Joey Barton (now retired)

[ponsaelius]

Would not touch this guy with a 12 mile barge pole after this incident.

 

why?

 

Because pummelling a teenager in the face and getting a 6 month sentence is one thing, we can understand that, who hasn't done it?  But writing some tweets about your contract situation is beyond the pale.  A new low.

 

Welcome back.

 

 

Thanks...just wondered if there was anyone left still praising Ashley's acumen.

 

Just David Craig.

[Mr. Snrub]

Fucking hell, man. People do remember that Joey was arguably our best player, last season, right? Bunch of thick cunts.

 

He was, what about the 3 seasons before though?

 

So it makes sense to stick by him when he's in jail/out of form but once he starts to turn his life around and play the best football of his career we get rid?

[Skirge]

Fucking hell, man. People do remember that Joey was arguably our best player, last season, right? Bunch of thick cunts.

 

He was, what about the 3 seasons before though?

 

Including his time in hail ?

 

Nothing good has came from it, so Joey was/is in the wrong

[Minhosa]

David Craig on SSN: "Mike Ashley and Derek Llambias are very principalled"

 

Fuck off you arse licking twat!

 

He's a total cock end

 

And on the payroll.

 

Obvious every window. The guy is a cunt amonst cunts. A bit like Pr-dew.

[Guest icemanblue]

Fucking hell, man. People do remember that Joey was arguably our best player, last season, right? Bunch of thick cunts.

 

He was, what about the 3 seasons before though?

 

What about them?! Stay out of this you mongoloid.

 

[HawK]

No mate, it doesn't make any sense meaning its just not the case.  Tell me how it helps Ashley to lose a player for free if he's willing to sign for a reasonable contract?  He just personally hated Barton yeah?, before any of this twitter stuff even started?

 

The much more believable situation is that Barton was offered a deal and didn't accept it.  The club, rightly or wrongly, then said he wouldn't be offered anything more.

 

With Ashley, I think this is exactly the case.

 

So its your reasoned opinion that we didn't offer Barton any new contract at all and that was because Ashley doesn't like him as a person?

 

Pardew: "Barton wants a new deal, only got one year left"

 

Ashley "Nah I hate him"

 

Pardew "Why he's done nothing to you, and he's played well, and he's willing to take a big pay cut, we don't want him to leave for free"

 

Ashley "No I hate him, instead we'll antagonise him into leaving for nothing, I don't really like money anyway"

 

Regardless of your over-exaggeration, with Ashley's past proven logic and decision-making ability is this really so hard to imagine?

[Skirge]

Fucking hell, man. People do remember that Joey was arguably our best player, last season, right? Bunch of thick cunts.

 

He was, what about the 3 seasons before though?

 

So it makes sense to stick by him when he's in jail/out of form but once he starts to turn his life around and play the best football of his career we get rid?

 

His best football was at City not here

[Minhosa]

Fucking hell, man. People do remember that Joey was arguably our best player, last season, right? Bunch of thick cunts.

 

He was, what about the 3 seasons before though?

 

Could argue the same for Andy Carroll.

[Guest neesy111]

Fucking hell, man. People do remember that Joey was arguably our best player, last season, right? Bunch of thick cunts.

 

He was, what about the 3 seasons before though?

 

So it makes sense to stick by him when he's in jail/out of form but once he starts to turn his life around and play the best football of his career we get rid?

 

Nope, but not much you can do when your player starts deliberately to create a circus to get a transfer.

[The Prophet]

I'm shocked we haven't bother to ban twitter like given recent goings on.

[Dave]

Would not touch this guy with a 12 mile barge pole after this incident.

 

why?

 

Because pummelling a teenager in the face and getting a 6 month sentence is one thing, we can understand that, who hasn't done it?  But writing some tweets about your contract situation is beyond the pale.  A new low.

 

Welcome back.

 

 

Thanks...just wondered if there was anyone left still praising Ashley's acumen.

 

Loads of them, unfortunately. They're in denial about more than a few things.

[Minhosa]

Would not touch this guy with a 12 mile barge pole after this incident.

 

why?

 

Because pummelling a teenager in the face and getting a 6 month sentence is one thing, we can understand that, who hasn't done it?  But writing some tweets about your contract situation is beyond the pale.  A new low.

 

Welcome back.

 

 

Thanks...just wondered if there was anyone left still praising Ashley's acumen.

 

Loads of them, unfortunately. They're in denial about more than a few things.

 

Yep.

[Happy Face]

no professional can expect to slag their bosses off in a huge public space without consequence.

 

I constantly slag off my bosses on Twitter, Facebook, work forums and in emails to them.  I also go on strike when my terms aren't improved year on year.

 

It's the other way round really, no employer can expect to receive universal praise from all their employees, but they should cater to the most talented people in their employment.

[Guest icemanblue]

I'm shocked we haven't bother to ban twitter like given recent goings on.

 

Why ban something that is proving to be a handy money saving tool?

[ryanegg]

Has mike ashley been smoking crack seriously? Most probably our best player last season and allowed to go for free? Pardew is just a puppet and ashley is pulling the strings, I think we all know that for sure now, absolute disgrace that a fat wanker like him is allowed to ruin our club. I can't believe people are taking ashleys side with this either, barton is trying to expose the shambles that's going on behind the scenes of the club, fair play to him for doing so 

[mofo]

I'm shocked we haven't bother to ban twitter like given recent goings on.

 

Why ban something that is proving to be a handy money saving tool?

 

True story.

[Minhosa]

Can we have a poll of views on this? Be very interesting reading as there appears two camps.

[Guest firetotheworks]

I hardly ever post on here anymore and this type of thing is exactly why.

