Guest Stephen927 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 It was a needless thing to do and Barton of all people should be made aware that every single thing he does on the pitch will be analysed from every possible angle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ovesbar Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Beeing a foreign (Norwegian) I think the amount of bad press and criticism Bartons is getting over there is an absolute disgrace. Sure, the man has done his share of stupidity, but he has taken his punishment, and none of the incidents have been on the football-pitch. Then he touches another players nose, and all hell breakes loose. Sure, its not a smart thing to do when you are Joey Barton, but still, how can anyone say that is a red card? The double-morale sickens me. Sunderland abusing Barton because of what he has done, when their manager Roy Keane deliberately ended Haalands carreer with a twofoot-leg breaker-tackle. And Villa fans now, abusing Barton when their own Carew beat the crap out of Riise on a national traning a few years back. And one of ManUs biggest legends Cantona who kicked a spectator in the face. These are just examples of player who were violent thugs ON the pitch, but never got the same amount of crap as Joey Barton is getting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Liam Liam O Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Twice in the last three weeks defenders have been caught by cameras grabbing attackers by the bollocks. Have they been charged? Course the haven't. Media witch hunt if ever there was one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakie Doke Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 you could tell that fat toad-like man on SSN worked for the daily mail. It was so obvious that this was going to be blown out of proportion! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mobiius Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 does anyone think agbonlahor would of missed his sitter and we would of kept a clean sheet if barton had,nt of got under his skin. for that alone barton needs praise and not condemnation he played a huge part in getting us out of the bottom of the table shit pit we were in. now we are where we belong, above the scum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benwell Lad Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Beeing a foreign (Norwegian) I think the amount of bad press and criticism Bartons is getting over there is an absolute disgrace. Sure, the man has done his share of stupidity, but he has taken his punishment, and none of the incidents have been on the football-pitch. Then he touches another players nose, and all hell breakes loose. Sure, its not a smart thing to do when you are Joey Barton, but still, how can anyone say that is a red card? The double-morale sickens me. Sunderland abusing Barton because of what he has done, when their manager Roy Keane deliberately ended Haalands carreer with a twofoot-leg breaker-tackle. And Villa fans now, abusing Barton when their own Carew beat the crap out of Riise on a national traning a few years back. And one of ManUs biggest legends Cantona who kicked a spectator in the face. These are just examples of player who were violent thugs ON the pitch, but never got the same amount of crap as Joey Barton is getting. :clap: Well said Ove. Interesting perspective of the way the rabid English press treat Barton as opposed to thugs like Keane. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I honeslty thought it looked like nothing when i saw it on tv, will have to look again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikri Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Beeing a foreign (Norwegian) I think the amount of bad press and criticism Bartons is getting over there is an absolute disgrace. Sure, the man has done his share of stupidity, but he has taken his punishment, and none of the incidents have been on the football-pitch. Then he touches another players nose, and all hell breakes loose. Sure, its not a smart thing to do when you are Joey Barton, but still, how can anyone say that is a red card? The double-morale sickens me. Sunderland abusing Barton because of what he has done, when their manager Roy Keane deliberately ended Haalands carreer with a twofoot-leg breaker-tackle. And Villa fans now, abusing Barton when their own Carew beat the crap out of Riise on a national traning a few years back. And one of ManUs biggest legends Cantona who kicked a spectator in the face. These are just examples of player who were violent thugs ON the pitch, but never got the same amount of crap as Joey Barton is getting. Whilst all the writers and commentators are banging on about nasty old Joey Barton the news that Wayne Rooney was cautioned by the police last week for common assault over an incident with a photographer has been largely ignored by the sporting media. So he's assaulted a guy on the street & keeps losing his head on the pitch but somehow he's OK but Barton is the antichrist? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offshore Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Mountain being made out of a molehill. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benwell Lad Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Mountain being made out of a molehill. By some fat, lazy, overpaid jounalists who can't be bothered to find any real news to write about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 What a joke: - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/7707627.stm The Football Association will await referee Steve Bennett's match report before deciding whether to take any action against Newcastle's Joey Barton. Barton appeared to poke Gabriel Agbonlahor's face during the win over Aston Villa but escaped punishment. "It will be a question of whether the referee saw it and dealt with it at the time," said an FA spokesman. "If he didn't, the procedure would be to get the footage of the incident and ask the referee for his views." The first half incident came after Barton, who is playing again after a ban and prison sentence, had been penalised for a foul but the poke on Agbonlahor went unpunished by Bennett. Still, it helps with our siege mentality. The bastards are out to get us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Nowt will come of it. Never saw the goals repeated on Setanta last night, saw "the slap" a million times like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaststar Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 disappointed by the newcastle fans in the studio last night. Shud have picked Graham Poll up on his worthless views for speaking s****. It was a slight tap, IF THAT, not a slap. Abonlaghor was being an idiot anyway. Nothing in it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Twice in the last three weeks defenders have been caught by cameras grabbing attackers by the bollocks. Have they been charged? Course the haven't. Media witch hunt if ever there was one Was just about to say the same thing. If Bullard had done that last night, everyone would have been laughing at what a cheeky chappy he is, yet had Barton squeezed Chimbonda's nuts in the wall of a free-kick, people would have still had a go at him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobby_solano Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 barton was on the rough end of a lot of bad reffing decisions last night, there should be nothing made of the 'slap', if there is we should go after agbonlahor for 'manhandling a player off the ball' for judo flipping him. it's easier to write stories about barton 'not changing his spots' than a good article about how well we battled and were the better team and deserved the result. