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• 1 michael // Jul 1, 2008 at 11:26

  Joey Should get Jailed the video which was shown on the news last night shows how much of a thug he is. I would jail him if i was the judge.
  He will probably get off with it because of the money he has.

• 2 Nev // Jul 1, 2008 at 11:27

  hes got a good lawyer … thats why he did it lol
  his lawyer may have just saved his career!

• 3 Mac // Jul 1, 2008 at 11:37

  No transfer news yet. I live and work in Liverpool as a few of you know. But i actually work in one of Liverpools prisons. The report in the Journal that Barton may be gettin released on a tag as early as Sunday is nonsense. Firstly prisons do not release on Sundays never have never will. Secondly even if he did just recieve a suspended sentence he is still serving a 6 month sentece which in actual fact is only 3 he’ll serve the rest of it in the community. So he’s seved 6 weeks he has another 6 weeks to serve or so you’d think but the goverment in it’s wisdom lets offenders out 18 days before the they are due for release so if Joey does qualify for this and i think he will he has another 3 weeks to serve.

• 4 The Entertainers // Jul 1, 2008 at 11:38

  Ed you can bet his lawyer has stated the two incidents are all part of ONE problem Barton has.

  He is an alcoholic and has anger problems, but your worship he is doing very well at Sporting Chance and due to this we see no further problems with Barton in the furture. Add mitigating circumstances and Roberts your fathers brother……its crap……your better off in the US Ed

  dare say they would have gased him over there!

• 5 dan_from_france // Jul 1, 2008 at 11:38

  it just shows no justice in the world one could say it like the michael jackson case where he had all these accounts of crimes but didnt get done for any of them. get rid joey

• 6 Davies // Jul 1, 2008 at 11:41

  I’d say lock him up and throw away the key, but The Entertainers rightly pointed out in response to the last article about this, we are not the judge here.

  The law is a ridiculous thing. There’s no point in being annoyed with Barton for the fact that he could skip out of prison way earlier than he should, that’s down the idiot that has been put in charge of the hearing.

  What I will say is that Joey Barton is nothing short of scum. I do not want him associated with my club any further. I really hope that Mike Ashley puts his foot down on this one and gets rid of this disgusting excuse for a human being.

  Sorry Keegan, you are too soft on this idiot. He will betray you if you get your way and are allowed to keep him on.

• 7 newcastle mad chris // Jul 1, 2008 at 11:45

  sack him he is crap

• 8 Faustino // Jul 1, 2008 at 11:45

  I think a few of you need to have night out in Newcastle once in a while. We’d have about 700 people a week getting sent to prison a week if people got sent down for things like that.

  Not defending him by any means but he’s no different to any other charva out there.

• 9 BILLY - B // Jul 1, 2008 at 11:46

  As a father and a grandfather i must seriously consider my support of Newcastle United if they keep on there books Joey Barton.
  He is a thug and what kind of message is been sent to young impresionable fans especialy in the light of what is going on with teenage violence. If Newcastle United are a resposible club they must sack him.

• 10 newcastle mad chris // Jul 1, 2008 at 11:48

  if we sac barton (which we should) who are w gonna et to replace him

• 11 Neil // Jul 1, 2008 at 11:48

  Dear Ed,

  Just responded under the other blog entry, but worth repeating here. As a teacher in Leeds 8 years ago I remember the stench from the Bowyer/Woodgate affair and how it sullied the club’s reputation. Since then, we have taken on both these and other assorted bad eggs.

  It is time for the Board to take a stand and set youngsters the right example. We should terminate his contract and hold on to his registration.

  Newcastle needs to regain its reputation from the Keegan era. It’ll take time, but now would be a good start.

  Regards,

  Neil

  PS There is another guy with same name as me, but he has a thing with a Joe Blow?

• 12 The Entertainers // Jul 1, 2008 at 11:52

  Bill B

  dont let one idiot spoil the greatest past time.

