Tachikoma Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Surely this is grounds for a libel suit? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 And I'm pretty sure if there was a racist inclination in what he'd done, that Agbonlahor, and even Beye who was right next to it, would have made something of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 FIFA will have to insist on putting mics on all players in future. The evidence they provide will come in handy for both prosecution and defence. Accuser - He said something racist! Accused - No I didn't! Media - We'll just assume he is guilty (unless later on he is proven innocent and then we will print a tiny retraction). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phil K Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 FIFA will have to insist on putting mics on all players in future. The evidence they provide will come in handy for both prosecution and defence. This being the same FIFA who "punish" Spanish and Croatian fans for GENUINE racism with laughably miniscule fines ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicky Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 No complaint from Villa - BBC Woop woop Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Surprise, surprise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Surprise, surprise. But still farcical to the max. I'm waiting for the "Barton murdered a lady bug" stories later in the week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Aye just ben on Setanta.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest icemanblue Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Cue no mention of it at all in the papers tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Cue no mention of it at all in the papers tomorrow. That or they'll criticise Villa. Perhaps they'll accuse Barton of intimidating them and threatening violence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest icemanblue Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Cue no mention of it at all in the papers tomorrow. That or they'll criticise Villa. Perhaps they'll accuse Barton of intimidating them and threatening violence. Nah, they won't criticise Villa. They're media darlings at the minute. It'll be exactly the same as the meeting Keegan had with Ashley towards the end of last season. Eighteen pages of specualtion the day before the meeting, with a 4 inch column the day after. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benwell Lad Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 If this hasn't come from the player himself then who has it come from? a resteraunteur in Beaconsfield apparently. Guy Bradley, 37, was outraged after watching a different camera angle of the bust-up on Setantas Football Matters. The restaurateur, of Beaconsfield, Bucks, said: You can see Barton saying something and it looks like hes saying big lips. If this is true I think he should be out of the game for good. Enough impartial evidence there to have him hung tbh, bye bye Joey. I just spoke to someone in Beaconsfield who said he lip read someone in the town and believes he was saying that he got a rotten dose of food poisining after eating in Mr.Bradley's establishment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakie Doke Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Barton should sue! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Just been told (dunno how true) that Barton was telling him to watch what he says because of the lip readers, Agbonlaho said something to Barton about taking cocks up his arse in jail. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Just been told (dunno how true) that Barton was telling him to watch what he says because of the lip readers, Agbonlaho said something to Barton about taking cocks up his arse in jail. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/7710206.stm Villa said they would have supported Agbonlahor but that he had decided against taking the matter further. The club confirmed they studied video evidence but any suggestion of racism could not be 100% proved. Eh? So which was it? If the player said it was fuck all, why try and prove anything? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/7710206.stm Villa said they would have supported Agbonlahor but that he had decided against taking the matter further. The club confirmed they studied video evidence but any suggestion of racism could not be 100% proved. Eh? So which was it? If the player said it was f*** all, why try and prove anything? Thats like saying he said it but we cannot prove it, disgrace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Just been told (dunno how true) that Barton was telling him to watch what he says because of the lip readers, Agbonlaho said something to Barton about taking cocks up his arse in jail. http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/9182/l89cba1bcf502980c1004efzp0.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest icemanblue Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/7710206.stm Villa said they would have supported Agbonlahor but that he had decided against taking the matter further. The club confirmed they studied video evidence but any suggestion of racism could not be 100% proved. Eh? So which was it? If the player said it was fuck all, why try and prove anything? Saving face, much? Twats. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 It's funny, if you are to visit any other forum or place where people talk football, they are saying how much of a scum Barton is . People are saying things like, "Look at him. He gets a second chance, and this is how he acts. He should be permanently banned from football." I mean I'm no Barton sympathiser, but this is sheer insanity. He hasn't done anything. I mean goodness, watch a Stoke match and you will see much more disturbing violence. It would be another thing if he was racist in his insults, but there has been no evidence that he was (not even in the African players' reactions like in the Terry or Emre incidents), so what the hell are we talking about here. The real shocking thing is to see ex-footballers, who know how emotional it can be out on the pitch, lampoon Barton for someting so innocuous Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Have Villa actually made any official comment about racism or is this all this stuff still being "reported" second hand? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakie Doke Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Just been told (dunno how true) that Barton was telling him to watch what he says because of the lip readers, Agbonlaho said something to Barton about taking cocks up his arse in jail. "you took cocks up your arse in jail" "just be careful what you say, sunny Jim - people might be able to lip read" somehow can't see that being Barton's response. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest elbee909 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Just been told (dunno how true) that Barton was telling him to watch what he says because of the lip readers, Agbonlaho said something to Barton about taking cocks up his arse in jail. "you took cocks up your arse in jail" "just be careful what you say, sunny Jim - people might be able to lip read" somehow can't see that being Barton's response. "Yeah, well you take them in your spare time! Outside of jail! In a consensual fashion!" Would have been a killer reply. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Darth Toon Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 BARTON `COULD STILL FACE CHARGE` Joey Barton could still face a Football Association charge despite Aston Villa striker Gabriel Agbonlahor's decision not to lodge an official complaint over an alleged remark made by the Newcastle midfielder during Monday night's match at St James' Park. Reports on Wednesday morning alleged that Barton made a racist comment during a confrontation involving the pair following a first-half foul. However, it is understood that Agbonlahor has told Villa manager Martin O'Neill that he does not want to take the issue to FA disciplinary chiefs. But despite the England Under-21 star's unwillingness to press the issue, the FA are awaiting observations from the player and Aston Villa before deciding if Barton should be charged. The West Midlands club were contacted by the FA on Wednesday morning and have a week to provide their account of events. It is understood there is a determination at Soho Square to deal with the issue as quickly as possible, but crucially it is now clear they are willing to act without the expressed permission of Villa. Once they have submitted their accounts, the FA's Football Regulation Department will decide whether to charge Barton over his alleged remark. http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_4459057,00.html FFS, this is getting ridiculous now! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 fkn hell, I wonder what he did say to Joey then, would be funny if it not Joey that gut itno bother over it, if he had been racist towards him no way he would let it go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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