Doric isn't an accent.
It's possible to speak English with an Aberdonain or north west of England accent.
Barton is a basketcase but I think Mikael Silvestre nails him;
"The uneducated Joey Barton is fascinating for the degree of his stupidity, his ego and his megalomania!"
When we are miles beind almost every other developed country in tactics, technique and style of play then Walter Smith is not the answer.
Actually, he (style of play) is part of the problem.