https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50201291
This article nails it - Emery is no improvement on Wenger. At least Wenger had his gainful golden years when silverware was a possibility and the team was entertaining and bold. Emery has mediocrity and a divisive atmosphere. I can't believe I was dumb enough to think he'd changed anything.
He's had long enough. For a new manager the first season is free, the second is key. In Emery's case I don't even think he deserves the full season to showcase what he's not capable of.
Twice this season we've taken two-goal leads and blown them against teams we should have beaten. Nothing learned.
Four penalties, we've given away in the league - two by Emery's new signing, David Luiz. Nothing learned.
We kept carrying out that stupid tactic of playing the ball out from goal kicks despite a number of near misses, until we finally conceded a goal from it. Nothing learned.
He appointed a captain whom he knew from experience to be, at best, a divisive figure among the fanbase. Nothing learned.
Of his six main signings, one is a loanee, one spent months on injury recovery, one has been loaned back to his parent club, one is used far more sparingly in the league than he deserves, one has had a slow start and is yet to come close to justifying his transfer fee, and one is an ex-Chelsea has-been who has probably cost us more points singlehandedly than anyone else.
Someone else on here was bang on with another article about Emery - we either lose 6m and fire him now or risk losing 45m later because of his failure. Unfortunately I fear it will be the latter as we've never been known as a team who cut their losses and does the right thing. Emery has not changed anything and I doubt he will in January - if he was going to make transfers work for him, he'd have done it at the start of the season. We need to look for a replacement (I'd still go all-out for Benitez, wherever he is now) because the longer the Emery rot continues, the harder it will be to fix.
Emery has lost the dressing room - if, as alleged, one of your star players likes an Instagram post saying you should leave the club and take your captain with you, clearly he generates no respect. This is one of my greatest points of concern, as players will not play for a manager they don't respect, and if he doesn't leave then eventually they will instead, and we'll be left with a ghost ship with a Jonah at the helm.
Who are we kidding?
posted on 28/10/19
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posted on 28/10/19
Our transition away from Wenger was always going to be tough. Wenger did everything at the club for 10 years and was a solid presence for 20 years! At least we have some stability at board level now.
I think Spurs have just started on the path away from Poch.
posted on 28/10/19
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 25 minutes ago
Our transition away from Wenger was always going to be tough. Wenger did everything at the club for 10 years and was a solid presence for 20 years! At least we have some stability at board level now.
I think Spurs have just started on the path away from Poch.
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True, but so was Man Utd's transition after Ferguson and look how that went - picking the obviously wrong choice.
I hope Spurs bin Poch. I'd snap him up in a heatbeat - Campbell Mk II 😅
posted on 28/10/19
It's sad when you see how well Chelsea are doing user Lampard... We don't have the luxury of the romantic choice of an ex player, with the next manager we have to get it right and hit the ground running
posted on 28/10/19
I was fairly happy with Emery's appointment but it was an ignorant POV based on his UEFA cup success at Seville and an assumption that PSG was a bit of a poisoned chalice (basically win the CL or be sacked).
On closer inspection and in reality after suffering two years of his management the bloke is a poor manager. He's got players capable of far far better and constantly makes selection and tactic mistakes that a novice can tell are wrong.
posted on 28/10/19
Let’s face it, when his appointment was announced the main thing Emery had going for him was that he wasn’t Arteta, and would save us the rollercoaster ride an inexperienced manager would probably bring.
What we’ve got instead is the mundanity of riding the tea cups, sitting next to Emery’s principal captain.
‘Scream if you want to go slower!’
posted on 28/10/19
comment by Lexington 125.2 (U8879)
posted 25 minutes ago
Let’s face it, when his appointment was announced the main thing Emery had going for him was that he wasn’t Arteta, and would save us the rollercoaster ride an inexperienced manager would probably bring.
What we’ve got instead is the mundanity of riding the tea cups, sitting next to Emery’s principal captain.
‘Scream if you want to go slower!’
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Yes that's true, Arteta would've been a truly stupid appointment (risk wise).
Emery in theory had some credentials even if as it turned out he is a poor manager.
posted on 28/10/19
Lexington.
You were spot on about how long Xhaka would take to play himself out of the team!
posted on 28/10/19
comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 7 hours, 20 minutes ago
It's sad when you see how well Chelsea are doing user Lampard... We don't have the luxury of the romantic choice of an ex player, with the next manager we have to get it right and hit the ground running
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Well unless Poch becomes available, Freddie would be the obvious choice until the end of the season at least.
posted on 28/10/19
comment by Bats (U18355)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 7 hours, 20 minutes ago
It's sad when you see how well Chelsea are doing user Lampard... We don't have the luxury of the romantic choice of an ex player, with the next manager we have to get it right and hit the ground running
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Well unless Poch becomes available, Freddie would be the obvious choice until the end of the season at least.
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Not sure. Managers out of work like Allegri, Enrique maybe easier to get now than the summer.