...it's hard to escape the impression under Emery that we do spend a lot of time in matches conserving energy and resting in possession.
I think this sort of thing is the practical outworking of Emery's years of experience dealing with Europe - while teams like Newcastle may have a more blockbuster style, Emery plays a longer game... in terms of a system that conserves energy, but also consciously targeting versatile players to make up the squad, and in rotation of starting players during within congested weeks.
The end goal of which is to be in the hunt in May, not just November.
