Emery really confuses the hell out of me: when he plays the kids everything seems to click and you can see that there’s an exciting brand of football there; but when he plays his “best XI” it turns into amateur hour?!
Is he just lucking out with a group of kids who don’t need much coaching, or has he been saddled with a bunch of senior players who are unresponsive to what he’s trying to coach, and maybe too old to learn new tricks?
But then why keep picking them if they keep letting you down (and especially when there’s better options there who are buying into your methods better)? I don’t get it...