Joey and our own scouse derby.

[80sCasual]

With Joey being an Everton fan let's hope he can put that rivalry into the game next Wednesday and help us stuff Liverpool.

[Gtleighsr3]

I love joey I do just hate his set pieces

[Spaghetti-Hoops]

I'm afraid to say...

... that i can't see Joey Barton being anything other than his usual "nothing" self. Some people tend to think he's passionate but their just mistaking his "thug" attitude.

[Gtleighsr3]

I love thugs

[TBLOCKRANGER]

I love thugs

The problem is he's not hard on the pitch but more IT nerd having a lunchtime kick about.

The kit looks too big for him IMHO and he's incapable of bossing the midfield. He should be like a Bryan Robson never losing the midfield but hes more Brian Harvey.

I've never followed his career prior to him coming to us but I am surprised about how lightweight he is. Tiote thats pwoper hard.

[cubicle]

I'm sure Barton would put in a tackle if he had any sort of pace to reach any of the opposition players before they've passed the ball ...or even worse, scored. Forget all the twitter/thug nonsense, when it comes down to what really matters to us, he's had a pretty awful season. And if he's getting paid what we all believe he is, it's pretty depressing.