Unai Emery

[ChicagoLion]

If Emery wants us to dominate posession he will need to replace most of the team. Countless times yesterday Villa players had the ball bounce away from them, just basic control. None of our central defenders are comfortable on the ball, trying to get them to play out of defence is hairaising.

at least Mings has the good sense to wack it when closed down, Konsa just passes it to Mings or Martinez.

Or puts the opposition through one on one.

well yes there is at least one major fuck up per game, I think yesterday there was 2.

[SamTheMouse]

I think there will be a massive turnover of players in the summer, with the incomings all being of the type who technically can play the way Emery wants us to, and a lot of them getting shown the door.

I’m all for that.

Absolutely. And I don't think the players we sign will be objectively miles better than what we have, either - they'll just be more comfortable with a possession-based style and quick passing.

You can already see it, some of our play is delightful, but the players we've got can't sustain it over a whole game.

[Nunkin1965]

I think there will be a massive turnover of players in the summer, with the incomings all being of the type who technically can play the way Emery wants us to, and a lot of them getting shown the door.

I’m all for that.

Excited to see what happens in the summer as we clearly have to back the manager and his vision.

[Risso]

I think there will be a massive turnover of players in the summer, with the incomings all being of the type who technically can play the way Emery wants us to, and a lot of them getting shown the door.

I’m all for that.

Absolutely. And I don't think the players we sign will be objectively miles better than what we have, either - they'll just be more comfortable with a possession-based style and quick passing.

You can already see it, some of our play is delightful, but the players we've got can't sustain it over a whole game.

I hope they are miles better than the ones we have, they need to be.

[Dante Lavelli]

I think there will be a massive turnover of players in the summer, with the incomings all being of the type who technically can play the way Emery wants us to, and a lot of them getting shown the door.

I’m all for that.

Excited to see what happens in the summer as we clearly have to back the manager and his vision.

I’d prefer three £50m players that go straight into the first team than seven players around the £20m mark.  Some key additions should hopefully bring out the quality in the existing players.  I guess I have a bit more faith in the current squad than most on here..

[astonvilla82]

It took the great Ron Saunders 3 team rebuilds before we won the league and then the European Cup. Unai hasn’t even attempted 1 team rebuild yet!
Of course it’s going to take time and patience, but Unai is an elite proven manager and he will succeed in his task. Villa fans who know their football recognise this.

he bought some idiot called Peter Withe in and I thought what the f, what a disaster that was

[astonvilla82]

I think there will be a massive turnover of players in the summer, with the incomings all being of the type who technically can play the way Emery wants us to, and a lot of them getting shown the door.

I’m all for that.

Absolutely. And I don't think the players we sign will be objectively miles better than what we have, either - they'll just be more comfortable with a possession-based style and quick passing.

You can already see it, some of our play is delightful, but the players we've got can't sustain it over a whole game.

noticed that yesterday, arsenal seem to be more fitter

[mrfuse]

It is refreshing listening to Emery because you actually get a sense of what he's trying to do, rather than just platitudes about believing in the players and working hard in training, etc. He says he wants a team that dominates possession and dictates the game. Arsenal controlled the game yesterday and eventually wore us down and won the game. Emery is not resorting to setting us up as a counter-attacking team or playing direct against the best sides. He wants us to be playing controlled, possession football from the back in every game. This is very ambitious - I can't remember a Villa team doing this in the top league for decades. During our last relatively successful period under MON we were at our best as a counter-attacking team. It will take some time for Emery's strategy to work and if we as fans buy into it we will have to be patient. There's no point just getting players in for the sake of it as we have done so often in the past, we need people in that can play as Emery wants. Eight players who started yesterday's game were signed by Smith and it shows. Some of those now have to become either squad players or leave. Emery looks like the manager who knows exactly what he wants and will be ruthless in getting rid of those who do not fit his plan - I hope so as that's the type of manager we need.

Spot on, I'm a big fan of Emery because he has a clear picture and instructions of what he wants from the players. When was the last time we had an identity on the pitch and a manager with such drive and focus?

Not once has he used the quality of the opposition as a excuse, he said that the last 3 matches we are not progressing.

Interestingly despite the 4th goal not making that much of a difference as an example of players not following instructions and learning from mistakes he said, "I've never told my goalkeeper to go and score in 92nd minute because I don't know the data but maybe 1 goal in 100 you will score but in transition 20 times they will score 10 times. It's not being smart, we all have responsibility and today i'm giving them responsibility".

I cant actually remember an interview with a manager that's been that interesting to listen too, its usually the same old drivel that we've heard so many times. It's refreshing to actually have a slight insight into what sort of demanding manager he is.

[Scott Nielsen]

Emery seems far angrier with our performance than most on here which gives me hope.

[Smithy]

It is refreshing listening to Emery because you actually get a sense of what he's trying to do, rather than just platitudes about believing in the players and working hard in training, etc. He says he wants a team that dominates possession and dictates the game. Arsenal controlled the game yesterday and eventually wore us down and won the game. Emery is not resorting to setting us up as a counter-attacking team or playing direct against the best sides. He wants us to be playing controlled, possession football from the back in every game. This is very ambitious - I can't remember a Villa team doing this in the top league for decades. During our last relatively successful period under MON we were at our best as a counter-attacking team. It will take some time for Emery's strategy to work and if we as fans buy into it we will have to be patient. There's no point just getting players in for the sake of it as we have done so often in the past, we need people in that can play as Emery wants. Eight players who started yesterday's game were signed by Smith and it shows. Some of those now have to become either squad players or leave. Emery looks like the manager who knows exactly what he wants and will be ruthless in getting rid of those who do not fit his plan - I hope so as that's the type of manager we need.

