John Barnes' Terrible Time in Charge of Celtic

[@ajorngjdonaydbr]

When Larsson broke his leg, it was all over for Barnes. People seem to forget we were beating teams by 4 or 5 before Larsson broke his leg.

[@troytheboy1985]

but then that means the manager is not good

[@sparkidee]

It still makes me throw up when I see that leg break even to this day 🤢🤮

[@arthurguitar]

Don’t forget Lambert’s broken jaw in the Old Firm. You have to say Barnes had nae luck in some ways.

[@thebagelsproductions]

Spending 5 million on Berkovich wasn't a good idea.

[@recruitmentch]

Just realised that next season it will be 40 years since a team other than celtic/rangers won the Scottish premier league. That is truly depressing.

[@pavolkrajcovic745]

Yes it ist, but honestly… it is farmers league… even Celtic and Rangers fell it hugely in quality… they were in Champions League pretty frequently back in the day… now they are on level of English Championshio mid table teams…

[@recruitmentch]

@@pavolkrajcovic745 ridiculous comment! Comparing Celtic to Sheffield united, Burnley and Luton? The only true farmer is you and your farmer pauper mentality!

[@dalek3086]

Terrible Scottish league. Should be a First Division with the clubs only playing each other twice. Like to see Aberdeen or Dundee United or a club other than Celtic or Rangers win it. I was going to support Dundee United if my London club had gone bust .... Eamonn Bannon and a great team.

[@recruitmentch]

@@pavolkrajcovic745 money talks. Slovakia, Finland, Norway, Ireland, and even Denmark have relatively similar populations to Scotland, and yet no one externals pays any attention to the leagues of those countries. But they do to Scotland's due to to its history and pedigree. You saying it is a 'farmers league' just highlights woeful ignorance. what do you expect them to do? they can't pay tens of millions for players.

[@JamesMc2051]

I know. How could Bezos or Musk not get into golf, buy a castle in Scotland and find £1000M behind the sofa to throw at a football club? We need some Scottish honeytrapper to make that happen. It's a weird football culture, to be honest. 90% of the attention is on two clubs. Without some rich benefactor taking a Hearts, Hibs, Aberdeen or similar and just burning money on them then I don't see how any club breaks the monopoly. They'd need to produce an entire team of kids who are already a level above the pros they have.

[@John17489]

John Barnes time at Celtic was to put it bluntly… Scheidt

[@dan5974]

Not entirely fair. Just inexperienced. He had bad injuries to deal with and because he was inexperienced he had no plan B. He could’ve changed up formations, encouraged different tactics. Although the reaction he had after he was sacked showed his immaturity.

[@67lionsoflisbon37]

Dr Jo brought in Lubo. BBC Scotland laughed. Lubo put a stop to that.

[@Jimmy_Cooper]

After signing Raphael Scheidt and Olivier Tebilly the rumour was we were going Davie Weir and going 3 at the back Weir Tebilly Scheidt

[@billytompkins6633]

Can I just say. Your graphics are getting better and better. Very much the scottish hitc alfie. Great stuff

[@kris662]

Only interesting

[@trunter20]

High praise, I agree!

[@generationclash5004]

But without the annoying wet voice. Which is a massive plus.

[@brosephyolonarovichstalin2915]

Alfie does have one hell of a sarcastic 🙃 voice. This guy is much smoother.

[@ricksterk7014]

It's almost like he is improving with the more experience he gets Imagine that

[@andrew-id9ls]

John Barney’s won manager of the a month and on the next month lost his job overall he did well for a young manager Nice man who was a world class player

[@billynomate3699]

And a racist by today's standards

[@tommcglone2867]

You could say the 4-2-2-2 system was "Schiedt".

[@iandawe948]

Think he got it from mike basset england manager 🤣🤣🤣

[@roryslaine7896]

​@@iandawe948The 'Christmas Pudding' formation 😂

[@MrFilbert28]

Ironically getting more common 20 years later

[@JamesMc2051]

Brazil often used that formation. Nothing wrong with it if you've got the players (i.e. a pair of strikers who complement each other and two absolute beasts at full-back).

