Footballer Joey Barton goes direct to fans with new website

[w12dave]

http://www.joeybarton.com/training-with-fleetwood/

There’s been a lot of interest regarding me training with Fleetwood, it wasn’t something that I was so bothered to talk about and I’m surprised by the level of interest, naive of me maybe.

The simple fact is that on top of my much deserved punishment by the FA and then of course QPR, I’ve also been omitted from the senior QPR squad that are now out in Asia, which is of course even more gutting than the original punishment. I respect that Mark Hughes makes his own decisions of course, and fair play to him for doing what he believes is right.

QPR want me to train with the young guys and the reserves in the meantime. The possibility of a loan move has been mentioned, where there’s been interest from several European clubs and a lot of Championship clubs too, as you may expect.

So, why would I train with Fleetwood?

I have become a little disenchanted with the game in the last 6 months after what I have put myself through and I desperately want to fall back in love with the game. I feel that training in the lower leagues will give me a reality check and maybe help me become a better person, a little more humility will serve me well. The lower leagues is where the hunger for the game is at its greatest, at least where players are concerned.

I want to re-ignite that passion for the game, something that I ordinarily have an abundance of. No monetary ********. No media ******** (though apparently there still is!). No prima donnas. Just pure, old school, mortgage/livelihoods on the line, balls-out football.

It’ll help me appreciate all that the Premier league offers me now and in the future.

What else can I do? Work hard, fall back in love with the game and keep my fingers crossed that I can once again earn my place in a QPR shirt.









i like to think mark hughes might be willing to give him another chance come jan but i doubt it if we gonna keep buying more midfielders we are bein link with ...

[Kirill]

I feel that training in the lower leagues will give me a reality check and maybe help me become a better person, a little more humility will serve me well.

Yeah, right. He is just telling us what we want to hear.

[Rich]

I doubt he care what you or I think Kirill, so I believe him

[Kirill]

I doubt he care what you or I think Kirill, so I believe him

He might not be saying this for you or me, but he is saying this for the club.

[Olly]

Any newbie who buys a match ticket gets £10 off by mentioning 'barton'.

[MattyRangers]

Just been through the whole site and I gota say I really like the lad.

Snap. He's a pretty genuine bloke, to the point, dont mess around.

[MattyRangers]

I doubt he care what you or I think Kirill, so I believe him

Exactly.

[Kirill]

Well I don't believe him, I think he is full of sh*t and just says these things for the sympathy vote - not from us, but from the club management and from his prospective buyers because I don't think either he or Mark Hughes have any illusions left about him staying at QPR after the goings on. He might play a few more games for us between the ban expiry date and the winter transfer window and that will be it hopefylly. He kept getting himself into trouble long before he joined us, he has continued doing so and he will continue doing so, it just who/what he is. He is a liability and hopefully will be sold for whatever we can get for him in January.