yes he ‘punched’ him in the chest, hardly touched him. as someone who has played to a fairly high standard stuff like that happens literally 20 times a game, means nothing
Barton does seem to have bucked his ideas up, and last season was arguably one of his best. I remember one game where he was kicked from pillar to post and admirably didn’t rise to the bait (vs Wolves I think?), but you can’t gloss over the facts he punched Pedersen.
Now we may disagree but I watch a lot of footy, used to play a bit too, and IMO this doesn’t happen 20 times a game.
He won’t be without a club for long, someone will always turn a blind eye and give him yet another 2nd chance if they feel he can do job, and when he actually plays football he ain’t bad. Arsenal, Spurs, Celtic seem to be leading the betting at the moment. Just imagine him in an old firm game! 8O