Tom13 Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 18 minutes ago, robby b said: / I just read that since Unai became our manager we've scored in every single league game, all 13 of them! I like that! Blimey. How un-Villa-like. And even better, no other team has scored in all of theirs in that time. City and Arsenal haven't scored in all theirs? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 22 minutes ago, Tom13 said: City and Arsenal haven't scored in all theirs? Arsenal failed to score against Everton and Man City didn’t score against Spurs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 15 hours ago, MaVilla said: Not defending Gerrard, as i think Emery's system is vastly better in every way, but the possession stats dont tell the story really, Gerrard's possession in the 22/23 season was as follows: Emery's average Possession, as per your list, is 50.3%. Gerrard had better possession in 6/11 games, or 54.5% of games. Emery had more possession in 7/12 games, or 58.3% of games. So from Gerrards 11 games in 22/23, and Emery's 12 games in 22/23, the possession stats are basically exactly the same (50% vs 50.3%). Anyway, doesnt take away from the point that i prefer Emery 100%, my point was more that these kind of stats put out there dont always reflect what they purport to reflect, although i do agree Emery's possession is more effective, intelligent, easier on the eye etc etc, but he isnt really having "more" of it, Emery is just doing better with what possession he does have, than Gerrard did. I hope you get what i mean. This did shock me. I must have been thinking of last season or some other period but I'm sure I remember a run of games where we consistently had less possession. Seems my memory may be playing up. What is important, as you mentioned, is the respective quality of that possession. The possession we had under Gerrard was consistently non-threatening. Towards the bottom of the league for xG and rarely worrying the opposition. If we didn't score directly from a corner, we weren't going to score. 13 games in a row we've scored under Emery, with most of them being from open play. The possession has purpose. And yes I get what you mean. Thanks for highlighting the other side of the stats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Just watched latest training video, noticed James Wright, Feeney, Swinkels, Seb Revan, Kesler Hayden, Raikhy, Kadan Young and Delcan Frith, so not as if Emery is ignoring youth, in terms of first team bench the academy players closet to that out on loan, and other very highly rated ones still very young, Kadan making the bench earlier in the season a rare exception for someone his age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 I just watched his pre match interview, looked like he'd been playing in training, also I wonder what he has done to his left eye, looked bruised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Keyblade Posted March 17, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2023 I really liked his response when asked about how his performance so far extrapolated over a season would have us in the CL places. Instead of gloating he said football is over 38 games and while we've won a lot of games, there's still a lot of improvement to be made and our immediate goal is to confirm survival than look at top 10. Contrast that to when Gerrard unprompted brought up the classic VT canard of "we are 9th in the form table since Gerrard's arrival". Absolute levels to this. You can tell who's the real "born winner". Emery will not rest and will not be happy until he meets his objectives. And ultimately, those objectives includes a trophy of some kind. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 (edited) 50 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: I just watched his pre match interview, looked like he'd been playing in training, also I wonder what he has done to his left eye, looked bruised. He got a bit 'too demanding' with Doris the tea lady and she wasn't having it! Edited March 17, 2023 by Made In Aston 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 57 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: I just watched his pre match interview, looked like he'd been playing in training, also I wonder what he has done to his left eye, looked bruised. Could explain Dendoncker's hand injury... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitvilla Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Mings looked him in the eye? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catanzaro Posted March 17, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 17, 2023 6 hours ago, foreveryoung said: I just watched his pre match interview, looked like he'd been playing in training, also I wonder what he has done to his left eye, looked bruised. Looked like a mosquito type bite just under his eye to me.. I’ve had one and that is what it looked like.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvilla28 Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Never seen a manger with so much class and thoughts with his process. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 6 hours ago, ozvilla28 said: Never seen a manger with so much class and thoughts with his process. Really? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 (edited) 9 hours ago, catanzaro said: Looked like a mosquito type bite just under his eye to me.. I’ve had one and that is what it looked like.. I noticed the bruise by his eye too but I was gnat sure how he got it either... Edited March 18, 2023 by Brumstopdogs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Vive_La_Villa Posted March 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 18, 2023 We’ve had so many average managers over the years I’m still getting my head around Unai Emery being in charge. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheltenham_villa Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 On 16/03/2023 at 11:56, StuL said: Thanks. I only saw the comments about the extra GK. I still think it would be more beneficial to have a youth player there. Surely Kesler-Hayden could be a useful addition? I share youre thoughts. I may have read into the comments too much but it sounded like he was saying if you get a spot on the bench it's because you've earned it, not because we just have one available. Hard to argue with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 17 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: We’ve had so many average managers over the years I’m still getting my head around Unai Emery being in charge. I’m the same, it’s sound really stupid but at every game since he arrived I just watch him walking to his seat thinking ‘wow’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Keep up the great work boss! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Don Unai does it again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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