Is it me or is Joey getting a bum deal from the press. Reading the papers this morning you would think he is yet again public enemy no 1 . Was the gesture to the crowd THAT bad ?? I mean if it came from many other players it might even been seen by the press as rather amusing (Even some of the Wolves fans laughed). And as for the tweets aimed at McCarthy and Henry ....maybe not the most of professional thing to do but he has been bad mouthed by both so why cant he come back with some kind of response. Just gets me thinking maybe he isnt deserving of the reputation he has been saddled with. No angel by far BUT certainly not the devil in human form.....
they are waiting for him to blow up and will slaughter him,But he will show them, it was a master stroke from Neil to make him skipper it might just keep him out of trouble,but take the aggression away from him and you will only have half a player,
The more I look at the whole "Joey Barton" public enemy thing the less seriously I take it. The Wolves fans were having a bit of banter with Barton and he returned the favour. People have been taking him too seriously for too long. He seems to be a good bloke who enjoys a bit of banter and winding people up
http://www.people.co.uk/sport/footb...watch-collection-and-his-car-102039-23427703/ Joey Barton labels footballer lifestyle "vulgar" after selling £500,000 watch collection - and his car Sep 18 2011 by Katie Hind, The People HE was football’s BADDEST bad boy – but things are changing in the world of Joey Barton. The star once happy in the blinged-up Premier playboy league has renounced his old *lifestyle and calls it “vulgar”. Joey’s flash £170,000 Aston Martin DBS is being ditched in *favour of a sensible Toyota Prius and even a moped in a far more spartan existence. He’s sold his £500,000 *collection of 24 designer watches, including pieces by Franck Muller, Hublot and Cartier, because he would rather sport a £6 number. He SIPS mineral water, READS books by anguished German thinkers and LISTENS to gloom-laden rock music. I met the multi-millionaire player at an art gallery and he told me: “I have changed and realised who I really am.” In an exclusive interview with The People he said: “Obviously I conformed to the footballer thing before, *otherwise I wouldn’t have bought a £100,000 car. “But you change as you get older. I’m 29. I’m not a young footballer any more. “You grow up and see things in a very different way. Ridiculous “I thought it was so wrong that I had a collection of *designer watches worth *hundreds of thousands. “People are struggling to put food on the table and there I am with flash watches and cars. I told my PA to get rid of them. “I can get a Casio watch for £6 which does the same job. “I am about to sell my Aston Martin to buy a Prius. I am sick of paying the Government all that tax on petrol. “It costs me £100 to fill my car and that only lasts me a few days. A lot of that money is going to the Government. “On top of that there is a higher tax charge and *because I am a footballer my car *insurance is *ridiculous. I am also getting a moped. It is so much quicker to get around London because the traffic is so bad.” Joey scored his first goal for new club Queen’s Park Rangers yesterday in their 3-0 win over Wolves. He switched from Newcastle United two weeks ago in a deal rumoured to be worth £90,000-a-week. He has become a Twitter sensation since the summer – with his musings on philosophy and music *attracting more than half a million followers. Morrissey fan Joey said: “I think I am definitely *misunderstood by people. “All they knew about me before was that I had got into trouble in the past. Now I spend a lot of time reading. “People look at my Twitter and see the things I write and they’re, like, ‘Who is that freak?’ But it’s me. Provocative “I love looking at the outside world and taking notice of things. It is so interesting.” Joey showed me the books in his bag. Some have been sent by firms eager for him to *mention them on Twitter. He has taken a shine to *the provocative German *philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, who wrote titles including Human All Too Human before going mad and dying in 1900 aged 55. Joey revealed publishers are after him to write a book – no doubt hoping to cash in by painting him as a notorious thug who found wisdom. He said: “I have been *offered lots of book deals but I’m not sure what to write about yet. “I am into the environment and what I really want to do is an ebook so there would be no paper which means there’d be no carbon footprint. “That would surprise people a lot because it is not what they would expect from me.” Joey has been finding it hard to shake off his bad boy tag. In May 2008 he was sentenced to six months’ jail for common assault and affray following an incident outside a McDonald’s in his home city Liverpool. He served 77 days. Weeks before his *release he was given a four- month suspended sentence after *admitting actual bodily harm against team-mate Ousmane Dabo during a *row in training in May 2007. The bust-up ended his *career at Manchester City, where he began as a teenager, and that summer he was *transferred to Newcastle for £5.8million. Joey, whose girlfriend is 24 weeks pregnant with his first child, has realised he can stay out of scuffles by avoiding bars and alcohol. Clutching a can of mineral water, he told me: “I stopped because I would be out *drinking in the past and someone would come up to me *outside a bar and call me a p**** or something. If I was drunk I would