Will never get tired of that Bobby Robson story. Just love picturing the scenario. What a truly lovely and ace man Sir Bobby was. Let's keep talking about him
About the copa America and the Euros; I grew up in South America and I can tell you we watch the Euros with passion as many of us have roots or family in Europe. The main difference is the broadcast time; in America we can watch the euros in the afternoon and the copa America in the evening. Living in Europe, the copa America is broadcasted mainly in the late night; that makes it more difficult to watch and enjoy
Matter of opinion, but I think Salah is a better player than Kane. Salah is the best RW in history of prem, whereas you could argue that there are 3/4 better strikers than Kane. I actually think Kane is an underrated player because of his lack of trophies, I think he’s amazing, but I think when both players retire Salah will be (and should be) seen as a better player. Appreciate that it’s a silly comparison in the first place given that they play in different positions!
I think your point on when they retire Salah will be seen is better is true but that's not because it's objectively true but because of Kane's trophy count (although Salah's cabinet is also not huge). Kane is a better scorer in all ways, both are equal passers..only thing Salah gets one over is pace for me while Kane will have a better longevity as an elite player.
That says far more about the right wingers and how modern fans decide how good players are, and far less about if he's better than Harry Kane. Salah is perceived to be the best right winger because of goals. And there are very few right wingers with his number of goals because the high goalscoring winger is a very new phenomenon.
Micah is right about Copa America, so much more exciting than the Euros the intensity and pace of football was far better to watch in the last tournaments but so many rash challenges ahaha
ever since they expanded it to 32 teams, the euros has been very heavily focused on smaller teams (and some bigger sides too) playing low blocks to scrape through
argie here. For our time zone the Euros games started at 10am an finished at 6pm. Copa America started at 5-7pm and finished at 11pm. that'd be what.. 4, 5am in europe? it's not good unless you've got a sleeping problem or something
As an American it’s beautiful to see three absolute legends of a sport be so pleasant to listen to and well spoken. All these retired athletes in America are zombies
@ I mean yes but I couldn’t just leave Micah out he was a great player 😂. I will say Micah’s playstyle has been super influential for a lot of fullbacks now tho
Just wanting to let the people know Belanow was not the first eastern bloc Ballon d'Or winner not even the first USSR Ballon d'Or winner. There were Masopust, Yashin, Albert and Blohkin
first time i saw someone on the entertainment business that really i mean really tried to pronounce a name properly. good job gary. good job for the three of them. one of the best shows out there if not the best
Surely a WC golden boot, you only get a shot at it every four years, you have qualify and be selected. Players don't get to go to many World Cup finals in their career. Ballon d'Or is every year and if you get a WC golden boot in that season you're in with a good shout anyway.
Before Igor Belanov, Lev Yashin(in 60s. only goalkeeper who got Ballon D'Or) and Oleg Blokhin(in 1975) also got Ballon D'Or. So Linekar is wrong in his statement that Eastern European didn't get this individual prize before Belanov(1986).
“The Euros are more viewed in Europe, whereas I suspeeeeect that the Copa is more viewed in South America” Cracking analysis Gary be careful not to overthink !!!!
As to blacking out games. Here in Canada we blackout hockey games based on region. So if you live within about 2 hours of the game, you don’t get to see the game on TV (and I believe it used also be if the game was sold out they would show on TV). So even though England is tiny that would allow some people to watch some 3pm games.
left foot: Maradona speed: Henry dribbling: Ronaldo Nazario physicality: John Charles football IQ: Cruyff right foot: Pele passing: Zidane skill: Messi defending: Maldini
Forget the Golden Boot. Would you rather win the Ballon d'Or or the World Cup? For me the Ballon d'Or is pretty meaningless in light of actual team results.
