gwi1890 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 8 minutes ago, TheMightyVillans said: So our matchday squad once everyone fit Martinez, Young, Carlos, Mings, Moreno, luiz, kamara, buendia, bailey, ramsey, watkins olsen, konsa, cash, digne, dendoncker, mcginn, coutinho, traore, duran, Looks good to me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBOB Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 52 minutes ago, TheMightyVillans said: So our matchday squad once everyone fit Martinez, Young, Carlos, Mings, Moreno, luiz, kamara, buendia, bailey, ramsey, watkins olsen, konsa, cash, digne, dendoncker, mcginn, coutinho, traore, duran, A few injuries away from getting into the youths but probably enough to get us to the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Thought we could try this formation with all the players we've sold: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 I think we're actually stronger now than we were at the start of the window Traore and Duran makes us stronger in attack even with Ings gone Sanson and Nakamba gone as midfield options but they weren't used anyway Moreno an upgrade on Augustinsson and possibly Digne Carlos to come back. If they don't go out on loan Kesler Hayden and Bogarde two players we didn't have available first half of the season, that I think more than capable of playing for the first team if needed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashingqwerty Posted February 1, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 1, 2023 Gks: Martinez, Olsen Olsen is not good enough. Maybe Sinisalo or Marschal will get a chance? Lbs: Moreno, Digne I don't think Digne fits in here, and will likely get moved on but generally happy. Rbs: Cash, Young, KKH Cash looks out of favor and I never really rated him, Young, player of season for me so far but age is against him, KKH hopefully can get some game time. Happy Cbs: Ming's, Konsa, Carlos, Chambers, Hause I don't think any of these, except Carlos, is technically good enough for our system. Konsa isn't good in the air and lacks strength, Ming's has an awful habit of making big mistakes and his passing often let's him down. Chambers and Hause just aren't good enough. Not seen enough of Carlos to judge, and after a bad injury will he be the same player? Lots of work needed here. Dm: Kamara, Dendoncker Others could slot in, but I think we can do better than Donc. Hopefully Tim can step up next season. Cm: Luiz, Ramsey, McGinn Again, I think we can improve here. I'm not convinced by JJ, and I think McGinn is a fading force. Luiz the only one I'd keep, and probably as a squad player rather than starter Am/Wm: Bailey, Traore, Buendia, Coutinho I think we can work with Bailey and Traore for now, but Emi and Court just have not worked. Need better. St: Watkins, Duran I don't think Watkins is good enough, and not seen anything on Duran. Need better. Overall, lots to do still 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 When Emery took over and this is our 1st team and 2nd team Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne Ramsey/McGinn, Luiz, Kamara, Buendia Bailey, Watkins Olsen, Young, Chambers, Bednarek, Augustinsson Sanson, Nakamba, Dendoncker, Coutinho Ings, Archer We are clearing out that 2nd team. I think Young, Dendoncker and maybe Olsen might be in our squad come September. I think clearing out the back up players is step 1 and then signing players who make our first team players the back up is step 2. Moreno & Carlos are two of the outfield players who will push the 1st team to then bench. I can see a Right Back, Striker, Wide Forward, Right Midfielder all signed in Summer. So 6 of the 10 outfield first team will be changed by September. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 9 hours ago, flashingqwerty said: Gks: Martinez, Olsen Olsen is not good enough. Maybe Sinisalo or Marschal will get a chance? Lbs: Moreno, Digne I don't think Digne fits in here, and will likely get moved on but generally happy. Rbs: Cash, Young, KKH Cash looks out of favor and I never really rated him, Young, player of season for me so far but age is against him, KKH hopefully can get some game time. Happy Cbs: Ming's, Konsa, Carlos, Chambers, Hause I don't think any of these, except Carlos, is technically good enough for our system. Konsa isn't good in the air and lacks strength, Ming's has an awful habit of making big mistakes and his passing often let's him down. Chambers and Hause just aren't good enough. Not seen enough of Carlos to judge, and after a bad injury will he be the same player? Lots of work needed here. Dm: Kamara, Dendoncker Others could slot in, but I think we can do better than Donc. Hopefully Tim can step up next season. Cm: Luiz, Ramsey, McGinn Again, I think we can improve here. I'm not convinced by JJ, and I think McGinn is a fading force. Luiz the only one I'd keep, and probably as a squad player rather than starter Am/Wm: Bailey, Traore, Buendia, Coutinho I think we can work with Bailey and Traore for now, but Emi and Court just have not worked. Need better. St: Watkins, Duran I don't think Watkins is good enough, and not seen anything on Duran. Need better. Overall, lots to do still This is a ridiculously harsh assessment on a squad that has just taken 16 points from 21 available since having a real manager. