Johnnyp

If we beat forest and Newcastle it’s game on. Really is. 

3 minutes ago, IrishVilla10 said:

 

He doesn’t look as piss weak on the ball as time goes by under Emery . Physically stronger ? Hardly. He just looks so much more tactically aware, picking the ball up in space and not trying to do too much. Think the price tag weighed on him a bit and Smith and Gerrard had neither the man management or tactical acumen to take that pressure off him. He’s improved no end.

If he wanted to sign 5 Leyton orient players in the summer i wouldn’t question it. He’s unreal. 

I don’t think he’s injured as such. If he genuinely was when it looked like he tweeked his ankle again - he wouldn’t of played the rest of the half. Agree with above, he just looked leggy and had a poor first half. Can happen. Emery sending out the message that any of you can be hooked. The team is the main priority. 

5 minutes ago, foreveryoung said:

Joyce next, beating this guy in 12 on points proved nothing.

Im a fan, an AJ looked like a destroyer tonight, although he didn't look like or perform like he wanted to be there anymore. His trainer, to be fair, was telling him to finish it, but I don't think Joshua was listening yet again.

Would be unlikely. I’m not sure Warren and Hearn have ever co promoted a fight. They don’t get on great. Whyte was a matchroom fighter when he fought Fury on BT but Warren won that purse bid and was the sole promoter. Joyce way too risky for Joshua. Has no belt, dangerous - guys that have been in with him don’t tend to come right in fights after it. 

Khan vibes off Joshua. Khan started with Oliver Harrison. Then went with Roach after the Prescott KO. Every defeat bought a new trainer and with it a purported new style. Virgil Hunter, Joe Goosen, BoMac. They were all going to be “ the one “ Joshua will go on a similar trajectory. Without been offensive he’s like Khan in the sense, he’s too dim to take new stuff on board and will always revert to type. 

He’s had his eye on this one to come back around for a while. That defeat still rankles with him. 

1 hour ago, Panto_Villan said:

This is interesting to me because it implies that maybe Watkins was overdoing it previously - trying to be everywhere all the time, because that's basically what set him apart from other strikers.

It seems like Emery is encouraging him to be a bit more selective about when he goes chasing players / the ball and it certainly seems to have paid off in terms of his goalscoring.

He was running all over the gaff under Gerrard, getting nowhere and looked kinda pissed off. Looks a very happy player now. 

55 minutes ago, Villan_of_oz said:

Ollie is the man, there can be no argument anymore,

He was under an evil spell cast by Slippy G the bore,

But now that Unai is at the helm, Ollie is scoring goals for fun,

Now let's never doubt Ollie's ability again, let's get behind him everyone!

I read it like a poem then got to the end and realised it wasn’t. 

Superb this evening 

GET IN !!!!!!!!

I’ll take that. Kamara looks miles off it. 

What a player Ramsey would be if he could get his head up 

Just now, Johnnyp said:

 

That should be Plant done at the top level. He’s came up well short in both his losses. Had Benevidez winning this comfortably. 

Can see why Hearn didn’t want to over pay on Okolie. Horrible fighter. Awful to watch. 

8 minutes ago, av1 said:

Just too add to the above, which I agree with (I’m 44)

I can’t remember a time when we have ever played a possession based game, we’ve been pretty much a counter attacking team for as long as I can remember. It’s just incredible what he’s doing. 
 

If you think how big of a challenge it must be to turn Gerrardball into what Emery wants with the same players, you half expect 12 months of pain during the transition, but instead of that he’s delivering results that have put us 3rd in the form table since his arrival. 
 

To completely change our style and still pick up points in the process is truly remarkable. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A mark of the imprint he leaves mentally on a player too i think . He knew they were struggling a bit at home, were pandering to the crowd a bit and rushing their work. He’s took the sting out of that and got them to be far more relaxed. 

31 minutes ago, Demitri_C said:

Best villa manager in my lifetime 

Same. By far the most enjoyable. The 3 consecutive 6th places ( i think ) under O’Neill was a great achievement but the football wasn’t half turgid. 

Literally will feel like a new signing, he essentially is. Wrap him up in cotton wool. We aren’t getting relegated and realistically i don’t think we’ll get europe. 

Just now, useless said:

This is table since Emery took over. We're sixth in it, twenty-six points from fourteen games.

I know it’s a nice graphic but think we should park this stuff - only end up tormenting yourself. Bring on Chelsea !!

Just now, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

Note that one of if not our most key player, and replacements have been out for the last couple of games.

Yet the style of play and incremental improvement has continued.

Proper Manager.

With a relatively thin squad.

Totally agree also tells me it is a dressing room without ego and good spirit. There is no “ star “ player who feels he’s above work and what a sense of team is about. Sense that Emery nips this stuff out. 

Just now, mikeyp102 said:

The difference he has made to this team is brilliant. It’s only going to get better as well. 
He’ll be happy with the win and the clean sheet, but I think the perfectionist in him will still be unhappy with some of it. Konsa and Cash got split quite a few times and that won’t be acceptable.

I don’t have this naive expectancy that we will win every week, and that’s ok but under Gerrard, Smith ( not been harsh ), Bruce , we literally asked the question on here “ What are they doing Monday to Friday “ That doesn’t enter my head with this guy. If we lose, i can concede that maybe the opposition have just been better on the day but with Emery im never left in any doubt that the prep has been anything but thorough. There is a great level of comfort in that as a supporter. 

5 minutes ago, villarule123 said:

He is performing miracles with this squad, especially when he hasn't had a summer window to build his own team and get rid of the few who evidently aren't capable of playing his way week in week out. 

It’s a testament to the level he’s at though in fairness. A manager chopping and changing every window never sits well with me and it shows their limitations as a coach.