Brett Pitman has compared Joey Barton’s attention to detail and coaching quality with Eddie Howe as the striker reflected on his year spent with Bristol Rovers.
Pitman has been released at the end of his Gas contract after 18 appearances and four goals for the blue and white quarters, all in the first half of the 2021/22 campaign as he moved to Eastleigh on loan in January.
The veteran frontman made Rovers the sixth permanent club of his career last summer when he joined on a free transfer following a freight spell at Swindon Town and he was tempted to BS7 by the project sold to him by Barton and the chance to work with the former Manchester City and Newcastle United midfielder.