  You have lived through the great times Gullit, Dagleish, Souness and Fat Freddy.

  We’re made of stern stuff up here.

  Besides didnt Shearer do something similar to Gillespie and Dyer and Bowyer and Bellamy and Carver!

  At least we’re not filling in our own players and staff anymore!

  Keep the faith Bill B

• 13 newcastle mad chris // Jul 1, 2008 at 11:53

  we should try to sign daniel de rossi from roma for about 10 milion

• 14 Dannufc // Jul 1, 2008 at 11:54

  Sack him and we really do have a shite midfield!

• 15 Bertie // Jul 1, 2008 at 11:56

  Sorry Faustino, but I think if anyone were at work and launched an unprovoked attak on their workmate beating them unconcious then they would be nicked and hopefully bange dup. This wasn’t a night out. Joey wasn’t pissed (or were Man City training sessions that slack - I doubt it with Stuart Pearce running them).

  I don’t see that alcohoism has anything to do with the training ground incident for which he has just been let off. Bloody outrageous if you ask me.

• 16 Nick Dryden // Jul 1, 2008 at 11:58

  faustino he’s on 60k a week, probably makes him a bit different to all the other charva scum.
  But the law is too soft on everything.

• 17 newcastle mad chris // Jul 1, 2008 at 12:03

  who do u think king kev should try to
  sign

• 18 true // Jul 1, 2008 at 12:07

  There is absaloutly no chance that MA will allow this animal to pull on the shirt of Necastle again.
  MA will look to hinder this idiot as much as posible but make no mistake he will NEVER play for the toon again.

• 19 bowburnmag // Jul 1, 2008 at 12:07

  Faustino, of course he his man. He’s a famous “charva”. People like Barton aren’t necessarily encouraged by seeing 700 other charvas kicking hell out of each other but you can be damned sure a professional footballer being beemed out to millions of prospective like-minded idiots on YouTube does little to discourage similar behaviour by them. They’re making an example of him, because showing Joe Charva battering Jimmy Charva on YouTube or the news has little impact on the watching nation. Sure they’ll have a morally-upstanding passing moan about it but won’t be up in arms about it like they are with Barton, causing the resultant poor publicity. By the way, one excuse for Barton’s behaviour is his drink problem. Was he drunk in training when he punched Dabo’s lights out? For me, he’s just far too handy with his fists and it reflects badly on us. We should send him to Glenn McCrory’s new school, he might do alright with some training and at least it’d be legal him getting paid to punch people in the face.

• 20 newcastle mad chris // Jul 1, 2008 at 12:08

  we should try to sign Van Der Vaart from hamburg for no more than 15 million.We should also try to sign swp for no more than 10 million

• 21 Jim // Jul 1, 2008 at 12:17

  Billy -B has a very good point. Barton has tarnished the Toons reputation, mostly because of his re offending AFTER the Dabo trial. His example is one to hide. I think we should use the forthcoming conviction to get shot.

  On a brighter note, this is just the time to repair the gap left by his departure. Here’s hoping for a bumper transfer season.

  Don’t believe the hype!

• 22 newcastle mad chris // Jul 1, 2008 at 12:21

  I wonder if bolton are still interested in barton

• 23 Ross // Jul 1, 2008 at 12:24

  DeRidder just gone to wigan

• 24 darren grech MALTA // Jul 1, 2008 at 12:24

  i’m darren grech from malta.

  i prefare to see newcastle utd go to signing new players then seeing our name conected with stories like barton’s.we are always talking about the same stories.ameobi & barton and nothing new.

  our club is lost in the middle of the ocean.

  mike ashley is realy wise man and he took control to meke money and then sell us again.

  we need to make signings if we want to say that newcastle utd is a big club

  thats my opinion

• 25 Davies // Jul 1, 2008 at 12:26

  Accoing to Tribal Football Bolton are still interested on a loan season. That’s coming from Tribal Football though, so it might as well have come from Anal Oliver.

