Unai Emery: Adios

[GoonerJeeves]

"We showed character"

In many ways that is perhaps the biggest thing this season. We saw it most strikingly in the derby, but I think that is something that pleases me the most so far.

 

[Mo Britain]

I wish Emery would give his press conferences in Spanish. It's brave of him to do them in English when he barely spoke a word when he got here but his ideas aren't often coming through clearly.

 

[Sniper Mik]

21 games unbeaten is nothing to sniff at. He hasn't been perfect but he is learning along with the team.

 

[field442]

I wish Emery would give his press conferences in Spanish. It's brave of him to do them in English when he barely spoke a word when he got here but his ideas aren't often coming through clearly.

Well he seems to be getting them through to the players clearly enough which is all that matters. I doubt he gives a **** that Mo on Arsenal Mania is struggling to understand his ideas in English.

 

[Mo Britain]

Well he seems to be getting them through to the players clearly enough which is all that matters. I doubt he gives a **** that Mo on Arsenal Mania is struggling to understand his ideas in English.

I doubt he does too especially as I understand him perfectly. Whereas you clearly didn't understand my post.

 

[field442]

I doubt he does too especially as I understand him perfectly. Whereas you clearly didn't understand my post.

How are his ideas not coming through clearly? You don't even need to listen to him in a press conference to get his ideas. The thickest of pundits can see what he's trying to get the team to do and how he has changed it just by watching the team. Play out from the back, press the opposition in their own half from the front, quick transition when you when the ball back high up the pitch. Everyone can see that.

 

[Mo Britain]

His ideas are coming through to the team clearly, otherwise they wouldn't be doing so well.

My point is, and was, that his English in press conferences, because its off-the-cuff and without use of a translator, is littered with mistakes and sometimes he doesn't understand the question is 100%. Which isn't a problem while we're winning but I'm sure the minute we have problems he'll be ridiculed by the English media who are mostly biased against us.

 

[OnlyOne]

His ideas are coming through to the team clearly, otherwise they wouldn't be doing so well.

My point is, and was, that his English in press conferences, because its off-the-cuff and without use of a translator, is littered with mistakes and sometimes he doesn't understand the question is 100%. Which isn't a problem while we're winning but I'm sure the minute we have problems he'll be ridiculed by the English media who are mostly biased against us.

What

 

[Mo Britain]

What

Watch this space.

 

[GoonerJeeves]

His ideas are coming through to the team clearly, otherwise they wouldn't be doing so well.

My point is, and was, that his English in press conferences, because its off-the-cuff and without use of a translator, is littered with mistakes and sometimes he doesn't understand the question is 100%. Which isn't a problem while we're winning but I'm sure the minute we have problems he'll be ridiculed by the English media who are mostly biased against us.

I think actually at times this is an advantage. In the sense that press conferences lose some of their interest. It allows him to "just get on with it". With AW it often turned explosive.

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

A lot of these goals are individual mistakes.
Something he can't do much about.

I think a better quality player makes fewer individual errors. I'm not sure we can get the right quality until the summer though.

 

[Sanchez11]

Once he gets his squad together we will be even better.

 

[Camron]

I think actually at times this is an advantage. In the sense that press conferences lose some of their interest. It allows him to "just get on with it". With AW it often turned explosive.

It seems deliberate to me. I’ve seen every post/pre match press conference. His English has rapidly improved and is pretty good at this stage. He is well prepared by the club for each press conference and uses his interpretator a lot to stretch time and better frame his answers so to avoid falling into journalist traps.

Also his ‘miscommunication’ which means him dragging the answer into a whole different subject at times confuces journalists, leaving them with no real answer to their cheeky questions.

I loved his staccato “no” when asked if he had talked to the players about crack balloons.

 

[Manberg]

Is the 2 subs at half time becoming a routine thing? If so that makes things predictable.

 

[tap-in]

Is the 2 subs at half time becoming a routine thing? If so that makes things predictable.

Getting the subs right is becoming a routine thing!

 

[Toby]

Getting the subs right is becoming a routine thing!

Well, that's up for debate.

 

[Oh_Snap]

Well, that's up for debate.

The subs are alright. It's the starting 11 that should be up for debate more (1st halves...)

 

[Wryer]

It's a bit of a dilemma here. I think it's great that the team now has some resolve and steel in the second halves because of this record. Furthermore it gives a greater sense of involvement and importance to the subs. They know they are not there just to fill up spaces.

But it does give the first 11 a false sense of security. We were so close to dropping unnecessary points against Huddersfield.

It's fine if we are just trying to gain good control by playing conservatively in first halves, but we are clearly just tentative and slow.

 

[Mark Tobias]

Well, that's up for debate.

How is that up for debate? We have routinely gone on to win games because of smart changes he's made. Fair enough he hasn't got it 100% but who does?
Wenger never got results like this in his last years so often from tactical changes.

 

[tap-in]

Well, that's up for debate.

Emery has made many great changes at half time and during the 2nd half. They showed a table on MotD 2 weeks ago, he is top of the table for the impact his subs have made this season, ie scoring and being involved in us scoring. He was way ahead of the 2nd manager. Still up for debate?