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Loathsome, bindipping thug

Don't you like him?

Nah, he's a smashing lad and a fantastic player as well, it's the press and the public to blame for his minor indiscretions

If you actually saw the 'incident' you would agree that it was nothing at all. Not worth any sort of reprimand by the FA, and of course it is being blown out of all proportion by the media.

He is a well dodgy geezer, but accoring to the law of the land he has done his punishment courtesy of Her Majesty. He should be left alone UNTIL he does something wrong again, then he should be r*ped and burned at the stake

Punishment my sweaty barse, it was a paid holiday

Do the crime, do the time. He's done what was asked of him, now let him get on with it. At least he hasn't murdered someone and ran away eh! Could do that and not have much said about him, maybe he should have done that instead of punching some bloke

punching some bloke?

i take it you havent watched the video then?

A true savage of a human being who is just as bad as his brother.

His list of crimes to date or nothing short of disgusting

if he was a little scroat from west view he'd still be in prison

It'd be funny as fuk if his legs fell off.

I haven't clicked the link yet.

Would this thread be about Joey Barton by any chance?

That obvious?

Nope, it's about POK

He punched him and knocked him clean out if I remember rightly??
Would you be talking like this if say Joel Porter did it? - probably not.

If he's from west view he should be locked up by default....

You remember wrong....he continued to punch him even when he was out cold and went back again to continue his punch fest

If ANY Pools player, or anyone I knew acted like him I would say exactly the same thing, why should it be any different if it was a Pools player???

Joel Porter wouldn't do that, because isn't an absolutely horrible thug. I doubt Joel's brother is a racist axe murderer either.. what a ridiculous comparison

The comparrison isnt what im getting at though is it!
I'm saying that you wouldnt be banging on like this if - and thats a HYPOTHETICAL IF - it was Joel Porter or any other Hartlepool player.

If Joey Barton was a Pools player I'd think that he's a big a thug as I do now, why mention Joel Porter

I must agree with misterb, the incident was something and nothing. I know he has been a bad lad in the past, on several occasions, but this is just turning into a witch-hunt by the media and people are jumping on the bandwagon. If people continue to demonise him he will probably live up to their expectations. He has served his time, so lets wipe the slate clean and give him a break.