Joey Barton's pass completion rate was not good on first 45 min but it was much better on the second half. He also did run a lot and did won many fights over 50/50 balls. I know J Barton is not the best midfielder in PL but yesterday he did his job ok and if Taarabt and Buzsacky would have done their jobs as well as Joey we would have won yesterday. Saying that i sincerely hope that midfielder from Mali is like ali 2.0......
Are Blackburn much better than Wigan? I suspect he's not fully fit myself. Why wasn't he taking the free kicks and corners as against Wigan? His performace was way, way down from MOM Wigan, to worst on the pitch, except for Kenny, yesterday!
Barton is one of the top 4 midfielders in the country and should be playing for England....apparently !
No surprise there. Thankfully Diakite looks like the real deal, at least with his Country. He could be the making of our side.
This. So much this. He also has the skill to "find time" for the simple passes when under pressure. Not many of ours do. He's badly missed.
