{"id":551903,"date":"2020-05-19T05:51:21","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T09:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=551903"},"modified":"2020-05-19T06:39:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T10:39:00","slug":"report-joey-barton-says-failure-to-complete-league-one-season-would-be-out-of-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/05\/19\/report-joey-barton-says-failure-to-complete-league-one-season-would-be-out-of-order\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Joey Barton Says Failure to Complete League One Season Would Be &#8216;Out of Order&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Fleetwood Town manager <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/93bfa675\/Joey-Barton\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joey Barton<\/a> has said it would be &#8220;out of order&#8221; to end the current League One campaign early. Speaking on Eddie Hearn and Tony Bellew&#8217;s Talk the Talk YouTube show, reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/the72.co.uk\/166716\/out-of-order-fleetwood-town-boss-backs-darragh-macanthony-in-league-one-season-end-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The 72<\/a>, the former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/newcastle-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newcastle United<\/a> midfielder is hopeful the season can be concluded.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">Joey Barton Says Failure to Complete League One Season Would Be &#8216;Out of Order&#8217;<\/h2>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">Barton Backs Peterborough Chairman<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Barton is echoing the thoughts expressed last week by Peterborough United chairman, Darragh MacAnthony. The Posh chairman, who is also a co-owner, has been an advocate for finishing the current season.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/05\/14\/coronavirus-league-one-clubs-ppg-table\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MacAnthony has the backing<\/a> of Barton&#8217;s Fleetwood, along with third-placed <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/search\/Oxford+United\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oxford United<\/a>, Portsmouth, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/search\/Sunderland\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sunderland<\/a> and Ipswich Town. All of these clubs intend to finish the current season if it is safe to do so, following a variety of alternative options as to how to complete the season.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">Barton Comments<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Speaking on &#8216;Talk the Talk,&#8217; Barton said: &#8220;We\u2019ve got Sunderland, Peterborough and Wycombe all scrapping for one play-off place. It looks like Wycombe are going to get it if they go points-per-game. Darragh MacAnthony is alluding he\u2019s going to go bizarre. I\u2019d go nuts as well. It\u2019s out of order. We\u2019ve got to finish the league.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe\u2019ve got to get moving is my take. I\u2019m happy to take that calculated risk based on everything I\u2019ve been told about testing, about the distancing in place. If we don\u2019t get back moving what are we going to do? Just sit and stay in our house and watch people go out of business.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">Options for Finishing the Current Season<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Numerous options as to finish for season have been suggested. A weighted points per game (PPG) and unweighted point per game system have been proposed, with both systems altering the current standings. Another proposition was to award the current top two teams automatic promotion and then have an eight-team playoff to decide who joins them, but with just three points separating teams from second to eighth, it would again cause problems.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"BqjjVWTLQ7BT5S7ikxN6AQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1203421116\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'BqjjVWTLQ7BT5S7ikxN6AQ',sig:'bVCkSbCjtD7SoMONAmeQfU3YoZxXrU03BH3ey_VQSic=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1203421116',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fleetwood Town manager Joey Barton has said it would be &#8220;out of order&#8221; to end the current League One campaign early. Speaking on Eddie Hearn and Tony Bellew&#8217;s Talk the Talk YouTube show, reported by The 72, the former Newcastle United midfielder is hopeful the season can be concluded. 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