Listen guys you didn't get it. He still is a pro recognised by FIFA. If you are a pro football player you could have an ego that these are just a bunch of 'freestylers', Like 'They Ain't real football players'...but it feels like he doesn't have that mentality or ego. And ya people in general(who are not playing for Chelsea) can be toxic and arrogant so I also meant that he seems to be a nice person in general, who has a good attitude towards Life and is humble.
Usually the “worst” pro is better than the best street player. There’s a reason they’re where they are. People don’t seem to understand that. Sure, there could possibly be exceptions as there is in everything else, that 0.0000001% of people doesn’t change that fact.
@@Jesusluvz I don't see him as better, he makes beginner mistakes, forget to offside trap, or just falls aimlessly. I know it's easy to judge from the comfort of a couch but god dammit he is the worst defender in history of the premiere league.
@@tdoco747 it's a reference to Brian Scalabrine, who said to a regular basketballer that he is closer to LeBron James than that guy is to him, which is true
Back in my hometown, a local football player ended up playing in Spanish first division. We used to play Vs him a lot , and he would run rounds around those of us who were usually the best in our amateur 5 a side teams . It's unreal how someone like him (I think he now plays in third division?) Was soooooo much better. Could literally run around 10 people and score a goal without issue. Imagine someone like Messi 😩
@@alvabeatmusic It's opposite for me. I have a friend we would always get picked to play for each team first because we were much better than the rest of the players. That same friend pursued football but didn't do much neither did I but I just never pursued to play professionally unlike him. On the other hand my friend who I went to the same class with now starts for our U18 country. We would play each other every week in school yard and he was never anything special you would never think he could make it pro Another time I went to see our local club play for the first time and I was disgusted with how bad everyone was. I'm from Europe and our club used to play in Europa League so not some nobodies. They couldn't string two passes together and everyone looked so sloppy. The one thing that I noticed which people do not understand is that what separates these players from us is that they have amazing cardio and composure. They don't panick when they are on the ball and listen to what the coaches want. Today academy players get picked over raw talent always they don't cost anything, they don't have to be poached and they grew up with the club and know what is expected from them. Maybe I look at it different because I'm good at football and I see a lot of Americans who probably never played it so to them it might be a huge difference when they see a pro player play for the first time. The same way I was shocked watching pro Tennis player who was ranked super high something like 800 on the list but he was so good in real life
@@justinlevy274 I’m genuinely curious where you play at.. where I’m from we had a team full of div 1 players in one of our tournaments & we lost in pens to them & another team beat them in pens in the final while having fast paced games.. all of us are just locals but football is big here
@@rubenpacheco2917 I'm talking about basketball in my case, I think in a higher scoring game like basketball it is easier for the better team to dominate.
Nope this is basic technical abilty for any pro at any level, If your technical abilty is not atleast 70% like this you need a lot of work, Your speed of thought and awareness seperates you from a good to average player thats why hes out of contract with a league 2 team and has hardly made decent amount of appearances for his side.
@@TheTaken4 yeah Ik what it takes to become a pro nice try tho I've actually been climbing through the ranks in the Osijek academy constantly playing age groups highly than my age, Now what are you doing with your life fetishizing over soon to be non league players?
The FUT scale is a scale measuring pro footballers so the average non-footballer won’t even get double figures. Also the FUT stats represent players in a video game, the margins and differences in pace are much smaller IRL. FIFA also nerfs pace generally the engine isn’t nuanced enough to represent real football.
Not exactly. This guy's rating is 56 and that makes an above average footballer, which is the minimum for being a pro footballer. So the average non-pro would be 25.
@@colemerchant8926 Why are you talking about money? We are talking about skills comparison and how hard it is to play pro level. And of course it's not fair how much money players make. But what can you do?
@@amanuelfentahun6380Let me put my comment in simple man terms what I'm basically saying is that don't hate on how much football players make because players that play in the 4th division are still miles ahead of your average Sunday league lad.
@@colemerchant8926 I know I shouldn't get mad at how much money they make because there are far better players than him and anyone I know. I understood your comment,actually. But you brought money into this conversation just to keep the conversation going. Ok, I get your comment that he pay is justified because the skills are at the highest level beyond what most people can do. But you don't have to highlight how poor my parents are compared to these pros.
FIFA ratings are based on in game performance of the previous season. And when he’s in a game, he has pressure, time constraints, coach instructions, and fatigue. None of which he has here. Not saying he’s bad, just that this is just a fun video instead of a scientifically rigorous study.
@@leealberto4139 positioning, timing, able to judge whats going to happen, able to make instant changes, shake defenders off, offside, keep in check where both your teammates and the opposition(basically vision), being able to have individual tactics(not what the coach says cause thats team tactics) and theres so much more but you get the point
With the one Vs one, you can see the efficiency in Pollock. Few feints and he makes the space for the shot. In a game you only get a small window to do the job.
Yeah. It's ironic that Jamie was rambling on about "efficiency" but proved to be infinitely less efficient than Pollock, who despite arguably slower feet and worse agility was able to take his opposition on more effectively.
I played 5s for years and in my experience, in mid and lower tier play, the more skilful players are rarely the most effective. For starters too many players who fancy themselves as Tuesday night Maradonas are worse than being a man down when you don’t have the ball. And often they are selfish and aren’t thinking about the shape of the team or how to bring others into the game.
