CoopsLaud 4,186 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Boy is and always will be a little cunt Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurrayWilson 3,381 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Barton is without doubt a tit of the highest order and rules are rules and he broke them , but the rules regarding betting in football are fuckin ridiculous. To hammer players for betting on games where they can have no direct influence just seems absurd. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HG5 11,112 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 8 minutes ago, jackrfc95 said: 5-1 game null and void now, goes down as a 1-0 win. Now, that's the sort of thinking I like! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valance1690 3,826 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Just now, MurrayWilson said: Barton is without doubt a tit of the highest order and rules are rules and he broke them , but the rules regarding betting in football are fuckin ridiculous. To hammer players for betting on games where they can have no direct influence just seems absurd. Have a look at the pictures above ^^ lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.C. 18,761 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Bet he didn't see that coming. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HG5 11,112 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 10 minutes ago, jjbscotty12 said: I seen what you did there You might be one step ahead of me there....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbscotty12 3,560 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 2 minutes ago, HG5 said: Nah - the beggars will be wanting any points we won, in games he played in, deducted, without that! What about the games we lost with him playing Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Deacon 55,168 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 His statement is amazing Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HG5 11,112 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 9 minutes ago, jjbscotty12 said: What about the games we lost with him playing 9 minutes ago, jjbscotty12 said: What about the games we lost with him playing ?Jackrfc95 spotted that, too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack The Flipper 5,936 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 I think due to his past this is a fitting punishment. A fitting end to his career as well. Strikes me as the type of guy that says there's always a reason for him to be a cunt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reformation Bear 6,453 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Football authorities - and clubs - place bets that in partnering with companies whose sole economic and commercial purpose in life is to make money by persuading people to place bets, they too can share in that wealth. The association that football authorities and clubs now have with companies whose only purpose is to make money out of gambling, and betting has become embedded. The game becomes intrinsically linked to the lifestyle of betting and gambling. Goes right the way down to influencing (directly or indirectly) children through the names of betting companies appearing on replica shirts and to the naming of cup competitions. Money talks as the saying goes. And football authorities - and clubs - are right at the head of the crowd when it comes to wanting to hear about the money that betting firms can bring.........all in the name of promoting the game, of adding wealth to clubs, of bringing (supposed) prestige to cup competitions. So encouraging gambling is what football authorities - and clubs - are really all about at the heart of it. Income generation by the betting companies from supporters (and players) gambling and wealth distribution to the football authorities - and clubs - as a result. It's ok to promote gambling. It's ok to take sponsorship money from betting companies..........but players must not bet. Perhaps the more accurate thing is players are daft to get caught betting. Barton knew the rules and decided to flout them anyway. He pays a hefty penalty. Possibly a career-threatening penalty. Thing is though, I wonder how many young supporters today (or maybe even supporters not so young) might get caught in a gambling addiction caused in part by the blatant eagerness of the commercial decision takers in football authorities - and in clubs - to chase the very top dollar of sponsorship by lapping up all the sponsorship they can get from betting companies. Money talks right enough. It's a pity that gambling money seems to be talking to football by way of loud 'come and bet on me' megaphone. As for Barton, the story will doubtless sell him some more books as he turns his attention to what is bound to be an ever more serious and visible theme - that of the risk of gambling addiction being made worse by the influence of betting companies on sport Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prso's headband 35,428 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 He's been made an example of quite dramatically because of his high profile. Regardless of his cuntish behaviour he was spot on about our last manager. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumbGER 24,518 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 A rich mans Ian Black. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme_4 34,462 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 30 minutes ago, MurrayWilson said: Barton is without doubt a tit of the highest order and rules are rules and he broke them , but the rules regarding betting in football are fuckin ridiculous. To hammer players for betting on games where they can have no direct influence just seems absurd. He bet in a load of games he played in... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme_4 34,462 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 14 minutes ago, Dan Deacon said: His statement is amazing Got a link? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Deacon 55,168 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Just now, graeme_4 said: Got a link? http://www.joeybarton.com/betting-statement/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaudrupsPatrickBoots 13,510 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 18 months for betting is an absolute joke. You get less for biting or racial abuse. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaudrupsPatrickBoots 13,510 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 39 minutes ago, Valance1690 said: Have a look at the pictures above ^^ lol The picture proves nothing. He couldn't influence any of the games. He's said as much in his statement and also said the fa accepted that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre 1,663 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 15 minutes ago, graeme_4 said: He bet in a load of games he played in... Only for his team to win which is what he should be trying to do anyway Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElBufalo20 7,890 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 3 minutes ago, Spectre said: Only for his team to win which is what he should be trying to do anyway Wish our full team put money on us winning on Sunday there they might've put a bit more effort in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme_4 34,462 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 31 minutes ago, Spectre said: Only for his team to win which is what he should be trying to do anyway He also bet against his club to lose, albeit claims not to have been in any match day squads. 18 months is very harsh, but he's an absolute fanny for doing it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juniorsparkie 491 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 2 hours ago, heathen fish boy said: Banned from any football activities for 18 months,dodged a bullet there Wish this had happened in April 2016 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryju84 3,170 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 2 hours ago, johanhentze said: For shits and giggles. I can see the headlines in Scotland.. "Former Rangers player in betting scandal". You beat me to it... although realistically the Headlines up here will say... "Former Rangers player in betting scandal". Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johanhentze 14,089 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 19 minutes ago, Ryju84 said: You beat me to it... although realistically the Headlines up here will say... "Former Rangers player in betting scandal". No doubt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
miracle 7,790 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 1 hour ago, Spectre said: Only for his team to win which is what he should be trying to do anyway He bet on himself at first goalscorer in one of those bets. Betting on yourself to be the first goal scorer might appear to be trivial but it could result in a player taking ridiculous shots at goal instead of passing to a team-mate who is in a better position or even 'accidently' getting his body in the way of a teammates goal bound shot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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