Gunner Grimsley

@ABarrosCurtis @CrewkerneGaz Mate you’re a bit of a nob, it’s a piss take. Don’t look at it if you don’t like it.

Have you noticed your social media feed is now full of right-wing AI-generated content? Well, one of the biggest accounts behind this is the @CrewkerneGaz — and the man running it has previously been convicted of inciting racial hatred. So who’s behind the rest?🤔

@AVFCOfficial When Bailey was good

A 3-0 win over Bournemouth at Villa Park, #OnThisDay 3️⃣ years ago 🙌

@bluemaccaEFC @premierleague @UEFAcom @FIFAcom Agree!

A media backlash against Chelsea, Man Utd, Arsenal, Man City, Liverpool and Spurs must start now. These clubs have ripped the heart out of football, supported by @premierleague @UEFAcom and @FIFAcom The European Super League Scam was just the start of this mass cheating.

@danbardell @FlexUTD @talkSPORT2 Just remind him it’s 1 - 1 and that he spent over 600 million over the last 3 years - also ask the major question is the premiership corrupt

Would rather be working with anyone else in the world today. @FlexUTD @talkSPORT2

@markgoldbridge Premier league corrupt that’s why!

So explain to me how Chelsea get a suspended fine/points deduction and Everton didn't?

@AVFCTranstweet We have evolved, we are 4th. Every good player we had to sell because of there value before coming to Villa or greatly increased. PSR we had to sell players who had a high market value. Mings and Cash wouldn’t get close.

These are the stats that concern me most, why have we not evolved?

@ThatsFootballTV Corruption

❌ An Independent Commission has issued Chelsea a £10.75 million fine for breaching Premier League regulations on Financial Reporting, Third-Party Investment, and Youth Development during the Roman Abramovich era. The Premier League has also imposed an immediate nine‑month ban on Academy transfers, along with a one‑year first‑team transfer ban that will remain suspended for two years. [@jacobsben]

@martynziegler @TheVillaHome It’s corrupted and why do we still have to accept it?

Just a fine for a Chelsea's years of cheating - no wonder rivals are angry. And what does this mean for Man City? thetimes.com/sport/football…

@tradu81 @henrywinter Chelsea were not a big 4 club at the time. They were like Villa good cup wins and occasionally 4th. They bought there way to the title. Like city did after them.

⚡️Chelsea get hammered for historic breaches which was self‑reported by the new owners, while people pretend every other giant is innocent! ▪️Barcelona with their under the table payments, Negreira scandal (paying referees/match fixing), tax evasion. ▪️Real Madrid had the EU state‑aid & deal. ▪️Juventus, Milan, Inter, Napoli etc decades of accounting cases. ▪️Marseille literally had match fixing. ▪️PSG hit with repeated FFP sanctions. ▪️Even Liverpool, Arsenal, United have been fined for tapping‑up, agents, or FFP. Not being investigated doesn’t mean innocent, it just means they got away with it. I dont completelt agree with ir bur this is how big clubs grow, this is the world and its bound by rules made up by other corrupted powers! ▪️United dominated because they monetised early and outspent everyone. ▪️Liverpool rebuilt through heavy investment & smart recruitment. They look pretty clean. ▪️ Arsenal built a stadium and spent years bending wage structures to compete. Lastvfe wyears they soenr heavily to be where they are. But Arsenal are probably the cleanest. ▪️Bayern and Madrid became global giants through structural advantages and political power. Owners push boundaries because that’s the only way to break monopolies. ▪️Look at any major corporation, Amazon, Apple, Google etc they all scaled by taking risks, exploiting loopholes, and moving faster than regulators. ▪️Football is no different. The rules today are designed to protect the already established elite and restrict upward mobility. Smaller or ambitious clubs can’t catch up unless they invest aggressively. ▪️⚡️Roman did exactly that, he re-built an already top 4 club into an elite club, & the rest of Europe spent 20 years bending rules trying to keep up. Funny how nobody complained when others were doing it quietly, only when the New Owners (BlueCo) were transparent enough to self report. And thats credit to them.

