How did Joey Barton get away with it?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 0:04, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Scouse charm and a cunning left hook.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 23 Feb 2011, 0:04, Reply)

And the odd cigar to the eye?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 0:08, Reply)

All washed down with a night out in Liverpool followed by a Maccy D to round off the night.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 23 Feb 2011, 0:08, Reply)

A midfield of Barton and Bowyer would be something.
Especially if you had Duncan Ferguson up front.

(I choose to ignore the City players who all went down for a stretch a couple of years back)
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 0:13, Reply)

To be fair, Barton, whilst he has been a total cunt in the past,
does seemed to have reined himself in a bit, discipline wise. A year ago he would have been sent off in the recent Arsenal game for retaliating.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 23 Feb 2011, 0:15, Reply)

And, by the same token, he'd have hit that Blackburn player square on the chin, rather than in the chest.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 0:20, Reply)

A page I started on Facebook called "When presented with a problem in life, I think 'What Would Joey Barton Do'" now has over ten thousand followers.
Completely unrelated but I think that in itself is quite amusing/astounding.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 0:11, Reply)

And what do most people think Joey would do?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 0:14, Reply)

Well my last update (after the 4-4 game with Arsenal) was:
Our Joey's influence is spreading, after Diaby was tackled yesterday he pondered "What Would Joey Barton Do" and proceeded to kick off all over the place.

120 people liked it so I assume they think what Joey Barton will do is get into scraps at any given opportunity. They're not wrong.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 0:29, Reply)

But what would Joey Deacon do?

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 23 Feb 2011, 0:36, Reply)