The Joey Barton Thread

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3 hours ago, harlands plater said:

I wouldn't be surprised if he comes out and slaughters the Club and the fans at some point. He never looked right in our colours.

I thought when he joined us ,he looked a bit on the heavy side 

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4 hours ago, ForeverAndEver said:

Apart from the part about shitebag Black, can't say a disagree.

You don't disagree because you hate Barton and finding some random anti-Barton rhetoric on the internet is Christmas come early for you.  Let's break down what he says:

1. He wrote a tweet that said he was excited about the PL fixtures - He's an English footballer who has over 240 appearances in the EPL.  Is it wrong for him to be interested in the EPL or miss the days he was involved?  No.  Barton said in length that he wanted the challenge of Rangers and he wanted to be successful up here in Scotland.  There's numerous interviews out there. 

2.  A vibe of 'what have I done' and 'I'm too big for this'  - There's no evidence of this.  This is just a Barton hater spreading his negative opinions. 

3.  'He thought this league was beneath him' - Firstly, there's no evidence to support this but there is evidence to the contrary.  If he thought this league was beneath him he could've played in the EPL with Burnley. He chose to play for Rangers.

4. 'He didn't get fit preseason' - He was working as a pundit during Euro 2016 and was unable to join for preseason. Warburton knew that when he was signed.

5. 'looking down his nose at the league' - If Barton didn't like the Scottish football why would he sign for a team in Scotland when he could've very easily stayed down South?

6. 'Given the run around by guys on less than a grand a week'. - Which SPFL players earning a few hundred pound a week gave Barton the run around? The entire Rangers team underperformed during those first 5 games and it's still happening now. 

7.  'You need to be up for the fight. He wasn't ' - I doubt Barton's ever backed down from a fight in his life.

8. 'He got humiliated by Scott Brown' - No, he didn't. The two were on the same park once and only came in to contact for a dropped ball. Neither player had much say in the outcome of that match.  It's worth pointing out that Barton had a much harder job than Scott Brown as Rangers were overrun all over the park.  In fact, Joey had to play as an emergency CB after the defence disappeared. 

9.  'Barton could've worked to turn it around. He wasn't interest' - Says a guy on the internet.  Is there any evidence to support these claims?  I don't think so.

10. 'couldn't cut it' - Barton played 5 games for Rangers. He was unfit, he was still adapting to Scottish football, and his new teammates and playstyle.  He wasn't given a chance.  Scott Brown, who this guy mentioned earlier in his post, was shite all of last season and the Celtic fans were hounding him out.

11. 'a shite stain of a guy. Ian Black was a better Ranger' - It now becomes clear that the person who wrote that shite in your screenshot absolutely hates Barton and should be ignored.

12 'Warburton stuck his neck out and this is how he repaid him' - Absolute bollocks.  We were getting a guy who had just won the English Championship and was voted fans POTY for Burnley.  Warburton never stuck his neck out, this was a coup for us!  On the other hand, Warburton's told Joey about competing with Celtic and winning the title only for this Rangers team to crash and burn, then the manager turned his back on the player after only 5 games.

13. 'Cretin of a man' - Says the clown writing agenda driven nonsense over the internet.

 

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Talked a great game (we can all do that) played a not so good game (we can also do that).

He was one parcel that blew up in our face on opening but not many of us never wanted him to sign, but on here and now footballing ability the same amount wanting him signed (me included) are quite happy for him to be gone, if you had attended games not knowing who Barton was he would not have gotten a 2nd glance as he was mediocre at best, the circumstances are far from ideal but it is what it is.

Bartons ambitions way outlive his ability.

[bombaybadboy08 15,660]

He fucked off with his coffee machine

Fucking bellend, biggest club you ever played for, Joey, and you failed. Put that in your Twitter bio.

[there'sonlyoneamoruso 1,724]

If the £250k to get rid of him is true then I think we got away lightly.

The guy thought he was coming up for an easy time and slabbered about it on social media and in the mainstream media. He underestimated Scottish football and the weight of the shirt on his back due to his massive ego. Goodbye Joey, I hope our paths never cross again.