I'm a natural basketball player and that segment definitely reminded me of the playground basketball guys who are all flash but would never succeed at the organized level. Too much effort trying to look good vs being good
Yup… to reach a man city level you have to be obsessed with football since a kid always practicing and in a good team to develop.. and the right mentality and you have a shot at being a footballer..
@@evermartin3364 innit. there will always be more than how physically well you can play ball when to be a pro baller you have to be smart. it's the same with any sport, if you can play the sport that's one thing, if you are smart and intelligent with how you play that is the difference.
@@evermartin3364 Exactly, a lot of the overalls aren't even close to accurate especially the ones for 2nd division players all around Europe, they're definitely better than what the games makes them look like lol
OH MY GOD I REMEMBER THIS GUY. It’s Scott Pollock, he played for Hashtag United years ago. That feels so long ago now, it’s cool to see he went professional
Pro footballer: turns up, good banter, good skills Freestylers: turns up, won't shut up, constant "LOOK AT ME!" attitudes. love the camera and act up all the time Yeah, I'll go with Pollock every time.
He who speaks, does not know. He who knows, does not speak. When you're objectively good you don't have to hype yourself up, the hype comes with your ability.
I had a coach who was a 2 time MLS champion. He would destroy us in training when we were U17s. His FIFA rating was high 50s too. There's so many levels to this game.
I played a few games with a guy who played for crewe alexandra a few years ago and I can always remember how good he actually was in person made me realise that level of pro footballers is just crazy
It's especially clear when a pro keeper is in goal. I always hear ignorant people say "he's a pro footballer, he should be able to hit the target". Except that's not what anyone is trying to do, they're trying to shoot hard enough to score past a pro keeper. You can sit here and watch youtubers hit fancy shots all day, but they're pointless because when they're accurate enough they're not hard enough to score against a real keeper and when they put their laces through it they're not accurate. And pros have to do it under pressure, after making a lung-busting run, after having played a whole game at a pace that would make amateurs collapse on the pitch. There's just no comparison. People don't seem to think they can serve hard enough to not get destroyed by the return from a pro tennis player, but have trouble with football for some reason.
In my city, i sometimes play with pro football players that are on vacation. They play mostly lower divisions of the brazilian league, but some of them already played in small european championships, like in Switzerland or Belgium. And, the difference between them and street casual players is that they run more fast, shoot with more strenght, and, in general, do everything more fast. The difference consist more in physical terms. These players had to start early in some club, like with 12 years old, and spent years training everyday. So, they have it in their favour. But, in terms of, you know, “talent”, they are not far away of a common good player. Of course that top notch players are, but in everyday life we always stumble with great players that not had the chance to play in a club in the juniors years or followed other paths and didnt became pro football players.
Finally a guy that knows something about football. Everyone here missed a point. What separates these pro players from your local kids playing in favelas is not talent or raw skill it is the fact that these pro players went throught a youth system and they perfected their cardio, know exactly what coaches require from them and how the club wants them to perform. These players are nothing special even players playing for top clubs like McTominay are below average but have great cardio and are academy players Obviously it is different to players like Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar those type of players are generational talent and have something special about them. But 59 rated players like this video portraits them are nothing special and I feel like majority of people in the comments are from America or never played football in their life to find this player impressive
@@daybreakgames7733 being able to make quick decisions IS a skill though why are you discounting that? Some peoples brains just move faster than others and that’s just as impressive as any fancy footwork out there. That’s a big thing separating pros, you get the ball and make the right decisions IMMEDIATELY. Who cares about fancy footwork and “skill”. YOU are the one who is clearly insecure about not being good enough to go pro
@@daybreakgames7733 I'm not too sure about that, knew a guy from school who now plays in the Malaysian Premier League. Even back when we were in Year 7 he could run through a whole team of year 11s with ease
Yes, it is. But foreigners will not understand as they're not Brazilians like us. Whatever mid level Brazilian street baller can dribble better than Pollock, but never would be this objective cause they've never trained for it. But that's not about talent, but training, physical, pace and etc. I was an u-17 in Brazil, played with and against guys who turned pro at 1 div level (Jhon Cley ex Vasco and Saudi Arabia, Rafinha ex Flamengo and South Korea, Alipio ex Real Madrid B) and they were obviously above average, buy not from another world. But as I said, guys who are not Brazilians or at least Latins would not understand that, because the amateur mid level there is absolutely terrible.
@@GabaMart9598 I agree. I'am from México and I have seen plenty of street footballers than could have been pros. I mean there is an extremely big number of talents on the streets on our countrys, it's just that not everyone has the oportunity to go pro.
The main difference between a good professional footballer & a good Sunday league footballer isn't their feet but their brain. I mean with sufficient practice every player can make good passes & shots, but to be able to do so in tight space with pressure from top defender, to position yourself in the right spot, that requires high football IQ
I mean pace and phy and def are mostly rated by fame for pace and phy for def if the player is a striker there is no way he would have more than 40 def for som reason
It’s trippy because I had a team mate who was center back play for QPR and Gillingham and we had better players and lots of us were better than him. Now on the flip side, there were 2 kids on my team better than anyone I’ve ever played with and both now work minimum wage jobs and never made it. Opportunity and luck is as much part of this as skill and hard work
That's football lol I always wonder how many ballers are lost just because a coach didn't like them at some stage in their career, youth or otherwise. Like somebody could've been the next messi and a coach didn't like him
You should see the state of football in Australia, so many good players lost and also lost to other sports because our system sucks. Only way to become a pro here is to pay thousands of dollars just to get an opportunity
Back when I was still playing junior pro in my sport, we had this sports psychologist we would have meetings with a couple of times a year. He said: "Most people get 1 chance, some get two and some don't even get one. Luck is something you earn and talent is something you develop. If you train hard, you prepare yourself for that moment and when the chance comes, you're ready to take it. People will say you were lucky, but you know that you prepared for that moment and that's why you captured it. If you realize to late, maybe you already had your chance and then when you are ready to take it, nobody is willing to give it" There are some other gems too like "only focus on the things that you can control", meaning don't waste energy on people being asses or coaches that won't give you playtime. If you work on you and focus on the things you can affect, then you'll be ready when circumstances change. However there are also injuries at play etc.
