Awol Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Emery has spoken often about “Our Way”, in different contexts, and seemingly with different meanings. “We work in our way”, “we have three points for our way”, etc. Is it an easy catch all term capturing many different issues, or is it a label for his wider philosophy of football? Is he just a Mandalorian fan? When you hear Emery speaking of Our Way, what does it mean to you? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 (edited) aston villa with an identity for the first time since MON and even then MONs identity was kick and rush counter attacking relatively basic low level stuff "our way" to me is patience, draw them out, spring the trap Edited August 28, 2023 by villa4europe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 It means His Way but with everyone following willingly. He leads this by being relentless. By being obsessive in doing everything possible to be ready for a game. The ultimate pragmatist but in a good way. Hibs had been terrible at defending crosses so far this season. So he saw this and we put more crosses in the air than i can remember since he came here. Newcastle went wrong. He accepted responsibility and then got our team winning 3 games in a row in style . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted August 28, 2023 Author Share Posted August 28, 2023 2 minutes ago, villa4europe said: aston villa with an identity for the first time since MON and even then MONs identity was kick and rush counter attacking relatively basic low level stuff "our way" to me is patience, draw them out, spring the trap So for you it’s about a style of football that belongs to Aston Villa, something that is executed by the players but exists independent of them? A club DNA, kind of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted August 28, 2023 Author Share Posted August 28, 2023 1 minute ago, MWARLEY2 said: It means His Way but with everyone following willingly. He leads this by being relentless. By being obsessive in doing everything possible to be ready for a game. The ultimate pragmatist but in a good way. Hibs had been terrible at defending crosses so far this season. So he saw this and we put more crosses in the air than i can remember since he came here. Newcastle went wrong. He accepted responsibility and then got our team winning 3 games in a row in style . Okay, so it also encompasses an attitude to how the team operates, not just on the pitch but the way everyone is to approach their job, day to day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 10 minutes ago, Awol said: So for you it’s about a style of football that belongs to Aston Villa, something that is executed by the players but exists independent of them? A club DNA, kind of? yeah i think its a style of football but then also played within a culture that he's tried to generate at the club the worst thing for me under gerrard is that I thought we'd become a dirty team, there were a few games like forest and leeds where I remember 20+ fouls and it started to feel like every game of ours was us getting kicked about with the recurring theme being us not our opponents we've now spun that around, I think we play good entertaining football in a fair fashion with some very likeable well rounded individuals - basically other than lifting a cup emery's villa are everything you could want as a fan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 I take it to mean our philosophy basically (and I don't particularly like that word) but the methods he uses and everybody buying in to them. From analysing the opponents meticulously to formulating a game plan for each opponent. But all still based on the same fundamental principles of how we play, like the shape, playing from the back, building with the 3 etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 It’s the Villa Engine… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 In Gary Neville terms philosophy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 2 minutes ago, Jas10 said: It’s the Villa Engine… There's a blast from the past. Which CEO said that again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Just now, villan95 said: There's a blast from the past. Which CEO said that again? Steve Round banged on about… with Wyness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 1 minute ago, Jas10 said: Steve Round banged on about… with Wyness? Ahh okay, I couldn't remember who said it. It was too much talk and no action for a longgg time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Just now, villan95 said: Ahh okay, I couldn't remember who said it. It was too much talk and no action for a longgg time. Exactly that… what a bunch of BS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 “My Way” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted August 28, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 28, 2023 7 hours ago, Awol said: Emery has spoken often about “Our Way”, in different contexts, and seemingly with different meanings. “We work in our way”, “we have three points for our way”, etc. Is it an easy catch all term capturing many different issues, or is it a label for his wider philosophy of football? Is he just a Mandalorian fan? When you hear Emery speaking of Our Way, what does it mean to you? He's just talking about El motor de Villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted August 28, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 28, 2023 7 hours ago, Jas10 said: It’s the Villa Engine… Damn you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted August 28, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 28, 2023 Our way is every which way but loose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeypuzzle Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Has anyone mentioned the Mandalorian yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 To me it means our team playing in the style of our manager. They are the physical representation of his ideas and beliefs on the pitch. We are tactically agile, demanding the best of themselves and each other. We have a style of play to build from the back, be patient, draw teams out and then lightening quick in transitions to hurt teams with pace and guile. The players are also taught to be humble and fair, we can beat teams without cheating. Emery would never want us to be cheats. The drive for continuous improvement is also key, even when winning we can always fine tune and find areas to improve. That’s just some of the attributes of ‘our way’ that I can see. I’m sure there’s more to it than that, and I love it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicVillan Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Our Way = Emeryball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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