MW needs to get the finger out and pull some gems out in the next couple of transfer windows to make up for the signing of Barton. Does he have it in him? Only time will tell...

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1 hour ago, THE_MIGHTY_BEARS said:

You don't disagree because you hate Barton and finding some random anti-Barton rhetoric on the internet is Christmas come early for you.  Let's break down what he says:

1. He wrote a tweet that said he was excited about the PL fixtures - He's an English footballer who has over 240 appearances in the EPL.  Is it wrong for him to be interested in the EPL or miss the days he was involved?  No.  Barton said in length that he wanted the challenge of Rangers and he wanted to be successful up here in Scotland.  There's numerous interviews out there. 

2.  A vibe of 'what have I done' and 'I'm too big for this'  - There's no evidence of this.  This is just a Barton hater spreading his negative opinions. 

3.  'He thought this league was beneath him' - Firstly, there's no evidence to support this but there is evidence to the contrary.  If he thought this league was beneath him he could've played in the EPL with Burnley. He chose to play for Rangers.

4. 'He didn't get fit preseason' - He was working as a pundit during Euro 2016 and was unable to join for preseason. Warburton knew that when he was signed.

5. 'looking down his nose at the league' - If Barton didn't like the Scottish football why would he sign for a team in Scotland when he could've very easily stayed down South?

6. 'Given the run around by guys on less than a grand a week'. - Which SPFL players earning a few hundred pound a week gave Barton the run around? The entire Rangers team underperformed during those first 5 games and it's still happening now. 

7.  'You need to be up for the fight. He wasn't ' - I doubt Barton's ever backed down from a fight in his life.

8. 'He got humiliated by Scott Brown' - No, he didn't. The two were on the same park once and only came in to contact for a dropped ball. Neither player had much say in the outcome of that match.  It's worth pointing out that Barton had a much harder job than Scott Brown as Rangers were overrun all over the park.  In fact, Joey had to play as an emergency CB after the defence disappeared. 

9.  'Barton could've worked to turn it around. He wasn't interest' - Says a guy on the internet.  Is there any evidence to support these claims?  I don't think so.

10. 'couldn't cut it' - Barton played 5 games for Rangers. He was unfit, he was still adapting to Scottish football, and his new teammates and playstyle.  He wasn't given a chance.  Scott Brown, who this guy mentioned earlier in his post, was shite all of last season and the Celtic fans were hounding him out.

11. 'a shite stain of a guy. Ian Black was a better Ranger' - It now becomes clear that the person who wrote that shite in your screenshot absolutely hates Barton and should be ignored.

12 'Warburton stuck his neck out and this is how he repaid him' - Absolute bollocks.  We were getting a guy who had just won the English Championship and was voted fans POTY for Burnley.  Warburton never stuck his neck out, this was a coup for us!  On the other hand, Warburton's told Joey about competing with Celtic and winning the title only for this Rangers team to crash and burn, then the manager turned his back on the player after only 5 games.

13. 'Cretin of a man' - Says the clown writing agenda driven nonsense over the internet.

 

So your number 10 confirms he was correct in number 4? Though your point is taken.

And number 6, less than a grand can still be substantially more than a 'few hundred' quid.

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10 hours ago, RFCRobertson said:

Christ we could've got another Kiernan with that money 

 

Money well spent then

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2 hours ago, THE_MIGHTY_BEARS said:

You don't disagree because you hate Barton and finding some random anti-Barton rhetoric on the internet is Christmas come early for you.  Let's break down what he says:

1. He wrote a tweet that said he was excited about the PL fixtures - He's an English footballer who has over 240 appearances in the EPL.  Is it wrong for him to be interested in the EPL or miss the days he was involved?  No.  Barton said in length that he wanted the challenge of Rangers and he wanted to be successful up here in Scotland.  There's numerous interviews out there. 

2.  A vibe of 'what have I done' and 'I'm too big for this'  - There's no evidence of this.  This is just a Barton hater spreading his negative opinions. 

3.  'He thought this league was beneath him' - Firstly, there's no evidence to support this but there is evidence to the contrary.  If he thought this league was beneath him he could've played in the EPL with Burnley. He chose to play for Rangers.

