Tony_Adams wrote:We'd have won if Emery had stuck to his boring tactics imo
I wonder if he's trying too hard to please the fans
I don't get this post, the line up I literally called out (minus Xhaka) before the game got us 2-0 and were spanking Watford.
We come out 2nd half and Emery's "play out from the back" tactics gifted Watford a way back into the game, then instead of letting them have their 10min burst of energy then we take back over the game with quality and punish them on the counter .......... he takes off Ceb and Ozil!!!!!
The two fkin players who were punishing Watford in offence and getting Auba his goals and helping us retain the ball.
He then decides instead to park the bus at 2-1 for 30mins meaning Watford come reigning down on us in waves and we have no out to take advantage on the break.
Emery panicked too early and took off the two players that were making the difference between us and Watfords offence, the only reason we were winning is because Watford didn't have an Ozil or Ceballo's that could get those quality balls in to their forwards, we did and we took them off handing Watford a free pass.