[@Phrankster163]

Yet another great video. Morten Wieghorst was a legend in his own right, who's sadly been forgotten about by most football fans. Not only did he fight his way back from getting Guillain-Barré syndrome and came back stronger than ever, he' s also received the Olympic Commitee Fair Play award. I can't help wonder though, if he wouldn't have ended up playing for one of the better mid-level teams in the English Premier League, if he hadn't become sick just when he was reaching his prime, because his playing style was perfect for the English game at the time.

[@E6hosting]

In retrospect it looks like John Barnes was pretty decent, I was quite young at the time and all I remember is the toxicity. Any way without his failure we might have not gotten MON and we might not have been able to dominate scottish football for the last 25 years.

[@marioncharleston]

Barnes isnt the reason.fergus&murray is the reason celts are able to dominate.

[@trunter20]

Great stuff ❤ Do Romanov at Hearts! It was unreal experienced as a Jambo and would make a great video! Thanks for your videos my dude 😊

[@davidbaillie2400]

Not a hearts fan, but I'd like to see a video about that whole era at hearts, when the Lithuanian dude owned them,can't remember his name but he was a c@nt...Romanov🤷🤷

[@paulmcduff1930]

FFS Romanov left yous in administration and nearly killed your club , it least your support saved your club unlike another club I could mention 😁👍🍀

[@paulmcduff1930]

@Harr123 if some rangers supporters turn into glory hunters and support Celtic well so be it but I can't really see it happening the other way around I mean no Celtic supporters are going to turn around and support a club whos won what 3 trophies in the last 12 years compared to how many trophies Celtic have won in that same time nevermind a record of trebles etc FFS I can really see Celtic supporters turning to the rangers why would they ?

[@paulmcduff1930]

@Harr123 and yes I agree with hearts having real supporters as opposed to them who sat back and let their club die 👍

[@paulmcduff1930]

@Harr123 was that the bottomless pits of money rangers spent that they couldn't pay back in the end ?

[@justablokepostingfunvids7137]

What an absolute treat, I'm a celtic fan but failed seasons of clubs even my own are fascinating to look back on and try to peace together where it went wrong

[@Yoshimitsu420]

As an Australian I would like to apologise for viduka refusing to play the second half thats the most disgusting thing I've ever heard I once thought of him as a legend of Australian soccer but doing thats is disgraceful and un Australian

[@thelamobhoy5657]

@@Yoshimitsu420no need to apologise bro the guy was a fantastic footballer and great for us but sometimes egos take over, a lot a football moments happen in the heat of the moment and unfortunately for us I think he just thought he was above everyone at the club at the time 🙏🏼🍀

[@thelamobhoy5657]

@@Yoshimitsu420oh and Harry Kwell and Tim Cahill were up there with some of my favourite footballers growing up always go on to my boys how good they were 😂 gutted we never got a chance to see them in a Celtic shirt I’m sure Cahill was part Irish as well 👍

[@justablokepostingfunvids7137]

@@Yoshimitsu420 guy was an amazing player but yeah wild stuff from big dukes. Don't worry mate australia seen us more than okay after that season with Scott mcdonald, Tom rogic and big ange 🇦🇺😊😁

[@floatinrocktubetalk3768]

Gotta say. I love this channel. Would love more manager retrospectives. It’s something that sets you apart from every football channel. You are very good at it and we’re missing it on KZbin. Keep it up.

[@flashbackfootball1367]

For sure I will do more, I find it very interesting as well! Anyone you would like to see?

[@floatinrocktubetalk3768]

@@flashbackfootball1367 Since SPL is your thing. Maybe some unsung managers in the league from so of the other clubs. I’m a hearts fan when it comes to SPL so anything on their history would be cool.

[@EyeofHorrors2]

@@floatinrocktubetalk3768 That Romanov era is crying out for a closer look. I wanna hear more about Burley Ball!

[@XDPROWoNDeRz]

Stuff that isnt just pro selick​@flashbackfootball1367

[@ryang790]

Call me ignorant of Scottish football , but I did laugh at the " next up was a tough test against the stalwart defence of ..... KILMARNOCK...."..😂..and I admit it is quite funny watching the John Barnes interviews in a row getting more n more stressed bless him man.