go for them and if I hit them they would go to the police. So I find it better just to stay away from it now.” Python He was helped by Sporting Chance, the clinic set up by Tony Adams to aid high-profile athletes with addictions. I met Joey at a gallery in East London which is running an exhibition to mark the 20th anniversary of the launch of Nirvana’s landmark album Nevermind. It was close to his heart as a teenager, as were Oasis and The Smiths. Not surprisingly for a man who thinks about the world, Joey has strong *opinions on politics. He said: “I was Labour until the Gordon Brown and Tony Blair debacle. “Brown is a talentless idiot who I can’t believe was running the country. It was left in a mess. I don’t think the working class should be *running the country and that’s coming from me – I am working class. “I don’t like Ed Miliband either. He is a d***head. “His voice is so strange it’s like a Monty Python scene where you see the other MPs sniggering behind his back. I like David Cameron. I think he is doing an OK job. “I am not a Tory, though, I have very left wing views on some things. You can’t really put me in a box. I have lots of different thoughts going on in my head.” iReader
Barton used to it Last updated: 18th September 2011 It just washes over me these days, says Barton Joey Barton is confident he will continue to overcome his critics after getting the better of an increasingly personal battle with Karl Henry on Saturday. Barton netted the first to put new club QPR on the road to a 3-0 win over Wolves, and believes his long track record of controversy has furnished him with important experience. The 29-year-old, who arrived at Loftus Road on a free transfer from Newcastle, renewed his running battle with Wanderers midfielder Henry with physical and verbal challenges flying at Molineux. Barton said: "Kelvin (sic) Henry is always trying to stick his foot in and hurt people. He's been chirping up all week saying he's going to do x, y and z to me and then he let himself down by not showing up on Saturday. "I really don't like him. I'm going to go on record and say that. Judging from his tackles on me, he doesn't like me either. I'm not going to mince my words. "He's trying to make a name for himself. He keeps doing interviews saying he's this throwback midfielder who likes a challenge. I embrace the physical aspect of the game, but there's a difference between doing that and trying to make a name for yourself through hurting people. "Every time I play against him, he's non-existent. It's not the shrewdest move of him to carry it on because he obviously can't handle the situation. "Every time I play, everywhere I go I run the gauntlet so for me it's quite normal. For me to go to an away ground and get booed and get verbally abused is the norm for me. "I have to thrive on it. You have to or you perish. There's a sick sort of side to me that would worry if they didn't boo me, but every team I play in it obviously frees other players up. Pantomime "I've become hardened to it. It'd be nice to go to other players and get a good reception but it'd be strange too because I'm not really used to it. It's like a pantomime - that's what it gets like." Rangers midfielder Shaun Derry feels that there are two sides to the story with many feeling Barton was first to spark the war of words and tackles - and that's what makes the game interesting. The veteran said: "You play the game and you play the game to win. Joey's just said his piece there and I'm sure Karl will have a different outlook and a different take on his relationship with Joey. "Ultimately, Joey is such a focal point to our game and yesterday it really worked to our advantage. The players that the manager has brought in of late have been of a category to what we've had in the past. "When you get guys like Joey and Anton Ferdinand and Shaun Wright-Phillips, you get an ego with that. The level's different - when you go into the Premier League it's just different." Inciting Controversy reared its head late in the game on Saturday, when a particularly robust tackle from Henry on Barton brought cheers from the Molineux crowd. Barton reacted by gesturing '3-0' to the opposition supporters - but insists it was meant as playful banter rather than as an attempt to incite problems in the stadium. He said: "I can't repeat what the crowd were saying to me but it's just strange how they can say whatever they want and if you give even the slightest bit back then you're int he wrong. "It just makes it that bit more special what we did to them." iReader
"He's been chirping up all week saying he's going to do x, y and z to me and then he let himself down by not showing up on Saturday," Barton said on Sky Sports. "I really don't like him. I'm going to go on record and say that. Judging from his tackles on me, he doesn't like me either. Every time I play against him, he's non-existent." LEGEND
I don't like where Barton's been in terms of 'baller lifestyle and chav stuff... but I do like where he's at and where he's headed. Been there in some equivalent ways myself in the past and can only say I'm all the better for it. Nietzsche sounds remote but is a very accessible philosopher. Easy to read and understand. Memorable one liner: 'an admitted wrong is a half right...'. Was key to positive changes in my own re-direction years ago as it may be similar for JB. Before that I was blaming everyone else for things only I could change. Way to go Joey boy. Least you're thinking - which is a lot more than the majority of players these days.