Good result for Chelsea: club fined only £10m and given a suspended transfer ban after Premier League found 36 separate undisclosed payments totalling £47.5m made “to 12 persons or entities on behalf of the club”. Lenient sanctions. No sporting sanctions. Yet these are serious offences, as the sanction agreement between the PL and Chelsea makes clear, stating “they were not only obvious and deliberate breaches of the rules but also because they involved deception and concealment in relation to financial matters”. Yet no points deductions. Just a manageable (if record) fine and a “suspended one-year first-team player transfer ban (suspended for two years)”. Surely they gained a sporting advantage by recruiting such players? So surely a sporting sanction should be in order? And where's the consistency? In 2008, Luton Town received a 10-point deduction for irregularities in dealing with agents (nb from FA). There still could be some further sanctions by the FA following its "ongoing investigation". PL points to mitigating factors: current owners Clearlake/Todd Boehly in May 2022 voluntarily self-reported potential historical breaches from the Roman Abramovich era. Club co-operated extensively and helped provide (with others) 10,000 documents for PL investigation. PL established “that between 2011 and 2018, undisclosed payments by third parties associated with the club were made to players, unregistered agents and other third parties”. Payments related to the purchases of players including Eden Hazard, Willian, Samuel Eto’o, David Luiz, Andre Schurrle and Nemanja Matic - there is no suggestion any were aware of the illicit payments. The detailed work of the investigators – and level of Clearlake’s co-operation – is impressive. The sanctions less so. It is a legitimate debate: should a club be punished for offences under a previous owner? Yes, most fans of other clubs would scream. It's a deterrent. And the value of those players' contribution and subsequent sales arguably still benefits the club. PL also investigated “potential breaches of the Premier League’s Youth Development Rules, committed by a former senior employee, relating to the club’s registration of Academy players between 2019 and 2022”. Again, self-reported by the club, this time in 2025. Chelsea punished with £750,000 fine and immediate nine-month ban from registering academy players from PL and EFL clubs. #CFC

@StanCollymore The premiership should give every fan their money back who aren’t in the big 6. Why because it is unfair!

I think any progressive and ambitious Premier League club should now spend whatever they like and push the boundaries way past compliance. Because if you only receive a paltry fine for adding players who materially helped you win trophies then it's worth it. Was massively pro spending rules but clubs illegal spending prior to PSR isn't being punished at all and I bet those clubs are pissing themselves, all while clubs with the money to compete with them today are having to audit every fucking toilet roll, with promising home grown players being horsetraded like meat in order to comply with PSR. Clubs and supporters should always support rules which protect our clubs from themselves at times, but dishing out fines that some clubs can find from the back of the boardroom sofa while directly profiting from the players "illegally" purchased makes a mockery of the system.

@StanCollymore Nothing will change it corrupt

@Allthingspats23 Only worth what a team is prepared to pay. We can keep him.

@Gunnergrimsley He's not worth that you MIGHT get a 3rd

If i'm New England and can't land another edge before the draft, I'd offer the Vikings one of our 4ths and QB Josh Dobbs for Jonathan Greenard, Vikings need a QB and Dobbs has exp there, Pats need edge help, offload some cap for the Vikings and adding a reliable backup.

@Joemart84 I don’t think we are putting JJ on the trash pile. I think we are giving him more time to learn and stay healthy. He is young and he will have another chance.

I just need to get this off my chest before Murray arrives in MN... I will of course support and cheer for whoever plays QB for the Vikings. That said, I still can't shake this feeling that bailing on JJ is a big mistake. Last season was a struggle, but it wasn't all on "9".

@VikingsHokage @Vikings Yes

If the @Vikings trade Greenard to the eagles would you want Carter in return?

@49ersSportsTalk No

YES or NO - Would you do this trade? 👀 #49ers get: EDGE Jonathan Greenard #Vikings get: 4th Rd Pick (133 Overall)

@MayeXG0nzo Vikings fan - he will be good for you!

Just too much $ for Jalen Nailor imo lol, sorry he’s just not a solution for a weak Raiders WR group (not a Jack Bech believer). Nailor has been like an ok WR3 for Minnesota but ion think he’s some reliable guy for Fernando Mendoza, bad get for Vegas imo.. #RaiderNation

@TPPSkol Man he’s young keep him and training him in 3 years time he could be great

What do you believe JJ McCarthy can fetch in a trade if the Vikings go another direction at QB?

@TotalVilla_ Happy but he won’t go

Thoughts on this? 🤔 #avfc

@AndyGoode10 Agree

Borthwick out simples