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Signs are promising. But we've been down that road before. Granted these signs are the best they've ever been with him, but I'll still wait for 10 games or so of the same from Barton before drawing any conclusions.

If he was at any other club, his career would be over already. He's just lucky enough to be a 'local lad', lucky to have got his foot in the door before Chopra and lucky to have milked a new contract at every turn. He's a mercenary. I would gladly pay money to charity for his testimonial just to go boo him

We've managed to do well from a crappy situation. The risks involved with relegation are just not worth taking.

Spurs have never won a European match in recent history either. My definition is: last 3 days.

Danny Guthrie to man mark him in the game at SJP then Edit:Damn it. Yeah, what he said!

Hitting the post or bar counts as off-target. of-target

Not watching, but was wondering. Hardly surprising. French refs

Is Dresden just a Ronaldo duplicate account?

Messi already scored as many goals as Carroll this season. Little fella's not too bad.

If they do that they are then criticised for being biased. Can't win. Some people just hate on them for the sake of it though.

What's with the camera business at Fratton Park? Noticed this on SSN too and in their previous home games. They just not giving a fuck about anything any more?

Henry of Wolves should definitely of been sent of today.

That last challenge was ridiculous. Had that been Barton of course it would have been red. Got to laugh at ref not only not giving a pen for the Perch tackle but also giving a goal kick

It's Baba isn't it who hates Pencil? I remember reading a long rant on here about the guy.

Can't get enough of his simple trademarked celebration too. Been doing it all week on FIFA.

There's a vid on youtube called 'England - the Next Generation' that has a nice little mix of his goals.

Yeah, exactly. People are just excited that we are getting a player that has some flair about him and is a better attacking option from midfield than what we have already which could make all the difference come May. If he was that brilliant he obviously wouldn't be coming to Newcastle on loan.

But that in itself is at odds with the notion that he’s fucking brilliant. Brilliant players don’t drop in and out of the first team. I’m not trying to run the lad down but fear some might be expecting too much. He's dropping down a level coming here though.

Yeah, he doesn't take pens. Was thinking about that today actually... who would take our pens now if neither Shola or Loven are on the pitch? Barton?

Those numbers really aren't that bad considering he's been in and out of first teams (I think).

And Malouda.

Hughton confirming Carroll was taken off because of his ankle. Hadn't trained for the last four days.

Nicholas: "Ref controlled it tbf"

Hopefully it was partly that and partly because of his tender ankle or whatever it was troubling him. And not for any sporting reasons.

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