Aww I notice a couple of people are saying "he's been off-colour" against Arsenal and the mackems and trying to make out it won't be a bad thing if he goes, but I think that this is just people kidding themselves. Tiote has been off-colour aswell, but if we sold him tomorrow would you use this as an excuse for why he's being sold? Of course not! He's a top player, and his influence in the dressing room, while it may not always be singing to the tune Pardew wants, will be huge.
If we lose Barton, I expect that Colo will leave aswell, and then we realy will be up **** creek without a paddle. I will be hugely disappointed in Barton aswell mind, he's done nowt but bleat on on Twitter that he won't leave unless it's for a bigger club and if he goes to QPR he will go down along with Carroll and Nolan as just another mercenary in my book. You don't have to sign the contract if you don't want to, so if he loved us as much as he says he could just dig his heels in, wait and see if his performances this season persude the Fatman to hand him a contract, or if not take his pick next summer.
If you do go Joey it will show a complete #lackofambition, as you might put it
