"English clubs teach you lots of lessons, but in this case Newcastle lack ethics and morals. They have invested a lot in this guy and they do not want to lose money."

The words of Ousmane Dabo after Joey Barton escaped prison for assaulting the Frenchman in a training ground fracas in May last year while Barton was a Manchester City employee.

Barton may not be a Toon employee for much longer if he continues to batter his way through a drunk-fuelled lifestyle which has now become unforgivable. Newcastle have announced that they will hold talks with the player once he is released from his six-month jail sentence for another assualt in Liverpool city centre late last year.

This is not a tricky decision for Newcastle to make and they must appear that they have the public in mind whilst showing the genuine appreciation of Barton's problems by making sure that the wayward nutter from Huyton gets treatment. I say this with trepidation, however, as Barton obviously does not want help.

In a previous article I stated that he would need to fall from grace dramatically before realising that he cannot go on as he is. His suspended sentence for the Dabo incident is not going to help the man at all. The British media will follow him like a lost dog as soon as he is released and I'm quite positive that it will not take long for him to snap once more. People can only be helped if they want help.

It would be better for Newcastle to set an example by sacking Barton when released and the FA banning him from professional football indefinitely. Harsh? I don't think so. Yes, everyone deserves a second chance, but Barton is taking the p***.

A player who sparked a ten-man brawl in a friendly against Doncaster, stubbed a lit cigar into the eye of a junior player, viciously attacked a man in Liverpool city centre and did what he did to Dabo tells you all you need to know about him.

Stuart Pearce even sent him to anger management courses at the Second Chance clinic for troubled sportspeople. If alcohol was the only thing to blame, then why hasn't he stayed at this clinic? It's because he still believes he has not got a problem. It was the same with George Best and Paul Gascoigne. The people at these centres are there to help you but only if you want help.

Barton admitted that he hates the person he becomes with a drink in him. But was he drunk at training when he attacked Dabo? He is trying to attach some of the blame to alcohol, but if you know you turn nasty when drunk, there's a very simple answer - STOP DRINKING. Besides, only during the attack in Liverpool last December and possibly the Christmas party incident with the cigar was he under the influence.

Barton should be made an example of. He is a talented player with a chance in life that not many get and he is throwing it back in people's faces with venom. The previous article I wrote on Barton drew a couple of comments from, I can only assume, impressionable young Geordies who seem to think that he is the bee's knees. That's the influence Barton is having - he is the worst role model possible for the Newcastle team.

Personally, after all he has now achieved, I couldn't care less what happens to him if he does get the sack. He didn't care for the people he assaulted and has never apologised or showed any signs of remorse. The man is a menace.