Apologies for saying you're talking rubbish, you aren't.
I think we've evaluated the game in the same way, but just have a difference in opinion on how that the events of the game affect how much you expect of Emery. In retrospect, I feel a bit more inclined to judge Emery for his reaction to the red card, as it is indeed his job to set the team up to deal with it efficiently. We did indeed fall short in some ways, but Emery did still make defensive adjustments. And I still maintain that because of the refereeing decisions and the way certain players performed, more responsibility should be directed elsewhere. Regardless of Emery, the players shouldn't have conceded the last two goals to Rennes. And so when we're looking back at that performance in particular, I'm looking at them more than Emery.
To draw a comparison, it's like if a couple students fail a test after not studying. Sure, the teacher could possibly have taught the material better, but the bottom line is that the students are to blame because they're responsible for learning and studying the material and haven't done so. It's not a perfect analogy but in the moment on the pitch, the players didn't do their job and Emery can't do much about it. We would have been fine had they done so. And that's without even getting to the offside call and red card.
