Looking back, I'm pretty confident in saying the vibes came from the players, the chaos came from Emery. Literally, all the vibes that season were individual moments from a fit and firing Ramsey, peak Auba, in-form Lacazette, and Ozil when he could actually be arsed. Genuinely one of the most overrated managers out there- something you only truly realise when he's managing your club. Thank fuck we went with Mikel in the end, because things had got completely out of control into his second season with us.
jesus christ the defending. I always used watched these games tense because I knew we'd concede anytime. Never in my wildest dreams imagined that we would one day become the best defensive side in the league. Thank you Mikel for changing my life 😂😂
@@samuelloification2749 I know m8, but you also cannot ignore the awful defence and his total passiveness to fixing it and approaching Josh for funds. What We need is Emery combined with Arteta,, then We'd win the League lol. Basically, an Arteta who isn't painfully and mind-numbingly stubborn and anti-Striker and who would accept peak Aubameyang.
@@netweed09 I didn't, I literally said 'you can slate the defense' but it's also not coincidence that Auba was that good when look at what he has done with Watkins, Bacca, Cavani etc. We have to be fair with our criticism. Felt like the original comment made out Auba rescued Emery when actually that part of it was good coaching even if the defensive side was bad coaching
@@samuelloification2749 Yes I mean, I do understand that. It's funny because I really prefer managers who have an eye for Good strikers and can get the most out of them. But in the end, I have to consider the overall reflected in Our League position. While I in no way happy with Arteta (We're still the League trophy Bridesmaids) , in still have to begrudgingly accept him over Emery's stint with Us here. I don't think Emery would in the end have the clout or pull to get Us Mbappe either.
@@lastwapbender So? This is Arteta's first job, meanwhile Emery had managed clubs like Seville and PSG before becoming Arsenal's coach. Moreover, Arteta inherited a far worse side as compared to Emery. First two seasons are irrelevant considering the fact that Arsenal are a European powerhouse now.
@ali19231 Who spent more in the ist 2 seasons ? Unai has way more trophies than Arteta. Arteta has spent almost 1 billion since joining arsenal and can barely make good sales. Arteta has done a good job but don't compare them bcos one was backed 100% while the other was not. Next
@@lastwapbenderArteta has spent nowhere near 1 billion your mistaking Arsenal for another London club 😂, Moreover Arteta is not in charge of making player sales that’s the responsibility of the sporting director. The trophies emery has won in his career have more or less been europa leagues and has failed time and time again domestically to get his teams over the line for UCL qualification, he does not belong with the elites of this game and has proved he’s just a level below unfortunately.
Lacazette and Auba were immense this season. However they didn’t show up in the UEL final and pur defence was probably the worst the club has ever seen
Emery was a genius...deserved more money n time...will be the one who got 6 pts off the champs this season...hats off..id take him back if we ever needed a manager.
I genuinely liked Unai Emery, felt as though the recruitment team let him down as well as the players for giving up on him at the end - though you could say the latter was down to his leadership skills. We eventually came out of it better but still think he deserved better.
He simply doesn't cut it with big teams. Sure, he won the French league with PSG, but even Lampard could do that with those players. What's never mentioned is that despite all the Europa wins, he has the biggest bottle job in CL history, blowing a 4-0 first-leg lead to lose the second leg 6-1 against Barcelona. He thrives at teams like Villa and Sevilla who play with a lot less pressure and expectation. History has shown that.
@@HearszAMHe simple does not cut it with the big teams? And your basing that on one match with Barcelona coming back (not the first time Messi and Co have done that). What other big teams did he manage?
@@HearszAM I think similarly too. Emery is a great coach, but being a manager is more than just being a coach. Not only the tactical aspect, but managers have to know how to communicate, how to lead, basically things outside tactics. Emery can't handle big egos like Neymar and Oezil.
Just goes to show how far this arsenal team has come. Arteta has done an excellent job on how much he had to sort out when Wenger and Emery was managing. Super Mikel Arteta 👌👌
@@libertywild7507 Over a 38 game season Aston Villa were the 4th best team in the league. The result on the final day doesn’t necessarily determine your season. You must be new to football.
Emery is such a streaky manager. At times his teams will go on spectacular winning runs and then all of a sudden be completely unable to win a game. That pretty much summed up his Arsenal tenure.
Unai wasn't afforded a fair opportunity nor was he adequately supported. He was only given 18 months, whereas Arteta has been in charge for four and a half seasons. In his first season, Arteta secured the FA Cup, a feat facilitated by his predecessor, Unai. Unai, who has since gone on to achieve multiple accolades elsewhere, was never given the trust and backing he needed. It's disheartening to still be told to "trust the process." Let's consider, Wenger left behind a team with players like Kolasinac and Mustafi still on long contracts. Whose oversight was that? It seems Unai was set up from the start to shoulder the blame.
