Unai Emery

[Monty]

I like Maatsen and I don't think Digne's in the greatest form, but I honestly don't think this is even in the top twenty problems we've got honestly.

You can't just keep reducing everything to the form problems of individual players (and presumably their moral failings) - 10 previously excellent players don't all suddenly suffer drops in personal performance at the same time. The issues are structural.

I think backbone, moral fibre, having a functioning brain and a distinct lack of cowardice are vitally important characteristics, which we seem to be lacking.

See every other word of the post!

[ROBBO]

Emery was screaming at the players towards the end of the game, obviously players not following instructions. Part of a managers job is to send out a united team we seem nothing like it.

[brontebilly]

I like Maatsen and I don't think Digne's in the greatest form, but I honestly don't think this is even in the top twenty problems we've got honestly.

You can't just keep reducing everything to the form problems of individual players (and presumably their moral failings) - 10 previously excellent players don't all suddenly suffer drops in personal performance at the same time. The issues are structural.

Both things can be true. Structural - yes. Even out of possession in the first half, why was McGinn told to drop onto KDH and leave Grealish with yards of space. It was addressed at half time but that tactical error should have finished us. With the ball, no clue what we are at. It's the same structure that has been so successful for us but Digne for one is a tactical problem as he can't or won't push on. So we have no width whatsoever.

All that aside, structure doesn't account for Rogers passing the ball to an Everton shirt all day. Or Konsa ball watching constantly. The fear is that the core of the team Emery inherited is on the slide, quicker than any of us expected.

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A slide so quick its just this moment happened, having been the best side in the league over the last 3rd of the season? That explanation sounds as ill founded as it is speculative.

[Somniloquism]

I like Maatsen and I don't think Digne's in the greatest form, but I honestly don't think this is even in the top twenty problems we've got honestly.

You can't just keep reducing everything to the form problems of individual players (and presumably their moral failings) - 10 previously excellent players don't all suddenly suffer drops in personal performance at the same time. The issues are structural.

Both things can be true. Structural - yes. Even out of possession in the first half, why was McGinn told to drop onto KDH and leave Grealish with yards of space. It was addressed at half time but that tactical error should have finished us. With the ball, no clue what we are at. It's the same structure that has been so successful for us but Digne for one is a tactical problem as he can't or won't push on. So we have no width whatsoever.

All that aside, structure doesn't account for Rogers passing the ball to an Everton shirt all day. Or Konsa ball watching constantly. The fear is that the core of the team Emery inherited is on the slide, quicker than any of us expected.

Probably because in the last game when Everton scored, it was KDH running through unmarked to a Grealish pass that was a big feature of them scoring. He also had a reasonable hand in the two against Brighton, running forward and passing to Joe for the first and making an off the ball run which dragged defenders away for Garner.

[Beard82]

I think the fact were missing Barkley, Tilemans, Kamara and Onnana, and are chosing Mings for more of defensive over Torres means were not able to build anything. 

I think that means were asking our creative players to work mircales and they arent