Barton

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 4:18 pm

John Johnson 1605 wrote:A lot of sanctimonious remarks being made here. Throughout JB's Burnley career he has been sinned against far more than sinner. In today's game he gets repeatedly elbowed from a non league lump and attempts to win an advantage by getting him dismissed. It's a shame he got caught.

Should have tried to out football them, not stoop to getting them sent off and engaging in a physical battle with them.

They acheieved what they set out today. Massive Joey fan. But sorry very surprised he did that today. He didn't even did it when the bottle hit him on the head!

Gnulty · Post by **Gnulty** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 4:18 pm

a bad day for joey13 too...

John Johnson 1605 · Post by **John Johnson 1605** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 4:19 pm

joey13 wrote:You must be a joy to be associated with.

Care to elaborate ?

dermotdermot · Post by **dermotdermot** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 4:19 pm

He was by far our best player today and I can understand him getting riled the way Rhead behaved. I thought perhaps that he had his shoulder dislocated at one stage. Leave him alone. We'd be in deep **** without him.

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 4:19 pm

jrgbfc wrote:Least he was up for it, pity the rest of them didn't have some sort of fight about them.

I'm not sure falling to the ground clutching his head in total simulation counts as 'fight'. He wasn't the worst out there today but he certainly wasn't the Joey Barton that we've been fortunate enough to witness.

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 4:20 pm

He's let himself become a target again today, but he was the only one in our team who was up for it.

That plus the loads of good and great stuff he's done for us means we should cut him a bit of slack

Diesel · Post by **Diesel** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 4:23 pm

He's still got the Mojo has our Joey, I'll let him have that one today, he will Bollock himself for it and use it as a positive.

John Johnson 1605 · Post by **John Johnson 1605** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 4:25 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Should have tried to out football them, not stoop to getting them sent off and engaging in a physical battle with them.

They acheieved what they set out today. Massive Joey fan. But sorry very surprised he did that today. He didn't even did it when the bottle hit him on the head!

He was one of the few Burnley players who did at least try to play football.

Don't think there would be many complaints, if following Rhead's dismissal, we went onto win the game.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 4:29 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Should have tried to out football them, not stoop to getting them sent off and engaging in a physical battle with them.

They acheieved what they set out today. Massive Joey fan. But sorry very surprised he did that today. He didn't even did it when the bottle hit him on the head!

It's not easy though to try and out-football a team, any team, when you can't control the bloody thing in the first place. Even Lincoln players seemed to be able to control a football better than us. We looked scared to death when we were on the ball; as if each player didn't want it.

Saxoman · Post by **Saxoman** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 4:32 pm

That's worse that Morten gamst pederson v Arsenal..

taio · Post by **taio** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 4:32 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Should have tried to out football them, not stoop to getting them sent off and engaging in a physical battle with them

Absolutely spot on.

Dy1geo · Post by **Dy1geo** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 4:37 pm

For most of the game I thought Barton was our best player, one towering header he won when he attacked the ball springs to mind. He showed he was up for the battle. Clearly Lincoln targeted him and him and Rhead were at each other all match, however he did let himself down with the stamp etc.
Fortunately he can focus his mind back to what he does best and that is influencing games

Zugunruhe · Post by **Zugunruhe** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 4:41 pm

Surprised at some of the comments on here and how quick some people are to kick one of our players.

BTW: There's no way that Barton had the 'red mist' of old today. He was in control and gave back what he took. Years ago he would have lost it, but he didn't. So get a grip, ffs.

dermotdermot · Post by **dermotdermot** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 4:42 pm

Hardly a stamp. He simply trod on his toes. They were a surprisingly difficult team to play against. Most, if not all, of them looked horrible. Best to just put it behind us.

SammyBoy · Post by **SammyBoy** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 4:48 pm

IMO the ref really didn't help matters, he was a complete wallflower for the whole game and at one point it looked like he'd lost control to me. There should have been bookings for each side which weren't given and this in turn led to it spilling over with the Barton incident. Fair play to Lincoln, their game plan worked but I can't help but feel all this could have been avoided had we fielded a full strength team. I'm very frustrated but the best course of action is probably to just put this game behind us, move on and focus on the league. UTC!

mrhungryone · Post by **mrhungryone** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 4:48 pm

Lincoln targeted joey from the outset and their management team were like..... whats all the fuss about? I new second half we would even things up in that respect...and therir management behaved accordingly.that said 'joey' what were you playing at fainting like that.

paulatky · Post by **paulatky** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 5:18 pm

Play acting today was an embarressment

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 5:21 pm

I'm glad somebody has finally started a thread about him.

