Unai Emery

[LeftfootlegendGooner]

uncle is a world class defender and English too.

I would think Dick has given him a year to see if he instill discipline and physical toughness in the back six (including the two DM's).

I'm glad he's around to prove us all wrong if he can, I was always a little uncomfortable with the vitriol directed towards him from my fellow WOB's.

Amen brother

[northbank123]

Bould is the biggest AKB around. Has spent his entire career working under him (oooh matron) and even if you accept that he had no real influence (which I do) then he decided to sit on the bench for years raking in a small fortune watching that shit when he could have walked into a whole host of good jobs. Reality is if Wenger had stayed another ten years then Bould would have carried out sitting alongside him looking gormless.

I have zero respect for that. Absolutely zero.

[clockender1]

Bould is the biggest AKB around. Has spent his entire career working under him (oooh matron)

yes - his entire career, except the 11 years leading our back line, when he made almost 300 appearances, won 3 league titles, the CWC, 3 FA Cups and two league cups....

lets all forget about him working his knackers off every single game for us

I am very bitter about the ex-manager, but I don't expect anyone in their first assistant's job to fight with the manager - don't forget when Bouldy took the job in 2013, we all hoped and prayed that the ex-manager would leave in May 2014 and it was only the scraped win over Hull after being 1-0 down that saved the ex-managers job.

from his perspective, he may of been keeping his head down until he could quite rightfully have a proper role.

after nearly 18 years service, I do not hold that personally against him - him leaving wouldn't have pushed that fraudulent old thief out any earlier.

now the cancerous old *word censored* has gone, its time to get behind all the players and Bouldy and give them a chance.

in Uncle we Trust

[augie]

uncle is a world class defender and English too.

I would think Dick has given him a year to see if he instill discipline and physical toughness in the back six (including the two DM's).

I'm glad he's around to prove us all wrong if he can, I was always a little uncomfortable with the vitriol directed towards him from my fellow WOB's.

Even if we assume for a minute that bould wasnt allowed input in coaching or tactical decisions, he should have been able to instill discipline and toughness in the defenders IF he is capable of doing so. The guy sat riding the gravy train for years and contributed the square root of fcuk all imo, and if he wasnt a former AFC player he would have been out the door with the rest of them

[northbank123]

There are players with as good a playing record for us as Bould and a fair few with a better one.

And I would have exactly the same view on any one of them who had spent the last 6 years gormlessly sitting next to Wenger and being assistant manager in that shower of shit culture.

To be honest there are far better players than him who I have a lot of affinity towards and I wouldn’t be particularly keen to have as assistant manager or another key coaching role - Adams, Wright, Henry to name a few.

I’ve got no problem admitting that Emery knows infinitely better than I do who he thinks will fit into his back room staff and I hope that Bould proves me wrong, but that is what he is going to have to do as I have zero respect for the bloke as an assistant manager right now.

[augie]

There are players with as good a playing record for us as Bould and a fair few with a better one.

And I would have exactly the same view on any one of them who had spent the last 6 years gormlessly sitting next to Wenger and being assistant manager in that shower of shit culture.

To be honest there are far better players than him who I have a lot of affinity towards and I wouldn’t be particularly keen to have as assistant manager or another key coaching role - Adams, Wright, Henry to name a few.

I’ve got no problem admitting that Emery knows infinitely better than I do who he thinks will fit into his back room staff and I hope that Bould proves me wrong, but that is what he is going to have to do as I have zero respect for the bloke as an assistant manager right now.

Funny thing is that they have named him as a co-assistant manager, but the reality is that dick has his own assistant manager and bould will be on the periphery of everything anyway Either he or the club or both didnt want to label him as a coach in the new regime cos it would (correctly) be viewed as a demotion, but people arent stupid and they can see that he wont be involved in any big decisions. The good thing for all concerned though, is that bould has already shown in spades that he is excellent at collecting his wages but contributing fcuk all to the cause, so at least there wont be any upheaval/changes there

[clockender1]

I'm liking the new boss more and more :

1. he has added a third daily training session at 4pm - the players now do a full day of work.
2. mobile phones not allowed on the training pitches and are completely banned from the team lunch when the whole team eats lunch on one table with the U-23 and U-18 teams.
3. each session now focuses much more on ballwork and teamwork and less on fitness.

as we know, several ex-players commented that the ex-managers training regime was an hour of fitness before lunch, a team talk while the players looked at their phones, then a five a side game for an hour after lunch.

it looks like our pampered pussies are in boot camp now

[augie]

I'm liking the new boss more and more :

