[joeysteele]

There are a fair few dubious Captains about, even one for England,the National team.I have seen Joey Barton captain well and also badly, like most Captains.

He did wrong today and has in the past but in my view as afootballer and midfielder in particular he is one of the best and it's why he has actually captained 2 teams in the last 2 seasons, Newcastle and Q.P.R.

If he got his attitude sorted once and for all, he would be the perfect player, as it is he is still an excellent midfielder.
The Managers he works under seem to realise and appreciate that too despite his attitude or he wouldn't be selected and certainly not made Captain either.I think he has served under at least 5 Managers in the last 3 seasons,only one had a problem with him and that was Shearer who was only Manager anyway for a few weeks.