Dano1bfc · Post by **Dano1bfc** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 5:21 pm

Just what we need another thread on Joey ... leave the lad alone he's been ace for us .

Slurpy · Post by **Slurpy** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 5:21 pm

Your failure to post this on the barton thread is a disgrace

Heathclaret · Post by **Heathclaret** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 5:30 pm

He may be a disgrace, but he's our disgrace, I'm behind Joseph 100%. Wouldn't have reacted had he not been targeted.

warksclaret · Post by **warksclaret** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 5:50 pm

For me it was surprising, but having reflected I think he was the only one "hurting" from the humiliation

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 5:53 pm

Sean Dyche has said how much he detets cheats, he said his own lad plays football, and he would hate the antics of pro players to filter down to grass roots level

wonder how he will regard bartons display today.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 5:55 pm

SammyBoy wrote:IMO the ref really didn't help matters, he was a complete wallflower for the whole game and at one point it looked like he'd lost control to me.

I agree with this. I thought overall he was pretty poor. He went from having a Lincoln shirt on underneath in the first half, to just not knowing what was going on in the second.

Grumps · Post by **Grumps** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 6:14 pm

Heathclaret wrote:He may be a disgrace, but he's our disgrace, I'm behind Joseph 100%. Wouldn't have reacted had he not been targeted.

I don't want a disgrace thank you, he should not have allowed himself to be dragged in to it, he knew what to expect, and then to try and stamp on someone and pretend you've been hit in the face is a disgrace, something dyche says should be kicked out of the game, let's see what he does about this

Enola Gay · Post by **Enola Gay** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 6:46 pm

Second half was the Barton we were warned about before he signed, and the one we were told have pitched up at Ibrox.

In the first half though he was one of very, very few Burnley players to even get a pass-mark.

He deserves all the criticism he gets after that second 45 minutes but I'll wait and see which one turns up for however games he's got left in the rest of the season before writing him off.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 6:48 pm

I'm the OP on this thread, I was/am furious with him today. I back him 100% to make up for it next weekend though

Terry Cochrane · Post by **Terry Cochrane** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 7:02 pm

Dont want to dwell too much on the incident linked but that was totally embarrassing and there's no defence to such pathetic behaviour.

DONT try that crap again Joey

Claret-On-A-T-Rex · Post by **Claret-On-A-T-Rex** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 7:08 pm

If he continues with that sort of particularly ridiculous play-acting and simulation he could very well end up at Barcelona or Real Madrid.

quoonbeatz · Post by **quoonbeatz** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 7:10 pm

There's no defending what he did today but equally there's no defending the fat knacker he trod on, who should have been sent off for an elbow in the first half.

There were a few clashes between the pair that were just that but one was a shocker.

dermotdermot · Post by **dermotdermot** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 7:53 pm

quoonbeatz wrote:There's no defending what he did today but equally there's no defending the fat knacker he trod on, who should have been sent off for an elbow in the first half.

There were a few clashes between the pair that were just that but one was a shocker.

After one of the 'fat knackers' challenges, I genuinely thought that Joey had dislocated his shoulder - he went off for a little physio - and half expected him to take some form of retribution.

Lincoln were a horribly over aggressive unit. A nasty bunch of individuals who will unfortunately grace the lower echelons of the football league from next season. I for one do not find that a very enticing prospect and hope that we don't cross paths again. In many ways I'm glad that we don't have to visit that not so fair city for a replay. We'd be lucky to get out of there alive. A race apart.

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 8:02 pm

they were like some Padiham pub team from years ago, with that hulking great slob in their ranks.

Darnhill Claret · Post by **Darnhill Claret** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 8:03 pm

Well if Lincoln had a plan for Joey, all credit to them. It worked. We had a plan for Rhead involving Joey and Tarks

arise_sir_charge · Post by **arise_sir_charge** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 8:12 pm

Having read this thread, I'm glad I wasn't in the trenches with any of those having a go at Barton.