  Maybe we should have tried the loan thing…..

• 26 sas // Jul 1, 2008 at 12:32

  You’re right Ed, this is nonsense, and you should be very careful about publishing this sort of rubbish.

  If Barton pleaded not-guilty, he would have had to face a trial and be found guilty or not guilty by jury. If he were found guilty at that point, the judge would (more than likely) throw the book at him.

  If he pleads not-guilty, he does not face a trial by jury, and the sentence he receives will not be as severe. I cannot believe any magistrate in the land would make a deal with an accused, so you should probably edit your story above, because it could be libelous.

  Judges don’t want to send people to jail. Firstly, it’s extremely expensive, secondly they’re overcrowded, and thirdly, jail is not a good place, and can really mess people up for the rest of their lives, doing a lot more harm than good. A lot of judges will look to see if the defendant has shown corrective behavior, if they show genuine remorse etc. Judging by his comments above, I believe that is the judges position.

  We’ve all seen the state of Dabo afterwards, so the chances of him being not-guilty are non-existent, unless his defence relied on some loophole. The most reasonable explanation for him pleading not guilty up until this point would have been to delay the date of the trial until after the season, thus allowing him to play for us. I’m sure Chris Mort and the club would have been well aware of this.

  Given that he is currently detained at Her Majestys Pleasure, it’s really going to count against him, but this judge does seem the type to reward corrective behaviour. He could give a sentence to run concurrently with the one he’s serving now, or community service, which would be more beneficial to Barton, the club, the local community and the prison service.

  I’d strongly advise you to change the title and content of your article Ed.

• 27 jeffa // Jul 1, 2008 at 12:32

  he’s gone according to the sun

  http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1363000.ece

• 28 The Entertainers // Jul 1, 2008 at 12:43

  Ok i’m sick of talking about Barton, what will be will be!

  Moving on to further depressing news, as long as our squad remains the same size all day, i think we can safely say that the recruitment team as FAILED in any contract talks. I was kind of hoping we would hear something today and Wise and co had done all the hard work proir to the preseason.

  I guess not. Shame on a day when we could all do with some good news!

• 29 Ross // Jul 1, 2008 at 12:47

  i agree entertainers, said something very similar in a previous story.
  its a real shame that on the opening day of the transfer window, we’re releasing statements about jailed squad members, as opposed to new squad members.

• 30 AngerOfTheNorth // Jul 1, 2008 at 12:48

  I agree with everyone that he´s tarnished our name - sod football and having a good midfield, the club has a responsibility to set an example here. However my view is that he´s currently a problem for both football and society - he isn´t going to vanish into thin air if we sack him. He´ll maim other teammates and innocent passers-by. As his current club, who bought him and where he is now settled, do we not have a duty to try to rehabilitate him, if it´s possible? Whether he plays or not I don´t care - in fact surely he should have a lengthy internal ban…

• 31 Mac // Jul 1, 2008 at 12:53

  Well according to the Sun he’s been sacked. I for one am glad. Yes he is a good player and could have helped NUFC but we must look at the bigger picture, the guy is scum,absolute total scum and i don’t want to see him in the black and white shirt ever again. Sack him keep his regestration and never allow this piece of shit to play football again

• 32 Ross // Jul 1, 2008 at 12:53

  and also..i can understand people saying we cant afford to sack him, if we do our midfield is crap etc etc, but i dont think this is the time to be looking at the squad for next season.
  yes it may have been weak in recent years, but not as weak as our reputation as a club throughout the rest of the premiership.
  i think ashley needs to make an example of barton and send a message to all other teams that we are no longer a club to be taken for a ride.

• 33 Martins // Jul 1, 2008 at 12:54

  Ross: Was it you who had some news on transfers? You said something about Derdiyok when you mentioned it I think.

