Unai Emery

[Rigadon]

There's a good article in the Athletic about why Emery was so pissed off.

Very informative and thanks for posting, good article apart from this little snippet.

Such are the high standards he expects — even at a club of Villa’s stature

A really unneccesary addition to the sentence the also made me wince. 

[OCD]

There's a good article in the Athletic about why Emery was so pissed off.

Very informative and thanks for posting, good article apart from this little snippet.

Such are the high standards he expects — even at a club of Villa’s stature

Yeah, that stood out to me as well. It was written by our friend Gregg Evans. Isn't he a Baggies fan? If so, his colours show through in that line.

[Risso]

I think Mings is okay, he possesses an element of ability and seems to enjoy passing the football. His biggest handicap is having to play alongside Konsa, who is truly beyond awful with the ball at his feet and with nothing in his locker, not short, long or hooooof.

Disagree, I think Mings is equally as bad on the ball.

[Ian.]

Enjoyed that article, thanks OCD.

[KevinGage]

There's a good article in the Athletic about why Emery was so pissed off.

Very informative and thanks for posting, good article apart from this little snippet.

Such are the high standards he expects — even at a club of Villa’s stature

Yeah, that stood out to me as well. It was written by our friend Gregg Evans. Isn't he a Baggies fan? If so, his colours show through in that line.

Aye, can't resist.

[Drummond]

That bit that suggest Duran go for the corner flag to kill time instead if heading towards goal? Eh? You can't criticise Martinez for doing what he is and then suggesting Duran do the same. At home. With the game to be won.

[pauliewalnuts]

I think Mings is okay, he possesses an element of ability and seems to enjoy passing the football. His biggest handicap is having to play alongside Konsa, who is truly beyond awful with the ball at his feet and with nothing in his locker, not short, long or hooooof.

Disagree, I think Mings is equally as bad on the ball.

Nah, he's no Maldini, but he's miles better on it than Konsa is.

[Toronto Villa]

That bit that suggest Duran go for the corner flag to kill time instead if heading towards goal? Eh? You can't criticise Martinez for doing what he is and then suggesting Duran do the same. At home. With the game to be won.

Remember it’s Evanns versus Emery suggesting it. Although I imagine not shooting right at Ramsdale and scoring instead would have been more desirable.

[Clark W Griswold]

There's a good article in the Athletic about why Emery was so pissed off.

Very informative and thanks for posting, good article apart from this little snippet.

Such are the high standards he expects — even at a club of Villa’s stature

Yeah, that stood out to me as well. It was written by our friend Gregg Evans. Isn't he a Baggies fan? If so, his colours show through in that line.

He's certainly a fucking wanker whatever his allegiance.

[eamonn]

Harsh. He's harmless and writes deeper content on us than 99% of other football journos.

[Bully2345]

There's a good article in the Athletic about why Emery was so pissed off.

Very informative and thanks for posting, good article apart from this little snippet.

Such are the high standards he expects — even at a club of Villa’s stature

Yeah, that stood out to me as well. It was written by our friend Gregg Evans. Isn't he a Baggies fan? If so, his colours show through in that line.

He's certainly a fucking wanker whatever his allegiance.

So unnecessary. I like Gregg. Much prefer his reasoned insights than other publications/programmes

[chrisw1]

That bit that suggest Duran go for the corner flag to kill time instead if heading towards goal? Eh? You can't criticise Martinez for doing what he is and then suggesting Duran do the same. At home. With the game to be won.

Yep, that sounds wrong and suspect that was Gregg's speculation.  The way Emery was seething I strongly suspect he would have rather we have a crack at goal if the opportunity arose.

As for Gregg Evans, he's definitely a Baggies fan but has been a Villa reporter for several years.  He certainly has a less optimistic view of our stature than we do as fans, but he's by no means anti Villa and tends to be quite balanced.  I critisise him as he never really looks into our tactics or in depth game / player analysis etc as other Athletic club reporters seem to.  His strength seems to interviews and general puff pieces rather than cutting edge insight.  Even so, he's worth listening to on the 1874 podcast, which has restarted on the Villa View youtube / podcast channel.

[Ger Regan]

The main issue i have with him is that every time he writes a "villa are on the up" type piece, we invariably lose the next game horrendously.

[algy]

I don't really mind who Gregg supports, his pieces tend to be alright.

I also ... he worded it clumsily, but we've not qualified for Europe for a decade or more and haven't looked much of a force for about 25 years. We haven't been talked about as title contenders for longer than that. We've also spent time in the second tier recently. So 'a club of Villa's stature' ... he's unfortunately probably right there. A terrible indictment on the people who have run the club for the 35 years leading up to 2018, but that is where we are.

[RamboandBruno]

I don't really mind who Gregg supports, his pieces tend to be alright.

I also ... he worded it clumsily, but we've not qualified for Europe for a decade or more and haven't looked much of a force for about 25 years. We haven't been talked about as title contenders for longer than that. We've also spent time in the second tier recently. So 'a club of Villa's stature' ... he's unfortunately probably right there. A terrible indictment on the people who have run the club for the 35 years leading up to 2018, but that is where we are.

The last time i remember us being tipped as potential dark horses for the title, was when all the pundits on football focus  had to say who their picks were and Bob Wilson picked us. That was before the first game of the 86-87 season, that ended well.