Toxic turd Barton was unfit to manage Bristol Rovers

Oh yes it is!
The photo on the left is me on my 76th birthday last September 2nd.
I was born in 1944.
I have a daughter and three grandchildren.

Unfortunately, for me, I live in Darlington, Co. Durham.

I am 6 feet tall and I weigh a healthy 13 stones.
I went to St. Brendan's College, Clifton, Bristol, in the 1950s.
I am the son of Irish immigrants.

Oh yes. I decided on a radical use of ALL capitals for GAS in darloGas. Hope that's ok with you.
When I return (hopefully) to live in Bristol, I'll contact you for advice, if I decide to change my user name to something Bristolian.

Jeez! (If you see this Terry, give me a break)

Oh Ally. Judgmental, me? He inserted a lit cigar into someone's eye. He beat up a sixteen-year-old child. I dislike judgmental people as much as the next man, but I can be a little judgmental about the criminal violence and bullying of a moderate-functioning psychopath, and about his suitability to lead the football club I take my duckling to see, can't I? You can go back to Gaschat if you want to, of course, but opposing opinions are welcome here, Sir. I hope you don't mind me editing your spelling, grammar, and punctuation. I can be judgmental about this, too.

Fancy running away from... an internet duck!

You wag!

That's a bit intolerant. And judgmental. You're going to tire of me pretty quick.

I got it, @vlad , but it was a subtle one.

You can cope. You are coping, just. But I cannot support the club being disgraced by a violent criminal psychopath. I was able to support the club through every other rubbish manager I disliked. I have drawn only two lines: boycotting the Football League Trophy while Rovers are expected to play higher division's under twenty-ones teams, and Joey (violent criminal psychopath) Barton. But good riddance to me, and everyone else not prepared to accept this? That's a bit rich, Sir.

That's because it is news. Not all news is good. But you knew that really. Come on.

That's it.

Yeah, Uncle Eppers. Bristol Rovers are not your exclusive PROPERTY bye. Stop saying they're only YOURS bye. You have to SHARE bye. Oh Ally. If you think our Eppers is some kind of flip-flopping glory-hunter, then you REALLY haven't been paying ATTENTION bye. Low-hanging fruit, I know; sorry mate.

Yet you can only see one side?

How the print media persecute violent criminals is appalling, right? What do we want? Violent thug rights! When do we want them? Now, or we'll smash your face in!

If my upbringing and experiences had been as good as Joey Barton's I would have had the decency to show a little gratitude for how well things had worked out for me, despite having assaulted so many people. Also, did you tap out 'u would b no angel 2' on a Nokia phone from the 1990s?

For this, may we be truly grateful.

Okay. I'll try to avoid doing so.

Interceptor, my dear friend. I have always supported Bristol Rovers throughout awful players, managers, and directors I have disliked. I can't think of one other manager that beings the name of Bristol Rovers into such disgrace that I would withdraw support.

The sooner, the better. Then we can all be together at the Memorial Ground, once this poxy virus is in full retreat. Good health to you, old mate.

What is it that you think 'dichotomy' means? Have we met before, Ally? Date Registered: Feb 6, 2021 at 6:44pm

I love you, Emperor, but I do not always understand you.

Spot on, that.

Sorry that I've given up on correcting the quotes, Ally; but there's just not enough time. I have not murdered anyone, I am not a rapist, nor a wife-beater, it's true. That you find these (in particular) beyond the pale is to your credit, and if any football manager was found to be these things, then I would be more against him than even Joey Barton. But while Joey Barton may not be quite this bad, he is a violent criminal who boasts about it, and an unacceptable face of Bristol Rovers Football Club. I cannot take my duckling to Rovers (or follow via streaming and merchandise) while he represents the club, and I will argue against his appointment.

You were doing so well, Emperor, but this one is just silly. That's not really true of Jeremy Corbyn, and even if it was this would not be the worst thing Joey Barton's done ever. Let's be thoughtful about this. You're better than that.

Thanks, axegas and @isaachunt . Sanity prevails.

And you're better than this. Please can we disagree without the name calling? Oldie was wrong to call Bambi a fool. I was joking when I called Spencer a fool. Please stop calling each other fools.

Why on earth should an anti-Barton thread be shut down, or an anti-Barton crowd be give it a rest? There is plenty of room for the opposite opinion. Also, are we pathetic? Why? Frankly, this is the only thread I write on, so if you shut this thread down then, you shut me up. If that's what you want, then have the balls to say so, Alan.

Aren't there just? Absolutely right.

Amen, that's spot on, and let's do exactly that.

The Guzzler's changing, isn't it though?  Sorry.  Innit, blud?

Better off in what way? A big chunk of that time was non league and 4th division!

Glad to see the old darloGAS back, although his @ being gasgirl still rather puzzles me. Fair play for full disclosure. In that spirit, the picture of the Shoveler drake in my avatar is not really me. My green feathers are a little more vivid, and my bill a little more black and shiny, of course.

Those 2 promotions were nice but kind of lose their edge when you take into account it was promotion from the lowest point we'd ever been. I see them more as righting wrongs than actual success.

I understand your view but, in that process we had seen the manager get rid of the deadwood and those mercenaries who were taking a wage and had no interest in the pride of the shirt. 
We had wholesale changes and, very much, had OUR Rovers back. I see it that , under WAQ, we have not seen evolution but have gone back to precisely what we were, prior to the relegation out of the EFL. 
I cannot see anything that has truly put us on course for better times and this fabled evolution. I see a club in very real crisis and with a board who would not even give any interviews with the new manager. 
As I see it, we are back to where we were, in the bad times but we have accumulated much more debt. 

I understand your view but, in that process we had seen the manager get rid of the deadwood and those mercenaries who were taking a wage and had no interest in the pride of the shirt. 
We had wholesale changes and, very much, had OUR Rovers back. I see it that , under WAQ, we have not seen evolution but have gone back to precisely what we were, prior to the relegation out of the EFL. 
I cannot see anything that has truly put us on course for better times and this fabled evolution. I see a club in very real crisis and with a board who would not even give any interviews with the new manager. 
As I see it, we are back to where we were, in the bad times but we have accumulated much more debt. 

I understand your view but, in that process we had seen the manager get rid of the deadwood and those mercenaries who were taking a wage and had no interest in the pride of the shirt. 
We had wholesale changes and, very much, had OUR Rovers back. I see it that , under WAQ, we have not seen evolution but have gone back to precisely what we were, prior to the relegation out of the EFL. 
I cannot see anything that has truly put us on course for better times and this fabled evolution. I see a club in very real crisis and with a board who would not even give any interviews with the new manager. 
As I see it, we are back to where we were, in the bad times but we have accumulated much more debt.