People have no idea how hard being a footballer is. It’s like when Jimmy Conrad played in the Wembley Cup a few years ago and True Geordie and others were commenting afterwards that they had no idea how good Jimmy was. They thought that just because he played in MLS that he wasn’t going to be miles above everybody else. But they forgot that the man was a US international. This guy Scott Pollock is in the first team squad for Northampton. That’s a level most of us will never come close to. Respect.
Jimmy conrad was always one of the top 5 defenders in mls. He had pace, he was tall, He was strong. Smart player too. Rarely made mental errors. Of course he did better than a bunch of pundits.
@@pahwraith of course. It was no surprise to me that Jimmy Conrad could still play and play better than a bunch of TH-camrs and pundits even though he was 40+ and playing at half speed. But judging by everybody’s reaction they expected him to be at Sunday League level just because he wasn’t Rio Ferdinand or Carles Puyol.
@@sirjayko33 that's why I said "I'm grateful to be even rated 40ish" knowing that I don't even deserve a flat 40 overall. Honestly much more respect need to be give to professionals
Fun video, shows the talent that pro footballers have. These challenges are basically street ball to him though. Pros excel in their decision making and stamina which is something that a video like this will never show. It would be interesting to put this guy in a Sunday league match. Only then would you really be able to compare him to the average player. This video is all in good fun though and we should enjoy it for what it is.
I played a game with a hertha bsc reserve squad member once and it was fucking insane. The guy was better than everyone at everything as a baseline, and on top of that, he just physically had faster shots and passes, insane agility and acceleration - it was just so humbling playing with the guy. I just remember feeling like this guy was so physically overpowering at a raw athletic level
At school I played with a kid who ended up getting signed by Everton, but a knee injury ended his career before it started at 17. The difference is night and day, we all liked to think we were good, we were the best school side in the area, but no one could get near him. The short time we had him before he signed for Everton was totally unfair, it was like we had someone 4-5 years older in our side and he was a LB
Bold of you to assume FIFA actually evaluates these guys and just slaps a number on them based off random data that has no context with the biggest determiner being the division the player is in
@@LibLanguageUK When did i say they just slap numbers as on them?? , all i said was he needed better stats for shooting idk where you got the others from
@@B1V. I think he meant that's its bold to assume that fifa takes their time with players like this, when in actuality they just slap random stats on them
nah, its the game too many people, it can't be accurate and you can't make everyone on fifa 80 to 90 rated as their would be no point in buying player and going for packs to get better players
I’ve been becoming a bigger fan of your videos over the last few days, then you synced up the track ‘Domastic - Weird Dream’ with the pro hitting the 99 shot and I’m officially a huge fan now bro 👊🏼 going to subscribe to the channel for sure now!
it feels like u need to play for big club or better league and if u play ur a lower club or league u need to score alot of goals and assist but for a CM it is hard so i think he is better then most big club academy players and not all can start from scratch without any connections
That's why I respect and love all Footballers... I never compare anyone because there are other also they are also doing hardwork and we can't imagine how a normal pro footballer plays...
I had a classmate in school who is now a professional football player. Yes, he was better than all of us combined, even at 13-15. They are built different.
I remember in my HS that there was one guy that played like a summer with Real Madrid's youth team, then got discarded. He used to play in the little tournament that the HS organized during recess, and his "playstyle" there was as follows: he was just chatting with his own goalkeeper for the whole match, eating his sandwich for lunch, while his teammates were playing (5v5, small futsal court). When the opossing team would approach him, he would easily retrieve the ball, and just shoot from where he got it, insanely hard, scoring like 5 to 8 goals like that per match, not even breaking a sweat. I think he ended up quitting football and focusing on his studies tho. Kinda impressive guy, even tho he didn't "make it". The other great talent we had in our little town was like 6 years younger than me, and he was the friend of one of mi friend's little brother. They would both come to play with us, the big guys, when they were about 10-11 and we were like 16-17. This kid was playing just like one of us, even scoring goals and dribbling us and stuff, even tho we weren't letting him win or anyting like that, knowing that he was legit. He was signed by a team in the spanish 2nd division by the time he was like 17 or something, and started the season being always in the starting XI, but then got benched for the whole season. This team ended up being relegated that season btw, so this promising kid, that was like way better than all of us, wasn't even good enough to be a started in a bad team of the spanish second division. He kinda "made it", but it's not like he is ever going to be a big name. Think about that... Just imagine playing with a Champions League level player, or a legend like Messi, Cristiano, Modric, Neymar, etc. Like a whole different sport.
I have played a lot of sunday league football in my life and have played with and against people who have been barely sniffing at the pro teams 2nd teams in my country and they are mind blowingly good. I can't imagine how good some from the PL would be to play against in real life.
