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Last post on Emery because he is not worth polluting this thread.
Arsenal fans have absolutely no reason to rate him as a manager. He was given the task to rebuild Arsenal and transform them into a heavy weight team and he failed miserably.
He failed to do the job that Arteta is doing at Arsenal. As far as why Arteta got time and Emery didn’t, well fans only see results on the pitch.
The owners can actually see what is going in the dressing room, how the manager is leading the players on the training ground, how is he communicating with the owners etc.
Arteta oversaw a very difficult period in 2020 and 2021 because he always had the owners backing because they had faith in what he was trying to do. They could see that all he needs is time and he will turn things around and their faith has been vindicated.
It is not just the owners but also knowledgeable Arsenal fans supported him because they could see what he was trying to do.
On the other hand, Emery didn’t fill the owners with confidence. He completely melted under the pressure and expectations of rebuilding Arsenal and he had no idea what he was doing. If he did, he wouldn’t have been sacked.
Emery has managed two high expectations job in his career and he failed both times. PSG hired him based on his Europa league success with Sevilla and they thought he would get them over the line in the UCL, but he ended up bottling a 4-0 lead over Barcelona and lost lost the French league to Monaco.
Emery is a good manager but he hasn’t got the jobs to manage high expectations. He thrives when he is the underdog. He is perfect for clubs like Villa, Villarreal, Sevilla etc.
He would also have been perfect for Arsenal if the objective was to make top 4 and not ultimately start challenging for the league.
Emery is not a world class/elite manager. If he was, he wouldn’t have been at Villa right now. Liverpool, Chelsea, Bayern, Barcelona and Juventus all changed managers in the summer if they wanted him, they would have prized him away. Clearly, they didn’t rate him.
When you are at Villa and these clubs come knocking on your door, there is absolutely no way you don’t open the door. It doesn’t matter if you are a player or a manager.
Emery would exit Villa as quickly as Ancelotti bailed on Everton if a big club come calling for him, and it appears that big clubs are avoiding him like a plague because he had to two shots at managing them and fumbled both.
Aston Villa is a placeholder club with no direction. What does it fight for? Nothing. They can finish outside the top 3 of the PL for the next 20 years and their fans and owners won’t be unhappy.
They can play the UCL for 10 years and not make the semifinals even once and their fans and owners won’t be unhappy. This is a perfect environment for Emery where he can keep the club between 4-6 position and have the is big win in Europe. That however is a nothing legacy and that isn’t the level top managers want to operate on.
I would personally not rate Emery at all unless he has a third crack at a big club and succeeds. Until then, he will remain a good B class manager for me.