| Barton 13:56 - Aug 17 with 10919 views | stansleftfoot |
If Fer arrives, an international specialist central midfielder, how do you fit Barton into a starting eleven in a 3:5:2 side with candidates for 4 other places to be picked from : Isla, Traore, Yun, Simpson, Fer, Mutch, Faurlin, Hoilett, Phillips, and nominally SWP and Adel Taarabt who we will presumably replace as other players are touted as incoming.
Other than HOW do you fit him in, I wonder WHY? ....is Joey Barton headed for the bench with a salary of £75k a week and an extension to his contract.
Yesterday was a case in point, Joey heads the stats of chances created but he took every corner and free kick, his effort into the side netting; an attempt to beat a big keeper at the near post, was at the expense of a Faurlin left footed shot to the far post?
I think Barton slows our game down, yes, he wins ball, covers acres of ground, he also hangs the ball in the air for lengthy periods of time, he loses possession, he takes his time, loses momentum and passes sideways. We have a richness of can-do players who do move off the ball, Austin works his socks off, and shows for 90 minutes, he invariably has to peel off and go again, why because Barton is not using Austin as the pivot. We saw the difference Phillips and Hoillet made.
Bartons great stats are at the cost of our game in the bigger picture, I wonder where he fits in at this level in the long term? |  | | |  |
| Barton on 14:40 - Aug 18 with 2308 views | Antti_Heinola |
| Barton on 11:49 - Aug 18 by QPunkR |
No it's not. Even if you only had 3 central midfielders for 2 spots then you'll still have your best 2 starting there more often than not. |
how many times last season did Harry field the same midfield 2 three times in a row? I'd say possibly never - until the play-offs.
Barton will be suspended and will get injured. Fer will definitely be suspended when he comes. and Mutch doesn't have a great fitness record. I think probably Fer-Barton-Mutch would be harry's absolute first choice (although we never saw what Harry;s first choice was in an entire season last year, so who kows with him), but if Ale is first reserve within that then he'll have plenty of opportunities to push himself higher up the pecking order. Maybe it's not a silly argument - probably overstated, but it's not massively important. It's a squad game these days. |  |
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| Barton on 10:09 - Aug 19 with 2162 views | QPunkR |
Well I don't know what the fúck game they were watching, or what criteria they've arrived at for a key pass. Maybe in their opinion passes to ballboys on the touchline count? |  |
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| Barton on 11:05 - Aug 19 with 2134 views | W7Ranger |
| Barton on 14:29 - Aug 18 by simmo |
Maybe we shouldnt have such a go at Barton about his corners....
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That lad may be sh!t at corners, but he's got a bloody good engine! |  | | |
| Barton on 11:46 - Aug 19 with 2098 views | QPunkR |
| Barton on 11:05 - Aug 19 by W7Ranger |
That lad may be sh!t at corners, but he's got a bloody good engine! |
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| Barton on 13:21 - Aug 19 with 2065 views | PinnerPaul |
| Barton on 10:09 - Aug 19 by QPunkR |
Well I don't know what the fúck game they were watching, or what criteria they've arrived at for a key pass. Maybe in their opinion passes to ballboys on the touchline count? |
Never let facts get in the way of a biased opinion eh?!  | | | |
| Barton on 12:13 - Aug 20 with 2030 views | simmo |
I have found ANOTHER person worse at corners than Barton
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| ask Beavis I get nothing Butthead |
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| Barton on 12:18 - Aug 20 with 2020 views | W7Ranger |
| Barton on 12:13 - Aug 20 by simmo |
I have found ANOTHER person worse at corners than Barton
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Leroy Fer innit???  | | | |
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| Barton on 12:19 - Aug 20 with 2016 views | TGRRRSSS |
Are corners have been pretty poor for a number of seasons, even the Promotion season wasnt that great as I recall in regards to scoring from corners themselves. Adel wasnt all that great with corners but did score a mean free kick of course.
The Barton issue of taking every corner was then the Adel issue of taking every corner. |  | | |
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