Unbelievable that none of Pele's attributes made the list. He was by far the most complete player of all time. The best finishing skills easily (having scored from all positions on the pitch, from deep within his own half to all angles inside and outside the penalty box; scored all kinds of freekicks, from Roberto Carlos-type distances to Zico type freekicks; headers, bicycle kicks, dribbling 6 players inside the box with single touches against UCL finalists and so on; goals following multiple sombreros etc.; in comparison, Gerd Muller, a great finisher, could only score from inside the box). Pele was as fast as Henry (as seen in comparison videos). His left foot was strong (scored left-footed freekicks from Roberto Carlos distances). His right foot is as good as that of any other player. His intelligence and innovativeness is unmatched (he invented several moves; listen to Tostao for details on his intelligence). His dribbling was incredible, that too moving past players with ease on horribly uneven pitches wearing much heavier equipment. His stats are unparalled (highest goals and assist ratios in official and competitive matches; highest total goals in history and probably assists as well; highest team goal contribution % in history in official, competitive, and all professional matches). His achievements are second to none (3 World Cups, 10 international trophies overall, 40 official trophies and 59 total trophies). No single player obviously has come close to having all of these attributes.
@@RickyCharge Rivelino had a canon in his left foot. I'm OK with people choosing Roberto Carlos's left foot for the power. Rivelino had the same power but also great touch and skills.
@@kb5509 No, not that World Cup effort. I meant Pele picking up the ball in his half and dribbling through the opposition to score. He scored several such goals. For example, the "gol de placa" where he dribbled 7 opposing players over 90 meters. There's a plaque at the Maracana stadium commemorating that goal. es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gol_de_placa
@@ilyianz something plenty of players have done. And what video are you referring to that has him as fast as Henry? And stats? Seriously? The guy that included 5 a side goals in training? And what accurate source has ever tracked his number of assists? They didn't even count assists in England until 1992, I don't think they had great record keeping in 1960s Brazil when he was playing against village teams.
@@Elshanali1 Who is Raz? Vasiliy Rats? Good player. USSR also had Rinat Dasaev and an old Oleg Blokhin. It was star studded. With most of these players, it reached the final of the 1988 Euros as well (got done by Van Basten's wonder goal and Belanov's PK miss).
Sureley the advise for any footballer who is about to retire is to play for Manchester United, that way you will be completely sick of playing football by the end of your contract anyway.
The fact that people think a plastic political popularity contest adds anything to a player shows they know nothing about football, Messi could have 0 ballon d’Ors and he’d still be the Goat
I think people seems to forget arsenal didn't have partey , timber and jesus most of last season. Partey and timber being two of our best players this year.
@kb5509 playing wasn't being fit as he had to come off most games with the 60-70 minutes mark, and if you watched him last year, you could see he hasnt come back right. Anytime he built up from his injury, he would have him out for 2 or 3 games restarting the cycle. Could also add more players like tomi and zinchenko, which scuppered the option of rotation. Injuries and recovery and being match fit play huge implications. The squad somthing arsenal has handled much better this year, but it also faces twice as bad this year.
Have you ever thought of updating the MOTD format? For example, in Italy they invite some fans in the studio and a current player or manager. You guys agree pretty much on everything and it does get boring sometimes 😅
Alan saying Gareth says Dancing on the Ceiling when he knows it was himself that said it Gareth said it's not exactly Club topicana out here been raining non stop but you'll get no Careless Whispers from me
woah woah.... is Salah a better forward than Harry Kane..... yes. He's a better forward. A great winger invariably has greater impact on a game than a great centre forward. Salah is the scarier weapon because he attacks players head on. I didn't think there was much room for argument there.
@@kb5509 Who's scarier on the ball? Who's scarier with the ball? Who's scarier without the ball? Kane only wins the former and Salah murders Kane in the other two in my opinion.
@@jeremymuir4332 it's not a horror film. Who gives 2 shits how "scary" you are? How effective are you? You don't get goals from full backs going "he's quite fast".
Because of the composition of Gary's golden boot (the amount of gold in it) and the price of gold, would Gary get more money from melting it down for the gold, or auctioning it for his name's connection to it? Also, are World Cup golden boots worth the same in weight as the golden shoe or each leagues own golden boot?
