Gallowgate Toon

Wasn't Arteta absolutely fizzing with us a few years back when we did some dark arts at their place? I'm presuming Arsenal's team cost more and has similar-ish wages to PSG? Pretty embarrassing imo that they had 1 shot on target considering the investment + their supposedly elite coach.

Big challenge for Iraola. He can't do the no days off thing with Liverpool. Interesting that a CL club has rejected a possession manager to want to go back to a high pressing transition team too.

I think it's pretty good value for us but I do also agree that he'll simultaneously do really well there in Flick's system + the environment which might make him look a bit cheap in hindsight. We probably could've got a bit more out of them but I think the time benefit to us getting on with it this window is potentially worth a lot more than the extra £10m we might've been able to squeeze.

Elanga-Anderson swap deal. Everyone's happy.

PSG have done alright since sacking Neymar & others off. Enrique's blueprint is a good shout for us. Lots of similarities with what Howe wants from his teams, but they have the fairly massive benefit of being able to play a third XI in the league while still winning.

Excellent deal and absolutely crucial we get it done early imo. He'll have a good first season imo. He's good when he has a point to prove.

Also, can we please do some fucking transfer business early for once? Every year, we say get as many in as possible before preseason. It feels like it never materialises. The league could be wide open next season - small gains like that could be really big for us.

He was never bought with value in mind so let's not piss about. Hopefully, he scores a few in the WC to soften the blow.

Didn't folks want him to experiment? I was alright trying a 3-5-2 in the first, our wingers have largely been shit all season. I felt that would be Hall's best position too as he's definitely still a work in progress defensively. He was as poor LWB as he was elsewhere. Regardless of what happens with Howe, this summer needs to be sharp for recruitment. We need some strong characters through the door - we are piss weak. Clear the busted flushes/wantaways and get 3 or 4 really good buys and we'll see a massive difference imo. I like that we're targeting young profiles again but we do need to keep a mix imo. Hope we don't go too far the other way.

When's the last time someone qualified for Europe with a negative goal difference?!

Their fans will be in dreamland.

Of course I'd be delighted. But I look back at our cup win and the teams we had to get through to especially in the latter stages- it made the win that much sweeter. This feels a bit hollow to me from the outside. Same as with Chelsea winning the Conference - it'd be a massive failure if they didn't win it.

Villa fans won't give a shit, nor should they, but from the outside this does feel a bit like winning the Intertoto

I like how they admitted to a couple of occasions where they lost They've blatantly been doing this every week.

Midfield is stacked but lacks balance. Willock is surely off but it still leaves 5 mids, plus you've got the likes of Hall and Woltemade who can fill in there too. Main thing for the midfield for me is moving away from the Joelinton-Tonali axis for lots of games next season. Bruno of course has to play, and I think Miley's development is really important for us next season if he can stay fit. I just don't think we need both Tonali and Joelinton in there together.