The real reason City are doing well according to Barton!

....is because of Joey Barton.

He has yet again come out with his big mouth and say City wouldnt be up there if it wasnt for his amazing performances last season, keeping us in the premier league. What a wanker, he was ok last year but there is no way we would have gone down without him, we were actually safe with 7 games to go.

Also what is one if our strongest positions this season...centre mid with Hamann and Johnson, so him leaving us has in fact made us stronger.

How can he not look at the fact he should be the one grateful to us for keep giving him chances.

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"I hope they appreciate the job I did last season," Barton told BBC Radio Five Live.

City battled against relegation last term but, following the takeover of Thaksin Shinawatra, are now third in the Barclays Premier League under new manager Sven-Goran Eriksson.

"Were it not for myself the club wouldn't have had Shinawatra, the Premier League and Sven.

"I think they could easily have gone down last season but for a couple of results."

Newcastle were beaten 3-1 at the City of Manchester Stadium and remain in mid-table but Barton has no doubts he made the right move.

He feels Newcastle, following the takeover by Mike Ashley, can match his former club and has urged caution on the part of City fans.

"It is important they don't get too carried away with a couple of results," he added.

What a c**t

Sgoater1 wrote:
"I hope they appreciate the job I did last season," Barton told BBC Radio Five Live.

Not only was he the star player on the pitch, his contribution to team spirit was invaluable!

You could smell the bitterness.

haha you gotta admire the audacity of the guy

barton = C*NT

will he get locked up in jail and out of our faces already

Remember he also asked for that £300k loyalty bonus when we sold him cos he beat up a team mate. The guy is a dick.

There is something burning really bad. This c*nt decides to move for a "bigger" club and to win trophies. But though it is early days it looks like his former club are doing much better than he would have thought possible in his wildest dreams.

Such bitterness.

It would be great if Citeh actually win a trophy and finish higher than Newcastle. I would love to interview him then.

As a Newcastle fan Im in a difficult position, because its obvious that Barton is a stupid, self-obsessed little ingrate, one of the nastiest footballers around, totally undeserving of any respect from either the fans or his team-mates. Hes already made a few stupid comments whilst at the club and these, along with the way he joined us, postponing the move until he received a big payoff from City, all suggest hes not going to change his attitude in the slightest. He should keep his mouth shut full stop, but should be especially quiet until he has at least played a game for us. As it is his return has been put back another three or four weeks, whilst he still has court appearances to make and so on.

That said, its also obvious that we need something else in the centre of our midfield, because at the moment we have nothing there, Butt and Geremi standing in merry isolation from the rest of the team, failing to link the attack, offering little in defence. Emre is on his way back too but his future isnt entirely clear, and I cant see Allardyce playing him over Geremi, Smith or Butt - still, Emre is the one player who should be talented enough to really create from the centre for us, but he has failed to perform in his last few seasons. And therefore we are left hoping for something from Barton.

This doesnt really say much for Allardyce, because Im dubious as to whether Barton can provide anything like the quality we need in the centre. Really, we have started the season poorly in my view and shown a lack of promise - Allardyce is showing himself to be a small-minded and limited manager since we are playing players based on nationality rather than talent, we play people out of position, have no real formation and play poor football; and then, though its early days, there has certainly been no initial boost in fitness levels or any real improvement in the number of injuries we suffer. For me, Allardyces big achievement has been bringing in quality defenders and for good prices - we obviously needed defenders when he arrived, but Rozehnal really impresses me, Cacapa was an excellent signing to make for free, and Beye shows a lot of potential. But his success in defence and in bringing in Viduka up front is being offset by his terrible buys for the midfield - Geremi is disappointing, Smith is a disgrace, Barton I have no respect for and he hasnt even played yet, whilst Faye seems to be a back-up and nothing more.

Basically, I would flog Smith and Barton in January and look for a quality creative player and some cover for the right of midfield. I fully agree with all people are saying about Barton.

Bash - Barton must be close to fittness, he played for your reserves against our reserves last night. You had a strong mid with the likes of Faye, Barton and Emre in there. We play loads of youngsters in the reserves so i was really pleased to see them draw 2-2.

Sgoater1 wrote:Bash - Barton must be close to fittness, he played for your reserves against our reserves last night. You had a strong mid with the likes of Faye, Barton and Emre in there. We play loads of youngsters in the reserves so i was really pleased to see them draw 2-2.

Yeah, we did have a reasonably strong team out - a few very young players, and a weaker forward line, but a lot of players on the verge of the first team too. Allardyce said recently that Barton was still three or four weeks away, even though the original diagnosis suggested he would only be out for six weeks in total, and those six weeks already expired a couple of weeks ago. Allardyce has said he will need at least three or four reserve games before making any first team appearance. We seem to like to bring people back slowly, which is a good method in general, but I cant understand how Enrique, for instance, still isnt considered fit enough to start for the first team, or how Beye needed a good few weeks out even though he was playing for Marseille when we signed him.

Raifael wrote:You could smell the bitterness.

Exactly. He's left to go to a club also with a new manager but without as much readily available cash who are doing considerably worse at the moment than the one he left. And one with a worse manager, though I rate Allardyce highly...

Haha gotta love his comments, they are priceless.

Was he wanking over his leg when he was saying this?

Totally agree with Bash.

Decent player and is a major improvement on the midfield personnel at N'castle but hes a c**t of the highest order.

God I so pray his comments come back to bite him horribly on the arse one day

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Classic !