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John Barnes: Liverpool Legend, Battles with United & Tackling Racism | Stick to Football EP 112
And now, not until I remember when, you know, Graham Taylor says, never mind what you do, you chase back.
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John Barnes: Liverpool Legend, Battles with United & Tackling Racism | Stick to Football EP 112
And I went to Newcastle in 96.
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John Barnes: Liverpool Legend, Battles with United & Tackling Racism | Stick to Football EP 112
And that's when, of course, foreign players started coming.
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John Barnes: Liverpool Legend, Battles with United & Tackling Racism | Stick to Football EP 112
And I remember David Ginola.
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John Barnes: Liverpool Legend, Battles with United & Tackling Racism | Stick to Football EP 112
So, you know, it was only a couple of months with David.
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John Barnes: Liverpool Legend, Battles with United & Tackling Racism | Stick to Football EP 112
And, you know, and then, of course, they would say to David, Kevin Keegan, David said...
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John Barnes: Liverpool Legend, Battles with United & Tackling Racism | Stick to Football EP 112
No, I don't chase back.
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John Barnes: Liverpool Legend, Battles with United & Tackling Racism | Stick to Football EP 112
Wow.
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John Barnes: Liverpool Legend, Battles with United & Tackling Racism | Stick to Football EP 112
I don't chase back.
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John Barnes: Liverpool Legend, Battles with United & Tackling Racism | Stick to Football EP 112
Because now, if you have an attacking full-back, they don't chase them back, do they?
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John Barnes: Liverpool Legend, Battles with United & Tackling Racism | Stick to Football EP 112
I mean, Mo did when Jurgen was here, but now you don't see... So, as I said, my hardest full-back was really because Vivo's always attacking.
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Well, first of all, you have to look at, and I say this about players as well, you have players who are suited to certain clubs and be suited to a club has to be suited to the environment of the club.
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to the way that the club wants to play football.
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John Barnes: Liverpool Legend, Battles with United & Tackling Racism | Stick to Football EP 112
You cost a million pounds, you're the best, you're not going to suit the club if you don't play that type of football.
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John Barnes: Liverpool Legend, Battles with United & Tackling Racism | Stick to Football EP 112
And unfortunately, people just run by the flavor of the month, you're worth 100 million, we're going to sign you, rather than fitting the pieces into the... Like, look at Firmino.
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I don't remember anyone who wanted Firmino from Hoffenheim.
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John Barnes: Liverpool Legend, Battles with United & Tackling Racism | Stick to Football EP 112
I don't remember anyone who wanted Salah when he was coming, or Mane.
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John Barnes: Liverpool Legend, Battles with United & Tackling Racism | Stick to Football EP 112
But Jurgen Klopp fitted him into that system.
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John Barnes: Liverpool Legend, Battles with United & Tackling Racism | Stick to Football EP 112
Yeah?
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John Barnes: Liverpool Legend, Battles with United & Tackling Racism | Stick to Football EP 112
That's what Graham Taylor did.