This morning Yappy posted what now looks like a very intuitive post. He asked for Joey Barton to stop fussing on twitter and focus on football, and playing well. He didn't, today he lost his cool, and got sent off, perhaps slightly harshly, but understandably. I for one would be happy if he was shown the door. He's a media craving attention seeker who only cares for himself. My question is, having been sent off, and potentially cost us an invaluable point or three, what will be the repercussions for Barton? I'd hope he will have a very uncomfortable journey back to London with the squad, but will be also be docked pay? I just hate to think he will still walk away with his full pay packet having not done his job, play 90 minutes of football.
He probably wont be going on the team bonding trip to Dubai...perhaps that is what he wanted all along
I always thought he was a scumbag, not happy to have the scumbag in our shirt, Manchester City was a embarrassment to the club, I will celebrate when he is no longer part of the club I support. He is a pretentious prick he thinks he is a good footballer and an intelligent human, he is neither, he is and always will be a low life, I cannot express how much I hate him.
Barton is a dick but the two things are entirely unrelated. He's been pretty darn low profile for ages now and relatively quiet on twitter as well. Also by and large he's been playing well. Despite his lengthy history he is still as entitled to a mistake as the next man. Not saying I forgive him for today but this sh*t happens on football pitches week in week out.
Quiet? What about this week's comments about Henderson?? The guy is an absolute prick. The things he has said about the club, the red cards he has got in vital games; City, Norwich, today!! And he's around lack of ability and poor contribution he should be hated. But he's a working class English bloke who tries hard when he's on the pitch. Even if he is ****, likely to get sent off and slagged the club off so gets let off by too many of our idiot fans. Talented foreign players who have contributed far more to this club get a much harder time for far less
Aside from this week he's been low profile on Twitter and frankly I don't give a rats ass what he's about Jordan F*cking Henderson that got f'all to do with his performances for us. City red was unforgivable, the Norwich red was Bradley Johnson's play acting. He's played shed loads for us since his last red. What's he said about the club??? actually don't answer I can't be bothered with you.
Still don't get this 'harsh' stuff Dave. It may have done no lasting damage, and looked a bit wet, but it's an indisputable straight red.
To be fair I can see exactly what he was trying to do, protect young Furlong from the Hull players trying to obviously get him sent off. Thing is the Red mist decended and well it was a obvious red. Did he lose the game for us...well yeah you could say that, but the way our luck has been in the last few away games we would probably have conceeded anyway. I'm more concerned about the 3 games he will now miss. When all is said and done we have looked better with him in the team. Can't fault the 10 that played the rest of the match CR has got us into a well organised outfit...damn if only he was in earlier. Still think we will get out of it purely because I think the teams just above us are playing poorly, thev'e all had opportunities to pull away from the bottom 3 but theres still only 3 points between us and Sunderland.
Got pushed in the back and pushed back, Ref was going to give him a red for that, so he lashed out at the stupid injustice of it. Trouble was, the ref was at fault not Huddlestone. He's a big cock and he knows it. Looked just like the Man City incident but his reaction was far milder this time, no excuses but maybe Progress where JB concerned.
You were going great until your shameless plug in the last sentence, Kia. Where was he today? Not even on the bench?!! What's he up to now?
Maybe, but the attempt to low-ball (pun intended) punch another player in front of the ref is inexcusable under any circumstance. He is an adult so the whole "red mist" argument does not hold with me even though players constantly try to refer to 'losing their cool'. He's the captain for heaven's sake! He's a veteran player. If he pushed a guy to get him away from Furlong, I get that. That's reasonable and doesn't have to be aggressive. But Barton is a grown adult and is supposed to be a leader. His judgement is beyond awful.
I agree about the Twitter issue. The man's entitled to mouth off on anything he wants to whomever he wants in any way he wants. Being online in the way he is given his mouth and ideas is unwise, but I don't see a connection to his performance. But the whole punch-for-the-nuts thing is (literally and figuratively) underhanded and stupid. That's not a mistake that a veteran player with any sense -- and the team's CAPTAIN -- should ever make. It's beyond bad judgement.
The guy is a pillock, he reminds me somewhat of Chris Eubank, another pseudo intellectual sportsman who is really a bit of a laughing stock and probably also read the book, A Dummies Guide to Philosophy. Nonetheless, Barton has played pretty well this year and Irrespective of any negative feelings towards him anyone might have, I would be hugely disappointed to see him booed when he returns. The team need us behind all of them.
Anyone notice that Bruce actually done the flick on Barton first when he walked over? that's when Barton pushed him away, then when Huddleson pushed him he did the flick on him! Also anyone who calls that a punch in the nuts has clearly never been punched in the nuts! It's the old playground flick with the fingers to make people flinch away, I'm not defending him as it was a bloody stupid thing to do but why no action against the two Hull players?
Even Huddleston has come and said that it was the kind of hand off that players do to each other all the time on the training ground. It certainly was not a punch to the doo-dahs but probably did deserve a red card. He probably has given the most important lesson to Furlong, do not lay your hand on an opponent. Of course, he has just given the Barton-haters the one thing that they have been waiting for.
Devon, the way the game has gone means you can't lay a finger on anyone......almost literally. I don't think Mickey Mouse stuff like that should be a straight red because it makes a mockery of what used to be a mans game but the fact is Barton is a bloody halfwit. He shouldn't be getting himself in those situations and he cost us the game today and potentially the next 3 aswell.
Whilst I agree to a point with you, two Hull players clearly put hands on Barton and went unpunished, as much as he can be a tool it does seem one rule for everyone else and another for him!
