When predictions for the new season were being penned, the name Barton seemed destined to make its mark on the Scottish Premiership.
Rangers midfielder Joey of that ilk may have returned to England, tail between legs, after eight mediocre games and one explosive training-ground bust-up.
However, Partick Thistle's versatile Adam Barton can certainly claim to have fulfilled the pre-season prophecies by turning heads with a series of eye-catching displays.
In October, the 25-year-old was named the Player of the Month across the entire Scottish Premiership. On Wednesday, he added the club's Player of the Month award for November from McCrea Financial Services to his collection.
It all adds up to an impressive start by a player who harbours hopes that a string of fine displays for Thistle, including in front of the BT Sport cameras against Celtic on Friday night, could help him follow Aberdeen's Jonny Hayes into the Republic of Ireland's reckoning.
Indeed, his only real disappointment since heading north from Portsmouth in the summer is that he did not get the chance to play against his notorious namesake.
'It was a big thing for Rangers to sign a player of Joey Barton's calibre,' he told Sportsmail. 'I would have loved to have played against him because he's played most of his career at the highest level. I'd have loved to have seen what it takes to play at the top level in England but what happened, happened and I didn't get the chance to face him.
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