Gareth Barry on England

[dom9]

No I didn't. I said Barry is similar to Owen then, more bothered about England than a club side.

Not my fault people want to drag out the posts is it dom9

You compared him to Owen, people disputed that fact, then you blamed the debate on them.

Either way, it is a pointless debate.

[MrsB]

Pointless thread. Some people seem really bored. Really.

So seem I.

[Joe King]

i hate Owen, but you brought him into the discussion.

He was selfish...but he was a ****ing good player. Gerrard is also selfish

I think you'll find Kewell is a selfish prick

[Sarb]

I think you'll find Kewell is a selfish prick

[Exiled_red]

IMO club should always come before country, whichever club you play for. The club are the ones that pay your wages and if it wasn't for them you wouldn't have the chance to play for your country. There's nothing wrong with being proud of playing for your country and wanting to do well, but that was a very foolish thing to say

[Matt]

At the time he said it, surely it WAS more important that his mind was focussed on playing for England?

[Reece]

Which is what I've been trying to say Matt. Not sure why people can't really see that. It was an England press conference after all.

[slimbimjim]

What ****ing stupid thread this is.

[Matt]

I've got your back mate, I've got your back

And in actual fact, he made it abundantly clear he didn't want to stay at Villa whereas he's just broken into the England side as a regular so maybe he is more focussed with England anyway.

[Harv]

I think you'll find Kewell is a selfish prick

Was there any point in that, or are you just trying to bait me?

The majority of Premiership footballers are selfish, you almost have to be to succeed these days.

[Harv]

truly pathetic

[cannotmakeit]

Its not a pointless thread, the point is to bash Barry and in turn bash Rafa.

[Harv]

Which is what I've been trying to say Matt. Not sure why people can't really see that. It was an England press conference after all.

mainly because these people have blinkers on. They are firmly entrenched in a negative state of mind.

Even bringing Owen (who despite being a prick and stringing us along, won us countless amounts of games) into the equation now. He hasn't played a game for us in over 4 years......let bygones be bygones FFS

[Elvoz]

x 2

[Certacito]

IMO club should always come before country, whichever club you play for. The club are the ones that pay your wages and if it wasn't for them you wouldn't have the chance to play for your country. There's nothing wrong with being proud of playing for your country and wanting to do well, but that was a very foolish thing to say

May seem a daft question but do they get paid for playing for their country and if so how much?

Question two. Is Barry in the last year of his contract and if he is are Villa panicking? I might have got that wrong but thought he only had a year to run.