[@TheJpf79]

It's how teams play against Celtic, they know they're on the end of a doing if they don't, Thing about Celtic is a team getting a draw is seen as a victory for that team, it's seen as a defeat for Celtic.

[@alba..8479]

Forgot how fast Barnes spoke😂😂

[@gjw000]

this is a great video mate. well done, have never seen this season analysed in such detail. it was definitely a season with a big question mark around it

[@the-blue-barron2791]

The fall off in quality between then and now in Scottish football is scary

[@number5555]

@14:44 got real Martin Oneil vibes there. Great video so far, love these old school breakdowns.

[@lukewinchester3108]

This season was my introduction to following Celtic from afar after family who were already long time Celtic supporters started inviting me over to see games after Petta signed from Ipswich Town, who we had(have) season tickets with. Petta was one of my favourite Ipswich players as a boy and following his progress at paradise led to me becoming a supporter too. Great video mate, interesting to relive it as an adult.

[@markhendry3996]

Some incredible footage I've not seen in years, some ever. Great stuff.

[@ipperz12]

This was a really well put together video. It seems like Barnes' tactics were very much feast or famine - where they would either smash 5 past the opposition or end up losing narrowly. Sadly that isn't consistent enough for them to be winning trophies.

[@Jie67]

I don't blame Barnes, I blame Kenny Dalglish, the board, players with attitudes like Mark Viduka who refused to play a 2nd half cup tie while losing to a newly formed Inverness Caley Thistle.

[@dan5974]

Viduka will always be seen as less because of this.

[@proudman6598]

Yes Kenny playing golf in Portugal,as for Barnes clueless.

[@barblessable]

Great player ,even when he lost his pace he hardly ever gave the ball away and was great in a deeper position , as a coach hmmmmm, but I agree Dalglish got off lightly ,he let Barnes take the heat .

[@talkinghead3169]

"As Rangers cheated their way to nine in a row, using money they didn't have, and buying players they couldn't afford"

[@richardpain4250]

So if we couldn’t afford them please tell me how we got them in without using the words EBT or loans

[@pushon10]

As an Aberdonian, I had to skip the bits where you talked about their hammerings of the Dons. Those were too traumatic!

[@iandawe948]

They sure took some thumpings back then

[@Joemckenzie-85]

Imagine gettin pumped aff John Barnes Celtic.

[@david-o6h]

@@iandawe948 back then has something changed, only 9 months ago Celtic 6 dons 0 every season they get a hammering nothing has changed

[@demongorr]

Best football-related KZbin channel about

[@CME1994]

Do a video about how Aberdeen dominated Scottish football.

[@rickyb5499]

They did, the second best club side I ever watched. What a side Fergie built 👏

[@brianmcdonnell6758]

I'm a Tim, but I'd like to see this.

[@19dec1981]

25:08 spot mr Celtic, John Clark. What a great servant to our club, legendary.

[@ahmadburhanhabibi]

Too harsh... he's not that bad comparing to previous celtic manager before him

[@VillaBoys123]

Are you high?

[@dondamon4669]

What? He was terrible you obviously know nothing about football obviously

[@no_soy_rubio]

​@@dondamon4669 obviously

[@pushon10]

35:34 That lady is gorgeous!

[@martinlinton895]

The early signs at celtic for john looked great. The football was brilliant to watch. It just took a massive nosedive

[@pauloshaughnessy19]

A hard watch as a Celtic fan but amazing retrospective. So well done!

[@Boobiejonshorts]

Can you please do more bad manager retrospectives and things like this??? I’m a new football fan and I love this lore so much. ❤

[@BaronVonHaggis]

I approve of your choice of background music. 🎶🎶

[@JohnCambridge-c6t]

The start of celtics comeback starting with Fergus mccann

[@robertmacgregor1728]

Another brilliant video. Always enjoy when a new one appears in the feed.

[@flashbackfootball1367]

Amazing! Very happy to here that 😀

[@AHeroAlmost]

Random videos/topics I never really thought too much about .. But always brilliant stuff & a great history lesson..

[@enlightenme2024]

The inverness game was my first time at celtic park . Remember it like yesterday . Weather was awful and the team well .... they were scheidt. Those years were tough as a fan 😪

[@Spermwhales93]

Surprising I never knew about any of this - one of the players in the Barnes-era squad lived in my area for some time!

