| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' 11:08 - Oct 3 with 8852 views | JonDoeman |
Joey Barton has claimed that he could have "caused problems" for Queens Park Rangers in a bid to push through a permanent move to Marseille.
The former Newcastle United midfielder has been open about his desire to return to the Ligue 1 outfit following a loan stint last season.
Despite wanting a permanent transfer, QPR demanded a fee for the midfielder, but Marseille were understood to have failed to meet their valuation.
"I am 31, I am not young, I have a certain salary and to pay a fee for an old guy like me, that is asking a lot," Barton told L'Equipe.
"I could have caused problems here at the club so they would let me go. I even think that would have worked, but I am not that kind of guy. I have never done that at a club in my career."
Barton has been praised for his performances in the Championship this season since returning to Loftus Road.
http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/qpr/news/barton-i-could-have-caused-problem
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| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 13:29 - Oct 3 with 1440 views | FredManRave |
As a first paper in his Philiosophy degree course I'll give it a C-.
Must try harder, room for improvement etc etc... |  |
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| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 13:30 - Oct 3 with 1430 views | A40Bosh |
WHY oh WHY do so many of you allow yourselves to get SO upset by articles printed in newspapers (a foreign one at that) or websites about what people involved in football are purported to have said?
WHY?
In today's society people in the higher echelons of football are in the public arena and treated as celebrities. Journalists flock to those who are good for a sound bite, journalists are not there to provide a balanced perspective of what an interviewee says to them, they are there with a purpose which is solely to find an angle on a story that will spark interest and increase readership.
What in the interview has Joey actually said wrong?
Where has he said that he should be treated like a resurrected Christ by the fans
Where has he said that he wanted to cause mischief?
Where has he said that the club owe him?
He has merely pointed out when probably questioned why he did not end up back in France by telling the truth as he saw it. He wanted a move, the clubs did not agree a fee, this may or may not been because he had certain salary demands as a 31 year old professional footballer and it did not go through. End of.
He has come back and got on with it, and all some on here is barrack him for actually coming back and getting on with the job.
Did I feel very uncomfortable when the crowd started singing There's Only One Joey Barton on the opening day of the season - hell yeah - did I sing along - hell no.
Do I feel very uncomfortable every time that song has been sung since - yeah, do I now sing along after 9 games of him performing well - still no.
Do I clap him when he does something well during the game and clap him off after a good performance - yes, he is in a Rangers shirt and is putting in the hard work and I will clap that.
It does not mean that in the back of my mind I am not still fully aware of what he did that day at Man City and to my mind all he is doing this season is trying to repair the damage he did during his tenure. If he survives the full season in the first team without a major incident, helps get us promoted, then fair enough, he will have repaid the club's willingness to integrate him back into the team and he will have gone some way to have repaid the supporters for the trouble he caused us on the last day up at Citeh.
But to jump down his throat for making a factual comment when asked as part of a wider conversation about his current tenure and why he was not back in the south of France is just petty. [Post edited 3 Oct 2013 13:33]
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| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 13:31 - Oct 3 with 1415 views | isawqpratwcity |
| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 13:18 - Oct 3 by Pommyhoop |
Legal speak .Way over my head.  
I just remember we'd have to pay a sh!t load to get rid .I may be wrong tho.. |
The club would always have the right to say "F*ck off, Joey", but unless there were specific clauses in his contract identifying grounds for dismissal that he could be seen to have breached, then the club would have to pay out his contract.
My understanding was that in the absence of any contractual breaches, Joey offered the club the chance to cancel his contract without having to pay him out. Even better, the club did not take advantage of his generous conciliatory gesture, but wisely deemed his offer as too good to not reserve for the future. |  |
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| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 13:39 - Oct 3 with 1390 views | essextaxiboy |
He has not killed anyone whilst drunk or assaulted any women , there are worse than him in the game . I cant think of a poster saying Taraabt has done nothing for us , we were a one man team .He promoted us on his own which was part of the problem . |  | | |
| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 13:40 - Oct 3 with 1390 views | stansleftfoot |
As ever the core of this story is not Joseph Barton and his ego's but Tony Fernandes who refused to let JB go to OM on a free.
