It may have been related to him punching people in the street, or maybe punching people on the training ground, or maybe punching people during a televised Premier League match. Or maybe they had in mind his creative use of a teenager’s eye as an ashtray or the way he used Xabi Alonso as a doormat. No matter what the cause, there would have been a clause.
Ahhh the sheer Poetry!!
Following his last outburst he would have been taken aside and told “Now, now, Joseph. No more silliness or I’ll count to 5…. !”
Joseph chose to be silly and the counting is, I suspect, complete.
To change the subject briefly I’m half way through writing a little piece on “loyalty”. I have never understood this bizarre idea that a footballer, being paid for providing a service, or lets say “plying his trade”, should be expected to show loyalty when a better deal comes along.
Imagine, you are stacking shelves at the local Co-Op and someone comes along from Tesco’s and offers you an extra hundred quid a week to stack their shelves instead.
How long would loyalty play a part in your decision?
I was, and still am, determined to show that in 99.9% of all cases – loyalty is the stuff of fairytales. It is, to put it in laymans terms, a complete load of bollocks. Does your plumber show loyalty? The woman at the Post Office? Your local News Reader?
No. And why should they?
Notice that I said that it was only in 99.9% of cases that loyalty was a load of bollocks.
So what about the other 0.1%? What’s that all about?
That other 0.1% is Joey Barton.
If anyone should show loyalty it is Joey Barton.
If anyone should keep it zipped when others are gobbing off, it’s Joey Barton.
If anyone was treated more than fairly, against all odds, it was Joey Barton.
If anyone was given a chance by the club when even the fans said he should be dumped, it was Joey Barton.
So if anyone deserves to be kicked out for being a complete ****, it has to be………well, figure it out yourself.
Andy Carroll – 35 million pounds. Unbelievable deal. Dumb to turn it down.
Kevin Nolan – wanted a 13 million pound commitment, couldn’t get it, went somewhere he could.
Jose Enrique – wants European Football, cant get it – out there actively lobbying
Joey Barton – wants, well I’m not really sure what he wants.
This is hardly the Teletubbies that we are talking about here.
The only reason that Barton has been transfer listed as a freebie is because the money saved on his salary equals roughly his expected transfer fee. Enrique should thank his lucky stars that he’s more bankable.
Last season I posted weekly assessments of all the matches.
I slated Barton almost every week.
Over the whole season I think I gave him one man of the match and just could not understand why everyone was raving so much about him.
We now have three or four midfielders who can distribute the ball better than Barton, can tackle better, are faster, and in all likelihood will make it through the season without punching anyone.
We can live without him.
Note from Toonsy – Thanks to Archie Brand for giving us this rather controversial and alternative vuewpoint on the Joey Barton situation.
Can we live without Joey Barton?
NO… 😥
mark(Quote)
yes we can live with out joey,but really we shouldnt of had to..
hes just been fined 2 weeks wages 😆
hitman(Quote)
Nice one Archie – completely agree. No player is bigger than the club …
shrews mag(Quote)
latest tweets
Joey7Barton Joseph Barton
Ha ha the inevitable, 2 weeks wages fine has just arrived. Needless to say it shall be appealed forthwith. #kickingamanwhilsthesdownha
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Joey7Barton Joseph Barton
I also have too much respect for my teammates and the fans, to get in a *** for tat war with them. I have too much self-worth and dignity
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Joey7Barton Joseph Barton
If the club want to put out all these false statements via the Chronicle, then let them do that. Everyone here knows, I speak the truth…..
mark(Quote)
I dont really mean No, if we replace him then fine, if not we will struggle after injuries..
mark(Quote)
If the club want to put out all these false statements via the Chronicle
what Lee Rider colaborating with the Toon chiefs… doubt it Joey, that would never happen… 😯
mark(Quote)
I toned down the original title on behalf of Archie by the way 😕
Yes we can live without Barton. People bang on about not winning a game without him but that is kind of irrelevant. Did we never win a game before Barton came along like?
End of the day I’m gutted it’s ended like this and that it looks as though Barton is off, but at the end of the day I can’t really say I’m surprised. Barton’s tweets may have truth in them – we know all about the owner – but I can’t help but think this has been planned from day one of Barton going on Twitter.
He is a bright lad and will have known that he is pushing buttons with people and eventually made them upstairs snap.
toonsy(Quote)
Players, managers, owners … even grounds can all be changed.