Spot on, I'm a big fan of Emery because he has a clear picture and instructions of what he wants from the players. When was the last time we had an identity on the pitch and a manager with such drive and focus?

Not once has he used the quality of the opposition as a excuse, he said that the last 3 matches we are not progressing.

Interestingly despite the 4th goal not making that much of a difference as an example of players not following instructions and learning from mistakes he said, "I've never told my goalkeeper to go and score in 92nd minute because I don't know the data but maybe 1 goal in 100 you will score but in transition 20 times they will score 10 times. It's not being smart, we all have responsibility and today i'm giving them responsibility".

I cant actually remember an interview with a manager that's been that interesting to listen too, its usually the same old drivel that we've heard so many times. It's refreshing to actually have a slight insight into what sort of demanding manager he is.

It's also worth bearing in mind how good this Arsenal team is at keeping possession and moving the ball around.  Against Man City they had 65% of the ball.  Trying to go toe-to-toe with them in a possession game was always going to be difficult, but we scored twice, and were within a whisker of a third which would have put us 3-2 up with minutes to go. Yes, it ended badly, and yes, the goals we conceded were soft, but I take more positives out of this game than from the Man City one.

[Dazvillain]

I think there will be a massive turnover of players in the summer, with the incomings all being of the type who technically can play the way Emery wants us to, and a lot of them getting shown the door.

I’m all for that.

Absolutely. And I don't think the players we sign will be objectively miles better than what we have, either - they'll just be more comfortable with a possession-based style and quick passing.

You can already see it, some of our play is delightful, but the players we've got can't sustain it over a whole game.

noticed that yesterday, arsenal seem to be more fitter

Fitter, agree a little, but definite gulf between them stroking the ball around and our passion, grit, fight and determination, which , don’t get me wrong was good to see, but doesn’t get you into next bracket up of prem

[Dazvillain]

I also wonder, looking at the amount of frustration, and organisation Mings was giving out yesterday, wether the amount of positional play and tactics to the level of detail he wants, is just far too much for a lot of our players to take on board. Mings and konsa were constantly having to tell the full backs when to go out wide and when narrow etc 

[Ian.]

It is refreshing listening to Emery because you actually get a sense of what he's trying to do, rather than just platitudes about believing in the players and working hard in training, etc. He says he wants a team that dominates possession and dictates the game. Arsenal controlled the game yesterday and eventually wore us down and won the game. Emery is not resorting to setting us up as a counter-attacking team or playing direct against the best sides. He wants us to be playing controlled, possession football from the back in every game. This is very ambitious - I can't remember a Villa team doing this in the top league for decades. During our last relatively successful period under MON we were at our best as a counter-attacking team. It will take some time for Emery's strategy to work and if we as fans buy into it we will have to be patient. There's no point just getting players in for the sake of it as we have done so often in the past, we need people in that can play as Emery wants. Eight players who started yesterday's game were signed by Smith and it shows. Some of those now have to become either squad players or leave. Emery looks like the manager who knows exactly what he wants and will be ruthless in getting rid of those who do not fit his plan - I hope so as that's the type of manager we need.

Spot on, I'm a big fan of Emery because he has a clear picture and instructions of what he wants from the players. When was the last time we had an identity on the pitch and a manager with such drive and focus?

Not once has he used the quality of the opposition as a excuse, he said that the last 3 matches we are not progressing.

Interestingly despite the 4th goal not making that much of a difference as an example of players not following instructions and learning from mistakes he said, "I've never told my goalkeeper to go and score in 92nd minute because I don't know the data but maybe 1 goal in 100 you will score but in transition 20 times they will score 10 times. It's not being smart, we all have responsibility and today i'm giving them responsibility".

I cant actually remember an interview with a manager that's been that interesting to listen too, its usually the same old drivel that we've heard so many times. It's refreshing to actually have a slight insight into what sort of demanding manager he is.

Excellent post WarszaVillan. I’m still excited about this appointment and also you’re right about being patient with this. I know we’ve all heard this before, but Emery has had great success at rebuilding clubs and obtaining decent results and success.

[OCD]

Amazing how far Arsenal have come from last season to this. 35% possession for Man City was Pep's lowest-ever possession since starting out and with a bit more luck, we could have easily been on the winning side. It just needed Bailey's hit to go in off the crossbar and in injury time, they were reduced to shooting from 25-30 yards out. I can't imagine the XG would have been high.

And it is good to see how frustrated Emery is. We're seeing some good things but also some bad things. If we can build on the good and eliminate the bad, we'll be on the right track.

[pauliewalnuts]

As someone said further up, he was angry which was definitely good to see (compare with Carpethead who basically just trotted out cliches in situations like that).

It was good to hear him say he wants us to play in the way he does and his comment about some players not following instructions was interesting too. He obviously can’t get too critical in public as he needs to get a tune out of them for a few months yet, but he was clearly livid.

Listening to him talk about Martinez, I also think if we got a big offer for him, he’d probably let him go - the way he wants us playing includes the goalie too.