Risingsunhoop you speak for many of us. That move by Barton was among the most asinine, selfish and stupid things I've ever seen on a pitch -- or anywhere. And it's not even like there was something happening that was important, that they were in the 90th minute of a heated game playing for promotion or anything. Yet, he lost us a point, maybe three and that might be the difference at the end of May. Thanks Barton.
The boys played remarkably well given the situation and that 'challenge' or whatever crap he would call it was a smack in the face to all of the fans -- at KC Stadium, at home and around the world -- that watched the game and love the R's.
The commentators on the TV feed said: "“Have you ever seen anything more ridiculous on a football field than that” . Answer: no.
Of the many things we have to work against at QPR, one of the biggest is leadership. Our captain tries to punch another player in the sack for no good reason (is there ever a good one?) right in front of the ref. He leads by being an ass, a thug, and an idiot and he wears the armband. He hands the armband to Ferdinand, who was suspended earlier in the year for mouthing off to a fan on Twitter and then comes back after suspension and grabs another player by the neck (which somehow doesn't get him a card). We have Zamora, who was playing hyper physical, getting warned and finally carded even though any sensible player would have calmed down as the ref was going wild on the cards today. The guy wouldn't let up and he could have easily got two yellow cards. Or how about Dunne and Hill lipping off to the away fans at Burnley a few weeks back. Some leadership group.
Barton is just a representative of the lack of on-the-field leadership and judgement. What a great lesson to our future like Doughty and Furlong. I wonder what they're thinking?
Deplorable.