For better or for worse but they are all transient.
Fans are the football club.
Can we live without Joey, yes of course.
I’d rather live without Ashley & Llambias, and they can take their puppet with them as the door of St James’ slams on their @rses.
It will happen one day, and what a day that will be.
Brown ale or two anyone?
geoff777(Quote)
@toonsy
yes, perhaps the 5yr contract he was after may be available now.. messy stuff..
mark(Quote)
not one win without him in the squad last season say enough for me… NO! we cant!
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
It’s not controversial to slag off Joey Barton, though I’m interested as to who these midfielders are?
Tiote – Brilliant player, but on the same level as Joey (especially on the card front)
Marveaux – Unproven, comes from a weaker league, injury problems
Cabaye – Looks decent but still unproven, and as above comes from a weaker league
Jonas – Dribbles decently and puts a good effort in but that’s about it. Gets shown up often, especially internationally. Fans have taken to him because they wish for a decent Ginola facsimile (which N’Zogbia was, by the way)
Gosling – Decent, but not a tiger like Joey
Ben Arfa – Promising but unproven
Smith – A liability
Vuckic – Unproven
This isn’t objective – this is just “I don’t like Joey and everyone else does so I’m going to try and make everyone see that he’s a thug”.
The squad is pathetically weak, we’re hanging on to people like Steven Taylor, Mike Williamson and Ameobi and pretending that they’re anywhere near the quality required. They aren’t, but nothing has been done about it. Pardew knows this, but doesn’t have any dignity or any kind of guts. Llambias and Ashley are making the decisions. This is why it’s important Joey spoke out, no matter the intentions. To show publically how the club is being systematically gutted by these two idiots, and at least try and get some of those gullible ‘you have to stand behind the club’ fans who would go every week even if Ashley renamed the club to Fuckwits United to see the bigger picture. After all, if an FA tribunal can prove that they lied to the fans (and Keegan) and people can still back them over Joey, something is seriously wrong.
Charlie(Quote)
And I see Barton has just been fined two weeks wages. And he is appealing it.
Quite surprised that a lot of people on Twitter are asking him to give it a rest.
I wonder what this truth is he i banging on about? He should get it out in the open. He has nowt to lose now does he so why not let everyone know exactly what his beef is? 😕
toonsy(Quote)
Very good article.
Can we live without him? Yes, but we clearly aren’t as good without him.
MDS(Quote)
SpencerTheToon
August 2, 2011 at 17:29
“not one win without him in the squad last season say enough for me… NO! we cant!”
What about before that? You know, when he was unavailable/injured/suspended/in prison?
He is just a football player. Get a fucking grip man. Football players come and go. More fool you Spence for thinking otherwise…
toonsy(Quote)
Toonsy, I think he will wait until he moves club. “Dignity” and all that..
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
Toonsy- We have already lost 2 big players in the dressing room though Nolan and Carroll..
I’m telling you now man, we lose Barton, if we go 2 down in a match, the team will just give up.
Will we even have a English speaking player left in the first 11 that is vocal?
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
He has 44,000 extra followers in 24 hours. That’s the power of twitter for you.
Mumpy(Quote)
If the stuff in the Chronicle are lies then they are massive ones. I’m sure they embellished events, perhaps signifcantly, but it’s taking a pretty big chance to tell a lie that a room full of witnesses could shoot down.
MDS(Quote)
SpencerTheToon
August 2, 2011 at 17:35
“Toonsy- We have already lost 2 big players in the dressing room though Nolan and Carroll..”
And maybe, just maybe, someone else will step up to the plate. It’s happened before and will happen again.
“I’m telling you now man, we lose Barton, if we go 2 down in a match, the team will just give up.”
Like they did at times with Barton in the side anyway….
toonsy(Quote)
“that is vocal” Excuse my poor English 😳 😆
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
al this twittering I think he’s addicted nd lost the plot. 😯 Won’t look too good for future employers.
he needs to ditch the twitter…
mark(Quote)
For me the situation we have here is FAR more about squad depth than an individual. The old cliche “nobody bigger than the club” will always ring true in situations like this, but that isn’t gona make the sh1tstorm we’re in dissipate. What really rankles with me is exactly what Archie has mentioned in this article, but for different reasons I.E. the club has stuck with him through thick and thin, through hell and high water, through all his ineffective performances, and we decide to sell him, for nowt, JUST as he seems to be hitting his peak!!!!
