Rumour Mill: Joey Barton dismisses Scott Brown | Charlie Adam hits out at Gordon Strachan | Neil Lennon praises Hibs

JOEY Barton has dismissed talk of rivalry between him and Celtic midfielder Scott Brown – by saying he isn’t good enough to compete; Neil Lennon praises Hibernian as one of Scotland’s top five teams; Charlie Adam hits out at “contradictory” Scotland manager Gordon Strachan; plus the rest of today’s football news and gossip...