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No but Danny Simpson seems to think he's not a problem and other younger players seem to be taking his side in this. The only ones going against Barton is the press who will be getting information from the club which is one sided. Yep, this is where I get the impression that he is "respected" within the squad.

Hmmm...... Well, guess it confirms that the local press are indeed pretty much controlled by Ashley and his crony.

Nah, think he's been told not to say anything until the Fiorentina pre-match press conference.

Ryder? Correct If the club's told him to write it he's an idiot If it's his own opinion he's an even bigger idiot Think it's safe to say that Ryder is an idiot whatever the case.

Ryder?

If we do manage Barnetta, it'll certainly somewhat appease me.

There is no way he is going to stay & making him train alone is now the best thing for the squad, any further disruption has to be avoided. A reasonable course of action after yesterday I suppose but like I've said above, I do get the impression he is somewhat "respected" in the camp (especially as being a "senior player"), so to see such a figure training alone might still be a bit unnerving for some of the squad. I'm not to convinced he is respected or loved by the squad, I guess time will tell. Indeed it will.

There is no way he is going to stay & making him train alone is now the best thing for the squad, any further disruption has to be avoided. A reasonable course of action after yesterday I suppose but like I've said above, I do get the impression he is somewhat "respected" in the camp (especially as being a "senior player"), so to see such a figure training alone might still be a bit unnerving for some of the squad.

Guess the management thought it would be a bad idea for him to train with the rest of squad considering the massive coverage of yesterday's events but I do get the impression he is somewhat "respected" in the camp (especially as being a "senior player"), so to see such a figure training alone might be a bit unnerving.

Being made to train alone is crap like. If Joey rejects any club in for him, guess it'll mean that they'll let him rot in the reserves for the rest of his contract.

Douglas' article was well balanced I thought. Well, more so than Ryder's attempt - idiot.

Aye, his run last season until he got injured was decent enough like. I'd trust Best more than Shola.

Best: top 10 Worst: 17th, honestly think there are other s***e teams who will do worse than us (and thus finish below us).

Wouldn't mind Trezeguet tbh. How old is he these days?

If Chelsea are interested, player swap for Van Aanholt please.

Unfortunately, I believe this will happen too especially the final part of your sentence.

Perhaps Barton moved the goalposts after Carroll was sold. Not hard to imagine. Then there was the occasion when Barton said that he'd sign a new contract once Nolan did.

Smith is does he count though? Nah.

Ah the "senior club source" again.....

He won't because he never sees the signs.

If he did kick off then that tweet shows how much of a brat he can be, ok until his own way is not given to him. I reckon he's been like a slow boiling kettle for a few weeks and Sunday he boiled over, supporting this club is sometimes unfunny. He's been like that since he opened his Twitter account tbh. As long as he doesn't talk about club matters, he can be a laugh on Twitter really.

Here is the said tweet:

What a pile of s****. Barton definitely wouldn't refuse to play a game, captain or not. Nice stuff from the Sun once again While i would agree with you, how the hell would you know that though ? Touché It is something I would like to believe is very true. Me too, but if what is being alluded too, asking for more money, tantrums about captaincy and set pieces, he's looking a right tit, loves the club ? hmmm. not if that lots true. Well one of his tweets did say that he would support whoever was captain and that he would concentrate on doing his utmost best for the team. Yes, but Shola getting the captaincy would be enough to send anybody over the edge. Ha, indeed.