John Barnes
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Yeah, you can come in now and again.
So that's a winger.
A left-sided midfield player is one who can come in off the line.
He can play.
That's a four, not one of three, one of four.
You come in off the line, you look like Ray Kennedy, Sammy Lee.
They were wide players.
So Sammy Lee played wide of four when he was not a winger.
Now, if it was Stevie Highway, he would be a winger.
So as much as he said, yes, I was a left winger at Watford because my role was to get crosses in.
For Liverpool, as much as I played on the left, yes, and you get crosses in now and again, I would also come in field to play one-twos and to do different things.
So I was a winger for Watford.
Yes, I was a winger for Liverpool, if you like to say that.
It's a bit like saying Mo Salah's a winger, but he's not, or Sadio Mane.
So you have to understand the difference between those.
Yeah, but they didn't tell me.
That's the thing.
Yeah, because I'm looking at the team and all of a sudden I'm looking at this team and I'm saying, well, it's not really required because as I said, most wingers, if you like, Theo Walcott did the same.
You want to come in field and get involved, don't you?
Whereas if the manager says stays out wide, you stay out wide, which is what Graham Taylor did.