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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So therefore the point I was making, and that's a bit later, when I was at Liverpool, say three, four years earlier, the reason Liverpool were the best were because, okay,
good footballers, but everybody was doing that.
Now, once one team stopped doing it, they would have an advantage.
That's what happened to us.
Yeah, I agree.
So as much as you say the effects alcohol has on your performances, because everybody was doing it, you know, everybody was at the same level.
Once one team stops doing it, they're going to go ahead.
And that's why Wenger really came and changed it.
And the players had to buy into it.
At the start, most players go to weekends, you'd all come in a bit rough.
And we saw it in Europe, when we played in Europe and stuff, and these foreign players, and after the game, it was like, well, why don't you just have a glass of wine?
That is why I was able to move into midfield.
Because when I wrote to Michael Eastendon and I couldn't do what I did on the left wing anymore, I felt very comfortable going in there.
Now, you're playing in midfield and I'm going to have to try and play not in the same tackling way as Ronnie Wheeler, but getting the ball off the back front, playing it simple.
but then the fans aren't happy.
What's he doing?
John Barnes is not doing that.
But I understood that this is the way I have to play in this team, in that position.
So it was easy for me to make that transition because of the way I'd been brought up in Watford, playing in different positions.
Now, the fans aren't going to appreciate me because Barnes is not the same, because he's not doing what he did.
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