Not just a pro footballer but even the top youth talent are unbelievable. I watch some Man City u18 games and even the worst teams in that age group have some absolute ballers that are significantly superior to us freestylers and Sunday league players
I have questions- so when they rate these pro players do they just base it off their actual playing in games or do they actually do tests like this? Are the ratings just for Fifa or is there an actual rating system for pro players used by the leagues or whatever? I’m an American and it’s insane how popular soccer is globally and how little most of us understand it. I also have a bunch of questions about how the league systems work and the different cups and how the hell its all organized but thats probably foe another day.
they definitely do not get all the players to come out and do some tests. it's probably just a group of developers who sit down, look at stats and games and their own opinions, and then rate the players
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Nah it's based on him playing in the division he's in. They don't have time to individually judge players except for the ones playing in the lost prominent leagues and teams. They'll just hand out random ratings between 50-60 to players in a division that they deem is around that level.
The gap between them isnt as big as you think.Skilled players are a dime a dozen.The reason Messi and Ronaldo are so succesful is their mental ability.They rarely fold in big games,they can play in a system,understand tactics,have an incredible work ethic,they deal with failure well and plenty of other things I cant think of right now.A lot of very skilled players throughout history failed or never reach there full potential because they struggled with these things.
@@BrooklynBalla absolute bollocks. The gap between this guy and Messi is as big as the gap between a sunday league player and this guy. Messi is literally a one in a billion or more player if you account for all the men who have played football since its creation, he's at the top. The difference in ability between a fourth english league player and Messi is not able to be highlighted by these challenges. This is child's play for any top league player. The difference would be extremely, extremely obvious if you put Messi in the 4th league or this guy in La Liga. He would look like an amateur
Done dirty? with hardly any appearances for his side and being loaned out constantly despite playing 4th divison, i would reckon hes even rated higher than he should.
@@colemerchant8926 Im a northampton fan, he definitely is good enough but just never got any chances, will probably rip it up in the national league next season
this hardly showcases Pollocks abilities as well. The difference i suspect would be massive when placed in an actual 11v11. on ball and off ball. i think thats what really separates these guys
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He is humble really. The way he talks just something about him reflects 'down to earth' mentality.
Well I mean it’s not that he plays for chelsea or anything like that
Why would he Not be Humble tf
@@luiscordero1072 you've definitely never meet proud ppl in ur life
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Listen guys you didn't get it. He still is a pro recognised by FIFA. If you are a pro football player you could have an ego that these are just a bunch of 'freestylers', Like 'They Ain't real football players'...but it feels like he doesn't have that mentality or ego. And ya people in general(who are not playing for Chelsea) can be toxic and arrogant so I also meant that he seems to be a nice person in general, who has a good attitude towards Life and is humble.
Usually the “worst” pro is better than the best street player. There’s a reason they’re where they are. People don’t seem to understand that. Sure, there could possibly be exceptions as there is in everything else, that 0.0000001% of people doesn’t change that fact.
Yeah exception can happens if you're Harry Maguire
@@mohamedilyaserrami7196 he’s still better than every street baller. He’s just a testament to how hard it really is to defend at top level.
@@mohamedilyaserrami7196 maguire is the definition of everyone can be pro. Like man hes playing for man utd in one of top league of the world
@@Jesusluvz I don't see him as better, he makes beginner mistakes, forget to offside trap, or just falls aimlessly. I know it's easy to judge from the comfort of a couch but god dammit he is the worst defender in history of the premiere league.
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"I'm closer to messi than you are to me" - Pollock
When he say that
I understood that reference
@@PraveenKumar-bo7fw same lol
@@tdoco747 reference to a basketball quote made by brian scalabrine
@@tdoco747 it's a reference to Brian Scalabrine, who said to a regular basketballer that he is closer to LeBron James than that guy is to him, which is true
Back in my hometown, a local football player ended up playing in Spanish first division. We used to play Vs him a lot , and he would run rounds around those of us who were usually the best in our amateur 5 a side teams . It's unreal how someone like him (I think he now plays in third division?) Was soooooo much better. Could literally run around 10 people and score a goal without issue. Imagine someone like Messi 😩
In the states we have the same thing. We play rec basketball and some 3rd division college player will come in and light everyone up.
@@justinlevy274 I think most people don't realise pro players are on a whole different level, even if they're semi pro or low tier pro.
@@alvabeatmusic It's opposite for me. I have a friend we would always get picked to play for each team first because we were much better than the rest of the players. That same friend pursued football but didn't do much neither did I but I just never pursued to play professionally unlike him.
On the other hand my friend who I went to the same class with now starts for our U18 country. We would play each other every week in school yard and he was never anything special you would never think he could make it pro
Another time I went to see our local club play for the first time and I was disgusted with how bad everyone was. I'm from Europe and our club used to play in Europa League so not some nobodies. They couldn't string two passes together and everyone looked so sloppy. The one thing that I noticed which people do not understand is that what separates these players from us is that they have amazing cardio and composure. They don't panick when they are on the ball and listen to what the coaches want. Today academy players get picked over raw talent always they don't cost anything, they don't have to be poached and they grew up with the club and know what is expected from them.
Maybe I look at it different because I'm good at football and I see a lot of Americans who probably never played it so to them it might be a huge difference when they see a pro player play for the first time. The same way I was shocked watching pro Tennis player who was ranked super high something like 800 on the list but he was so good in real life
@@justinlevy274 I’m genuinely curious where you play at.. where I’m from we had a team full of div 1 players in one of our tournaments & we lost in pens to them & another team beat them in pens in the final while having fast paced games.. all of us are just locals but football is big here
@@rubenpacheco2917 I'm talking about basketball in my case, I think in a higher scoring game like basketball it is easier for the better team to dominate.
