Barton is clearly a complete knob. He dresses himself up as a troubled genius or thinking man, but as you say, he's a just a thug and a bully.
This Joey Barton is an out and out thug and has no place in our sport or even in our society.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49013849
How the FA and EFL can approve him of a role in the game shows just how out of touch they are.
ok he's not appeared in court yet, and the Barnsley manager might have just walked into a door.
Barton is clearly a complete knob. He dresses himself up as a troubled genius or thinking man, but as you say, he's a just a thug and a bully.