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Dodging the Barton Bullet

I agree we've dodged the bullet regarding Joey Barton. There was a very real chance he would have ruined the dressing room camaraderie that Moyes has so carefully crafted over the last few years.

Plus as we've now seen, he'll be on 70k a week which is ridiculous money for a player of his standard I think ? Moyes was dead right not to fork out that kind of weekly expenditure wage on him. If anyone in our club deserved to be on 70k a week it should be Arteta, Cahill or Johnson, not someone who is unproven and may not work out for us at all!

It'll be interesting to see how he gets on in Newcastle but I think we've dodged a bullet here. Koumas or Jagielka (or ideally both) would be much better for us.
Ger Johnson, Cork, Ireland Posted 06/06/2007 at 12:39:11

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Paul Clays
1 Posted 06/06/2007 at 16:30:39

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Both and Fernandes!!!

Ste
2 Posted 06/06/2007 at 16:51:06

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Is this the 3rd or 4th time we’ve been interested in Koumas. Problem is, his price has gone up by about 3m despite playing in the championship. Im sure Moyes will find another excuse not to buy him and we’ll get him when he’s 33 and looking for one last pay day