This just shows how hard you have to work and how good you have to be to get to the top of the football world
Yeah true
Nope this is basic technical abilty for any pro at any level, If your technical abilty is not atleast 70% like this you need a lot of work, Your speed of thought and awareness seperates you from a good to average player thats why hes out of contract with a league 2 team and has hardly made decent amount of appearances for his side.
@@colemerchant8926 but thats what hes saying, to get to the pro level you have to work very very hard
@@colemerchant8926 yeah because you know what it takes to be a professional, what's your name again and what team do you play for (not on fifa btw)
@@TheTaken4 yeah Ik what it takes to become a pro nice try tho I've actually been climbing through the ranks in the Osijek academy constantly playing age groups highly than my age, Now what are you doing with your life fetishizing over soon to be non league players?
The FUT scale is a scale measuring pro footballers so the average non-footballer won’t even get double figures. Also the FUT stats represent players in a video game, the margins and differences in pace are much smaller IRL. FIFA also nerfs pace generally the engine isn’t nuanced enough to represent real football.
that's why the Football Manager scale goes from 1 to 20 tbh, 1 to 99 is ridiculous
Not exactly. This guy's rating is 56 and that makes an above average footballer, which is the minimum for being a pro footballer. So the average non-pro would be 25.
@@TheMysticotakugamerthat makes no sense
1 to 20 is 1 to 100 but it goes up in 5s
This gives me perspective on how good pro footballers actually are.
So dont chat shit when some players 4 divisions higher than him makes more than your parents anual salary in a week.
@@colemerchant8926 Why are you talking about money? We are talking about skills comparison and how hard it is to play pro level. And of course it's not fair how much money players make. But what can you do?
@@amanuelfentahun6380 You need to read better mate my comment has no correlation to what you just said.
@@amanuelfentahun6380Let me put my comment in simple man terms what I'm basically saying is that don't hate on how much football players make because players that play in the 4th division are still miles ahead of your average Sunday league lad.
@@colemerchant8926 I know I shouldn't get mad at how much money they make because there are far better players than him and anyone I know. I understood your comment,actually. But you brought money into this conversation just to keep the conversation going. Ok, I get your comment that he pay is justified because the skills are at the highest level beyond what most people can do. But you don't have to highlight how poor my parents are compared to these pros.
if 56 were this good, imagine what higher tier players would be like
Imagine Messi playing with you
FIFA ratings are based on in game performance of the previous season. And when he’s in a game, he has pressure, time constraints, coach instructions, and fatigue. None of which he has here. Not saying he’s bad, just that this is just a fun video instead of a scientifically rigorous study.
@@guillermogutierrez-santana4446exactly, finally someone with common sense 😂
@@guillermogutierrez-santana4446 i agree with u underrated comment
@@guillermogutierrez-santana4446 I’m better
People have no idea how hard it is to be a footballer
yh exactly you have to be crazy good to even be considered by an academy
It’s easy. If you are a striker, just make sure to put the ball into the net every game. Done
@@leealberto4139 you have no idea how hard it is and its clear
@@leealberto4139 you are "people" mentioned in original comment
@@leealberto4139 positioning, timing, able to judge whats going to happen, able to make instant changes, shake defenders off, offside, keep in check where both your teammates and the opposition(basically vision), being able to have individual tactics(not what the coach says cause thats team tactics) and theres so much more but you get the point
With the one Vs one, you can see the efficiency in Pollock. Few feints and he makes the space for the shot. In a game you only get a small window to do the job.
underrated comment
in our semi-pro club coach always says: you don't have time to shine in front of goal - create chance or get outta here
Yeah. It's ironic that Jamie was rambling on about "efficiency" but proved to be infinitely less efficient than Pollock, who despite arguably slower feet and worse agility was able to take his opposition on more effectively.
I played 5s for years and in my experience, in mid and lower tier play, the more skilful players are rarely the most effective. For starters too many players who fancy themselves as Tuesday night Maradonas are worse than being a man down when you don’t have the ball. And often they are selfish and aren’t thinking about the shape of the team or how to bring others into the game.
I'm a natural basketball player and that segment definitely reminded me of the playground basketball guys who are all flash but would never succeed at the organized level. Too much effort trying to look good vs being good
This is true its a split second decision and reaction time
You have to be this good just to be rated 56 damn that's hard
Yup… to reach a man city level you have to be obsessed with football since a kid always practicing and in a good team to develop.. and the right mentality and you have a shot at being a footballer..
its simple, fifa is a game and overall means nothing, the reality is way different
didn’t show much
@@evermartin3364 innit. there will always be more than how physically well you can play ball when to be a pro baller you have to be smart. it's the same with any sport, if you can play the sport that's one thing, if you are smart and intelligent with how you play that is the difference.
@@evermartin3364 Exactly, a lot of the overalls aren't even close to accurate especially the ones for 2nd division players all around Europe, they're definitely better than what the games makes them look like lol
What we gotta remember is that he's 56 rated amongst the best players on the planet. Which is still 56 more than anyone who isn't a pro.
Wrong about him being 56 better because that assumes I'm a 0.
