AVB cools Barton-Terry row

R's captain Barton this week criticised Terry over his alleged affair with the ex-partner of former Blues and England team-mate Wayne Bridge. Barton and Terry will lead their respective sides out in Sunday's London derby at Loftus Road. All eyes will be on their pre-match handshake to see if there is any ill-feeling from Terry, who could be forgiven for questioning what qualifies Barton to pass judgment on his private life. But Villas-Boas is confident nothing Barton has said will spill over onto the field. "Nothing Joey says or we say about him will have any role to play on Sunday," said Villas-Boas, who was not about to fall into the trap of criticising Barton's brutal honesty. "Joey Barton is one of the characters of the game. He has strong charisma and personality. "He's a person who's not afraid to say what he thinks. He's also a pretty good footballer. I like his qualities. "Not all of us share his opinions and views, but that's normal. That's life." Barton's outspoken opinions have made him one of the biggest football personalities on Twitter. They have also landed him in trouble, with his free transfer to QPR the direct result of him using the social media website to attack Newcastle's board. Villas-Boas would not tolerate similar outbursts from his own Twitter-loving players either. He said of the club's policy: "It has been put in the same segment as 'dealing with the media'. "Twitter and Facebook are social tools and should be used as that. "It shouldn't be used as a tool that affects your professional way of life, like commenting on what happens in your professional life. "That's not yours in football - that's for an entire group of players. "Twitter has grown up in the last couple of years immensely, out of the ordinary. A couple of guys here use it. "It has that kind of power, and they know that." Villas-Boas has resisted the urge to join the social media revolution, despite being from the same generation as many of the players who use it. The 34-year-old's youth was highlighted again this week when he marked what was his 100th match as a manager with Chelsea's 5-0 Champions League thrashing of Genk. "The first century was good," the Portuguese prodigy said with typical understatement considering his remarkable win percentage. "I was very fortunate to be able to complete this sequence first having been in a good club like Academica and then with strong European clubs like Porto and Chelsea. "If I hadn't had spells with those clubs, I wouldn't have had a record like this."