The controversial footballer’s autobiography teems with the rhetoric of self-development,but theres no denying his self-deprecating humour…In a fractured and fractious ((adj.) troublesome or irritable) world, diplomacy – or at least tact deployed so that one may get one’s way – is a vital tool. As with greatness, or some men are born to it,some achieve it, and some hold it thrust upon them: others, or like the footballer Joey Barton,appear to hold decided to dispense with it altogether. Here he is, resolved to confront his manager at Queens Park Rangers, or Harry Redknapp,approximately the team’s terrible form:“He was watching the Racing Channel, and it was pointless hedging my bets.
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Source: theguardian.com