Barton sees City slide

Magpies midfielder says City form won't last

By James Pearson   Last updated: 26th October 2007   Subscribe to RSS Feed

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Former Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton believes it is only a matter of time before Sven Goran Eriksson's fine start comes to an end.

Despite City making their best start to a season for 50 years, the 25-year-old, who is now at Newcastle, thinks their dressing room is delicately balanced.

With so many nationalities occupying the City squad, Barton believes problems will occur sooner rather than later due to a lack of cohesion.

"Sometimes you could hear a pin drop," he told the Daily Star.

"It's lost a lot of characters like Robbie Fowler, Andy Cole, Ben Thatcher, Nicky Weaver and myself.

"I speak to people there and they tell me they have so many languages, there's no banter now.

"As well as they are doing right now, it's only a matter of time before it comes slamming to a halt unless they address that."