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KMitch Posted February 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Rustibrooks said: The mood in the our squad seems really good, the players look like they are having fun. You can hear Emery encouraging them as well. Unai thank you once again for managing our club! It's hilarious to see the difference in training drills from Emery's team vs those of Gerrard's team. Emery's drills are all 1-2 touch/pass/move/shoot oriented and fit exactly into the style of football we're trying to play on matchday... Gerrard's seemed to be a lot of individual shooting drills, dribbling around cones, and 5/side games. Just looking at the drills in this video where the central midfielders are trying to play over the top balls into the channel for the forwards to run onto and finish after a touch are exactly the kind of things we do in a match. Shows the massive difference in quality between the two coaching teams. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 10 minutes ago, KMitch said: It's hilarious to see the difference in training drills from Emery's team vs those of Gerrard's team. Emery's drills are all 1-2 touch/pass/move/shoot oriented and fit exactly into the style of football we're trying to play on matchday... Gerrard's seemed to be a lot of individual shooting drills, dribbling around cones, and 5/side games. Just looking at the drills in this video where the central midfielders are trying to play over the top balls into the channel for the forwards to run onto and finish after a touch are exactly the kind of things we do in a match. Shows the massive difference in quality between the two coaching teams. Yeah it looks like he's teaching the players really specific ways of finding space in attack. What I like about Emery is although he's generally quite a defensive manager who's big on defensive shape, he combines that with some really clever attacking moves. It's not that classic 1-0, set pieces, pace and moments of magic style of defensive management (a la MON for example). It's got some attacking style to it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 18 minutes ago, KentVillan said: Yeah it looks like he's teaching the players really specific ways of finding space in attack. What I like about Emery is although he's generally quite a defensive manager who's big on defensive shape, he combines that with some really clever attacking moves. It's not that classic 1-0, set pieces, pace and moments of magic style of defensive management (a la MON for example). It's got some attacking style to it. It's why Villarreal were so fascinating to watch. They could suffocate the life out of a match defensively but they had some real bite in attack and were great to watch when going forward. For me this is what I think of when people say Total Football. Just complete mastery of the game from front to back. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 29 minutes ago, Keyblade said: It's why Villarreal were so fascinating to watch. They could suffocate the life out of a match defensively but they had some real bite in attack and were great to watch when going forward. For me this is what I think of when people say Total Football. Just complete mastery of the game from front to back. Love it. My idea, of good Football, too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMitch Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Keyblade said: It's why Villarreal were so fascinating to watch. They could suffocate the life out of a match defensively but they had some real bite in attack and were great to watch when going forward. For me this is what I think of when people say Total Football. Just complete mastery of the game from front to back. 100% this... Which is why I'm so excited for the future. It'll take a few windows, but you really get the sense that after we upgrade the squad a Champions League run is a very real possibility for us again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 4 hours ago, Keyblade said: It's why Villarreal were so fascinating to watch. They could suffocate the life out of a match defensively but they had some real bite in attack and were great to watch when going forward. For me this is what I think of when people say Total Football. Just complete mastery of the game from front to back. That's exactly what Newcastle has been doing for the last 12 months. If Emery can get the players doing what he wants then I don't see why we can't have similar success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CVByrne Posted February 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2023 From Watkins interview he talks about Emery telling him to stay in position and trust the ball will come to you. This alone will help Watkins contribute more goals and assists I feel. It's also a sign of Emery being totally clear what he expects from his players. Watkins is very quick and if he's staying in the left CF spot he's stretching the pitch creating more space for his teammates if the opposition defenders don't play a high line (often fear of opposition players pace means defenders drop a little deeper). Then if they do play high line. he has the space behind them to attack into. If Watkins was coming deep to get involved in play more (as he said he was doing) then that wouldn't be helping in the way Emery wants. I think this clarity of what he wants from his players in detail is helping them a lot. