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Still don't have a clue why he stopped following his former team mates on twitter.

 

But how many NUFC first team players are on Twitter?  Jonas and Simpson?  Anyone else?  It is mostly the kids.  Jonas rarely tweets and mostly in Spanish and Simpson's tweets are nonsense most of the time.

 

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Disappointed to see him go, he had his ups and downs but i would have to say he's been one of the most entertaining players to watch and listen to since he got an injury-free run, we will have a more settled side without him no doubt but not one that wins more matches.

 

On the wider picture, i think Mike and co have made it quite clear that anyone that doesn't agree with their policies and submit to their rule will be shipped out, or not signed in the first place. Nolan, Barton, Nolan are all strong characters who refused to 'tow the line' (regardless of what you think of the line itself), and Enrique had big goals with understandably aren't going to be realised here in the short or medium term.

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My personal belief is under Hughton the likes of Nolan and Barton had pretty much free reign, Ashley rightly or wrongly (probably a bit of both) didn't like this and replaced Hughton brining in a manager who wouldn't go along with this.

 

The players in the 'clique' didn't like this one bit, then when they weren't offered the big contracts they demanded used the obvious ill feeling the fans have towards the board (Barton being the biggest offender) to cause unrest and get moves away for cheap enough to allow these demands to be fulfilled by other clubs.

 

Enrique, although I think led us along quite a bit at least left for genuine ambitious reasons.

 

Now I am not absolving the board of any blame, all 3 players should have either stayed or not been allowed to leave for the pittance we got however I think the players have lied just as much, if not more than the board and have used the animosity mentioned above to sway the fans.

 

 

*tin hat*

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My personal belief is under Hughton the likes of Nolan and Barton had pretty much free reign, Ashley rightly or wrongly (probably a bit of both) didn't like this and replaced Hughton brining in a manager who wouldn't go along with this.

 

The players in the 'clique' didn't like this one bit, then when they weren't offered the big contracts they demanded used the obvious ill feeling the fans have towards the board (Barton being the biggest offender) to cause unrest and get moves away for cheap enough to allow these demands to be fulfilled by other clubs.

 

Enrique, although I think led us along quite a bit at least left for genuine ambitious reasons.

 

Now I am not absolving the board of any blame, all 3 players should have either stayed or not been allowed to leave for the pittance we got however I think the players have lied just as much, if not more than the board and have used the animosity mentioned above to sway the fans.

 

 

*tin hat*

Kid on skunkers who was very close to our previous owners and still gets some very good info reckons Enrique turned down an offer of £60K per week and dismissed it as derisory.

 

Don't kid yourself that that any of them are interested in anything other than money.

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Oh I'm not but I do believe even if Jose was after a lot more money he was still ambitious which played a part in his move (he wouldn't have moved to QPR or West Ham no matter what basically).

 

The long and short of it is there are a lot of people in the wrong over this (not just the easy target, the board) and the only ones really losing out are us, the fans (and slightly the board who could have got more money for all but it's their mistakes that let it get to this point so tough shit).

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My personal belief is under Hughton the likes of Nolan and Barton had pretty much free reign, Ashley rightly or wrongly (probably a bit of both) didn't like this and replaced Hughton brining in a manager who wouldn't go along with this.

 

The players in the 'clique' didn't like this one bit, then when they weren't offered the big contracts they demanded used the obvious ill feeling the fans have towards the board (Barton being the biggest offender) to cause unrest and get moves away for cheap enough to allow these demands to be fulfilled by other clubs.

 

Enrique, although I think led us along quite a bit at least left for genuine ambitious reasons.

 

Now I am not absolving the board of any blame, all 3 players should have either stayed or not been allowed to leave for the pittance we got however I think the players have lied just as much, if not more than the board and have used the animosity mentioned above to sway the fans.

 

 

*tin hat*

 

That argument sounds plausible but falls down on the swaying the fans.

 

Fair enough when they're still here, but why continue the 'lie' when they've left?

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Oh I'm not but I do believe even if Jose was after a lot more money he was still ambitious which played a part in his move (he wouldn't have moved to QPR or West Ham no matter what basically).

 

The long and short of it is there are a lot of people in the wrong over this (not just the easy target, the board) and the only ones really losing out are us, the fans (and slightly the board who could have got more money for all but it's their mistakes that let it get to this point so tough shit).

agree with that, in my book Enrique wants to get into Spain team and he has a much better chance of that at Liverpool than us (which doesn't reflect well on the way some managers view things tbh)

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stevewraith steve wraith

Best message i had today from @joey7barton 'i will be back when these 2 c@&*s f!?k off. I love the club and i love the fans' #nufc

 

This cunt loves his texts like :lol:

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Be interesting to see how things develop at QPR.

Wouldn't be surprised if he gets a softer ride from the southern media now he's joined a London club.

 

 

Well they were queuing up earlier to welcome him to London.

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My personal belief is under Hughton the likes of Nolan and Barton had pretty much free reign, Ashley rightly or wrongly (probably a bit of both) didn't like this and replaced Hughton brining in a manager who wouldn't go along with this.

 

The players in the 'clique' didn't like this one bit, then when they weren't offered the big contracts they demanded used the obvious ill feeling the fans have towards the board (Barton being the biggest offender) to cause unrest and get moves away for cheap enough to allow these demands to be fulfilled by other clubs.

 

Enrique, although I think led us along quite a bit at least left for genuine ambitious reasons.

 

Now I am not absolving the board of any blame, all 3 players should have either stayed or not been allowed to leave for the pittance we got however I think the players have lied just as much, if not more than the board and have used the animosity mentioned above to sway the fans.

 

 

*tin hat*

 

They may have been strong characters that stood up to the hierarchy but I would be amazed if  the same story doesn't happen next year when Colo and Jonas are into the final year of their contracts and they turn down new offers.  And others move on for better wages and to more ambitious clubs.  Their leaving will probably be less acrimonious because they are not likely to rock the boat.

 

We have to expect that as soon as we have a decent player on our hands, that they will move on fairly quickly once they get a better offer that this club are not prepared to match.  At the moment, we should have enough about us (providing we find someone who can score goals) to survive the the recent exodus but I don't think that will continue to be the case if the same scenario is repeated every year.

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Question, with such a frugal board, what justification do they have for letting him leave on a free? Seems a childish temperamental move, much like the sort of action they find unacceptable with Joey...

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Wraith's a fucking bellend.

 

A chronic one at that.

 

Couldn't be less interested about a talk-in like that. Even if they spill the truth, it's likely what we already suspect anyway. Ex-NUFC players talking about how shit the club is and how great it is being elsewhere? Fuck that.

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Question, with such a frugal board, what justification do they have for letting him leave on a free? Seems a childish temperamental move, much like the sort of action they find unacceptable with Joey...

 

They are childish and cunts

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