Why Joey Barton should model himself on Clarke Carlisle
By Michael Calvin
Published 23:00 22/01/11
Memo to Joey Barton: stop clinging to victimhood and delusions of your own grandeur.
Start emulating a real role model, like Clarke Carlisle.
He’s made his mistakes, fought his demons.
He doesn’t need a Question Time appearance to prove his worth.
He doesn’t talk the talk.
He walks the walk.
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Hugh Robertson, the tin soldier, talks tough.
The Sports Minister accuses football of being “the worst governed sport in this country”. Right idea, wrong target. Has he never heard of tennis and the dysfunctional LTA?
Condemned for a lack of transparency, they still siphon millions from the public purse.
What do they provide in return?
Fewer players – participation rates have dropped from 506,700 to 437,500.
Even Britain’s solitary star Andy Murray wasn’t produced by them. No, Minister.
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