Barton Targets England Spot

[Scottyboi]

Still like Joey me.

 

[Anonymous]

Shouldn't Joey be concentrating on getting that champions league spot he so vocally left City to join Newcastle for?

 

[Ticket For Schalke]

good luck joey, i for one appreciate the effort you put in.

 

[Blueboy Danny]

Joey Barton thinks he can claim an England place if he delivers the goods consistently for Newcastle United.

Barton's one and only Three Lions cap came in 2007 when he replaced Frank Lampard in a 1-0 defeat to Spain at Old Trafford.

Things have mostly gone downhill for the 27-year-old since after suffering a succession of injuries while also spending time behind bars.

Barton finished Newcastle's promotion campaign in fine form and, having seen what England had to offer in South Africa in the World Cup finals, believes he can crack Fabio Capello's squad.

However, Barton knows it is his football at club level that he will be judged upon this term and insists he is fully focused on performing at his best for the Magpies.
Do well

"For me, first and foremost I want to do well for Newcastle United," he told the Evening Chronicle.

"But watching some of the performances in the World Cup over the summer I think that on form, I'm as good as anybody in this country.

"I don't say that lightly and I have to go out and prove that, but surely every midfielder in this country should be thinking like that?

"They should be looking at it and saying, 'That's where I want to be and that's where I can go'.

"That's my goal, and if I break into the England squad, it proves that I am doing fantastic for this football club.

"I'm a much more rounded footballer now than I was when I first signed for this club. Injuries have restricted my chances to show that.

"If I can sustain fitness for a long period of time, I'm very confident of finding the form that got me in the England squad."

Give that man a cigar... Oh wait actually perhaps not!

 

[Obvious Mancunian]

Give that man a cigar... Oh wait actually perhaps not!

lmao

 

[johnny on the spot]

I began reading this thread laughing my tits off, but if you think about it...

 

[Originals]

1 Joey Barton!

Always liked him.

 

[Ducky_]

what he did to Dabo was sick and wrong, but I genuinely think he's turned over a new leaf.

I think the shafting he got in prison has brought out his feminine side and softened him up a bit.