[@19coyote80]

I'm a 40 year old man so I love the nostalgia of these videos ❤

[@larrycrowne8330]

Stephane Bonnes, or Steven Bones if you prefer, was seeing a rather attractive young lady who lived round the corner from me when I was growing up. We chapped the door regularly to ask if Stephane would like to come out and play. He was playing for Partick Thistle at this time. I remember him asking me for money when I informed him that I sold him for several hundred thousand pounds in CM01/02. Another time he sadly informed us that he was going back to France.

[@McLaughlinP-y1c]

Kenny Dalglish is the main culprit for that season in my eyes Barnes should have been his no2 to begin with

[@dougmasters4579]

A disastrous yet fascinating season in that Barnes's failure perfectly set up the MON era and our domination ever since. Had Barnes finished a close 2nd to Rangers and beaten ICT, he would've been given another season, and MON would've gone elsewhere.

[@DaveSCameron]

This is a boss channel, new sub from Birkenhead. ☘️

[@flashbackfootball1367]

Thanks man, glad you like the vids!

[@jamesfoley4832]

First time watching one of your posts. How refreshing. Direct information, quick & concise. The pace of your commentary is spot on. Question. Was it Barnes or the players???

[@flashbackfootball1367]

Thanks! Mixture of both I reckon. Mark viduka had an amazing season but was big trouble behind the scenes, as was Berkovich. Barnes himself was just too inexperienced to handle it all.

[@mechkota]

Once again great video. As Bulgarian I hope one day that you are going to make video about Stan Petrov.

[@flashbackfootball1367]

One day for sure, he was one of my favourite players growing up

[@sidikitraore7746]

been waiting for this one thank you 👍🏾

[@oceanroad1584]

Barnes maintains racism was a problem too,from his own lips.

[@pazuzuuuuuu]

Barnes wasn't really a flop at Charlton. He was 36 and signed to be a squad player. The fans didn't expect much, so it's not like he failed to live up to expectations. That aside, cracking video. I remember him being sacked, but had no idea of the details 👍

[@stephenreader2049]

His ego was a real problem. And he never learned anything from it. Failed as a manager. He still thinks he was just unlucky.

[@pavolkrajcovic745]

Exactly… always moaning… he was absolutely unbearable to listen at talksport

[@Carvello20]

Very good show mate, really well put together. So much footage. Proper content, ha. Can't believe he was only 35 when he came, should we could have pulled on his boots for us. The anti-celtic media in scotland tore him apart but that what those animals are paid to do. What was Dagliesh thinking?? What a terrible gamble, made everyone looks stupid. Did Viduka really not play the 2nd half v ICT?

[@paulvaughan3699]

I wish people would stop confusing Scotland with football

[@bencb3]

End of Gordon Strachan and Tony Mowbray were my least favourite years as a Celtic supporter

[@Joemckenzie-85]

Dr Jo was class

[@winkles2314]

I’m sorry … Rafael Shite?

[@catherinewilson4551]

Thanks for another great vid!

[@flashbackfootball1367]

Amazing, thanks!

[@Wisdomcucco]

Never would have guessed Scheidt would turn out to be shite

[@forestgrumpy119]

could you do a video on managers who succeeded despite a lack of senior managerial experience?

[@BlueMonk25]

Man, this brings back so many memories! I think what one of the journos said about Barnes being ahead of his time in regard to formation and system is possibly true. This was a time the general perception of football in the British Isles were firmly rooted in, quoting a famous manager, "four four fucking two". Anything else was deemed sacrilege. Even Glenn Hoddle received a lot of flak for playing 3 at the back during his England days. Some would argue that system style managers have never truly been accepted as such, remember the vitriol Sarri received at Chelsea? He was just as stubborn as Barnes was. It is odd that Barnes never went on to another managerial role. He certainly had the talent.

[@19coyote80]

I remember the Reggie Blinker mockery 😅

[@ScottishHenry]

Underrated channel!

