Barton Haters

[MattyRangers]

Cost them over 10 milion euro, helped them win ligue 1 and was their top CB.....

You mean he isn't a pub player?!!?!?

[DouDou_87]

He wants to go to Marseille. Even Harry knows that. You cant blame him for that either given they are in the Champions League. I don't agree with some of his comments or methods but do you honestly expect him to say " No I love QPR and I want to play in the Championship " when a team like Marseille want to sign you? Get real fella. Long as when selected he gives his all that is the main issue.

It's not just 3 good games either. It's the gulf in class and ability he has shown in them. If we want to get promoted Barton will be key to that. You can tell that after 1 game not 3.

I don't expect him to declare his love for QPR. But why does he need to say anything at all? Why doesn't he do what other players who wanted to play at a higher level have done and keep quiet. Never once heard Remy declaring his love for another team in order to get a move? He just makes both him and us look stupid.

Yes he's played very well, but we're 3 games in for crying out loud. As I said, he's got a long way to go to make up for everything and in all honesty he should be in the top 3 players in this division.

I still wouldn't be at all surprised if he left before Sept 2nd.

[Ginger Ninja]

too be fair that finger could be pointed at the whole premier league squad mr adel tarabbt very much included!

Youre not wrong facto.

[Johnnykc]

You mean he isn't a pub player?!!?!?

and he's actually a fairly decent CB as it happens....

[Kevin Mcleod]

Don't want to come here as a Newman and pee people off, but I was so proud of Bartons passion wanting to Müller those City players. He did that for our club coz we were on the brink of going down. His heart was in it for our club cos he didn't want to lose. The way the club and fans alike, treated him after that was a travesty imho. Just cos of his reputation I think. If Mark Dennis or Gavin McGuire had of fought like that for Rangers I think they would of been carried all the way home from Manchester.

[qblockoompah]

Don't want to come here as a Newman and pee people off, but I was so proud of Bartons passion wanting to Müller those City players. He did that for our club coz we were on the brink of going down. His heart was in it for our club cos he didn't want to lose. The way the club and fans alike, treated him after that was a travesty imho. Just cos of his reputation I think. If Mark Dennis or Gavin McGuire had of fought like that for Rangers I think they would of been carried all the way home from Manchester.

I would of done same if tevez belted me, only difference being my headbutt would of connected

[Johnnykc]

Don't want to come here as a Newman and pee people off, but I was so proud of Bartons passion wanting to Müller those City players. He did that for our club coz we were on the brink of going down. His heart was in it for our club cos he didn't want to lose. The way the club and fans alike, treated him after that was a travesty imho. Just cos of his reputation I think. If Mark Dennis or Gavin McGuire had of fought like that for Rangers I think they would of been carried all the way home from Manchester.

Lewis?..........

[Kevin Mcleod]

he would know either of the psychos then would he?

[martyhoop]

Can anyone name a better player in this league than Barton? He's a total git, but he's our total git at this moment in time.

Can anyone name another championship player on £60k a week, he should be on of the better players in the league.

[Tarbie]

I've always had quite mixed feelings about Barton.

When's his head's right he's a cracking player, you could argue that until this season his head's never been right at QPR. At the same time I think the way that Mark Hughes handled the whole Barton vs Tevez affair was nothing short of atrocious and I said that at the time. Then there's the flip side where I think that a lot of Barton's behavior is inexcusable, it's simply unacceptable for a professional on a huge salary to conduct themselves as poorly as he has publicly, slating the club and players at times and trying to engineer a move for himself.

The bottom line is I was one those saying that he needed to go, on this occasion I am very happy to have be proven wrong. At the same time there is this little nagging feeling in me that says that it's only a matter of time before Joey hits the self destruct button again!

[QPRWEBBIE]

I think the point is that we have seen 2 different Joey Bartons. The one we had 2 years ago had attitude, created problems with other players with his abuse on and off the pitch and didn't give a fu*k about our club or supporters hence he kept on making comments via twitter. Now, the new Joey Barton seems to of calmed down and is letting his talking show with his performances. So for those who slagged him off had every right but everyone deserves a second chance if they can prove that they can change in which it seems he has. Some will say he is only doing it as his in the shop window but have you thought it may just be that he has seen that nobody has made an approach for him so he has realised that he has to knuckle down to save his career, we will see.

[brightonr]

Yep. He's wanted out all summer, now there's loyalty for you!

I wanted him out, without a shadown of a doubt. Useless for us on the pitch and nothing but a pr1ck off it. Never known a player to treat the club he plays for with such contempt. Would Gallen, Ainsworth, Fedinand, Holloway and countless others ever dream of saying some of the things he's said? No. Becuase they actaully had respect for the club and the fans. 3 very good games in the Championship and suddenly everyones going mad for him? Short memories. He's doing what he's paid a small fortune each week to do. He should be head and shoulders above every other midfielder in the league. Lets not forget he did say he would walk into the Enlgand team only a few months ago?

Lets wait and see where he is and where we are at the end of the season before we start lording it up about him, not 3 games in.

To be fair to him, I cannot recall him being in any way disrespectful to the club or the fans prior to THE CLUB, sending him on a SEASON LONG LOAN. We could have stood by him after his one pretty bad mistake. We chose not to, signed the likes of Mbia instead and subsequently got relegated because of it.

He's no angel granted, but he is going to be the difference for us if we are to go straight back up.

[zeberdee]

All summer on here numerous posters were saying Barton should "Never play for QPR again, Will upset the dressing room, is useless, not good enough for QPR and we are better off without him anywhere near the team " etc etc.

Just wondering if those same people still hold the same opinion now.... and you know who you are. Or whether you have reached the same conclusion a few of us reached yonks ago that despite being an idiot at times off the field, with him playing he is the best chance we have of getting promotion and he actually is a very good player for many reasons. Without him playing our chances of promotion decrease big time.

He is a very good player, brings the best out of others and is actually uniting the dressing room. Yes he has had a few good or very good games but you can tell from watching him he is a class above the Championship. Do some people still want rid of him despite the fact his loss would not be the best for QPR on the pitch??

Barton is good and miles better than any CM at the club last year. Jenas is decent too but the rest delivered nothing really. But you wont find much consistency or logic in message boards or twitter where people tend to flip flip - finding a lot of posters saying Barton is **** one week and great the next is pretty standard stuff online.

[Rangers77]

Club treated him like sh1t after Man City. That laughing stock Hughesless cut our noses off to spite our face by running him out of town. I've always wanted him back. He's a very interesting human being. And has been proving himself a top player.

[brightonr]

Don't want to come here as a Newman and pee people off, but I was so proud of Bartons passion wanting to Müller those City players. He did that for our club coz we were on the brink of going down. His heart was in it for our club cos he didn't want to lose. The way the club and fans alike, treated him after that was a travesty imho. Just cos of his reputation I think. If Mark Dennis or Gavin McGuire had of fought like that for Rangers I think they would of been carried all the way home from Manchester.

Missed this earlier. Absolutely agree with everything you have said.

As bad as it might have looked to the neutrals, he cared about our club. Maybe too much at that moment. And certainly more than the vast majority have shown since.