Unai Emery

[kippaxvilla2]

BFR did it sometimes as well.

[dave shelley]

He is an absolute bell-end. As has been said he’s the archetype of the nasty bully you often see.

Didn't Newcastle have another twat as assistant manager or club official of some sort?  Always poking the bear, I can't remember his name.

[Richard]

He is an absolute bell-end. As has been said he’s the archetype of the nasty bully you often see.

Didn't Newcastle have another twat as assistant manager or club official of some sort?  Always poking the bear, I can't remember his name.

John Carver or Nigel Pearson, take your pick!

[dave shelley]

He is an absolute bell-end. As has been said he’s the archetype of the nasty bully you often see.

Didn't Newcastle have another twat as assistant manager or club official of some sort?  Always poking the bear, I can't remember his name.

John Carver or Nigel Pearson, take your pick!

Carver, proper nasty bollox.  Thanks Richard.

[purpletrousers]

When those subs came on during the game on Sunday I felt as if the whole mental and confidence ethos of the team was instantly uplifted.  I think this window cannot be underestimated.  It is starting to look like a phenomenal squad now if it was not for these injuries even better.  This is what he was referring to after Monaco I think.

I wholeheartedly agree with this.

Things had cooled somewhat for me in my Villa loins, the sense of inevitability/steamrollering on/we can take anyone on had faltered a bit. I think the squad refresh and whilst loss of the X factor, the lack of man child not following instructions to manage must have had an interesting impact on the squad, somehow I imagine a pretty steady ship now, the gems of Ramsey and Rogers speaking so humbly about the new influx being a great highlight.

I’m excited again.

[Drummond]

Me too. We've added depth, experience and proven quality. The oohs and ahhs with that move when Asensio backheeled it, listen again on the highlights.

It had me purring and giggling too.

[jwarry]

Not sure of the source of this as it was on FB but thought it was an interesting comment by Louie

🗣️ Barry: “Unai Emery is evidently an unbelievable coach for improving players and I was with him in pre-season this year. It was crazy to me how similar the training was to my time in Barcelona: the rondos, the in-possession box work and drills.”

[Matt C]

Elite coach. It’s some journey from Lambert, Bruce, McLeish et al.

Back to that moron cheer leader the barcodes have - I was sure there was a PL ruling that only one coach was allowed in the technical area at a time (hence Emery will sit down if McPhee joins for a set piece). For some reason that rule doesn’t apply to Newcastle.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

No CCTV? There are cameras everywhere in Premier League tunnels.

It's not like they don't have form or CCTV..from August 2024

Typical Saudis, there's more chance of finding Jamal Khashoggi than the 'missing' CCTV footage.

[Smirker]

He's finding this season difficult isn't he?

[PaulWinch again]

He is. Our slow play is not working, for a couple of reasons. We waste too many chances and we concede too many to play a controlled game. We pretty much never keep clean sheets and that absolutely kills us.

[eamonn]

His body language wasn't great today, anytime the camera focussed on him he was head down, muttering to himself or the rest of the bench.

Was having an animated chat with the Ipswich manager at the end, not sure if he was complaining about something not going our way.

[Somniloquism]

In the last few weeks any planning for the game has been thrown out due to someone going off injured in the first half. But I feel he should have started with the attacking team that finished Spurs as that would have had the fans pumped from the first minute. Instead we reverted back to slow build up play in the first half like always.

[Toronto Villa]

We’ve not found the right balance all season. Inconsistent form, loads of injuries to key players and inopportune times, squad stretched thin from 4 comps.

[pauliewalnuts]

We’ve not found the right balance all season. Inconsistent form, loads of injuries to key players and inopportune times, squad stretched thin from 4 comps.

Whilst all those are true, the manager needs to take some of the blame too.