05 Dec 2018 12:35:17
I was wondering what peoples thoughts on our slow start to games (except Sundays) . In my opinion emery has hopefully learned from other managers, for example when klopp took over at Liverpool and insisted on playing a high tempo pressing game it was amazing for the start of the game but because the players weren't fit enough they would drop off quickly and lose point late on in the game, much like emerys psg team did against Barcelona.
To counter act this I believe he has instructed they players to start slower and finish stronger until the time comes that they are fit enough to play this high tempo press for 90 mins.
05 Dec 2018 12:56:32
I'm not really sure why we are usually so poor first half Ben, the fact we are yet to go into the half time break ahead is strange
I guess it must be part of some plan we haven't quite got right yet but once we do, that will be exciting:-)
05 Dec 2018 16:10:45
I think Emery prefers to have an ace or two up his sleeve where he has game changers on the bench. Lull the opposition into a false sense of security.