After the Peterborough Chairman had his say about how the vote should go regarding carrying on/ending the League One season (and now appears to have blocked every Rotherham United fan off his Twitter account) Joey Barton has had his say today.
The Fleetwood Manager told Sky Sports today that he thinks 'Rotherham will have won the lottery if the season is curtailed.
Barton said, 'I'd prefer to finish the campaign, we've been quite vocal about that from the start. We believe we could have got (one of) the (automatic promotion places), I think we'd had one defeat in seventeen, unbeaten in twelve and been away to every side who had a chance of winning the league.
'We're disappointed in this but we will get a chance with a play-off situation and I do feel sorry for Sunderland - I never thought I'd say that - but I do feel sorry for them, I feel a bit aggrieved for Gillingham, Doncaster and even Ipswich probably because they all would have had a legitimate shot at a play-off place. Peterborough, who are a very good side, it looks like if they do a points system they will miss out (along with Sunderland) and Wycombe will jump in with Oxford, Portsmouth and ourselves.
'Hopefully we do that and there are going to be winners and losers in this. I think Tranmere will be aggrieved going into League Two next season, Sunderland, Peterborough and a few other sides will be aggrieved and the winners will probably be Wycombe in that scenario, getting in (to the play-off places) and Rotherham have won the lottery getting second because I think they had six of the top 10 to play in the last period.'
The Fleetwood Manager told Sky Sports today that he thinks 'Rotherham will have won the lottery if the season is curtailed.
Barton said, 'I'd prefer to finish the campaign, we've been quite vocal about that from the start. We believe we could have got (one of) the (automatic promotion places), I think we'd had one defeat in seventeen, unbeaten in twelve and been away to every side who had a chance of winning the league.
'We're disappointed in this but we will get a chance with a play-off situation and I do feel sorry for Sunderland - I never thought I'd say that - but I do feel sorry for them, I feel a bit aggrieved for Gillingham, Doncaster and even Ipswich probably because they all would have had a legitimate shot at a play-off place. Peterborough, who are a very good side, it looks like if they do a points system they will miss out (along with Sunderland) and Wycombe will jump in with Oxford, Portsmouth and ourselves.
'Hopefully we do that and there are going to be winners and losers in this. I think Tranmere will be aggrieved going into League Two next season, Sunderland, Peterborough and a few other sides will be aggrieved and the winners will probably be Wycombe in that scenario, getting in (to the play-off places) and Rotherham have won the lottery getting second because I think they had six of the top 10 to play in the last period.'