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There are precedents of bans of this scale already. Rob Heys at Accrington got 21 months, and Nick Bunyard at Frome got a 3 year ban. Both, like Barton, bet on their own team to lose.
That's his calling card isn't it - the articulate and measured explanation after whichever law or rule it is he's broken this time.If he is forced to retire the game will be better off without him.
Quote from: Syme on April 26, 2017, 02:17:37 pmThat's his calling card isn't it - the articulate and measured explanation after whichever law or rule it is he's broken this time.If he is forced to retire the game will be better off without him.This highlights a fundamental problem. People are not interested in the wider issues or the disproportionate punishment simply because they don't like Joey Barton. I imagine people would have very different views if their favourite player - let's say James Coppinger - was given the same treatment.
Quote from: CrippyCooke on April 26, 2017, 02:28:14 pmQuote from: Syme on April 26, 2017, 02:17:37 pmThat's his calling card isn't it - the articulate and measured explanation after whichever law or rule it is he's broken this time.If he is forced to retire the game will be better off without him.This highlights a fundamental problem. People are not interested in the wider issues or the disproportionate punishment simply because they don't like Joey Barton. I imagine people would have very different views if their favourite player - let's say James Coppinger - was given the same treatment.Spot fixers in India were sent to jail. You could argue Barton has gotten off lightly.
If you bet against your own team-mate to score, that strikes me as pretty close to spot fixing. Particularly when you take set-pieces in the offensive third.Equally, if you bet on yourself to score first, are you going to make the pass or take the shot yourself.For me, focusing on just on the games he didn't play in misses the fundamental issue here.
Quote from: Syme on April 26, 2017, 02:58:32 pmIf you bet against your own team-mate to score, that strikes me as pretty close to spot fixing. Particularly when you take set-pieces in the offensive third.Equally, if you bet on yourself to score first, are you going to make the pass or take the shot yourself.For me, focusing on just on the games he didn't play in misses the fundamental issue here.Barton has said that the ban isn't in relation to match fixing.So, have you any evidence that he did actually bet on himself to score first or bet against his own team mate to score?Is he guilty of the offence or proven not to be innocent of it?
Were these games in which he played?
Smart arse, did he play in a game in which he bet against his team mate to score.Of course i didn't suggest he would bet on himself to score first in a game he did't play in.