Barnsey got that spot on , Maradona was and always will be the goat

Could listen to John Barnes all day. Insightful and one of Englands best technical talents ever. Get him on again and again 👍

John's goal in the Maracana stadium against Brazil was also bloody amazing!

Love Digger! Could listen to him all day. He’s the main reason I became a Liverpool fan 34 years ago while growing up in Malawi 🇲🇼! One of LFC’s all time greats

Such a breath of fresh air listening to John Barnes. Charming character, I wish we could have him on every week.

People forget how good Barnes was. Late 80's he was unplayable.

Best guest and should be a pundit on a big channel

Maradona was marked by two England players, he left them for dead and beat another five England players to score, all on his left foot.

People forget Barnes was on the same level as Gullit, Van Basten and Laudrup. Diego was in a league on his own.

John Barnes is mad funny 😂

Love John Barnes ❤️ and his honesty

Barnes is a great guest

He was absolutely brilliant yesterday, I listened to it all and it was brilliant, a funny, charming, great story teller, humble and honest. Was fantastic his story about how he got to be a professional footballer was just crazy. Please please get him on the show again with Goldstein and Cundy as it was absolutely gold.

Barnes is such a great speaker and has excellent perspective. The fact that he rates Maradona as the greatest carries some weight vs many other non- players or players who've not reached the level that Barnes was. John was a world class player also.

Candy actually asked him did you think that 😅😅😅😅 that's got to go down as one of the greatest questions ever

Talk sport well done for finally having a knowledgeable and well spoken ex footballer who is not making statements for hits! Sign him on a contract put him on the Simon Jordan show

Late 80s Barmes was at his best Unfortunately suffered because of Europe banning English teams from playing. Surely would have been a Ballon dor winner with the level he was playing at

The best part was when he said, probably what it felt like when England got that VAR decision against Netherlands lol, fair play JB.

Nice to hear from someone who lived through "The hand of God".

The hand of the GOAT

Barnes goal vs Brazil in the maracana

I could listen Barnsey talk all day!

In 86 I remember us shouting bring on Barnes! Now it's bring on Palmer- In '89 Barnes & McMahon hi-5d in the centre circle and said 1 minute! Then...

Always painful hearing about 89 🤣 the fact that taking it into the corner didn't enter Barnes mind shows how attacking minded that brilliant Liverpool team was

Can't believe Barnes was on the bench

John Barnes You are a funny man Delightful

Let the man speak. Hosts who love the sound of their own voices. Jaysus.

One of the best guests ever

Probably the most interesting ex English speaking player around.. smart as well.

Johnny Barnes is soo intelligent and enthusiastic .........could listen to him all day

John barnes is chill men and thank you for remember olarticoechea , barnes was top level in all time england world cup squad he could be in the bench

Johnny b. What a legend. I have had the pleasure of his company at a dinner in Durban South Africa with some Liverpool old boys. It was absolutely brilliant. All to raise money for a charity. What a great bunch of lads and money well spent.

Barnes was a better dribbler and more skillfull player than Cristiano hands down. Kids who haven't watched him play willl think what am I on about, but Barnes was totally more naturally gifted

Shilton is <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="363">6:3</a> and using the longest hands ever and Diego is barely 5 ft and using the shortest hands on earth.

I remember it will, john barnes ran into the flanks, gave the ball away to lukic, who threw it out to dixon, who kicked it to alan smith, whi passed it to michael thomas, and bang goal What john barnes is speaking about is his run cost liverpool, as they were losing 1-0, and if it stayed like that they would be champions, but arsenal got that goal as he gave ball away, and went 2-0 and arsenal were champions lol I stopped watching arsenal in 2002, but 16 years i watched arsenal we won 4 leagues First game i watched arsenal as a kid, was liverpool were playing arsenal in 1987 littlewoods cup final. For people that do not know liverpool just won everything back then There striker ian rush had a record, that if he scored liverpool did not lose Guess what my first game as kid watching arsenal that day, arsenal beat liverpool after ian rush scored, and it was first time liverpool lost a game where ian rush scored. It was some crazy record they had and i love that this was my first arsenal game as a kid. Liverpool had this mad record that ifd ian rush scored, liverpool back then did not lose. It was some crazy record lol, that it ended first time i watched arsenal in 1987, as we beat liverpool after ian rush scored a great goal for liverpool, and it was first time liverpool lost a game when ian rush scored In those years arsenal brought down liverpool, and liverpool went from winning all the time to not winning league for 3 decades Alex ferguson never beat liverpoolk with john barnes in those years It was arsenal in those years First time liverpool ever had dark clouds over it, was 1989 may, when we did that famous night, what john barnes speaks about here, and makes me laugh he did that. John barnes played football for sudbury, just down the road from where i grew up in london lol How things work out. John barnes was a bloody good player Shame his liverpool team never got to play acmilan, as liverpool were banned from europe back then.

