TRon Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Would like to think Joey Barton is more ambitious than Kevin Nolan like, cudnt see him ever wanting to drop down a league... I think he'd consider it if he gets a good contract. West Ham will likely only be in that division for one season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 cheeky bastard. absolutely essential we keep Barton for this season at least. he's not played particularly well and we still look to be struggling to find a coherent gameplan that gets the best out of him, but his character, effort and, as pardew said, his "eccentricity" on the pitch would be awful to lose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 I wouldn't really object to him leaving. I think we have too many midfielders in the centre circle who are similar and not enough width. It's only worth him leaving if we get someone like Barnetta in though and that's not happening in a month of Sundays now. I think Barton is the one who is a bit different, the rest look to be pace merchants who like to run at players and cause havoc with their skill, Barton is the slower one who relies more on his delivery and intelligent play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Would like to think Joey Barton is more ambitious than Kevin Nolan like, cudnt see him ever wanting to drop down a league... I think he'd consider it if he gets a good contract. West Ham will likely only be in that division for one season. There was small rumours about man u putting in for him, and he said thanks but no thanks on his twitter...however u are right that if he was offered long term security at west ham he wud probably be tempted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Barton's far too good for the Championship and he's not exactly shy about saying so, so hopefully he comes out and tells Nolan the prick to do one. In so many words anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 By the way, isn't that tapping up that would even make droopy face blush? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Barton's far too good for the Championship and he's not exactly shy about saying so, so hopefully he comes out and tells Nolan the prick to do one. In so many words anyway. Agree with this, I think Barton thinks far too much of himself to drop down to the championship. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 I wouldn't really object to him leaving. I think we have too many midfielders in the centre circle who are similar and not enough width. It's only worth him leaving if we get someone like Barnetta in though and that's not happening in a month of Sundays now. I think Barton is the one who is a bit different, the rest look to be pace merchants who like to run at players and cause havoc with their skill, Barton is the slower one who relies more on his delivery and intelligent play. Yep, couldn't disagree more with Tron. It's a diverse midfield trio, him, Tiote and Cabaye. There's so much going for it - would be desperately disappointed to see it broken up after only just getting it. I mean for God's sake, our fucking centre midfield since Bobby left. Absolute shite, every single year without fail, until Cheick came along. He was the first part of the jigsaw, now with Cabaye in there (who, already i can tell, will cover more yards then 90% of midfielders in the league) and Barton's intelligence on the ball... i can see it developing into a super little engine room. Really can't be underestimated, the centre of midfield. We should know it better than most, having put up with shite like Jenas, Faye, Parker, Butt, Smith since Speed left. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Taylor Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Sorry Kev, but you're being a cunt here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 I wouldn't really object to him leaving. I think we have too many midfielders in the centre circle who are similar and not enough width. It's only worth him leaving if we get someone like Barnetta in though and that's not happening in a month of Sundays now. I think Barton is the one who is a bit different, the rest look to be pace merchants who like to run at players and cause havoc with their skill, Barton is the slower one who relies more on his delivery and intelligent play. I thought that as well in theory, but in practice Tiote, Barton and Cabaye seem to be all lying quite deep and very central so we are missing both width and connection to the strikers. It hasn't looked right to me on the basis of the first two games in any case. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Nolan just wants another midfielder in there alongside him, so he can get away with doing less work, so he can continue his cherry picking ways. This guy is an elite con man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Is us setting his transfer fee at zero rewritten the rules on tapping up? Nolan's the 2nd player in as many days talking about wanting Barton to move there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingxlnc Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 I wouldn't really object to him leaving. I think we have too many midfielders in the centre circle who are similar and not enough width. It's only worth him leaving if we get someone like Barnetta in though and that's not happening in a month of Sundays now. I think Barton is the one who is a bit different, the rest look to be pace merchants who like to run at players and cause havoc with their skill, Barton is the slower one who relies more on his delivery and intelligent play. Yep, couldn't disagree more with Tron. It's a diverse midfield trio, him, Tiote and Cabaye. There's so much going for it - would be desperately disappointed to see it broken up after only just getting it. I mean for God's sake, our fucking centre midfield since Bobby left. Absolute shite, every single year without fail, until Cheick came along. He was the first part of the jigsaw, now with Cabaye in there (who, already i can tell, will cover more yards then 90% of midfielders in the league) and Barton's intelligence on the ball... i can see it developing into a super little engine room. Really can't be underestimated, the centre of midfield. We should know it better than most, having put up with shite like Jenas, Faye, Parker, Butt, Smith since Speed left. Emre had potential. Was a decent CM amongst all the dross. Him and Parker could have worked if bloody Roeder didn't try and make Parker our 'Gerrard'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Nolan just wants another