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Joey Barton explaining his sending off vs Man City - at the Oxford Union

Discussion in 'Queens Park Rangers' started by sku, Mar 13, 2014.

  1. sku

    sku Well-Known Member

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    Worth a watch:

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  2. awjm

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    He's a strange man. I don't actually believe in wrong or right but I'm not sure about his strange theory that you just make a decision, no matter what. It should be more about changing yourself for the better in preparation for important future decisions.
     
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    Totallyqpr Well-Known Member

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    If we had heard that directly afterwards we may have been more lenient with him. Such fighting (no pun intended) spirit is what was seriously lacking last season.
     
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  5. Ciarrai_Abu

    Ciarrai_Abu Well-Known Member

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    It appears he actually gives a toss which is quite endearing given our experience of the last few seasons.
     
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  6. sb_73

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    You don't believe in wrong or right? What a remarkable statement. So it makes no difference to you whether you walk past a beggar, give him a quid, or kick his teeth in? Please expand.

    Re Barton, telling yourself and everyone else you are a good man who has, in retrospect, made some bad decisions, does not make you a good man. It makes you a weak man. Refraining from violence in the first place would make you a normal man. Preventing it would push you into the realm of goodness.
     
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  7. Flyer

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    Trying to get someone else off in hockey is quite common, you are allowed to do what barton did without penalty so they do that in the hope the other player will take a swing, so I understand where he was coming from.
     
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  8. Rangers Til I Die

    Rangers Til I Die Well-Known Member

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    It's an old debate now but he makes some sort of sense in a rather warped way.

    It will be many a year before QPR gets any where near the top six of the PL. We had that chance to get written into footballing history as the minnows that deprived the £500m team of their first title in decades.

    Whatever his passion, sense of school ground justice and trying to even things up, Joey did not help achieve that goal last year.

    It's a credit to him, however, and us, the fans, that he is a strong contender for player of the year this season.
     
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