• 34 Matty // Jul 1, 2008 at 12:54

  I say get rid of him, he was coming on good under Keegan however he can be replaced. What will other clubs think of us if he stays playing for us each week?

  It was only in January I was defending him, thinking it was all going to resovle itself, having a go at someone who booed him - if I see that person again I will apologise and perhaps join in with booing, something I have never done to a player wearing black and white.

  I hope The Sun are successful with their campaign to ban him from football in all honesty. But then we will just have another charv thug with money behind him.

• 35 Hadrian // Jul 1, 2008 at 12:55

  If you watch the video, you can clearly see the lad he hit being smug and strutting upto him onbviously baiting barton .
  not defending the lad, but if it was me , the cocky git would have got the same treatment .

  were all being abit to judgemental on joey , ill bet the lad deserved the smack .

• 36 tommy // Jul 1, 2008 at 12:58

  Surely they would be revealed in a press conference or something? and seeing as there isn’t one, i see no new players coming today.

  I will be extremely dissapointed if we don’t see anyone today, all my faith in the recruitment team will disappear as i really did think someone would be unveiled. If they aren’t, to me, it shows that we havn’t been successfull in bringing in players in because surely if we had, we would have heard by now considering it is July 1st and the transfer window is now open.

• 37 ObaFan2 // Jul 1, 2008 at 12:59

  Mac, I hear what u say but is the time he spent on remand deducted from his sentence? If so it may explain the earlier release date.

  The Sun seem to know it all …………not !

• 38 Frankieboy // Jul 1, 2008 at 13:00

  Sack the judge . It’s simple.
  Some of their actions over the years are beyond belief.releasing murderers and rapists and the like to commit similar offences again and again.

• 39 Frankieboy // Jul 1, 2008 at 13:02

  Obafan
  Yeh time spent on remand is deducted from sentence as it is all classed as part of the sentence.
  Lets hope the Sun is right for once eh.

• 40 Whitey // Jul 1, 2008 at 13:02

  At least we have more Squad Depth, try and look at the positives here

• 41 Graham // Jul 1, 2008 at 13:03

  I love how the sun gives a balenced version of the story.

• 42 Ross // Jul 1, 2008 at 13:04

  Martins: i wish it was me who could be the bearer of good news mate, but sadly i’ve never had any news regarding Derdiyok.
  if anyone was gonna be brought in today i think we’d have mentioned it already to try and dampen all the stories surrounding barton.

• 43 sas // Jul 1, 2008 at 13:04

  It would be nice to hear about transfers today, but window has just opened. There’s no point in judging until 31 August. I understand the frustrations of fans, especially here when we get “Are we interested in x?”, “Newcastle may be interested in x?” “Newcastle still being linked with x”. It’s completely over the top and worse than any newspaper contributing the frustrations of fans. But who else has signed someone? Kev was back at work last week. Ferguson is back today. How is anyone going to buy and sell players when there are no managers at the clubs? Relax everyone. Ashley didn’t make more money than the rest of us put together by being a fool. We’re chronically short in midfield, so I’d expect 2/3 to come in there. Maybe we’ve somebody signed but holding back announcing it in case we get held to ransom once we show our hand. Look at what happens when a club registers an interest. Barry to Liverpool for £20 million. Ameobi for £3/4 million. I’d rather we do our business properly instead of on the back pages. Keep the faith.

• 44 Davies // Jul 1, 2008 at 13:08

  Hadrian, don’t talk sh1te. If you haven’t got the brains to control yourself when your drunk, you shouldn’t drink. If you are one of these d1ckheads that go around slapping people for being cocky then you should really stay indoors. If not, I apologise.

• 45 geordiegraham // Jul 1, 2008 at 13:11

  lock him up nd THROW AWAY THE KEY. he doesnt deserve to play in the black nd white

• 46 Faustino // Jul 1, 2008 at 13:13

  Too much talk of the d*ck head today….more pressing things afoot hopefully.

