John Barnes
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1,771 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 18 Jun
John Barnes’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And, you know, because I'm new to it, I've been through an apprentice system, how do I... Did that help you, though, John, that you didn't go through that system?
I don't know.
You're a bit more free when you play?
Well, no, it wasn't really, because why I say discipline is more important, because when I went to Watford, which is a very disciplined club, the way we played at Watford was it's very structured.
Very, very structured.
So to give an example, my first responsibility, I'm a winger, I'm taking people, I'm putting crosses in.
My first responsibility was do not let the fullback go without you chasing him.
So forget about the way people see me.
Yeah, my bit was stand out wide, go down the line, put a cross in.
Never mind me.
So it's really interesting because, you know,
I never thought I was a Liverpool player because the way Liverpool play, we don't play with just wingers stick to your line and stuff like that.
But what Graham Taylor did was, and most teams did it then, they looked at you and Liverpool, I didn't think I was a Liverpool type player.
Look at the way Watford play, long balls, Liverpool bring it out from the back.
How am I going to play for Liverpool?
But they looked at you and they say, you have what it takes to fit into our team.
without us telling you because they don't coach you at Liverpool, as Carol will tell you.
Well, you got in and started to do a bit of coaching, didn't they?
But before, there's no coaching.
You just have to work it out yourself.
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