Ross Barton (Michael Parr)

[tammyy2j]

Ross was never a loveable rogue. He started as a nasty crim and has continued down the same path. Russ may be a wannabe Cain, but he is just an incompetent thug who has left a long path of criminal fiascos in his wake!

He is very good with his son Moses and Donna's daughter April

[rossfan]

This is such an overreaction, for a start Ross isn't scared of Dan he just feels guilt as its his mate who he works with everyday. The Jimmy thing was also nothing, he hardly ran away expecting a punch. I think anyone getting caught listening to there neighbours having sex would run and feel embarrassed. Also how is a fear of clowns and needles a weakness? Everyone has phobias, some of the strongest people I know have the weirdest fears I have heard of. A quiet year does not ruin or change a character, Ross will always be a bad boy, just be patient and wait for a storyline. He has been on screen much more these past few weeks and has the James storyline coming up soon.

Why accuse me of an overreaction? I'm just posting how I feel about the writing of Ross and the show. With all due respect you KNOW i defended Michael and Ross when I was able to. This so happened to be when a certain now Exterminated poster was around.

I will defend Ross again when I will be able to HOWEVER right now, I cannot do this! I am a Ross fan which is why I am passionate about the writing of his character and continue to post news articles when and where I can about him and Michael Parr.

As for your response and rationale - I'm sorry but you have to ask yourself WHY have the writers done this. In the space of 10 months I have counted and written Ross act in cowardly manner FOUR times. Why Ross? Why not do it to Cain - why not do it to Pete? They have chosen Ross for a reason. A reason I cannot fathom. As I said before, they are obviously trying to change Ross' character. Not develop. The Ross this year is nothing like last year. Sorry. That's my say on it at the moment.

[rossfan]

This is such an overreaction, for a start Ross isn't scared of Dan he just feels guilt as its his mate who he works with everyday. The Jimmy thing was also nothing, he hardly ran away expecting a punch. I think anyone getting caught listening to there neighbours having sex would run and feel embarrassed. Also how is a fear of clowns and needles a weakness? Everyone has phobias, some of the strongest people I know have the weirdest fears I have heard of. A quiet year does not ruin or change a character, Ross will always be a bad boy, just be patient and wait for a storyline. He has been on screen much more these past few weeks and has the James storyline coming up soon.

Why accuse me of an overreaction? I'm just posting how I feel about the writing of Ross and the show. With all due respect you KNOW i defended Michael and Ross when I was able to. This so happened to be when a certain now Exterminated poster was around.

I will defend Ross again when I will be able to HOWEVER right now, I cannot do this! I am a Ross fan which is why I am passionate about the writing of his character and continue to post news articles when and where I can about him and Michael Parr.

As for your response and rationale - I'm sorry but you have to ask yourself WHY have the writers done this. In the space of 10 months I have counted and written Ross act in cowardly manner FOUR times. Why Ross? Why not do it to Cain - why not do it to Pete? They have chosen Ross for a reason. A reason I cannot fathom. As I said before, they are obviously trying to change Ross' character. Not develop. The Ross this year is nothing like last year. Sorry. That's my say on it at the moment.

[rossfan]

I think you need to remember what Ross was actually like when he joined the show, he done a lot of small jobs and scams but he was mainly just cheeky and sarcastic. Pretty much like he is now, the Ross last year was a result of his affair with Debbie and his brother almost killing him, he was messed up and now he's moving on.

I agree with you here. What we saw when he first arrived was Part one. A skeleton of body work. That then continued quite fluently into what we saw last year. Where he was quite rightly "Best Bad Boy".

However this year where is the bad boy? What is he doing? Running away, revealing phobias and things that scare him. Once again It's a complete U-turn. Nonsensical writing to what they were aiming for. Sadly, rightly so - no "Best Bad Boy" nomination.

[rossfan]

I think you need to remember what Ross was actually like when he joined the show, he done a lot of small jobs and scams but he was mainly just cheeky and sarcastic. Pretty much like he is now, the Ross last year was a result of his affair with Debbie and his brother almost killing him, he was messed up and now he's moving on.

