Unai Emery

[Nev]

It's passing resemblance isn't it? Not passive?

Can you point to a pacific example?

Well you're just making an escape ghost out of me now.

[Monty]

He doesn't really employ a double pivot, does he?

Not in the way that term has come to mean, no (i.e. two DMs in a 4-2-3-1).

[LeeB]

It's passing resemblance isn't it? Not passive?

Can you point to a pacific example?

Well you're just making an escape ghost out of me now.

There was a great thread on reddit of this stuff called Bon apple tea

[algy]

It's passing resemblance isn't it? Not passive?

Can you point to a pacific example?

Well you're just making an escape ghost out of me now.

Come on now, nobody wants IFWaters to feel ostrich-sized.

[chrisw1]

This post is designed for those people who just can't enjoy living in the moment. So if you're the sort of person who isn't happy with our position in the table because you are concerned that we won't get into Europe, or can't, celebrate a scoring run from our striker because you feel we need better if we're going to challenge for a top four, then this was produced for you. (It's also for those people who played football manager and feel that just because they were able to get the Villa into the champions league, they know all about tactics and if things would have panned out differently, they know they would have been a great football player and an even better manager.)

JFC. 

This response is for people who are patronising beyond belief and so far up their own arse they're staring at their own appendix.

[LeeB]

This post is designed for those people who just can't enjoy living in the moment. So if you're the sort of person who isn't happy with our position in the table because you are concerned that we won't get into Europe, or can't, celebrate a scoring run from our striker because you feel we need better if we're going to challenge for a top four, then this was produced for you. (It's also for those people who played football manager and feel that just because they were able to get the Villa into the champions league, they know all about tactics and if things would have panned out differently, they know they would have been a great football player and an even better manager.)

JFC. 

This response is for people who are patronising beyond belief and so far up their own arse they're staring at their own appendix.

Funny, because I didn't read it like that at all. I get what he's saying, I don't identify as that type but I don't see where he says it's better or worse than any other supporter.

Think that's an over the top response Chris.

[pauliewalnuts]

Absolute classic H&V here

On same page a massive, considered, agonised over essay on Emery, which barely gets picked up on, but lively debate over whether he looks a bit like Dracula.

[Risso]

This post is designed for those people who just can't enjoy living in the moment. So if you're the sort of person who isn't happy with our position in the table because you are concerned that we won't get into Europe, or can't, celebrate a scoring run from our striker because you feel we need better if we're going to challenge for a top four, then this was produced for you. (It's also for those people who played football manager and feel that just because they were able to get the Villa into the champions league, they know all about tactics and if things would have panned out differently, they know they would have been a great football player and an even better manager.)

JFC. 

This response is for people who are patronising beyond belief and so far up their own arse they're staring at their own appendix.

Funny, because I didn't read it like that at all. I get what he's saying, I don't identify as that type but I don't see where he says it's better or worse than any other supporter.

Think that's an over the top response Chris.

To be fair, "Warning this is a long read, only for those who are not Mindful. (If you don't know what mindfulness is all about, go Google it.)" is possibly just a *teensy* bit patronising.

[Risso]

More than a passing resemblance to Ray Reardon. I'm besotted with Unai, but if he starts sporting a Grealish style headband to keep his slicked back hair in place, that could change very quickly.

[LeeB]

Yeah, can lose the 'mindfulness' shite. When I see that word I think of the words 'grift', 'cult' and 'box ticking excercise'. And maybe 'cost effective alternative to actually spending money on dealing with mental health care'.

But otherwise, on you go.

[chrisw1]

This post is designed for those people who just can't enjoy living in the moment. So if you're the sort of person who isn't happy with our position in the table because you are concerned that we won't get into Europe, or can't, celebrate a scoring run from our striker because you feel we need better if we're going to challenge for a top four, then this was produced for you. (It's also for those people who played football manager and feel that just because they were able to get the Villa into the champions league, they know all about tactics and if things would have panned out differently, they know they would have been a great football player and an even better manager.)

JFC. 

This response is for people who are patronising beyond belief and so far up their own arse they're staring at their own appendix.

Funny, because I didn't read it like that at all. I get what he's saying, I don't identify as that type but I don't see where he says it's better or worse than any other supporter.

Think that's an over the top response Chris.

It drips of it Lee.  It's one thing thinking you're 'a better fan than yow.' it's another so blatantly thrusting it in people's faces.  It's probably good that I pulled my punches with my reply as I had a lot more to say.

[LeeB]

Don't let it get to you mate, life's too short.

[chrisw1]

Don't let it get to you mate, life's too short.

Very true.

[Nev]

It's passing resemblance isn't it? Not passive?

Can you point to a pacific example?

Well you're just making an escape ghost out of me now.

There was a great thread on reddit of this stuff called Bon apple tea

I'm on it. I love that sort of thing, particularly when it comes from someone with a high opinion of themselves, trying to look clever. (not anyone on here I hasten to add).

[PeterWithe]

When Anne Wideecombe said Michael Howard had ‘something of the night’ about him, did she also mean he looked a bit like Dracula? And Ray Reardon.