For me this is all about him having the nerve (!) to speak out, ooh, what a naughty boy. Of course he’s gona kick off in the changing room after the Leeds game, he can see the glaring holes in the squad, and knows more about fatty and owl heed’s plans than we do. He’s kicked off because he cares; and been kicked out by two who don’t.
As Freddy Shepherd as so succinctly put it in his recent Talksport interview…..”They should have just swallowed it [the Twitter criticism] and given him a clip!”
Rodzilla(Quote)
Yes we can live without him but I’d rather live without the directionless trio.
Blaydonson(Quote)
Maybe once or twice, but at this rate we’re going to turn into a bunch of pounces like arsenal that don’t fight.
Maybe its just me saying we need him because I want him to stay.
But I think we are in for a bumpy ride next season, and not an enjoyable one at that.
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
“Can we live without Joey Barton?”
Is there more stupid question of this? The answer is so simple… We’ve been without him in the first 2.5 years of his contract. Not only we can live without him, but we can be better… but this depends on his replacement.
spitfire_(Quote)
al this twittering I think he’s addicted nd lost the plot. Won’t look too good for future employers.
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I can’t see anyone giving him a 4 year deal on his current wages. way too much risk involved there.
His best contract offer will probably be the one he turned down from us…
MDS(Quote)
@SpencerTheTooN
agree m8. But if we replace him with a quality signing we may be better off for it…
S Parker is still available.. but his wage, age and contract expectations rule out any move.
mark(Quote)
Spitfire, my money’s on the invisible man.
Rodzilla(Quote)
“But if we replace him with a quality signing”
Give me one instance where we have done that with Ashley in charge?
Dont use Nolan for Cabaye because Cabaye is unproven in the premier league.
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
Toonsy i would like to think that u would agree on one point.
When Barton was Jailed,who was the captain? Owen? Is he a decent captain? No right.
What i am referring is that Yes,The club can still go on,but missing out two great Leaders +Alan Smith(gotta admit he is great leader.Even thought he is gone in footballing skills), it will affect the whole team.
You don’t expect Life to go on as per “norm” right as of now? The Question is, HOW LONG will it take to be back to norm?
Is Colo able to withstand such huge pressure on his shoulders to once again stablise the team moral?
Even Harper doesn’t seems to get many games i reckon in the new season.
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
Maybe the next question is , can Barton live without Newcastle united ? i can tell you’s all now . There is not many clubs fans that would welcome him to their club . He was playing in the last chance saloon here and he is so stupid he does not yet comprehend that , but he will when whichever club dares to take him presents him to the public .
Axel(Quote)
Tiote for Smith…
mark(Quote)
I would suggest that Joey Barton HAS shown loyalty.
I suppose it depends how you define loyalty though? If it’s sitting there for the duration of your contract picking up a massive wage playing the odd bit of footy, such as Alan Smith or the Scarlet pimpernel, Xisco, then yeah, they are showing incredible loyalty. Neither of them have requested a move. They simply don’t want to go. It’s just so **** good this club, and they are just the loyalest of the loyals.
Now let’s look at it another way. How about loyalty being an act caused by feeling? How about it being as a result of how you feel about being here? Being part of this club? Imagine you love being here. You really love the club, the area and the fans.
In fact you don’t just enjoy all that, you care about it and them. You care about it so much that despite the negative impact it will probably have on your choice of future club, you are prepared to speak out because you know something is inhernetly wrong at the club. There’s a cancer in the club, and as others have started speaking out, so too must you.
You wanted to play for the club so much, that you offered to take a pay cut for your new deal, but no dice. This player of the year approaching his prime was told he wasn’t wanted by the wise powers that be. Certainly NOT the manager’s decision.
How long would YOU carry on with this charade of being lied to by your manager, MD and owner? Knowing that whilst you are not totally privvy to what is going on behind closed doors, you are certainly far closer to it and more aware than virtually every fan. Imagine YOU knew that they were just lying their way through this and using Pardew as the fall guy, what would you do about it?
Would you just ‘appear’ loyal, bite the bullet and carry on as if nothing happened? Would you just turn a blind eye? Or would you realise that there are so many cracks appearing, and so many others are making comment that to avoid doing so would be to just turn the other cheek and pretend it’s nothing to do with you.
