Andy

So I went through the Villa (#avfc) end of year report and, here's my take on it. Record revenue of £378.1m — that's a 37% rise, up over £100m from last year. Highest turnover the club's ever seen, driven hard by the UCL run to the quarter finals plus commercial income exploding 69%> to £70m. Sponsorship alone up 31% to £28.6m. The commercial machine under Heck is chugging along as he intended. Especially from a £89.5m loss the year before, they've swung to a £17m profit after tax. The owners pumped £69.3m into capex — stadium hospitality upgrades, new retail spots, fan experience tweaks, Bodymoor Heath improvements, and getting The Warehouse over the line. North Stand redevelopment prep is now underway. Which can only be referred to as a smart money play going into infrastructure. They've done the internal restructuring play (women's team and Warehouse rights shifted within the NSWE group) — same loophole others have used because the Premier League left the door wide open after Chelsea and City. Like I said earlier "There should be no complaints here; if you want to compete, you use what's available until they close it." PSR-wise, this profit gives real breathing room in the rolling three-year calc. Previous years had heavy losses, but this £17m black number changes the picture. Villa stay fully compliant with the EPL rules. That means no more panic-selling your best players every summer just to balance the books. What this means for Villa's transfer spending next season? This creates proper legroom. You're talking potential net spend in the £30-80m+ range (before any sales *agreed or obligated* and exact rolling figures), assuming commercial keeps growing. Europa League means some UEFA income drop-off, but the commercial base is now more permanent and the stadium upgrades will keep feeding revenue. Less reliance on one big European run. NSWE have stuck to the plan: sustainable growth, invest in squad and the club itself, avoid the reckless overspend that kills clubs. They've already sunk hundreds of millions in — this shows the strategy is working. Bottom line: These are strong accounts. Villa have turned a corner financially. Record top line, first profit in ages, heavy but targeted investment in the future, and actual PSR flexibility heading into the next windows. No more "we must flog Watkins or Rogers" nonsense every close season. The club is in a far healthier spot than 12-18 months ago.

@techtoby__ @conradtondryk69 🤣🤣🤣

@BrummieAndy8 @conradtondryk69 That’s the 10% that looks Birmingham

> you start bristol maxxing > no one told you rent is the highest outside of london > sinking an £8 pint on kings street you meet monty and hugo, two defence contract recruiters > they tell you it’s “fucking sick pay” and that “permies are povos” > £650 a day locked in > laugh at all the povos pretending to enjoy the city and move to the suburbs > you have a date with a girl with a self cut fringe > asks what you do for work > you say supply chain > not autonomous drones > weird, next week she’s protesting outside of your company office > ir35 fucks everything > realise everything cool is being built in london > move to london

@conradtondryk69 @techtoby__ I've lived in Birmingham all of my life, and yes it's shit. But I picked something up off eBay in Bristol a few months back and it was the shittest, dirtiest, graffiti covered hellhole I've ever been to in the UK. Beautiful old houses absolutely trashed with tagging. Awful place.

@techtoby__ but hey at least you arent in birmingham

@AutoInfatuation @Carsofglasgow1 Someone is also selling a well sorted V10 now too @AutoInfatuation

@Carsofglasgow1 There’s a guy on the Pheaton owners group selling his late uncles 3.0 TDI, 24k miles with a crazy spec and mega colour. But it hasn’t been MOT’d since 2022 😬

Volkswagen Phaeton TDI in the wild

@AutoInfatuation Bosch from Costco always cheapest for me, assuming you know someone with a membership.

Where’s everyone’s go to for car Batteries? 🪫 The X5 most definitely needs a new one, it turns out not only has it got an AGM start/stop battery installed when it shouldn’t have it’s also never been coded nor registered to the car. Battery is 100% at least a few years old but I think it’s been fitted in a panic before I came down to get it 🙄 Absolutely no way the previous owner didn’t have issues. I usually use Tayna Batteries but there are a few options out there, ideally want to get one tomorrow/Wednesday. Interested to know if I’m missing any good deals in 🇬🇧 ? Need ideally 95+ Ah and 850+ CCA with L:353mm W:175mm H:190mm.

