Joseph Anthony Barton

In fairness, although he was right what he said - just went the wrong way about it. He ripped the balls out of his tweets - after what he said about the players goin & no-one coming in.. he should have just left it at that, but he didnt. No-one likes gettin slagged in public & twitter is massive - like City :eek:
 
Deal done. 4 year contract for him.
 
He and Neil Warnock will have a whale of a time together.
 
A mate of mine got a text from Barton saying he will be back at Newcastle once the 2 cnuts in charge have gone.
 
Great signing for QPR, but I dislike them that little bit more purely as a result of his arrival.
 
Fantastic - another chance for Barton to kick us and get some players sent off for complaining.
 
Hasn't taken him long to act like the total tool he is at QPR has it.

'walk into the Utd midfield....' I'll remember that one for a while.
 
Eyepopper said:
Hasn't taken him long to act like the total tool he is at QPR has it.

'walk into the Utd midfield....' I'll remember that one for a while.
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May be you could also remember the antecedent to a sentence than just the consequent?

Plus, you obviously have a personal vendetta against him.

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probably one of the arse contingent
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Aww....! Did that elevate your self-esteem. 6 Internets to you, sir!
 
Personal vendetta? :lol:

Do you still think he'd walk into our midfield then?
 
Personal vendetta? Barton is just a total cnut, there's no 'vendetta'.

Also, him being on Twitter is just not a good combination. Won't be long until he's banned, I imagine.
 
Henry said:
"Joey Barton was telling everyone he is on 80-grand a week as usual. That is him.

"He always does that during the game. Always. He riles a few people up when he says those things and tells everybody how great he is.

"It is just embarrassing really. If that is what he wants to do, he can carry on doing it but that is why a lot of people dislike him."

Henry added: "He has tried to reinvent his image but it is probably the same old story.

"I know we had our battle last season. I don't want to keep going over it. But today they were winning the match. There was no need for him to keep going on the way he does."
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Not saying Henry isn't a twat, he should rise above it....
 
Just read through a few of Barton's tweets... I'm unsure if this is the norm, because I dont follow him, but I don't know how he gets away with some of the stuff he writes on there. I'm certain if Ferdinand or Rooney said these stuff there'd be an outrage.
 
Did anyone see him on Goals on Sunday? Really interesting to hear him talking about the situation in football right now financially, both generally and at Newcastle.
 
Eyepopper said:
Personal vendetta? :lol:

Do you still think he'd walk into our midfield then?
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You quite clearly do, shown again by your use of Karl Henry as part of your agenda.

With Cleverley in the mix, it is a bit of a tough call. But based on last Sunday's performances (as long as performances remain the only criteria), yes. Somewhat easily.
 
Some here just cannot accept he is good. I dont know whether he'd walk into the Manchester United midfield. But, give the devil his due. The chap can give back whatever is thrown at him.
 
Salvation said:
You quite clearly do, shown again by your use of Karl Henry as part of your agenda.

With Cleverley in the mix, it is a bit of a tough call. But based on last Sunday's performances (as long as performances remain the only criteria), yes. Somewhat easily.
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I just think its laughable that anyone would think he is 1. good enough or 2. possessing of the right sort of character to walk past Old Trafford never mind into our midfield.

Sorry for bringing up his latest indiscretion, and first hand evidence of him being a total fecking twat to back up my case that he is a total fecking twat.
 
Eyepopper said:
I just think its laughable that anyone would think he is 1. good enough or 2. possessing of the right sort of character to walk past Old Trafford never mind into our midfield.

Sorry for bringing up his latest indiscretion, and first hand evidence of him being a total fecking twat to back up my case that he is a total fecking twat.
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The problem was you bringing up Karl Henry, a guy who blantantly wound Barton up last season in that 1-1 draw and yet somehow miraculously wasn't sent off, to back your agenda against Barton. I'm not defending how bad Barton's own personal behaviour is (or was), but Karl Henry is hardly a saint himself.

As a player worthy of United, he doesn't have the right sort of character, yes. That's why it was stated that if based on a comparison of footballing ability during the 2009-10 season alone, he would have walked into the United midfield. I don't see how this is debatable since none of Carrick, Fletcher, Anderson had a better season than him.

His reputation will always cloud anything that he does on the pitch, even though this is the same club that has Cantona and Keane among its legion of legends, which is kind of strange.
 
His character more than impacts on his footballing ability, thats sort of the point.

As for mentioning Cantona and Keane, their character in part made them the players that they were, but as we all know Barton isn't fit to lace their boots so I fail to see the relevance of any comparison
 
Eyepopper said:
I just think its laughable that anyone would think he is 1. good enough or 2. possessing of the right sort of character to walk past Old Trafford never mind into our midfield.
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I think he's good enough to play for a top 4 team but does not have the character, obviously.
 
Joey Barton admits Gervinho incident stopped Arsenal move

Page last updated at 15:42 GMT, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 16:42 UK

By Michael Da Silva
BBC Sport

New Queens Park Rangers captain Joey Barton has revealed he was very close to joining Arsenal last month.

But the midfielder, 29, says an incident that saw Arsenal's Gervinho sent off ended his hopes of a move.

Barton was criticised for going to ground too easily as the Ivory Coast forward was red-carded by referee Peter Walton in a 0-0 draw.

"If I hadn't played against Arsenal on the first day, I may have signed for them," Barton said.

"There were a couple of conversations [with Arsene Wenger] but that's different to actually signing.

"The Gervinho incident happened and there's nothing I can do about it now. If it happened again, I'd like to think I'd deal with it differently.

"Things happen for a reason and there's a lesson to be learned from it. Right now we sit above Arsenal in the table - hopefully that's the case in May."

Barton was made available on a free transfer by Newcastle after the player criticised the way the club was being run on Twitter.

He played two games for Newcastle this season - against Arsenal and Sunderland - before making his QPR debut against Newcastle.

Barton said: "There were a couple of offers on the table but now I'm really happy to be at QPR and in London. We play an expansive and exciting brand of football and can hopefully surprise a few people this season."

Barton was in the news this week for claiming Karl Henry was an "idiot" and "inferior", to which Henry responded by calling the former Manchester City player "embarrassing".

BBC Sport - Joey Barton admits Gervinho incident stopped Arsenal move
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Hmmmm...so Arsene was interested to a certain extent.
 
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