Paxman tackles Joey Barton on new England manager job

1 May 2012 Last updated at 19:37 ET Help

On the day Roy Hodgson was appointed England's new manager, BBC's Newsnight sought the considered views of QPR captain, Twitter leading light and one-cap England international Joey Barton.

Barton told Jeremy Paxman that it was a shrewd decision by the FA.

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