I work FIFO in mining in the hottest of hot shit holes, in the middle of bum fuck Western Australia. Mad Liverpool fan, recently discovered your show which is great fun. Thank Christ for the internet, love listening to you guys from up here, always puts a smile on the dial. Keep up the great work.🍻
A topic for discussion. Instead of calendar congesting tournaments, why can't FIFA do something useful and unify football streaming across the world? It would really open up the world of football to the ...world..And they would make money without bankrupting national economies. Coming from a annoyed guy in India, who has no access to laliga and serieA this year..
No, no, no. We should have been voting on the winner of each skill set & then you guys could see who was closest alligning with our choice! That vote meant very little. Keep trying, i love the channel!
Will never get tired of that Bobby Robson story.
Just love picturing the scenario.
What a truly lovely and ace man Sir Bobby was.
Let's keep talking about him
They laughed but Alans right foot was phenomenal
I agree
Not one of the best ever tho 😂
Not as good as Beckham's
All a bit of fun mush
@@Ogma3bandcamp And hoddle had a better right foot than both
0:52 The edit of Alan with long hair made me double take 🤣 looking like prime Maldini
Same i was a bit shocked 😂
He never had long hair but it kind of suits him to be fair.
Hey that rhymes.
@@MikeOB1981 such a ruthless striker has to be bald tho right 😭
@@Huncholini 😂👍🏻
Gary deserves a balon d'or of pundits/hosts lol
agreed
He'll win it every year.
Shaton floor
Micah and Alans insync gleeful sigh at 3:03 is amazing
lol you made me notice that, good stuff
Gary Neville and Carra have got the best gleeful sigh, Micah and Alan are on the scene tho
Gary had big Meeks with that Manchini comment 🤣🤣🤣
About the copa America and the Euros; I grew up in South America and I can tell you we watch the Euros with passion as many of us have roots or family in Europe. The main difference is the broadcast time; in America we can watch the euros in the afternoon and the copa America in the evening. Living in Europe, the copa America is broadcasted mainly in the late night; that makes it more difficult to watch and enjoy
Thanks for the insight mate👍🏻
Very true I think a lot more people would watch South American football if it was on in the daytime
@@alpostarr242 true that.
Needs far more exposure than is given.
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Matter of opinion, but I think Salah is a better player than Kane. Salah is the best RW in history of prem, whereas you could argue that there are 3/4 better strikers than Kane. I actually think Kane is an underrated player because of his lack of trophies, I think he’s amazing, but I think when both players retire Salah will be (and should be) seen as a better player. Appreciate that it’s a silly comparison in the first place given that they play in different positions!
I think your point on when they retire Salah will be seen is better is true but that's not because it's objectively true but because of Kane's trophy count (although Salah's cabinet is also not huge). Kane is a better scorer in all ways, both are equal passers..only thing Salah gets one over is pace for me while Kane will have a better longevity as an elite player.
@@palashrawat401 Salah is a better dribbler aswell, so pace is not the only thing.
That says far more about the right wingers and how modern fans decide how good players are, and far less about if he's better than Harry Kane. Salah is perceived to be the best right winger because of goals. And there are very few right wingers with his number of goals because the high goalscoring winger is a very new phenomenon.
@disrupt_ist to what, Beckham's team achievements?
@@disrupt_ist Ronaldo was mostly a LW
Love this trio, works so well, micahs laughing all the time, brilliant pod
Loving this boys 😊, keep it up!!
i love what Michah intimated, it about the craic , the team, the laugh. not being alone
I listen to the pod sometimes but this has to be my fave watch, loved it.
Look forward to every new episode. Thanks for the great content lads ❤
Me too, mate.
Micah is right about Copa America, so much more exciting than the Euros the intensity and pace of football was far better to watch in the last tournaments but so many rash challenges ahaha
ever since they expanded it to 32 teams, the euros has been very heavily focused on smaller teams (and some bigger sides too) playing low blocks to scrape through
Copa America is much much more entertaining than Euros.
The refs are far worse in the Americas (and that says a lot coming from a Liverpool fan).
