#AVFC đš https://xitter.cf/t.co/yokifY1QeO
Joined September 2012
- Tweets9.1K
- Following917
- Followers244
- Likes22.8K
Horrendous, I should have kicked Spotify a while ago but this would make me switch services for sureee
Ed Lawrence retweeted
đ§ľ1/2: Labour is playing politics with peoples lives.
Greens have always gritted our teeth and worked across party lines to protect local services. When Labour armed Israel, when they backed warmongers in Riyadh, we put aside national politics and worked for local people.
Ed Lawrence retweeted
IFAB law 14.1 states a goalkeeper must not âbehave in a way that that unfairly distracts the kicker, eg touch the goalposts or crossbarâ
John McGinn missed his penalty for #AVFC against Fulham with Bernd Leno touching the bar while he was running up to take it.
Former referee Dermot Gallagher confirmed on Ref Watch that it shouldâve been re-taken and it was missed by VAR.
Totally agree with rejecting the narratives that entrench the current elite in football. Totally.
But the legal and defamation talk is nonsense.
The best way to do this would have been announcing a new Unai contract with a "not here to take part, here to take over" message.
Nassef isnât suing Carragher because he thinks a High Court judge is going to slap a damages order on a podcast rant. Heâs doing it because the entire media class has spent years treating Villa (#avfc) as a convenient stepping stone and a permanent second tier.
Carragher didnât just give an opinion. He told the fans to "shut the fuck up" and declared the club can never reach the level of the traditional powers, right as the ownership has poured hundreds of millions in, won the Europa League, and got the team competing in Europe properly. That isnât banter to the people who actually own and run the club. Itâs a direct fucking insult to these owners who've done a terrific job rejuvenating the club and running it better than at least 3 of the media six, it's an attempt to set the ceiling in public and keep the hierarchy story alive.
Sawiris has form for pushing back when he thinks the system or the narrative is stacked against the project. This is the same instinct. Put the statement out, make the pundits and the wider media think twice about casually writing Villa off as forever below United, and show the fanbase that the ownership wonât sit quiet while the clubâs rise gets dismissed. Whether it ever reaches a courtroom is almost beside the point. The message is the point.
If you want the current hierarchy left unchallenged, fine. Call it tinpot. The people who rebuilt the club from the brink of HMRC winding them up clearly see it differently.
Ed Lawrence retweeted
Any club looking for frivolous threats of law suits is setting a dangerous precedent.
If a pundit says " your club supports genocide", then that's a very serious allegation worthy of sanction but a pundit works on the basis that they can give a heartfelt opinion in the safety that football discourse ( making clubs a lot of money in the process, no TV, no money it's that simple) can be discussed in the spirit that we ALL signed up to as players, owners, fans and clubs. That being edginess, forthright opinions fuel the on and off pitch beast.
What next? Villa get sued the next time Blues come to VP and we sing some of our more exotic songs at them, live on TV? Using the logic of twitter defamation lawyers does that Blues can say " the Holte were heard singing songs that were damaging to our brand, we are suing you ".
Then roll that out across the land, every player sung about sues the club who's supporters defamed him ( and there's a good few who could), every manager who hears his name being shredded by oppo fans behind him can sue for " occupational distress", etc etc etc. You see where this fucking ends? Chaos.
There's a reason why Villa's statement pops out. It's because clubs don't fucking sue pundits for what we ALL as fans say, tweet and bring on Saturdays. It's an unwritten, unholy alliance that says..
"This is a 150 year old football culture that in a changing world with changing tolerances, manages to keep the essence, flavour and spirit that is irreverent, sometimes nasty, spiteful, humorous and dark, but it's one we all agree should be preserved as much as possible in a safe, inclusive environment for all"
Today, more than ever that's a challenge. Forest 2 weeks ago asked fans to not chant a long standing song to the tune of Oh when the saints. Many thought it was woke, I'm sure many thought it's race had been run and good riddance.
At White Hart Lane I had " you're mad and you know you are", weeks after being in a mental health institution. Derby fans still sing a song about me that is inappropriate. I honestly couldn't give a fuck about either because I understand that making the game 100% saccharin, brand awareness overloaded with frivolous law suits is a bad idea. A really fucking bad idea. For so many reasons.
"They constantly put us down" isn't a legal defence, that's your pride and partisan nature bring hurt. Imagine rolling that theory out on here, we'd all be in court every fucking day!
Any club threatening to sue any pundit is frivolous bar saying the owner funded ISIS, unproven allegations that they nicked club funds or something very serious that really could damage the club reputation. And tagging a whole fan base as being in need of protection is also bollocks. Villa fans nor any others are an amorphous block who all think or feel the same. Some will get the hump, many couldn't give a fig, but now my club has forced a loyalty test on me when I honestly couldn't give a toss what Carra said about Villa, like I couldn't give a toss what Gabby says or anyone else. I make my own mind up thanks, and the unintended consequences of this is other clubs will now look to scare pundits or journalists with lawfare as many wealthy people do in their other business. Be careful what uou wish for.
Any club tweeting a threat of action towards a pundit for a legal and honest opinion within the boundaries of " normal football discussion" that any fan would have is absurd.