I agree with you here. What we saw when he first arrived was Part one. A skeleton of body work. That then continued quite fluently into what we saw last year. Where he was quite rightly "Best Bad Boy".

However this year where is the bad boy? What is he doing? Running away, revealing phobias and things that scare him. Once again It's a complete U-turn. Nonsensical writing to what they were aiming for. Sadly, rightly so - no "Best Bad Boy" nomination.

[alcapo11]

Why accuse me of an overreaction? I'm just posting how I feel about the writing of Ross and the show. With all due respect you KNOW i defended Michael and Ross when I was able to. This so happened to be when a certain now Exterminated poster was around.

I will defend Ross again when I will be able to HOWEVER right now, I cannot do this! I am a Ross fan which is why I am passionate about the writing of his character and continue to post news articles when and where I can about him and Michael Parr.

As for your response and rationale - I'm sorry but you have to ask yourself WHY have the writers done this. In the space of 10 months I have counted and written Ross act in cowardly manner FOUR times. Why Ross? Why not do it to Cain - why not do it to Pete? They have chosen Ross for a reason. A reason I cannot fathom. As I said before, they are obviously trying to change Ross' character. Not develop. The Ross this year is nothing like last year. Sorry. That's my say on it at the moment.

I think alot of people thought that Ross has been ruined as a character by Kate Oates last year so the new producer is probably trying to make him more human again. I have also been a bit shocked and have questioned stuff that has involved Ross recently but I don't think iot will last. I am pretty sure that soon enough we will see Ross at his best again.

[alcapo11]

Why accuse me of an overreaction? I'm just posting how I feel about the writing of Ross and the show. With all due respect you KNOW i defended Michael and Ross when I was able to. This so happened to be when a certain now Exterminated poster was around.

I will defend Ross again when I will be able to HOWEVER right now, I cannot do this! I am a Ross fan which is why I am passionate about the writing of his character and continue to post news articles when and where I can about him and Michael Parr.

As for your response and rationale - I'm sorry but you have to ask yourself WHY have the writers done this. In the space of 10 months I have counted and written Ross act in cowardly manner FOUR times. Why Ross? Why not do it to Cain - why not do it to Pete? They have chosen Ross for a reason. A reason I cannot fathom. As I said before, they are obviously trying to change Ross' character. Not develop. The Ross this year is nothing like last year. Sorry. That's my say on it at the moment.

I think alot of people thought that Ross has been ruined as a character by Kate Oates last year so the new producer is probably trying to make him more human again. I have also been a bit shocked and have questioned stuff that has involved Ross recently but I don't think iot will last. I am pretty sure that soon enough we will see Ross at his best again.

We have seen glimpses, Ross preparing to beat Rakesh with a baseball bat, tampering with the minibus and now this dog napping scheme.

[alcapo11]

He is very good with his son Moses and Donna's daughter April

I don't get how he is a wannabe Cain anyway? Cain used to kill animals and hit his daughter when he was younger. Of course Ross is a thug but he has a heart deep down but only certain people can see it. Ross is way more exciting than the current version of Cain.

[rossfan]

SMH with disbelief.

Ross running away from a dog now. Another one to add to the list!



Alright, no doubt even Cain would have been worried however once again as I say quite a lot, the writing and editing for Ross is different to how is "predecessor" is. I don't think we would have seen Cain just run off - he probably would have thrown the dog a bone and end scene. Then Cain would have somehow come back to the village. Why do we need to see the inbetween for Ross?

[rossfan]

SMH with disbelief.

Ross running away from a dog now. Another one to add to the list!



Alright, no doubt even Cain would have been worried however once again as I say quite a lot, the writing and editing for Ross is different to how is "predecessor" is. I don't think we would have seen Cain just run off - he probably would have thrown the dog a bone and end scene. Then Cain would have somehow come back to the village. Why do we need to see the inbetween for Ross?