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As good a reason as any to look up the Shteve McLaren video.

You know I can fully understand picking up an accent when you live somewhere...but losing your grasp of basic grammar?

"He ees Argentine, I English....ees big difference".

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Except he has been there less that three months

 

So maybe he's taking the p!ss. Maybe this is some carefully constructed media ploy to generate a crapload of exposure. Of all the things that Barton could justifiably be criticised for, this ranks pretty low. It's not like he was regaling us with Britain's Finest Received Pronunciation 3 months ago.

 

Personally, I have more time for Barton than most. Yes, he has been a thug. He's outspoken. What really amuses me is that the vast majority of people who knock him will never have 1% of what he has. Barton gets treated like a lottery winner with an ASBO.

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So maybe he's taking the p!ss. Maybe this is some carefully constructed media ploy to generate a crapload of exposure. Of all the things that Barton could justifiably be criticised for, this ranks pretty low. It's not like he was regaling us with Britain's Finest Received Pronunciation 3 months ago.

 

Personally, I have more time for Barton than most. Yes, he has been a thug. He's outspoken. What really amuses me is that the vast majority of people who knock him will never have 1% of what he has. Barton gets treated like a lottery winner with an ASBO.

 

That was my take as well. He may be a thug with a temper and attitude he cant seem to control but he's not thick. I reckon he's having a laugh.

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So maybe he's taking the p!ss. Maybe this is some carefully constructed media ploy to generate a crapload of exposure. Of all the things that Barton could justifiably be criticised for, this ranks pretty low. It's not like he was regaling us with Britain's Finest Received Pronunciation 3 months ago.

 

Personally, I have more time for Barton than most. Yes, he has been a thug. He's outspoken. What really amuses me is that the vast majority of people who knock him will never have 1% of what he has. Barton gets treated like a lottery winner with an ASBO.

 

What? Money? No amount of cash will change the fact that the bloke is a complete plank.

 

As for tallent, he probably had the ability to play for England on a fairly regular basis but ruined it by having a sh*t attitude. Something he regularly seems to boast about on twitter.

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What? Money? No amount of cash will change the fact that the bloke is a complete plank.

 

As for tallent, he probably had the ability to play for England on a fairly regular basis but ruined it by having a sh*t attitude. Something he regularly seems to boast about on twitter.

 

Even so, you don't become a top-flight professional footballer by accident. Whatever Barton has, he's worked for it. If it so easy, perhaps you'd be sipping champagne in Marseilles and cultivating a banging French accent instead of nailing the plank accusations to the board.

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My mate does this all the time; if we visit different countries on holiday he'll instantly develop the local accent into his speech of English. And he does it entirely sub-consciously. It's really embarrassing, but he just can't stop himself doing it.

 

Find myself doing it and the more I try not to the worse it becomes. The O in OK I pronounce as in toe, before I've cleared customs in Spain it becomes O as in clock. :? :blush:

People are taking the **** because it's Barton, had it been Ricky Lambert's scouse accent most here would be saying it's great he's picking up an accent already, shows he's mixing with his team-mates well etc etc

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Even so, you don't become a top-flight professional footballer by accident. Whatever Barton has, he's worked for it. If it so easy, perhaps you'd be sipping champagne in Marseilles and cultivating a banging French accent instead of nailing the plank accusations to the board.

 

And despite the illusion to the conrary, Barton is a hell of a lot more intelligent than his persona would otherwise suggest.

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And despite the illusion to the conrary, Barton is a hell of a lot more intelligent than his persona would otherwise suggest.

 

Well, I've pressed the Godzilla button and invoked the Barton handle on Twitter, linking this thread. It is my fervent hope that Joey turns up here and starts taking names, if only as a Registered User :)

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Even so, you don't become a top-flight professional footballer by accident. Whatever Barton has, he's worked for it. If it so easy, perhaps you'd be sipping champagne in Marseilles and cultivating a banging French accent instead of nailing the plank accusations to the board.

 

Not just hard work is it, a lot of it is down to the natural tallent and coordination most top level footballers are born with. I'm sure there are people out there who have put in twice as much effort as Barton (and many other Premier League footballers) and ended up stacking shelves in Asda. Just look at our 2005 FA youth cup finalists. Bale is one of the best players in the world, Feli Condesso doesn't even play professionally any more. Is it because Bale worked harder? I doubt it.

 

P.S. I have worked in Marseille and spent a healthy amount of time with a cold glass of something next to the pool. All without the dodgy Inspector Cluseau accent.

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Not just hard work is it, a lot of it is down to the natural tallent and coordination most top level footballers are born with. I'm sure there are people out there who have put in twice as much effort as Barton (and many other Premier League footballers) and ended up stacking shelves in Asda. Just look at our 2005 FA youth cup finalists. Bale is one of the best players in the world, Feli Condesso doesn't even play professionally any more. Is it because Bale worked harder? I doubt it.

 

P.S. I have worked in Marseille and spent a healthy amount of time with a cold glass of something next to the pool. All without the dodgy Inspector Cluseau accent.

 

Talent without application is as useful as application without talent. I think you can take it as read that anyone holding down a berth in a top-flight team has both, Barton included.

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