Some people care enough to help expose situations, even if it opens a can of worms. Some people care enough to just keep on picking up their pay packet and keeping quiet under the guise of loyalty.
Oh, and let’s crowbar in here somewhere the MASSIVE and I mean MASSIVE (Hence the double capitals) hypocrisy in bringing up every bad thing Barton has done in the past – everything you can think of is pre this season (bar the pathetic reaction from Pedersen).
Just how many threads were there about his colourful past during the 2010/11 season?
Anybody?
There must have been loads surely? I mean, the way forum’s are lighting up about him now it must surely have been a major issue during the season?
No?
Why’s that then?
Anything to do with him generally growing up and playing some excellent football, showing commitment, passion and desire to keep us pushing for that top 10?
I thought so.
The attacks on this board and many others on Barton are like stale marriages, where the husband or wife take it in turns to bring up past misdemeanours from years gone by, because it suits their argument at the time. It doesn’t matter what the actuality of the situation is now. What matters is getting one over, winning your point and using any means to do so.
Ignore what’s in front of you and concentrate on the past by all means, but don’t expect things to ever improve.
Michael Laudrup(Quote)
@spencerthetoon
lol Wilko for FitzHall
mark(Quote)
Tiote wasn’t smiths replacement, he was his competition.
Fitzhall was brought in the same window as willo and he was only on loan, I assume you mean willo and not wilko.
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
Dont use Nolan for Cabaye because Cabaye is unproven in the premier league.
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So is Lionel Messi but I’d have him 😉
MDS(Quote)
Off Course we can live with out him and the way the Fatman goes about things we will have to live with out a few more of our top player’s in the near future,
After saying from yesterday that it wont be long before the club start to leak lies to blacken his name the sameway they did with KK ( that he wanted Henry, Beckham and co) the Chron run the leaked lies today and wouldn’t you know it loads took the bait 👿
Joey is a lot of things but I do believe he is honest and calls a spade a spade
@Joey7BartonJoseph Barton
If the club want to put out all these false statements via the Chronicle, then let them do that. Everyone here knows, I speak the truth…..
As he said when the time is right he will let it be known, but I am pretty certain some fans will still side with the clubs spin and lies
Big Dave(Quote)
MDS- Messi has shown that he can play agains the very best teams ie. rapped @rsenal and man united.
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
yes Willo..
Well hopefully we have someone lined up, if not…we will struggle this season. undoubtedly his steel and leadership qualities will be sorely missed.. imo
mark(Quote)
SPENCERTHETOON@23 are you forgetting that we have Tiote , Colo ,STaylor and Guti ? they will hardly get bullied out of games . All this **** about the fight and steel is gone without Barton and Nolan is starting to get on my tits .
Axel(Quote)
I hear ya, Michael Laudrup.
Rodzilla(Quote)
Chronicle or Talksport? Michael Laudrup talks more sense than either.
Blaydonson(Quote)
Does anybody else agree that what’s been missing from our midfield for years is creativity?
We’ve got Tiote who could probably stop a train if he was asked to, and then there’s Jonas and Enrique playing tag up the left – all very good , but no creativity.
As for teh comment about going 2 -0 down and not fighting back if Bartons not there – I’d rather not go 2 – 0 down.
Archie Brand(Quote)
@Archie Brand
But Barton was our creator, without him you are looking at Cabaye and err Guthrie…
mark(Quote)
Archie- No one wants to go 2-0 down. But when you do, you want to be sat there thinking, we can still get a result you know. Not think, oh ****, damage limitation.
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
The CC match against Chelski was one of my favourite matches last season. We showed we can turn the tide against the best . Fair enough we didn’t go down, but at 3-3 Chelsea were massively in the ascendancy. No Barton, no Nolan, No Carroll. Ameobi captain I think? Though I think hoots deserves his fair share of the praise for that one.
So yes, we can live without Barton..though I would much rather have him stay and get this all cleared up. 3 quality signings might change my mind like, but can’t see it atm.
Newkie(Quote)
@42- that’s what’s been missing for awhile IMO. But Ben Arfa, Vuckic and Cabaye should bring some of that.
Spence- true. But Cabaye’s played in CL, Europa, and internationally at every level. Not like he’s never seen quality compeition.
