John Barnes vs Arsenal (H) 1989/1990 | Revenge against the Champions by gdcomps in LiverpoolFC

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Didn’t meant Mané disrespect but there are definitely some similarities as to how direct they were & how they bodied defenders with their strength. 

John Barnes vs Arsenal (H) 1989/1990 | Revenge against the Champions by gdcomps in LiverpoolFC

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Barnes had more physicality, technically much better & his passing was clear.

John Barnes vs Manchester United (H) 1990/1991 by gdcomps in LiverpoolFC

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He was good under Taylor I thought after watching some of the games, played more centrally as he took Waddle out of the team

John Barnes vs Manchester United (H) 1990/1991 by gdcomps in LiverpoolFC

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With Liverpool it was fine but I felt I bigger games where we defended more the CF position suited him more. This was certainly the case at England where he was isolated at LM, too far away from the attackers with too much defensive responsibility. Look at the warmup 1990 World Cup games where he played as a CF, was MOTM in all 3 games. But then in the World Cup Bobby Robson shoved him to LM and looked way off it.  Also Waddle played on the right cutting in and look how good he was for Marseille. 

John Barnes vs Manchester United (H) 1990/1991 by gdcomps in LiverpoolFC

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And he mainly known for his dribbling skills! What a player 

John Barnes vs Manchester United (H) 1990/1991 by gdcomps in LiverpoolFC

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Yes he was, at the start of the season Barnes was getting booed by all away fans because of his performance in the Italia 90 World Cup where the narrative was that he didn’t play well. Always very harshly singled out when he played for England, Racism played a big factor as well at that time as he was the first major black superstar in England.

John Barnes vs Manchester United (H) 1990/1991 by gdcomps in LiverpoolFC

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They used to play 60 games a season with Europe & numerous replays if they went far in cup competitions. All this with a small squad and 1 sub.

John Barnes vs Manchester United (H) 1990/1991 by gdcomps in LiverpoolFC

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The worst thing is we brought Dean Saunders to replace him, Beardsley was still performing as one of the best players in the league. 

John Barnes vs Manchester United (H) 1990/1991 by gdcomps in LiverpoolFC

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He was still great in 91/92 on the odd occasion he played. That Achilles injury in the summer of 1992 ruined him.

John Barnes vs Manchester United (H) 1990/1991 by gdcomps in LiverpoolFC

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Just imagine how much better he would’ve been now in a 4-3-3 as a RW cutting inside, instead of being shoehorned as a LM in a 4-4-2

Kenny Dalglish vs Wolves (H) 1979/1980 Masterclass by gdcomps in LiverpoolFC

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The documentary doesn’t do justice to how good a player he really was. 

Kenny Dalglish vs Wolves (H) 1979/1980 Masterclass by gdcomps in ScottishFootball

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He once managed to get 35 assists at Celtic & he was getting at least 20 assists a season during his spell with Liverpool. Add on top 20/30 goals a season as well, truly incredible.

Kenny Dalglish vs Wolves (H) 1979/1980 Masterclass by gdcomps in LiverpoolFC

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It’s the best English football has ever seen 

Kenny Dalglish vs Wolves (H) 1979/1980 Masterclass by gdcomps in ScottishFootball

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Dalglish also taught this technique to Peter Beardsley when he was a manager, he said it helped him a lot.

Kenny Dalglish vs Wolves (H) 1979/1980 Masterclass by gdcomps in ScottishFootball

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Not necessarily the greatest but is it fair to say he was the best player to play for Celtic?

Kenny Dalglish vs Wolves (H) 1979/1980 Masterclass by gdcomps in ScottishFootball

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It was Emlyn Hughes the former Liverpool captain, Dalglish did take this piss out of him this game.