08 Nov 2025 02:13:45
Chatting with my 9 yr old son tonight about a tougher than usual week personally, and he said "well at least we got the win Thursday night, I said yeh we didn't play well but we got the 3 points, he asked would you rather play well or get the points, slight pause from me but my answer was "the points I suppose".
I've asked myself the same question a few times since, part of me is disappointed with the game Thursday, I mean we hope and cheer our team on all season to finish in European places for those big nights but then we watch games like that, not entertaining, not enjoyable (reminds me of spurs and uniteds journeys to the final last year if I'm honest) and I ask myself how is Emery happy with that.

We have to remember that Emery has a job to do with the squad and he has to think about more than just winning each match as it comes, he's managing mins into fringe players, managing players back to fitness, he's got to manage legs to make sure we are good to go at the weekend, the list goes on.
So we look at it as a whole from his perspective, we looked good when we really tried, our players didn't over exert themselves and should be quiet fresh for the weekend, we had no injuries, Buendia and YT are back from injury, Bogard seems reliable no matter where he plays, Malen scored a penalty and Maatsen got a nice goal, there was no trouble at the game that had potential to be a disaster, we won without pushing ourselves, in a good position in both leagues, so all in all it was a good night for Emery and the team, we have to accept that this was never going to be one of the big glamour European nights, it was a must win game and we did just that, it won't live long in the memory and I'm sure lots of people who were disappointed last night are a little bit happier today looking at the table and the frustration has worn off and looking more towards Bournemouth, it's also important to have somewhere to vent and at times that's what this page is, I hope it stays that way, has to be balanced, from what I read here most comments have structure and valid points whether they are positive or negative, there was only one guy who was talking total contradictive nonsense and he's gone quiet, everyone loves a good debate and it would be pretty boring if we all thought the same, we would all comment positive things the day of the game and then have nothing to talk about till next game day, I read a lot of different club pages on this site and most are every bit as fickle as we are despite what some people say, you also have totally deluded sets of fans on some clubs pages and reading it is stomach turning, you also have pages that haven't seen a new comment in a year and we don't want that either, so let's keep the balance and respect anyone's views when they make valid points even if we don't agree with them. not sure what this post is but hopefully a bit in there that everyone can relate to whether it's positive or negative.
Finishing off with a positive, I've always said the best teams find a way to win even when the are not playing well, UTV ?

1.) 08 Nov 2025
08 Nov 2025 08:50:59
Definitely in your camp Whack, if we all agreed it would be boring, some don't understand that's its because we care so much we say the things we do and that's how it should be, patience and tolerance are commendable traits and should always be remembered. Generally I think this is one of the better forums with a good balance of views long may it continue.

2.) 08 Nov 2025
08 Nov 2025 08:50:59
Definitely in your camp Whack, if we all agreed it would be boring, some don't understand that's its because we care so much we say the things we do and that's how it should be, patience and tolerance are commendable traits and should always be remembered. Generally I think this is one of the better forums with a good balance of views long may it continue.

3.) 09 Nov 2025
09 Nov 2025 07:08:48
Only just noticed these posts and couldn’t agree more.without different opinions life would be so boring and as long as things are not taken to a personal level then differences of opinions are what these sites are for. Long may it continue

4.) 09 Nov 2025
09 Nov 2025 10:35:29
Bang on VS