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Author Topic: Unai Emery  (Read 1247943 times)

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #6420 on: October 20, 2023, 12:10:40 AM »
Happy Steven Gerrard being sacked day everyone.

Thank feck he wasn't even moderately competent as it may well have meant no Unai. Thanks Steve, money grabbing action man haired twat.

Offline eamonn

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #6421 on: October 20, 2023, 09:34:29 AM »
What a turnaround

Offline LeeB

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #6422 on: October 20, 2023, 09:46:43 AM »
Happy Steven Gerrard being sacked day everyone.

Thank feck he wasn't even moderately competent as it may well have meant no Unai. Thanks Steve, money grabbing action man haired twat.

Honestly, that performance that night was one of the worst and most miserable, relatively speaking, of modern times and that's including the hot mess of the 2010's in general.

But when I think back to it now I treasure it, not just because it funeralled Gerrard's tenure, but because of the joy bought by the no-fucking-around post match dismissal, the absolute relief of knowing that those in charge would not be having this shit any longer.

Seen with the hindsight of it heralding the arrival of a mad genius wizard in his place gives it more, but it's important to remember just how happy I was, and everybody I know who cares about us, that carpethead was gone.

Offline VILLA MOLE

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #6423 on: October 20, 2023, 09:47:01 AM »
What a turnaround

what a 12 months, incredible

Offline Nev

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #6424 on: October 20, 2023, 10:16:13 AM »
Happy Steven Gerrard being sacked day everyone.

Thank feck he wasn't even moderately competent as it may well have meant no Unai. Thanks Steve, money grabbing action man haired twat.

Honestly, that performance that night was one of the worst and most miserable, relatively speaking, of modern times and that's including the hot mess of the 2010's in general.

But when I think back to it now I treasure it, not just because it funeralled Gerrard's tenure, but because of the joy bought by the no-fucking-around post match dismissal, the absolute relief of knowing that those in charge would not be having this shit any longer.

Seen with the hindsight of it heralding the arrival of a mad genius wizard in his place gives it more, but it's important to remember just how happy I was, and everybody I know who cares about us, that carpethead was gone.

The Bournemouth one was worse for me, the catastrophic realisation that we had appointed someone who, given a summer to work on the team made them much, much worse. Then you have the depression that sets in because you know that he will be given time and you have to watch it all unfold dreadfully, to a soundtrack of brainless comments from the man himself and ill-informed support from his mates in the media, none more so than Tony Gayle during that Fulham match.

Offline chrisw1

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #6425 on: October 20, 2023, 10:21:38 AM »
And then in the early days of Unai commentators and analysts laughing at us for trying to play out the back.

Well who's laughing now? <insert Farage meme>

Offline RamboandBruno

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #6426 on: October 20, 2023, 10:21:46 AM »
Happy Steven Gerrard being sacked day everyone.

Thank feck he wasn't even moderately competent as it may well have meant no Unai. Thanks Steve, money grabbing action man haired twat.

Honestly, that performance that night was one of the worst and most miserable, relatively speaking, of modern times and that's including the hot mess of the 2010's in general.

But when I think back to it now I treasure it, not just because it funeralled Gerrard's tenure, but because of the joy bought by the no-fucking-around post match dismissal, the absolute relief of knowing that those in charge would not be having this shit any longer.

Seen with the hindsight of it heralding the arrival of a mad genius wizard in his place gives it more, but it's important to remember just how happy I was, and everybody I know who cares about us, that carpethead was gone.

Spot on Lee

Offline Rigadon

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #6427 on: October 20, 2023, 10:25:07 AM »
You know for a cast iron fact, that if Steven Gerrard had us playing this well we would not be flying so far under the radar.  Can you imagine the fuss that would've been made and the Liverpool job wankery we would've had to endure. 

Thank fuck, I think is the appropriate thing to say here.  Thank fuck.   

Offline LeeB

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #6428 on: October 20, 2023, 10:26:54 AM »
Yeah, but Bournemouth game was terrible but there was still the chance it could be just one of those opening day misfires. Palace was awful too but Fulham was another level again, I don't think one of our players got within 2 yards of any of theirs when they had posession, Doug sent sent off in a way that whilst it wasn't his fault, absolutely happens to utterly shit teams and even Mings slicing the ball into his own net. Bednerak in to counter Mitrovic, Konsa looking like he'd been asked to interpret the role of a right back through the medium of mime, I could go on.

Offline Brend'Watkins

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #6429 on: October 20, 2023, 11:13:49 AM »
All I've got to say is that had Gerrard not being completely f****** useless we wouldn't have Emery now.

So, I'm very thankful to him for that.

Offline Hookeysmith

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #6430 on: October 20, 2023, 11:20:36 AM »
All I've got to say is that had Gerrard not being completely f****** useless we wouldn't have Emery now.

So, I'm very thankful to him for that.

Hear hear

You have to face the storm to appreciate the sunrise - or some chi bollocks like that

Offline john e

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #6431 on: October 20, 2023, 11:32:22 AM »
All I've got to say is that had Gerrard not being completely f****** useless we wouldn't have Emery now.

So, I'm very thankful to him for that.


Yes, we’ve had a few sliding door moments in the last few years

Offline OCD

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #6432 on: October 20, 2023, 11:35:23 AM »
I didn't even bother watching that Fulham game. Kind of wish I had now because I see people saying just how bad we were and I can't relate.

Offline AV82EC

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #6433 on: October 20, 2023, 11:38:55 AM »
Oh it was a shocker, up there with that 3-0 defeat at Wigan a few years ago for sheer unadulterated shitness.

Offline OCD

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #6434 on: October 20, 2023, 11:41:41 AM »
I chose to play with the new pups my parents had just taken in 😂

 


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