It doesn't tell us a whole lot of new info about Emery but where he suggests how Pep has made City stronger by focusing on defensive signings was the positive for me because I've felt that not only Wenger completely neglected that part of our game for a decade tactically but also didn't really buy quality defenders. Hope this is inferring that Emery will also focus on defensive work and signings.
Even Koscielny made several mistakes when he first came in and took 2 years to settle into becoming a good defender.
Mertesacker was initially an error prone calamity who went off twitter 3 months into his arsenal career because of the abuse he got for his lapses.
You'll see many mistakes by Per in the above clip in a video solely focusing on victories.
Sagna was really the last ready-made defender we brought.
The other insightful part was about Auba because I think Emery realises he's a potent goal-threat but I wonder why then he was shunting him wide. You have your best goalscorer and you limit his efficacy by doing this. Sure he misses some chances but there's no doubt that he would have scored even more had he played up-front rather than on the wing which he did many games and also we had the worst creativity both from deep midfield and chances made.
As much as we need a winger we also need a dictator of the game. A player of Arteta's quality when he came to us would be great. I always thought Jorginho would be one we could sign but city's interest inflated his price to crazy levels and obviously napoli had no reason to sell cheap.
These are the crucial quotes to me-
"What Wenger did in this club was very big. He managed to give a touch of quality to make the game more fluid and colourful, but little by little he lost the competitive gene."
"At Arsenal we want to raise the physical level little by little, without the rest deteriorating. But one of its main arguments is the speed developed by Aubameyang. He is a player of spaces, who seeks to exploit the area behind defences, and who also has the gift of goal. It gives us that explosion, which is basic to our game. "
". One of the things that he said as soon as he arrived was that he had to be strong in both areas and for that you have to be physical. Look at many of his big signings: Stones, Walker, Mendy, Laporte … What are they? Defenders."
