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Author Topic: Unai Emery  (Read 1639615 times)

Offline astonvilla82

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2010 on: January 01, 2023, 06:02:30 PM »
And you can hear his passion against spurs today

Online paul_e

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2011 on: January 01, 2023, 06:03:48 PM »
Cash for Bailey to nullify Sessegnon was a great example of his tactical awareness.

Just unsure why Cash does not start. I like Ashley a ton, but I prefer Cash going forward.

Today I susp[ect it was because we wanted a right back who stayed back and kept an eye on perisic and son rather than worrying about getting forward.

Offline manic-road

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2012 on: January 01, 2023, 06:07:47 PM »
Cash for Bailey to nullify Sessegnon was a great example of his tactical awareness.

Just unsure why Cash does not start. I like Ashley a ton, but I prefer Cash going forward.

The clean sheet is proof enough that the manager was right in selecting Ash to start.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2013 on: January 01, 2023, 06:09:21 PM »
Beeb facts

Emery became the first Villa manager since John Gregory in 1998 to win his first two Premier League away matches.

The Spaniard also set a record of 55 Premier League games in charge without being involved in a goalless draw, surpassing former Spurs boss Ossie Ardiles.


Offline passport1

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2014 on: January 01, 2023, 06:21:56 PM »
Easily the most able manager we have had a Villa since MON. Did a complete job on Spurs today.

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Offline charleeco7

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2016 on: January 01, 2023, 06:26:47 PM »
Tactical fantastic. Young was MOM first half. I was surprised when he took Bailey off for cash but again a great decision.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2017 on: January 01, 2023, 06:28:35 PM »
I don't understand, with their resources Spurs should be looking at wiping the floor with us.

Offline London Villan

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2018 on: January 01, 2023, 06:31:07 PM »
Stephen Lambert O’Gerrard.

Offline brontebilly

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2019 on: January 01, 2023, 06:36:15 PM »
Cash for Bailey to nullify Sessegnon was a great example of his tactical awareness.

Sessegnon is rubbish let's be honest (after being excellent for Fulham years ago). We didn't need to nullify anything there. I wasn't keen on that switch at all but to be fair Cash got on plenty of ball when he came on (wonder if Emery has concerns about Cash in a 4?) Chambers came on in midfield and we switched back to a 4 soon after with Bednarek replacing Konsa surprisingly (but he did ok too).

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2020 on: January 01, 2023, 06:42:15 PM »
Easily the most able manager we have had a Villa since MON. Did a complete job on Spurs today.
<cough cough>

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2021 on: January 01, 2023, 06:42:18 PM »
Cash for Bailey to nullify Sessegnon was a great example of his tactical awareness.

Sessegnon is rubbish let's be honest (after being excellent for Fulham years ago). We didn't need to nullify anything there. I wasn't keen on that switch at all but to be fair Cash got on plenty of ball when he came on (wonder if Emery has concerns about Cash in a 4?) Chambers came on in midfield and we switched back to a 4 soon after with Bednarek replacing Konsa surprisingly (but he did ok too).

Konsa had a knock, so that's why he was subbed.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2022 on: January 01, 2023, 06:52:37 PM »
A pleasing thing for me is that in all 3 wins we haven't spent the last part of the games desperately clinging on. 3 decent sides and between them they barely managed an effort worthy of the name late on.

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2023 on: January 01, 2023, 06:57:47 PM »
Dunno, last 20 minutes at Brighton we just sat back. They may not have created much but it was still uncomfortable to watch.

Offline trinityoap

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2024 on: January 01, 2023, 07:03:25 PM »
Pre Emery   13 games 12 points

With Emery  4  games  9 points
Enough said.

 


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