horribleives
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Joined: 12/6/2009 From: The North
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ORIGINAL: horribleives I'm not gonna defend Barton and I'm quite glad he doesn't play for us anymore but I've noticed in the rush to condemn him in the papers and on telly there's been very little made of the fact that both Aguero and Tevez went down like a pair of schoolgirls (unsurprisingly Kompany, the very definition of a real footballer, stayed firmly on his feet after Barton's powderpuff 'headbutt'). And let's not forget, Tevez lashed out at Barton in the first place. I know the fact that they won the league was the big story and they throughly deserved it but when it was the other way round and Barton went to ground embarassingly against Arsenal at the beginning of the season it was reported as if his actions (which led to Gervinho getting sent off) symbolised everything wrong with the modern game. Good luck to City anyway - once the refs and media start going out of their way to give you an easy ride you know you've arrived. I'm not convinced Tevez lashed out at Barton, it looked to me like he was just trying to get past him to get to the ball. Barton might have got caught but I'm not sure how deliberate it was. Barton, on the other hand, definitely acted deliberately, and while you could argue that they both went down easy it was Barton who gave them the excuse to. There is absolutely no doubt he deserved to be sent off, no doubt he deserves a lengthy suspension and his unrepentant and belligerent attitude since means he can go fuck himself, quite frankly. I totally agree, but when Barton did it in August he was evil and unsporting for getting another pro sent off, when two of the Champions elect do exactly the same thing it goes virtually un-noticed. And what Aguero had to gain from going down like that when Barton had already been sent off is beyond me. I dunno, we've had plenty of 'bad boys' at my club over the years and the way the press (and specifically the BBC) demonise certain players (and to be fair to City, Balotelli's had his fill too) just gets on my wick. However, take everything I say with a pinch of salt as there's a chance I may just still be bitter at them bastards for scoring two goals at the end and fucking up my bet.
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