John Barnes - Legend

[Whitey]

After seeing that 'Digger' might be off to Tranmere, and then today I got one of those LFC Info newsletters which linked to this free video of the maestro himself...(well worth watching) it made me think...

 

How much would he be worth in today's market?

 

Not forgetting of course

 

good too

Aldridge, Rush and Co must have loved playing with him.

 

Alright I'm getting carried away, but you get the point!!!

[_00_deathscar]

Twelvety squillion quid.

[Falconhoof]

At his peak, before the knee injury he was among the best in the world. He was better than Kaka running with the ball and he'd be in a group of two players in world football with Messi.

[mathewbet1]

He no Ryan Babel

[R A Softlad]

Thank f**k!

[fyds]

At his peak, before the knee injury he was among the best in the world. He was better than Kaka running with the ball and he'd be in a group of two players in world football with Messi.

He was Messi with physique and an all-round game.

[Leo No.8]

I was a little bit young for Dalglish in his prime - my first real memories of him were as player-manager at the end of his career so not quite the legendary player he had been at that point.

 

Because of this its between Barnes and Gerrard for the best Liverpool player I've ever seen. Agree Digger would be up there with your Messi's and Kaka's if he were playing today, with a similar value.

 

One of my best mates from school's Dad is close mates with him as well, so I had to honour of meeting him quite a few times growing up and he's a really nice guy as well, the epitome of cool.

[BG]

He today would be a world record fee. He was better at basically everything than Ronaldo is.

[The Hitman]

Apart from heading.

[fyds]

Apart from heading.

I dunno - scored some great headers digger did - like everything else though he made it look so bloody easy.

[BG]

I dunno - scored some great headers digger did - like everything else though he made it look so bloody easy.

 

I have a vague memory that he once complained in an MOTD interview that they would describe his goal that day as a "rare header goal" when in fact he got quite few headers.

 

But yeah, Ronaldo may be better in the air and he may also be better on set pieces but that is it.

[Stevie H]

Apart from heading.

barnes was f***ing excellent in the air. barnes would be worth 100m today based on ronaldo's fee. just a better player, individually and team-wise.

[StevieC]

But yeah, Ronaldo may be better in the air and he may also be better on set piecesbut that is it.

 

 

Are you f*cking mad?

 

Where does this myth come from?

[Earl Hafler]

barnes was f***ing excellent in the air. barnes would be worth 100m today based on ronaldo's fee. just a better player, individually and team-wise.

 

 

I used to have the John Barnes Story on video back in the day. It was filled with footage you rarely see nowadays but that turn he does 1m58s in on the second link in the original post - well it was filled with those.

 

Ronaldo is a cheat, an act, a screen obsessed, stance possessed c***.

 

John Barnes was a genius of a player.

 

But the former will always be more celebrated outside of Liverpool's fanbase because he played in Europe

[richwilks]

Loved Barnes.

 

A lot of younger fans only remember the slow bloke who used to stroll around the centre of midfield in the mid 90s.

 

Anyone who saw him in his pomp would mark him as a legend.

[Swipe]

My first football hero

[fred milne]

A lot of younger fans only remember the slow bloke who used to stroll around the centre of midfield in the mid 90s.

Reckon that phase of his career is still underrated.

 

Slow and strolling he may have been but our passing game went to pot when he was replaced with Ince.

[Hassony]

Reckon that phase of his career is still underrated.

 

Slow and strolling he may have been but our passing game went to pot when he was replaced with Ince.

 

Him and Redknapp used to keep the ball between them for 80 of the 90 minutes

 

unfortunately, Babb, James and the rest of the defence used to f*** up in the other 10 minutes

[BG]

Are you f*cking mad?

 

Where does this myth come from?

 

I can remember Barnes scoring a good few set pieces but Ronaldo is very good on them - from various angles and distances.

 

Anyway the bottom line is that Barnes was a much better all round player AND was more skilful and exciting to watch than Ronaldo.

[carrafan]

Ronaldo scores f***loads though.

[Benzo-13]

He'd be worth £8000m if today's price is the going rate!

[Guy_Incognito]

A bit* of a cliche, but it's worth mentioning as well that in his day you got a lot less protection, and were more likely to get kicked all over the park.

 

*lot

[mathewbet1]

20 thousand zillion at last estimate

[Knox_Harrington]

Ronaldo scores f***loads though.

Think Barnes was the division's top scorer in 1990.

[Earl Hafler]

Think Barnes was the division's top scorer in 1990.

 

 

And never practised his sexual deviances during freekick routines.