Unai Emery

[Olneythelonely]

The challenge for Nas when the time comes (although I accept Unai will manage us until he dies, winning absolutely everything) will be finding another coach, who is one of the best in the world, and has a point to prove. Any other replacement won’t be good enough.

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I think he'd go for the Bournemouth bloke. He's done a fantastic job considering they sold their entire defence. Finding somebody as aggy as Emery will be impossible. He's a genius. I think there's more chance of his heart exploding in rage between now and then end of the season than him leaving.

Areola reminds me of the stooge who nicks the idol from Indi at the start of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Appreciate that actor was actually English.

[Olneythelonely]

People could also call it how it is and dial back their dramatic takes, but then its not like anybody is charged for bandwidth use so they can crack on ruining their own enjoyment of a hobby by thinking the worst, when the club hasn't been this good in precisely 3 decades.

If you're not going to enjoy the good old days while you're in them, garden centres on a Saturday/Sunday 2pm are probably a better bet.

Either enjoy it when we’re on a losing run, don’t let any negative thinking slip in, or fuck off down the garden centre. Got it.

I tend to be of a positive mindset where Villa are involved, regardless of what’s happening. I dont think it’s a particularly miserablist view to wonder if Unai might eventually feel he’s wasting his time. 

[German James]

What's needed is silverware. Everything's become about finishing 2nd, 3rd, or 4th and that's just not sexy. Everyone knows that finishing in a CL place is vital to our continued development, but no-one's going to celebrate qualifying for a competition we're not going to win like they would winning a cup or the league itself. Especially as it's only the unfair financial rules forcing us to concentrate on that.
CL qualification is the ruined orgasm of football.

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People could also call it how it is and dial back their dramatic takes, but then its not like anybody is charged for bandwidth use so they can crack on ruining their own enjoyment of a hobby by thinking the worst, when the club hasn't been this good in precisely 3 decades.

If you're not going to enjoy the good old days while you're in them, garden centres on a Saturday/Sunday 2pm are probably a better bet.

Either enjoy it when we’re on a losing run, don’t let any negative thinking slip in, or fuck off down the garden centre. Got it.

I tend to be of a positive mindset where Villa are involved, regardless of what’s happening. I dont think it’s a particularly miserablist view to wonder if Unai might eventually feel he’s wasting his time. 

If you want to take it personally that is up to you. I am personally annoyed we're not winning, but I think I know the reason why and so I try and use that as a barrier to my frustration. It is the weak lipped desire to punch way beyond that and forsee potrtents way deeper than a trio of the most annoying injuries anybody has faced all season.

[Hopadop]

There's a lot of pleasure to be had in moaning and being miserable, particularly about something which isn't that important.

I'm surrounded by Spurs supporters. I've never seen them so chipper.

[eamonn]

This has a feeling of the end of an era of great progress.

It has the feeling of a side without its midfield. Its shit, but lets calm the fuck down.

I agree, take three of the best midfielders out of any of the teams above and around us and those teams would be as poor as we have recently been.

True. Spurs are missing a whole team. To survive relegation would surely rank as one of their finest achievements.

[RamboandBruno]

What's needed is silverware. Everything's become about finishing 2nd, 3rd, or 4th and that's just not sexy. Everyone knows that finishing in a CL place is vital to our continued development, but no-one's going to celebrate qualifying for a competition we're not going to win like they would winning a cup or the league itself. Especially as it's only the unfair financial rules forcing us to concentrate on that.
CL qualification is the ruined orgasm of football.

Agree with your premise and agree we need a trophy and the ecstasy that comes with it.
I would say that, if it wasnt for Donnarummas finger tips, I honestly think we beat last years Arsenal over a two leg semi final and Inter we’re eminently beatable.

[steamer]

BBC Gossip
Unai Emery looks increasingly likely to leave Aston Villa this summer as the Spanish head coach's frustrations grow over financial restrictions surrounding the club. (Football Insider)

sorry, just saw Football insider

[Drummond]

They'll have been on here, seen people shitting themselves and realised there's a great clickbait possibility.

[ChicagoLion]

I think some of the frustration is that he has chosen not to change the system. It hasn’t worked out, as I am pretty sure he would have expected a better points return despite losing our midfield.
But this is obviously a decision not an oversight.

[Rigadon]

Weirdly, this stuff will only grow if our form continues to slide.  You’d think it’d be the other way around. 

That ‘article’ wonders if Man Utd will swoop.  They might just do that I suppose a that would be me done until the whole thing changes to the degree it’s actually a fair competition.  It would also be the most depressing end to a fantastic few years. 

There I go being influenced by a shit story in an impossibly awful publication. 

[Beard82]

Him leaving would be bad enough - him leaving and going to another English club due to our financial constraints and I think I’d be done. 

Hopefully it’s all bollocks - we regain our form and get CL.  Personsally I think our owners should be pushing for rule changes as the current setup is uncompetitive

[Mister E]

Him leaving would be bad enough - him leaving and going to another English club due to our financial constraints and I think I’d be done. 

Hopefully it’s all bollocks - we regain our form and get CL.  Personsally I think our owners should be pushing for rule changes as the current setup is uncompetitive

The Premier League and its media mates will be loving this season - highly competitive when you look at the League table (in all aspects - top 2 / 3; bottom 6; mid-table competition for Europa League / Conference League spots). While you have the voting system as it is - with 6 clubs able to block changes - it's not very likely that we'll be getting many rule-changes.
It's up to us to compete within the prevailing framework, and if we make Chumps League again this season we'll have been successful. If we only make the Europa League slot in the League, we'll still have boxed above our 'SCR weight'.
I'm hoping that the last half dozen games sees us playing to the level we reached before Christmas, which may well get us the Chumps League spot and / or success in the Europa League.

[Dante Lavelli]

Football Insider are obligated to mention Man U to attract the clicks.  The fact its in there makes it reassuring that it is clickbait nonsense.