error 1. "Joey Barton had already given the team he now captains a deserved early lead"
qpr made 7 completed passes in the norwich half in the first 10 minutes
error 2.
"he found himself first kicked across the heals by Norwich’s Bradley Johnson and then shoved in the back by his team mate Zak Whitbread as the trio attempted to become involved in another QPR counter attack"
complete bollocks. replays clearly show that barton swings an elbow firstly at whitbread and then johnson
error 3.
"Barton squared up to Johnson and the pair exchanged verbals"
this is true, but no mention of barton barging johnson before barton, the aggressor throughout, squared up to johnson?
error 4.
"and replays showed was nowhere close to either a head butt, or attempted head butt"
replays were inconclusive. nobody however can dispute that barton moved his head forwards and he even admitted making contact in a tweet to piers morgan later that evening
error 5.
"a horribly cynical display from the visiting team who have clearly learnt very quickly about the darker arts of the Premiership"
again, complete bollocks. in fact, the commentator during the match even stated that the referee was lenient towards qpr players in the 2nd half. you can't have it both ways
error 6.
"Rarely were Norwich caught engaging in an unbroken piece of open play"
i suppose having 80% possession for the first 20 minutes was nonsense then. better get in touch with opta to get them to correct it...
error 7.
"Grant Holt led the way, but was by no means acting alone"
if you are talking about leading his team to a win then fine, but to say he was part of the red card is insane. he tried to prevent it!
error 8.
"QPR were conned out of this match"
wrong again. barton got himself sent off. blame him. or blame your manager who left your best player on the bench and couldn't cope with lambert's substitutions. clearly a man out of his depth
error 9.
"the referee, fell for every single trick from Norwich’s lousy book across the entire 90 minutes"
may not have had a good game, but he was equally poor at not sending off helguson for a two-footed lunge
now i haven't bothered to read the rest of the piece as the opening few paragraphs are so biased it is pointless going on. an utterly carp article
