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Originally Posted by nffc
Nobody would be given the time Ferguson had at Utd these days - not even at Utd. They probably would be in a much better situation if they had kept Moyes for a few years given they were on the decline anyway. Maybe Arsenal if they had kept Emery (given what he has done at villa) would have worked out better than sacking him for Arteta, although Arteta hasn't done badly it took them a few years to become challengers in the league, and it seems Emery could have done that too.
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Emery wouldn't have done it at Arsenal. The team largely regressed under him to the point that he eventually got fired after we conceded something like 30 shots to Watford, having lost a CL qualification from a good league position in the previous season when we lost game after game in the run-in.
It wasn't entirely his fault; the club was a mess. We had a poor squad and a toxic dressing room with constant leaks coming from the club, players turning up when they wanted for training and even before a match and generally just treating the entire club as an excuse to have a fun time.
Emery didn't have the man-management, strength of personality or even the leeway with the club to take on the dressing room. Arsenal eventually profited from his failure because it allowed the club to hit rock bottom, which gave Arteta permission to come in and clean house. Everyone with a bad attitude was gone, and the club supported him. Ozil? Gone. Aubameyang turning up to the NLD late? Benched. Did it again? Gone.
Arsenal needed a squad rebuild and a change in culture. Emery wasn't the man to do that. I think he does well at clubs just below league challengers that have a good structure around them, which is why I think he would fail at Real Madrid if those rumours are true.