Garry Eaton

Views my own- avid follower of AVFC, Culture and Reggae.

[EverythingFootball @ToonFan14]

6 clubs being able to spend as they please. The other 14 having to sell to buy. What a fun, fair and competitive league.

Well done @premierleague for finally getting the super league through.

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

So could England and you'd have the added bonuses of..

The oldest football nation on earth with fans able to walk up to stadiums rather than being located 20 miles outside of the city in a former swamp. Walking past houses, cafes, pubs where you can feel the energy build.

Enjoy that pint and a sing song in a real pub in a real housing estate next to the stadium rather than 12 different concessions that all sell burgers at a mall/airport stadium concession centre.

Pricing that demands ALL fans can realistically attend rather than a cock waving wanker telling everyone he paid a million dollars for his ticket.

Communities that live a breathe the game instead of pretending they know what they're talking about for a month every 4 years.

Stadiums that are built for the game, generate noise rather than spaceship sized Disneylands that generate zero football atmosphere.

A chance for supporters to visit any one of 100 professional clubs stadiums in one small country, many within a 10 mile radius, where 150 year old rivalries have played out. You'll end up buying the shirt of a shitty club in a random town you've never heard of and it'll hit like crack for the rest of your life.

A travel experience by car or rail that could see you get to any ground from any other in 4, not 14 hours.

An opportunity to have jellied eels before going into the London stadium, jerk chicken or jollof rice at Arsenal , world class Balti pies at Villa Park or homemade top class pies at Anfield by @HomebakedBakery then sitting on the world famous Kop or beautiful new Everton stadium for a game.

Let the American mind boggle as St James's Park sits squarely in the City centre of Newcastle, not 20 miles out.

Stay in London and visit 15 or 16 professional clubs in one city.

Visit the @NFM_Shop and understand 150 years of English football culture, footballs and shirts that are half the age of your country, the world's most fascinating collection of football history.

Not everyone wants bigger, more expensive or corporate. Most fans across the globe proudly campaign for affordable pricing so that EVERYONE can enjoy and be a part of this sport.

I'll invite you to Spain and Portugal and Morocco , as my guest, for the next edition. Football cultures that from Seville to Barcelona to Bilbao to Marrakech to Lisbon to Porto to Vigo highlight difference in cultures, regions, cities and football experiences. A 24/7 living and breathing passion for the sport that unless experienced, cannot be fully comprehended or appreciated.

If you like big, corporate, burger concessioned, greed driven pricing, sure, America wins.

But if you want your mind blown, you'll go to a World Cup in Italy, Spain, England, Germany, Brazil, Argentina. I guarantee, even in jest, you'll realise how naive your comments are.

[Garry Eaton @GarryE2]

@SardarGooner Too much time on your hands… oh no like I said obsessed!

[Garry Eaton @GarryE2]

@carvi11an @AlyssonSZN This is about football and the rules governing a matchday and matchday attendance end of - plenty of other places anyone can go and talk about whatever political views they may have!

[Garry Eaton @GarryE2]

@AlyssonSZN Rhetorical question but for the avoidance of doubt - yes thick and then some!

[Garry Eaton @GarryE2]

@ThomasTParker And also the respect shown to the local people too. I saw nothing but high spirits and good humour as you say shame that this has blighted our club in the aftermath of such a wonderful occasion.

[Garry Eaton @GarryE2]

@HLTCO How this lad gets so much stick at times I’ll never know he’s a relatively young man who usually comes across with a mature and honest take.

[Garry Eaton @GarryE2]

@MRIRBT Ffs I’m on holiday and two Scottish ‘fans’ tried to kiss my step daughters friend she refused they got aggressive with her then me when I stepped in. I think your fanbase is brilliant but what I don’t do is tar everyone with the same brush!

[Garry Eaton @GarryE2]

@onestar1982 For me it’s always going to annoy that for the greater good we put out a scratch team and gave them those 3pts. Villa’s interest always comes first but you know what I mean……

[Ant Moss @Ant_Mossarelli]

A couple of things for Arsenal fans. No one at #AVFC has ever said you aren’t a bigger club. No one has ever said you wouldn’t pay Rogers more than we do. No one has said he won’t go. ALL we have said is we have the right and the ability to sell at an acceptable price to us…

[Jacob Tanswell @J_Tanswell]

Aston Villa's success is pushing and exposing the flaws of the various financial restrictions.

Piece on #AVFC's finances, the need to balance the squad and recruitment being shaped by it all.

Free to read on @TheAthleticFC

https://t.co/ta3SMW3wbB

[Garry Eaton @GarryE2]

@ClaretBluePod @_stonyd Just right saying yesterday I and you and many others have watched every single minute he’s played in a Villa shirt ( unlike the ‘informed’ @Arsenal fans) and could end up being world class but he’s not that yet!

[Garry Eaton @GarryE2]

@AlyssonSZN No and despite all the wealth and medals I would bet anything that one couldn’t put a value on being on the pitch in Istanbul !

[SV *Champions of England* @SVCarbaholic]

Tbh I don’t think the Villa fans are wrong here. If Elliot Anderson is going for £120-£130m why are we gonna get Morgan Rogers on a discounted fee, especially when he signed a new long term deal last summer. Villa will make us pay like West Ham did

[Garry Eaton @GarryE2]

Any protests tonight after a middle aged man convicted of the most abhorrent crimes against vulnerable children? Didn’t think so !

[Garry Eaton @GarryE2]

@BigBearKentlaar Most of us are happy if he stays but content he goes given 20% sell on above 100m. I don’t know how much you have watched but I and many others have seen every minute he’s played he might end up being world class but he’s not quite there yet so pay your money take your chances.

[Garry Eaton @GarryE2]

@TheEngancheEra Why would it not be north of 100m we know our club and the fact that there is a 20% sell on. So we don’t have a say of course but we have an informed opinion !

[Garry Eaton @GarryE2]

@JimmyTheBrummie Anything over 120m bite hands off it just makes sense

[Garry Eaton @GarryE2]

@MrDtAFC Agree except ‘bigger and better club’. Make no mistake going to win things doesn’t happen without the finance both for the player and the selling club. Rogers is a good player and may well turn out to be world class- he’s not there yet and I for one will be content with 120m