Stevo985 Posted February 17 VT Supporter Share Posted February 17 15 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said: When I think about it, he's managed 25 games last season so same ppg in each 25 game stint. 1.96 x 38 games is 74pts. 3pts more than the highest 4th place total last 5 seasons. FWIW I think we’d have to drop to around 1.35PPG for the rest of the season to NOT get 5th place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Masterclass today. Didn't throw Tim into the line of fire, and the team as a whole performed beautifully. Yes, we may come to regret him not giving Tim more minutes if we're forced to play him in a game or twos time, but it was vitally important we got 3 points today. He set the mindset we needed, and got the players to overcome the massive injustice we've faced from recent injuries and terrible refereeing. He's so good at preventing a rot and getting a reaction. I love him. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Townsend Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 And if ever we had a manager to manage this challenge of league and Europe at the business end of a season it is Emery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Give this man a lifetime contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 The Unai effect courtesy of Leon Bailey... "The first season here was really bad for me. He [Emery] has improved every single player, not just the players, but the staff, everything around this football club." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted February 20 VT Supporter Share Posted February 20 Unai sort of rubs his face a lot. He grabs at it and pokes it and drags his two finger tips along his jawline frequently in interviews. My son does the same thing, I've noticed. Just an observation, no disrespect meant. Anyone else notice this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Platt Posted February 20 VT Supporter Share Posted February 20 1 hour ago, Marka Ragnos said: Unai sort of rubs his face a lot. He grabs at it and pokes it and drags his two finger tips along his jawline frequently in interviews. My son does the same thing, I've noticed. Just an observation, no disrespect meant. Anyone else notice this? It's a concentration thing I think when he speaks English would need to see if its the same when he speaks Spanish. Love him more and more each day! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wishywashy Posted February 20 Popular Post Share Posted February 20 (edited) 2 hours ago, Marka Ragnos said: Unai sort of rubs his face a lot. He grabs at it and pokes it and drags his two finger tips along his jawline frequently in interviews. My son does the same thing, I've noticed. Just an observation, no disrespect meant. Anyone else notice this? In Emery's case I do think it might be a stim. Especially as it's usually way more pronounced and aggressive when he's stressed (he was practically rubbing his chin off in the interview following the Boxing Day United game), which is a key element of stimming. As someone on the spectrum myself, I would be a bit surprised if he wasn't neurodivergent to some degree (although stimming by itself is obviously not uncommon at all among pretty much everyone). He's habitual, incredibly detail-oriented and clearly an extreme obsessive. I read in a Spanish piece a few months back that despite the day being a Spanish holiday, he once came home so late from analysing an opponent that his now ex-wife made him sleep in the car. Neurodivergence is probably more common in elite sport than people think imo: some of the traits associated with neurodivergent conditions (like those above) feel like they can end up being very beneficial in that sort of environment. I know Gerrard and Beckham are two of the more high-profile players to have talked about having OCD, for example. Of course, I'm not a professional, so please don't take this as fact: just my feelings on it. Edited February 20 by wishywashy 7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishywashy Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 19 minutes ago, S-Platt said: It's a concentration thing I think when he speaks English would need to see if its the same when he speaks Spanish. Love him more and more each day! I thought so too, but I found this Spanish press conference where he shows all the same mannerisms: there's the nose scratching, the cheek pinching (which is in the thumbnail!) and the chin rubbing throughout. I love him. What a guy. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted February 20 VT Supporter Share Posted February 20 1 hour ago, wishywashy said: In Emery's case I do think it might be a stim. Especially as it's usually way more pronounced and aggressive when he's stressed (he was practically rubbing his chin off in the interview following the Boxing Day United game), which is a key element of stimming. As someone on the spectrum myself, I would be a bit surprised if he wasn't neurodivergent to some degree (although stimming by itself is obviously not uncommon at all among pretty much everyone). He's habitual, incredibly detail-oriented and clearly an extreme obsessive. I read in a Spanish piece a few months back that despite the day being a Spanish holiday, he once came home so late from analysing an opponent that his now ex-wife made him sleep in the car. Neurodivergence is probably more common in elite sport than people think imo: some of the traits associated with neurodivergent conditions (like those above) feel like they can end up being very beneficial in that sort of environment. I know Gerrard and Beckham are two of the more high-profile players to have talked about having OCD, for example. Of course, I'm not a professional, so please don't take this as fact: just my feelings on it. Big respect for your openness about your experience, too. Thank you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) 6 hours ago, wishywashy said: In Emery's case I do think it might be a stim. Especially as it's usually way more pronounced and aggressive when he's stressed (he was practically rubbing his chin off in the interview following the Boxing Day United game), which is a key element of stimming. As someone on the spectrum myself, I would be a bit surprised if he wasn't neurodivergent to some degree (although stimming by itself is obviously not uncommon at all among pretty much everyone). He's habitual, incredibly detail-oriented and clearly an extreme obsessive. I read in a Spanish piece a few months back that despite the day being a Spanish holiday, he once came home so late from analysing an opponent that his now ex-wife made him sleep in the car. Neurodivergence is probably more common in elite sport than people think imo: some of the traits associated with neurodivergent conditions (like those above) feel like they can end up being very beneficial in that