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the way we have mistreated and misused, or not used Buendia, is sickening, seriously sickening.

yeah i was about to come and post this. Seen a few pundits etc now saying his planning, tactics, sessions etc are super intense, and that some may not like it. Will be interesting to see who falls by the wayside, because it seems a few might if its that different to what most players are used to.

looks like this 100% is the guy. He is out of work currently, spanish journalist Guillem Balague said Emery's new assistant manager would be a historic champions league winner. Pako won the champions league as Benitez's assistant manager in 2004/05. all seems to add up.

no wasnt specified as "player". Seems i was wrong in my initial statement, i was looking at the 2007 Champions League that Liverpool lost to Milan when he was there. Was Pako at Liverpool when they won in 2004/5? edit: Yes he was, looks like this is the guy, he is also out of work currently, so seems to me it is Pako.

no, not in the slightest. He was Liverpools assistand head coach under benitez when they got to the champs league final in 2007, however not the "champions league winner" assistant manager reported by Guillem Balague.

interesting, doesnt fit the "Emery's assistant will be a champions league winner" as reported by that spanish journalist Guillem Balague.

im guessing Emery will love old Diego, exactly his sort of player, fast, strong, capable on the ball, the manager also speaks his mother tongue.

i wonder if it would be Martinez or Mings. tbh, one should be captain, the other vice, whichever way around it is.

will be interesting this Jan & coming summer, Emery must have a very deep understanding of the Spanish market, i wonder if we might go for some spanish gems/youth/younger players, or just some Spanish based players who Emery knows inside out. Gonna be interesting times.

he wasnt great in the PL, i wasnt even that impressed with him while he was in the Championship, maybe he just suits the less physical Spanish league?, or maybe he has improved vastly? I would be concerned if he were going in for players like Damjuma.

i dont doubt Couts' talent, but i do wonder if he will be to Emery's liking, i think Buendia is probably close to an Emery type player? will be interesting to see what Emery makes of the squad. If he picks McGinn im gonna cry tho.

i dunno, i agree we should back him with some signings, but he also has a history of improving players and bringing youth through. we already have a fairly large squad, i agree we should back him with a few signings, but we also need to offload a few as right now there is no real space or pathway for our youth (on the whole), and i honestly think one of his remits would be to bring a few youth players through the system and either integrate them in to the first team, or develop them to sell. Obviously i know nothing, but i would honestly guess that his agreement/remit might be: 1) we will back you with signings, but nothing mind blowing or that will put the club at financial risk (ie: 100m over Jan and the summer, but as much funded by sales/profit as possible). 2) offload some players (to help fund signings), i think we prob have quite a few players just not suited to how he likes to play). 3) improve the players we already have (he has a history of doing this - i didnt mean it as a cliche). 4) integrate & develop youth to either integrate in to the first team squad or develop to sell for profit (this will also help the transfer kitty and sustainability). i would guess that the days of spending 150m in a window, with no income from sales is gone, tbh, the last couple of years have shown this, we havent spent big in the last couple of years, in terms of net spend (i know contracts/salaries are different - but yeah, im just talking in terms of net transfer spend). I would honestly guess that Emery is coming in for the full project, to build the culture he wants, improve the players we have, buy some players but fund some of that with sales of senior or youth players (the youth players who arent deemed good enough for our own squad), i am guessing, but i reckon possibly one of the reasons he chose us is that the owners and Purslow have given him the full scope of the project to manage, alongside Lange and the rest of the team. as long as we as fans are on board and dont get restless, we could be in for an interesting ride. i just hope it doesnt turn out like the Gerrard debacle (i was defo guilty of trying to give Gerrard the benefit of the doubt for the first 6 months, but i was proven badly wrong), although this is a totally different kettle of fish, with a proven coach, so fingers crossed.

the players of any real value they have lost in recent years was: 21/22 - Buendia - 35m 20/21 - Godfrey - 25m & Lewis - 15m other than that, all their "core" players are still present. They signed players like Sara, Nunez, Hayden, Rashica (out on loan), Sargent, Gibson etc. Their first 11 consists of players like Krul, Gibson, Hanley, Hayden, Nunez, Sara, Cantwell, Ramsey, Sargent, Pukki etc. There is no way this team should not be pushing for automatic promotion, if they dont i think it would be seen as a failure, well, maybe via playoffs, but i imagine that wasnt the preferred/expected option. i really dont think Smith is doing as good a job as Farke did, as of right now.

out?, as in available to see?

just turn subs on and the english subs will pop up.

Subtitles are in English (you might need to actually turn the subtitles on). really interesting to hear it from Emery in his own words, he also talks a lot about why Arsenal wanted him, what they asked him to do, what he thought he was there to do etc.

clearly untrue friendo, they said: "a coach". I dont think Slippy can be accused of being that.

doubt it, Emery is quite humble and it doesnt come across as egotistical or belittling to Villa imo. "Gerrard's Aston Villa" did i think, cus Gerrard was so spunked over by his mates and the media.

yeah, they really didnt like him to start with for some reason, the recent-ish run of wins probably saved him a bit, but no wins in 6 now, im not sure how committed the Norwich hierarchy are to him, but doesnt look good, as you say, and i agree, you cant be 7th in the Champ with that Norwich team, its too good on paper for that.

if a Europa Cup, Champions League Semis and a 7th place finish is failure, sign me up

even if he doesnt make it, it does look like if he got a good fitness regime going he will be fully ready for our return after the world cup break. excellent.

they have contracts, which may have a form of release clause in (ie: X pay for Y time left or time present, or just X flat fee or whatever), or maybe pay the remainder of the contract up or whatever. I would guess as long as the money is available, anyone could be "removed" from any club, its not like your average job that is full time/permanent, afaik they are all contracted staff (managers/coaches etc etc).

although i dont agree with everything she said, she did make some very valid points imo. (its not a negative video about Villa, its more about our recruitment, strategic planning etc etc)

just listening to Claret & Blue Podcast, its live, Guillem Balague (Spanish Journalist) has said Emery's assistant at Villa will be a coach who was a European Cup winner and has knowledge of the PL, he said he couldnt say yet who that is though. Wonder who that is?!!? He said it would be "very exciting".