Can’t believe only big Meeks put Ronaldinho in perfect player
It's like naming Senna only once as perfect driver and Mr. Bean twice (Trent) 😂
argie here. For our time zone the Euros games started at 10am an finished at 6pm. Copa America started at 5-7pm and finished at 11pm. that'd be what.. 4, 5am in europe? it's not good unless you've got a sleeping problem or something
I think they replay some of the games later in the day, but yeah, it's not ideal.
I love the banter between you guys.
Everyone on smoke today catching strays 🤣
As an American it’s beautiful to see three absolute legends of a sport be so pleasant to listen to and well spoken. All these retired athletes in America are zombies
only two of them are legends TBH😂
@ I mean yes but I couldn’t just leave Micah out he was a great player 😂. I will say Micah’s playstyle has been super influential for a lot of fullbacks now tho
Just wanting to let the people know Belanow was not the first eastern bloc Ballon d'Or winner not even the first USSR Ballon d'Or winner. There were Masopust, Yashin, Albert and Blohkin
Alan is just great at everything he does 👏❤🌟🔥!
love this podcast,keep it up lads
Top episode this 🤣
'Bellendanov' 😂😂
first time i saw someone on the entertainment business that really i mean really tried to pronounce a name properly. good job gary. good job for the three of them. one of the best shows out there if not the best
Surely a WC golden boot, you only get a shot at it every four years, you have qualify and be selected. Players don't get to go to many World Cup finals in their career. Ballon d'Or is every year and if you get a WC golden boot in that season you're in with a good shout anyway.
It doesn't give you that good a chance. Only 3 have won the Ballon d'Or, and 2 of them are travesties.
Micha’s unintentional whistle at 21:46 was excellent
Thanks for the episod and all laughs.. made me laugh to..
Gary has the longest cold in the history of colds 🤧😷
Love these guy 🖤🤎💛💚
Before Igor Belanov, Lev Yashin(in 60s. only goalkeeper who got Ballon D'Or) and Oleg Blokhin(in 1975) also got Ballon D'Or. So Linekar is wrong in his statement that Eastern European didn't get this individual prize before Belanov(1986).
“The Euros are more viewed in Europe, whereas I suspeeeeect that the Copa is more viewed in South America”
Cracking analysis Gary be careful not to overthink !!!!
Michael Owenish 😂
Glad to learn Colin Gunn is watching the pod
As to blacking out games.
Here in Canada we blackout hockey games based on region. So if you live within about 2 hours of the game, you don’t get to see the game on TV (and I believe it used also be if the game was sold out they would show on TV).
So even though England is tiny that would allow some people to watch some 3pm games.
3:25 😂i saw that coming ! But kudos to him
left foot: Maradona
speed: Henry
dribbling: Ronaldo Nazario
physicality: John Charles
football IQ: Cruyff
right foot: Pele
passing: Zidane
skill: Messi
defending: Maldini
Belanov was a great player, so is Blohin, both part of great Dynamo Kyiv team back in 80's
Going with Micah's list all day.
Gary Linekers golden boot is a hard to find personal best and is better than league football achievements. Just for the record.
Meeks arms ! Bingo wings 😂
Remember watching Gary presenting "Soccer in the 70's" on HTW West at 1am....
Forget the Golden Boot. Would you rather win the Ballon d'Or or the World Cup? For me the Ballon d'Or is pretty meaningless in light of actual team results.
Brilliant
If known is on the next one then I’ll definitely be giving that a miss.
In 1986 maradona was the best player anyway and it wasnt close
Unbelievable that none of Pele's attributes made the list. He was by far the most complete player of all time. The best finishing skills easily (having scored from all positions on the pitch, from deep within his own half to all angles inside and outside the penalty box; scored all kinds of freekicks, from Roberto Carlos-type distances to Zico type freekicks; headers, bicycle kicks, dribbling 6 players inside the box with single touches against UCL finalists and so on; goals following multiple sombreros etc.; in comparison, Gerd Muller, a great finisher, could only score from inside the box). Pele was as fast as Henry (as seen in comparison videos). His left foot was strong (scored left-footed freekicks from Roberto Carlos distances). His right foot is as good as that of any other player. His intelligence and innovativeness is unmatched (he invented several moves; listen to Tostao for details on his intelligence). His dribbling was incredible, that too moving past players with ease on horribly uneven pitches wearing much heavier equipment. His stats are unparalled (highest goals and assist ratios in official and competitive matches; highest total goals in history and probably assists as well; highest team goal contribution % in history in official, competitive, and all professional matches). His achievements are second to none (3 World Cups, 10 international trophies overall, 40 official trophies and 59 total trophies). No single player obviously has come close to having all of these attributes.
