Joey Barton: Philosopher or simply a d!ckhead?

The Fa contribute more to Joey Barton's off-the-field image than he does himself, when they organise stupid meetings like this they're simply inviting him to rebel, of course he's not gonna tone down his opinions on Twitter and within hours its gonna be public knowledge like "the Fa tried to silence me.... but I'll never be silenced" type thing.

Hypotheticaly if Barton gets his Twitter account closed tomorrow by the Fa, then he goes down in history as an internet martyr.

lol@that comment

why u ppl hating on barton for?, his a changed man, a man whos into football politics now

yeah that was harsh from barton, barton needs to understand that taarabt ripped up the championship so he should of watched his championship games but we all know prem is different to the championship but taarabt deserved to be there with qpr, while at the same time, how does taarabt feel getting stripped of the captaincy with barton replacing him lol

Joey is a rebellious boy, he does the exact opposite you tell him not to. It is weaved in his genes so I suppose that is what he means when he said "If I didn't have an opinion, I'd cease to exist." FA should know better. But whoever(FA) forgets history is destined to repeat it.

I personally like him & his passion for the game.

If England had a player as passionate as Barton is, we might get somewhere instead of believing everything that comes out the medias mouths.

he doesnt have to fall under one of these categories..

he's original and a real character. he reminds me of gazza, or shearer and i think we miss these kind of lads in the epl these days. #love him or hate him.

what a visionary