MDS(Quote)
The club absolutely need to bring in quality additions to the team now. Striker, winger, fullback at the least
AndrewT(Quote)
Rodzilla, agree, no one is bigger than the club, players and owners move on and we are left with the consequences, Barton and the board have been un professional for this situation becoming public, the club for renaging on a verbal agreement and Barton for his reaction.
I dont think Barton has been too critical, at least he is giving us an insight into the club as no one else is, he is being dealt with by an iron fist, i would like Llambias to get the same, right up his jacksie!
Robert(Quote)
A lot of sense there Michael Laudrup. It is incompetence at the top that is killing us. Fine get rid of Barton, but why for free? No communication from management because they are afraid to reveal their incompetence once again. Ashley would hire a decent football man if he had any desire to make Newcastle a truly competitive team. Make us like Arsenal? What a joke. Arsenal don’t have Del the chimp in charge. They may not be winning any trophies but the are in the Champions League every year. They have people with real brains in charge. The bin man would be better than what we have.
GeordieTwo(Quote)
AndrewT – that means spending some of the £42m. Perish the thought.
Blaydonson(Quote)
I’m not on twitter, can someone please tell Joey Barton to stfu. Doing my head in, we really shouldn’t be hearing any of this. Everyone has a bone to pick with Ashley and co. but he hasn’t been sacked or fined without reason, no need to be so public until he leaves.
welshpie(Quote)
So. Anybody going to the Gateshead match tonight? 🙂
AndrewT(Quote)
not a chance stats dont lie
TOONARMYELITE(Quote)
What world to footballers live.Joey says “kick a man when he’s down”60 grand a week for most of the time being unavailable,also appealing against a 2 week wages fine for constantly slagging his bosses off,Joey for gods sake get real and grow up.
Mick G(Quote)
Well said Michael Laudrup, excellent post.
Pootle(Quote)
Mick G
August 2, 2011 at 18:30
“What world to footballers live.Joey says “kick a man when he’s down”60 grand a week for most of the time being unavailable,also appealing against a 2 week wages fine for constantly slagging his bosses off,Joey for gods sake get real and grow up.”
Kind of this really ^^^
Like I said, I’m pissed off it’s come to this but at the end of the day it’s his own doing. Nolan did it the right way to be fair to him.
toonsy(Quote)
Its not a case of can we live without Joey Barton but more of a case of can we live without Nolan, Carroll, Jose, Joey and whoever else decides to fook off from this mess – whats even worse is that they haven’t even paid him off but let him hang around like a bad smell – they are a complete joke of a mgmt team
I like the look of Cabaye but the rest of the signings dont look all that, we won’t buy a replacement for Joey until he’s off the wage book, no doubt Jose will leave at last minute and Pardew can yet be again the bearer of bad news that we were unable to spend the money and Chelsea turned down our 5 bob offer for ashley cole yada yada yada
stevep(Quote)
@32 – good post, toonsy sign this guy up for the blog 🙂
stevep(Quote)
Probably the same people who were voting him player of the year now trying to tell us that we don’t need him anyway and never did.
Hypocritical jellyfish, the lot of you.
The fact is he should have been given proper contract talks and a proper contract on the strength of last season anyway. Then all of this would never have happened. Let’s not forget we didn’t win without him last season. And no, Toonsy, that doesnt mean we’ve never won prior to Barton and it doesn’t mean we won’t win once he’s gone.
It does, however, clearly demonstrate that last season when he WAS here, just how important he was to the team.
Pootle(Quote)
On a lighter note I see Liverpool owner has come out and said he would be extremely disappointed if they didn’t qualify for champions league this season – haha daglish getting sacked again then
stevep(Quote)
Quite frankly if Joey cared as much about the club & especially us fans as he says then he’d shut the **** up…
All this I’m not going to get into a *** for tat with the club…erm Joey you’re the only one spouting their mouth off so technically it’s just *** & not tat.
If you employed someone who had got into the **** he had specifically being sent down whilst employed at the club, support him (as admitted by him & his agent) through all that then he continually criticised you in public you’d be ******* livid. Bad crack no respect tw@t
witters(Quote)
Joey pi55 off you Scouse ******…..Simples… 🙂
Ashingtoon62(Quote)
Whoops posted it on the wrong thread. 😳 there we are.
Of course we can live without Barton and Nolan/Carroll/Enrique for that matter. But I am extremely sad about loosing Barton as he is one of my favorit players.
