03 May 2026 22:30:46
I was going to post as soon as I got home, but glad I read the posts below. I thought I would be on my own regarding Emery, obviously not. I genuinely hope he is not here at the start of next season, he has taken us to the next level and has to be congratulated. The slow negative football is not working, look at the last few games, Fulham, Forest and tonight absolutely no attacking intent three games without any attacking threat and it's been like this for far too many games. Our goal difference over the last three seasons has been the worst of all the teams around us. Concede too many and not score enough. That's Emery's tactics. Many will say look what he has done can't argue with that, however he has won nothing and doesn't like that will change. I don't enjoy watching our football and I can honestly say I would we happy to watch, Brentford, Bournemouth and Brighton and finish in sixth or seventh.

If we are not careful is where we will end up. I can honestly say I told my eldest grandson that after Sunderland we wouldn't win another game and sadly it's three on the trot and still think we won't win another game. We may still get fifth if Brighton, Bournemouth and Brentford all lose enough games to get us over the line, it definitely won't be off our own bat. Finally the football is absolutely dire and I can't see it changing. My views are definitely not just on tonight's performance, Emery obviously had an eye on Thursday's game so that's understandable, it's everything about our style of play that's frustrating me and giving my view that Emery's time is finished at Aston Villa, sad but true as I see things.

1.) 04 May 2026
04 May 2026 12:13:39
Agree. Scotty's time is up. We have played this way for 2 years and it's not working. Who really enjoys watching us play? I know I don't.

2.) 04 May 2026
04 May 2026 12:25:01
Not working. We've been in Europe 3 seasons on the trot, Worzel.

3.) 04 May 2026
04 May 2026 12:48:43
That's true Daz, but we won nothing but some prize money, which we have wasted on players that didn't work. Like Jonny says, the football we play is terrible to watch, it's boring, and in no way entertaining, apart from a handful of games each season.
At the end of the day, if we don't either win a trophy this year or qualify top 5, I can't see NSWE standing for it after the position we were in after the Sunderland game. Do you think we will fill the stadium week after week to watch the football we have been subjected to this season? If Spurs and Chelsea click next season, we will never get near top 5 again.

This was our chance to take Spurs out of the equation for a season or 2, but he didn't look at the bigger picture, simply because he's not a Villa fan, he's paid to be here. We've played 2 games a week for most of the season, and part of it with a threadbare squad, and if you're telling me this team couldn't manage it once more and lift themselves for a European semi final on Thursday, then they don't deserve it.