Spoony Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 5 hours ago, KevinRichardsonsMoustache said: Never seen him fired up like that. We've seen Unai the tactician, the professor and I think we just saw Unai the motivator. Unfortunately it did not rub off on the players. He needs to stop the rot properly soon otherwise the fickle pitch forks are going to be coming out. If that happens and he goes I think that’s when I officially just give up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Townsend Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 We had a lot of forward momentum as a club from Unai's very first day. I genuinely believe small things can be significant and the more I reflect the more I feel Heck's interventions have been unnecessarily distracting and we just haven't been the same since he messed with the badge and the stadium and talked Billy big shot about Champions League and rejecting bids for our players. Could he not have just kept in the background and let us ad a club focus on the amazing season we were having? And made his announcements at the end of the season? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBOB Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 I think, not for the first time, another error in the way he sets us up with Cash and Kamara. Needs to figure this out for the next few matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 We’ve been poor for 2 months. He needs to find a way to turn it around. Losing is one thing. A total lack of effort is another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayls Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 On 06/02/2024 at 19:26, Tomaszk said: Wow. He's fired up. Excellent. When can we see it on a match day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rodders0223 Posted February 7 Popular Post Share Posted February 7 5 minutes ago, Tayls said: Excellent. When can we see it on a match day? Yeah he needs to pump some fists like Stevie. 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) Terrible performance tonight. If it were Gerrard or Smith in the dugout he'd be given pelters for that. Losing is ok it happens but what isn't ok is the team not even bothering to turn up against a team as terrible as Chelsea is. It's going to take a massive turnaround to beat united the weekend now, if we play like we did tonight we may as well not bother. Edited February 7 by AshVilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 1 minute ago, AshVilla said: Terrible performance tonight. If it were Gerrard or Smith in the dugout he'd be given pelters for that. Losing is ok it happens but what isn't ok is the team not even bothering to turn up against a team as terrible as Chelsea is. It's going to take a massive turnaround to beat united the weekend now, if we play like we did tonight we may as well not bother. He knows it, he isn't going to hide from his responsibility. He'll be seething. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Rubbish performances consistently for the past month and a bit. Biggest concern is nothing looks like changing at all. I see a lot of Unai won't be happy, it's become a common theme lately and yet we're trotting out the exact same. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AshVilla Posted February 7 Popular Post Share Posted February 7 I found the lack of subs tonight baffling. It's clear the players couldn't be arsed so why not take them off? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 It's actually the apprehension to make changes earlier recently which is confusing me. Even the commentators on BEIN commenting the same. It was bad enough for changes to be made at half time, muchless as late as we did, strange! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) Strange decisions tonight. No changes at half time and so no difference in performance or tactical structure in the second half. It was clear to see early on that this team wasn't going too improve without a few substitutions, but he left it over 70 minutes before making any. By then the game had pretty much gone and there wasn't much time to turn it around in any case. Then Emery makes two pointless subs in the 85 minutes...I really can't see the reasoning. All a bit bizarre and very unEmery-like. Edited February 7 by Made In Aston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mantis Posted February 7 Popular Post Share Posted February 7 7 minutes ago, AshVilla said: Terrible performance tonight. If it were Gerrard or Smith in the dugout he'd be given pelters for that. Losing is ok it happens but what isn't ok is the team not even bothering to turn up against a team as terrible as Chelsea is. It's going to take a massive turnaround to beat united the weekend now, if we play like we did tonight we may as well not bother. Because the average level of performance under those two, especially Gerrard, was so much worse. Not that he doesn't deserve criticism for tonight but it also seemed like the players just didn't even try. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
string28 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Bit of a worry now we are seeing the same thing over and over. Not good. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 10 minutes ago, AshVilla said: If it were Gerrard or Smith in the dugout he'd be given pelters for that. I disagree. Gerrard would have been lauded as it would have been one of his best every managerial performances. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Hopefully he will lay into them and we will get a reaction against Man u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post est1874 Posted February 7 Popular Post Share Posted February 7 37 minutes ago, Captain_Townsend said: We had a lot of forward momentum as a club from Unai's very first day. I genuinely believe small things can be significant and the more I reflect the more I feel Heck's interventions have been unnecessarily distracting and we just haven't been the same since he messed with the badge and the stadium and talked Billy big shot about Champions League and rejecting bids for our players. Could he not have just kept in the background and let us ad a club focus on the amazing season we were having? And made his announcements at the end of the season? FFS our on field dip in form has got absolutely nothing to do with Chris Heck. What is wrong with you? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) The defence is obviously weaker than we'd like it but that is where we are at due to the injuries we have but I think the main problem Emery needs to solve are in midfield. The balance and intensity of the midfiled in my opinion has not been right for quite a while now. Slow, slugglish and not one player in that midfield (McGinn, Luiz, Kamara or Tielemans) with a turn of pace or who runs with the ball consistantly. Hopefully Emery agrees and rectifies that and gets us playing with the intent to win at 0-0 rather than 0-3! Edited February 7 by Brumstopdogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 The main problem is the players. They look incredibly anxious and it’s really impacting the performances. It was always going to be difficult to maintain our levels as the pressure cranked up. Our players aren’t used to being in this position. They aren’t handling it very well at the moment. All’s not lost yet though. There’s still a long way to go. UTV. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) 3 minutes ago, est1874 said: FFS our on field dip in form has got absolutely nothing to do with Chris Heck. Heck is the new Austin MacPhee Edited February 7 by Tom13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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