jdckelly Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 now I'm certain the clubs had words with him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 I just don't see a role for him whatsoever in the setup now. Jonas, Marveaux, Cabaye, Tiote & Ben Arfa will all be ahead of him in the pecking order you'd imagine, so unless he's prepared to sit on his arse earning £60k a week on our bench for his last season, I can see him moving on anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 I just don't see a role for him whatsoever in the setup now. I could quite easily see a midfield 3 of him, Tiote and Cabaye, particularly in tough away games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Any comments about new signings or is he just bothered about losing his mate? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 I just don't see a role for him whatsoever in the setup now. I could quite easily see a midfield 3 of him, Tiote and Cabaye, particularly in tough away games. I think we'll be signing another midfielder tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 With our current squad Barton walks int to starting 11 with ease tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 With our current squad Barton walks int to starting 11 with ease tbh You reckon? I see a front 6 of Marveaux, Jonas, Cabaye, Tiote, Ben Arfa & Ba. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Any comments about new signings or is he just bothered about losing his mate? He will look a little silly if he only pipes up to moan. He should be happy that the club is signing some decent players and with more to come (hopefully). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 With our current squad Barton walks int to starting 11 with ease tbh You reckon? I see a front 6 of Marveaux, Jonas, Cabaye, Tiote, Ben Arfa & Ba. Havn't see Marveaux play so I cannot realy comment on him, but i'd have the rest and Barton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 I hope he stays, because how often are we going to be able to field a first-choice team? It happens so rarely these days that you can play your "best" XI for every game. Like Nut says though, it does appear we are looking to bring in another midfielder - as well as another striker - which would mean that I think he'd find himself outside of the team if all/nearly all of those players were fit to play. You'd imagine Cabaye, Tiote and Ben Arfa are automatic starters at present. Marveaux won't have joined to sit on the bench and neither will Ba. That only leaves one more place in the team, which could be a central midfield spot, an attacking midfield/wide slot or a striker slot, depending on what formation we play. You'd still imagine he would play 20+ games, given our luck with injuries, and would provide a great option from the bench (if he remained motivated enough to do so), but I can see Ashley/Llambias desperate to shift him if that's the case as they won't want somebody on that money as a fringe player when there's the likes of Ferguson, Gosling and Vuckic in and amongst it too. That's not even mentioning his potentially disruptive influence, etc. Not saying it's necessarily "right", just how I think it will be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED209 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 With our current squad Barton walks int to starting 11 with ease tbh You reckon? I see a front 6 of Marveaux, Jonas, Cabaye, Tiote, Ben Arfa & Ba. but one of those 6 is bound to be banned or injured at any one time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 With our current squad Barton walks int to starting 11 with ease tbh Agree with that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 With our current squad Barton walks int to starting 11 with ease tbh Agree with that. Would agree too, based on the squad as it stands in the here and now. I'd have him in there with Cabaye/Tiote, while having Ben Arfa/Marveaux outside of Ba. However, as Nut's argument/my argument goes, we don't appear to have finished bringing in attacking players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 With our current squad Barton walks int to starting 11 with ease tbh You reckon? I see a front 6 of Marveaux, Jonas, Cabaye, Tiote, Ben Arfa & Ba. but one of those 6 is bound to be banned or injured at any one time Would Barton's pride allow him to stay here though knowing he's playing because of injuries & suspensions? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 With our current squad Barton walks int to starting 11 with ease tbh Agree with that. Would agree too, based on the squad as it stands in the here and now. I'd have him in there with Cabaye/Tiote, while having Ben Arfa/Marveaux outside of Ba. However, as Nut's argument/my argument goes, we don't appear to have finished bringing in attacking players. True. I most certainly want to see what Marveaux has to offer, but whilst I have my reservations over how effective Jonas would be on the wing in the formation we appear to be taking on, I'd happy see him getting games. He is frustrating at times but when he's on his game he's class. So good at dribbling. The second half of this season in particular he was impressive. His end product improved as well for the most part. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCW1983 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Joey on Twitter...."Just had the best phone call of my life" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucaAltieri Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Joey7Barton Joseph Barton Just had best phone [call] of my life.......... 5 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 must not get my hopes up must not get my hopes up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Pardew ringing all the senior staff to let them know Smith's been sold back to leeds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 You'd imagine his lass is up the duff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 You'd imagine his lass is up the duff. stop spreading your logical conclusion! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCW1983 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 You'd imagine his lass is up the duff. Is that the kinda thing you tell people over then phone like? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlito Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Joey on Twitter...."Just had the best phone call of my life" Babestation again? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 You'd imagine his lass is up the duff. He already knew that, or have I made it up? Sure he mentioned it in his interview on Thursday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCW1983 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 You'd imagine his lass is up the duff. He already knew that, or have I made it up? Sure he mentioned it in his interview on Thursday. Yeah its been mentioned that his lass is up the duff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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