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« on: Thursday, February 22, 2007, 17:53:40 » |
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Does anyone remember this?? I don't... John Barnes, the finest black player of his generation, was held up as the great hope for black managers.
He was handed a massive opportunity when he was named manager of Scottish giants Celtic in June 1999, but lasted only eight months after a disastrous run of results including a Cup defeat by Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
Barnes was eager to move back into management, and even coached for free at Swindon for a while but was not given a second chance and now works as a television presenter. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6376121.stmIs that even true? Surely there would have been lots of publicity about it? |
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Scot Munroe
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« Reply #1 on: Thursday, February 22, 2007, 18:00:46 » |
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I have no recolation of that.
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Rich Pullen
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« Reply #2 on: Thursday, February 22, 2007, 18:07:19 » |
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That's news to me!
If true (which I'm doubting), I can only think that would have been when Roy Evans was here.
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Iffy's Onion Bhaji
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« Reply #3 on: Thursday, February 22, 2007, 18:11:06 » |
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imagine the post match interviews with Barnesy
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« Reply #4 on: Thursday, February 22, 2007, 18:12:47 » |
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Didn't he do it with McMahon for a bit?
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Reg Smeeton
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« Reply #5 on: Thursday, February 22, 2007, 18:15:32 » |
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I saw that and certainly have no recall of it happening.....if he did some work with Mcmahon surely the Adver or Shaun would have got hold of it.
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Scot Munroe
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« Reply #6 on: Thursday, February 22, 2007, 18:15:59 » |
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imagine the post match interviews with Barnesy As Martin Kelner on Fighting talk last week. His presenting is like watching an Al-Jazera Hostage on TV. |
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le god cuervo
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« Reply #7 on: Thursday, February 22, 2007, 18:17:13 » |
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If true (which I'm doubting), I can only think that would have been when Roy Evans was here. That's what I thought, but then surely he would've attracted more publicity than Ruddock? Lazy journalism!? |
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« Reply #8 on: Thursday, February 22, 2007, 18:20:35 » |
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well im guessing as it is the BBC its probably Swansea he did some coaching for and not us. they seem to get teams mixed up a lot
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Rich Pullen
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« Reply #9 on: Thursday, February 22, 2007, 18:38:40 » |
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Didn't he do it with McMahon for a bit? He was still playing elsewhere when McMahon was at Swindon. |
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« Reply #10 on: Thursday, February 22, 2007, 18:48:11 » |
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isotoniclucozadesportquenchesyourthirst... fast
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Reg Smeeton
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« Reply #11 on: Thursday, February 22, 2007, 18:51:03 » |
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Didn't he do it with McMahon for a bit? He was still playing elsewhere when McMahon was at Swindon. All of which doesn't necessarily mean he didn't try out a few sessions for an old team mate while trying to get badges. |
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Rich Pullen
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« Reply #12 on: Thursday, February 22, 2007, 19:12:03 » |
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Didn't he do it with McMahon for a bit? He was still playing elsewhere when McMahon was at Swindon. All of which doesn't necessarily mean he didn't try out a few sessions for an old team mate while trying to get badges. No - this is true. But he was playing for Newcastle when McMahon was coming to the end of his Swindon tenure. I just figured it would be alot of commitment to commute from Liverpool/Newcastle for a couple of training sessions! |
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« Reply #13 on: Thursday, February 22, 2007, 19:14:52 » |
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Fair enough....but I think we can agree that as far as anyone knows Barnes never did any coaching here.
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« Reply #14 on: Saturday, March 3, 2007, 01:51:56 » |
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Doesn't Barnes do the coaching for away games?
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