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What is it you love about him, the constantly getting caught in possession, the ever lengthening injury list or the red cards and jail time? England ffs. Even Rooney didn't lose the ball in the World Cup more than this arsehole did in the Championship. Shola's got more chance of a cap. I agree with your questioning of why on earth anyone would "absolutely love" Joey Barton due to the limited amount of impact he's had on the field for us, but that second statement is a load of shite. The guy barely played last season, and when he did his vision and passing was superb at times. Certainly wasn't constantly being caught in possession. He was absolutely woeful last season in his fleeting appearances. The game before he got injured, nufc.com wrote: "Barton was similarly culpable, losing possession on every occasion that he got near the ball and also seeming to cuff an opponent unnecessarily. Having failed to be the player who took the team by the scruff of the neck and kept us up, his displays thus far in this league haven't provided reassurance that he's going to lead us back up by example." and the game he got injured in, they wrote: "And once again the performance of Barton left something to be desired, with a pedestrian-looking midfield hardly helped by the presence of Geremi (or Butt, had he appeared). Quite simply, we weren't getting enough balls or bodies into the box to play the percentage game and pressurise the opposition into errors." One person's opinion but that's certainly the way I remember it. I suspect posts on here from the same timeframe would back me up. EDIT: they would indeed. http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,64600.330.html Even Ronaldo said he was shit in the CCC to that point so God only knows what he's done since then to turn his opinion round seeing as he's been on the pitch for all of 3 games in a side that had already won the title. DOUBLE EDIT: go back to page 27 onwards of this thread for more.

What is it you love about him, the constantly getting caught in possession, the ever lengthening injury list or the red cards and jail time? England ffs. Even Rooney didn't lose the ball in the World Cup more than this arsehole did in the Championship. Shola's got more chance of a cap.

He's been so brilliant for Wigan that only Burnley conceded more goals last season.

Boro fans at the Masters on Saturday evening were singing "Raoul Moat is our friend, he shoots Geordies"

FFS. Gone right off bloody Norwegians this weekend.

Twice this week those cunts have fucked me over.

Come on molde!

My favourite time of the week, the sunday norway games.

Get in, great stuff.

Rosenborg's odds becoming more tempting. Are you watching Kai?

You can't legislate for a sending off man. I'm a fan Kaiz.

Zidane was a genius but not because of what he did in the world cup final, comparing him and xavi using that single event is ridiculous. He headed in two corners ffs.

Greg's in it, dunno about anyone else.

Utter nonsense How is it utter nonsense? I can count on one hand the number of good games Barton's had for NUFC. He's still living off a decent season with Man City about five years ago, he even looked shit in the CCC. No player I've ever known has got away with being shit for so long - his reputation has actually been enhanced by being constantly injured or banged up ffs. I'm not looking to get into a big debate over Barton but to say he looked shit in the CCC is something I can't agree with. He was played well as a sub v WBA on the opening day, had a good game v Reading, played a few games with a broken foot and was then out for months. On his return, he played his way in a bit at first but finished really strongly v Peterborough, Plymouth and QPR despite playing wide left in a few games. Really? God I thought he was miserably poor. He gets caught in possession so often.

Utter nonsense How is it utter nonsense? I can count on one hand the number of good games Barton's had for NUFC. He's still living off a decent season with Man City about five years ago, he even looked shit in the CCC. No player I've ever known has got away with being shit for so long - his reputation has actually been enhanced by being constantly injured or banged up ffs.

Again, he's just a squid man, I doubt he keeps up with the current balance of power in international football

How long can someone go without having a good game before people realise he's not our best midfielder at all? On that basis we should resign Butt.

The toffee i know is pretty much of the same opinion. Has always been too fwiw.

Main flaw in that plan is that is zero chance of the Premier League clubs working together for the sake of the national side. Can't see fat headed Sam going for it, his idea of proactive is confined to long throws.

Lumped on Holland.

McFadden's atrocious.

Nah not the D, the other night they were showing a few kicks and saying this and that should have been taken again regardless of who the encroaching was by. If the attacker scores you don't make him take it again because the defending centre half is in the box.

Does that mean Kevin Nolan is the equivalent of Sneijder/Ozil?

All home and dry except Helsinki with ten minutes left. Can't decide whether to lay in play or hold out for the win. Held out. You beauty. Small but good start to the new season. Only bad thing is that it's gone into my Bet365 bonus money which I can't get at until I've bet £60 using my phone.

All home and dry except Helsinki with ten minutes left. Can't decide whether to lay in play or hold out for the win.