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Published 08:45 8 Dec 2016 GMT
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"The difficulty for me lay in the fact that before I went up there they kind of built me into this Neymar, Messi kind of player, which I wasn't. "I'm a player that's never been blessed with an enormous amount of talent, speed, tricks. I'm somebody who has always served the higher purpose in terms of the team, always done well when that's been at the fore. I've never done particularly well when the onus has been on me to go on and create and do things. "Everyone was saying 'you've been caught out by the standard of Scottish football, you've looked down your nose at Scottish football'. I didn't. I knew what I was getting into."The fact that he claims he knew what he was getting into, still got into it, got in trouble, got let go and is no having a go at the media for his ails is of little surprise. Barton is currently training with the Burnley squad and says several 'big clubs' have made inquiries about bringing him into their squads in January. Wherever he goes, at least he will know what he is getting into. Diarmuid Connolly makes his long overdue GAA Hour debut and talks to Colm Parkinson about everything from the black card to his rivalry with Lee Keegan and how he honed the ability to kick accurately with either foot.
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