Unai Emery

[N'ZMAV]

5 games, 3 draws, 2 defeats, is all it took.

It’s not just the results, it’s the performances, plus what looks like, from the outside, a lack of harmony. And that three of those games were against Keith Andrews’ Brentford and Everton.

I’m nowhere near thinking Unai going is the answer, in fact I think it’ll ruin us, but it doesn’t look as simple as just a bad start.

agreed

[Drummond]

They all just need to go to an Escape Room or something and build a bit of morale.

[N'ZMAV]

a big training ground bust-up, fist-fight or something, that'd soon sort it.

[Mister E]

Malden played well last season.  Guessard has played 3 games.  Matasaan and onnana have both looked very good at times.

Some of those won’t work out - but I think the 2 newest need time and the other 2 have done ok

You've gone all Demitri on us ...

[KingstandingVilla]

Blidnfolded land rover driving should sort it, as they seem to have mastered playing football blindfolded

[curiousorange]

Just out of perverse interest, when on here did we start thinking Sherwood had to go or we'd drop? In my mind it was the Leicester game, but I'm wondering if any of the things we said in the early stages of that season were more panicked than they are at the moment.

[N'ZMAV]

Just out of perverse interest, when on here did we start thinking Sherwood had to go or we'd drop? In my mind it was the Leicester game, but I'm wondering if any of the things we said in the early stages of that season were more panicked than they are at the moment.

Sherwood for me was after he kept us up and fluffed the Cup Final - but that capitulation at Leicester was the nail in his coffin.

[Mister E]

Just out of perverse interest, when on here did we start thinking Sherwood had to go or we'd drop? In my mind it was the Leicester game, but I'm wondering if any of the things we said in the early stages of that season were more panicked than they are at the moment.

Long time ago, mate; totally different context.
Whatever happened at the end of last season, Emery has to find a way to close that out and get the squad focussed on the here and now. Clery's video demonstrates the tactical challenge, and Emery et al need to play the players that can offer a different approach, and / or continue our current game-plan with much more precision and energy.
- Is there a player from the U21 or U18 that can deliver more out-and-out wing play than Malen or Guessand, for example?
- Should we play a 3xCB set-up for a while, leaving Cash out and giving Maatsen more gametime?
- Where is the creative passing going to come from when Tielemans is unavailable?
- Can Guessand play better in a central role, playing right on the shoulder?

Emery spends 22 hours a day living and breathing the club and the game but we are not seeing any tactical variety or any player-improvement. We're clearly not seeing any lift in morale and energy.
It's on him to get things going in a better direction!

[Proposition Joe]

I don't think we can compare with Sherwood, because back then we knew the squad was poor and just a couple of poor results away from another relegation battle. Like I wrote earlier, the parallels are with Brian and Ron - when top-half PL players who were "doing it" in previous seasons suddenly weren't doing it no more.

[Drummond]

Let's not sully the Emery thread with comparisons to Tim 'The Chancer' Sherwood eh?

[curiousorange]

I don't think we can compare with Sherwood, because back then we knew the squad was poor and just a couple of poor results away from another relegation battle. Like I wrote earlier, the parallels are with Brian and Ron - when top-half PL players who were "doing it" in previous seasons suddenly weren't doing it no more.

I thought that was a really apt comparison actually, and in a way more depressing than any comparison with Tactics Tim, because both reminded me that we were so close to cracking it and ultimately didn't and we had to start again, which took yet more time. If that's the parallel, that's pretty crushing to think it's being played out again. And there probably won't be a League Cup to go with it.

[N'ZMAV]

I don't think anyone was asking for the comparison, just an interest in when Tim lost the fans.

[Sexual Ealing]

Any club that appoints Tim Sherwood has got much bigger problems than who the manager is.

[Dante Lavelli]

Fail to win in the next 3 and I think he's gone.

I don't blame him really, I think the higher ups rocked the boat by telling players they were for sale and it affected the squad chemistry.
Emery just doesn't seem to be able to pull it back.

You’re possibly right but that seems incredibly harsh to sack a manager after his first blip.

[brontebilly]

Just out of perverse interest, when on here did we start thinking Sherwood had to go or we'd drop? In my mind it was the Leicester game, but I'm wondering if any of the things we said in the early stages of that season were more panicked than they are at the moment.

That day at Southampton before the cup final. Just stood there with his arms folded.