Quite obviously any sane man with any sense of right and wrong would not allow a contracted player who had behaved like JB ( contract cost £11 Million) to leave the Club on a FREE.
OM wouldn't pay, we wouldn't give the knob away.
Fair play to TF for standing his ground, he didn't know what JB's response would be, and more importantly fair play to JB for knuckling down and doing what he had to do.
His quote placed out of context places JB back in the merde, he probably doesn't deserve to be there, but only time will tell. |  | | |
| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 13:58 - Oct 3 with 1360 views | baz_qpr |
We could not let him go for a free because we would have had to pay his contract up, the money we were asking was to cover that.
Still not heard a good reason why he was not included in the team photo.
For the record I think he has played bloody excellently this season I just don't see why he gets the hero worship and Cesar, Remy and Taarabt get the pariah treatment. Because he has done far worse than them, and dont think he wont be straight out the door come January if a North West prem club or marseille come in for him |  | | |
| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 14:27 - Oct 3 with 1325 views | Antti_Heinola |
| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 12:16 - Oct 3 by wood_hoop |
fully agree....
Never understand why any club should be grateful for someone doing what they are employed to do, that is to do the best job you possibly can for the length of your contract, on any footballers passport I would imagine they have stated they are 'professional footballer/sportsman' in any other life a 'professional' is deemed as someone who has attained a proficent level of competence and is expected to act in a manner fitting to the profession they are representing.
It seems now the players are building the pedestals themselves....... |
but it's perfectly ok if that player does do the best he can, but simply isn't up to scratch, for the club to hawk him out, try and force him to move clubs, 'leave him to rot' in the reserves so he might take a pay cut and leave? It works both ways - and for years it was very much in the favour of the ownership, not the players. It may have gone too far the other way, but let's not get silly here - clubs and managers routinely treat players very poorly just as much as players disrespect their clubs. |  |
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| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 14:56 - Oct 3 with 1302 views | daveB |
| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 11:41 - Oct 3 by JonDoeman |
"Fck off Joey."??
"So you don't think the way he's conducted since he came back himself is worthy of respect?
I do , and what he says is fact.
He could have got himself fined & sent home at pre season , pretended he was injured & generally hissy fitted his way out of the club. Could've ended up at Fulham if he was lucky...!! |
If Marseille had actually tried to sign him he would have been going mental for a move, as no one did put a bid in he knew we were the only option so played along. |  | | |
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| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 15:00 - Oct 3 with 1296 views | simmo |
Did I feel very uncomfortable when the crowd started singing There's Only One Joey Barton on the opening day of the season - hell yeah - did I sing along - hell no.
Do I feel very uncomfortable every time that song has been sung since - yeah, do I now sing along after 9 games of him performing well - still no.
Do I clap him when he does something well during the game and clap him off after a good performance - yes, he is in a Rangers shirt and is putting in the hard work and I will clap that.
It does not mean that in the back of my mind I am not still fully aware of what he did that day at Man City and to my mind all he is doing this season is trying to repair the damage he did during his tenure. If he survives the full season in the first team without a major incident, helps get us promoted, then fair enough, he will have repaid the club's willingness to integrate him back into the team and he will have gone some way to have repaid the supporters for the trouble he caused us on the last day up at Citeh.
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| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 15:13 - Oct 3 with 1281 views | DylanP |
Why can't he just shut up? Players should do their talking on the field and keep their mouths shut. He was doing so well at shutting up.Why oh why can't he keep it closed? |  |
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| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 15:13 - Oct 3 with 1281 views | isawqpratwcity |
| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 13:30 - Oct 3 by A40Bosh |
WHY oh WHY do so many of you allow yourselves to get SO upset by articles printed in newspapers (a foreign one at that) or websites about what people involved in football are purported to have said?
WHY?
In today's society people in the higher echelons of football are in the public arena and treated as celebrities. Journalists flock to those who are good for a sound bite, journalists are not there to provide a balanced perspective of what an interviewee says to them, they are there with a purpose which is solely to find an angle on a story that will spark interest and increase readership.
What in the interview has Joey actually said wrong?
Where has he said that he should be treated like a resurrected Christ by the fans
Where has he said that he wanted to cause mischief?