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Joey Barton: I'm innocent in Agbonlahor row JOEY BARTON has insisted his clash with Gabriel Agbonlahor in last night’s victory over Aston Villa at St James’s Park was “much ado about nothing” http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2008/11/04/joey-barton-i-m-innocent-in-agbonlahor-row-72703-22178115/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 barton was on the rough end of a lot of bad reffing decisions last night, there should be nothing made of the 'slap', if there is we should go after agbonlahor for 'manhandling a player off the ball' for judo flipping him. it's easier to write stories about barton 'not changing his spots' than a good article about how well we battled and were the better team and deserved the result. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/3331234/Newcastle-United-see-off-Aston-Villa-thanks-to-Obafemi-Martins-double--Football.html Henry Winter doesnt even mention the incident. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Joey Barton: I'm innocent in Agbonlahor row JOEY BARTON has insisted his clash with Gabriel Agbonlahor in last night’s victory over Aston Villa at St James’s Park was “much ado about nothing” http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2008/11/04/joey-barton-i-m-innocent-in-agbonlahor-row-72703-22178115/ Always well spoken. Shame he's been a complete muppet in the past. He's definitely captain material for any club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToonArmy Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Joey Barton: I'm innocent in Agbonlahor row Nov 4 2008 by Alan Oliver, Evening Chronicle JOEY BARTON has insisted his clash with Gabriel Agbonlahor in last night’s victory over Aston Villa at St James’s Park was “much ado about nothing”. Reports today suggest the Newcastle United midfielder faced trial by television after replays showed Barton putting his fingers on Agbonlahor’s lips. But even though he has a six-match suspended sentence hanging over him, Barton was quite relaxed about the whole affair when I spoke to him after the match. Barton appeared to be pushed in the back by Agonlahor while disputing a free-kick, and the United midfielder appeared to put his fingers on the Villa star’s lips. But the incident ended there, and both players shook hands on the final whistle. And in his only interview after the game, Barton told the Chronicle: “I thought it was a foul against me, and I had a hold of the ball. “We shook hands after the game and that’s the way it is. It was all about nothing. “Nothing has gone on, people are making a mountain out of a mole hill. “With the referee, linesmen, the fourth official and all the television cameras, you know you cannot raise your hands these days – and at no stage have I done that. “I am going home to bed now and I am going to sleep with a clear conscience.” Last night’s game was beamed out live by Setanta, and former referee Graham Poll – who got it so horribly wrong when commenting on the Habib Beye red card situation a fortnight ago in the eyes of the FA Regulatory Commission – gave his opinion that Barton should have gone off. But the player who committed two of the worst fouls of the game, and who has a squeaky clean reputation, was Villa’s former United winger James Milner – and he was not even booked. The incident with Agbonlahor took a bit of gloss off a superb Newcastle victory when the whole team, including Barton, played a full part. And the United midfielder added: “It was a pleasure to play for Newcastle United tonight, and long may it continue. “I felt a lot stronger, but really for me it was easy because I am playing in a good team.” Barton did pick up a booking for a seemingly legitimate tackle in the second half, and I can only hope it was not a case of his reputation preceding him. He added: “The ball is there to be won and I am going to contest it. This is a part of my game and that’s what I was brought here to do – hopefully I can just get on with it.” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 barton was on the rough end of a lot of bad reffing decisions last night, there should be nothing made of the 'slap', if there is we should go after agbonlahor for 'manhandling a player off the ball' for judo flipping him. it's easier to write stories about barton 'not changing his spots' than a good article about how well we battled and were the better team and deserved the result. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/3331234/Newcastle-United-see-off-Aston-Villa-thanks-to-Obafemi-Martins-double--Football.html Henry Winter doesnt even mention the incident. Actually he does, and goes on to say that although it was a nothing incident, Barton's capable of much worse. Then says "just wait" The most impartial and factful match report however Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benwell Lad Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 barton was on the rough end of a lot of bad reffing decisions last night, there should be nothing made of the 'slap', if there is we should go after agbonlahor for 'manhandling a player off the ball' for judo flipping him. it's easier to write stories about barton 'not changing his spots' than a good article about how well we battled and were the better team and deserved the result. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/3331234/Newcastle-United-see-off-Aston-Villa-thanks-to-Obafemi-Martins-double--Football.html Henry Winter doesnt even mention the incident. He does. But in the objective and level headed manner you'd expect from a good journalist. His line "Pride in the shirt, hunger in the tackle and touches of flair are all the Toon Army ask for and Kinnear’s players delivered" illustrates his knowledge of Newcastle and their fans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guinness_fiend Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 http://cache.wists.com/thumbnails/b/32/b324d447180335d7b008ab5cebaf44e0-orig Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Luque Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Agbonlawhore was sticking his lip out and having a go at barton. Barton just flicked it and walked away. Stupid thing to do, but it was nothing near a "slap" or "attack" the media claims it to be... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Total joke, if anyone else had done it, nothing would of been made of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest icemanblue Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 What a fucking non-story this is really, imagine all the times the cunt Rooney has pushed people around including judges without any punishment. This is ridiculous, fucking mental. Yeah! Rooney is a notorious judge-pusher! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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