Gregory Gosson

British patriot 🇬🇧 | England expects that every man will do his duty - Horatio Nelson

[Gregory Gosson @GregoryGosson]

@gloryglorytott I'm not saying you have to like any individual player, but saying "they finished 17th therefore none of them are good enough" is poor logic. Fernandes just got relegated and we're trying to spend ~£80m to buy him. I take it you'd rather we didn't?

[Gregory Gosson @GregoryGosson]

@gloryglorytott Just pointing out the flaw in your logic...

[Gregory Gosson @GregoryGosson]

@BostonAggie @PeterRimmer74 Do you... do you think Scottish people aren't British?

[Gregory Gosson @GregoryGosson]

@astonvilla___ Tottenham were a midtable club for 10 years and only a top 6 clubs for the 10 years after that. It was a very gradual process. They went 2 transfer windows in a row without making a signing. They sold their best players. They bought cheap. It was painful, but it paid off.

[Gregory Gosson @GregoryGosson]

@astonvilla___ What's a fair set of rules then? Just allow clubs to spend whatever they want? You end up with clubs like Portsmouth nearly going bankrupt. Owners have to be forced to spend responsibly.

[Gregory Gosson @GregoryGosson]

@astonvilla___ So have a go at the other 7 clubs (other than the Big 6) that voted in favour of FFP. Fans complain how City and Chelsea came along and bought success. Now Villa and Newcastle want to do the same. Do what Spurs did: spend 20 years suffering while you build revenue, then spend big

[Gregory Gosson @GregoryGosson]

@clockendsniper It is in a conversation about finances...

[Gregory Gosson @GregoryGosson]

@astonvilla___ They voted for SCR in 2025, but against FFP in 2013, which passed 13-6. Either way, this idea that the "Big 6 Cartel" somehow forced these rules on everyone is delusional.

[Gregory Gosson @GregoryGosson]

@slbsn @Alan_Oliver It was 13. 13 voted in favour, 6 against, 1 abstained. And 14 (including Villa and Newcastle) voted in favour of SCR.

[Gregory Gosson @GregoryGosson]

@Alex_Berwick So why did both Aston Villa and Newcastle - the 2 clubs whose fanbases are currently complaining - vote in favour of SCR rules, which required a 2/3 majority to pass? It's weird they're acting like these rules were forced on them by the "Big 6 Cartel" when they have no such power

[Gregory Gosson @GregoryGosson]

@slbsn I keep seeing this, but no one ever backs it up or can even explain how it supposedly happened. Are you suggesting the "Big 6 Cartel" forces rules on everyone else? How did they manage that?

[Gregory Gosson @GregoryGosson]

@technopopulist Possibly not, but I think, had it gone through, it would have been a history book moment. Difficult to argue it wasn't a big call, especially considering how much political capital he expended on it.

[Gregory Gosson @GregoryGosson]

@speedfox_uk @technopopulist They held 11 rounds of talks, never reaching agreement, and Cameron "slammed the breaks" on it when he took over as Foreign Secretary because the deal was so bad. Labour took over and after just 2 rounds of talks accepted the deal the Tories refused.

[Gregory Gosson @GregoryGosson]

@Elarbolpine @WhatTheForkAVFC Again, don't speak about something you know nothing about. All ethnic British people are majority Celtic. The Germanic tribes and Normans didn't replace them, they mixed with them. Language, names, places etc still Celtic. Arthurian Legend is Celtic. Celtic culture survives.

[Gregory Gosson @GregoryGosson]

@Elarbolpine @WhatTheForkAVFC The response of a man who can't admit he's wrong. How contemptible.

[Gregory Gosson @GregoryGosson]

@Elarbolpine @warksoid @WhatTheForkAVFC Don't talk about something you know nothing about. More than 50% of English DNA is Celtic, not Germanic.

[Gregory Gosson @GregoryGosson]

@Elarbolpine @WhatTheForkAVFC We're direct descendents of the Early European Farmers and Bell Beaker people who have been on the British Isles for thousands of years. The Germanic tribes interbred with them, they didn't replace them. Americans' ancestors are from Europe.