johnnypd Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Would be immense if Barton returned, a real two fingers up to Ashley and co and a huge boost for the side. but then - substantial pay-rise and long-term contract security playing for a side that is looking to invest in players - as opposed to coming back to a team who banished you from training, wanted nowt to do with you and wanted you gone on a free. the tough bit is that, at the end of the day, he'd be playing for shitty QPR at smelly, ramshackle loftus road, instead of for a big team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I don't think that's so much about exploiting the opposition as playing it safe against certain opposition. You don't try to play pretty Football from the back against teams that are closing you down at every turn and jumping into tackles against you unless you're: A Barca or B: want to lose the game. If we play a team similar or inferior to us who try to play Football and we still played long ball then I've be worried. Lets see how we handle Fulham, at home we should always be looking to play good Football against a team like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Haris Vuckic Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Joey is a mighty king, a shogun warrior who's roar send the tigers fleeing. He must return although slightly crestfallen, the warrior will still dance with the sun, he will still be kissed by it's golden glow/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pedro_de_geordieo Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 At the end of the day if he stays another season and runs down his current deal he'll still get a contract from someone if we don't play ball. So what has he got to loose he likes it up here so why go? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
womblemaster Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 barton isnt the football genius that the anti ashley camp are harping on about here. atmo tho we dont have a replacement for him in the team.......loovenkrands down the right?...eeek! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Can see him doing the sum total of 'absolutely fuck all' at QPR, and ending up back in the Championship again with them. Warnock will play him centrally in a 4-4-2 and realise what a bad signing it will have been for them. Wish he'd just stay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudil Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I haven't watched QPR in the premiership yet but i doubt they will play 4-4-2 due to Taarabt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest H09 Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I haven't watched QPR in the premiership yet but i doubt they will play 4-4-2 due to Taarabt. Jay Bothroyd and DJ Campbell upfront I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudil Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I haven't watched QPR in the premiership yet but i doubt they will play 4-4-2 due to Taarabt. Jay Bothroyd and DJ Campbell upfront I think. A diamond I'd imagine. Which suits Barton fine imo. He can play on the left or right of the 2, as proved when he played there under Keegan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest icemanblue Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Joey is a mighty king, a shogun warrior who's roar send the tigers fleeing. He must return although slightly crestfallen, the warrior will still dance with the sun, he will still be kissed by it's golden glow/ Love this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I would be willing to bet he hasn't signed for QPR yet because 1) they won't offer him enough money or 2) a long enough contract. Think he's just testing the waters because he wants to feel needed/wanted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyP Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I would be willing to bet he hasn't signed for QPR yet because 1) they won't offer him enough money or 2) a long enough contract. Think he's just testing the waters because he wants to feel needed/wanted. i wish this was true but i think they will dole out a 5 year contract at £70k...it just feels like this may have been his plan at the start, and he would make outrageous demands and end up getting it all! It does seem that everything he does at the moment is probably at the advice of his agent/image consultant, every single tweet... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxfree Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I would be willing to bet he hasn't signed for QPR yet because 1) they won't offer him enough money or 2) a long enough contract. Think he's just testing the waters because he wants to feel needed/wanted. Disagree. I don't think he has signed yet, but that's because he's not sold on QPR. At all. He's pushing for a new contract/trying to get bigger clubs interested. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzieMandias Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Yeah, it hasn't worked out very well for poor Joey. All that hard work turning down contracts and slagging off his employers and tweeting quotes from GCSE literature, and now the only guy interested in him is Neil Warnock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Joey is a mighty king, a shogun warrior who's roar send the tigers fleeing. He must return although slightly crestfallen, the warrior will still dance with the sun, he will still be kissed by it's golden glow/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Realistically, if this is his best offer, he has to take it. He could suffer a career ending injury next week, and have to retire without the compensation of a long contract. Still, realism isn't Joey's strong point, and he finds decisions difficult. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Do you know him personally? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzieMandias Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 He'll be a bigger fish in a smaller pond at QPR. Probably suit him fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Realistically, if this is his best offer, he has to take it. He could suffer a career ending injury next week, and have to retire without the compensation of a long contract. Still, realism isn't Joey's strong point, and he finds decisions difficult. Isn't that the case with any player in the last year of his contract? If, for example, a player like Lovenkrands was in the last year of his contract, gets badly injured, he'd struggle even more to find a new club than without the injury. The only difference in Joey's situation is, that he almost for sure won't get a new contract at his currenct club. But the risk of getting a new one wherever are the same as ever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest johnson293 Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Some alleged details of the contract offers (by QPR) to Barton... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/newcastle-united/8723789/Newcastles-Joey-Barton-bartering-over-wages-makes-his-agent-rich.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 No wonder McKay is pushing for the deal and talking it up in the papers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Do we have any other players represented by McKay? Want shot of that fucker ASAP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzieMandias Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Some alleged details of the contract offers (by QPR) to Barton... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/newcastle-united/8723789/Newcastles-Joey-Barton-bartering-over-wages-makes-his-agent-rich.html Glad to see Willie McKay'll be happy, anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tisd09 Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I won't be surprised at all to see him turn this contract down. QPR doesn't really match his profile. No matter what anyone thinks of this whole situation Barton is very egotistical, he believes he is an England International, you don't get many of them wanting to sign for QPR at the moment. I just want the whole saga done and dusted. In an ideal world Barton comes back and is given a two year contract then hopefully this sorry situation is put to bed, unfortunatley all I can see happening is Barton returning not signing a new contact and each week being a ticking time bomb. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Yep. Would somehow be very difficult for him and club to live with the situation over the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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