Joey Barton: “In Ireland in pre-season, the aim was to have an impact in the Premier League, and I feel we’ve done that.
“It’s a good base. We’ve got 15 games left, and we’re on 30 points. If we can finish quite strongly, who knows where that can take us?
“We haven’t proved (the critics) wrong until we get to that 40 or 42-point mark.
“This league’s a tough, tough division, you can lose four or five on the spin quite easily.
“There are no easy games."
