The End Of The Road For Joey Barton
By Luke Edwards on May 4, 09 12:33 PM
If he isn't laying into teenagers outside McDonalds in the early hours of the morning he is launching himself at Spanish midfielders on the touchline at Anfield. What happens to Joey Barton when he returns to his native Liverpool?
More importantly, has it now become impossible to defend him? Having been forgiven for two separate assault charges and ensuing prison terms last summer, will Barton's ridiculous sending off against Liverpool be seen as unforgivable by those who were willing to give him yet another chance a few months ago?
As far as I'm concerned, Barton's ineffectual performance against Liverpool is probably the last we will see of him in a black and white shirt.
Even if the Magpies pull off a great escape - which looks less and less likely every time I see them play - I fully expect the club to sell to whoever is willing to take him in the summer.
Certainly, with Alan Shearer clearly looking to take the job on permanently at the end of the season, relegation or not, I can't see how Barton is going to get himself out of trouble this time.
Shearer condemned his behaviour after the game, brushing off the player's attempt to apologise in the process and the message to the 26-year-old was clear - you have let me down, the club down, your teammates down and the supporters down... again!
Sorry simply isn't good enough. For almost £60,000-a-week, Newcastle United have got nine appearances out of the midfielder this season because of injury and, having waited patiently for his return, Barton rewards them with a wild and un-necessary tackle in a game which was already lost.
Stupid ,rash and idiotic, yet utterly in keeping with the character of the man who must have a blister on the end of his finger so often does he press the self-destruct button.
As for the rest of Newcastle's afternoon, well Barton's red card at least managed to deflect attention away from another dismal display from players who were hopelessly out-classed from first whistle to last.
In fact, given the anonymous performances of some in Newcastle's side - Alan Smith, Nicky Butt, Obafemi Martins to name just three - perhaps Barton should be thanked for turning himself into the villain of the piece once more.
The only good news to come out Anfield was that Newcastle only lost by three goals because it could easily have been five or six such was the level of Liverpool's dominance. Newcastle's goal difference, as a result, remains superior to Hull City's and that could be crucial in three game's time.
And so we turn our attention to the Middlesbrough game, the biggest North-East derby since the Magpies took on Sunderland in the old Second Division play-offs 19 years ago.
Nobody will need to be reminded that Newcastle lost that game, while on this occasion a draw would also be a dreadful result in the circumstances.
It's win or die, not literally, of course, you can't go around shooting players just because they get relegated.
Although it would be nice if a few of them fell on their swords and agreed to terminate their lucrative contracts wouldn't it? Nice, but highly unlikely because performance related pay is an alien concept in professional football.
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я очень сожалею.но я не вижу его будущего ни в клубе,ни, что теперь страшно, вообще.клуб еще мог как то контролировать и сдерживать его.что будет теперь.страшно.и жалко.
а мы только обсуждали его перспективу стать самым психом в апл, если он в последнем туре на вылете НЮ кинется на болельщика.видимо, уже не кинется(
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i really sorry for him. though i dont see his future in the club and now i dont see his future at all. club was the last thing to control him. what is going to happen? i m afraid. and sorry.
and we just been discussing that he might become the craziest in the history of EPL in case he will fight with fans after the out-and-last match of NU.now, perhaps, he will not(
If he isn't laying into teenagers outside McDonalds in the early hours of the morning he is launching himself at Spanish midfielders on the touchline at Anfield. What happens to Joey Barton when he returns to his native Liverpool?
More importantly, has it now become impossible to defend him? Having been forgiven for two separate assault charges and ensuing prison terms last summer, will Barton's ridiculous sending off against Liverpool be seen as unforgivable by those who were willing to give him yet another chance a few months ago?
As far as I'm concerned, Barton's ineffectual performance against Liverpool is probably the last we will see of him in a black and white shirt.
Even if the Magpies pull off a great escape - which looks less and less likely every time I see them play - I fully expect the club to sell to whoever is willing to take him in the summer.
Certainly, with Alan Shearer clearly looking to take the job on permanently at the end of the season, relegation or not, I can't see how Barton is going to get himself out of trouble this time.
Shearer condemned his behaviour after the game, brushing off the player's attempt to apologise in the process and the message to the 26-year-old was clear - you have let me down, the club down, your teammates down and the supporters down... again!
Sorry simply isn't good enough. For almost £60,000-a-week, Newcastle United have got nine appearances out of the midfielder this season because of injury and, having waited patiently for his return, Barton rewards them with a wild and un-necessary tackle in a game which was already lost.
Stupid ,rash and idiotic, yet utterly in keeping with the character of the man who must have a blister on the end of his finger so often does he press the self-destruct button.
As for the rest of Newcastle's afternoon, well Barton's red card at least managed to deflect attention away from another dismal display from players who were hopelessly out-classed from first whistle to last.
In fact, given the anonymous performances of some in Newcastle's side - Alan Smith, Nicky Butt, Obafemi Martins to name just three - perhaps Barton should be thanked for turning himself into the villain of the piece once more.
The only good news to come out Anfield was that Newcastle only lost by three goals because it could easily have been five or six such was the level of Liverpool's dominance. Newcastle's goal difference, as a result, remains superior to Hull City's and that could be crucial in three game's time.
And so we turn our attention to the Middlesbrough game, the biggest North-East derby since the Magpies took on Sunderland in the old Second Division play-offs 19 years ago.
Nobody will need to be reminded that Newcastle lost that game, while on this occasion a draw would also be a dreadful result in the circumstances.
It's win or die, not literally, of course, you can't go around shooting players just because they get relegated.
Although it would be nice if a few of them fell on their swords and agreed to terminate their lucrative contracts wouldn't it? Nice, but highly unlikely because performance related pay is an alien concept in professional football.
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я очень сожалею.но я не вижу его будущего ни в клубе,ни, что теперь страшно, вообще.клуб еще мог как то контролировать и сдерживать его.что будет теперь.страшно.и жалко.
а мы только обсуждали его перспективу стать самым психом в апл, если он в последнем туре на вылете НЮ кинется на болельщика.видимо, уже не кинется(
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i really sorry for him. though i dont see his future in the club and now i dont see his future at all. club was the last thing to control him. what is going to happen? i m afraid. and sorry.
and we just been discussing that he might become the craziest in the history of EPL in case he will fight with fans after the out-and-last match of NU.now, perhaps, he will not(