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Joey Barton
at 12:31 6 Jan 2024

Gutted about Joey Barton. When he joined, one of my best (non-QPR) football mates said to me, "Don't let Joey Baron be your hero, he'll let you down." Now, he certainly never achieved hero-status, but he was a player I really genuinely liked. I've always liked "bad boys" - starting with John McEnroe in the 80s - so liking Joey was natural for me.

The Man City incident never really bothered me. And one of my defining Barton memories was at home to Sheff Weds on first day of 13/14 season. We conceded a first-minute goal... captain Clint Hill's head dropped, but Barton was the one rallying the players in the immediate aftermath and galvanising the team - we went on to win 2-1. I loved his fighting spirit. Clint Hill's a legend for me, by the way - no disrespect to him intended.

Anyway... I've turned a blind-eye to so much Barton crap in recent years, hoping that certain incidents were "not as bad as they sound" etc. This latest stuff though is crystal clear, incessant, disgusting and inexcusable. I'm done with him, 100%.

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Beale elects to take his ‘loyalty and integrity’ elsewhere after all — Col
at 20:16 1 Dec 2022

Here's what stinks the most in all this...

Our record in our last five matches is LDLLL. One point from 15. A dramatic downturn. Given MB's appearance at Ibrox on October 29th, it's not unfair to speculate that his mind *may* have been elsewhere from as far back as earlier that week - ie before the defeat to Birmingham. It's also not unreasonable to speculate that he/Glasgow Rangers were waiting for the World Cup break to make a quiet switch etc.

If all the above is correct, then it stinks big time. Why not just leave in October, rather than hang around for 4 or 5 matches? Was he focused on QPR? Were the players unsettled? Most likely. This selfishness has potentially cost us a lot of points... and come May this could be hugely significant. This whole debacle may have cost us a play-off place.

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