I think if you asked any football manager what he'd like to be given, other than a massive transfer budget from his club's owner, most of them would say time and patience. Time to build something, patience to knock a few things down along the way, correct a few mistakes etc etc. Another thing they might yearn for is understanding. So, on a day when Unai Emery is looking for both time and patience, what can we understand about the job he's got on his hands? Here's what I understand. He came to a club that had been managed for 22 years by one man, whose power and control over that period was almost absolute until the final 12 months when Ivan Gazidis diluted it. He didn't speak much English,...
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