Unai Emery

[AV82EC]

Very true Corey.  I'm not criticising Emery in any way, he's great.  It's more the fact that he's getting PRAISE for something like this that amuses me.

Anyway, back to the deserved praise, this tangent has lasted too long.

Consistency is key for me Chris. He’s done this since day one and it’s habits like this that win you respect not lording it up with the fans and players just because you’ve won one game in a 38 game season. The time for that as a manager/leader is once you’ve achieved something and not before. He strikes me as monumentally driven and analytical to the point of obsession and entirely unbothered by the growing hullabaloo around him. He wants the fans onside of course but he does that through his actions as the manager of our team not talking to his mates in the media and giving it the big un after another win. Anyway enough of the cod psychology this man is the real deal, he’s fucking ace.

[Chris Smith]

People are finding a way to praise a manager for not waving to fans.  I couldn't really care less either way, but the psychology of fans is interesting.

There's nothing wrong with it - he is consistent.

Yep, for me it's more that someone's consistent.  Non-waving seems entirely in-keeping with his general demeanour too.

But be honest, if Gerrard had consistently done that from Day 1, people would have absolutely hated him for it. 

If teams are winning no one gives a toss one way or the other.

[Brend'Watkins]

The telling factor will be when the Holte request that he waves at it. I haven't noticed the chant yet.  When it comes and it will I hope it's ignored completely.  A serious manager like Emery doesn't go around waving on request.

[Drummond]

People are finding a way to praise a manager for not waving to fans.  I couldn't really care less either way, but the psychology of fans is interesting.

There's nothing wrong with it - he is consistent.

Yep, for me it's more that someone's consistent.  Non-waving seems entirely in-keeping with his general demeanour too.

But be honest, if Gerrard had consistently done that from Day 1, people would have absolutely hated him for it.

Nah he was just hated anyway.

[olaftab]

Yep. He'd have to be fucking mental to join Chelsea. As would any other manager who values their dignity and sanity.

Graham Potter's just walked away with the thick end of £30m and will stroll into a job at a similar sized club to the one he left to join them.
The guy they sacked last time has just got the gig at Bayern Munich after getting a £13m payout.
I'd argue it's the job every manager should want. All the football failure reward without any of the blame.

Yes indeed. Any elite manage has to be mad NOT to take the job.
And whilst we are at it we must not think Unai's initial reaction, when offered the job, was "Wow Aston Villa, I must manage that club" he came here on the back of upping his £500K per annum at Villareal to £5M a year. No one turns down, players or managers, money that's on offer in the PL.

[Clark W Griswold]

Yep. He'd have to be fucking mental to join Chelsea. As would any other manager who values their dignity and sanity.

Graham Potter's just walked away with the thick end of £30m and will stroll into a job at a similar sized club to the one he left to join them.
The guy they sacked last time has just got the gig at Bayern Munich after getting a £13m payout.
I'd argue it's the job every manager should want. All the football failure reward without any of the blame.

And whilst we are at it we must not think Unai's initial reaction, when offered the job, was "Wow Aston Villa, I must manage that club"

How fucking dare you !

[Monty]

It'll be hard to clap when he's holding the Big Cup in one hand, thing's fucking massive.

[danno]

The telling factor will be when the Holte request that he waves at it. I haven't noticed the chant yet.  When it comes and it will I hope it's ignored completely.  A serious manager like Emery doesn't go around waving on request.

Not even at 5-0 ?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

The telling factor will be when the Holte request that he waves at it. I haven't noticed the chant yet.  When it comes and it will I hope it's ignored completely.  A serious manager like Emery doesn't go around waving on request.

Seconded. Above all it's bloody embarrassing. #smalltime

[eamonn]

Yep. He'd have to be fucking mental to join Chelsea. As would any other manager who values their dignity and sanity.

Graham Potter's just walked away with the thick end of £30m and will stroll into a job at a similar sized club to the one he left to join them.
The guy they sacked last time has just got the gig at Bayern Munich after getting a £13m payout.
I'd argue it's the job every manager should want. All the football failure reward without any of the blame.

Yes indeed. Any elite manage has to be mad NOT to take the job.
And whilst we are at it we must not think Unai's initial reaction, when offered the job, was "Wow Aston Villa, I must manage that club" he came here on the back of upping his £500K per annum at Villareal to £5M a year. No one turns down, players or managers, money that's on offer in the PL.

Did we really tenfold him?  Lucky bugger, only right that he's working for us 20 hours a day.

[algy]

The telling factor will be when the Holte request that he waves at it. I haven't noticed the chant yet.  When it comes and it will I hope it's ignored completely.  A serious manager like Emery doesn't go around waving on request.

Sackable offence for me, Brend.

When we win the European Cup, he's allowed a wave as long as it's within 5 minutes of the final whistle and it's the last game of the season. Otherwise he can fucking wave his P45 to the lady in the dole office.

[john e]

It’s nothing to do with Waving or not waving
It’s to do with results if you get good results and performances you can do what you want, if you don’t get the results whatever you do it’s wrong

That’s the way it is and that’s the way it works

[Beard82]

Yep. He'd have to be fucking mental to join Chelsea. As would any other manager who values their dignity and sanity.

Graham Potter's just walked away with the thick end of £30m and will stroll into a job at a similar sized club to the one he left to join them.
The guy they sacked last time has just got the gig at Bayern Munich after getting a £13m payout.
I'd argue it's the job every manager should want. All the football failure reward without any of the blame.

Yes indeed. Any elite manage has to be mad NOT to take the job.
And whilst we are at it we must not think Unai's initial reaction, when offered the job, was "Wow Aston Villa, I must manage that club" he came here on the back of upping his £500K per annum at Villareal to £5M a year. No one turns down, players or managers, money that's on offer in the PL.

Did we really tenfold him?  Lucky bugger, only right that he's working for us 20 hours a day.

Yes, but he turned down Newcastle, who would have matched that (I read it was because they couldn't give him assurances about what would happen in Newcastle were relegated). 

The money is obviously a big factor, but on the flip side, it also needs to be the right project for some managers. 

TBF it seems mental that they paid so much for Potter surely he would have done it for less? 

[Drummond]

Love this man.

[PaulTheVillan]

The best manager we’ve had in a very long time