Emery just wasn't suited for Arsenal he's more suited for Villa and Mikel is more suited for us, Emery while a way better manager than Arteta wasn't really an "Arsenal man" if you get what i mean like i can see Mikel staying for years but Emery i couldnt really see him staying even if he won us that Europe League just like he did with Seville he jumped ship after winning them 3 in a row, still heavily respect him though as an Arsenal fan
You are delusional if you think Unai would have gotten us where we are today. Secondly Arteta won the Fa cup. Emery had no hand in it. He would never have gotten over City and Chelsea like Arteta's team did.
Crazy that Emery instantly gets the blame for all of the defensive cracks when it was really caused by years of Wengers negligence. As soon as Koscielny and Sokratis paired up, our defense was solid. Emery took us to a European final in his first season and deserves praise for that. It took Arteta 2.5 seasons and £200m just to get top 5 whereas Emery did it in his first season. Emery deserves more credit
So many parallels with Aston Villas season. Watkins is having this Auba season as well. Points and GD almost identical too. Hopefully Villa beat Spurs to top 4 though
Thank you for this piece of history. I didn't watch much of Arsenal at the end of Wenger's reign - too frustrating despite the numerous talents in the team. Emery didnt' much improve the consistency - but maybe his tenure was a bit too short. The current team under Arteta (April 2024 hopeful of winning the title ;-D) is amazing, the discipline in midfield and defence is at another level, but still (in my humble opinion) lack the striking power of the early 2000s.
We used to chase so many games 🤣. City and Liverpool would just embarrass us. On the plus side it looks like Laca used to get on the scored sheet a lot. I thought it was just Auba
One of the most incredible things with Arteta is how quickly he sorted our awful defence out - we were so weak at the back. Glad Emery has found plenty of success though, he's a great manager but I don't think he worked at Arsenal (though perhaps needed more time).
I’ve seen us finish 8th with winless runs lasting months and no goals in 5 games but this was by far our worst season since pre-Wenger. At least the mess later happened behind closed doors.
@@arsenalogist4285 If you're purely looking at results then yeah, but this style of play was not sustainable and we absolutely fell apart from top to bottom towards the end of the season. It was purely chaotic, there wasn't a whole lot of hope for the future and we had no idea if youngsters like Saka and ESR were going to make it. Towards the end of Arteta's first full season there was hope due to the youngsters being embedded into the lineup and our strong end to the season, and the knowledge that we were going to invest in the summer. I felt way worse at the end of this season being 5th than I felt in 2021/22 when we finished 8th
@Yaqoot The games about results, not style of play. Emery played attacking football because that suited the squads strengths. I agree, though, things did get messy. But you can't say this is our worse season ever
@@arsenalogist4285I think the guy just worded it wrong but I understood what he meant, this season felt a lot worse than the 8th place ones because it didnt instill any hope for the future
@Yaqoot Well that's subjective. I think Emery had a good team and as a coach, he was tactically flexible. His main issue, imo, was communication and inability to command respect. Regardless, our worst ever season has to be 20/21; we were atrocious.
@@Oljkkk wrong lol. Lacazette last season with us was atrocious he got like 2-4 goals?? It was getting clear his body couldn’t handle the intensity of the premier league much anymore and he ended up leaving on a free as his contract ended up expiring. Auba did have ego problems though.
Emery didn’t stand a chance with the players we had then.would be interesting to see what he could now though?.not suggesting getting rid of arteta just yet.
The attack was fine, but the defense was shambolic. They conceded 51 goals in 38 games which averages into 1.34 goal conceded per game. The Chelsea team that finished 12th last year "only" conceded 47 goals, averaging into 1.24 goal conceded per game.
all the comments shitting on Unai.. im glad he finally gets the respect he deserves after ending Arsenal's title run with Aston Villa. Good GOD, you fans need to take the L. Imagine disrespecting the man who humbled and brought you back to reality on your own homeground
Arsenal fan here, and I agree. It’s actually sad to see all the slander he’s getting. It’s mad over exaggerated too ngl. Unai emery did very well to instantly make us relevant again post wenger. He got us to a European final, the last time we got to a European final before that was against Barca in ‘06. Ima stick to my guns and maintain that he was rightfully sacked. after the whole xhaka incident blew up in his face, he lost the dressing room and shit just went downhill from there. However, what I will maintain tho is that the club did not give him a fair shake and he should’ve been backed properly the same way arteta’s been backed. And I’m even more critical of the club for who they replaced unai with. If you’re gonna sack him fine, fair enough but the idea is for the next guy to be a step up in quality not a novice upstart manager that was fresh out the womb so to speak lol. But nah man emery is a top manager, and it’s *toxic af* for our fans to be dragging his name thru the mud just to prop up their boi super mick arteta.
In my opinion Emery was the right manager at the wrong time for us. He was dealt a bad hand with the squad we had. If he was managing the team we have now we would’ve won some more silverware
