PaulMcGrath_5 Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11682741/Unai-Emery-desperate-mark-Aston-Villa-month.html "Unai Emery has the keys to the Aston Villa castle, none of his predecessors have ever had this much control... the Spaniard is desperate to put his mark on the team this month with a European place in his mind." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 14 minutes ago, PaulMcGrath_5 said: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11682741/Unai-Emery-desperate-mark-Aston-Villa-month.html "Unai Emery has the keys to the Aston Villa castle, none of his predecessors have ever had this much control... the Spaniard is desperate to put his mark on the team this month with a European place in his mind." But of course he would have significantly more say than Gerrard or Deano. He is a vastly experienced and successful Coach. So when he is giving his assessment of the playing squad and the types/profile of players in positions he wants. When he suggests the names the data and scouting analysis probably confirms his views. This is a world away from Gerrard who wouldn't have a clue about players in Spain or Italy. I'm sure Gerrard was gven big leeway for Coutinho and Digne signings, a player he played with and a PL player. The CDM options were put together by the scouting team and in the end they were successful with Kamara. I also feel the scouting took Gerrards request for a ball playing CB and the data gave Carlos at the top. So the dynamic here is that Gerrard wouldn't have the knowledge to give player suggestions to fit the profile they were looking for anywhere near the level Emery can and is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Makes sense as to why Professor Emery is trimming the squad now to vastly improve it in the Summer. More control for him is good, he knows what he's doing. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 54 minutes ago, CVByrne said: But of course he would have significantly more say than Gerrard or Deano You see. On Gerrard I think he had a lot of say, club signings in that time were probably Carlos and Kamara, but we wouldn't have been pursuing Digne, Coutinho et al without him in the hotseat. I imagine the relationship with Lange and his team is much better with Unai and the ship is going in a unified direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Platt Posted January 27, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 27, 2023 You would think Unai is that clever that he will also plan his succession. So when the time comes someone steps in and things just carry on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom13 Posted January 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2023 Interesting. One of the repliers said they had a tour just after Gerrard left - the tour guide was not complimentary about him. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Reckon he might leave if he isn't backed as promised? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 I dont get it?! Under Sg and DS etc players were in and out like a revolving door.Now,we finally have an A-List manager and we seem to be stuck in neutral.FFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 13 minutes ago, PussEKatt said: I dont get it?! Under Sg and DS etc players were in and out like a revolving door.Now,we finally have an A-List manager and we seem to be stuck in neutral.FFS. Emery is trying to get a higher calibre of player hence it’s more difficult for us to convince them to come. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jayEm Posted January 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2023 5 minutes ago, The_Steve said: Smith having cliques doesn’t surprise me at all The poster clarified that Smith organised the dressing room in shirt number order, ie. he also, like Emery, tried to avoid cliques forming. It's poorly worded 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sharkyvilla Posted January 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Tom13 said: Interesting. One of the repliers said they had a tour just after Gerrard left - the tour guide was not complimentary about him. I did the tour at a similar time and yes the guide wasn't very complimentary about Gerrard. Touches like taking all the furniture out of the manager's room in the tunnel because he didn't want to meet with the opposition manager after the game, when really he needed all the help he could get to learn. Emery had it all put back in straight away. 3 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 I read a report saying UE is not convinced by our 2 full backs Digne & Cash. If it's true.....it doesn't surpise me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Simon Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 4 hours ago, sharkyvilla said: I did the tour at a similar time and yes the guide wasn't very complimentary about Gerrard. Touches like taking all the furniture out of the manager's room in the tunnel because he didn't want to meet with the opposition manager after the game, when really he needed all the help he could get to learn. Emery had it all put back in straight away. GERRARD IS SUCH A word removed! (On topic, Emery is not). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 22 hours ago, Tom13 said: Interesting. One of the repliers said they had a tour just after Gerrard left - the tour guide was not complimentary about him. Not surprised Emery removed any cliques. Apparently it was known by Liverpool fans during Gerrards captaincy that the dressing room had multiple cliques in it Glad Unai removed that as its horrible for team spirit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talldarkandransome Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 On 27/01/2023 at 10:55, S-Platt said: You would think Unai is that clever that he will also plan his succession. So when the time comes someone steps in and things just carry on. I've got the perfect gif for this but I can't attach it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 22 hours ago, messi11 said: Reckon he might leave if he isn't backed as promised? No, because he is being backed and will continue to be. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 It shows what an impact this guy has had on us that I’m honestly gutted we aren’t playing today, and that I have to wait another bloody week to watch us. I’ve not looked forward to watching us play as much as this for a long time. In before some smart arse points out thst we aren’t playing today because Emery got turned over by Stevenage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 On 28/01/2023 at 01:57, messi11 said: Reckon he might leave if he isn't backed as promised? Read the Heil article based on this tweet. It says a whole lot of nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyVillans Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 If we sign no one today and he manages to get us in top 10 he should get a new contract at end of season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Man has literally come in and told the club to stop spending money on shite as nothing has changed on the recruitment team. Give him a bonus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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