Unai Emery

[Rory]

Unai Emery on Instagram:

“Massive thanks to our incredible fans who travelled to the Netherlands. Your support made the difference today. The team fought for every ball. Nights like this — we do it together. Up the Villa!” 💜

Love him.

More importantly he loves us

True so.

[N'ZMAV]

we battled really well last night - glad he's got the fight from the players, as that, for some reason was missing in the first few games of the season. He's starting to appear back to his normal self now.

[aj2k77]

I know I quoted a long period last season and the year before where we'd conceded a lot of goals over a long stretch of time, well we've conceded 22 in our last 25 now. Less than a goal a game is a marked improvement.

We obviously, even to the eye are less potent going forward but at least we aren't having to score 3 to win every week.

[Somniloquism]

I don't know if it was mentioned anywhere else on here, but that was Emery's 200th European match as manager.

[Rigadon]

I don't know if it was mentioned anywhere else on here, but that was Emery's 200th European match as manager.

The fact he is still so obviously pleased to be managing in European competition is quite something.  Simply, my favourite ever manager.

[OCD]

I know I quoted a long period last season and the year before where we'd conceded a lot of goals over a long stretch of time, well we've conceded 22 in our last 25 now. Less than a goal a game is a marked improvement.

We obviously, even to the eye are less potent going forward but at least we aren't having to score 3 to win every week.

Tends to happen when you try to improve the defence that you lose something going forward. We had to tighten up though, like you say.