  As far as I can tell we could have Larsson and Derdiyok signed today for 10 mil or there abouts. No brainer really.

• 47 Ross // Jul 1, 2008 at 13:15

  how is it a no brainer faustino? there’s been absolutly nothing mentioned about the two bar paper talk.

• 48 ToonKing // Jul 1, 2008 at 13:17

  i still think we need to keep hold of him, he’s still a very good player and the best midfielder we have.

  ….ok, you can abuse me now…………..

• 49 Faustino // Jul 1, 2008 at 13:17

  I know Ross sorry….consdering it’s only hypothetical is Larsson and Derdiyok for that price a no brainer?

  btw add another to the list….Mathijsen from Hamburg.

• 50 Ross // Jul 1, 2008 at 13:19

  im really not sure to be honest faustino.
  i thought i’d read a few days ago that larsson’s price tag had gone up but i could just be making that up from somewhere.
  as far as derdiyok goes, i think he’s one of the what…260+?..we’ve been linked with, that we have a strong chance of signing.

• 51 The Entertainers // Jul 1, 2008 at 13:24

  The Sun is just southern trash

  Print a story about Newcastle, even better slap it all over your front page and the sales will go through the roof.

  Do they care about Barton of course not, they care about sales.

  Where were they when other footballers have commited criminal offences:

  Tony Adams
  Paul Merson
  Eric Cantona
  Dunc Ferguson
  Jermaine Pennant

  Did they start a band waggon then?
  What i do know is that The Sun should be banned from the inside of SJP.

  Regarding transfers, i just hoped Wise and co had actually been doing something for the past few months and we may hear something today. If the contracts are done and dusted, then today would have been a bloody good day to make them public.

  I am starting to worry the silence, may just speak a thousand words about Wise and co

• 52 ToonKing // Jul 1, 2008 at 13:24

  Mathijsen is shite mate.

• 53 ToonKing // Jul 1, 2008 at 13:26

  your right The Entertainers, if we had anything completed today would have been bloody good to announce it, i’m starting to fear the worst.

• 54 scottish mag // Jul 1, 2008 at 13:27

  setanta sports just said that barton WILL NOT BE SACKED by NUFC and is set for crunch meeting with KK but there is nothing on the website

• 55 ilkkatoon // Jul 1, 2008 at 13:30

  i reckon we should let him loose in white hart lane so he can bash all the pricks that should have signed for us but signed for tottenham

• 56 Oba's Mum // Jul 1, 2008 at 13:34

  My Mate was a Retail Manager, did a quarter of what Barton did and got a year, he had no previous and was going through a really bad time (Not that what either did was right). The law needs changing, look at OJ - Money Talks

• 57 catawbamag // Jul 1, 2008 at 13:45

  As far as I’m concerned its Kev’s call. I’m surprised at the lynch mob mentality going on here.
  I hope he gets his life together, and gets his career back on the right track.

• 58 Frankieboy // Jul 1, 2008 at 13:52

  Sas (post 26)
  Magistrates, judges and prosecution Barristers make deals like this every day in courts up and down the country. They offer a lesser charge which obviouslt carries a lesser sentence, in exchange for a guilty plea. It is known as plea bargaining.
  Sorry but thats the state of our Judicail system. Pity the lowlife was not playing for LA Galaxy when all of this happened cos over the pond the thug would have got exactly what he deserved. None of this namby pamby tip toe feeling sorry for the thug cos he gives the (false) impression he is remorseful for his action.
  Bullshit he is concerned only about himself through all this let nobody be fooled up here.

• 59 Hadji // Jul 1, 2008 at 14:00

  The way i see things,we dont even know what we want cause all our targets are slipping away or they’re too old or too expensive.KK wants Derdiyok for only 3 mill,and he wants to sell Shola for 3,5 mill.
  MAny things will be revealed before the pre season,while other teams who were a complete joke comparing to us are spending big,we are saving money on suits and chasing kids from 3rd divizions.I seriously wish now that our club was like the spanish teams where the fans vote for their chairman when there are elections.

