Adam Barton gone to partick thistle

[Pompey_Galactico]

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/footb ... -1-7555283

Didn't see that coming!!

[Guernsey Blue]

Well, one of our number did, sort of:

http://thepompeychimes.net/forum/viewto ... =2&t=76326

Good call actually.

Not quite on the level of Jack Wilshere to Bournemouth though. You still running that bar down there? He'll probably be calling in at some point......

[Earl Grey]

Quite sad about Barton leaving.

Decent midfielder but maybe just lacking a killer pass.

As someone else pointed out, if we ever played a sweeper system then he would've been a contender for the role.

Hope he does well for the Thistles.

[Locky_McLockface]

Well, one of our number did, sort of:

http://thepompeychimes.net/forum/viewto ... =2&t=76326

Good call actually.

Not quite on the level of Jack Wilshere to Bournemouth though. You still running that bar down there? He'll probably be calling in at some point......

I thought that move was quite odd - surely the treatment table at the Emirates is more comfortable than the one at Dean Court?

[RubiconCSL]

I'd have thought that with all those grannies in Bournemouth, Rooney would have been a more obvious choice of loan.

Well, one of our number did, sort of:

http://thepompeychimes.net/forum/viewto ... =2&t=76326

Good call actually.

Not quite on the level of Jack Wilshere to Bournemouth though. You still running that bar down there? He'll probably be calling in at some point......

I thought that move was quite odd - surely the treatment table at the Emirates is more comfortable than the one at Dean Court?

[Selsey Bill]

Didn't see that coming either, but if you watched Adam Barton's defensive display against Yeovil on Tuesday night, he must have already know - he was shocking. Feel a bit sorry for Barton though as he seems like a decent fellow, and he has played when and where asked, usually out of position at centre back. At times, he has looked very good and always seems very comfortable on the ball, sometimes a little too much so. Perhaps he'll be better suited in a different league in a different role.

[Locky_McLockface]

Didn't see that coming either, but if you watched Adam Barton's defensive display against Yeovil on Tuesday night, he must have already know - he was shocking. Feel a bit sorry for Barton though as he seems like a decent fellow, and he has played when and where asked, usually out of position at centre back. At times, he has looked very good and always seems very comfortable on the ball, sometimes a little too much so. Perhaps he'll be better suited in a different league in a different role.

I only really saw him play against Plymouth in the play-offs, but I thought he did pretty well, particularly the first game.

[pompeygunner]

For me he never looked capable of the physical aspect of the game. Whether in the tackle, general movement or ability to get around the pitch. In midfield he rarely if ever moved out the middle 3rd of the pitch & the sideways passing wasn't what we needed.
I wish him well but for me I wont remember him for long.

[Selsey Bill]

For me he never looked capable of the physical aspect of the game.

I wouldn't disagree and suspect this might have had something to do with the nasty injury he got back in early 2012 when he was playing for PNE? He dislocated his ankle and broke his leg in two or three places putting him out for a year