Not at all, I didn't know a lot about Emery when we signed him up, I really only knew him from PSG, where I thought they played decent football and I knew he'd won the EL, other than that I didn't know too much, I certainly never expected him to perform as poorly as he has, be so negative and makes so many odd decisions.
As I said I was just happy it wasn't Arteta as I just didn't want this guy involved. My choice was always someone like Simeone, but when I realised there was no hope of getting a top manager, I was happy to have Emery over someone like Arteta or some of the other names banded about (other than Allegri).