Gotta say neither of the sides Barton or the board has conducted themselves gracefully in this shamble and we, the fans, stand yet again on the side being fed lies and strange statements and what not. Wish he would’ve stayed but players come and go, but Newcastle United will still stand. And Joey, thanks for everything, still think you’re top player.
And please for god sake, stop saying Cabaye is untested and such, the lad has played Ligue 1 and in europe nearly every season for Lille, plus international youth for france and now a full france international. Come on, its not like he from the kashastan league two………
AlanPardewProject(Quote)
Yes, the board should have just given him a contract, but Joey pushes them to this decision rather than just shutting up and proving on the field why he deserved the contract he wanted.
Both parties at fault for being selfish pr!cks.
Let’s please move on by totally supporting the lads that are still in the team and will be representing us this season!
AndrewT(Quote)
wey aye we can manage… good bye to bad rubbish i say pathetic man AND A scouser !! (joke) good player but u need more than that now a days ….. if i were the players id be pleased the controversy of him was gone…………can u imagine sharing a changing room or worse a hotel room !! byeeeeee joey iv already forgotten about ya !!!!!!
ICE PUP(Quote)
Steve Harper, Michael Richardson, Paul Dummett, James Tavernier, Mike Williamson, Ryan Taylor, Mehdi Abeid, Alan Smith, Sammy Ameobi, Haris Vuckic, Nile Ranger.
Substitutes: Ole Soderberg, Ryan Donaldson, Brad Inman, Joan Edmundsson, Phil Airey, Greg McDermott, Patrick Nzuzi
MDS(Quote)
ashingtoon62 are you from ashington mate?
Army69(Quote)
is the match on the net 2nyt lads?
Army69(Quote)
Michael Laudrup – interesting slant on the Barton thing.
Couple of things I’d like to ask. First of all you argue the cause of lotalty whereas I am arguing the act. At best you can argue that by doing what he’s doing he’s being loyal to the fans, but it wasn’t the fans that allowed him stay following his numerous problems. The majority of the fans at the time, in numerous polls said we should dump him.
I’m talking loyalty to the people who kept him here and gave him the opportunity to do what he did last season. The people who paid him 60 grand a week. Do you think he has been loyal to those people? Check the definition of loyalty before you answer.
I also find it very convenient that you want to forget about everything that Barton has done in the past. Why would you think that is acceptable?
When Shearer played his last season, we dont remember him because he scored 10 goals in 2005 / 2006, we remember everything that came before.
Do you really expect us to just forget Bartons past because he had a good season?
Bartons past is what Barton is all about. Yes Pederson went down like a Quayside Hooker but Barton still punched him.
There’s a time and place for everything. This is not Hypocrisy, this is relevance.
Do you honestly believe that Barton has magically “Grown Up”?
What is actually in front of us here is Barton slagging off his company and his management.
By the way – Pootle – I’ve been slagging Barton off for years.
Archie Brand(Quote)
ARMY69@POST 67
Aye mate originaly…. 🙂
Ashingtoon62(Quote)
I see Nile has got a start, hope he bags a couple, I really like his ability and want him to stay.
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
lads this is newcastle united not barton united! of course we can live without him. just like we can live without nolan, judas and the bull! im gutted he’s going as a player but absolutely glad to get rid of him as a trouble maker. the problem with barton is that any issues he has don’t stay within the walls of st james park he’s put them out in the public domain is that for the good of the club the players or the fans absolutely not! why he feels its necessary to wash his dirty linen in public is for one reason and one reason only to cause trouble for the club. i have ashley but i love newcastle that’s what it should be about pulling on that black and white shirt and be willing to die for it, those that aren’t willing to do that are not worth having and those that want to move out of the club should just come out and say it instead of finding various ways of getting themselves free transfers! will barton move onto a better club i doubt it will he cause trouble wherever he goes i guarantee it!
Paolo Rossi(Quote)
This article is spot on. Why is everyone so up in arms because of this muppet? For all I don’t like the people at the to you don’t see them using Twitter to throw their toys out of the pram. Remember the stupid tackle under Shearer’s tenure? The jail term? The people who booed him then are the same ones who are outraged now.
Get him out now and draw a line under the whole sorry situation. AND BAN SOCIAL MEDIA for the rest of the players.
bkemp247(Quote)
Spot on article. Get himn out sooner rather than later.
bkemp247(Quote)