He's a young manager - Eddie Howe

[ex_pat_magpie]

The simple answer is that now the club is being run correctly, as it should be, and the rewards of that are beginning to show and build up, increasing for the future when we will be established as a club to be looked up to in the way we are run.

There hasn't been a magic formula of vast sums spent, and as an example you only have to compare those monies with those spent by our rivals lower, and significantly lower in the table than us.

Finally and ironically the exact same success could have been achieved, even easier and more cheaply, even in those days had FAT ASHLEY had the common sense to run this club with ambition.

Simply summed up it's there for the taking if done correctly. Every thing was in place and ready for the right combination to come along and see and recognise the potential, which in fact has ALWAYS been here.

[Curian]

Absolutely agree — it's clear that proper structure, ambition, and smart leadership have made all the difference. The current progress is a reflection of what was always possible with the right approach. It’s frustrating to think how much sooner this success could’ve come if the club had been run with genuine vision and intent back then. Thankfully, things are finally on the right track, and it’s exciting to see where this momentum will take us.

[ex_pat_magpie]

Absolutely agree — it's clear that proper structure, ambition, and smart leadership have made all the difference. The current progress is a reflection of what was always possible with the right approach. It’s frustrating to think how much sooner this success could’ve come if the club had been run with genuine vision and intent back then. Thankfully, things are finally on the right track, and it’s exciting to see where this momentum will take us.

Yes, I was thinking that and wondering how much more the astute business man Ashley would have profited had he applied the correct principles, instead of greedily hiving off every penny he could in favour of Crap Direct.