Plus rivalino left foot better than them all
@@RickyCharge Rivelino had a canon in his left foot. I'm OK with people choosing Roberto Carlos's left foot for the power. Rivelino had the same power but also great touch and skills.
Deep within his own half? Are you referring to that one shot that didn't go in?
@@kb5509 No, not that World Cup effort. I meant Pele picking up the ball in his half and dribbling through the opposition to score. He scored several such goals. For example, the "gol de placa" where he dribbled 7 opposing players over 90 meters. There's a plaque at the Maracana stadium commemorating that goal. es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gol_de_placa
@@ilyianz something plenty of players have done. And what video are you referring to that has him as fast as Henry?
And stats? Seriously? The guy that included 5 a side goals in training? And what accurate source has ever tracked his number of assists? They didn't even count assists in England until 1992, I don't think they had great record keeping in 1960s Brazil when he was playing against village teams.
R9 is the perfect player. You had to be there man had everything.
I remember Igor Belanov in the 1986 WC. Great hat trick against Belgium , esp the first , but the USSR went out to them 4-3.
It wasnt people not knowing zico and cruyff that let you down gary. Its picking TAA as the best at something in the history of the game 😂
Igor Belanov was a great player; he was the best USSR player of his generation and deserved the awards he got.
Right. He scored lots of great goals in the 1986 World Cup and he was a key player in Dynamo Kiev's 1986 Cup Winners Cup winning team.
what about Maradona? Didn't have a bad year!
ah non euros couldnt win it until 1995
Debatable. That USSR team had phenomenal players like Yakovenko, Raz, Yaremchuk, not to mention Zavarov.
@@Elshanali1 Who is Raz? Vasiliy Rats? Good player. USSR also had Rinat Dasaev and an old Oleg Blokhin. It was star studded. With most of these players, it reached the final of the 1988 Euros as well (got done by Van Basten's wonder goal and Belanov's PK miss).
Cristiano Ronaldo has more right footed goals than every player they’ve picked 😂
Big meeks probably goes "nice" when someone scores at the 69th minute.
Kane gr8 striker, salha generational talent n was just behind Messi n Cr7 15 16 onwards. Coming from a gooner
The copa America is amazing to watch I watch it everytime all the games
Imagine creating a 'perfect player' and not having Messi involved
Well you can always mention Maradona instead
Alan was trying to be different
Right foot of Trent over Kross, Modric, Becks, De Bruyne?
12:26 except those in Concacaf. I think we’d rather watch Copa America instead of Gold Cup
damn......2 top 3 ballon d'or and micah
sorry micah but u still the funniest though 👍
Sureley the advise for any footballer who is about to retire is to play for Manchester United, that way you will be completely sick of playing football by the end of your contract anyway.
Jamie R asking the Stadium question. Surely Jamie Reuben has Shearer's direct number 😂
The fact that people think a plastic political popularity contest adds anything to a player shows they know nothing about football, Messi could have 0 ballon d’Ors and he’d still be the Goat
So true
I think people seems to forget arsenal didn't have partey , timber and jesus most of last season. Partey and timber being two of our best players this year.
Jesus played 37 games.
@kb5509 playing wasn't being fit as he had to come off most games with the 60-70 minutes mark, and if you watched him last year, you could see he hasnt come back right. Anytime he built up from his injury, he would have him out for 2 or 3 games restarting the cycle. Could also add more players like tomi and zinchenko, which scuppered the option of rotation. Injuries and recovery and being match fit play huge implications. The squad somthing arsenal has handled much better this year, but it also faces twice as bad this year.
