You probably remember that infamous Mario Balotelli’s goal celebration and a shirt with ‘Why always me?’ written on it.The same could be said for another bad boy of British (and European) football and Balotelli’s former teammate at Manchester City, Joey Barton.Dozens of brawls, fights, offences, on and off the pitch incidents… You name it, Joey was heavily involved in it.He’s not a changed man after all! Joey Barton was arrested amid accusations of beating his wifeAnd he hasn’t stopped ever since, even now, when involved in football as a tactician. He’s in charge of the fourth-tier side Bristol Rovers and has caused an avalanche of criticism after comparing his side’s poor performance with a Holocaust!?Speaking after his side’s League Two defeat on Saturday, Barton told reporters: “I said to the lads during the week, ‘the team’s almost like musical chairs.”Someone gets in and does well but then gets suspended or injured.”Someone gets in for a game, does well but then has a Holocaust, a nightmare, an absolute disaster.”##EDITORS_CHOICE##The Football Association contacted Barton in relation to the comment.”Clearly, no offence was meant, but some people have rightly pointed out to me the use of the analogy was not correct,” he told BBC Radio Bristol.The 39-year-old former England and Manchester City midfielder added: “The FA wrote to me this week to remind us of our language and communications, and the last thing you want to do is cause offence or upset anybody.”So if anybody was offended by that, I would like to apologise for that. I think the FA were right to write to me and remind me of that.Jonah Ayunga has a new manager: Joey Barton taking over Bristol RoversPreviously, Bristol councillor Fabian Breckels, an associate member of the Jewish Labour Movement, said the former England player’s comments were “appalling”.The Bristol Holocaust Memorial Day Steering Group said it found Barton’s comments “really offensive”.”To compare the poor performance of a player or team to a Holocaust shows a lack of understanding of the true barbarism, torture and evil that was inflicted on vulnerable groups in society,” it said.The Holocaust, carried out by the Nazis during World War Two, claimed the lives of an estimated six million Jews.
