The Fiver | To think some people accuse him of lacking self-awareness

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The Fiver talks about itself in the third person all the time. The Fiver says this. The Fiver thinks that. The Fiver’s down! The Fiver holds grudges! It’s a preposterous way of carrying on. So hats off to Joey Barton, who this morning copped on a mere three minutes and 56 seconds into his managerial career. “I’m starting to sound like Zlatan here,” he laughed, having listened to himself make reference to Joey Barton the player, Joey Barton the boss, and Joey Barton the social media celebrity during the opening exchanges of his unveiling at Fleetwood Town. And to think some people accuse him of lacking self-awareness. The Fiver, by comparison, has been going for nearly 20 years, and the Fiver’s still at it. The Fiver can’t stop now. The Fiver needs help. Poor Fiver’s a-cold!

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