Barton lays into Henry once again despite threat of FA probe over Twitter outburst By Sportsmail Reporter Last updated at 2:25 PM on 18th September 2011 QPR captain Joey Barton has continued his verbal row with Karl Henry, expressing his dislike for the Wolves midfielder and accusing him of 'trying to hurt people'. Barton was on the receiving end of a hefty challenge from Henry in the closing stages of the Hoops' 3-0 victory at Molineux and had a heated exchange with him on the pitch. Later on Twitter Barton said that Henry should 'keep his trap firmly shut' and compared him to a Sunday league player. The outspoken comments could attract an FA investigation. Flare-up: Joey Barton (left) and Karl Henry (right) have words at the final whistle And Barton continued to air his views about the Wanderers man, who he insisted on calling Kelvin Henry. 'Kelvin Henry - he loves it, doesn't he,' Barton told Sky Sports' Goals on Sunday programme. 'Always sticking his foot in and trying to hurt people. Why doesn't he do it when it is 0-0 in the game? 'He is chirping up all week saying he is going to do x,y and z to me and then he lets himself down massively by not even turning up on Saturday afternoons. He should concentrate more on playing and less on talking a good game.' Henry angered Barton with some heavy tackles during a match between Wolves and Newcastle last season, and later aimed a verbal dig at the then-Magpies player. Barton made it clear that there is no love lost between the pair. He said: 'Everything I read from him, I really don't like him. I'm going to go on record saying that. I know from his challenges on me that he doesn't like me - I'm not going to mince my words. Big win: Barton celebrates QPR's 3-0 triumph 'He has gone out to make a name for himself in my opinion. He keeps doing these interviews saying he is this throw-back to this old-fashioned footballer. 'I've made challenges and I embrace the fact that there is a physical element to our game, but I think there is a fine line between being physical and actually going out to hurt people, to make a name for it. 'No-one knew Kelvin Henry before he started kicking lumps out of me in that game (last season).' When the point was made to him that he was not going to calm the situation down by continuing to talk about it, Barton said: 'I don't want to. 'Every time I play against him he is non-existent. If he wants to carry it on, in my opinion it is not the shrewdest move because he obviously can't handle the situation.' Barton certainly had the last laugh as QPR put in an impressive display to run out comfortable winners against Wolves. The 29-year-old - who joined the Hoops last month having been made available on a free transfer by Newcastle after criticising them on Twitter - scored his first goal for his new club in the eighth minute when he converted a cross from Shaun Wright-Phillips. Salt in the wound: Baton tweets shortly after the game The visitors extended their advantage two minutes later thanks to Alejandro Faurlin's strike from the edge of the box and added a deserved third with three minutes of normal time remaining, substitute DJ Campbell opening his own account for the Rs by sliding in Armand Traore's pass. As well as clashing with Henry, Barton also sparked controversy towards the end of the game by gesturing to the crowd, using his fingers to indicate the scoreline. Barton defended his actions and admitted the hot reception he receives at stadiums helps to motivate him. 'I can't repeat on live television what the crowd are chanting at me, and they are throwing stuff at you - then when you smile back at them and just remind them what score it is, you're in the wrong,' Barton said. 'I'm just having a laugh really. If they want to give me a little bit of verbals and make judgements on me, surely I'm allowed to tell them what score it is? First goal: Barton netted for QPR for the first time 'Sometimes when we are getting beaten in games as I have been, people are singing "Barton, Barton, what's the score?" and you just have to take it on the chin. 'But yesterday they were saying what they say and I was just reminding them what the score is.' He continued: 'Every time I play, everywhere I go I run the gauntlet, so for me it's quite normal. For me to go to an away ground and get booed or get verbally abused is the norm. I have to thrive (on it), or you perish. 'There is a sort of sick side to me that means if I didn't, it would worry me a little bit - (I would think) "why are they not booing me?" But what is great is that any team I play in, it frees other people up. I've become hardened to it. 'It would be nice to go to places and get a good reception, but it would be strange - I'm not really used to it. It is a pantomime, that is what it gets like.' Barton also used his Twitter account to question the thinking of Wolves manager Mick McCarthy, who said in the build-up to the match at Molineux that every team 'from Kuwait to Kuala Lumpur to Kansas City to Wolverhampton' had been offered the midfielder as his spell at Newcastle came to an end. Barton wrote: 'Wolves snubbed me' I read in this morning papers hahahahahaha....don't know what Mick's been smoking......He's off his barnet. Porky pies' Although there is speculation that Barton might be in trouble with the Football Association over his online comments, it is thought unlikely that action will be taken given that he has not been punished for posts in the past. However, having taken his criticism of Henry a step further, he could still be charged with bringing the game into disrepute. iReader
This is typical of the press. Joey is expected to take all kinds of rough treatment from the likes of Henry, abuse from the crowd, and not react. If only the 'gentlemen of the press' could see themselves after a few hours in the bar, they would very quickly get off their high horses. Personally, I thought his '3-0' gesture to the Wolves fans was brilliant. Keep it going Joey.
