Unai Emery

[Risso]

I'm really not sure what the problem is with team selection here. Olsen, Mings and McGinn were the issues 2nd half tonight and 2 of those have been first team regulars all season and captains. If anything, I'd have liked to have seen Sanson and Archer too. 

The issue is that Olsen and McGinn are shit.

[usav]

I'm really not sure what the problem is with team selection here. Olsen, Mings and McGinn were the issues 2nd half tonight and 2 of those have been first team regulars all season and captains. If anything, I'd have liked to have seen Sanson and Archer too. 

The issue is that Olsen and McGinn are shit.

Bingo.  McGinn touched the ball 3 times in the first half.

[paul_e]

He will have over a month with nearly all of them. He's a good coach so that should be enough time to work out who he wants to keep going forward, who isn't good enough etc. I don't see what he learnt from 1 game tonight that he wouldn't during numerous training sessions and watching older matches etc during the World Cup break, but now we're out of a cup. Others may disagree but it's how I see it. I also still fully support him and expect him to be great for us.

Sorry can't agree, you won't see a keeper melt down like that in training or in a friendly and that was what really cost us, the 2nd was a gift and the 4th gets stopped by most premier league keepers pretty comfortably.

I also don't think he was wrong to play Augustinsson and Kamara given Digne isn't fully fit and Dendoncker wasn't available. Young over Cash was fine and he played pretty well.

That leaves McGinn, Ings and Chambers starting ahead of Buendia, Bailey and Mings as 3 that I'd say were genuinely questionable decisions but even then only McGinn of those 3 had a truly terrible game.

[Villan82]

I'm really not sure what the problem is with team selection here. Olsen, Mings and McGinn were the issues 2nd half tonight and 2 of those have been first team regulars all season and captains. If anything, I'd have liked to have seen Sanson and Archer too.

it doesn't take much for the negativity to surface: the new badge announcement, the new manager's second game away at Old Trafford in the league Cup. Deary me. This manager is the real deal.  He is at the very beginning.

[PeterWithesShin]

No one needed Olsen to play tonight to know he has the meltdowns and is shit. His only previous 2 appearances for us showed that.

[TonyD]

Unai massively fucked up tonight.

No excuses. 

Let’s hope we batter Liverpool on Boxing Day. 

[TonyD]

The trouble is if you use a cup compeition to make stupid decisions, you don't get a chance to put it right until next season. Gerrard would have been (rightly) absolutely slaughtered for that starting eleven tonight.

100%

[Footy-Vill]

The trouble is if you use a cup compeition to make stupid decisions, you don't get a chance to put it right until next season. Gerrard would have been (rightly) absolutely slaughtered for that starting eleven tonight.

100%

Emery is class act.
I think it was the players who caused the problems.  The game plan was fine.

[villadelph]

Emery was always going to rotate the squad..?

I’m not sure why some people are so unhappy about who featured. He has to see what he’s got and the League Cup is the ideal place to do it. United rotated too and their depth proved to be the deciding factor, but fuck were they awful. Emery tinkers. We need to get used to it and expect more from the squad, top to bottom. We have a coach now so expecting a little improvement from the usual group of subs isn’t a big ask.

[Footy-Vill]

Yes its common he uses rotators and he plays out from the back
Lets have some patience and get behind him. Think the signs are very encouraging. Very well organised from a few days coaching and can see what we want to do.

[Risso]

Yes its common he uses rotators and he plays out from the back
Lets have some patience and get behind him. Think the signs are very encouraging. Very well organised from a few days coaching and can see what we want to do.

They were an utter shambles tonight, every bit as bad as every other away game this season.

[Clampy]

Yes its common he uses rotators and he plays out from the back
Lets have some patience and get behind him. Think the signs are very encouraging. Very well organised from a few days coaching and can see what we want to do.

Do you think he should have played Olsen, like you suggested?

[TonyD]

Emery was always going to rotate the squad..?

I’m not sure why some people are so unhappy about who featured. He has to see what he’s got and the League Cup is the ideal place to do it. United rotated too and their depth proved to be the deciding factor, but fuck were they awful. Emery tinkers. We need to get used to it and expect more from the squad, top to bottom. We have a coach now so expecting a little improvement from the usual group of subs isn’t a big ask.

No he shouldn’t have rotated a winning team.

[TonyD]

I am old school. Love the LC.

We fucked it tonight.

And didn’t have to.

Gutted

[Dazvillain]

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Needed to see the wider squad so no issues with team selection as ,much as we'd love to win a cup, this was a free hit for him before the break.  He's now seen the worst (Olsen) and the best and worst (Mings, McGinn) of a few so he can see what he's really got.  Surprised Sanson had no game time though.

Wouldn’t be surprised to see Samson start Sunday. Dendoncker back in too which is why he prob gave 90 mins to mcginn and Kamara as they won’t start sun