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John Barnes

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thinly veiled i have been to ghana

 

i would never have suspected otherwise

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    His half time team talk didn't help....." You've got to hold & give but do it at the right time, you can be slow or fast but you must get to the line. "  That's going to confuse anyone.

I've been on here over 10 years, I'm pretty sure it's the first time I've had information even vaguely useful to a thread.. see you in 2025

I've been on here over 10 years, I'm pretty sure it's the first time I've had information even vaguely useful to a thread.. see you in 2025

 

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Wilkins on Brazils show this morning got it right.

 

quote: Theres plenty of us white guys waiting for another chance too. John has to wait his turn, and if someone thinks he's good enough, will give him the chance.

Wilkins on Brazils show this morning got it right.

 

quote: Theres plenty of us white guys waiting for another chance too. John has to wait his turn, and if someone thinks he's good enough, will give him the chance.

There were 2 versions.

As I can't be arsed to read his 'race card' drivel, how many jobs has he applied for? How many interviews did he fail?

 

Or is he just expecting clubs to come knocking his door from his fantastic C.V.?

 

Pathetic.

Barnes should worry less about losing 3 jobs and more about losing 3 stone.

His half time team talk didn't help....." You've got to hold & give but do it at the right time, you can be slow or fast but you must get to the line. "  That's going to confuse anyone.

His half time team talk didn't help....." You've got to hold & give but do it at the right time, you can be slow or fast but you must get to the line. "  That's going to confuse anyone.

I've just been thinking, why doesn't he fall back on his other talent, rapping. There's lads make a good living out of that, even black ones.

This thread is a good enough excuse to rewatch him and McAteer trying to force his bicycle into a car after he was potted at Tranmere.

 

Wish I could put YouTube vids up.

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Collymore spoke a lot of sense on this during his show before.

 

Had it bang on IMO and basically said its fuck all to do with anything other than him being totally crap.

 

 

Saggers on the other hand was being a cock end.

Collymore reckons white folk are racist cos they employ their mates

 

 

I can only guess Alex dyer gets a regular gig as Powell's assistant cos he's the best candidate

This thread is a good enough excuse to rewatch him and McAteer trying to force his bicycle into a car after he was potted at Tranmere.

Wish I could put YouTube vids up.

Edit = oops, forgot the link.

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Barnes was terrible as a manager and is using skin colour to make an excuse for it. Just as much of a fucking moaner as Sol Campbell, another who whines constantly.

These people should have a think before holding up the racist card because it's not a 1 way street

Hmm Chris Hughton is a case in point, but it would be interesting to see how many potential black managers are out there.

I'm struggling to think of over five currently available?!

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In a nutshell, he'd like the clubs to employ someone based on skin colour rather than ability.

 

Is that not racist?

Edit = oops, forgot the link.

 

The Tranmere players knew Barnes and MacAteer as Dumb and Dumber.

In a nutshell, he'd like the clubs to employ someone based on skin colour rather than ability.

Is that not racist?

That's why something like the Rooney rule from the NFL might help.

Teams have to interview at least one minority candidate. Black/Hispanic/Asian whatever.

It gets feet in the door for minority candidates and gives them a chance to impress, if they're still no cop then they don't get the job.

One difference is head coaches have usually served their time through the ranks of coaching rather than coming straight in at the top.

 

I'm still surprised Hope Powell hasn't gotten a job at at lower league level. Whether she hasn't tried or not I'm not sure, but she has a good coaching record for England.

 

Perhaps if she wanted the senior jobs she'd have to take a leaf out of the NFL book and work her way up. The same could apply to aspiring managers of minority backgrounds too. Jose, Brendan Rodgers etc have done.

And lots of others. Sam Alardyce went to some Irish team didn't he?

That's why something like the Rooney rule from the NFL might help.

Teams have to interview at least one minority candidate. Black/Hispanic/Asian whatever.

It gets feet in the door for minority candidates and gives them a chance to impress, if they're still no cop then they don't get the job.

One difference is head coaches have usually served their time through the ranks of coaching rather than coming straight in at the top.

 

I'm still surprised Hope Powell hasn't gotten a job at at lower league level. Whether she hasn't tried or not I'm not sure, but she has a good coaching record for England.

 

Perhaps if she wanted the senior jobs she'd have to take a leaf out of the NFL book and work her way up. The same could apply to aspiring managers of minority backgrounds too. Jose, Brendan Rodgers etc have done.

 

that oliver holt banged the rooney rule drum for a while

 

but it just doesn't translate to our football structure/set up

 

you can't make chelsea interview chris hughton if/when their job becomes available, and everyone knows it's a waste of time to do so

 

and suspect it would be difficult to impose a rule on teams below a certain league, i.e league one and two have to do it, but prem and championship don't

And lots of others. Sam Alardyce went to some Irish team didn't he?

 

Fat Oafism isn't a recognised minority.

Reckon there are enough foreign players in the premier league To redress the balance..

 

These racist clubs with their ethnically diverse squads..

Congo's manager looks like Rodger Daltry with straight hair.

 

Anyhow, Ray Wilkins said on talksport, get in the que with the rest of us looking for work John nowt to do with race.

that oliver holt banged the rooney rule drum for a while

 

but it just doesn't translate to our football structure/set up

 

you can't make chelsea interview chris hughton if/when their job becomes available, and everyone knows it's a waste of time to do so

 

and suspect it would be difficult to impose a rule on teams below a certain league, i.e league one and two have to do it, but prem and championship don't

True to some degree

 

Outside the NFL there is the college game where the pay at the top jobs is higher then some NFL teams. The canadian league occsionally is plundered for coaches. but there isn't the global market place that football has.

 

When a head coach gets binned he very rarely walks into a new head coach job he has to go back down the ladder and work his way back up.

 

The very nature of the NFL means very rarely do teams dominate for years in the way Chelsea/yoonited/citeh/arsenal have done.

 

Barring about 5 teams anyone can win the superbowl at the start of the season its the opposite way round in the prem.

 

I'd like to see the football league bring in something similar even if it does nothing but break the cycle of the same pool of failures getting the jobs ahead of possibly more deserving talent of any background.

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