Where has he said that the club owe him?
He has merely pointed out when probably questioned why he did not end up back in France by telling the truth as he saw it. He wanted a move, the clubs did not agree a fee, this may or may not been because he had certain salary demands as a 31 year old professional footballer and it did not go through. End of.
He has come back and got on with it, and all some on here is barrack him for actually coming back and getting on with the job.
Did I feel very uncomfortable when the crowd started singing There's Only One Joey Barton on the opening day of the season - hell yeah - did I sing along - hell no.
Do I feel very uncomfortable every time that song has been sung since - yeah, do I now sing along after 9 games of him performing well - still no.
Do I clap him when he does something well during the game and clap him off after a good performance - yes, he is in a Rangers shirt and is putting in the hard work and I will clap that.
It does not mean that in the back of my mind I am not still fully aware of what he did that day at Man City and to my mind all he is doing this season is trying to repair the damage he did during his tenure. If he survives the full season in the first team without a major incident, helps get us promoted, then fair enough, he will have repaid the club's willingness to integrate him back into the team and he will have gone some way to have repaid the supporters for the trouble he caused us on the last day up at Citeh.
But to jump down his throat for making a factual comment when asked as part of a wider conversation about his current tenure and why he was not back in the south of France is just petty. [Post edited 3 Oct 2013 13:33]
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A sending off? | |
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| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 16:06 - Oct 3 with 1246 views | QPRDave |
| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 12:17 - Oct 3 by JonDoeman |
It's from L'Equipe & they probably asked why he was playing in a lower league with QPR. And he's given an honest answer. Can't see any reason for anyone to get their knickers in a twist. |
Ah thanks Jon , yeah that makes sense now, because he's not unhappy here now so couldn't understand the timing...Agree ... no reason to get knickers twisted. |  | | |
| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 16:09 - Oct 3 with 1245 views | QPRDave |
| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 12:49 - Oct 3 by QPunkR |
Jesus Barton is an absolute intollerable cúnt and the Club have let themselves down by allowing him back. Worse than that, the fans let themselves down massively by collectively w@nking over this overrated gobshite even before he'd kicked the ball after his apparently miraculous resurrection.
This Scouse pr!ck has pretty much got the message from the majority of Loftus Road since the warm-up to the 1st game of the season that he can do exactly as he wants and Rs fans will still yummy down on all the shit he comes out with.
How people can revel in this scummy low-life's shite and in the same breath claim that Taarabt's done nothing for the Club is absolutely insane. All this Scouse clown has done is have a few good/mediocre games in the championship.
At least he's finally found his level, I just wish it wasn't with us. |
F*ck !!!!......What did you do on saturday when the 1st goal went in??? | | | |
| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 16:19 - Oct 3 with 1239 views | A40Bosh |
| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 15:13 - Oct 3 by isawqpratwcity |
Define "major incident".
A sending off? |
A sending off?
No, that is par for the course for any given footballer during a season, and a marked man like Barton with previous has to have an increased chance of being picked on to make him react by opponents and I think they have tried this tactic already and failed.
If it was a straight red for stabbing an opponent in the eye with a lit cigar, resulting in him head-butting the ref and then the lino on his way over to offering out the entire opposition team and fans, then ok, that I would consider a major incident. | |
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| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 17:48 - Oct 3 with 1196 views | derbyhoop |
The decision to ostracise Barton to L'OM for a season was a sensible one, given that he would have been a sitting duck for being wound up after his antics at the Etihad. I'm sure, given their involvement in the Champions League, he'd have preferred to stay there.
But, nobody ever accused him of not putting in the effort on the pitch and he doesn't seem the type of character to shirk his on-field duties - assuming the red mist doesn't descend.
Apart from the usual selective reporting the shock is that a player HAS NOT thrown a strop when he can't get what he wants. That says more about our opinion of modern footballers in general than Barton, in particular. |  |
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| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 18:08 - Oct 3 with 1146 views | kensalriser |
Good grief, what a yawn. As ever, it's what happens on the pitch that counts. The rest is just noise. |  |
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| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 18:25 - Oct 3 with 1134 views | Supertk |
| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 13:30 - Oct 3 by A40Bosh |
WHY oh WHY do so many of you allow yourselves to get SO upset by articles printed in newspapers (a foreign one at that) or websites about what people involved in football are purported to have said?