sort of environment. I know Gerrard and Beckham are two of the more high-profile players to have talked about having OCD, for example. Of course, I'm not a professional, so please don't take this as fact: just my feelings on it. Really nice post, but I think it’s most likely a language thing. If you watch some more of his TV interviews in Spanish (eg at Villarreal) he often speaks in a much more confident, relaxed way, a lot of the tics disappear. Speaking a foreign language is stressful, especially if you aren’t very fluent and are constantly translating everything in your head… he’s probably self conscious of making mistakes or being misquoted, so he puts a lot of effort into it, and I think that’s where all the things you’re talking about suddenly show up. The obsessive thing makes more sense, though, he’s definitely one of those coaches who is thinking about his job 24/7. I think because he’s a perfectionist it’s particularly overwhelming for him to give interviews in English, because he likes to give good interviews and knows he isn’t always doing his ideas justice. Thankfully the results do most of the talking for him. Edited February 21 by KentVillan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom13 Posted February 21 Popular Post Share Posted February 21 (edited) Taken from Football365 manager rankings (Unai ranked first): https://www.football365.com/news/premier-league-manager-rankings-arteta-jumps-moyes-plummets Quote Just doing a brilliant job. Perhaps the most compelling part is how quickly he’s normalised Villa once again being this good. It’s true you don’t have to go all that far back into ancient Barclays folklore to find some very decent Villa teams, but it’s also true that they were quite sh*t for quite a long time since then and brought Emery in because Steven Gerrard was leading them directly and rapidly into a relegation battle. That, somehow, was only last season. Now they’re in Europe which seems perfectly fine, and with almost two thirds of the season are sitting snugly in the top four without anyone thinking this particularly odd or even noteworthy any more. It’s just a very good manager doing a very good job with what he has turned into a very good team. We should cherish it, really, because this sort of thing doesn’t happen all that often. Edited February 21 by Tom13 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 He’s my hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 59 minutes ago, Tom13 said: Taken from Football365 manager rankings (Unai ranked first): https://www.football365.com/news/premier-league-manager-rankings-arteta-jumps-moyes-plummets This is such a good post. It’s right that whilst supporters may think we are punching above our weight it’s not like it’s a shock to see Villa near the top half of the table again. It feels like the norm. So easy to forget we were in the Championship not long ago and then stayed up on goal difference first year back. Amazing progress. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerner's Driver Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) 1 hour ago, Tom13 said: Taken from Football365 manager rankings (Unai ranked first): https://www.football365.com/news/premier-league-manager-rankings-arteta-jumps-moyes-plummets This sums up every Villa fan's experience in recent times very well. I think the reason the losses are so hard to take nowadays is partly because the turn around he has engineered in our fortunes is just so spectacular. You don't exactly 'expect us to win' because the memories of the suffering are not that deeply buried, but there is a strong sense that everything he offers means there is no logical reason why we should lose! Edited February 21 by Lerner's Driver 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 5 hours ago, KentVillan said: Really nice post, but I think it’s most likely a language thing. If you watch some more of his TV interviews in Spanish (eg at Villarreal) he often speaks in a much more confident, relaxed way, a lot of the tics disappear. Speaking a foreign language is stressful, especially if you aren’t very fluent and are constantly translating everything in your head… he’s probably self conscious of making mistakes or being misquoted, so he puts a lot of effort into it, and I think that’s where all the things you’re talking about suddenly show up. The obsessive thing makes more sense, though, he’s definitely one of those coaches who is thinking about his job 24/7. I think because he’s a perfectionist it’s particularly overwhelming for him to give interviews in English, because he likes to give good interviews and knows he isn’t always doing his ideas justice. Thankfully the results do most of the talking for him. As good as his English is I do sometimes wonder how articulate and well spoken he must be in his mother tongue. You can just sense he must be an incredible speaker. I reckon he gets restricted having to speak in English. Any Spanish speaking fans on here able to shed any light on what his interviews and conferences are like in Spanish? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Very good manager?! Cheeky f##kers. He's elite. And don't you forget it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 If I was Bayern he'd be my No.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachboys1 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 14 hours ago, wishywashy said: In Emery's case I do think it might be a stim. Especially as it's usually way more pronounced and aggressive when he's stressed (he was practically rubbing his chin off in the interview following the Boxing Day United game), which is a key element of stimming. As someone on the spectrum myself, I would be a bit surprised if he wasn't neurodivergent to some degree (although stimming by itself is obviously not uncommon at all among pretty much everyone). He's habitual, incredibly detail-oriented and clearly an extreme obsessive. I read in a Spanish piece a few months back that despite the day being a Spanish holiday, he once came home so late from analysing an opponent that his now ex-wife made him sleep in the car. Neurodivergence is probably more common in elite sport than people think imo: some of the traits associated with neurodivergent conditions (like those above) feel like they can end up being very beneficial in that sort of environment. I know Gerrard and Beckham are two of the more high-profile players to have talked about having OCD, for example. Of course, I'm not a professional, so please don't take this as fact: just my feelings on it. thought he was still married Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisvilla4 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 40 minutes ago, beachboys1 said: thought he was still married Married to the game. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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