[@keirrobinson4156]

35:47 "consolidated 2nd" is an odd way of phrasing "fell even further off the pace, masterminded the infamous Men 4 Bhoys 0 Old Firm embarrassment, ended up 21 points off the top and then threw his toys out the pram when he wasn't offered a job under Martin O'Neill" 😂😂

[@the-blue-barron2791]

The award for most underrated football KZbin channel goes to.....

[@joepaccrakurii1227]

Love the videos but just think you could put a few more adverts in them!!! 😲

[@PaulEcosse]

Terrible times. A scattering of great players though. Stan used to come round my drive thru for his breakfast, he couldn't speak English then.

[@luke041996lt]

Just found this channel, will be bringing these videos

[@maxtracker2904]

He had bad luck. But that 4-2-2-2 was bloody awful. Especially considering the sheer quality of the players he had available.

[@nooldfirm2904]

Its came out since that Barnes lost the dressing room. He also lost Larsson through injury which didn't help

[@historyoffootball87]

Great players don't always make great managers.

[@King_Ears]

".......we lost in the right way, apart from the 2 bad goals we gave away, particularly the 2nd one with the basic error......" Dear oh dear. That quote says all you need to know about John's managerial prowess 😂

[@rosslittlejohn5515]

U should do this for every year onwards a loved looking back with u..do rangers too..might b alot of work but its work thatl get liked✔️👌🤞..plus a enjoyed the local lingo😂❤

[@cmcg3738]

Am I the only one who watched this and thought “it actually wasn’t that bad?” I was only 10 at the time, I remember it being a shambles, but after watching this I think everyone was overreacting badly. Being only a few points behind a decent Rangers team, and winning 5-0 every few weeks, does not strike me a catastrophe.

[@Kaiserbill99]

Still chuckling at the comment about the French kid who impressed in trials. A professional expletive free presentation and then just out of the blue and after a slight pause calling him shite.

[@flashbackfootball1367]

I generally try to avoid swearing in my vids, but sometimes find no other word will do!

[@Kaiserbill99]

@@flashbackfootball1367 A perfectly serviceable word.

[@CeemPlay]

If you can't win a trophy with the hoops, you ain't Celtic FC

[@booradley6832]

What is the name of the song in the start? I'm blanking on it and its driving me crazy.

[@flashbackfootball1367]

Franz Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 😀

[@Jimmy_Cooper]

I’ll give the other mob from the south sides fans some credit . Their banner “ at least Barnes could rap” aimed at Mowbray was quite funny

[@lanceuppercut7418]

"I WANNA' BE.......JOHN BARNES"

[@theflyintheointment]

Although Barnes was obviously out of his depth, a lot of the players need to look at themselves too. I always found Berkovic to be an irritating wee fanny with a god-awful attitude, and Ian Wright's attitude wisnae much better - "wouldn't it be fun to have a bit of a laff and a joke in old jockoland to finish my career? Play at 50%, have a laff, and show the jocks how it's done. Nice easy little earner before I put my feet up". The other story about Wright is that on the pitch he was constantly telling opposition defenders how much money he had and how they should be lucky to be on the same pitch as him. Wee prick who's time at Celtic was mercifully short.

[@dalek3086]

Celtic should never have signed clapped out players living on past memories looking for a last payday.

[@yippeeki-yay1691]

Bellamy did the same to opposing players when he was there - he was just 20x more irritating than Wright could ever wish.

[@dannyholmes5156]

I know there were issues but Celtic were pulling off huge scores and seemed to be plsying for him .

[@Abdi-libaax]

Vaduka was amazing

[@ein-moriaston2427]

34:59 Impeccable timing 😭

[@markwilson3414]

Knowing John barnes he’ll orobly blame it on racism

[@TokyoJoe703]

20:58 - his mate Roy Keane did it a few years later

[@cannongaming5834]

I mean I know Celtic are meant to be at the top but it wasn’t as bad as they are making out

[@Jwp67]

So much English Football content online it's over saturated, stick to Scottish Football topics like this. Very well produced and researched video btw

[@foreverandever-thekilliefa4902]

33:00 is Steven Naismith giving Ian Wright pelters going down the tunnel...