4. 'He didn't get fit preseason' - He was working as a pundit during Euro 2016 and was unable to join for preseason. Warburton knew that when he was signed.

5. 'looking down his nose at the league' - If Barton didn't like the Scottish football why would he sign for a team in Scotland when he could've very easily stayed down South?

6. 'Given the run around by guys on less than a grand a week'. - Which SPFL players earning a few hundred pound a week gave Barton the run around? The entire Rangers team underperformed during those first 5 games and it's still happening now. 

7.  'You need to be up for the fight. He wasn't ' - I doubt Barton's ever backed down from a fight in his life.

8. 'He got humiliated by Scott Brown' - No, he didn't. The two were on the same park once and only came in to contact for a dropped ball. Neither player had much say in the outcome of that match.  It's worth pointing out that Barton had a much harder job than Scott Brown as Rangers were overrun all over the park.  In fact, Joey had to play as an emergency CB after the defence disappeared. 

9.  'Barton could've worked to turn it around. He wasn't interest' - Says a guy on the internet.  Is there any evidence to support these claims?  I don't think so.

10. 'couldn't cut it' - Barton played 5 games for Rangers. He was unfit, he was still adapting to Scottish football, and his new teammates and playstyle.  He wasn't given a chance.  Scott Brown, who this guy mentioned earlier in his post, was shite all of last season and the Celtic fans were hounding him out.

11. 'a shite stain of a guy. Ian Black was a better Ranger' - It now becomes clear that the person who wrote that shite in your screenshot absolutely hates Barton and should be ignored.

12 'Warburton stuck his neck out and this is how he repaid him' - Absolute bollocks.  We were getting a guy who had just won the English Championship and was voted fans POTY for Burnley.  Warburton never stuck his neck out, this was a coup for us!  On the other hand, Warburton's told Joey about competing with Celtic and winning the title only for this Rangers team to crash and burn, then the manager turned his back on the player after only 5 games.

13. 'Cretin of a man' - Says the clown writing agenda driven nonsense over the internet.

 

Said he was in a different league from Scott Brown, laughed on Twitter when the tarriers got beat in Europe at some point, etc.. Showed he cared more about them than us.

Never really won any trophies in his career, quite easy to assume he would win here, fucked that up.

Ali Crawford is an example of him getting the run around in the first game, left on his arse in our box against Dundee, oh and him being shite cost our goal imo.

He's a wank, a tarrier one at that.

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It's an absolute certainty he'll go on to have a great second half of the season in either the premiership or the championship.  

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7 minutes ago, jackrfc95 said:

It's an absolute certainty he'll go on to have a great second half of the season in either the premiership or the championship.  

He's rotten FS!

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Bye ya fenian mess

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19 minutes ago, B1872 said:

He's rotten FS!

He's not, him being a prick doesn't make him a bad footballer.

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43 minutes ago, B1872 said:

He's rotten FS!

He only played a handful of games for us FFS, stand out player in the championship and you say he's rotten!!?? Andy Hallidays been rotten in almost double that this season, he's fine but because he was born on the Copland Rd 

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1 minute ago, Pennyboy said:

He only played a handful of games for us FFS, stand out player in the championship and you say he's rotten!!?? Andy Hallidays been rotten in almost double that this season, he's fine but because he was born on the Copland Rd 

That's a lot of nonsense . Andy Halliday has been one of our better players this season. Why do people feel the need to berate Halliday because he's a big Rangers man? It's like the bluenose referees are harder on us, it's weird! 

Barton underestimated the game here (as did Warburton). He didn't get himself fit for the start of the season, however, for some reason Warburton played him regardless. Maybe if he had time to get fit then it might be a different story today. Unfortunately we'll never know 

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34 minutes ago, jackrfc95 said:

He's not, him being a prick doesn't make him a bad footballer.

He is! He was too slow and got schooled off of Ali Crawford FS! Not to mention his shitebag performance against the tarriers. Halliday is better in there and he isn't even a defensive midfielder.

