J7 Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Am I the only person who thinks this could be vital in our survival chances? He adds so much to our midfield when he plays and could be the drive in midfield we so badly need. A Newcastle team with Barton in is far stronger than one without him. I can still remember Sunderland away when both him and Jonas came on and totally changed our performance. It was too little too late in that game but the mackems were shitting themselves. Excluding the first 3 games, the best weve looked as a team all season was when Barton was playing against Villa. If he hits the ground running and can stay injury free for the final games, I believe his impact will be vitally important. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Will be off the pace but will still be better that the rest of the shite we have in there. Very interested to see how we line up if everyone is fit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Will be off the pace but will still be better that the rest of the s**** we have in there. Very interested to see how we line up if everyone is fit. This is the problem. At this level players seem to need 2 or 3 games to get up to peak match fitness. A luxury we dont seem to have at this stage of the season. Look how long it has taken Owen to come back. You just cant expect too much too soon as much as we need the big names back. Sadly we have players in the first team now signed on reputation who can never hit those levels of fitness again. I think thats why we are in the bottom 3. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 He could end up being crucial, but it's probably too late now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thespence Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Have not seen enough of him since he joined us to big him up but the one thing he does have in his favour is he is not Nolan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mucky01 Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 our central defence is totally inept, Barton is the only hope we’ve got of changing this. Desperate days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sicko2ndbest Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Btw, has he even started training? Return to full training expected next week. He has been in light training for the last 2 weeks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Massive for us to have him back, lets just hope he finds fitness and form quick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rinaldo #18 Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Guthrie-Barton/Butt-Nolan Jonás Owen/Martins-Carroll Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Massive for us to have him back, lets just hope he finds fitness and form quick. Aye, we could do with a few million back for him in the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Last season after injury, he took a while for him to make any kind of impact (unlike earlier this season, where he was coming back after suspension so seemed to hit the ground running). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stalker Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 It's hard for any player to get back to full match fitness after coming back from a long injury but I think it's especially true for players in the middle of the park who are expected to make the team tick. I thought in January he was the one hope for our season but then he got injured and I just wonder whether he's not going to have enough time now to really make an impact. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmymag Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 When he does get back it'll take him two or three games to get match fit and find his form, it could all be too late by then. Could make a good impact sub though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 If he's not fit for the games against Fulham, boro and Portsmouth he might as well start his summer holidays now. He's far better than anything else we've got but he's turned out to be a terrible signing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Whats wrong with him, totally forgot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Whats wrong with him, totally forgot. Physically or mentally? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stalker Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Whats wrong with him, totally forgot. Broken metatarsal I think Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 If he hadn't kicked the ground against City we'd be in a lot better position than we are now imo. It's too late now, as it will take him 2/3 games to sharpen up and by that time the season will have finished. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 I tend to agree thagt he could make the difference, just too late now though to pin any hope on him turning us around, we have to hope for the likes of Guthrie and Nolan to begin to step up to the plate and getting that midfield ticking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 I tend to agree thagt he could make the difference, just too late now though to pin any hope on him turning us around, we have to hope for the likes of Guthrie and Nolan to begin to step up to the plate and getting that midfield ticking. Both were abysmal against Stoke so it's difficult to pin much hope on either really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmymag Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 I tend to agree thagt he could make the difference, just too late now though to pin any hope on him turning us around, we have to hope for the likes of Guthrie and Nolan to begin to step up to the plate and getting that midfield ticking. Both were abysmal against Stoke so it's difficult to pin much hope on either really. To be fair to Guthrie he was coming back from injury and was the only midfielder to try to put his foot on the ball. And even if he wanted to play football it's very difficult when Butt and Nolan don't want to show for the ball. I've still got faith in Guthrie, he hasn't done a lot wrong in what must be proving a very difficult season for him considering his lack of experience. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Barton, Bassong and Martins for me are the most integral players to our survival, we need Joey back asap Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 I tend to agree thagt he could make the difference, just too late now though to pin any hope on him turning us around, we have to hope for the likes of Guthrie and Nolan to begin to step up to the plate and getting that midfield ticking. Both were abysmal against Stoke so it's difficult to pin much hope on either really. To be fair to Guthrie he was coming back from injury and was the only midfielder to try to put his foot on the ball. And even if he wanted to play football it's very difficult when Butt and Nolan don't want to show for the ball. I've still got faith in Guthrie, he hasn't done a lot wrong in what must be proving a very difficult season for him considering his lack of experience. I like Guthrie as a player, don't get me wrong. Unlike Nolan, he's got some natural ability and actually looks like he's fit enough to play the game at this level and he has good ability on the ball. He does tend to hide in some games and doesn't look to take charge which is what he needs to work on if he doesn't want to be seen as a Liverpool reject all his life. It's up to him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Luque Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Can't wait. Hope it's not too late. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Was it someone off here or someone I know off the forum who said they'd seen him out in Town recently? Apparently said "I'll be back soon and I'll keep us up" when asked about his return Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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