• 60 The Entertainers // Jul 1, 2008 at 14:04

  A plea to Manchester Crown Court:

  It appears young Mr Barton is about to get off with this offence with a slap on the wrist. A most fitting punishment in todays Britain.

  However if Mr Barton is to be granted his freedom and is placed on licence can we have the following conditions placed on his bail:

  a) To reside in the City of Newcastle
  b) Not to enter Manchester or Liverpool
  c) Give 100% to Newcastle United
  d) Reduce his wages to app’ 30k p/w or less!
  e) Not to associate with family members
  f) Never to set foot in a Mcdonalds or fast food outlet again.
  g) Stick to shandy

  God i’m bored!

• 61 newcastle mad chris // Jul 1, 2008 at 14:09

  The Entertainers who do you think you should buy to replace barton

• 62 The Entertainers // Jul 1, 2008 at 14:14

  Theres this lad who about 25 years old, decent player. Real box to box player, has one cap for England and was valued at app’ 6 million a year ago………..

  Honestly mate i think i am swaying towards sticking with him, better the ‘devil’ you know.

  If we do get rid, would love to see Larsson. Then again even if we kept Barton would still like to see the Swede at the club.

  What about yourself?

• 63 Mac // Jul 1, 2008 at 14:15

  The silence is deafening. Something has to happen today aaaaaaggggghhhhhhhh

• 64 BennAllen // Jul 1, 2008 at 14:17

  we all knew what we were getting into when he signed for us. i think hes the best midfielder weve got and i hope he stays. if he does and he has a trouble free season or more putting in some excellent performances .. most of you lot will pretend that you wanted him to stay all along. you are all jokes..

  what you seem to be forgetting is all this happened in 2007.. hes turned a new leaf over and with the help of keegan, nufc and that rehab place.. i think it has changed him.. you can see it in his football.. hes just paying the price for what has happened last christmas and what happened over a year agoo!!

• 65 The Entertainers // Jul 1, 2008 at 14:19

  Hey i’ve got an idea Mac

  Seen as there is obviously is no one left at SJP why dont we get together and break in!

  Ok so theres not much silverware, but have always wanted a good snoop around.

  And if we get caught, i’m sure all that would happen is we’d get a suspended sentance!

  Oh wait a minute cant count down is coming on!

• 66 newcastle mad chris // Jul 1, 2008 at 14:20

  I hope we do get larsson and swp but i still hope we pu a bid in for van der vaart

• 67 HalftimeBovril // Jul 1, 2008 at 14:20

  Anyone know when his sentence will be announced

• 68 newcastle mad chris // Jul 1, 2008 at 14:22

  he will get sentenced today and it will be announced today or torromorrow

• 69 The Entertainers // Jul 1, 2008 at 14:23

  Mad Chris,

  I think we may well end up with Larsson and SWP, just my opinion of course.

  VDV would be nice, but a bit out of our league at the moment.

• 70 Spyro // Jul 1, 2008 at 14:23

  so we sit back and let young quality players like de ridder sign for wigan on a free transfer!?…what are we doing?!

• 71 Spyro // Jul 1, 2008 at 14:26

  Tottenham need midfielders less than us, yet they are acting quicker than us and are also bound to buy more midfielders than we do this summer. They just had a bid rejected for Capel and Bentley is still a target to join dos santos and modric. add to that, Huddlestone has just signed a new 5 yr deal with them

• 72 Spyro // Jul 1, 2008 at 14:28

  our plan is to simply wait for our competition to buy their players and then we take what is left.

• 73 GEORDIE GENIUS // Jul 1, 2008 at 14:36

  HADJI I LIKE YOUR NAME CAN I PINCH IT!

