Jamie Carragher: You can make an argument that Unai Emery is the third best manager in this Premier League. If you back over the last 12 months since he came in at Villa, if you are talking about Man Utd, Aston Villa are a better coached team than United. There is no doubt about that.
There was not as clear a style of play as Arteta has. Emery relied on individual brilliance from Aubameyang and Özil more than Arteta relies on individual brilliance.
As for your point about back to back 8th place finishes. That’s very bad faith. Emery was more responsible for that first 8th place finish than Arteta was. He got 18 points off 13 games, 1.38 points per game, as opposed to 33 points in 20 games, 1.65 ppg.
Also, Emery was getting worse and worse at Arsenal. He started amazingly before bottling Champions League in his first season and then having an awful start to the season.
Arteta’s first 12 months was awful but after 12 months, they just kept improving and improving with a clear plan, style of play and a positive spiral as opposed to the negative one with Emery. Only Manchester City got more points in their last 24 games of that season than Arteta’s Arsenal.
This means his first 34 games as a manager were awful but after that, he got very good results.
There was not as clear a style of play as Arteta has. Emery relied on individual brilliance from Aubameyang and Özil more than Arteta relies on individual brilliance.
As for your point about back to back 8th place finishes. That’s very bad faith. Emery was more responsible for that first 8th place finish than Arteta was. He got 18 points off 13 games, 1.38 points per game, as opposed to 33 points in 20 games, 1.65 ppg.
Also, Emery was getting worse and worse at Arsenal. He started amazingly before bottling Champions League in his first season and then having an awful start to the season.
Arteta’s first 12 months was awful but after 12 months, they just kept improving and improving with a clear plan, style of play and a positive spiral as opposed to the negative one with Emery. Only Manchester City got more points in their last 24 games of that season than Arteta’s Arsenal.
This means his first 34 games as a manager were awful but after that, he got very good results.