I'd be more like -56 😂😂😭
People don't seem to understand the worst pro is still better than the best amateur. That's why hes pro...not amateur.
56 like
i'd take 0 ratings among best players in the world and still take it fancy for myself
@@RealDovamo mau, NOT on brazil
OH MY GOD I REMEMBER THIS GUY. It’s Scott Pollock, he played for Hashtag United years ago. That feels so long ago now, it’s cool to see he went professional
50 years from now Hashtag United will be a better team than Man City
@@LeafInFlames BASED
Bro you just reminded me of them i used to watch them when i was obsessed with football
i thought i was the only one that remembered, he won the penalty challenge 2.0
Pro footballer: turns up, good banter, good skills
Freestylers: turns up, won't shut up, constant "LOOK AT ME!" attitudes. love the camera and act up all the time
Yeah, I'll go with Pollock every time.
It's not that deep dude. It's a video and it's supposed to be fun
Then what you you expect them to do ?? Silently do a frkng boring video??
Freestylers are meant to be "showng off" and no not every guy has that look at me attitude
Billy from f2 is one of the most humble guys ever
Yeah, I kept skipping thru their overexcited self cheering
He who speaks, does not know. He who knows, does not speak. When you're objectively good you don't have to hype yourself up, the hype comes with your ability.
I had a coach who was a 2 time MLS champion. He would destroy us in training when we were U17s. His FIFA rating was high 50s too. There's so many levels to this game.
Whats his name
@@jk-gb4et Scott Smith
@@seams4186 scott sterling
I just remembered this comment. Why would I have misinformed like this for no reason?
I have a coach named Matthew Dallman he played for the Pittsburgh river hounds I think I’m not sure
This brought back Hashtag United first videos memories. Glad Scott found his way on football, he’s a great player
i thought i was the only one that remembered, he won the penalty challenge 2.0
I played a few games with a guy who played for crewe alexandra a few years ago and I can always remember how good he actually was in person made me realise that level of pro footballers is just crazy
It's especially clear when a pro keeper is in goal. I always hear ignorant people say "he's a pro footballer, he should be able to hit the target". Except that's not what anyone is trying to do, they're trying to shoot hard enough to score past a pro keeper. You can sit here and watch youtubers hit fancy shots all day, but they're pointless because when they're accurate enough they're not hard enough to score against a real keeper and when they put their laces through it they're not accurate. And pros have to do it under pressure, after making a lung-busting run, after having played a whole game at a pace that would make amateurs collapse on the pitch. There's just no comparison. People don't seem to think they can serve hard enough to not get destroyed by the return from a pro tennis player, but have trouble with football for some reason.
This was such a goood video, imagine if us 4 made a group… wow
hey man
Hi sv2
hey bro
Sv2!!
Hi sv2 if u were all in a group u would be the best group
In my city, i sometimes play with pro football players that are on vacation. They play mostly lower divisions of the brazilian league, but some of them already played in small european championships, like in Switzerland or Belgium.
And, the difference between them and street casual players is that they run more fast, shoot with more strenght, and, in general, do everything more fast. The difference consist more in physical terms. These players had to start early in some club, like with 12 years old, and spent years training everyday.
So, they have it in their favour. But, in terms of, you know, “talent”, they are not far away of a common good player. Of course that top notch players are, but in everyday life we always stumble with great players that not had the chance to play in a club in the juniors years or followed other paths and didnt became pro football players.
Finally a guy that knows something about football. Everyone here missed a point. What separates these pro players from your local kids playing in favelas is not talent or raw skill it is the fact that these pro players went throught a youth system and they perfected their cardio, know exactly what coaches require from them and how the club wants them to perform. These players are nothing special even players playing for top clubs like McTominay are below average but have great cardio and are academy players
Obviously it is different to players like Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar those type of players are generational talent and have something special about them. But 59 rated players like this video portraits them are nothing special and I feel like majority of people in the comments are from America or never played football in their life to find this player impressive
@@daybreakgames7733 being able to make quick decisions IS a skill though why are you discounting that? Some peoples brains just move faster than others and that’s just as impressive as any fancy footwork out there. That’s a big thing separating pros, you get the ball and make the right decisions IMMEDIATELY. Who cares about fancy footwork and “skill”. YOU are the one who is clearly insecure about not being good enough to go pro
@@daybreakgames7733 I'm not too sure about that, knew a guy from school who now plays in the Malaysian Premier League. Even back when we were in Year 7 he could run through a whole team of year 11s with ease
Yes, it is. But foreigners will not understand as they're not Brazilians like us. Whatever mid level Brazilian street baller can dribble better than Pollock, but never would be this objective cause they've never trained for it. But that's not about talent, but training, physical, pace and etc. I was an u-17 in Brazil, played with and against guys who turned pro at 1 div level (Jhon Cley ex Vasco and Saudi Arabia, Rafinha ex Flamengo and South Korea, Alipio ex Real Madrid B) and they were obviously above average, buy not from another world. But as I said, guys who are not Brazilians or at least Latins would not understand that, because the amateur mid level there is absolutely terrible.
@@GabaMart9598 I agree. I'am from México and I have seen plenty of street footballers than could have been pros. I mean there is an extremely big number of talents on the streets on our countrys, it's just that not everyone has the oportunity to go pro.
He’s so chill and down to earth.
@Max -x He is
For a 56 overall player , he better be lol
@@YonasKBeatZ can you get any better than him?
@@footballkid6825 yes
@@footballkid6825 What does that matter?
