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As long as he stays this season I am happy. He can be replaced over time imo but it would be nice to keep the momentum of the team from last year and build on that, rather than gambling and gutting it and putting fresh replacements in.

 

This really, any kind of extension would be a bonus for me!

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:lol:

 

Honestly think the length of the contract is more important than the actual wedge. Not that the contract (if there is one?) will get signed due to general stubbornness and a lack of compromise.

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Got it. He's worth no more than £3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679 

8214808651328230664709384460955058223172535940812848111745028410270193852110555964462294895493038196 

4428810975665933446128475648233786783165271201909145648566923460348610454326648213393607260249141273 

724587006606315588174881520920962829254091715364367892590360011330530548820466521384146951941511609m per year IMO.

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I'd be satisfied with that, personally. He should be too.

 

Nixon, you've made Dave so mad that he's broke the thread. Look. Look what you did. He's gone against everything he's ever stood for.

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imo barton would be fantastic playing in a three mand central midfield alongside cabaye and tiote - so as much as i hate his personality, i'd like to keep him this season and hopefully convince him to stay at a reasonable contract rate

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imo barton would be fantastic playing in a three mand central midfield alongside cabaye and tiote - so as much as i hate his personality, i'd like to keep him this season and hopefully convince him to stay at a reasonable contract rate

 

I think we might need Barton this season just to give us some experience and premier know how in the middle. The downside is that might make us reluctant to bid for Zog or Matuidi while Barton's still on the payroll.

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There's no way I can see Ashley passing up the opportunity to get some cash in for Barton this Summer if he's not going to offer him a new contract.

I hope no-one comes in. He's going to perform a lot better next season trying to win a contract (be it with us with us or other potential employers) than sitting on a new one. Some players are like that. (However you excuse him or argue that he's changed, he was a nightmare for us for a couple of years after signing his fat long contract, but has been great the last 2 years - gratuitous rabbit-punches and tweets excepted.)

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There's no way I can see Ashley passing up the opportunity to get some cash in for Barton this Summer if he's not going to offer him a new contract.

I hope no-one comes in. He's going to perform a lot better next season trying to win a contract (be it with us with us or other potential employers) than sitting on a new one. Some players are like that. (However you excuse him or argue that he's changed, he was a nightmare for us for a couple of years after signing his fat long contract, but has been great the last 2 years - gratuitous rabbit-punches and tweets excepted.)

 

Ashley can't sell Barton if Barton decides that he's going to stay and I think Barton's the type of person who could do that.  I don't think he's bothered if Ashley, Llambias and Pardew don't want him at the club.

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Yeah, wasn't one of the things he's said at those talk-ins that he loves working with Pardew and that Pardew was working hard to get him the deal he wanted or something?

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If an acceptable offer came in for Barton and Barton refused to leave I'm sure Ashley could force the issue by telling Barton he won't get a game for the last year of his contract. Barton saying he'll leave on a Bosman versus Mike Ashley telling Barton he won't play a game for a season. Who'd cave in first? Barton I'd imagine.

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If an acceptable offer came in for Barton and Barton refused to leave I'm sure Ashley could force the issue by telling Barton he won't get a game for the last year of his contract. Barton saying he'll leave on a Bosman versus Mike Ashley telling Barton he won't play a game for a season. Who'd cave in first? Barton I'd imagine.

 

Barton won't go down without a fight though. If the above happens, all hell would break loose on his Twitter.

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By all accounts he gets on with Pardew like.

 

So did Nolan until he left, most players get on with the manager while at the club.

 

There's nothing to suggest that Pardew wants rid of Barton. He might have been forced to get rid of him by the blokes upstairs (if you subscribe to that sort of theory) but I get the feeling that Pardew quite rates him.

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There's nothing to suggest that Pardew wants rid of Barton. He might have been forced to get rid of him by the blokes upstairs (if you subscribe to that sort of theory) but I get the feeling that Pardew quite rates him.

 

I did say "if," as none of us know what Pardew does or doesn't want.  What he says means as little as him saying nothing at all.

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