I'd like to see him back in six months. Can be a decent player when he puts his mind to it.
JB's problems stem from being intelligent (left school with 10 GCSE's) but not knowing how to deal with it.
Now that is a little cracker. I had to read that twice to make sure my eyes weren't deceiving me.
So THAT's why Joey Barton attacks people outside nightclubs, kicks players on the field and stubs cigars out in people's eyes.
He's too intelligent!!![]()
Imaz....that has to be one of the most stupid posts I've ever read mate!!
Not half as stupid as you suggest.
Misunderstood or unfulfilled intelligence / academic ability is a known cause of delinquency and criminality. At extreme levels, quite a few cases of 'crime organisers' and serial killers for example, evidence such people believing in their own superiority to such extent that they arrogantly enter a game of catch-me-if-you-can with police. It often becomes difficult to distinguish motives in the end: the kick they get from the crime itself; or the buzz from the subsequent game.
This, together with the academic achievements of prisoners who had had little formative education, strongly highlights the correlation between intelligence and negative conduct at all levels.
Hyperactivity and bad behaviour in kids is often explained by frustrated intelligence. Many cases of high IQ levels involved.
The contradiction between Joey's obvious intelligence and his propensity to 'lose it' completely, makes Imaz's suggestion hypothetically more than viable imo. It's not proof but must be in the frame.
Surprised you two haven't heard of such phenomena. Pretty common knowledge.



