Tomaszk Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 5 hours ago, jayEm said: It's insane that he's done so well with a a back four that needs changing every week due to injuries, and the loss of Buendia and now Kamara. Must be a complete nightmare to work with that but he does it without complaining. It's incredible. Must spread confidence throughout the club. He's got every excuse available to him and refuses to give any. We accept and deal with it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan_of_oz Posted February 25 VT Supporter Share Posted February 25 On 24/02/2024 at 07:05, TreeVillan said: Bayern would be stupid not to consider him. Bayern are a basket, about to graduate to become a basket case. He won't be leaving us for something so whimsical. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 9 hours ago, The_Rev said: I was coming into the thread to ask about this. From the North Stand we could see Unai was going mental at someone on the bench but couldn’t see who it was or why. It went on for ages though, I’d love to know what triggered it. From what I remember, Moreno had made some sort of mistake just before and Unai lost his rag a bit. I think Digne was either taking the bullet for him as part of the left back union or being told he's going to be coming on for him. Ended up changing it straight after the yellow card in the second half. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 2 hours ago, sharkyvilla said: From what I remember, Moreno had made some sort of mistake just before and Unai lost his rag a bit. I think Digne was either taking the bullet for him as part of the left back union or being told he's going to be coming on for him. Ended up changing it straight after the yellow card in the second half. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Could you imagine how good we'd be if we had everyone fit and firing? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post est1874 Posted February 25 Popular Post Share Posted February 25 23 minutes ago, lexicon said: Could you imagine how good we'd be if we had everyone fit and firing? No 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 3 hours ago, Brumstopdogs said: 'lovely funny scene ' & 'the whole bench was laughing'?! Absolutely no one was laughing in that video footage. Sounds more like Quentin has been given a line to feed the press from the club to brush the incident off. It's quite clear Emery is arguing with Digne and no amount of revisionism will convince me otherwise. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Made In Aston said: 'lovely funny scene ' & 'the whole bench was laughing'?! Absolutely no one was laughing in that video footage. Sounds more like Quentin has been given a line to feed the press from the club to brush the incident off. It's quite clear Emery is arguing with Digne and no amount of revisionism will convince me otherwise. What do you mean look. They're all rolling around laughing... He's getting a bollocking. Edited February 25 by Tomaszk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enda Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 7 minutes ago, Made In Aston said: 'lovely funny scene ' & 'the whole bench was laughing'?! Absolutely no one was laughing in that video footage. Sounds more like Quentin has been given a line to feed the press from the club to brush the incident off. It's quite clear Emery is arguing with Digne and no amount of revisionism will convince me otherwise. To be fair, Digne was having a laugh. It did look like Emery was scolding him for something. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 1 hour ago, est1874 said: No Tbf it's quite outside the realm that we dare to dream of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rightdm00 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 8 hours ago, sharkyvilla said: From what I remember, Moreno had made some sort of mistake just before and Unai lost his rag a bit. I think Digne was either taking the bullet for him as part of the left back union or being told he's going to be coming on for him. Ended up changing it straight after the yellow card in the second half. Since Moreno was way on the other side of Villa Park's massive pitch Digne had to catch the fury meant for Moreno. You could see Lucas was so close to cracking a smile but knew if he wanted on that pitch he better just take it quietly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 25 VT Supporter Share Posted February 25 Yeah, what's the Basque for: "FFS, what is it with you **** ing fullbacks?"? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Newry_Villan Posted February 25 Popular Post Share Posted February 25 Unai was probably saying "look, see that? That's what you're not supposed to do" before hooking Moreno. I doubt he was berating Digne as much as people would love that to be the case. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Unai had just found out how much Digne was on and was in a jealous rage. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 9 hours ago, Tomaszk said: What do you mean look. They're all rolling around laughing... He's getting a bollocking. looks at Diaby, at exactly 4 seconds. He 100% has the look of..."oh f*** im sitting next to the naughty kid about to get told off", if i just sit here as still as a stone, it wont come my way...... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 (edited) Digne's smile clearly tells you it wasn't serious. No matter what the rest of the bench thought, Digne didn't seem to mind. As per Emery's comments, it was explaining what Moreno had done, and why it was wrong. Digne either didn't agree, didn't care, or knew it already and didn't need to be told it but was happy that he was on the same wavelength as Emery. I predict it was the latter. "No shit boss, he just gave the ball away, I know not to do that' Edited February 25 by MrBlack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 It definitely happened immediately after Forest's joke of a cross field pass, so it's hard to think it wasn't linked. Could be that Digne shouted something like 'These are ****'. Emery didn't like his lack of respect for the opposition, knowing it could lead to Villa players taking it easier and Forest players increasing their efforts to prove Digne's comment wrong. Not sure how that links to Digne's "When? When?" and smirk though. Whatever happened, it obviously wasn't a major issue, as Emery still felt able to call on Digne for his 35 minutes substitute appearance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantholtgolazo Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 57 minutes ago, brommy said: It definitely happened immediately after Forest's joke of a cross field pass, so it's hard to think it wasn't linked. Could be that Digne shouted something like 'These are ****'. Emery didn't like his lack of respect for the opposition, knowing it could lead to Villa players taking it easier and Forest players increasing their efforts to prove Digne's comment wrong. What a strange thing to make up 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted February 26 VT Supporter Share Posted February 26 (edited) The photo sequence is hilarious: That's my new avatar, folks. Luca seems like such a great guy to me. Always the consummate professional, but still very youthful and sweet in ways, too. And so hard-working. What I see here is great footballer a little shocked and amused but also respectful towards the gaffer. Seems like they have a good relationship, actually. It's good to be so expressive. It tells me that Unai respects his players but isn't afraid to express his needs and has a very clear plan. Edited February 26 by Marka Ragnos 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted February 26 VT Supporter Share Posted February 26 6 hours ago, Newry_Villan said: Unai was probably saying "look, see that? That's what you're not supposed to do" before hooking Moreno. I doubt he was berating Digne as much as people would love that to be the case. Sometimes if you get mad at one of the kids, you get mad at all the kids. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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