Joey Barton

[asahartford1]

People seem to forget Joey is an international footballer, and stayed with us an extra year to help us out.

 

[Lee won pen]

There is an inaccuracy in there around his coaching qualifications. In their haste to pain't him as a thick Scouse thug they have missed the fact he has his uefa A badge. Took me all of 5 seconds to google it and find an interview with the bbc in 2014 where he talked of wanting to become a coach.

I'm not a Barton fanboy by any stretch but I do think it will be interesting to see how he gets on.

The author also makes a point about his on-field thuggery based on his 6 red cards in 260 something games but, again, a quick google reveals that thugs like Richard Dunne and Ugo Ehiogu (amongst many others) accumulated red cards at a faster rate. Goes on about his stretch in Strangeways and, just in case we missed the point, goes on about it again later. Clearly has an agenda.

Barton has been, at best, foolish over the years. This may be last chance saloon for him. I hope he takes it and moves on with his career.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Genuinely surprised he's only had 6 reds.

 

[Pell]

Lost his first game today, 1-0 at home to AFC Wimbledon.

 

[Mike N]

More good news!

 

[unexpected item]

I’ve been laughing at the “Joey Barton looks like” meme on Twitter, funny as.

 

[peoffrey]

I finished his autobiography recently. It was hard work. Everything someone else’s fault.

 

[jimharri]

I’ve been laughing at the “Joey Barton looks like” meme on Twitter, funny as.

And you don't have the common decency to post it? This place is going to the dogs.

 

[Stockport mackem]

Joey Barton is a twat

 

[FantasyIreland]

I like Joey,hope it works out.