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1 minute ago, supermon said:

Need a Gif of when he was on the floor in the box and the players wanted him to stay down. Absolute shithousery of the highest order... And I loved it.

Emi would be sooo proud

Yeh was it Dougie that came up and checked his temperature on the forehead? Absolute quality

He's so much better than Tchouaméni it's criminal. (€80 -100 million transfer from Monaco to R Madrid). They're only 2 months in age apart and play the same DM role.

He spoke about consistency himself in his post match interview. Fingers crossed.

I love this man, I hope we get another year out of him. How he managed to play 98 mins is beyond me. So solid.

Helped really kill the game off, his touch is still there, went looking for that kick in the head too (it was soft) but that's all experience.

I feel like one of the other things the Sultan of Unai has imparted on the team is game management. Be a little dirty, slow the game down, employ some gamesmanship, standing in front of frees and throw-ins, just being generally a lot nastier than usual. It's not popular, it's rarely attractive but it helped drag the arse out of the extra 7-8 minutes,

On 02/01/2023 at 05:15, MWARLEY2 said:

I am loving the Sultan of Unai . A real manager . 

Take a bow sir, that is amazing  

A coaches dream and perhaps, a dream coach for us. So professional, so fit, totally and utterly clued in.

Watching that last 10-20 mins I though that between himself and Coutinho - you could see the experience. Hoof when necessary, slow it down when necessary and chase when appropriate.

Zero substitute for experience.

The bullshitometer cannot cope.

1 hour ago, sne said:

Zaha is on £130k/w apparently. How much do we think he'll be asking for his last big payday contract? £200k/w? He might settle for £150k/w if a team throws in an extra year and give him a 4 year contract.

He strikes me as a big fish in small pond with a big payday in Europe ahead of him. If I was 30 and could land a relatively "soft" big contract in Spain or Ligue 1, I'd give B6 a skip.

4 hours ago, est1874 said:

Never want to see Adama back here. Not a footballer.

Aston Villa athletics team? He might be a good lad for the 110m hurdles!

50 minutes ago, messi11 said:

How did he not make the French squad for the World Cup!
He's the most hyped player in the Villaverse and Villatalk at the moment

 

Villaverse, love it.

Is it as poorly animated as the Metaverse? No, it simply couldn't be.

2 minutes ago, CVByrne said:

So of those who has the most non pen goals per game in a season? Has any of them matched Watkins 13 from 20/21? 

Yet they're the amazing "goal scorers" we're missing

Every single one of them has scored 20 or more PL goals. I never for a second mentioned anything about them being amazing, you were just factually incorrect.
 

42 minutes ago, CVByrne said:

None of the players you've listed have probably even scored 20 PL goals in their career yet

31 minutes ago, CVByrne said:

We're talking about proven 20 goals in a PL season players. None of the players you've listed have probably even scored 20 PL goals in their career yet

There's still plenty of time to delete this post and pretend it never happened.

If I may be so bold, that's still soon enough for him to pass a medical elsewhere in January. For me he's on the bus with McGinn, both are better than good squad players, but neither appeals in the long term. I don't doubt Phil's ability to win a game, but it's so rare, I can't be arsed.

His two best games have come in the last three games under two different coaches. He's a pace merchant who needs freedom and encouragement. 

Given what we now know about SG as a manager and a coach, it's no wonder he struggled. 

Got into Villa cos my Grandad, up at his place watching the Coca Cola cup final against Manure. He'd have enjoyed that one today.

UE is already having a clear affect on this team. They're looking up and looking around - I screamed look up and Olly squared it to Ramsey. His natural jnclination is is to shoot in that position even though the angle is acute. 

3 hours ago, av1 said:

What’s Spanish for roll wor sleeves up, look me in the eye and all in? 

Emery is Basque, those were his first words!

1 hour ago, brummybloke said:

So the coaches have been announced and the backroom staff. Hopefully most speak a reasonable amount of English.

 

The language obsession must surely just be a British thing right? Emery speaks multiple languages, as do a plethora of our players and coaches, yet over and over again - language ability is raised.

Not sure I've ever seen such a feel good factor when in 16th position  

His honeymoon period feels like it's gone on forever, just wait til he starts winning. We're gonna run outta superlatives real fast lads!

The more I think about how much he's gonna improve the younger lads too, just knuckle down, listen to the man and the sky could be the limit for some fellas. This is a real footballing coach.