| Dirty Barton 04:29 - Jun 4 with 5452 views | FredManRave |
Apologies if this has already been mentioned on here but I've only just seen this "story". Only speculation at this stage, but if they do offer him 20large a week then I could see him taking it, if for no other reason that it's either that or unemployment.
Great to read in the comments section that he's already dividing the fan base before he even gets there. 76th best premier league player, allegedly.
I wonder what sort of reception he'd get on his return?!
http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2015/06/01/joey-barton-already-made-feelings-on-l
Free agent midfielder Joey Barton was linked at the weekend by The Sun with a move to Leeds United.
The paper claim Leeds want to hold talks this week with the recently released QPR star.
Barton is known for his controversial comments and at-times volatile on pitch actions, and would certainly be an interesting signing by equally unpredictable owner Massimo Cellino.
At this point it remains speculation, but one fact previously established is that Barton is a big fan of Leeds United's stadium Elland Road.
He stated as such via his Twitter page in 2013, after playing in and setting up a goal for QPR in the R's 1-0 win, himself having a strike disallowed for offside.
Despite having vowed not to play in the Championship for QPR that season after a year on loan before at Marseille, Barton used his social media account to wish Leeds well and talk about his admiration for the fans, citing the 'great' atmosphere.
None of this makes the Barton to Leeds links more real than just paper talk at this point, but if negotiations do get going, the midfielder will clearly take less convincing of the merits of moving to the club, even if he were to hold any concerns over Cellino's approach. [Post edited 4 Jun 2015 4:31]
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| Dirty Barton on 10:30 - Jun 4 with 5046 views | hoof_hearted |
I imagine that every single champions league club is banging down his door as he's the best English midfielder of this era.
Rodney Marsh may have something to say about the drop in division and pay packet. | | | |
| Dirty Barton on 10:38 - Jun 4 with 5019 views | TacticalR |
Presumably the reasoning behind this move is that Barton will look perfectly normal among all the other inmates at the asylum. | |
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| Dirty Barton on 19:23 - Jun 4 with 4614 views | HollowayRanger |
why cant he resign for us on £20,000 | |
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| Dirty Barton on 20:11 - Jun 4 with 4530 views | BrianMcCarthy |
They would be well-met. | |
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| Dirty Barton on 21:15 - Jun 4 with 4420 views | derbyhoop |
Because that would be double what any Championship player should command. | |
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| Dirty Barton on 21:50 - Jun 4 with 4340 views | SpiritofGregory |
We shouldn't be paying 20k a week, we have a £200m debt. Also Les and Chris don't want to put up with his shenanigans and who can blame them. | | | |
| Dirty Barton on 22:36 - Jun 4 with 4208 views | Stanisgod |
Cos he's a tw@t  | |
| It's being so happy that keeps me going. |
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| Dirty Barton on 09:53 - Jun 5 with 4056 views | QPunkR |
'Cos he's a cúnt as well as a bang average footballer. True though, we'll have to sign/coach someone to give the ball to the opposition at every opportunity | |
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| Dirty Barton on 10:21 - Jun 5 with 4012 views | Saycey |
Still can't quite believe we released him, but I'm both relieved and delighted. I thought there might be some deal to try and keep him at the club.
Maybe there was, but I'd prefer to think it was conscious decision to release him. One of the most telling signs yet that we might just have learnt a few of the much-vaunted lessons... | | | |
| Dirty Barton on 11:00 - Jun 5 with 3948 views | GetMeRangers |
I am sure you are right on this, being a conscious decision to let him leave. There may have also been some mental block for JB to resign on a lower wage and get even more dog ends abuse.
