To an extent, this is true. Raul Sanllehi basically just got players he liked, not players that Emery wanted/needed. That said, Arsenal were an absolute mess on the pitch with Emery, even in his first year when we just missed out in Champions League. Emery was constantly changing formation and tactics to the point where the players clearly didn’t know what was going on. Combine that with the plan going forward appearing to be little more than get down the wings for crosses and cutbacks and the plan without the ball being crazy high line with little pressure on the ball and things were a proper mess. There still appears to be some of this in how his team’s play, as seen in the first half of this game where Spurs were constantly getting in behind (a fair number were offsides, but there were also some very good chances).
Still, happy with Emery doing well and it’s cool to see what a squad built to his needs can do in the EPL. Also, they knocked Spurs back, so that’s cool.
Yes, yes I do. I hope he learned how to handle players a bit better after his time at PSG and Arsenal. He seemed to constantly undermine his own authority with us.