You got to hold and give, but do it at the right time......

Never blame others for your mistakes that contributed to a goal. Terry Fenwick should have cleared it and not kicked it up in the air backwards towards his own goal. Shilton, who could use his hands, was then out jumped by Maradona who is much smaller. If you look at the stills, Shilton doesn't even jump off the ground.

Looking back, Wimbledon beating Liverpool was similar in some ways to Coventry beating Tottenham which only happened the previous year. Okay, Wimbledon were bigger underdogs than Coventry, but as Barnesy says they did have decent players.

Put some me respect on El Fenomeno! 🇧🇷

John Barnes got story for days

Legend

That was a really good listen

Ref was the only 1 who didn't see the handball and I still can't contemplate htf Gary L missed that header 😭😭😭

You cannot know whether they would have adapted. Maybe, maybe not.

D10S

Pele did everything first that any player has done now. Pele is number one, but maradons, messi and R9 are the goats , they are all in the same level

Gazza in his prime beats messi for natural talent

If John Barnes was on the bench and clearly saw Maradona's "hand of God", what did the linesman see ?

The real Ronaldo (R9) was the closest natural talent to Maradona. They are in a different league to Christiano Ronaldo

Keep up, Jason!😂

John Barnes..NEXT England Manager 🇬🇧..Only Saying..🎉

Reporte asked Maradona how does feel to be the greatest Maradona said the greatest is playing at cardiz his name is Jorge Gonzales - el MÁGICO

Kenny Samson never saw it..

Wow!! That is some breaking news!.

I’m sure Hodges story is different for the shirt exchange.

John should have said UTD beating City was a bigger cup final upset. They finished lower than Wimbledon in the league

British people saying they are not cheaters..is delisuional.. you guys where and still are pirates..

Shilton should have cleaned Maradona out. He was probably too busy thinking about pro's

Cundy "Did you think that."

messi is the number 1,without doubt. but MARADONA was the best,bacause he came from the poverty. and MARADONA helped his comrades on the pitch everywhere. MARADONA made NAPOLI!!!

Sorry. But shilton should've dealt with maradona for the first goal...and secondly?...why was'nt barnes playing from the start?...we deserve everything we get

Great bloke but boy could he talk

John Barnes Legend. Pele GOAT.

Riveting storyteller!

Typical of Goldstein not doing his homework. Where you on the pitch when Maradona handed the ball

Surprised Maradonna never played for city

The worst thing that gets overlooked about that obvious handball is the clueless linesman who was right across from it. He was from some football minnow country and shouldn’t have been anywhere near that match and he froze/choked in the moment.

Never understand why people rate a player who cheats

England's defending for Maradonas legitimate goal was abysmal.

siguen dolidos jajaja

Andy Goldstein is a complete clown asking a Genius like John Barnes the questions about all the negative stuff in his career, never kicked a ball,he wouldn't have asked any White Man United players those questions

"Hand of God" more like "The Devil's Hand" if you ask me. Maradona was a cheat!

These idiots blaming shilton. The guy handled the ball......it was that simple.

Barnes contributed heavily to bridging England and Jamaican relationships and he was a world class player. Legend!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇯🇲🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽

I can't believe John Barnes got bullied into saying Maradona and Messi are ahead of Pele. Someone who wins World Cups by scoring with a hand and pumping themselves with drugs???Gimme a break...

So Pele wasn't naturally gifted??? And how about how much more Pele accomplished than Maradona..

Interesting that John Barnes shows such little respect to the Falkland islanders. Calling the islands “Malvinas”

Maradona was an all time great, but never a goat for me. Please, guys. How can we celebrate a man for scoring with his hand, tarnished the sport with cocaine, and abuse his status as a star. My goat are Pele, Zidane, Messi, CR7, Cruff, Weah, Maldini's of the world. They can't be a single goat in football, but there are Goats and all timers.Sorry Mr. BARNES😢

"naturally"..."CR7 had to work harder"..what does that even mean in a GOAT debate? Tom Brady does not even have half of the talent of Aaron Rodgers, but he is the GOAT no debate. "Most Naturally gifted" is not the reason players like MJ23 are the GOAT. It is about the performance in the most pressurized situation and the ability to win everywhere they go with different teams. CR7 has dominated 3 leagues and Messi struggled as soon as he left Barca. Then you look at the UCL as the hardest competition, it is CR7 again. I never understood all the hype after WC like Argentina is not one of the greatest nation of football with or without Messi. Now had Messi been Australian and carried that team to victory then the discussion would have been different. Does that mean Haaland could never be considered the GOAT as he may never participate in the WC?