Unai Emery

[colhint]

This is how good he is . I'm following the bears score. Now we lost a day through rain. But we're in a strong position. The 5th wicket needed to be broken, they had been digging in. So I came into VT, read the Unai thread to back to the bears and a wicket has been taken.

 

Make that 2

Edited April 16, 2023 by colhint

[sidcow]

He's done the "Big" club thing. He knows even success isn't good enough, you've got to win literally every game and win trophy after trophy never ending or you're a failure. 

I suspect he's happier to be somewhere where he's just really appreciated and can do some good work. 

I have a hunch he'll be here for a few years. 

I absolutely pray we've found our Alex Ferguson or our Arsene Wenger.   Please don't ever let us get so arrogant that we hound him out because we've only finished 6th. 

Edited April 17, 2023 by sidcow

[Talldarkandransome]

23 minutes ago, sidcow said:

He's done the "Big" club thing. He knows even success isn't good enough, you've got to win literally every game and win trophy after trophy never ending or you're a failure. 

I suspect he's happier to be somewhere where he's just really appreciated and can do some good work. 

I have a hunch he'll be hear for a few years. 

I absolutely pray we've found our Alex Ferguson or our Arsen Wenger.   Please don't ever let us get so arrogant that we hound him out because we've only finished 6th. 

I imagine the bonkers Chelsea owner has been trying to get hold of him. Let's hope Unai just says "Who?, sorry I've never heard of Chelsea Soccer Franchise. I'm Aston Villa"

[allani]

3 minutes ago, sidcow said:

He's done the "Big" club thing. He knows even success isn't good enough, you've got to win literally every game and win trophy after trophy never ending or you're a failure. 

I suspect he's happier to be somewhere where he's just really appreciated and can do some good work. 

I have a hunch he'll be hear for a few years. 

I absolutely pray we've found our Alex Ferguson or our Arsen Wenger.   Please don't ever let us get so arrogant that we hound him out because we've only finished 6th. 

I agree 100% with this.

[Made In Aston]

52 minutes ago, sidcow said:

He's done the "Big" club thing. He knows even success isn't good enough, you've got to win literally every game and win trophy after trophy never ending or you're a failure. 

I suspect he's happier to be somewhere where he's just really appreciated and can do some good work. 

I have a hunch he'll be hear for a few years. 

I absolutely pray we've found our Alex Ferguson or our Arsen Wenger.   Please don't ever let us get so arrogant that we hound him out because we've only finished 6th. 

Emery will go once he feels he has achieved all he can. If that is qualifying for Europe then he may be gone sooner than if he feels we could be a force in the Champions league. I've no doubt he wants to have a good chance of winning the CL before he retires, so he isn't going to hang around treading water with us if we can't make that happen. 

[Talldarkandransome]

2 minutes ago, Made In Aston said:

Emery will go once he feels he has achieved all he can. If that is qualifying for Europe then he may be gone sooner than if he feels we could be a force in the Champions league. I've no doubt he wants to have a good chance of winning the CL before he retires, so he isn't going to hang around treading water with us if we can't make that happen. 

Let's not worry about this now eh. It's only been a few months. 

[avfc1982am]

We will at the very least get 3 years out of Unai. Buckle up boy and girls because those that suffer with vertigo are about to get queasy. 

[duke313]

18 minutes ago, avfc1982am said:

We will at the very least get 3 years out of Unai. Buckle up boy and girls because those that suffer with vertigo are about to get queasy. 

First season - 6th place finish

Second season - win Europa League

Third season - CL semi final

I'll take that if that's all we get 

[The_Steve]

Unai is adored here and beloved by the owners. No reason to not stay here for the long term. 

[Guest av1]

His CV speaks for itself and pretty much all  of us were blown away by the appointment, but did anyone actually expect the turn around to happen so quickly with just one signing? (I’m not including Duran because he has barely featured)

Its truly remarkable what has been achieved so quickly, individually and collectively. We’ve hit the jackpot with this guy. 
 

Regsrding the comments above about keeping hold of him. I honestly believe that he’s the sort of coach that prefers to build rather than take on the finished article. He’s loved here, and he knows that the potential at the club is huge. I’ll think he’ll want to stay and achieve something here. 

[Sulberto21]

If Don Unai wanted to he could have easily already managed Real, Barca, Bayern etc. he seems to be one of those mad bastards who gets a buzz out of managing teams that are underachieving and then overachieving with them.

[stewiek2]

1 hour ago, duke313 said:

First season - Top four & Champs league

Second season - Prem Title, Champions League

Third season - Community Shield, Prem title, FA Cup, Carabao Cup, Champions League European super cup, key to the city of Birmingham. Statue outside the Holte.

FTFY

Edited April 16, 2023 by stewiek2

[ccfcman]

13 hours ago, Tomaszk said:

I think he's changed football forever for everyone in this squad.

They will all be much better players for the rest of their career having played under him.

He's the kind of manager that would turn curious minded players, into quality future coaches.

[ccfcman]

17 minutes ago, Sulberto21 said:

If Don Unai wanted to he could have easily already managed Real, Barca, Bayern etc. he seems to be one of those mad bastards who gets a buzz out of managing teams that are underachieving and then overachieving with them.

It's a stereotype but, he is Basque. They're made different.

[nick76]

6 minutes ago, ccfcman said:

He's the kind of manager that would turn curious minded players, into quality future coaches.

So will turn kinky people into quality coaches?

[IrishVilla10]

6 hours ago, Spoony said:

When do we start worrying about someone coming in and taking him from us, as is Villa Talk tradition?

I think we’re going to benefit from his bad treatment at PSG and arsenal 

[foreveryoung]

The main thing I see from the team is they have started to work hard in every game. Was a proper bug bare of mine, watching them stroll around the pitch, with Gerrard sitting with his head in his hands. Emery seems the kind that will just not put up with players not working hard for him.

[Guest av1]

I know this might seem a bit reactionary to the brilliance this man has produced, but would anyone be upset if we did a Pardew and gave him a stupidly long contract? 
 

I know I bloody wouldn’t. 

[Johnnyp]

I like boxing a lot and the similarities exist in coaching a fighter through a fight and a footballer through a game. Gerrard is similar to the boxing coach who’ll tell his fighter when the fight is getting away from him stuff like “ you’ve worked so hard for this, you want it more than he does, do it for your kids “ kinda waffle whereas Emery is like the boxing coach who’ll tell his fighter when he’s losing “ you are reaching with your jab, keep your left foot outside his right, feint the jab and throw the left hook “ I don’t care what sportspeople are paid. All are responsive to good coaching and detail. 

[villarule123]

We will match his wages he'll be offered anywhere else and he will get the keys to running the club exactly how he likes. I'd like to think he will be here a long time, the sooner we get into Europe the better though.