Dark Cloud · Post by **Dark Cloud** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 8:26 pm

In fairness Joey was clattered from behind when jumping for a ball by (I think?) Rhead early doors and I don't think the ref even gave a foul when I thought it plainly was and was probably a booking. That upset him for the rest of the game and although it was clearly his job to "screen" Rhead from winning the headers/flick ons, once he'd "lost it" SD should have assigned someone else as it looked like a sending off waiting to happen. It's also worth pointing out that it wasn't working as the fat lad won almost every header anyway!

dermotdermot · Post by **dermotdermot** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 9:20 pm

This is the other thread, numbskulls!

ALP · Post by **ALP** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 9:43 pm

No wonder he was ****** off, this challenge was a disgrace, OK he needs to remain professional but this was a jaw breaker.

LawsCanalJump · Post by **LawsCanalJump** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 10:01 pm

Could only laugh with embarrassment
Don't want to see Burnley players doing that, been great for us has Joey and kept professional
Today Rhead got the better of him and back to his old ways

ALP · Post by **ALP** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 10:25 pm

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not condoning what Joey did, but this challenge from Rhead is disgraceful at least.

dermotdermot · Post by **dermotdermot** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 10:32 pm

Exactly. Did Joey do anything like that? No he didn't. He just stood on his little pinkies to rile him up. Rhead is a throwback to the Dark Ages.

dermotdermot · Post by **dermotdermot** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 10:38 pm

dermotdermot wrote:Exactly. Did Joey do anything like that? No he didn't. He just stood on his little pinkies to rile him up. Rhead is a throwback to the Dark Ages.

Actually make that pre Bronze Age.

RogerBest · Post by **RogerBest** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 10:44 pm

I have recently read his book and am really impressed by how he has evolved as a man.

He was kicked from pillar to post last season but rode it all brilliantly.

He is a superb player and when he reflects on today I think he will be quietly embarrassed but will move on from it.

As long as he doesn't get banned for too many games Joey will be a big factor in the rest of the season.

Up the Clarets.

Goodclaret · Post by **Goodclaret** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 10:50 pm

When the ref let that challenge go unpunished on Joey so early on when it was so blatantly a shocking elbow was when the ref lost all control of the game. If he'd correctly sent him off then the rest wouldn't have happened. Number 8 ''doing' JBG wasn't much better but at least the ref did his job with a yellow. Oh, and a lovely word for the ''amazing'' Lincoln support as they sang ''cheerio'' to him as he left the pitch injured. Lincoln can get smashed in the next round for me.

boatshed bill · Post by **boatshed bill** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 10:50 pm

I thought he was the best player on the park for a fair chunk of the first half, but it's difficult to remember any really positive contribution from him in the second. I think he should have been subbed with Mee coming on, Tarkowski moving into centre midfield.

cloughyclaret · Post by **cloughyclaret** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 10:54 pm

I read somewhere on SM today that we should be grateful as Joey was showing the passion that the other players lacked. I didnt go on - I have no idea if that looked like the case. But if so, he did the same at Rangers with a bad ending. It is not for JB to decide who feels what.

daveisaclaret · Post by **daveisaclaret** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 10:55 pm

Until today I've been Joey's biggest fan, but it has now become clear that he should commit harry carry

DuckworthsEA · Post by **DuckworthsEA** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 11:04 pm

The word disgrace is getting some hammer on this thread and the only thing that's disgraceful is people not supporting Barton. I'm looking forward to showing my support next week to a guy who will more than likely give a man of match performance for the team. Yes he got involved but that's who he his and in my opinion it's a shame some of the others in the team didn't show the same 'fight' and 'balls' he did and put it on the line. Asking for Dyche to get involved and punish him is pathetic

dermotdermot · Post by **dermotdermot** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 11:05 pm

Who is Harry Carry?

Greeny · Post by **Greeny** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 11:07 pm

Joey must have had his pre-match drink spiked as unlike every other game he has played in claret &blue where he has been kicked from pillar to post he always just picked himself up, didn't make a fuss and cracked on. Today his alter ego suddenly turned up. Thought he had grown out of that unhelpful approach. The ongoing sideshow didn't help in any way shape or form today.

Burnley loyal · Post by **Burnley loyal** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 11:17 pm

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No wonder joey was ****** off