Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E whakapono ana a Tony Pulis kei te tika a Joey Barton i a ia e kii ana ko nga kaitakaro o West Bromwich Albion 'e *** ana ratou' i te hinganga ki Queens Park Rangers i te timatanga o tenei waa. I te marama o Tihema, e rua nga whaainga a West Brom engari i ngaro ki a Charlie Austin hat-trick, i arahi ki te whakatau kino a Barton me te turaki i a Alan Irvine ki te taha o te peke. I kii a Barton: 'I eke a West Brom ki te 2-0 ka huri ahau ki a Dunney (Richard Dunne) ka mea, 'kua eke wawe ratou.' E kore rātou e mōhio me pēhea te eke ki te rārangi mutunga.' Kua whakaae a Tony Pulis kei te tika a Joey Barton mo te ngaro o West Brom i a raatau. Ko te kaitakawaenga (matau) i kōrero i muri i te tukunga o West Brom i te rua o ngā whāinga. Ka tutaki anō ngā kapa ki te Hawthorns i te Rāhoroi me Pulis i whakaū i tētahi pū matua ki te wāhi kāore a Albion i whiua i muri i tana whiwhinga tuatahi i tētahi kēmu. 'Kahore he aha a Joey e ki ana, he aha ranei tana mahi, kei a ia te mana ki te huna i ona tirohanga me ona whakaaro,' i kii a Pulis. 'I eke te karapu ki te 2-0 ka hinga ki te 3-2 na ko te mea pea he take tana, i whakaaro ia he take ia ki te korero i tetahi mea mo taua kaupapa.' I maumahara a Pulis ki tana ake kino mai i te arahi 2-0 me te ngaro hei kaiwhakahaere o Gillingham i te whiringa toa o te Wahanga Tuarua o te tau 1999. 'Kua whakahaerehia e au he kapa e 2-0 ana, e rima meneti noa iho te roa o te tukinga, ā, ka mutu i te tukinga, kātahi ka hinga i runga i ngā whiu. 1999 Man City Wembley,' tāna anō. 'Na e kore e taea e ahau te kōrero e pā ana ki te mea indestructible i roto i te whakaaro ki te ara. 'Kua tino pai ta mātou tākaro. Ki taku whakaaro ehara i te mea he hua pai noa iho. He tino, tino pai ngā whakaaturanga. E tūmanako ana mātou ka haere tonu mātou i tēnei wā.' Ka eke te kaiwhawhai QPR a Charlie Austin ki te upoko ki te hiri i te hat-trick me te wikitoria ki West Brom. Ka riro i a Austin te pōro o te whakataetae i muri i tana āwhina i a QPR ki te hoki mai i ngā whāinga e rua i raro ki te wikitoria 3-2 i te marama o Tihema.
I hinga a West Brom i te 3-2 ki a QPR i te timatanga o te tau i mua i te tukinga o te kēmu 2-0. I whakapae a Joey Barton, te kaitakawaenga o Hoops i te ngaro o te manawanui o te Baggies i roto i te hua ka whai wāhi ki te whakakorenga o te kaiwhakahaere o mua a Alan Irvine. Kua whakaae te rangatira hou, a Tony Pulis, tērā pea he mea tika tā Barton Ka tutaki ngā kapa e rua i te Pirimia Rōpū i te Rāhoroi ki Te Hawthorns. Kua whakapūmau a Pulis i te kaipuke ki West Brom mai i tana taenga mai i te marama o Hanuere, ā, kāore pea te karapu e heke i tēnei wā.