The club was being sold to players as a stepping stone to bigger things back then, but people are surprised that one refused to play to move to a bigger club when we wouldn't let him leave? Loved Cabaye when he was here and at his best, pretty much forgotten he exists now. Move on.
I always presumed people liked Barton because of the stuff he's done to goad the mackems (kissing badge in front of them when warming up, etc), and calling Ashley out, rather than how well (or not) he played for us
Not sure if the pigeon was mentioned by name, but pretty sure the state of St James Park has been brought up at every fans forum for years. To pretend that no one has mentioned anything until it became cool to score points on Twitter is a joke
People in the top row, planting bottles and dead pigeons up there, to deliberately not report them to stewards, and then waiting for 5 years, all to score some internet points