• 74 Spyro // Jul 1, 2008 at 14:42

  good news everyone!

  http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/news/display.var.2372210.0.newcastle_unveil_signing.php

• 75 Mac // Jul 1, 2008 at 14:47

  aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggggggggggggghhhhhhhh

• 76 51times // Jul 1, 2008 at 14:48

  lol

• 77 sas // Jul 1, 2008 at 14:51

  FrankieBoy, absolutely Barristers make deals between themselves, but judges do not.

  The prosecution can make a recommendation to the judge. If a deal has been made, the prosecution will generally go a bit easier on the defendant, and the judge knows full well when that is happening and generally the judge will accept the recommendation.

  As for Ed’s question above “If there are any legal people out there, why do judges do these stupid things, and what’s the justification to give Joey a suspended sentence?”

  I’m no legal person, I’ve been on the other side, got a two year suspended sentence and 240 hours community service. Believe me, there is no greater motivation to stay out of trouble than the threat of 2 years in the slammer hanging over your head. Call it stupid if you will, but if I went down, it would have ruined my life.

• 78 Spyro // Jul 1, 2008 at 14:51

  sorry people, but look at the name of the article, it was practically begging me to do it, lol

• 79 scottish mag // Jul 1, 2008 at 14:54

  JONNY EVANS KEEN ON NUFC MOVE

  http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=758854

• 80 Davies // Jul 1, 2008 at 14:55

  I thought it was funny Spyro.

  I saw the article earlier, but it was much more disappointing then.

• 81 Spyro // Jul 1, 2008 at 14:56

  Davies its almost as if they do it on purpose, lol.

  scottish mag, Goal.com is one of the most unreliable websites out there

• 82 Davies // Jul 1, 2008 at 14:57

  Also, wasn’t it Evans that was loaned to Sunderland to keep him out of the way of rape allegations?

• 83 steve // Jul 1, 2008 at 14:58

  he’ll get sentenced today and it will be all over the web / papers this evening.
  Looks like he already knows he isn’t getting sacked and they can’t force him to take a wage cut.
  Fans can boo him all they want as he don’t give a toss, lets face it it’ll all be forgotten about half way through the season especially if he starts playing well
  I doubt toon fans will ever like him as a person but we’ve had plenty of those ( Bowyer, Dyer, Jenas, Bellamy etc) we’ll still cheer if he scores.

  Personally I think he should have been locked up for the maximum allowed but that obviously aint gonna happen - one rule for the rich another for the poor

• 84 newcastle mad chris // Jul 1, 2008 at 15:00

  In Out
  Larsson Alan smith
  Derdiyok joey barton
  swp/lennon cacapa
  cuellar n’zogbia
  evans
  spears
  what do yous think

• 85 Leo // Jul 1, 2008 at 15:03

  shame he will not be getting any more jail time for this because it means that we wont get the rumoured money back option that was written into his contract.

  damn and blast

• 86 51times // Jul 1, 2008 at 15:04

  Spyro - But it is true that his girlfriend is studying in the region, I’ve heard that from others places too.

• 87 Nev // Jul 1, 2008 at 15:07

  BREAKING NEWS ON SSN

  joey barton has been given a 4month suspended sentance and 2 years probation!!

• 88 Chicken // Jul 1, 2008 at 15:13

  Utter joke. How can someone already in jail get a suspended sentence, and just 4 months at that.

  I f*cking hate him - why haven’t we sacked him already. We look as daft as that stupid scouse twat for not taking a stand.

  I’m not going to anymore Toon games now until we get rid.

• 89 51times // Jul 1, 2008 at 15:15

  Chicken - There are thousands more to take your place.

• 90 Tom_Toon // Jul 1, 2008 at 15:15

  Glad Barton isnt going to get sacked and he got a suspended sentence, we have a small squad and he is hands down our best midfielder.

  People have scraps like that all the time, if we put all of them in jail and treated them like Joey our prisons would be even more overcrowded than they are now.

