Football’s least favourite bad boy, Joey Barton, is back in hot water after attempting to castrate Dickson Etuhu during the North East derby between Sunderland and Newcastle at the weekend.
We’d hoped that Barton had left this sort of behaviour behind after being forced out of Man City with a catalogue of violent misdemeanours from stubbing a cigar out into a player’s eye to beating the crap out of teammate Ousmane Dabo.
The FA are still trying to decide if the tackle was spotted by the referee who didn’t even brandish a yellow – retrospective charges can only be brought about if the referee missed the incident (a reason why Wenger could never become an official).
Having seen the tackle and the menacing glint in Barton’s eyes we think the FA should throw the book at him – fair or harsh?
Let us know what punishment, if any, you think Joey Barton deserves