Bradley Johnson Q&A

Was Johnson headbutted? No.

Did Barton use his head to square up to Johnson? Yes.

Is this an offense? Yes.

Did Johnson exaggerate this so that Swarbrick would see it? Maybe but he didn't go down and he walked away. I think Norwich players were as surprised that Swarbrick stopped play as anyone else.

Was Johnson trying to get Barton sent off? I doubt it but he was he trying to wind up a player who is notoriously easy to wind up.

Is this against the rules? No, Barton has an issue with self-discipline. That's his problem, not Johnson's.

Is cheating 'ingrained' in Norwich, as one QPR seether put it? Well, if trying to persuade Swarbrick NOT to send off Barton is cheating, then Grant Holt is quite clearly and visibly seen on camera 'cheating'.

Is the 'Barton your breath stinks' picture immature? Oh, for sure.

But is it funny? If aimed at anyone else, no. When aimed at Barton, yes. Using the medium of Twitter to make fun of Joey Barton is quite ingenious. But immature, yes.

Will he get in trouble for it? Undoubtedly.

Will it give QPR ammunition to criticise us? Yes.

Is this a bad thing? No, because all it will do is encourage QPR to play the victim throughout the season and if Warnock, Barton et al are not prepared to look at what is not working in THEIR team and to try and FIX what is not working in their team, rather than pinning the blame on everyone else and to make excuses, then they will continue to lose games and they will go down. The simple fact is that QPR are not winning games. They have spent more money than Swansea and more money than us and yet their team does not play as a team. Teams are beating them because teams are better than them. Our team cost barely anything, few of our players have Premiership experience and yet the fact that we are competing against bigger clubs and getting the results that they are not means that we must be cheating. Let QPR think that, let them go down.

Posted By: tim berry on January 3rd 2012 at 00:13:19

Message Thread

Uh-oh (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Jan 2, 23:41:08
- Love that right off, be surprised if he gets in trouble for it (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jan 2, 23:53:28
  - Although it looks like the "a" might have been converted from an "e" (n/m) (NCFC) - grumpy, Jan 2, 23:55:11
    - I reckon they went with "Breth" first time. (NCFC) - bird table, Jan 2, 23:56:21
- The expression on his face is brilliant though... (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, Jan 2, 23:45:52
  - Why would he be banned? (NCFC) - duke of york, Jan 2, 23:46:55
    - Making fun of the retarded............. (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 2, 23:49:50
    - I suspect Lambo, who's on record as saying he hates Twatter... (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, Jan 2, 23:49:06
      - Who do you ban for it though? (NCFC) - King, Jan 2, 23:55:36
- Like someone said below (NCFC) - N1fty5iftyCity, Jan 2, 23:44:11
  - I dont think Lambert is a fan of the "social media"........ (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 2, 23:48:34
    - I liked Alex Ferguson's take on Twitter (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 2, 23:53:50
      - yeah fancy wasting your time talking about things you like with like minded individuals (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jan 3, 00:00:30
      - In the real world some might question Sir Alex and why he is still (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 3, 00:00:18
    - Agreed (NCFC) - N1fty5iftyCity, Jan 2, 23:50:25
- if that's not photoshopped then i'm steveinhollands auntie (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 2, 23:43:37
  - no I reckon he's wafting his hand under his nose (n/m) (NCFC) - Dirty Delia, Jan 2, 23:48:32
  - I hope you are right but I think it might be real (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jan 2, 23:46:12
    - not bothered if i'm right or not tbh (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 2, 23:49:58
- And he hits the mail as well... (NCFC) - TheFineCity, Jan 2, 23:42:08
  - WE ARE MASSIVE! (n/m) (NCFC) - tim berry, Jan 2, 23:49:49
  - What can the authorities do him for? Having a sense of humour? (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 2, 23:43:55
    - I agree... (NCFC) - TheFineCity, Jan 2, 23:46:39
      - My worry is that the FA will do him on a disrepute charge. (NCFC) - Arganth, Jan 2, 23:50:20
    - I'd much prefer to be in his shoes (NCFC) - N1fty5iftyCity, Jan 2, 23:46:15
    - Exactly..... what Warnock said was FAR FAR worse..... (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 2, 23:45:48
    - he posed for a pic which someone tweeted (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 2, 23:44:54
      - Might signal the end of Twitter (NCFC) - duke of york, Jan 2, 23:46:07
        
        Go out Big....... or....... Go home............. (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 2, 23:53:04
        
        like ruddy did! (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 2, 23:56:00
        
        Very very likely but what a way to go ! (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jan 2, 23:47:28
        
        That isn't necessarily a bad thing as they're super dull most of the time (n/m) (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, Jan 2, 23:47:13
        
        Bradley Johnson Q&A (NCFC) - tim berry, Jan 3, 00:13:19

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