsistent as us. There is along way to go and I trust our manager more than any others to see the job through by the end.

[Drummond]

We should have beaten Juve…

DOH! Yes, my point remains though.

[Risso]

It's the same as ever, lose a game and everything, and everyone except the players not in the team, are shit. The coaches, players, Directors etc. all worse than what came before, all worse than the ones who haven't joined yet, all worse than the ones not in the team, who were in the team, but were worse than the ones that replaced them.

And keep making the same points over and over, despite them being debunked., and eventually actually believing it.

And I'm dull because I don't agree with it.

Well as things stand, given how poor we are, how generous our defence is, how toothless our attack has become, we sit in 6th place in the Premier League, 3 points from the Top 4 and we're 5th in the Champions League table, having beaten Bayern Munich, Juventus, RB Leipzig and Bologna and having only lost once because of stupid moment.

Under Gerrard, some were happily defending him when we flirted with the relegation places. Knocking Smith when we were rebuilding after being promoted. Now, after the best season we've had since the first season of the Premier League in 92/93, yes after that 2nd place , the best was also 4th under Little in 95/96, we're only 6th so we must be shit and the world is caving in.

I suggest taking stock, thinking before posting crap and being abusive towards others who aren't feeling as desperate, and realise we're in the best and most consistent form in 30 years.

You're really, really dull, and you might want to take your own advice instead of posting stuff like "I know right, looks like relegation." Childish, beyond belief. "Best and most consistent form in 30 years. No, we're not." But honestly, don't bother replying, I'm not remotely interested in anything you've got to say in future.

[Meanwood Villa]