[@TheJpf79]

Barnes, apart from his obvious issues (If you've ever spoken to him on twitter you will know what those are) had the same problem coming to Scotland as Ronnie Delia did, he totally underestimated the standard of player required for a club like Celtic never mind for clubs in the Scottish league, Oliver "Bombscare" Tebily is a prime example, Berkovic was touted as some world beater "He's from the EPL" 32 app 9 goals in 2 years, cost an absolute fortune for fk all and got papped out the door by MoN. Raphael "Scheidt" Scheidt. Barnes ego is what's to blame for Barnes failure as a manager. From the Celtic Wiki “Barnes does not help his own image with an affected smartness which impresses as mere pseudo-intelligence, accompanied by the supercilious posturing once favoured by the “boxer”, Chris Eubank (anyone who knows anything about the fight game will recall that he wasn’t very good, either). Whenever Barnes answers a pre- or post-match question with one of his own, it is clearly intended somehow to highlight the inferior knowledge or competence of the interrogator. Instead, he succeeds simply in making himself appear infantile and implausible, his replies at times as unfathomable as the spiel of an old-time, travelling snake oil salesman. In essence, Barnes, like his team, tends to lack substance.” Respected journalist Glenn Gibbons on John Barnes (2000) “People call me stubborn/arrogant before even knowing me….” Then goes in the same interview later: “You’ll never change my mind ever!” John Barnes (2020)

[@AnnesleyPlaceDub70]

John Barnes what a joke of an appointment, great player but utter SHITE as a manager and lately one of the great offended.

[@billynomate3699]

I'm happy to see i'm not the only one who sees this, he's full of shit

[@ПетърПетров-я1т]

I love your channel

[@gordonirvine726]

Losing Larrson would have hurt any team to be fair.

[@alba..8479]

Was a good team Barnes had

[@escupudantayk8928]

Brill vids keep going yojr going to go far kid

[@flashbackfootball1367]

Thanks 😎

[@mordubs9346]

Can you do David moyes at United pleeeeeeassseeeee

[@AsoloTV2310]

Barnes has a KFC addiction

[@RobertCampbell-z7m]

Don't think I have ever seen Aberdeen give Celtic a hard game in the league it's a guaranteed 3 points they only play well against Rangers

[@jonathansmith2540]

i would say the players did not help one bit DoF failed in his job to sort them out ......... the owner should have jumped in when players walk off at half time you would just not pay them

[@brosephyolonarovichstalin2915]

I have a soft spot for Scottish football. Everytime I think it’s crap, I remember the main reason it’s crap: because England has been stealing/buying/employing their best players since the 1880s! Scottish players have played a massive part of making the EPL the monster it is today. Probably at the cost of the Scottish League.

[@sEaNoYeAh]

With hindsight it's an obvious mistake that we didn't merge with the league system down south when it was an option. Still, even today Scottish football has its charm despite being a two team duopoly with unbelievable inequality and overall very limited funding. Now if only Aberdeen could beat nobodies in the Europa Conference League...

[@mattylamb9194]

Eighties and nineties was probably peak period for Scottish football. Celtic still were very good under Martin O'Neill

[@livvi67]

More accurately, I’d say that TV money is the reason the disparity between the two leagues has grown

[@kradomc]

Getting rid of Burley and bringing in Scheidt..😂

[@davidmarchant9386]

I couldn't believe how bad he was at celtic he should of raked in trophies but he shown he is no manager at all. Pretty shocking how you couldn't succeed at celtic 95% of society could what followed the game... P.s I have written this before I watched the video 😂 i hope I don't regret it

[@mazzoanV2]

Didn't he win manager of the month in January and then get sacked in February?

[@dannjp75]

I think you mean “SuperCalliegoballisticCelticareatrocious”

[@flashbackfootball1367]

Wouldn't fit on the the thumbnail 😆

[@dondamon4669]

John Barnes managing a Scottish team must of been brilliant for the wee Scottish fans having a player of that calibre in old Scotland as they would of never had seen a superstar football player before ever!!

[@lewis7951]

Kenny Dalglish?

[@ohnoslomo]

Yawn

[@alanocallaghan2883]

Viduka and berkovic were toxic and then when larssons leg broke the season was over . Then barnes not fully understanding how big a club and how big a demand celtic were .