Joey Barton - Genius or Loudmouth idiot?

[Nick]

No your missing my point mate, he was deemed as representing WBA when he made that gesture hence he was sacked, so players are responsible for there actions, either with words or symbols and are representing there clubs , in other words clubs can fine/sack players for incidents away from football , simply because they represent the badge/club not just at work but 24/7

No I get your point, and its obviously up to the club what actions they take. And if they feel that the club is being judged by the behaviour of a player than fine.

But my point is how many people are really judging QPR by Joey's tweets?... not Anelka, not another club, but Joey Barton and QPR.

[DeepcutHoop]

No I get your point, and its obviously up to the club what actions they take. And if they feel that the club is being judged by the behaviour of a player than fine.

But my point is how many people are really judging QPR by Joey's tweets?... not Anelka, not another club, but Joey Barton and QPR.

We get judged for employing him.

[Nick]

We get judged for employing him.

No we don't!! Who really goes "I can't believe qpr signed that Joey Barton, what a bad club they are"

[winalotto]

No we don't!! Who really goes "I can't believe qpr signed that Joey Barton, what a bad club they are"

You'd be surprised how a club is judged by its players or its employees , look at how the club has changed in the eyes of other supporters by the Chairman we have had lately

[DeepcutHoop]

No we don't!! Who really goes "I can't believe qpr signed that Joey Barton, what a bad club they are"

Plenty have judged us for employing him. Whether you care about that or not is a different matter, but we have been given plenty of stick for having Barton on our books, when we signed him, and after the Man City game particularly.

[Nick]

You'd be surprised how a club is judged by its players or its employees , look at how the club has changed in the eyes of other supporters by the Chairman we have had lately

OK I agree with you there. But I think we're moving away from the issue, and that is IMO I don't think this club will be judged by Joey Bartons tweets as he's always had a reputation of being very outspoken, especially when it comes to twitter.

[Nick]

Plenty have judged us for employing him. Whether you care about that or not is a different matter, but we have been given plenty of stick for having Barton on our books, when we signed him, and after the Man City game particularly.

Ok I expect that, but we will NOT be judged by his tweets. When it comes to twitter he will always be judged personally, not us.

[DeepcutHoop]

You'd be surprised how a club is judged by its players or its employees , look at how the club has changed in the eyes of other supporters by the Chairman we have had lately

Our last three managers have lost us plenty of goodwill too

[winalotto]

OK I agree with you there. But I think we're moving away from the issue, and that is IMO I don't think this club will be judged by Joey Bartons tweets as he's always had a reputation of being very outspoken, especially when it comes to twitter.

a club will be judged by its employees , from top to bottom , Barton is one of those employees , whether its with what he tweets or his actions it will still come back to our club with other fans hence it puts our club in a bad light. In Joeys case he is known to be outspoken yes , its why he gets so many followers and abuse on twitter , and alot of the abuse he gets on there when it comes to football matters seem to revolve around who he plays for at the moment.

[Nick]

a club will be judged by its employees , from top to bottom , Barton is one of those employees , whether its with what he tweets or his actions it will still come back to our club with other fans hence it puts our club in a bad light. In Joeys case he is known to be outspoken yes , its why he gets so many followers and abuse on twitter , and alot of the abuse he gets on there when it comes to football matters seem to revolve around who he plays for at the moment.

I completely agree that the club will be judged by its employees and employers for that matter. But like I said in my 1st post Joey is a one off. Especially in regards to tweets.

[Qprtanpa1]

He reminds everyone of the days when players put their all into the sport, on and off the field. If QPR had a few more Bartons, Hills and Austins, we'd be able to compete with anyone.

[winalotto]

I completely agree that the club will be judged by its employees and employers for that matter. But like I said in my 1st post Joey is a one off. Especially in regards to tweets.

So because he is a one off in your eyes he could tweet anything and it wouldn't harm qpr , because people expect that of Joey?

[Nick]

So because he is a one off in your eyes he could tweet anything and it wouldn't harm qpr , because people expect that of Joey?

Not just in my eyes pal. I think if you was to ask is Joey a 1 off, the majority would agree.

And as long as it wasn't about qpr in any way then yes. I think most would shrug it of as just being typical Joey.

[winalotto]

Not just in my eyes pal. I think if you was to ask is Joey a 1 off, the majority would agree.

And as long as it wasn't about qpr in any way then yes. I think most would shrug it of as just being typical Joey.

Fair enough , i would disagree, but hey its all about opinions, and its a good thing were not all the same or it would be a tad boring

[Nick]

Fair enough , i would disagree, but hey its all about opinions, and its a good thing were not all the same or it would be a tad boring

Thats true mate. I think on this one, we're going to have to agree to disagree