Joey Barton

[Gazza]

18 months means his career is over now anyway so don't pay the fine, forget management and become a full time TV pundit.

 

[Thaksinssoldier]

18 months means his career is over now anyway so don't pay the fine, forget management and become a full time TV pundit.

You think Sky are touching him after the dig he took in his statement? Or betfair heavy BT?

He's done.

 

[meeesh]

Statement from Barton:

http://www.joeybarton.com/betting-statement/

That is more than honest from him,and must be applauded.

He won't be alone in doing this activity,hundreds of them will,I mean he was hardly throwing thousands on,I'm a bit miffed for him to be honest,I know he isn't everyones cup of tea like,but one thing you can never take away from the guy,he always gave his best shot for us,well I saw it like that anyway.

People will laugh and sneer at him,but it is a pretty sad way for his career to end like that

 

[cookster]

I actually think that's a pretty harsh sentence in the circumstances.

I agree, extremely severe probably cause it's Joey. He's an easy target for being a fuckwit.

 

[Mansour's lamborghini]

argh. I can't read the statement on work PC because it comes up as a betting website. Anyone able to copy it on here?

 

[M18CTID]

Oh look, it's not his fault, it's everyone elses for not giving him enough sympathy for his "illness". Typical Joey. Admits that he betted against his own team though, so that's why he's fucked

Funny that when Jamie Tandy said the cigar incident sent him into a spiral of depression, Barton took the piss out of JT's "illness" but now the boot is on the other foot he's wanting sympathy for his so-called "illness". I hope Tandy calls the **** out on this.

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

I actually think that's a pretty harsh sentence in the circumstances.

Give over.... what about the variables of his mates in a game?? It constitutes insider information which can stack the odds in his favour...

Having just checked a few of his bets against team sheets, it's easy to see why he's been given such a stern sentence!!

 

[BlueAnorak]

Very severe punishment for a non match fixing offence.

 

[Richard]

Joey's brighter than I thought, he once backed Samaras not to score in a game.

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

That is more than honest from him,and must be applauded.

He won't be alone in doing this activity,hundreds of them will,I mean he was hardly throwing thousands on,I'm a bit miffed for him to be honest,I know he isn't everyones cup of tea like,but one thing you can never take away from the guy,he always gave his best shot for us,well I saw it like that anyway.

People will laugh and sneer at him,but it is a pretty sad way for his career to end like that

Enforced honesty meeesh... he hasn't got an honest bone in his body..

As stated above, we can more than assume he had information pertaining to 'big' player injuries, which would undoubtedly stack the odds in his favour!

 

[BigOscar]

Give over.... what about the variables of his mates in a game?? It constitutes insider information which can stack the odds in his favour...

Having just checked a few of his bets against team sheets, it's easy to see why he's been given such a stern sentence!!

Exactly, also he can talk to the players who are going to play the game, how can anyone "prove" he hasn't had a word with them? He can say "my integrity isn't in question", but that's not remotely true. As soon as you bet against your own team, you are done.

 

[geoff clipp]

Not a fan of his but he's entirely correct to point out how unhealthy the relationship is between football and the gambling industry. In my opinion it's completely unethical that people should be bombarded with gambling advertisements when watching televised sporting events. It's entirely up to an individual whether or not they choose to gamble or not, but we have to accept that it is something that people can become addicted to and it can have devastating consequences for both the addict and their family and therefore I'd rather we saw the advertising of it banned. A lot of the adverts we see encourage impulsive gambling and I think that's pretty dangerous.

Even as an addict, there's plenty of things he could have been gambling on outside of football, so im not sure that side of his argument entirely tallies. That said, im not a gambling addict myself so it's impossible for me to understand someone in that position. Gambling on his own team to lose though is definitely something that can't be excused. Even if he wasn't playing in those matches he could be deemed to have had inside information and influence on the squad, there's no way something like that cant go unpunished.

 

[kaz7]

What a twat,hope he won't get paid and booted out of the club
I'm amazed at how many chances in the game he has been given,once a **** and all that

 

[kaz7]

Not a fan of his but he's entirely correct to point out how unhealthy the relationship is between football and the gambling industry. In my opinion it's completely unethical that people should be bombarded with gambling advertisements when watching televised sporting events. It's entirely up to an individual whether or not they choose to gamble or not, but we have to accept that it is something that people can become addicted to and it can have devastating consequences for both the addict and their family and therefore I'd rather we saw the advertising of it banned. A lot of the adverts we see encourage impulsive gambling and I think that's pretty dangerous.

Even as an addict, there's plenty of things he could have been gambling on outside of football, so im not sure that side of his argument entirely tallies. That said, im not a gambling addict myself so it's impossible for me to understand someone in that position. Gambling on his own team to lose though is definitely something that can't be excused. Even if he wasn't playing in those matches he could be deemed to have had inside information and influence on the squad, there's no way something like that cant go unpunished.

Classic deflection by him

 

[Hamann Pineapple]

Laying Samaras not to score and not passing to him might be an issue

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

Exactly, also he can talk to the players who are going to play the game, how can anyone "prove" he hasn't had a word with them? He can say "my integrity isn't in question", but that's not remotely true. As soon as you bet against your own team, you are done.

It's a hollow excuse when it's broken down... he has hung himself further with the statement as he has pointed towards feeding his habit, absolute bollocks, if this were the case, he'd of bet on joe bloggs vs NafNaf fc, he knowingly bet on games to give him an advantage....

Fuck the Scouse **** and good riddance!!!

 

[domalino]

ABout time he retired isn't it? He'll be 36 when his ban ends.

 

[inchy14]

Not a fan of his but he's entirely correct to point out how unhealthy the relationship is between football and the gambling industry. In my opinion it's completely unethical that people should be bombarded with gambling advertisements when watching televised sporting events. It's entirely up to an individual whether or not they choose to gamble or not, but we have to accept that it is something that people can become addicted to and it can have devastating consequences for both the addict and their family and therefore I'd rather we saw the advertising of it banned. A lot of the adverts we see encourage impulsive gambling and I think that's pretty dangerous.

Even as an addict, there's plenty of things he could have been gambling on outside of football, so im not sure that side of his argument entirely tallies. That said, im not a gambling addict myself so it's impossible for me to understand someone in that position. Gambling on his own team to lose though is definitely something that can't be excused. Even if he wasn't playing in those matches he could be deemed to have had inside information and influence on the squad, there's no way something like that cant go unpunished.

Classic deflection by him

He's bang on though, not a game goes by without you being bombarded about what odds have been raised as specials etc... to entice someone. The whole concept of the game grabbing as much cash as it can from the bookmaker yet then clamping down on the bets is a bit hypocritical imo.
They should look at getting their own house in order first.

I also hate that line, 'when the fun stops, stop!' It's never fun when you lose and i lose a lot!!

 

[mat]

ABout time he retired isn't it? He'll be 36 when his ban ends.

Next England manager. He's got all the qualifications for it....

You can take the boy out of Scouse etc....

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

A ban that long suggests he was betting on his own team, or something like that, in which case I'm amazed he's not got a life ban. That's him done though

He was betting on his own team although he claims not to have been part of the squad for the games he bet on. Bet on us to win against Fulham in April 2006 (which we lost of course) and quite a few bets on the Toon when he went there.