This was coming for a long time. I personally think he should have gone a few weeks earlier, and the damage may already be too severe to overturn, but at least the club did what was needed in the end.
I wanted Emery to succeed at the club. Despite his well-documented fallouts with players from PSG, and his overtly pragmatic style, I wanted to reflect more on his time at Valencia and Sevilla, where he enjoyed a lot more success as a coach. Unfortunately, he was incapable of being decisive. The constant rotation of players, the ultra defensive approach when under pressure, the baffling substitutions, the lack of pressing or any fluidity/movement, over-reliance on fullbacks, misusing players, being too one-dimensional, unable to inspire and control the dressing room - whatever it is you shouldn't do as a coach, Emery was guilty of it. Emery would be a fantastic analyst, but it is very clear he overthought things far too much. The large quantity of personnel and formation changes are testament to this. Hence why the players lost faith in his ideas.
Eventually, it got to a point where there was no coherent direction in his words, with players publicly admitting they needed to gain instructions from Ljunberg to decipher what Emery had said. This general confusion translated to the pitch where it was hard to see what style of football he wanted to incorporate. Not only this, but his lack of ambition in press-conferences really sent alarm bells ringing. Teams in the lower half of the table were dominating possession and having 20+ shots against us, yet he'd come out and say we were 'improving tactically'
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We've conceded 225 shots in 13 Premier League games. We are conceding, on average, 2 goals per game. We are currently 8th in the table, 9 points off 4th place, with a heavy fixture schedule coming up. The football was turgid. We were stifled of creativity, attacking players inhibited, midfield porous and a defence as useful as a chocolate teapot. It was also our worst run of form since 1992.
This firing was inevitable.
However, that was the easy part. The not-so-easy part is now hiring the right man...
I wanted Emery to succeed at the club. Despite his well-documented fallouts with players from PSG, and his overtly pragmatic style, I wanted to reflect more on his time at Valencia and Sevilla, where he enjoyed a lot more success as a coach. Unfortunately, he was incapable of being decisive. The constant rotation of players, the ultra defensive approach when under pressure, the baffling substitutions, the lack of pressing or any fluidity/movement, over-reliance on fullbacks, misusing players, being too one-dimensional, unable to inspire and control the dressing room - whatever it is you shouldn't do as a coach, Emery was guilty of it. Emery would be a fantastic analyst, but it is very clear he overthought things far too much. The large quantity of personnel and formation changes are testament to this. Hence why the players lost faith in his ideas.
Eventually, it got to a point where there was no coherent direction in his words, with players publicly admitting they needed to gain instructions from Ljunberg to decipher what Emery had said. This general confusion translated to the pitch where it was hard to see what style of football he wanted to incorporate. Not only this, but his lack of ambition in press-conferences really sent alarm bells ringing. Teams in the lower half of the table were dominating possession and having 20+ shots against us, yet he'd come out and say we were 'improving tactically'
.We've conceded 225 shots in 13 Premier League games. We are conceding, on average, 2 goals per game. We are currently 8th in the table, 9 points off 4th place, with a heavy fixture schedule coming up. The football was turgid. We were stifled of creativity, attacking players inhibited, midfield porous and a defence as useful as a chocolate teapot. It was also our worst run of form since 1992.
This firing was inevitable.
However, that was the easy part. The not-so-easy part is now hiring the right man...