This shows how hard you have to work but also it is some luck and especially the team you end up on keep working hard guys.
Gang 🙌❤️
Please do a 1v1 against Jamie
Big love from Africa
Scott Pollock the legend 🙌
@nekoi yeah Ben, the blue jersey one
Fun fact: Pollock has scored 3 goals in 11 games this season
He’s garb🗑
@@greasyboy349 he a CM lol
@@greasyboy349 still better than you lol
@@greasyboy349 he’s a cm u donut
@@SerbianEagle1331 no he literally said he’s a center attacking mid in the video goofy
The main difference between a good professional footballer & a good Sunday league footballer isn't their feet but their brain.
I mean with sufficient practice every player can make good passes & shots, but to be able to do so in tight space with pressure from top defender, to position yourself in the right spot, that requires high football IQ
you guys are insane at football
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@Futcrunch thank you even you didnt Said that to me
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FUTCRUNCHHH, I’ve always wanted to say this…. I love potato.
nobody asked
40% of points in fifa cards are about fame
Yes
75% of football fame is about skill
@@wery333 63% of these statistics are random
@@wery333 75% of 40% is 30%
I mean pace and phy and def are mostly rated by fame for pace and phy for def if the player is a striker there is no way he would have more than 40 def for som reason
I'd really love to see them do this with a premier league gold player. Possibly an 80+ rated player.
imagine if they did this with a player like ronaldo or messi
@@الغاز_اسلامية Ronaldo is too old and will break his back. Probably Salah since people would want to see the best player
Salah the best player 😂😂😂
And ronaldo only 37 bro it's not that it's just the age footballers retire
I was really thinking a player like De Brunye. Those technically sound players.
You should check the channel Desimpedidos from Brazil, they have challenges with a lot of Brazilian players
Scott Polock’s new FIFA 23 rating:
65 rated
68 pace
81 shooting
99 passing
68 dribbling
60 defending
82 physical
So he basically luka modric.
@@ginobambino7967 68 dribbling?💀💀💀
Never fail to disappoint absolutely banging vid jamie !!!!
It’s trippy because I had a team mate who was center back play for QPR and Gillingham and we had better players and lots of us were better than him. Now on the flip side, there were 2 kids on my team better than anyone I’ve ever played with and both now work minimum wage jobs and never made it. Opportunity and luck is as much part of this as skill and hard work
That's football lol I always wonder how many ballers are lost just because a coach didn't like them at some stage in their career, youth or otherwise. Like somebody could've been the next messi and a coach didn't like him
lol
You should see the state of football in Australia, so many good players lost and also lost to other sports because our system sucks. Only way to become a pro here is to pay thousands of dollars just to get an opportunity
@@mrobbo0812 Same as USA. USA and Australia are capitalist shtholes
Back when I was still playing junior pro in my sport, we had this sports psychologist we would have meetings with a couple of times a year.
He said:
"Most people get 1 chance, some get two and some don't even get one. Luck is something you earn and talent is something you develop. If you train hard, you prepare yourself for that moment and when the chance comes, you're ready to take it. People will say you were lucky, but you know that you prepared for that moment and that's why you captured it. If you realize to late, maybe you already had your chance and then when you are ready to take it, nobody is willing to give it"
There are some other gems too like "only focus on the things that you can control", meaning don't waste energy on people being asses or coaches that won't give you playtime. If you work on you and focus on the things you can affect, then you'll be ready when circumstances change.
However there are also injuries at play etc.
People have no idea how hard being a footballer is. It’s like when Jimmy Conrad played in the Wembley Cup a few years ago and True Geordie and others were commenting afterwards that they had no idea how good Jimmy was. They thought that just because he played in MLS that he wasn’t going to be miles above everybody else. But they forgot that the man was a US international. This guy Scott Pollock is in the first team squad for Northampton. That’s a level most of us will never come close to. Respect.
Jimmy conrad was always one of the top 5 defenders in mls. He had pace, he was tall,
He was strong. Smart player too. Rarely made mental errors.
Of course he did better than a bunch of pundits.
@@pahwraith of course. It was no surprise to me that Jimmy Conrad could still play and play better than a bunch of TH-camrs and pundits even though he was 40+ and playing at half speed. But judging by everybody’s reaction they expected him to be at Sunday League level just because he wasn’t Rio Ferdinand or Carles Puyol.
@@doesnotexist305 yeah theres this perception in the uk that mls is a mickey mouse league.
You can tell theyve never actually watched the league.
This is why when me and friends are having a friendly chat about "what would be your fifa stats" I always say I'm grateful to be even rated 40ish
There were 40 ish rated players in FIFA on professional contracts. If you’re not getting paid to play football you’re probably around the 20’s
@@sirjayko33 that's why I said "I'm grateful to be even rated 40ish" knowing that I don't even deserve a flat 40 overall. Honestly much more respect need to be give to professionals
Fun video, shows the talent that pro footballers have. These challenges are basically street ball to him though. Pros excel in their decision making and stamina which is something that a video like this will never show. It would be interesting to put this guy in a Sunday league match. Only then would you really be able to compare him to the average player. This video is all in good fun though and we should enjoy it for what it is.
Respect And Love To All Footballers 👊🖤
Video Was Very Fun😂🖤
Edit - Love Pollock How Good Person He Is +New Subscriber
Here what makes football players stand out. It’s keeping these stats consistently for 90minutes.
