My Bad Boy XI - Part 2

Onto the midfield and strikers of my team with a mean side to them. Let's go!

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Has Joey Barton Finally Come Of Age?

This time last year it looked as if Joey Barton had played his last game for Queens Park Rangers.  He currently sits at the top of the Championship table with Harry Redknapp’s side, having helped guide them to four wins and a draw in their first five games of the season.

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Arsenal forward could be heading to Roma - a brief look back at Gervinho (Video)

Arsenal's Ivorian striker Gervinho is on the verge of joining Italian side Roma after an £8m deal was agreed. However, the Italian side need to sell players before the deal can be concluded as they don't currently have the finances to complete the move. The funny-haired attacker will link up with his former coach at Lille, Rudi Garcia, who has taken the manager's role at Roma.

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PSG want extended Beckham stay

Paris Saint-Germain are trying to convince David Beckham to spend another year in France but the 38-year-old has yet to make up his mind over his own future. 

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French football’s fading influence in Europe (a follow up)

Two weekends ago Andre Ayew, Marseille’s Ghanaian forward received a red card in the dying seconds of their hard-fought 1-0 win over Lorient. He claims he had joined the melee following a slap to Mathieu Valbuena in order to calm things down

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Queens Park Rangers hate figure is told to return to the club

The man we all love to hate has been told that he is to return to Queens Park Rangers at the end of the season as the club he is on loan to - Marseille - do not have a deal in place to sign him permanently.

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Joey Barton is he now just a scapegoat for the media?

I’m pretty sure everyone who knows anything about football will know about the past Joey Barton has in the sport and nobody needs reminding of the many negative acts he has been involved in. However after seeing the papers today it is hard not to feel a little sorry for the midfielder for the way that he is now portrayed in the press at all times.

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Monsieur Barton

Martin Luther King, Barack Obama and Jesus himself are all examples of fantastic speakers. When they speak, people will stop and listen.

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Zlatan Ibrahamovic: Nosing about (Video)

He couldn't stay quiet for long.

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Joey Barton sees rouge (Video)

Joey Barton has been relatively quiet since his move to Marseille.

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Does Joey Barton deserve to be a footballer?

With almost as many off the field misdemeanours as he has scored Premier League goals, Joey Barton certainly tests the patience of most football fans.

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Joey Barton makes a fool of himself (Video)

In England it’s pretty well thought that Joey Barton is a bit of a prat, but maybe we just don’t understand him like they do in France.

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Have QPR won yet?

Harry Redknapp can be commended on a very credible career leading to the deserved label of Harry Houdini – but he may well have bitten off more than he can chew with the task of keeping QPR in the Premier League.

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L'enfant Terrible

Joey Barton is a man who knows how to divide opinion.

Some see Joseph, as he is known on Twitter, as a maverick. A thinking man’s footballer who is not afraid to speak his mind and share his opinion even if it considered controversial.

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Why we all need a Karl Henry

Tackling they say, is a dying art.

For every perfect bit of triangle passing or cheeky back heel flick nothing can replicate the sheer primal surge or excitement you feel when one of your teams boys goes full stretch with a last ditch tackle to win the ball.

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