• 91 Nev // Jul 1, 2008 at 15:16

  also just said hes being released with a tag in the next 3-10 days.
  so should be back for pre-season i rekon

• 92 HATE PRAWN SANDWICHES // Jul 1, 2008 at 15:17

  Joey Barton has recieved a four month suspended sentence, with a 2 year probation period and has to do 200 hours of community service, and has to pay £3000 in compensation! He will be released from prison in 3 -10 days electronically taged!!

• 93 Nev // Jul 1, 2008 at 15:18

  and watch it calling ppl a scouse twat chicken … ppl from liverpool use this site!

• 94 Faustino // Jul 1, 2008 at 15:20

  and it’s kinda like calling someone from Durham a geordie; i.e. wrong

• 95 newcastle mad chris // Jul 1, 2008 at 15:23

  who thinks we should try and buy larsson from birminham

• 96 Chicken // Jul 1, 2008 at 15:26

  51 Times - sad but true

• 97 Chicken // Jul 1, 2008 at 15:29

  Tom Tit - u really need to grow up little boy. Of course people have “scraps” everyday, but there’s a big difference between having a “scrap” and beating a man to a pulp while he lies unconscious on the floor.

• 98 Chicken // Jul 1, 2008 at 15:31

  Nev - don’t really know how to take your comment. Last time I checked it was the “twat” part of what I said, not the “scouse” bit that was offensive. I could be wrong though.

  While we on it though - Liverpool did invent the scally, didn’t they?

• 99 Tom_Toon // Jul 1, 2008 at 15:32

  Was he the only one doing the beating no. The bloke did half of it himself with his gob.

• 100 newcastle mad chris // Jul 1, 2008 at 15:32

  does anyone have any opinions on who newcastle are going to sign

• 101 Adrias Sg // Jul 1, 2008 at 16:24

  Spyro that one is rugby news

• 102 tam toon // Jul 1, 2008 at 17:15

  He is a horrible little tw–, people are falling out on this site about him. That’s not right, he should do extra bird he is a thug. Twice he’s done it then HIS cousin took the rap for the taxi incident. Apart from the fact he runs like Lee Clark-slowly from the hip, and passes the ball to the opposition. He is crap and not worth bothering about. We lost 6.5 million on Luque, who did not cause bother. Do the same with him get shot -but learn this time.

• 103 Bertie // Jul 1, 2008 at 20:53

  the entertainers,

  all those other players you mention - sure they all had problems but how many of them battered a team mate unconscious?

  and how many of them had serious violent incidents every year for 4 years or more? Barton obviously isn’t going to learn. Some people talk about second chances. he has already had half a dozen.

  keep him locked up

• 104 The Entertainers // Jul 1, 2008 at 20:57

  I take your point Bertie,

  but a crime is a crime and he has been punished.

• 105 Ian56 // Jul 1, 2008 at 23:05

  Newcastle as a club and institution has reached an important point in it’s history I feel. A turning point away from the excess of the old regime to a more diligent and considered approach to how the club is run in future.

  This approach should also be based around principle, morals and the standing of our club within the world game. How the board deals with Barton will reflect on our ability to attract the kind of player in the market who we should be signing. If Barton stays it will reflect not only badly on the board but also Keegan. In this keegan needs to show leadership not only for the well being of the club but how we are perceived in the game.

  Recent history has seen Newcastle as a ship of dubious characters who have not only insulted our support but the memory of the true greats who have worn the black and white. As a club we need to break this pathetic cycle of “give the guy one more chance” excuse for immoral behaviour. Barton and his ilk will never change for the simple obvious reason that he never has before.

  There can be no “but…” We have to do this now or at the first home game of the season when Barton runs out onto the pitch those that we trust to do their best for Newcastle United haven’t learned a thing from the past…

• 106 Bertie // Jul 2, 2008 at 0:08

  I think you missed a ‘not’ out of your last sentence (just before the word ‘been’)

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