1. he has added a third daily training session at 4pm - the players now do a full day of work.
2. mobile phones not allowed on the training pitches and are completely banned from the team lunch when the whole team eats lunch on one table with the U-23 and U-18 teams.
3. each session now focuses much more on ballwork and teamwork and less on fitness.

as we know, several ex-players commented that the ex-managers training regime was an hour of fitness before lunch, a team talk while the players looked at their phones, then a five a side game for an hour after lunch.

it looks like our pampered pussies are in boot camp now

Wasnt one of the big complaints about wenkers training that it was full of tippy tappy ballwork games ? Personally I dont think that they were ever fit enough under the french c.unt, and I was hoping that dick would actually increase the intensity of trainings especially if he has a gameplan of pressing which requires high energy and fitness levels

[clockender1]

double double post.

[clockender1]

Wasnt one of the big complaints about wenkers training that it was full of tippy tappy ballwork games ? Personally I dont think that they were ever fit enough under the french c.unt, and I was hoping that dick would actually increase the intensity of trainings especially if he has a gameplan of pressing which requires high energy and fitness levels

the article I read said not. I think 3-aside games are not considered ball work - I think they mean shooting, passing, free kicks, corners, heading etc ie actually improving their skills rather than having a kick about ? - as the pics yesterday showed, Xhaka, Lacazette and Ramsay were practicing shooting from the edge of the box

it looks to me that with three sessions a day they will be fitter - I do remember the dossier he wrote was alleged to say that the players weren't fit enough, weren't looked after enough medically, and were underperforming.

all our squad had full medicals on Tuesday btw - which is also new.

[DB10GOONER]

You know what isn't it wonderful to have this preseason of excitement and actual anticipation without the usual feelings of deja vu and dread?

Even if it all goes tits up under dick (ooer matron ) and we finish mid table and he's gone next summer at least after 10 years of the same old stale shit we had this new exciting phase to enjoy. The days of the 10 and 20 year managerial reigns are gone forever and if Dick fails he'll be gone in two years and we can get a new guy in.

[1989]

Fuck me did IQ's just drop on this thread? Where exactly did anyone say he should have come in and slagged off Wenger? Why would ANY new manager come in anywhere and slag off their predecessor thus setting themselves up for failure?

The point is he genuinely hails Wenger as one of the great managers. It's not a PR exercise and all the latent bitterness some of you hold against Wenger isn't going to change that.

Christ it's getting to the point on here where if anyone makes a point outside of the retarded agenda a pile of dickheads get offended.

We need a membership cull.

You have no way of proving that, just like how I supposedly have no way of proving that he's gonna be very different from Wenger and wouldn't adopt his ideals.

[SydneyGooner]

You know what isn't it wonderful to have this preseason of excitement and actual anticipation without the usual feelings of deja vu and dread?

Even if it all goes tits up under dick (ooer matron ) and we finish mid table and he's gone next summer at least after 10 years of the same old stale shit we had this new exciting phase to enjoy. The days of the 10 and 20 year managerial reigns are gone forever and if Dick fails he'll be gone in two years and we can get a new guy in.

Probably right but I see nothing wrong with that if the manager is consistently delivering genuine success like Ferguson or Wenger to a lesser extent did during his first 10 years here.

[DB10GOONER]

Fuck me did IQ's just drop on this thread? Where exactly did anyone say he should have come in and slagged off Wenger? Why would ANY new manager come in anywhere and slag off their predecessor thus setting themselves up for failure?

The point is he genuinely hails Wenger as one of the great managers. It's not a PR exercise and all the latent bitterness some of you hold against Wenger isn't going to change that.

Christ it's getting to the point on here where if anyone makes a point outside of the retarded agenda a pile of dickheads get offended.

We need a membership cull.

You have no way of proving that, just like how I supposedly have no way of proving that he's gonna be very different from Wenger and wouldn't adopt his ideals.

Christ mate you must wear out your family and friends....

Slowly then....

READ what he has said about Wenger. It goes waaaay past being politic or a PR statement or courtesy or politeness or any of that. If he didn't respect and hail Wenger he would have said something short and generic. He was also making these glowing assessments of Wenger before he got the job when there was absolutely no need.

Not sure why your arse is so bent out of shape by this tbh. Most managers respect and hail Wenger as a great manager apart from Moron-hio. It means nothing. Dick will be good or not.

[clockender1]

You know what isn't it wonderful to have this preseason of excitement and actual anticipation without the usual feelings of deja vu and dread?

yep and seeing evidence of actual coaching :







and I'm actually reading Pravda.com for the first time in like six years too !