The FC guys try to wrap their heads around the possibility of Massimiliano Allegri managing Arsenal. Unai Emery was hung out to dry at Arsenal. This doesn't mean it is wrong that Emery has been sacked (it isn't) or that he wasn't largely responsible for his own demise (he was). But in the era of the "personality manager," where selling an idea and an identity can be almost as important as results, he was never going to be right for the job unless he had a strong, visible, public voice capable of convincing fans, media and the ex-players that this wasn't a club in a permanent state of drift. And he never got that. Charisma and communication matter. When Emery spoke in public, he...
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