A player often given MOM on here, yet to keep him we would have been fairly resigned to having him taking dead ball kicks. Interesting (or not) as he maybe as a character, he is probably too strong a character for a dressing room moving forward and potentially a bore . I dont think there is much doubt that he thinks a great deal more of himself than others do of him
I err on the side of he should have been kept if it could have been at a salary that both he and the club could live with. I am mindful of encouraging comments made by players, and in particular the youngsters, about his influence at the club. I also felt we tried harder as a team when he was in the side rather than not | | | |
| Dirty Barton on 11:10 - Jun 5 with 3916 views | wombat |
im hoping we go back in for him at the lower wage even with his faults hes a massive lose in the midifled to us | |
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| Dirty Barton on 11:19 - Jun 5 with 3898 views | TacticalR |
I think his main weakness is his forward passing. If he could just sit in front of the back four, not roam all over the place, and make short passes to more creative midfielders then he would be a much better player. But then he wouldn't be The Great Bartonio. | |
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| Dirty Barton on 11:25 - Jun 5 with 3875 views | DesertBoot |
Agree. Chasing, harrying and simple passes are his game. When he fancies this mode he can be effective. It's when he thinks he is a hybrid of Gerard and Xavi he becomes a liability. | |
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| Dirty Barton on 11:57 - Jun 5 with 3831 views | Juzzie |
Because £20,000 a week is an insane amount for someone of his age, his temperament, his inability etc. He's not worth half that anymore and wasn't even worth the reported £60k+ he was on.
I just love the way (not you Holloway but generally), that people are happy to bander figures like £20k-a-week around as though it's nothing. 5-10 years ago we would have popped our eyes out at figures like £30k, 50K, 60k etc being to paid to a QPR player. Now it seems just the norm because that's exactly what we've done.... and gone £170m (making the ABC debt seem like a drop in the ocean) in debt as a result.
£20k a week is an insane amount for any footballer let alone ones that are bang average at best.
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| Dirty Barton on 12:22 - Jun 5 with 3775 views | thame_hoops |
Didn't he do this role early on under warnock playing alongside faulin? Seem to remember good wins at Wolves and stoke with him doing precisely this. | | | |
| Dirty Barton on 12:29 - Jun 5 with 3756 views | kingsburyR |
C'mon Punk....
be straight and tell us what you really think!!! | |
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| Dirty Barton on 12:38 - Jun 5 with 3730 views | YorkRanger |
For me his salary requirements are academic. He is an unsettling influence and de-stabilises the club in his PR ventures. We dont need him. | | | |
| Dirty Barton on 12:53 - Jun 5 with 3697 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Exactly this. There must be tens of thousands of footballers on the planet. If we can't pick eleven who can do the job without disgracing the club then we're at nothing. | |
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| Dirty Barton on 13:15 - Jun 5 with 3653 views | R_from_afar |
"It's when he thinks he is a hybrid of Gerard and Xavi he becomes a liability". Yes! You could add Beckham to that list.
He is a great battling midfielder but his set pieces are way too inconsistent at the level he is playing at, plus, struggling teams will not get many chances to score and cannot afford to waste the few they do get.
Oh, and there's the annual loss of three points due to a mindless sending off. Mustn't forget that. It usually happened when Rangers looked like winning, too.
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| Dirty Barton on 14:21 - Jun 5 with 3574 views | Hayesender |
Bloke in the William Hill in Ealing put a few hundred on him joining Watford at 7/1 | |
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| Dirty Barton on 07:26 - Jun 6 with 3390 views | Loft1979 |
+1 | | | |
| Dirty Barton on 09:05 - Jun 6 with 3280 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
Call me spiteful, but the thought of him trying to whore himself about and getting nowhere puts a spring in my step. | | | |
| Dirty Barton on 10:43 - Jun 6 with 3210 views | TacticalR |
My dear Juzzie, it's you who are insane.
How can the modern footballer be expected to scrape by on £20,000 a week in an expensive place like London?
Thierry Henry's 'cinema, gym, swimming pool' and 'spiralling 40ft fish tank with wrap-around stairwell' is certainly not going to pay for itself.
Simon Jenkins: Spare us the futile basement wars of London's wealthy
http://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/simon-jenkins-spare-us-the-futile-base | |
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| Dirty Barton on 16:37 - Jun 6 with 3096 views | NW10Hoop |
I think people go on about 20k a week as though it's nothing because, whether you like it or not that sum will be what bigger teams in the championship will be paying at least one of their midfielders. Just because we have been paying way over the odds for years, we should still be prepared to pay the going rate for the players Ramsey and Ferdinand want. | | | |
| Dirty Barton on 16:48 - Jun 6 with 3084 views | BklynRanger |
I see he's put on instagram video of him running round some obstacles on the beach. Stirring stuff. | | | |
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