Mr B..

Can you remember that midfield dynamo Newcastle signed a few years ago? With his previous club he was a total box to box player, biting into the challenge, full of energy and regularly got double figures on the goal scoring front. He truly was magnificent for his former club and was sought after by many top clubs, Liverpool being one of them. He did have a reputation for being a bit of a mental though, and often got into a scrape or two on the pitch. He also came with additional baggage, and that came in the form of a racism court case for assault. This brought the media spot light to St James Park for the wrong reasons, however, luckily for him he had a good barrister and was found not guilty.

His playing career at Newcastle didn’t get off to a flyer and pretty much never got going at all. He never re-captured the form that he left at his former club Leeds. All he managed at Newcastle were merely average games with a couple of goals a season thrown in and never set St James Park on fire like he did Elland Road. Oh except for when he had a fight with his team mate. Great, time for the media circus again.
Obviously I’m talking about Lee Bowyer, but does this story vaguely remind you of any recent signing Newcastle has made?

Hmmm, lets just hope Mr Joey (Innocent until proven guilty) Barton’s performances improve at Newcastle, because so far he has failed to impress. I’m not sure if this is down to fitness, but I hope that he delivers the goods that his ability is capable of soon. If only he could emulate his performances at Newcastle to that of his former club, then he could, could, become a true Newcastle great. The ‘ball’ is in his ‘court’. (see what I did there).