To be fair he wants to play progressive football at home unfortunately we were our own worst enemy today, when was the last time we had 63% possession vs Leicester? We dominated the game but we have to accept the that this style of play at home is a work in progress. Fair play to Emery the easy option would be to play the way we do away from home in counter attacking block but you can see he’s striving for a style of play to excite the home support and to make Villa Park a place opposing teams fear. It will all come together eventually.
We’re better away from home, we are also better without the ball than we are with it. We’ve got a grasp on playing the block and frustrating possession based teams Hopefully we can get a result.
That’s whole point of playing out the back though isn’t it, trigger the press and play through it , rather than passing it aimlessly along the back 4. It’s a work in progress that will eventually pay dividends.
Found himself in good positions to start counter attacks in the first half, needs to learn to pass and move. Unfortunately his and Ollie’s missed chances cost us the game but at the same time there was nothing he could have done to prevent us gifting Leicester 4 goals.
it’s smart starting Dinge . Moreno still isn’t fully up to speed it gives him an opportunity to adapt. I’m certain we’ll see him come on in the second half.Also good man management not freezing Dinge out just because we bought a new lb, Target was straight out for the fancy new toy under Gerrard.