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Published 17:21 21 Jul 2016 BST
Updated 17:54 21 Jul 2016 BST
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Now, that stay of execution has brought Barton to the brink of doing what no Derry manager has managed to do in the last nine years.
If the Oak Leafers beat Tipperary on Saturday, they're in the All-Ireland quarter-final for the first time since 2007. And Damian Barton has threatened to quit if they get there as he blasted the "disgusting disgrace" of some media reporting.
"You are looking at a manager [Cavan boss, Terry Hyland] who brought a team up to Division 1 this year, arguably a very successful year, while I am in my first season and people are talking," Barton is quoted in the Irish Examiner. "What a load of nonsense. "I am fed up of these people talking nonsense. I am not interested in speaking to them. "You know this, if we get over Round 4, I might just quit. Quit whenever you’re ahead."It seems to be the only thing for it nowadays. It comes straight from the Malcolm Tucker school of spin but it's the only way short-sighted, reactionary minds are appeased. Leave them wanting more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiU1fVGfOeE Derry feature heavily on our latest GAA podcast. Click here to subscribe on iTunes. https://soundcloud.com/sportsjoe-gaa-hour/justice-diarmuid-connolly-roscommon-tipperary
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