Joey must stay....

[silvercue]

Joey would not give a monkeys if a few fans (or a lot) asked him to stay, especially for our club, which I don't think he has ever fallen in love with. Football players will do what is best for them.

We know he is capable, but our hopes don't rest on his shoulders alone...if they did we would be unlikely to get automatic anyway.

[QPR71]

Towards the end of the season, however, chairman Tony Fernandes identified the loss of Barton as a factor in the club's poor performance and relegation from the Premier League, saying "We missed Joey. We needed a workhorse midfielder and we tried to get Scott Parker. We missed a real leader. ....from wiki

I missed tony saying this....he should have the metal to keep JB here