@@Courtney-Jai you said they didn't have him.
Just Messi during his peak will be enough for all of those and even now for most of those.
I will bring the ballondor to Birmingham one day mark my words
Keep me posted then shanks lad 😊
Morgan Rogers will do it dw
Anyone for passing would say - Scholes, pirlo, Xavi and inesta... not Gary😂😂😂
Referees in uk would have more experience in alternative methods of communication due to affiliating games in the North East or Scotland.
Have you ever thought of updating the MOTD format? For example, in Italy they invite some fans in the studio and a current player or manager. You guys agree pretty much on everything and it does get boring sometimes 😅
Fans don't have anything worthwhile to say.
Can we ask how much meeks can bench, deadlift and squat?
They put Gary’s talk in black and white 😂😂😂😂
Alan saying Gareth says Dancing on the Ceiling when he knows it was himself that said it
Gareth said it's not exactly Club topicana out here been raining non stop but you'll get no Careless Whispers from me
We still love ya Gaz… #SirLiniker
woah woah.... is Salah a better forward than Harry Kane..... yes. He's a better forward. A great winger invariably has greater impact on a game than a great centre forward. Salah is the scarier weapon because he attacks players head on. I didn't think there was much room for argument there.
Based on what?
@@kb5509 Who's scarier on the ball? Who's scarier with the ball? Who's scarier without the ball? Kane only wins the former and Salah murders Kane in the other two in my opinion.
@@jeremymuir4332 it's not a horror film. Who gives 2 shits how "scary" you are? How effective are you? You don't get goals from full backs going "he's quite fast".
Did Salah score more than Kane last season? No.
@@Karl_Dutton and by that metric, Dominik Solanke is a better player than Son. You're making stuff up.
Arsenal's injuries 😅 the only first team player out was Martin odegaard
No Pele...seriously. Come on. George Best would get a shout too.
This is joyful
The right foot of arnold? Jaysus christ.
Because of the composition of Gary's golden boot (the amount of gold in it) and the price of gold, would Gary get more money from melting it down for the gold, or auctioning it for his name's connection to it?
Also, are World Cup golden boots worth the same in weight as the golden shoe or each leagues own golden boot?
The value of the gold will be factored into the overall value
Salah is better than kane easy
way less consistent though
Arsenals injury crisis. All two of them
What on earth is that on Alan's head in his team thumbnails ????
Wig
A lion's mane 😂
I work FIFO in mining in the hottest of hot shit holes, in the middle of bum fuck Western Australia. Mad Liverpool fan, recently discovered your show which is great fun. Thank Christ for the internet, love listening to you guys from up here, always puts a smile on the dial. Keep up the great work.🍻
Where are your lights, mika lol 😅
really said this Cristiano Ronaldo haters.
Love the pod ❤
Any list that does not have Pele or C Ronaldo, is a very poor list indeed. 😞
Gary forgetting Greg Yashin when saying that the eastern bloc hadn't had a winner!
Lev
Lol Greg
8:50 😂
A topic for discussion.
Instead of calendar congesting tournaments, why can't FIFA do something useful and unify football streaming across the world?
It would really open up the world of football to the ...world..And they would make money without bankrupting national economies.
Coming from a annoyed guy in India, who has no access to laliga and serieA this year..
In Asia we watch Euro more than Asia Cup
trents right foot,,, beckhams all day every day,,,madness i tell thee
0:55 Did they give Alan the hair of David Ginola??
How do you submit a question?
Social media
And instagram I believe they said
Old Grannies Club ha ha
Alan Shearer hit a penalty and it stayed hit.
Scholes a workhorse 🤷🏻
Damn didn't read my question again...
Boli won the champions league with Marseille
Micah retired when he signed for Aston Villa
Also, do any of you own a pair of gold leather boots, Micah?
No, no, no. We should have been voting on the winner of each skill set & then you guys could see who was closest alligning with our choice! That vote meant very little. Keep trying, i love the channel!