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It's nothing new, but still nice to have an embedded tweet on this thread.

Yeah, his change of plan usually involves changing the formation and moving players into different positions and roles. But his underlying philosophy and approach is what it is, as is the case with most managers. Don't think he's looking to change that, which is seemingly what some people would prefer.

Team Baldy.

Arrivals will not guarantee exits - this is interesting. So if we have exits that surely means room for additional signings?

https://archive.ph/SVB6X Link for all to read

Baldwards rehashing what's basically common knowledge and covering all his bases at once

STOP I CAN ONLY BE SO ERECT

Im now convinced AI is a hoax and its just some guy in a cupboard writing fan fiction.

That's the least exclusive 'exclusive' I've seen.

Pretty much.

🚨TRIPLE SWOOP 🚨

It's so sad to see.

Add in a central defender and that'd be absolutely fantastic

New Edwards Telegraph artice reckons pedro, elanga and trafford all want to come.

Hey (hahahahaha) who you calling a dullard xx

Narrator: it didn't

To some extent but it's sustained success over many years that is needed to really drive up revenues. Villa have got themselves into a position where they have a completely unsustainable wage bill and are reliant on getting into the CL every season, and/or selling assets, to avoid falling foul of PL PSR. Whilst they will just get a derisory fine this time, they seemingly have no way of complying with UEFA FFP in the foreseeable future and by their rules the punishments will get progressively more severe, eventually leading to a European ban. It just doesn't seem to be sustainable for them, I just can't see them having the kind on long term success to increase their revenue that much before it comes crashing down.

This is worth a watch for those in the UK: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0l3hnym/premier-league-anthony-elanga-on-chasing-greatness-at-nottingham-forest

This is my take as well. Howe is very particular in the players he wants for his set up, and I tend to trust his judgement on this. He's not got much wrong when he pursues a player long term. Gordon, Livramento, Isak, Botman all spring to mind. Even Ekitike come to think of it, he never came off but now loads of top teams are trying to sign him. If we've been chasing Elanga's signature for over a year there's probably a lot of thought been put into it.

One thing about Elanga, he's very focused on personal development ands self-improvement, extremely hungry to be the best. That's probably what attracts Howe the most Joelinton, Gordon, Bruno, Isak, Tonali all seem to have this aspect in spades, Anderson did too Shelvey, Fraser and anyone not quite there were shown the door sharpish

In the immortal words of Eddie Howe: "Let's fucking give it to them"