 

Honestly, what is the fucking point in discussing this, asking questions, pulling our hair out at the absolute remorseless, unabashed stupidity of the person that's running our club? Unless we can do something to get Ashley out, or to make a real difference, we're all just back-seat drivers until he's gone or we crash.

 

Selling 3 of our best players last season, and 100% of the team spirit that got us back and to where we are. It goes without saying that it's potentially suicidal, but absolutely nothing surprises me anymore and that's the saddest and most troubling thing for me. Those of you without a penchant for gloom will be pleased to know that I've given up talking about this sitch until it's to genuinely and effectively make a difference.

[Stifler]

no professional can expect to slag their bosses off in a huge public space without consequence.

 

I constantly slag off my bosses on Twitter, Facebook, work forums and in emails to them.  I also go on strike when my terms aren't improved year on year.

 

It's the other way round really, no employer can expect to receive universal praise from all their employees, but they should cater to the most talented people in their employment.

I slag my boss off to his face, but it's called friendly banter. Theirs a difference between me calling him a dirty Mackem and him calling me a Geordie bastard than what Barton has just done.

[HawK]

no professional can expect to slag their bosses off in a huge public space without consequence.

 

I constantly slag off my bosses on Twitter, Facebook, work forums and in emails to them.  I also go on strike when my terms aren't improved year on year.

 

It's the other way round really, no employer can expect to receive universal praise from all their employees, but they should cater to the most talented people in their employment.

 

Of course not, the big difference is that a Premier League footballer, and one of our very best performers and also one of the Premier League's (statistically) best performers in his position last season would have absolutely no problem finding another club/job, unlike Joe Bloggs who relies 100% on references and reputation

[Teasy]

So many people absorbed in the minutia of this. Lets all blame Carroll, then Lets all blame Nolan, then Lets all blame Enrique, now Lets all blame Barton.

 

Arguably 4 of our best players last season 'in it for themselves'. Open your damn eyes. This is Souness all over again but in a different guise.

 

Who are you talking about?  Who's putting all the blame on any of those players?  Don't you think its a bit f***ing childish not to see that some people just don't put the blame entirely on one party?  That maybe just BOTH parties are to blame in different ways.

 

It's the culture of this forum to bandwagon-jump and knee-jerk to every minute detail rather than to look at the bigger picture. Those that do are ridiculed. Barton's been an idiot, but Ashley is so bad it looks like he's actually trying to destroy the club and turn it into another vehicle to funnel cash out of in the long run or sell it.

 

I'm not saying Barton's not to fault in this, and I agree both are to blame - to varying degrees - for the eventual conclusion today.

 

21st May - Pardew wanted Barton to stay:

 

"It is up to the player and his agent to settle the deal that's now on the table.

 

"Contracts are complicated in terms of how they are paid, tax issues, length.

 

"I want Joey to stay."

 

Why does a manager that wants a player to stay, allow him to carry on like he does/did on twitter? Ashley/Llambias are very clever and wanted him out and I believe Barton's reasoning of wanting a 'Younger, better, cheaper player' are true. Pardew would have been told to not discipline/advise him on this. Barton would have been worthy of any 60k/week contract in the country if you compare to him other players on a similar sort of salary. McKay wants Barton to move on so he can get a final payday out of the player and Ashley just wants him off the books because I think he doesn't think he can sell him.

 

At the end of the day, Barton should have had a contract worthy of his talent that we all know he has. The offer he got must have been absolutely derisory and comparatively exploitative of the position that Ashley feels Barton has got no credence with other clubs. Barton went loopy and now is off on a free.

 

 

 

Claiming that people are putting all the blame on those players isn't a minute detail, its a reccuring, ignorant and extremely annoying assertion on this forum that I'm pretty fucking tired of reading.

 

Like I said I agree that Ashley ect probably wanted Barton out because of his age, character and wages.  But I do not agree that we must have offered him a terrible contract or that Barton is worthy of any £60k contract we could offer.  This is the kind of thinking that fucked us financially in the first place, which led to us ending up in the hands of Ashley.  Barton is absolutely NOT worth £60k a week, and certainly not on a long term deal that would take him into his early 30's.  The bloke was unlikely to be first choice this season.

[BONTEMPI]

Most thought from the start we made in the transfer market, snapping up free's and contract loopholes, tha

t Ashley was going to deliver on that promise of revamping the whole squad with the carroll money.

 

We need 3-4 players at the very least but with him penny pinching and only looking for bargains i'd be very surprised if we managed 1

 

People should've never assumed Ashley would change his ways, because he wont.

[SUPERTOON]

I hardly ever post on here anymore and this type of thing is exactly why.

 

Honestly, what is the f***ing point in discussing this, asking questions, pulling our hair out at the absolute remorseless, unabashed stupidity of the person that's running our club? Unless we can do something to get Ashley out, or to make a real difference, we're all just back-seat drivers until he's gone or we crash.

 

Selling 3 of our best players last season, and 100% of the team spirit that got us back and to where we are. It goes without saying that it's potentially suicidal, but absolutely nothing surprises me anymore and that's the saddest and most troubling thing for me. Those of you without a penchant for gloom will be pleased to know that I've given up talking about this sitch until it's to genuinely and effectively make a difference.

 

There is nothing we can do though.

[nufc4eva]

Bogof for west ham, its the sports direct way, except we don't stock them high

[Dr Venkman]

Would not touch this guy with a 12 mile barge pole after this incident.

 

why?

 

Can't pass, can't take corners, can't take free-kicks. Gobs off all day long on Twitter, and disputes the managers decisions. Previously convicted of behaviour such as stabbing cigars in teammates eyes & punching people on the training ground. Why would you?

 

because i think he's a very good footballer