I remember them being above mid table but after they beat Tottenham theyre now fourth and only 2 points off the top of the league. That means that if they didn’t lose to Nottingham forest or Everton they would be first. Ik they really haven’t had difficult match ups but it’s still very impressive.
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Take it OP didn’t watch Emery take a relegation battling side Villa in October to finish 7th last season?
That’s Unai emery for you . Humble guy but godamn he knows his style of play and tactics . I never got the hate he received the first time he managed at Arsenal , mind you after Wenger the club was a shit show . Goes to Villareal and they are playing a CL semi final 2 years later . He is truly a modern Spanish great in terms of managers …just very low key doesn’t like to brag at all .
I mean, Spurs missed at least 3 glorious chances in the first half
Agreed we were by far second best first half, but a draw would have been a pretty fair result in the end. https://understat.com/match/22024
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Emery wasn’t given the time or transfers he wanted at Arsenal. He’s a great manager, his former players have said that. I’m pleased for him
Amazing the difference a manager can make.
Not really
In this case - really.
Not really
So you’re saying having Arteta manage Arsenal hasn’t made any difference?
You got it right
This, if he would have got the same amount of spending money and scouting at Arsenal, he may not be fired back then.
„May” is doing a lot of work there. It’s easy to forget just how bad arsenal looked under Emery.
Yes Raul was a big problem but the players basically downed tools at one point. Didn’t we let Watford have like 40+ shots at us in one late Emery-era game?
To an extent, this is true. Raul Sanllehi basically just got players he liked, not players that Emery wanted/needed. That said, Arsenal were an absolute mess on the pitch with Emery, even in his first year when we just missed out in Champions League. Emery was constantly changing formation and tactics to the point where the players clearly didn’t know what was going on. Combine that with the plan going forward appearing to be little more than get down the wings for crosses and cutbacks and the plan without the ball being crazy high line with little pressure on the ball and things were a proper mess. There still appears to be some of this in how his team’s play, as seen in the first half of this game where Spurs were constantly getting in behind (a fair number were offsides, but there were also some very good chances).
Still, happy with Emery doing well and it’s cool to see what a squad built to his needs can do in the EPL. Also, they knocked Spurs back, so that’s cool.
Remember when he had five or something captains at once?
Yes, yes I do. I hope he learned how to handle players a bit better after his time at PSG and Arsenal. He seemed to constantly undermine his own authority with us.
They got lucky. That cunt Cash should have been off with 2 cases of GBH today.
Ever since unai emery has come , Aston villa are probably top 3 , points wise
As of a few weeks ago, at least, they were the 2nd best team in the league during the calendar year
But they did lose to NF and Everton
That’s the bit that made me laugh, you can say that about any team, if they didn’t lose they’d be top
they played shite in first half, it was quite a lucky win
This was classic Emery. Used to happen in his first season at Arsenal. We’d have a terrible first half, he’d tinker, and we’d be better in the second.
At first there was praise for adapting but that turned to discussion about why we were always “throwing away” the first half.
They scraped a win against a side with half their first team out injured or suspended. Spurs backline was four fullbacks 😂
Was the 6-1 lucky as well?
lmao i like villa i’m not tryna be toxic. but you gotta admit that you lot had luck on your side to get 3 points out of that game
Mate !
It’s just spurs
They didn’t lose to Everton, that was a cup match. They lost to Liverpool and Newcastle though
Don’t remind of that thrashing Newcastle put us through 😭
I don’t think that Villa players were fit yet. Plus they had to contend with those jerseys that made them look drenched. Sometimes it takes a few matches to get your legs under you, but it was weird to see an entire team there like that
Both teams had a pre-season tournament in the states. Looked decent enough then.
Part of the reason they smashed us is our whole left side was out injured except Mings, who got a season ending injury at the start of that game. No Monero, Ramsay, Buendia or Mings.
To be fair though, villa looked really tired in the second halves of those games in the states as well, at least the ones I watched.
For me , they’re just beating the team they are supposed to beat. Easier said then done ofcourse, but all the teams they’ve beaten on paper it makes sense they’d beat especially with how good emery is and his system.
The loss against Newcastle was bad and the Liverpool Loss was again, a poor showing. But those teams are just better.
“Those teams are better” the same Newcastle that lost away at Bournemouth.
Also lost to Brighton who we beat 6-1
Are they also beating the teams they are supposed to then?
Since Emery replaced Stevie G
Emery is that good, good evening I say.
Since they hired an actual football manager
Emery is a top tier manager that turned them around.