What do a Porsche Cayenne, a Bentley Flying Spur, and a Jaguar XFR have in common? Scammers have tried to steal them from their sellers recently by faking the symptoms of engine failure, then offering to buy them for a scrap-value price. What's scary is how convincing and compelling the scammers are. I really know my cars and engineering, and it took me a minute to regain my certainty after the "symptoms" appeared. The story is the same with the others I've spoken to. Knowledge of engines isn't 100% effective against this due to psychology. Read all about it in this blog piece I've written, and take the poll to help us understand how prevalent this has become. The scammers need to be stopped. Please share the blog and short poll to get as much publicity as possible so we can try to (1) make sellers aware, and (2) encourage the police to take it more seriously! tradeclassics.com/the-1m-car-buy… @tom550993 @LUDENClassics @alfattitude @AutoInfatuation @1Percenterer @candvbmw @SportsandGT

I hit 142mph in my 2012 VW Phaeton 3.0 V6 TDI, and it started to feel a bit light and fluttery so I backed off. The car definitely had more in it, but I didn't 🤣 #Phaeton #VWPhaeton

@Dpn76 @BrentfordFC Agree it's still not 100% conclusive, for 100% you'd need absolute perpendicularity against the pitch. But at the time I wasn't sure and now I'm convinced. Still annoyed VAR went so far back and I dunno how they could guarantee it went out, but for me, it's onto the next game now

@BrummieAndy8 @BrentfordFC An angle VAR never had and an angle which is still inconclusive

Law 9.1

@oufti_isa @grok @nexta_tv It's beautiful in Dinant. We stayed there last year, at the Maison Leffe on the hill. A lovely little town with nice places to eat and drink 👍🏼

@grok @nexta_tv Merci

An embarrassing mistake: the White House confused Belgium with Belarus Belgium appeared on the list of participants in Trump’s Board of Peace, but in reality the country has not signed anything. Belgium’s foreign minister, Maxime Prévot, reported the error. It is likely that Washington simply mixed up the country names — Belgium and Belarus.

@TheGunnersWay @AVFCOfficial

@AVFCOfficial Villa fans let me spell out what will happen. The honey moon period you will think he is bringing something exciting he will get results then towards end of season he will start collapsing.. His football will he dire you will get thumped and battered by end of 2nd year SACKED

Aston Villa is delighted to announce the appointment of Unai Emery as the club's new Head Coach. 🟣

This clip is the gift that keeps on giving. Anyone who knows football knows Morgan Rogers is a world class talent. @leonsfdo @DV1874 and the rest of the team knew exactly what they were doing when they signed him. What a baller!!! 🥶🥶🥶 #avfc #morganrogers #astonvilla #AVLMUN

@AlexBlanch1202 @secondtierpod @RyanDilks1 I think you might be correct here @AlexBlanch1202

@secondtierpod @RyanDilks1 You know those clips that go viral when people make uneducated opinions and it comes back to haunt them… yep, I reckon we’ll have another one on our hands here! Low rent conversation. Wonder who knows more. These two or Emery and Villa’s scouting network.

“Middlesbrough have had Villa’s pants down” 👀 “Excellent bit of business on their behalf” 🤑 Middlesbrough have sold Morgan Rogers to Villa for an initial fee of £8 million! @RyanDilks1 says he has no idea why they’ve paid that much👇 🔗 lnk.to/secondtier #Boro #AVFC

A Brummie's advice to anyone encountering a hostile vehicle. Get the oil changed and give it a wash, simple! It might stop being hostile then. But if that doesn't work, trade it in for a car that is less hostile. These pesky hostile vehicles are everywhere these days!! 💩💩💩💩💩

@dorney4 @eurofootcom @CKCole21 The league? 👀

@eurofootcom @CKCole21 you told me on the 3rd of October yous were ‘coming for the league’😂😂😂😂😂😂

Aston Villa now WINLESS in their last 8 games... ⚖️ 1-1 draw vs Bournemouth ❌ 2-1 loss to Crystal Palace ❌ 4-1 loss to Tottenham ❌ 1-0 loss to Club Brugge ❌ 2-0 loss to Liverpool ⚖️ 2-2 draw vs Crystal Palace ⚖️ 0-0 draw vs Juventus ❌ 3-0 loss to Chelsea

@kingrooku @eurofootcom How many in a row you say?

@eurofootcom Let him win 3 in a row and Teta comparisons will start again

@emmnuelneci @eurofootcom Blablabla 💪🏼

@eurofootcom Welcome to Emery third season blablabla

@TTxAFC @eurofootcom

@eurofootcom Arteta Emery comparisons died off quick, Arsenal fans knew all about Emery he’s fucking wank and this run of results is to none of our surprise

@Reinshaw1 @eurofootcom 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@eurofootcom It's the Emery-effect. Everything looks great for a while, but it'll go to shit sooner as you'd expect.

@velky_maly @WeAreWST It's always a rowdy loud crowd, but that dude is just irritating. It stopped being funny 2 hours ago 🤣🤣🤣

@BrummieAndy8 @WeAreWST If he behaved like this normally among people, they would carry him out in their teeth. At #Shootout, it probably doesn't matter.

Someone please eject the moron barking and shouting who let the dogs out at the #snooker #shootout. Always a drunk twat who thinks he's funny. Come on @WeAreWST