Guest av1 Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 7 minutes ago, CVByrne said: The use of six at the back is pretty brilliant tbh. Just frustrating the opposition What I love the most mate is that it isn’t purely defensive. Under former managers the 6/10 behind the ball was just “holding on” With this guy he wants to attack but has everyone doing their jobs when we don’t have the ball and everyone seems to know their roles. It’s flipping beautiful to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 2 minutes ago, av1 said: What I love the most mate is that it isn’t purely defensive. Under former managers the 6/10 behind the ball was just “holding on” With this guy he wants to attack but has everyone doing their jobs when we don’t have the ball and everyone seems to know their roles. It’s flipping beautiful to watch. The idea is to attract more of the opposition players into our 1/3rd of the pitch so when we turn over the ball there is more open space for us to counter attack into. It's very intelligent way to set up away from home. He's an incredibly talented tactical coach. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villatillidie1980 Posted January 1, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 1, 2023 I am so grateful we have Unai as our manager. Special times 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Sulberto21 said: Reporter : “So the aim now is to be consistent” Emery “mofo I’ve won 3 from 4 “ then does a stone cold stunner on his a** Please tell me he actually said that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Follyfoot said: New manager bounce Manager with tactics bounce. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 8 minutes ago, ender4 said: Please tell me he actually said that! I made it up except for the stone cold stunner. Lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted January 1, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 1, 2023 I almost don’t want us to bring in anyone in the January window, would love to definitively know how good this squad can be under someone of Emery’s calibre. Obviously if the chance to bring in a player of Kamara’s ability for a bargain price presented itself, I’d want us to go for him. But at the same time, bringing in no additional first teamers would give us solid evidence of how good the majority of these players are, which has been a point of contention over the last few years. There would be no “Ah, but we only finished in the top half because we brought in X in January - he’s been carrying us since he came in…”. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 1 minute ago, Mark Albrighton said: I almost don’t want us to bring in anyone in the January window, would love to definitively know how good this squad can be under someone of Emery’s calibre. Obviously if the chance to bring in a player of Kamara’s ability for a bargain price presented itself, I’d want us to go for him. But at the same time, bringing in no additional first teamers would give us solid evidence of how good the majority of these players are, which has been a point of contention over the last few years. There would be no “Ah, but we only finished in the top half because we brought in X in January - he’s been carrying us since he came in…”. I can't see more than one signing or at most two this window 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 2 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: I almost don’t want us to bring in anyone in the January window, would love to definitively know how good this squad can be under someone of Emery’s calibre. Obviously if the chance to bring in a player of Kamara’s ability for a bargain price presented itself, I’d want us to go for him. But at the same time, bringing in no additional first teamers would give us solid evidence of how good the majority of these players are, which has been a point of contention over the last few years. There would be no “Ah, but we only finished in the top half because we brought in X in January - he’s been carrying us since he came in…”. I think this squad is good enough for top ten and have underperformed for the last season due to mitigating circumstances. (Slippy G) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 9 minutes ago, CVByrne said: I can't see more than one signing or at most two this window Three Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 (edited) I remember some people when he was linked suggesting he would be another Remi Garde Edited January 1, 2023 by Zatman 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 Got to be honest....at 1pm and seeing no Martinez or Cash in the backline I didn't fancy us in the slightest. So of course this armchair expert sees us ease to a clean sheet. This is going to be the difference with his predecessor. Gerrard made baffling selections and didn't win games, Emery makes interesting calls and we comfortably win away to a top 6 team. Could get used to that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 26 minutes ago, Eastie said: Three Two forwards and back up left back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted January 1, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 1, 2023 25 minutes ago, Zatman said: I remember some people when he was linked suggesting he would be another Remi Garde Not to piss on your bonfire, but no one actually said that. Several people, myself included said that while we welcomed the appointment, we HOPED the appointment would not be another Remi Garde. I don't remember anyone actually being against UE's appointment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMitch Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 14 minutes ago, HKP90 said: Not to piss on your bonfire, but no one actually said that. Several people, myself included said that while we welcomed the appointment, we HOPED the appointment would not be another Remi Garde. I don't remember anyone actually being against UE's appointment. "Several people, myself included said while we welcomed the appointment, we HOPED the appointment would not be another worst Villa manager in the history of the Premier League era, but I never said I was against his appointment." Baffling that you're even trying to defend the original statement here... "I'm ok with it as long as it doesn't turn out to be the biggest disaster in the history of the club, then I'll say I told you so." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted January 1, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 1, 2023 4 minutes ago, KMitch said: "Several people, myself included said while we welcomed the appointment, we HOPED the appointment would not be another worst Villa manager in the history of the Premier League era, but I never said I was against his appointment." Baffling that you're even trying to defend the original statement here... "I'm ok with it as long as it doesn't turn out to be the biggest disaster in the history of the club, then I'll say I told you so." Look, it was a throwaway comment, made when he was one of 3 heavily linked managers. You wanna see how I felt about his appointment, read my first post on this thread (pg 13). My point was that the original post was trying to scoff at critics that didn't exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 I loved emerys passion for the 2nd goal. That win meant a lot to him About time we beat these cretins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 Just now, Demitri_C said: I loved emerys passion for the 2nd goal. That win meant a lot to him About time we beat these cretins We beat these cretins not long ago with Dean Smith as manager. . But ‘twas a fantastic victory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 9 minutes ago, Sulberto21 said: We beat these cretins not long ago with Dean Smith as manager. . But ‘twas a fantastic victory. I think that was smiths 1st season wasnt it? I rrally wanna bwat thwm at villa park we haven't beaten them there in years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 We are so lucky to have him. Man's a genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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