Whatever the name of the club is and whoever its owner is and how many great things he's done. It's just a bad idea with ramifications that lead to censorship of honest opinions that do not meet any real defamation test in English law.
"We'll frighten you in order to keep you at heel". That's not brand protection, that's lawfare.
I just don't get it. If this was another club we'd all be calling it small-time.
Thought it was pathetic when Forest went after Neville and I think this is possibly even more stupid.
Aston Villa have announced plans to initiate legal action against pundit Jamie Carragher for his âunacceptable insultsâ about the club.
Villa released a statement signed off by chairman Nassef Sawiris on Friday on their social media.
nyti.ms/4zpraFc
Rolling Stone Presents The 200 Greatest Rock Songs of the 21st Century So Far đ¸
#8 - Jay-Z "99 Problems"
"One of the greatest, if not the greatest, rap-rock moments of all time."
Ed Lawrence retweeted
The best player in the world.
Our 2026 #BallonDor winner: HARRY KANE! đ´ó §ó ˘ó Ľó Žó §ó żđ
ALT Harry Kane wins the Ballon D'or
Ed Lawrence retweeted
âźď¸ We've reached the crossover in counted votes, and I'm confident enough to call the election.
Lula will be RE-ELECTED as president of Brazil (>99% chance).
Ed Lawrence retweeted
A reminder that Jair Bolsonaro is serving a 27 year prison sentence for plotting a coup and planning to assassinate Lula
Ed Lawrence retweeted
Let me clear as an historian of fascism & dictatorship This is horrible for democracy. Wannabe fascists want it. I hope institutions and voters prevail today!
Ed Lawrence retweeted
They weren't found guilty of "trying to match spending" you were convicted of system-wide industrial corporate fraud that has irreversibly damaged English football.
City used fraudulent quantitative easing to inject close to ÂŁ1B of disguised state cash into the system. That artificial monopoly money is exactly what triggered the hyper-inflation of player wages and transfer fees across the entire pyramid.
Football clubs, just like banks, car manufacturers, airlines, and utilities operate under strict regulatory limits. Every major multinational is restricted by how much external capital can be dumped into them by super-billionaires and hostile nation-states to protect market competition.
Dressing up systematic sports fraud as a "Robin Hood story" is absolutely laughable. Stop parroting these desperate lies to protect a multi-billion-pound scam. What you did to the game is vile.
Ed Lawrence retweeted
We're right back in last decade's stupid and discredited argument that the global financial crash was caused by too many libraries in Wolverhampton.
The bond markets turned on Truss because she promised huge unfunded tax cuts for the super rich, i.e, unproductive spending.
EXCLUSIVE:
Andy Burnham must âtake the knifeâ to public spending in the budget or risk a Liz Truss-style crisis that will âcraterâ the economy and the governmentâs popularity, an ally of the prime minister has warned
Andy Haldane, a former chief economist at the Bank of England, said he feared the government would deliver a âmaĂąana budgetâ that deferred the difficult decisions on public spending and âdoesnât speak to the urgency of nowâ
In an interview with The Times, he said that Britain was âclose to being taxed out and maxed out in terms of borrowingâ. He spoke of concerns that the government was failing to grasp how âprecariousâ the fiscal position was
He said that the government needs to cut the size of the state and reduce taxes if it were to âunleash the animal spirits and generate growthâ
Haldane warned Burnham that he cannot âvibe-codeâ his way to growth, and raised concerns about the gap between the governmentâs rhetoric and the reality. He said that the government was effectively deferring the âday of reckoningâ
He also said that the decision to increase taxes on banks could show that the government lacked the courage to cut public spending. He said the move was âpenny wise, pound foolishâ and sent a broader economic message that if businesses make profits âthe taxman comethâ
Haldane said that while Burnham had the potential to be a âgreat prime ministerâ who could serve two terms, the economy was his âblind spotâ. He said that the fiscal situation facing Britain was âprecariousâ
âThe penny has not yet fully dropped, including in Downing Street,â he said. âYou see that in us having the highest borrowing costs in the G7, despite not having the highest debts and deficits.
âItâs the old Hemingway [Ernest Hemingway, the author] thing, isnât it? How do you go bankrupt? First slowly, then very quickly. The biggest risk to Andy not transforming Britain, to not serving two terms, to not being seen in the history books as a great prime minister, is not political risk.
âItâs not those who sit behind him. Itâs probably not even those who sit opposite him in Westminster. Keir [Starmer] lost the dressing room. Andyâs biggest risk is that he loses the dealing room. And then thatâs an even more painful way to go, as Liz Truss would tell you.â
Andy Haldane: PM risks Truss-style crisis if he dodges tough choices
thetimes.com/article/9b12c00âŚ
Ed Lawrence retweeted
Amid news the Asian Football Confederation has u-turned and is now backing Infantino for re-election:
Our investigation into FIFA's Forward fund (below), found only 13 of 46 AFC members have publicly disclosed recent financials.
Two of the 13 relied on FIFA for >40% of revenue
FIFA's Forward scheme arrived with Gianni Infantino and has doled billions out to member nations, with more to come.
Yet a wide-ranging investigation from @TheAthleticFC found a majority of members do not meet basic transparency requirements
Read here:
nytimes.com/athletic/7671672âŚ
