Petit sticks it to ‘non-stick’ Unai

information and roles. He added: “Emery is trying different tactical systems all the time, moving players around different positions.

“I can see the sense in this, but only a small percentage of footballers are intelligent enough to be comfortable in different positions and tactical set-ups.

“Most just want to stick with h what they’ve learned in the academies. They won’t play as well outside their preferred systems.

“Very few can be shifted around without it impacting their play, but that’s what Emery is trying to do with his team, even if some of his charges don’t have the req requirements to do that.

““I would rather put them in th their correct roles to get the m most out of their talent.

“After the good work in the transfer market I thought he would stick on one approach. “I worked on the Liverpool game game, and I thought to myself, ‘If I was Emery, I would play 4-3-3’, with

Alex Lacazette, Pierre-emerick Aubameyang and Nicolas Pepe in the forward line (above). As soon as he did this, with 20 minutes to go, the game changed. It was frustrating.

“I try to support Emery, because people have been killing him in the press since he was in Paris.

“Some have pointed to a lack of leadership, a lack of strength, but I don’t think this is the problem.

“The problem is that he doesn’t know his first XI.

“You have to stick with your ideas.

“It takes time for players to adapt. If you change every single weekend what you’re asking from them, that’s difficult.

“Klopp has put his vision and his personality on his Liverpool team, and so has Pep Guardiola at Manchester City, and it works.

“With Emery, I don’t know. I’m wondering what he wants to do with his players.”

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