CVByrne Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 3 minutes ago, Spoony said: When do we start worrying about someone coming in and taking him from us, as is Villa Talk tradition? The fact he turned down Newcastle to stay at Villareal shows he wants to take a team as far as he can before moving jobs. I think he'll get constant investment from the owners and try get us a trophy and into the Champions League. Remember soon there will usually be 5 places in the CL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted April 16, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted April 16, 2023 5 hours ago, Demitri_C said: Good morning villatalk What a beautiful morning The milky white glow of the sky. Light glittering in illuminated puddles and flickering through the light drizzle which nourishes life and keeps this land green and verdant. A truly truly wonderful morning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Is Unai Emery Villa's most technically proficient head coach since Jimmy Hogan? Discuss If you don't know who Jimmy Hogan is, google him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 53 minutes ago, TRO said: what was it Villagra? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 8 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: Is Unai Emery Villa's most technically proficient head coach since Jimmy Hogan? Discuss If you don't know who Jimmy Hogan is, google him. This guys brother? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 6 minutes ago, nick76 said: This guys brother? He would have been better if wasn't crocked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 8 minutes ago, nick76 said: This guys brother? We've got a Donk too. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HKP90 Posted April 16, 2023 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted April 16, 2023 I've been reading up a lot about what happened at Arsenal, and I think it tells you why (PSG aside), Unai has preferred to go to teams with potential, but which are lower in the league. It seems to me to be entirely about players mentality. Players under him seem to respond in one of two ways to his leadership. You either buy into the micro management, or you reject it. At Arsenal, by all accounts he had players openly mocking it. Big egos who didn't react well to being told exactly where to go and what to do. Whilst I understand it to some degree, it's important for the players to understand that he doesn't do it because he does not trust them, he does it because he's building a functioning machine, where each part is important. Players who he's managed tend either to hate him or love him (Guendouzi in particular says incredibly positive things about him), and form strong bonds. For this reason I am now thinking that even with the War Chest (TM) , we'll be very selective in recruitment, and it will be more focused on mentality than individual skill. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 4 minutes ago, HKP90 said: I've been reading up a lot about what happened at Arsenal, and I think it tells you why (PSG aside), Unai has preferred to go to teams with potential, but which are lower in the league. It seems to me to be entirely about players mentality. Players under him seem to respond in one of two ways to his leadership. You either buy into the micro management, or you reject it. At Arsenal, by all accounts he had players openly mocking it. Big egos who didn't react well to being told exactly where to go and what to do. Whilst I understand it to some degree, it's important for the players to understand that he doesn't do it because he does not trust them, he does it because he's building a functioning machine, where each part is important. Players who he's managed tend either to hate him or love him (Guendouzi in particular says incredibly positive things about him), and form strong bonds. For this reason I am now thinking that even with the War Chest (TM) , we'll be very selective in recruitment, and it will be more focused on mentality than individual skill. “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts” It’s why we are currently much better than Chelsea or Spurs. They have great individual players, but we’re a team. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Just now, VillaChris said: Oh right...well that's as bad as the Super league proposal then if a team finishing 11th can just leapfrog better league performers based on winning a cup 3-4 years ago. I think it is only based on the current season, they were initially going to base it on 5 year coefficient, but think it got too much push back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CVByrne Posted April 16, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 16, 2023 Premier League in line for five Champions League places after Uefa reforms | Champions League | The Guardian Quote Controversial Plans to allow teams to enter the Champions League based on historical performance in Europe have been abandoned. Instead, a place will be given to each of the two countries whose clubs collectively performed best in Europe the previous year and will be awarded on league position. If the rules were applied this season, the extra places would go to clubs from England and the Netherlands. In four of the past five seasons – and six of the past 10 – England would have received one of the places. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted April 16, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted April 16, 2023 I mean, the power and the money of the Premier League ought to see us have 5 spots every year. We ought to be dominating, but we really don't do we. Obviously still enough to get the slot by the looks of it but it really should be total domination in Europe. Amazed at The Netherlands though? Assume they've done well in the lesser European cups? People say Chelsea won't have such a bad season again next year, I'm really not sure, they look awful and they surely can't go out and spend another £200m again can they? FFP has to catch up. And I'm not sure about Liverpool either. They've got SO many players to be replaced and don't seem to have the cash or the will. 5th place next season is a real possibility next season with Emery at the helm for a full season and with some backing. We've got the best manager out of any of those teams and owners prepared to back him. The world is our lobster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Someone on the Spurs forum suggested Emery as their next manager. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 2 minutes ago, duke313 said: Someone on the Spurs forum suggested Emery as their next manager. Good luck to Levy paying the compensation required 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 No manager with a brain larger than a pea would go to Spurs. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 For a minute yesterday I worried that maybe Chelsea would come in for him but would he even go there? Doubt he'd want to work under that mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 The media don’t fear us but the other Latin Managers in the Prem do. The likes of Billion Dollar Pep, Arteta, Lopetegui (very good manager himself) know Don Unai is Elite. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted April 16, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted April 16, 2023 12 minutes ago, Mantis said: For a minute yesterday I worried that maybe Chelsea would come in for him but would he even go there? Doubt he'd want to work under that mess. I doubt it tbh. I very much suspect that Nas has given Emery a lot of freedom in terms of recruitment and a general say in what goes on at the club. He wouldn't get that at many clubs and it appears to be an environment that Emery thrives in. I genuinely don't see him leaving for a good few years yet, or at least until a time where it feels like this project has "failed". 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMelvillan Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 14 minutes ago, Mantis said: For a minute yesterday I worried that maybe Chelsea would come in for him but would he even go there? Doubt he'd want to work under that mess. He came in and trimmed our already thin squad imagine what he would have to do at Chelsea to get a functioning and workable group of players! It would be a massacre 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adman Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Yeah I don't see him leaving any time soon. Too much to like here so far, and we have the resources to keep him. Also presumably be very expensive for any suitors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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