Monkeys Fist 43063 Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 If Barton wasn't a footballer, he'd probably have done a spell on the taxis- guess what kind of taxi driver he'd be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickie 0 Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 I don't mind Barton and I usually find myself sticking up for him when something like this happens. I might be biased because, as someone who has been stigmatised for losing my temper a few times in and outside the workplace myself, I tend to be a fairly sympathetic to the likes of Barton, Keane etc. I think he's a very easy target for the papers and also for the largely polite, middle class demographic that follow football these days. He's obviously got anger issues but from what I've seen of him in interviews I wouldn't be surprised if he's good company in person - I dare say I'd rather have a pint with him than 90% of other high profile modern players. That sending off against Liverpool was really the only time I really found it hard to give him the benefit of the doubt, and as for this latest thing at Rangers we don't know any of the details yet. He's also a better footballer than most people give him credit for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3508 Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 He should have stayed in France, at least he could have said what he liked without the fans realising how much of a twat he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31195 Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Barton kindly added sign language for their benefit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5295 Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 I actually approve of that gesture - Ibrahimovic does have a big nose. It needed to be pointed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3508 Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Barton kindly added sign language for their benefit. That's Barton for you, 8 year old school yard bully one moment, Rick with a silent P, the people's poet the next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerbarton 24 Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 (edited) I've always liked him. He's only got good things to say about NUFC. Not sure if this story's done the round before, but... Barton skewers Mike Ashley, Newcastle United’s owner, with a simple story. When Barton was released from prison on bail he was placed in the care of Peter Kay in Southampton – and only allowed out between 7am and 7pm. Kay had convinced the judge that, while he would counsel Barton, the footballer would be more balanced if he played the game he loved. “Ashley offered me his helicopter,” Barton remembers, “as my curfew meant Pete and I needed to fly to and from training in Newcastle. It seemed really generous until I got an eye‑boggling invoice. It was business after all.” Edited September 21, 2016 by rogerbarton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12496 Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 (edited) "Joey would love t'play at t'weekend" Edited September 21, 2016 by Howay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31195 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 “Ashley’s choice of Alan Pardew to succeed Chris was cunning, because of his working-class, building-site background. “He is one of the better managers I have played for, but I don’t think the fans ever related to him. “He justified their prejudices because he looked like a stereotypical wide boy. “He fancied himself a little too obviously for their tastes. “The average Geordie who works his b**locks off can’t bring himself to give a good-looking Cockney lad the benefit of the doubt. “He is much more comfortable with the grittiness of one of his own. That’s why Alan Shearer is idolised and Pards mistrusted. “Rightly or wrongly, he was seen as Ashley’s ambassador and apologist.” “He wasn’t exactly welcomed with open arms by the players. “We were seething at the way they had got rid of Chris and once we got wind of Pardew’s impending arrival, during an afternoon conditioning session in the gym at the training ground, there was a full-scale rebellion. We weren’t having him at any price.” Barton also goes on to describe the scene at the club’s training ground, he went on: “Llambias was responsible for an unforgettable ‘I am Spartacus’ episode when he swaggered into the dressing room. ‘I’ve heard a few of you have got a problem with our appointment’, he said, with confidence that suggested he considered himself the owner’s Rottweiler, rather than his poodle. ‘Who are you?, Let’s be seeing you.’ I stood up straight away: ‘Me.’ “Smudger was almost on tiptoe: ‘Me.’ Harps did an impromptu impression of a Schmeichel starburst: ‘Me.’ “The skipper, Nobby, wasn’t about to be left out: ‘Me’.” Fuck you gritty Geordies, not willing to give a good looking Londoner a chance after your week down the mines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31195 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 “When Fabricio Coloccini, who spoke little English, was named as Newcastle’s new captain I knew my days were numbered, and that the club was changing around me. “I was officially recognised as vice-captain, but when Coloccini missed a pre-season friendly against Leeds United at the end of July 2011, I was overlooked again. “That was a deliberately provocative act, since it belittled me in the eyes of my team-mates. I went mad, told Pardew to **** off, and refused to shake his hand before the game. “He took offence, and everyone else took to the trenches. “I was ordered to train alone, and made available on a free transfer.” “I wasn’t going to bow and scrape to the likes of Llambias and Ashley. “I was at war with them, and had the means to answer back on my own terms. Newcastle United sent me a legal letter, warning that I would be in breach of contract if I used my Twitter account to comment on club affairs, but it was too late, the genie was already out of the bottle.” So his anti-Ashley stance is nothing to do with being on the fans' side, all to do with being on Joey Barton's side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17643 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I said it at the time, he opened the Twitter account and went out of his way to abuse the MA & DL to get himself a move because the new contract he was offered was inferior to the one he'd signed when he joined. I can't believe the amount of people who have time for this blatantly self serving cunt. At least others have the common sense to put up a facade of decency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35571 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Think he gets adulation because it was perceived as him against Ashley, particularly when the latter was despised almost universally amongst Newcastle fans. He didn't do much for the club on the pitch in proportion to the time he spent here though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31195 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Unsurprisingly, Lee Ryder is a fan. http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/joey-barton-book-newcastle-fans-11918432 Barton suffered a series of injury setbacks during his four years at the club. I covered all of his comeback matches including a night at Kingston Park when he was recovering from a foot injury when the Chronicle were the only media who turned up to report on the game. What exactly is the point of that second sentence? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 14047 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Ah, Joey Barton. Always in touch with the fans of whoever he plays for and that's why he leaves clubs, it's not at all because he's so wrapped up in his ego that nobody can stand working with him for more than a season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12496 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Implies that Pardew wasn't really a crony of Ashley by saying he was rightly or wrongly seen that way then follows with a story about how Pardew dropped him from the side and forced him to train by himself and puts the blame squarely on Ashley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35571 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Aye, he really thought that one through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31195 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Charged with placing 1,260 bets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Monkeys Fist 43063 Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 14047 Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 40 minutes ago, ohhh_yeah said: Not sure he needed to mention the win tbf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12496 Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 (edited) The Sun (I knaarr) are reporting Barton knocked out two of the blokes teeth. I’m sure Barton’s actions were some sort of homage to the writings of Immanuel Kant that we are all simply not smart enough to understand Edited April 14, 2019 by Howay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 I'm sure he can't help being a hot head. Probably won't work in football again now though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12496 Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 6 minutes ago, TheGingerQuiff said: I'm sure he can't help being a hot head. Probably won't work in football again now though He’s definitely got some issues. He seemed better for a while after he went to Tony Adams for a bit (that might have been more for the booze though?). Aye I think that’s likely finished him with football, I think he’ll be lucky to avoid some sort of prison sentence if it is as bad as reported given his priors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31195 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Quote A man has been arrested following an alleged altercation between Fleetwood boss Joey Barton and Barnsley head coach Daniel Stendel at Oakwell. The man attended a police station on Wednesday where he was arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence and racially aggravated assault. He remains in custody for questioning. What a knob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7169 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 What do we reckon he's called him then? Kraut? Nazi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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