Joseph Barton

[facaldaqui]

Barton's ploy to take another one with him would never work, would it? I mean, Kompany and company are too cool for that.

And then Mario stalks over ....

Mario, mate, when someone is publicly hanging themselves, you don't need to pull the rope. Have a brain.

[Super_horns]

well you can blame the press, not footballers, for that - if you dont stick to the sick as a parrot/over the moon script you end up misquoted by some lazy hack looking for a headline

Probably true..some are dammed if they came across as dull but then if they say anything slightly un PC its what a disgrace!

[Handsome Man]

well you can blame the press, not footballers, for that - if you dont stick to the sick as a parrot/over the moon script you end up misquoted by some lazy hack looking for a headline

Probably true..some are dammed if they came across as dull but then if they say anything slightly un PC its what a disgrace!

Who? When?
What are you on about?

Do you mean Terry and Suarez?

[Cobi]

I only caught the end but ssn reporting Barton accepts punishment for kicking Aguero but denies 2nd charge of headbutt at Kompany

[Ian Royal]

I only caught the end but ssn reporting Barton accepts punishment for kicking Aguero but denies 2nd charge of headbutt at Kompany

Not surprising, anywhere but a football pitch it would have been called leaning. Footballers couldn't headbutt their way out of a wet paper bag. Zidane excepting.

[blindedbythelights]

well you can blame the press, not footballers, for that - if you dont stick to the sick as a parrot/over the moon script you end up misquoted by some lazy hack looking for a headline

Probably true..some are dammed if they came across as dull but then if they say anything slightly un PC its what a disgrace!

you need only look at the nasri comments in the arsenal thread to see what idiots have to say when a player actually speaks his mind

[HoneyRoastHoax]

I only caught the end but ssn reporting Barton accepts punishment for kicking Aguero but denies 2nd charge of headbutt at Kompany

Not surprising, anywhere but a football pitch it would have been called leaning. Footballers couldn't headbutt their way out of a wet paper bag. Zidane excepting.

+1

[FiNeRaIn]

I was talking to someone last night about this Barton / Lineker "feud" and he confirmed, having 1st hand experience of Lineker and his family that he is indeed a dick of the highest order.

Yes, the shagging around was generally known but the whole Mr Nice image is a carefully constructed sham over many years - his kids are wild, arrogant gobshites over whom he has no control and he, and they, are classic "don't you know who I am" merchants.

Might be an exaggeration I suppose but what he told me surprised me I have to say.

have heard similar.

[buzzby]

12 match ban

[Chaney]

12 match ban

and 75 grand fine. i bet Lineker and shearer are pissing themselves

[Friday's Legacy]

The fine is a joke. When he kicks out like that completely unprovoked then you should hit him with a much bigger fine than that.

12 games, 1/3 of the season. QPR wont be able to sell him now, not until January if their lucky. Hopefully they have grounds to dismiss him!

[Franchise FC]

Danny Mills on 5Live has just been spouting that 12 games is way over the top and it's only because it's Joey.
What a plank Danny Mills is.

I still think the FA have missed the extras for the third and fourth red cards - they've issued a statement that it's 4 games for the red card, 4 games for the kick at Aguero and 4 for the headbutt.

A third red card in a season is a 5 game ban if it's for violent conduct, not 4
The fourth red card is a 6 game ban.

But hey ho - 12 will do for starters - he won't be in anyone's Premier League 25 until at least January.

[No Fixed Abode]

12 game ban. I wonder if we will see Sparky wearing a T-shirt in support of Joey? Of course not, what kind of (ex) manager would do that....?

[paultheroyal]

12 games is harsh.

10 would of been sufficient.

[southbank1871]

Danny Mills on 5Live has just been spouting that 12 games is way over the top and it's only because it's Joey.
What a plank Danny Mills is.

I think he's right though, if this was pretty much anyone else, it would have been about 8 games.

[T.R.O.L.I.]

The fine is a joke. When he kicks out like that completely unprovoked then you should hit him with a much bigger fine than that.

Isn't there the "maximum two weeks wages" cap on fines for footballers? Barton on £37.5K a week at QPR isn't that outlandish so probably where the fine amount comes from...

[Hoop Blah]

The fine is a joke. When he kicks out like that completely unprovoked then you should hit him with a much bigger fine than that.

Isn't there the "maximum two weeks wages" cap on fines for footballers? Barton on £37.5K a week at QPR isn't that outlandish so probably where the fine amount comes from...

Pretty sure that's just a maximum that the clubs can impose on their own players (believe that can be exceeded in extreme cases too).

[SLAMMED]

12 games is harsh.

10 would of been sufficient.

Really? There is no place for people like him in football.

A lifetime ban would be fitting.

[winchester_royal]

Danny Mills on 5Live has just been spouting that 12 games is way over the top and it's only because it's Joey.
What a plank Danny Mills is.

I think he's right though, if this was pretty much anyone else, it would have been about 8 games.

You're right of course. But the fact that it is Barton means that the culprit in this case has history. The FA have quite rightly taken this into consideration.

[SLAMMED]

Too right. Re-offenders should be punished more severely.