WHY?
In today's society people in the higher echelons of football are in the public arena and treated as celebrities. Journalists flock to those who are good for a sound bite, journalists are not there to provide a balanced perspective of what an interviewee says to them, they are there with a purpose which is solely to find an angle on a story that will spark interest and increase readership.
What in the interview has Joey actually said wrong?
Where has he said that he should be treated like a resurrected Christ by the fans
Where has he said that he wanted to cause mischief?
Where has he said that the club owe him?
He has merely pointed out when probably questioned why he did not end up back in France by telling the truth as he saw it. He wanted a move, the clubs did not agree a fee, this may or may not been because he had certain salary demands as a 31 year old professional footballer and it did not go through. End of.
He has come back and got on with it, and all some on here is barrack him for actually coming back and getting on with the job.
Did I feel very uncomfortable when the crowd started singing There's Only One Joey Barton on the opening day of the season - hell yeah - did I sing along - hell no.
Do I feel very uncomfortable every time that song has been sung since - yeah, do I now sing along after 9 games of him performing well - still no.
Do I clap him when he does something well during the game and clap him off after a good performance - yes, he is in a Rangers shirt and is putting in the hard work and I will clap that.
It does not mean that in the back of my mind I am not still fully aware of what he did that day at Man City and to my mind all he is doing this season is trying to repair the damage he did during his tenure. If he survives the full season in the first team without a major incident, helps get us promoted, then fair enough, he will have repaid the club's willingness to integrate him back into the team and he will have gone some way to have repaid the supporters for the trouble he caused us on the last day up at Citeh.
But to jump down his throat for making a factual comment when asked as part of a wider conversation about his current tenure and why he was not back in the south of France is just petty. [Post edited 3 Oct 2013 13:33]
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| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 18:39 - Oct 3 with 1124 views | EalingRanger |
Barton is a mouthy **** who is only ever a few weeks away from causing major problems. I don't see how he can be viewed in any other light really when you look at his behaviour over the last decade. |  | | |
| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 19:06 - Oct 3 with 1114 views | sheppetonrs |
Not defending barton's previous actions but fact is there were many many players at QPR last season who did exactly what he didn't. Ie, manufacture a move away through bad behaviour etc. I include taraabt in this as well. He may be a pr!ck but he is honest at least and is standing by his contract, even if he don't want to be here. That for me puts him above many players from last season. | | | |
| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 19:40 - Oct 3 with 1096 views | QPRDave |
| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 18:39 - Oct 3 by EalingRanger |
Barton is a mouthy **** who is only ever a few weeks away from causing major problems. I don't see how he can be viewed in any other light really when you look at his behaviour over the last decade. |
Thanks for your input Tony.....How's the airline going?!!!! | | | |
| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 19:45 - Oct 3 with 1096 views | EalingRanger |
| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 19:40 - Oct 3 by QPRDave |
Thanks for your input Tony.....How's the airline going?!!!! |
Check my twitter feed bro,
yours sincerely,
Uncle Tone | | | |
| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 19:52 - Oct 3 with 1093 views | RANGERS4EVER |
Just don't listen to this stuff. Who cares whether he is a tw@t or not. If he is having an influence on the team and is helping the team out and win games, then I will support him |  |
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| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 19:57 - Oct 3 with 1087 views | QPRDave |
| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 19:52 - Oct 3 by RANGERS4EVER |
Just don't listen to this stuff. Who cares whether he is a tw@t or not. If he is having an influence on the team and is helping the team out and win games, then I will support him |
Well said ..........do you think it'll catch on amongst our support?!!! | | | |
| Barton: 'I could have caused problems at QPR to seal Marseille move' on 20:33 - Oct 3 with 1065 views | KernowRanger |
All well and good saying he's stuck by the club but did any other teams actually make an offer for him?
All I saw over the summer was him saying how much he'd love to move to this team and that team, nothing about any team actually coming in for him. [Post edited 3 Oct 2013 20:33]
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