Popular Post jacketspuds Posted October 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Keyblade said: Absolutely. Buendia can play the Eriksen role (playmaking from the right hand side) and JJ can do the Alli role as the goal scoring 10. This management lark is easy. Watkins could play the Kane role too, if it weren’t for the fact that his shots can sometimes go out for a throw. 3 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphouneso Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Won't profess to be an expert on either but Poch quite often played a 3-4-2-1 with Spurs which I think would really suit our current squad, Emery's favoured 4-4-2 doesn't exactly fit with what we have and we could do without another squad overhaul. One thing that does worry me is a lot of our current problems seem to stem from abandoning our plan, our idealogy, transfer policy etc and handing the keys to the kingdom to Steven Gerrard. @OutByEaster? recently made the point that our next head coach should be a part of an ongoing plan, top cog in a well-oiled cog machine, rather than having free reign over all things AVFC. 'Moving heaven and earth' for Poch doesn't sound like we're about to tell him to stick to our plan. But then it's Poch, so.. you'd be mad not to right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpTheVilla26 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Whoever it is, keep Purslow out of the decision making. We would end up with bloody Stig Inge Bjornebye or Sean Dundee knowing our luck. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reivax_Villa Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Sam3773 said: I feel we’ll go back to the Grealish saga of panicking every window that someone’s going to steal our guy with Poch. We’ll then end up starting again. Again. This is the major problem tbh But I would still take him even if it was for 2 seasons. We deserve some joy, even if it is short term. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonIsAPlaceOnEarth Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 4 minutes ago, Reivax_Villa said: This is the major problem tbh But I would still take him even if it was for 2 seasons. We deserve some joy, even if it is short term. If it goes so well that he is poached, so be it. Means we will be in a far better position and we can recruit someone else of a similar ilk. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 (edited) 14 minutes ago, DevonIsAPlaceOnEarth said: If it goes so well that he is poached, so be it. Means we will be in a far better position and we can recruit someone else of a similar ilk. Yep, we're that starved of success now that we shouldn't care about poaching anymore, there's so much dross at the club that no one wants just give us that spark even if it means he's gone in 2 years, manager and players the same Said before we're a managers graveyard and none of them ever leave us for success elsewhere but grealish aside it's not like players are leaving us for bigger and better things either anymore Edited October 18, 2022 by villa4europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 17 minutes ago, DevonIsAPlaceOnEarth said: If it goes so well that he is poached, so be it. Means we will be in a far better position and we can recruit someone else of a similar ilk. Poachettino? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daft Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 5 hours ago, TheAuthority said: Mate, it sounds like you were you were smoking crack in a dumpster during Smith's years Mon's football was boring as s**t even if it was effective. Deano got us promoted which is the best day for Villa fans since 1996. He also played exciting attacking football until ROK left and CS became number 2. Check what I wrote. I qualified it with 'in the PL' just to be sure. And then I explicitly state I watched little of Smith's Villa in the PL so I can't really judge him on style there. And yes, while MON had us looking somewhat boring, he did get us results no other manager have achieved since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daft Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 1 hour ago, UpTheVilla26 said: Whoever it is, keep Purslow out of the decision making. We would end up with bloody Stig Inge Bjornebye or Sean Dundee knowing our luck. I've been repeatedly told everything is better than Gerrard, so we're good with those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 I think Unai Emery would still be my first choice, but if we got any of Emery, Tuchel or Pochettino I’d be both amazed and delighted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 2 hours ago, picicata said: Poch has the experience of managing a team in our position and moving them to where we want to be. His football is generally easier on the eye than Emery's as well. I'd happily take either though. Emery has brought Sevilla and Villarreal to European glory. Also teams probably in our size range 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picicata Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Just now, Zatman said: Emery has brought Sevilla and Villarreal to European glory. Also teams probably in our size range I'll be honest and say I don't follow any European league or football at all so my knowledge of Emery is completely from Arsenal and reputation alone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, picicata said: I'll be honest and say I don't follow any European league or football at all so my knowledge of Emery is completely from Arsenal and reputation alone His record at Arsenal was decent 55% win record an 5th place in his first season. Media made him out to be worse than he was. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 5 minutes ago, Zatman said: Emery has brought Sevilla and Villarreal to European glory. Also teams probably in our size range I think Emery is a better cup manager, he's able to grind out results in knockout over two legs. He's never finished higher than 7th in the league with Villarreal and never higher than 5th with Sevilla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post the_eristic Posted October 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2022 8 minutes ago, Zatman said: Emery has brought SeVilla and Villarreal to European glory. Also teams probably in our size range Time to complete the set? 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonIsAPlaceOnEarth Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Poch would be great for all sorts of reasons, but have to agree that Emery has actually done a great job most places he has been. Arsenal would probably have got where they are going quicker if they stuck with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 (edited) Emery had it hard at Arsenal. Taking over from Wenger, many overpaid players with big egos. Arteta was given time and backing to rip this up and start again. I don’t think Emery was. edit: having said that only 3 of his signings are currently in the first team. Pepe was a disaster. Edited October 18, 2022 by Vive_La_Villa 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picicata Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 14 minutes ago, gwi1890 said: His record at Arsenal was decent 55% win record an 5th place in his first season. Media made him out to be worse than he was. Oh yes, don't get me wrong, I'd be more than happy with Emery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 The treatment Emery got from the media/social media when at Arsenal was an embarrassment. Definitely was an underwhelming tenure from him, but following Wenger at a club that was massively lacking in direction was always going to prove an insurmountable task in the short term (as Arteta went on to show) and it's not like he didn't have his moments anyway. His achievements speak for themselves and yet he was written off as a joke because he said the word "evening" a bit funny when speaking in another language. We'd be lucky to get someone of his standing in the game. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 19 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Emery had it hard at Arsenal. Taking over from Wenger, many overpaid players with big egos. Arteta was given time and backing to rip this up and start again. I don’t think Emery was. edit: having said that only 3 of his signings are currently in the first team. Pepe was a disaster. He gave likes of Martinelli, Saka and Smith Rowe their debuts so also shows he'll trust youth when he deems them ready. Also at Villareal he put Pino into their europa league final team, was only 18 at the time. Archer would've certainly had a few starts this season under his watch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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