Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E kii ana a John Barnes kei te uaua ia ki te whiwhi mahi whakahaere na te mea he pango ia. Ko te mahi whakahaere whakamutunga a te whetu o mua o Liverpool i Tranmere i te tau 2009. E wha marama i mahi ai ia i mua i tana wehenga atu. Ko te 51-tau te pakeke i mua i te kawenga o Celtic me te kapa motu o Jamaica. I tohe a Barnes mehemea he ma ia, kua whiwhi ia i tētahi atu mahi. Kua kī a John Barnes ko te tae o tōna kiri e ārai ana i a ia i tētahi atu mahi whakahaere. Ko te whetū o Ingarangi o mua i whai wāhi kino ki te whakahaere ki a Celtic i te tau 1999. 'Ka ngaro te kaiwhakahaere mā i tana mahi, ka whiwhi i tētahi atu mahi, ka ngaro tana mahi, ka whiwhi i tētahi atu mahi. He torutoru noa iho ngā kaiwhakahaere pango ka ngaro i a rātau mahi, ka whiwhi i tētahi atu mahi,' ka mea ia ki a John Barnes: Sports Life Stories, hei whakaputa i runga i te ITV4 i te Rātū. 'Ko te mea ka taea e au te whakatau ko te titiro ki te hapori. E hia ngā tāngata pango kei roto i ngā taumata teitei o tētahi ahumahi? Ka taea e tātou te kōrero mō te mahi nūpepa, ka taea e tātou te kōrero mō te tōrangapū. Na he aha i rerekē ai te whutupaoro?' Ko te mahi tuatahi a Barnes i te whakahaere, i Celtic mo te wa 1999-2000, i mutu i muri i te hinganga o te Scottish Cup ki Inverness. Engari i whakakahoretia e ia he nui rawa te mahi i taua wā. I peia a Barnes hei kaiwhakahaere o Tranmere i muri i te wikitoria e rua mai i nga whakataetae riiki 11. I wheturangitia a Barnes mo Liverpool i te wa o te 10 tau i Anfield i roto i tana mahi takaro. I angitu a Barnes hei kaiwhakahaere mo te kapa motu o Jamaica i te 2008-09. Ka mea ia: 'Na, ki te tae mai inaianei ki te 51, e kore ahau e whakaaro he rereke. He nui ake te pānga ki te whakaaro o tōku kaha ki te mahi i te mahi, nā te mea kei reira tētahi whakaaro o te hunga e taea te hanga i tētahi kaiwhakahaere pai.' I whakaae a Ian Wright, te hoa o mua o te kapa Ingarangi a Barnes, ko te tae o tona kiri i whakahe ki a Barnes. Ka mea te tangata o mua o Arsenal: 'Ki te tangata o John Barnes 'te kaha me te rahi, ki te kore e mahi atu i roto i te kēmu ki te mea e hiahia ana ia ki te mahi. Kāore au i te mōhio he aha anō pea?' E whakaae ana te hoa kapa o mua o Ingarangi a Ian Wright kei te aukati te tae kiri i a Barnes...
E kī ana a John Barnes kei te ārai ia i tētahi mahi whakahaere nā te tae o tōna kiri. Ko te winger o mua o Liverpool kua whakahaere i a Celtic, Jamaica me Tranmere Rovers i nga wa o mua. E whakaae ana te hoa kapa o mua o Ingarangi a Ian Wright kua whai wāhi te tae.