midfielder in there alongside him, so he can get away with doing less work, so he can continue his cherry picking ways. This guy is an elite con man. He looks way off the pace at wham, looks even slower and missing simple chances he would have scored last season. Think it turned out to be pretty astute business getting £4m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 I wouldn't really object to him leaving. I think we have too many midfielders in the centre circle who are similar and not enough width. It's only worth him leaving if we get someone like Barnetta in though and that's not happening in a month of Sundays now. I think Barton is the one who is a bit different, the rest look to be pace merchants who like to run at players and cause havoc with their skill, Barton is the slower one who relies more on his delivery and intelligent play. Yep, couldn't disagree more with Tron. It's a diverse midfield trio, him, Tiote and Cabaye. There's so much going for it - would be desperately disappointed to see it broken up after only just getting it. I mean for God's sake, our fucking centre midfield since Bobby left. Absolute shite, every single year without fail, until Cheick came along. He was the first part of the jigsaw, now with Cabaye in there (who, already i can tell, will cover more yards then 90% of midfielders in the league) and Barton's intelligence on the ball... i can see it developing into a super little engine room. Really can't be underestimated, the centre of midfield. We should know it better than most, having put up with shite like Jenas, Faye, Parker, Butt, Smith since Speed left. Emre had potential. Was a decent CM amongst all the dross. Him and Parker could have worked if bloody Roeder didn't try and make Parker our 'Gerrard'. That's a case in point. In theory Parker, Butt ( ) and Emre were all good central midfielders but as a combination they were woeful. I'm getting a similar vibe with Barton, Tiote and Cabaye though I appreciate it's early days yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Nolan just wants another midfielder in there alongside him, so he can get away with doing less work, so he can continue his cherry picking ways. This guy is an elite con man. He looks way off the pace at wham, looks even slower and missing simple chances he would have scored last season. Think it turned out to be pretty astute business getting £4m. West Ham don't have the defence we had in the Championship, and so Nolan will be quite the liability for them in midfield. Think they'll struggle to keep goals out. A lot of decent attackign teams in the championship this season too. As of right now, I don't see West Ham coming back up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 I wouldn't really object to him leaving. I think we have too many midfielders in the centre circle who are similar and not enough width. It's only worth him leaving if we get someone like Barnetta in though and that's not happening in a month of Sundays now. I think Barton is the one who is a bit different, the rest look to be pace merchants who like to run at players and cause havoc with their skill, Barton is the slower one who relies more on his delivery and intelligent play. Yep, couldn't disagree more with Tron. It's a diverse midfield trio, him, Tiote and Cabaye. There's so much going for it - would be desperately disappointed to see it broken up after only just getting it. I mean for God's sake, our fucking centre midfield since Bobby left. Absolute shite, every single year without fail, until Cheick came along. He was the first part of the jigsaw, now with Cabaye in there (who, already i can tell, will cover more yards then 90% of midfielders in the league) and Barton's intelligence on the ball... i can see it developing into a super little engine room. Really can't be underestimated, the centre of midfield. We should know it better than most, having put up with shite like Jenas, Faye, Parker, Butt, Smith since Speed left. Emre had potential. Was a decent CM amongst all the dross. Him and Parker could have worked if bloody Roeder didn't try and make Parker our 'Gerrard'. Aye i excluded him cos i always liked Emre, i thought he was a genuinely good footballer. There's shades of him in Cabaye from what i've seen so far. Tenacity, decent on the ball, can hit one. Just hope Yohan can stay fitter for longer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 I think Barton might move to West Ham but surely he would wait until the end of the season to see if they were promoted first. I cannot believe he would drop down to the Championship unless he was desperate to leave and that was his only option. This must be the first time that a relegated team has targetted Premier League players to get them promoted. I thought West Ham were in a mess financially. Certainly, Gold and Sullivan moaned about the wage bill they inherited when they took over and then recruited players like McCarthy on stupid wages and gave Parker an even bigger contract. This Summer, they have already brought in Nolan, Carew, Joey O'Brien, Matty Taylor, Faye and McCartney from what I can remember. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Taylor Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Doesn't even want to leave anyway. No one better than us wants him. West Ham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Nolan said it himself, Barton's a winner. Winner's don't drop down leagues. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Nolan shouldn't talk shit like that. I loved him as a player here and will never forget what he's done to our club, but that's out of order. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sicko2ndbest Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 West ham gave got to pay Barton 60k for at least 3 years for him to go there. Can't see it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 West ham gave got to pay Barton 60k for at least 3 years for him to go there. Can't see it! I can see them paying it. I can't see Joey signing it. He'll genuinly hope that one more good season here will either secure him another contract here, or at a CL club (which is both unlikely, though). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Think he's due a goal after having a pretty fruitful preseason. Fancy him to knock one in either at Scunthorpe or against Fulham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 West Ham managed to give Nolan a silly contract, can't see they wouldn't Barton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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