Barton's Not The Football Messiah...
He's a...well, self-opinionated, ego-driven, and commercially canny operatror who has either noticed or been advised that there is a gap in the market for a...self opinionated and ego driven footballer...
Makes good headlines for him and whoever is acting on his behalf.
He comes across as some footballing and social guru, paid handsomly by his club to focus on that as a career rather than actually playing the game. Don't believe the act and the image for one minute.
QPR fell for it whilst other clubs avoided him. I wonder if QPR didn't sign him for the commercial interest that surrounds him, hoping he'd bring good PR to the club?
He's been mouthing off about Giggs today, and yes, Giggs has erred severley in his private life, but, compared with what he has achieved in the game, its a minor blip.
Barton has done nothing apart from his impressions of an intellectual-and I think neither Proust or Nietzsche felt the need to put out a cigar in one of their mates eyes...
Posted By: Martin Peters on October 18th 2011 at 11:32:40
Message Thread
- Tick tock... (Other Football) - jafski, Oct 18, 10:49:48
- WTF was Warnock ON, buying Barton?? (Other Football) - Old Git, Oct 18, 11:06:02
- Barton's Not The Football Messiah... (Other Football) - Martin Peters, Oct 18, 11:32:40
- I'm sure I heard he'd hired the same manager as The White Stripes (n/m) (Other Football) - samcd84, Oct 18, 11:44:24
- It's the pointless stuff that's going to backfire on him (Other Football) - pants, Oct 18, 11:41:18
- I'd like Roy Keane to buy him, if Roy Keane ever gets another management job (Other Football) - Old Git, Oct 18, 11:43:18
- In comparison, Barton makes Keane look like an example of nirvana (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Oct 18, 11:55:33
- Smells like he'd ruin team spirit. (n/m) (Other Football) - jafski, Oct 18, 11:57:10
- I was yellow carded for a lesser offence than that yesterday (n/m) (Other Football) - KentonCanary, Oct 18, 12:27:38
- Nevermind (n/m) (Other Football) - jafski, Oct 18, 12:31:07
- ^^good wrothing (n/m) (Other Football) - strap_on sally, Oct 18, 12:41:13
- Nevermind (n/m) (Other Football) - jafski, Oct 18, 12:31:07
- lollanory (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Oct 18, 12:01:45
- Foul. Yellow card. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Oct 18, 12:00:06
- All apologies. (n/m) (Other Football) - jafski, Oct 18, 12:33:07
- FFS !.!.!.! (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Oct 18, 11:59:13
- I was yellow carded for a lesser offence than that yesterday (n/m) (Other Football) - KentonCanary, Oct 18, 12:27:38
- Smells like he'd ruin team spirit. (n/m) (Other Football) - jafski, Oct 18, 11:57:10
- In comparison, Barton makes Keane look like an example of nirvana (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Oct 18, 11:55:33
- I'd like Roy Keane to buy him, if Roy Keane ever gets another management job (Other Football) - Old Git, Oct 18, 11:43:18
- Guess he thought he could handle him, as he had handled the difficult Taraabt last season. (Other Football) - jafski, Oct 18, 11:09:32
- He's a good player though (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 18, 11:24:49
- But I thought Warnock was smarter than that (Other Football) - Old Git, Oct 18, 11:30:05
- Yes but a big gamble. Which could easily backfire. (Other Football) - jafski, Oct 18, 11:28:57
- More dangerous now he's at a smaller club though (Other Football) - pants, Oct 18, 11:28:46
- When he does totally got bat shit mental (Other Football) - pants, Oct 18, 11:23:34
- He's a good player though (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 18, 11:24:49
- Barton's Not The Football Messiah... (Other Football) - Martin Peters, Oct 18, 11:32:40
- Indeed, I think you can already insert the KA... (Other Football) - Jim Nasium, Oct 18, 10:51:39
- WTF was Warnock ON, buying Barton?? (Other Football) - Old Git, Oct 18, 11:06:02
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