In what sense is he bringing the game into disrepute? The FA, EPL and press/TV should be chipping in to pay Barton's wages, as these guys seem to think we need 24 hour a day stories on anything vaguely football related to occupy our tiny lives, and Barton certainly contributes to this. We saw a great performance yesterday, Barton had a very benign joke with fans, and there is a little feud going with Kelvin. Nothing different to 30 years ago (I have an excellent photo of Stan making a much less benign gesture v Cologne in 77, and plenty of feuds went on for years - Hunter and Lee anyone?) except now it's the subject of total media coverage for days. I am definitely in grumpy old man territory, but the EPL, Sky/Murdoch and Sir Alex Ferguson ( who started all this press conference WUMing bollocks) are to blame, along with, of course, ££. So Joey well within his rights, though it's all rather boring, and hope he is bright enough to understand what Nietzsche was really getting at ( a badly misinterpreted philosopher hence links to Nazis) when he starts quoting Kant I'll really sit up and take notice......
Actually just occurred to me that Brian Clough may have kicked all this off - but at least he was good at it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkVFXR6L_kM&feature=player_embedded ^ Made me laugh out loud when he did this, dont give out what you cant take. Maybe he was just explaining the score to the crowd who were still in shock - 3 frenkin 0! AHAHAHAH :
I understand he's into the writings of Noam Chomsky too, on that level I am interested in what has made him consider hegemonic politics, hopefully not his PA! All round nutter/eccentric - that'll do for me plus he scores goals and get his tackles in
I think there are two sides to this. The press and other players/managers certainly try their best to paint him in as bad a light as possible. but he also doesn't need to get involved in half of the nonsense imo. At 3-0 up and in injury time he should have just walked away from that stuff at the end yesterday (all be it whilst telling the Wolves players what the score was, obviously). However, what a complete ****er that Henry is!! No better than a park player and just wants to kick people. I really hope Wolves go down!!
Pretty much summed it up there Col. I thought the 3-0 gesture was nothing; just a bit of fun. But his fu*king tweeting after the game has got to stop. It could end up in disaster. As much as I like Nelly, as sure as day follows night he will drag the Club's name into the dirt before the season is out. And if Barton continues to wind up all and sundry on Twitter, we could end up in trouble with the FA on all fronts.
Joey Barton unlikely to face censure from FA after Twitter rant against Wolves Karl Henry and Mick McCarthy - Telegraph The bad blood between the pair dates back to a spiteful encounter when Barton was a Newcastle player last season and Henry revelled in his physical domination of their midfield encounter. âHe has gone out to make a name for himself. I like to make a challenge and I embrace the physical element of the game, but I do think there is a fine line between being physical and going out to try to make a name for yourself by hurting people. "No one knew Kelvin Henry before he did that to me,â Barton said. For Barton, the hatred expressed towards him is a âpantomimeâ he thrives on and it worked in his favour from the moment his half-hit shot from close range went in, signalling his first goal for his new club. âIt is normal for me and I have to thrive or perish,â Barton tweeted. âI put myself in that position and there is a sick side to me and I would worry if the fans did not boo me. It is like a pantomime.â Unfortunately for McCarthy, the slapstick was provided by Wolves players in one of the worst performances he has seen during his time in charge. Queens Park Ranger's Argentine midfielder Alejandro Faurlin punished more poor defending with an excellent finish from the edge of the area, before the final flourish was provided by substitute DJ Campbell with a neatly taken goal at the near post and McCarthy knows the loss could have been far heavier. When pushed to draw any kind of solace from the woeful display, all he could say was âthe building of the new stand behind the goal looks good.â His side will have to improve drastically if they expect their fans to fill the impressive extension.
