Barton's 357 misplaced passes?

[Kirill]

I was talking to a guy in the pub last night before the game who claimed he was Bartons dad, anyway he said joey loves it here, bought a house locally and if we were to get relegated he has a clause in his contract to leave, but said there was no chance he would leave.

[wewillbeback]

I thought the same and also told him us Rangers fans didn't think his son had carried on where he left off at the geordies, his dad agreed with what was being said to be fair to him.

[LBLOCK]

Was this fella claiming to be his Dad in the Adelaide?

As for the Captaincy I would agree it needs to be ripped from his arm pronto.
The man needs to show some humility but I wont hold me breath for that.
Will make some exceptions for him:-
Northern lad in london - time to settle.
Missus just had kid.
Unsettled pre-season.
Wrongly sent off

However he blows all that out of the water with
I'm on £bundles a week
"Oh well, nobody died"
"Cracking little Saturday night"
Pulls out of challenges
Woeful at set pieces.

I hope he comes good when the majority of us are least expecting it.

[Geng]

"Oh well, nobody died"

This one is a particularly ridiculous reason to have a go at him. At least read all his tweets that night for some context.

[NW_Hoopz]

I was talking to a guy in the pub last night before the game who claimed he was Bartons dad, anyway he said joey loves it here, bought a house locally and if we were to get relegated he has a clause in his contract to leave, but said there was no chance he would leave. He said he was really up for the game and his dad even backed him for 1st goal scorer. The interesting comment he did make was Joey does not want the responsibilty of the captaincy and wants to just concentrate on playing. Just passing on info, no idea if what he was saying was gospel but he seemed genuine enough.

Of course he won't leave ............ who the **** is going to pay him what we are now that he's been found out

[klonk]

I was talking to a guy in the pub last night before the game who claimed he was Bartons dad, anyway he said joey loves it here, bought a house locally and if we were to get relegated he has a clause in his contract to leave, but said there was no chance he would leave.

just as well for him... there's very little chance anyone else would take him at the moment.

i did wonder whether the booing might be the kick up the wotsit that barton seems to need to start focussing and delivering on the field. this evening's tweetfest ("Not bad in a struggling team....", "#wellplayed" etc) seem to imply that he feels last night's shocker was a one-off aberration in an otherwise good season. um...

[willis1980]

I was talking to a guy in the pub last night before the game who claimed he was Bartons dad, anyway he said joey loves it here, bought a house locally and if we were to get relegated he has a clause in his contract to leave, but said there was no chance he would leave. He said he was really up for the game and his dad even backed him for 1st goal scorer. The interesting comment he did make was Joey does not want the responsibilty of the captaincy and wants to just concentrate on playing. Just passing on info, no idea if what he was saying was gospel but he seemed genuine enough.

There's an easy way to find out whether it was in fact his dad as there's a picture of him holding jbs new born on his twitter account!

[stan_bowles]

If only Barton put as much effort into his football as he does into fooking twitter he would be a great player.

Personally i want him and SWP out the club,along with many others.

Well over staffed with crap players.

[EYR]

He is on par with Legs of Wood.

[wewillbeback]

There's an easy way to find out whether it was in fact his dad as there's a picture of him holding jbs new born on his twitter account!

yeah,that's the fella

[qprbrisbanedivision]

Did go onto say "in the best league in the world. Not bad for an average player".

Tbf to him, if people are constantly trying to throw negatives at him and pull out stats to try mug him off, why wouldnt he pull out some stats to try defend himself? I know I would.

Best league in the world?...really?...wake up...!

[qprbrisbanedivision]

Also ..i though his dad was banged up?..but i may well be wrong...?

[MattyRangers]

Best league in the world?...really?...wake up...!

You dont think La Liga is better do you? All down to opinions obv pal, but in mine, La Liga top 2 are class, no doubt about that, but the rest of the league is poo. Chelski wiped the floor with Valencia this year and they're supposedly the 3rd best side in that league.