The eclectic Joey Barton added another string to his bow with the Morrissey-loving Twitter sage watching the Oakland Raiders train ahead of Sunday’s game with the Miami Dolphins.

The fiesty QPR midfielder is currently nursing a hamstring injury but headed to plush Pennyhill Park to observe the Raiders first-hand.

‘I’m just seeing how they approach stuff. How they approach training, especially with so many big guys. How they fit them all onto one field. They are totally organised and it’s a huge training session. It’s very interesting.’

Joey Barton watched the Oakland Raiders train at Pennyhill Park ahead of their NFL clash at Wembley

Barton is hoping to pick up some 'cross-pollination' learning while being sidelined with a hamstring injury

Barton posted this picture from his day out, using his favourite social medium Twitter

‘They’ve got a really good structure. They plan to the Nth degree. Everything they do is in centimetres. Watching the quarterbacks earlier on, they are just running repetitive drills over and over and over again to get it right for the game on Sunday.

‘I believe in cross-pollination. I think we can learn a lot from lots of other different sports, this being one of them.’

Quarterbacks Derek Carr (L) and Matt McGloin practice on ahead of Sunday's NFL game with Miami Dolphins

Oakland players take part in a high intensity practice session that impressed Barton

Raiderette cheerleader, Michelle, strikes an acrobatic pose in front of London's Regent Street

Barton, who will attend at Sunday’s game, added: ‘It would be great to be able to watch a different team. I’m thinking about the dynasties like Belichick’s Patriots in action. Would they train differently. Or if they do train, how would they differ between each other?’

And fresh from berating Mario Balotelli, the 32-year-old also admitted he will not feature in the Hoops’ trip to Southampton on Saturday.