Unai Emery

[Ian.]

I guess we’ve also scored a lot more than this time last year?

[eamonn]

We've scored more than Citeh, Goons or Redshite x2. 'Ave it.

[coreyfeldman]

Catching up on a couple of Athletic articles about us makes it even more remarkable that we sit 5th currently, given the injuries to such key players. We had a very small squad last season so almost every player is key, but Ramsey and Buendia were both in our top 3 tacklers last season, Mings is our defensive leader and we mostly set up to attack down our left with JJ and Moreno which means we will have had to change how we progress significantly.
This, combined with having to bed in new players much more quickly than was ever planned shows what an absolute genius the man is

[pauliewalnuts]

Catching up on a couple of Athletic articles about us makes it even more remarkable that we sit 5th currently, given the injuries to such key players. We had a very small squad last season so almost every player is key, but Ramsey and Buendia were both in our top 3 tacklers last season, Mings is our defensive leader and we mostly set up to attack down our left with JJ and Moreno which means we will have had to change how we progress significantly.
This, combined with having to bed in new players much more quickly than was ever planned shows what an absolute genius the man is

I don't really mind Gregggggg Evans, although that shtick Dan Bardell (yes, whooo? etc etc) does with him calling him 'Global Greggg Evans' and talking about golf has more than a touch of cringey accidental Partridge about it.

He is a decent writer, and who cares if he's not a Villa fan, sometimes I think that ability to take a step back and view things more objectively can help.

However, his replacement on the Athletic's Villa beat, Jacob Tanswell, writes much more interesting stuff. Impressed so far.

[coreyfeldman]

Tanswell's stuff has been excellent so far

[Risso]

Yep, he's been really good, I make a point of checking his Twitter account most days.

[OCD]

Tanswell was writing for Southampton before and their fans clearly thought very highly of him when he announced the change.

[eamonn]

JJ Ramsey and JJ Tanswell ftw.

[Monty]

Tanswell has seriously upped the level of our coverage.

[dicedlam]

Catching up on a couple of Athletic articles about us makes it even more remarkable that we sit 5th currently, given the injuries to such key players. We had a very small squad last season so almost every player is key, but Ramsey and Buendia were both in our top 3 tacklers last season, Mings is our defensive leader and we mostly set up to attack down our left with JJ and Moreno which means we will have had to change how we progress significantly.
This, combined with having to bed in new players much more quickly than was ever planned shows what an absolute genius the man is

However, his replacement on the Athletic's Villa beat, Jacob Tanswell, writes much more interesting stuff. Impressed so far.

Same here.

I also don't mind listening to David Reed, along with Dan Bardell on the 1874 podcast.

[Risso]

Who's David Reed?

[AV82EC]

Who's David Reed?

Chortle….

[jwarry]

2 more weeks to happy Unai day

[PeterWithesShin]

2023 Premier League table, all have played 30 league games apart from Newcastle with 29.

1 Man City 71 points
2 Arsenal 61
3 Villa 59
4 Liverpool 56
5 Man Utd 55
6 Brighton 54
7 Newcastle 50
8 Spurs 50

[eamonn]

2 more weeks to happy Unai day

He deserves a party that's been thoroughly prepared with each guest analysed and vetted for their expected input.