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21 minutes ago, B1872 said:

He is! He was too slow and got schooled off of Ali Crawford FS! Not to mention his shitebag performance against the tarriers. Halliday is better in there and he isn't even a defensive midfielder.

Ali Crawford nutmegged him which could happen to any player.  It doesn't mean he was "schooled". Watch the goal again and you'll see Barton is not at fault for that goal.  What more could he have done? 

 

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2 minutes ago, THE_MIGHTY_BEARS said:

Ali Crawford nutmegged him which could happen to any player.  It doesn't mean he was "schooled". Watch the goal again and you'll see Barton is not at fault for that goal.  What more could he have done? 

 

The taig still defending the other taig , some things never change in here.........

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26 minutes ago, jintybear said:

That's a lot of nonsense . Andy Halliday has been one of our better players this season. Why do people feel the need to berate Halliday because he's a big Rangers man? It's like the bluenose referees are harder on us, it's weird! 

Barton underestimated the game here (as did Warburton). He didn't get himself fit for the start of the season, however, for some reason Warburton played him regardless. Maybe if he had time to get fit then it might be a different story today. Unfortunately we'll never know 

Those 5 games Barton played often featured Halliday who wasn't any better at all.  Halliday's been given more opportunities, the chance to turn it around at Rangers, and the benefit of the doubt from our fanbase.  Barton has played 5 games and has been met with unreasonable levels of derision, and hatred.  Many said Barton and Kranjkar were at fault for our poor start to season but that's been proven a myth.  We've had Holt and Halliday in their for weeks and they're not any better.

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If the reports coming out this morning are true then we are an absolute fucking riddy. Frogmarched into the first team changing room by security and forced to empty his locker and banning him from using a fucking car park

The people in charge should have just paid him off to start with instead of humiliating the club.

 

Taking back his coffee machine though  

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Just now, sassaaaa said:

The taig still defending the other taig , some things never change in here.........

Barton wasn't at fault for Crawford's goal.  Anyone with fucking eyes can see that in the video I posted.  You can't argue that point so you've resorted to personal abuse? 

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8 hours ago, BRITNEY IS NOT FEELING IT said:

I thought when he joined us ,he looked a bit on the heavy side 

He wasn't on the heavy side at all when he signed but he was certainly nowhere near as fit as he should have been.

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Just now, THE_MIGHTY_BEARS said:

Barton wasn't at fault for Crawford's goal.  Anyone with fucking eyes can see that in the video I posted.  You can't argue that point so you've resorted to personal abuse? 

Fuck off , you never stop defending the rat bastard. How the fuck you are still allowed to post on here baffles me every day.

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Said before MW isn't the first and wont be the last manager to get things wrong in bringing players to the club.If all true that Barton is moving on it is hopefully and should be a lesson learned by all involved.

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13 minutes ago, THE_MIGHTY_BEARS said:

Ali Crawford nutmegged him which could happen to any player.  It doesn't mean he was "schooled". Watch the goal again and you'll see Barton is not at fault for that goal.  What more could he have done? 

 

Just out of curiosity who would you say was to blame for the goal if you think anyone is to blame.

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36 minutes ago, jintybear said:

That's a lot of nonsense . Andy Halliday has been one of our better players this season. Why do people feel the need to berate Halliday because he's a big Rangers man? It's like the bluenose referees are harder on us, it's weird! 

Barton underestimated the game here (as did Warburton). He didn't get himself fit for the start of the season, however, for some reason Warburton played him regardless. Maybe if he had time to get fit then it might be a different story today. Unfortunately we'll never know 

Halliday hasn't been one of our better players at all and gets far more credit than he deserves from a section of our support purely because he's one of us. The same section of our support that couldn't wait for an opportunity to jump on Barton's back because "he's a pure taig" and the perfect example of this is their performances against the tarriers.

Barton had a poor game, contributed little other than a few easy passes and was generally outplayed and outmuscled by Scott Brown and he was hounded for it.

Halliday put in an almost identical performance against them at Hampden and somehow came out of that game being credited as one of our better players. It's laughable.

 

For what it's worth, I think they're both shite and that's an opinion based on their footballing ability and nothing else. The only way any player should be judged.