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 48 minutes ago, CVByrne said: From Watkins interview he talks about Emery telling him to stay in position and trust the ball will come to you. This alone will help Watkins contribute more goals and assists I feel. It's also a sign of Emery being totally clear what he expects from his players. Watkins is very quick and if he's staying in the left CF spot he's stretching the pitch creating more space for his teammates if the opposition defenders don't play a high line (often fear of opposition players pace means defenders drop a little deeper). Then if they do play high line. he has the space behind them to attack into. If Watkins was coming deep to get involved in play more (as he said he was doing) then that wouldn't be helping in the way Emery wants. I think this clarity of what he wants from his players in detail is helping them a lot. Best thing about Emery I imagine, over Gerrard and some previous donuts in charge, is he probably has video sessions of upcoming opponents and giving players instructions on players to target. He seems that meticulous which we've been crying out for from a manager for ages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 57 minutes ago, CVByrne said: From Watkins interview he talks about Emery telling him to stay in position and trust the ball will come to you. This alone will help Watkins contribute more goals and assists I feel. It's also a sign of Emery being totally clear what he expects from his players. Watkins is very quick and if he's staying in the left CF spot he's stretching the pitch creating more space for his teammates if the opposition defenders don't play a high line (often fear of opposition players pace means defenders drop a little deeper). Then if they do play high line. he has the space behind them to attack into. If Watkins was coming deep to get involved in play more (as he said he was doing) then that wouldn't be helping in the way Emery wants. I think this clarity of what he wants from his players in detail is helping them a lot. It's so exciting. Emery will miss nothing. Everyone will be be given the platform and direction to shine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 2 hours ago, Tomaszk said: It's so exciting. Emery will miss nothing. Everyone will be be given the platform and direction to shine. Yep. One thing I’ve enjoyed about Emery so far is his consistency in formation and team. It’s no secret I’m not a fan of a couple of players in our side but the best sides (City aside due to their squad), tend to play the same XI as much as possible in the league. Look at Arsenal. I think they’ve played the same team/formation all season barring injuries. It’s a good way of working. The players know the system and if they need to come in to the team, they know exactly what they need to do and what their job is. The performances do need to improve a little at times, but we’re doing something I haven’t seen us do in the PL since the Martin O’Neill days, and that’s win matches when we’re not playing well. We’re much harder to beat than we’ve been for a long time. If we can get some better players in, logic suggests we’ll be in a really healthy position and challenging the European places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 3 hours ago, CVByrne said: From Watkins interview he talks about Emery telling him to stay in position and trust the ball will come to you. This alone will help Watkins contribute more goals and assists I feel. It's also a sign of Emery being totally clear what he expects from his players. Watkins is very quick and if he's staying in the left CF spot he's stretching the pitch creating more space for his teammates if the opposition defenders don't play a high line (often fear of opposition players pace means defenders drop a little deeper). Then if they do play high line. he has the space behind them to attack into. If Watkins was coming deep to get involved in play more (as he said he was doing) then that wouldn't be helping in the way Emery wants. I think this clarity of what he wants from his players in detail is helping them a lot. Where can I find that interview? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 On 01/02/2023 at 23:35, Condimentalist said: This is a ridiculously harsh assessment on a squad that has just taken 16 points from 21 available since having a real manager. Got to love when people say about Luiz I'd only keep him as a squad player. When he's fairly strong in midfield, defensively and his attacking output is very good. He's 14th in the league in assists. And only Iwobi and Pereira have more among players that don't play for Utd, Arsenal, City, Tottenham or Liverpool. They have played about 400 more minutes this season than him. And he's got 2 goals as well. He's averaging 3.88 Tackles + Interceptions per 90. And 55 passes per 90 as well. And that will only go up under Unai. Arsenal wanted to sign him. Likely as insurance for if Partey gets arrested for what he allegedly did. Honeslty wild what some people think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 On 01/02/2023 at 00:58, MrBlack said: Thought we could try this formation with all the players we've sold: I think that formation would beat a S.G team. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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