Dundee striker Jason Cummings insists that his career has suffered for his open post-match interviews.
The Scotland cap had been playing in English League One with Shrewsbury but after struggling to hold down a regular starting spot.
Cummings was prolific during his time at Easter Road scoring 71 times in 149 appearances as Hibs achieved promotion to the Premiership and won the Scottish Cup in 2016.
He made south with a £1m move to Nottingham Forest, but returned to Scotland with a during a short loan spell at Rangers.
He also spent time with Luton and Peterborough.
After his move to Dens Park, Cummings has opened up on his career so far and believes his honest chats after games has changed his trajectory.
He told the BBC : "A lot of players are robotic.
"'It was good to the get the three points, the fans were brilliant' - it's boring.
"But that's the way you need to be these days because when you go the other way - like the way I go sometimes - and be honest and speak like I would speak to my mates or whatever, everyone just batters you.
"They are like: 'we want the characters in the game, the Gazzas, the George Bests'.
"Then as soon as one comes along, the moment you have a bad game they are on your back for it: 'oh he messes about too much'.
"If I'm honest, it has actually probably hindered me getting moves. I feel like being yourself sometimes hinders that, managers from the outside will be like: 'the boy Cummings is a bit of a dafty in his interviews'."
Having made his Dee debut against Raith last week, he is now targeting promotion from the Championship.
He continued: "The gaffer here [James McPake], I played with him at Hibs before, so it made sense, he knew what I was like. He knows that I will score goals for him, he knows my personality."
