Has Unai Emery silenced his critics?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
On the eve of his first anniversary as Aston Villa manager, Unai Emery has Villa within striking distance of the top of the Premier League.
Having returned to English football last season, following an ill-fated 18 month spell at Arsenal, Michael Bailey is joined by The Athletic's Adam Crafton and Gregg Evans to analyse the Spaniard's resurgence in the West Midlands.
Aston Villa writer Jacob Tanswell shares his take on Villa's start to the season, their best season 1998/99, while Arsenal correspondent James McNicholas reviews his time in North London before assessing how he feels seeing Emery thrive at Villa Park.
Produced by Guy Clarke
Additional Production: Mike Stavrou
Executive Producer: Adonis Pratsides
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.0 | On the eve of his first anniversary in charge, |
| 0:10.0 | Unai Emory has Aston Villa within touching distance of the top of the Premier League. |
| 0:15.0 | Ony Watkins, it's, |
| 0:17.0 | oh he's sharp! On Sunday they made it 11 straight home wins in the Premier League. |
| 0:25.1 | So how has the Spaniard completely turned around Villa's fortunes and rebuilt his own reputation in English football in the process? |
| 0:32.6 | Vooze ring around, half empty, Everett's seven games without a win. |
| 0:38.3 | It's Arsenal's worst run since 1992. |
| 0:42.3 | I'm Michael Bailey. |
| 0:43.3 | Welcome to the Athletic Football Podcast. |
| 0:50.3 | We are feeling good here at home and we are feeling something special in Philadelphia |
| 0:54.2 | Park and today was a very great match with everything on the pitch with the crowd with |
| 1:01.5 | the fans and I think we have to be proud of us. |
| 1:09.1 | With us today for the podcast we're joined by the Athletics, Adam Crafton and Greg Evans. |
| 1:14.7 | We'll also hear from Aston Villa writer Jacob Tanzwell, as well as our Arsenal writer, James McNicholas. |
| 1:21.2 | Greg, I'm going to come to you first if I can. |
| 1:23.1 | Ashton Villa there, two points off Manchester City, who of course top of the Premier League at the moment |
| 1:27.5 | at the time of recording, because Tottenham play on Monday night, and they could go top. But Villa |
| 1:32.7 | have 19 points from nine games. Their 4-1 win over West Ham makes it 11 straight home Premier League |
| 1:39.7 | wins. How has Uniomri turned Villa Park into such a fortress for them? |
| 1:45.1 | Yeah, it's a pretty incredible transformation, isn't it? |
| 1:47.3 | Because if you think back to a year ago, almost to the data, |
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