Robster

Exactly, It's a joke. Milner left wing, Martins right wing, Barton D Wing...

I'd rather send it to the chairman and the owner. worrying though that the owner was stodd amongts 5,000 chanting his name on saturday. Hope the general chat around him was different

No. (can we send this to the press to prove that not "All Geordies want Shearer as Manager"

fair to say his professional career is over.

He must be, officially, the thickest cunt in England

not wanting to justify his actions at all but i wonder how much the dfans reactionagainst liverpool caused this. he came out and slagged us off in he press straight away. How much did he think "fuck them, I owe them nothing so am just going to act on as i normally would and fuck the consequences "

Sam must have his head in his hands this morning. Probably the final nail in his coffin. This is exactly the type of thing he was meant to erradicate from the club. For it to happen so soon, with one of his own signings, just adds to the mounting pressure. He cant even point to Barton's performances and say that he is a valuable member of the squad. As of today, Barton is very dispenable. And we had such hopes for him and I for one gave him the benefit of the doubt Fact is though that we are stuck with him. The sooner everyone realises that the better. Then Sam only has one option and that is to just outright drop him.... but does that have any affect these days ?

Sam must have his head in his hands this morning. Probably the final nail in his coffin. This is exactly the type of thing he was meant to erradicate from the club. For it to happen so soon, with one of his own signings, just adds to the mounting pressure. He cant even point to Barton's performances and say that he is a valuable member of the squad. As of today, Barton is very dispenable. And we had such hopes for him and I for one gave him the benefit of the doubt

I am guessing that he didnt do anything to any great extent and wouldnt be surprised if we dont hear anything about what happens after the court appearance but he is such a fuckwit for leaving himself open to being dragged into this kind of thing. At what point does an agent advise against this kind of thing or does their responsibility end once they sign the contract. Idiot.

problem is, footballers know they havent got to do much to earn their money. its earned once they sign the contract. not one single club is prepared to make a player earn it because they will just go and get the money from someone else. Performance related pay is an excellent idea but it will never happen unless 1 big club decides to take the plunge The sport itself breeds this kind of player attitude (certainly outside the top 4 whose players, on the whole, i feel are genuinely driven by wanting to succeed).

Bit worrying if Sam cant spot a deliberately leading question like that.

chance for sam to exert his authority here. Barton has been out on the piss at an inappropriate time. drop him or sell him. got to get it across to these lads that that kind of lifestyle isnt the kind that breeds success

last night i nearly posted that although things on the pitch are turning to shit, at least Sam appears, with the reduction of the injury list, to be fixing things off the pitch at the club. Sadly not. Barton appears to have really let everyone down at a time when the club needs to be at its most resilient. Just confirms that things are not all sweetness and light because i really felt that if Barton had been playing in a bouyant, progressing, winning team, he wouldnt have been out on the piss at 530 in the morning.

Not just any old footballer, Joey Barton, Brother of the axe murder. I fucking hate the Daily Mail

Sorry, I know this is okd but I have just seen Carvalho's tackle. Fucking hell. How come this twat isnt banned for a year for that tackle. Agbonlahor should have just gone back and chinned the twat

mmmm. very dubious about stories such as these

It's actually the reverse, something like 75% mental, the rest ability. Really. You think? I would be hard pushed to believe that only 25% of what gazza did was natural ability. Still, if its the case then we are fucked as the 75% our guys are using amounts to nothing

They certainly are on the forums: Given = shit, past it, cant save from distance, cant command area Harper = shit, unambitious, lazy Rozehnal = shit, weak, caught out too much Taylor = shit, stupid, slow, wannabe hero Enrique = spanish flop, shit against Liverpool Geremi = shit, cant do anything, as bad as Faye (Amady) Milner = shit, cant cross, slower than my nan, beats a man too many times, misses sitters Barton = shit, cant pass, gives it away Butt = shit, past it, can't pass it Owen = crock, shit Smith = shit, only knows how to get booked, cant score, awful midfielder Martins = shit, cant control, thick Viduka = shit, fat, lazy, crock Ameobi = shit, cant do anything at all, controls the ball harder than he shoots Probably a summary of comments you will find from some/the majority (for certain players). Great summary, just shows big sam is doing a cracking job! so surely its a managers and a coaches job to highlight these failings and work on them in training. isnt this the kind of thing we always see them jotting down. For instance, Martins' touch. Surely therefore, they should be concentrating in training to give him 1-2-1 training on improving this. They say Beckham honed his ability for free kicks and dead balls by just kicking ball after ball after ball when training had finished. I would be interested to know if Sam has sat down with Oba and asked him to stay behind to practice controlling balls that are whacked at him. Do this for an hour after training every day and any one of us would improve. Footballers wont look at themselves and admit they have failings. Its the job of the manager to spot the flaws and to help them improve. My guess would be that our players just arent practicing hard enough at what we arent best at. Be most interestd to know if this statement is wrong or not

I fear we will never know. 96 was the best chance i can see us ever having in my lifetime (I am 36)

'tis something i have thought of recently. I say that a footballers game is 90-95% natural and the remainder is what he is told to do by his manager. I have a feeling sam is putting far to much faith in the hope that our lads can work to about a 50-50 ratio. never going to happen. you can bet that the likes of robert and ginola were given various instructions about back tracking but did it ever happen ?

I had this argument with my dad a few weeks ago. They just cannot stop going on about his brother. Like that stupid slag Gabby Logan on Inside Sport a couple of weeks a go. Bitch. The lad doesnt stand a chance - they will only rest when he is hung drawn and quartered I didn't see the interview, but I heard she was out of order and kept on harping back to it like she was trying to goad him into saying something. Honestly mate it was sickening. In a 20 minute interview I didnt hear the words Newcastle United once and dont actually recall much general football being discussed. She shouold be fucking strung up for it. You'd give her one though tbf oh course. I wouldnt let hatred get in the way of a shag. altgough she has lost too much weight mind

I had this argument with my dad a few weeks ago. They just cannot stop going on about his brother. Like that stupid slag Gabby Logan on Inside Sport a couple of weeks a go. Bitch. The lad doesnt stand a chance - they will only rest when he is hung drawn and quartered I didn't see the interview, but I heard she was out of order and kept on harping back to it like she was trying to goad him into saying something. Honestly mate it was sickening. In a 20 minute interview I didnt hear the words Newcastle United once and dont actually recall much general football being discussed. She shouold be fucking strung up for it.

You're over complicating what's wrong. It's not his players and it's not the players he's taken over, it's his tactics and formations. Going to Wigan and fielding 4-5-1 is shit, simple but true. Not especially... as I've stated before, under Bruce Wigan have generally looked a decent side. Our away form is shambollic... was well before Allardyce arrived, too. Setting up to not conceed is the right way to go about things. If we'd come away with a 0-0 it wouldn't have been a bad result all things considered. Arsenal won a title on the back of clean sheets... its definately something our limited side should be aiming for (clean sheets, that is). I think the bigger issue is the length of time it is taking our defence to settle and the ease at which we keep letting in goals. If Sam had set us up to go out attacking and we'd lost 4-1 would that have been a better result? But when are these clean sheets going to appear. We cant defend for shit and have not improved one iota since Sam arrived - a fact that utterly staggers me. Its cliched but if we had gone out to attack at least we would have gone down fighting and would show the fans that somewhere, the attidue is correct

I had this argument with my dad a few weeks ago. They just cannot stop going on about his brother. Like that stupid slag Gabby Logan on Inside Sport a couple of weeks a go. Bitch. The lad doesnt stand a chance - they will only rest when he is hung drawn and quartered