The high line.

[kippaxvilla2]

No not that walk in New York.

Ours.  It’s going to get worked out right?  Especially with no pressure on the ball.  Sort of thing you can get away with as a one off?  So organised we can continue with it? 

[Brazilian Villain]

Well, if Ian Wright, Wright, Wright says so.

I'm happy to let Unai decide if it's going to be "figured out".

[kippaxvilla2]

Admittedly it was watching those highlights that made me think.  By the way what the fcuk were they thinking of putting us on 2nd last?!

[Gareth]

Long may they continue to disrespect our manager and his tactics, we’ll continue to enjoy the wins.

Unlike Gerrard and his rigid auxiliary full backs nonsense we have a manager who studies the game and makes a plan as appropriate…they can focus on the high line but ignore the job McGinn did on Kane etc…keep that disrespect flowing

[adrenachrome]

It worked very well today as we dominated midfield until they brought that sub we were once after on.
Bissouma (looked it up).

I very much doubt Unai will use it to the same extent at Anfield. He knows a thing or two about a thing or two.

[SaddVillan]

Number of domestic and UEFA trophies won as a manager:

Ian Wright Wright Wright and the Crisp Salesman - Nil

Unai Emery -10.

I know who I'd be listening to when it comes to coaching tips.

[Axl Rose]

How wonderful it would be to go to Anfield and smash those twats and their gobshite of a manager.

[Monty]

Wright's a striker, he looks at the high line and sees opportunity. Then the flag goes up.

Everything in football is a risk, but our squeezing the play with this massively ballsy ploy is what's got us a billion wins, and what makes us so unpleasant to play against. Sure, it'll get done from time to time, but we've conceded something like 6 goals in 13 games with it, so yeah, it's not bad.

[LukeJames]

That graphic they showed with offsides since Emery took over was remarkable. The teams in 2nd and 3rd had around 65 each, we were miles out infront with 90 odd. What discipline.

[olaftab]

Well, if Ian Wright, Wright, Wright says so.

I'm happy to let Unai decide if it's going to be "figured out".

Wrighty is a lovely man. Despite his football success a real down to earth fella. During 2006 WC we camped in the Hotel Adlon bar/restaurant everyday in between matches. BBC crew were in a studio just to our left. During the day only Wrighty and Stubbs stopped by to chat and usually for a reasonable period. Shearer, Lineker and Nuggent  were too far up their arse to acknowledge us. Wrighty talks well as a layman but really knows F’all about football tactics. He’s a simple lad.
Having said that Ten Hag has done us twice this season exposing our hi line but generally Unai has maintained the discipline in all other matches.

[Nunkin1965]

It works as we have the results to prove it.
You can single out exceptions when it hasn't but that applies to all parts of the game.
Unai is probably working on a hybrid highline 2.0 as we speak for Anfield!
What a time to be a Villa fan.

[Astnor]

We are much better at it than we where under the previous manager. When we do it it gives us a good game where we often will dominate the opposition with play in their half. One of my friends who supports Man U ... was - after our game against them recently, on about our naive playing a high line against Rashford - as he dosent see the bigger picture There is the danger of course - the oppositions do get opportunities with a ball to run after

[tomd2103]

It worked very well today as we dominated midfield until they brought that sub we were once after on.
Bissouma (looked it up).

I very much doubt Unai will use it to the same extent at Anfield. He knows a thing or two about a thing or two.

Yeah it didn't work quite as well in the first half at Old Trafford recently when it looked like Manchester United were going to get in almost every time a ball was played over the top.  Saying that, we fixed it second half and they hardly got in once.

As Ian Wright pointed out on MOTD, it worked mainly because the runs of the Spurs attackers were pretty poorly timed. 

[Risso]

You'd have thought that Ian Wright as an ex-Arsenal player would know a bit about the offside trap.

[ChicagoLion]

I think it’s incredible that teams have not worked it out yet.
I think it was decent analysis on MOTD.
Manure got around it by the long diadagonal, other methods are to have 2 runners 1 deliberately off side the second making the later run, but you have got to get the weight of the pass and the timing of the runs right and Spurs did neither yesterday.