Yeah Sheffield because we like our prize arseholes just to be incompetent players, not nasty people as well.
Sure you were expecting this Sheffield but no I do not agree, I believe at times over the last 4 or 5 years we as Villa fans have become very, looking for the right word, but up our own arses may have to do, when it comes to player selection and those who wear as being fit to wear the shirt.Players that have been linked on the transfer speculation threads over the years and the screams of not fit to wear the shirt, total arse hole him and we have gone and picked the very nice and polite but absolutly shite Westwoods of this world, I may hate his character but give me a centre half in the John Terry mould, a midfielder like Barton, a forward like Costa and you can guarantee we would not be where we are now and prima donnas like Gabby and Richards would be playing where they should be now at non league level.
Barton can hardly be held accountable for the actions of a relative if that's the 'racial incident' you mean.He's done some unpleasant things in his past but seems to have matured, personally I think he'd be ideal for us,can just see him asking Westwood what the fuck it is he keeps pointing at.
When he was jailed I remember a couple of 5 Live reporters speaking in glowing terms about him, they said if you were to ask any football journalist who they enjoyed interviewing and most of them would say Barton as he was always so honest, likeable and no topics were off limits unlike the automatons that are all media trained and watched by their club's press officers.
I don't dislike Barton these days, he seems to have grown up a bit and certainly understands the game better than most pundits.
Quote from: ASHTONVILLA on March 14, 2016, 10:07:43 AMI don't dislike Barton these days, he seems to have grown up a bit and certainly understands the game better than most pundits.As most know, he was a nasty piece of work on the pitch. But off it, he speaks a lot of sense, isnt partisan, unlike a lot of the "pundits" I hope he finds the niche he wants to be in. As for if he had been signed for us - hindsight is great, and you dont know what the side would be like with him, but his experience would have been great, and his temper has mellowed.
Barton can hardly be held accountable for the actions of a relative if that's the 'racial incident' you mean.