Barton 'cares' because faux intensity is the only thing he has in his locker to resemble a PL midfielder. He's as weak as cardboard and about as athletic as a table and 4 chairs. Shit player, no thanks.
Aye mate, you're the only one with more than half a brain, McClaren and everyone else is clueless.
Well, I stand by my opinion. It's based on 3 years of poor performances. I hope I'm wrong. I'm not, but we'll see.
6 quarter finals in 13 major tournaments. Hardly amazing. And based on our record since 1966, it's not underachieving but probably slightly above par.
Fact is other than 1966 England have been an alsoran at international level. God knows what the reasons for that are, but that's the facts of it.
Nobody said it was amazing, man. Average isn't accurate.
It's exactly this. We've had an absolute mountain of shit at CB going back to when Woodgate left. Since our current crop of favoured CBs made their debuts for us it's no coincidence there's never been any serious bids for any one of them, which is the only reason they're still here. An average 23-year-old defender frankly represents a very good option in our context.