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title: "Aston Villa: Dan Bardell noticed Unai Emery venting fury towards Matty Cash"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/aston-villa-emery-was-long-his-mind-at-matty-cash/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Mark Murphy"
section: "Aston Villa News"
published: "2023-02-07T13:12:11Z"
modified: "2023-02-07T13:12:11Z"
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# Aston Villa: Dan Bardell noticed Unai Emery venting fury towards Matty Cash

**The Athletic’s Dan Bardell noticed that [Unai Emery](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tag/unai-emery/) was ‘losing his mind’ at [Aston Villa](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/aston-villa-news/) full-back [Matty Cash](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tag/matty-cash/) in their most recent match.**

### The Lowdown: Substitute cameo

Cash came on 59 minutes into their [Premier League](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league-news/) clash at Villa Park on Saturday, where he [lost](https://www.sofascore.com/aston-villa-leicester-city/GP) possession on seven occasions, gave away one foul and failed to win his only duel on the day.

The 25-year-old has [played](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/matty-cash/leistungsdaten/spieler/425334) 17 league matches for Villa this season, but he’s only played one full game in the Premier League in 2023.

Having initially been a starter under Emery, it appears as though he has a fight on his hands to reclaim his first-team place following his World Cup exploits with Poland.

### The Latest: Bardell notices interaction

Speaking on [The Villa View](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqjvgeQpgSU) after the game, Bardell said that Emery was extremely frustrated with Cash once he came on and was constantly shouting at him from the sidelines.

He stated: “I did notice something at the game yesterday.

“Unai Emery was losing his mind at Cash a couple of times on the touchline for whatever he was doing, so I think says a lot about maybe why Ashley Young is perhaps doing more of what Unai Emery wants.

“Emery threw his arms up in the air and lost his cool at Cash a couple of times, I noticed during the game, so that’s something to keep your eye upon.

“I wouldn’t expect Matty Cash to be coming back in the team anytime soon if Emery’s reaction to a couple of elements of his play is anything to go by.”

### The Verdict: Back Cash

We believe that Cash has the potential to be a long-term mainstay in the Villa starting XI, despite Emery [opting](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ashley-young/leistungsdaten/spieler/14086) to play Ashley Young in recent weeks.

Cash clearly holds Emery in high regard and likely won’t have his opinion changed by his recent touchline antics.

He described the ex-Arsenal boss as an ‘incredible’ manager and claimed that even some of the experienced players were learning a lot from the Spaniard (via [Birmingham Mail](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/matty-cash-gives-incredible-unai-26147430)).

But Cash is 25 years old and so has plenty of time to develop his game as time goes by.

A number of top names have [played](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/unai-emery/eingesetzteSpieler/trainer/5075) under Villans boss, including fellow full-back Jordi Alba, David Villa and Angel Di Maria.

Our belief is that Cash has a great opportunity to learn a lot under his current manager and we hope Emery gives him the chance to do so.

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