Just been reading birmingham city are interested in signing joey barton on a �25,000 week contract, my god what are they doing!! He is no more than a thug who should never be allowed on a football pitch again, total waste of space should put him in a 200 ft deep well and cement him in!!!!!
I think the mere fact that any football club entertains the idea of employing him just sums up our society. The signals it sends out to youngsters is that it's obviously alright to flout the law and act like an idiot you'll still be able to land a fantastically paid job and be made a hero.
Yes, Barton's a total d!ckhead, every now and then we need someone like him to have a go at, don't we?
Gazza, George Best, Norman Hunter, Billy Bremner, Tommy Smith, Emlyn Hughes, Roy Keane, Ron Harris, Nobby Styles, Graeme Souness, the list goes on...and on...and on......
Oh, yeah, some other "superstars" who also come into my last category are Lee Bowyer, Dennis Wise and Vinnie Jones, all fine upstanding examples on and off the field - not!