I played a game with a hertha bsc reserve squad member once and it was fucking insane. The guy was better than everyone at everything as a baseline, and on top of that, he just physically had faster shots and passes, insane agility and acceleration - it was just so humbling playing with the guy. I just remember feeling like this guy was so physically overpowering at a raw athletic level
“Don’t be shy, put some more” 😂😂 I was dying with laughter. Lol 😆
Time?
@@rohandas9387 7:53
Good vid. Well played to Pollock, wish him all the best.
Alternate Title: 56 Rated Pro Footballer in real Life vs Roberto Firmino and 3 normal guys
scott pollock is just under rated big clubs should sign him
Great vid my bro! Calling Ben's rabona attempt "knackered" was too funny 🤣🤣🤣
At school I played with a kid who ended up getting signed by Everton, but a knee injury ended his career before it started at 17. The difference is night and day, we all liked to think we were good, we were the best school side in the area, but no one could get near him. The short time we had him before he signed for Everton was totally unfair, it was like we had someone 4-5 years older in our side and he was a LB
That sucks that his career was taken from him before it even really started.
@@pappy374 Yeah, definitely, but he went on to be a coach last time I saw him, that was a good 20 years ago now
@@reluctantsocialist2670 At least he ended up working in the game, helping others.
Happened to my brother aswell. Injuries suck.
FIFA was def tripping on his shooting stats 💀 he deserves better stat
Bold of you to assume FIFA actually evaluates these guys and just slaps a number on them based off random data that has no context with the biggest determiner being the division the player is in
@@LibLanguageUK When did i say they just slap numbers as on them?? , all i said was he needed better stats for shooting idk where you got the others from
@@B1V. I think he meant that's its bold to assume that fifa takes their time with players like this, when in actuality they just slap random stats on them
@@jyhina oh
nah, its the game too many people, it can't be accurate and you can't make everyone on fifa 80 to 90 rated as their would be no point in buying player and going for packs to get better players
I’ve been becoming a bigger fan of your videos over the last few days, then you synced up the track ‘Domastic - Weird Dream’ with the pro hitting the 99 shot and I’m officially a huge fan now bro 👊🏼 going to subscribe to the channel for sure now!
This is going to be a banger🔥
To calculate pace you have you see how fast you can go with the ball
If you read this god bless you 😁
After this video Pollocks's rating was changed by Fifa to 52 😆😆
it feels like u need to play for big club or better league and if u play ur a lower club or league u need to score alot of goals and assist but for a CM it is hard so i think he is better then most big club academy players and not all can start from scratch without any connections
fifa isnt fair on rating never was
@@tanisegsge4586 I think he's gotta be closer to like upper 60s tbf
Only just come across this channel but have loved every video I’ve watched so far 👏 good work dude! Looking forward to the next upload! ⚽️🔥
That's why I respect and love all Footballers...
I never compare anyone because there are other also they are also doing hardwork and we can't imagine how a normal pro footballer plays...
True Bro🙂👊🖤
👑 Not gonna lie Jack and Jamie different level 👑
good watchfulness btw, gives us the persepective on how good pro footballers actually hehhwh nc 1. 👌🏽 keep do it being good content
Ive played high level soccer/football my whole life.. I coach high level now.. im probably rated a 13 overall in a FUT scale lol
Need more of these, that was class
LDN. I ABSOLOUTELY LOVE YOUR SKILLS
I had a classmate in school who is now a professional football player. Yes, he was better than all of us combined, even at 13-15. They are built different.
Nice 👏👏👏
I remember in my HS that there was one guy that played like a summer with Real Madrid's youth team, then got discarded. He used to play in the little tournament that the HS organized during recess, and his "playstyle" there was as follows: he was just chatting with his own goalkeeper for the whole match, eating his sandwich for lunch, while his teammates were playing (5v5, small futsal court). When the opossing team would approach him, he would easily retrieve the ball, and just shoot from where he got it, insanely hard, scoring like 5 to 8 goals like that per match, not even breaking a sweat. I think he ended up quitting football and focusing on his studies tho. Kinda impressive guy, even tho he didn't "make it".
The other great talent we had in our little town was like 6 years younger than me, and he was the friend of one of mi friend's little brother. They would both come to play with us, the big guys, when they were about 10-11 and we were like 16-17. This kid was playing just like one of us, even scoring goals and dribbling us and stuff, even tho we weren't letting him win or anyting like that, knowing that he was legit. He was signed by a team in the spanish 2nd division by the time he was like 17 or something, and started the season being always in the starting XI, but then got benched for the whole season. This team ended up being relegated that season btw, so this promising kid, that was like way better than all of us, wasn't even good enough to be a started in a bad team of the spanish second division. He kinda "made it", but it's not like he is ever going to be a big name. Think about that... Just imagine playing with a Champions League level player, or a legend like Messi, Cristiano, Modric, Neymar, etc. Like a whole different sport.
I have played a lot of sunday league football in my life and have played with and against people who have been barely sniffing at the pro teams 2nd teams in my country and they are mind blowingly good. I can't imagine how good some from the PL would be to play against in real life.
Lol, I love playing Fifa and FM campaigns with Northampton Town (I love the shield design). Pollock always comes useful.
Ldn all day baby 🔥
7:57 bruh look at his face 😂
Very interesting video keep it up 👍
Great video! Enjoyed! 👍
This guy is crazy at freestyle
Who
ahhhh good shit lads fun all around well done
“1 Peter 4:8: Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.”
this is one of the best soccer/football videos
I got his overall to 87 in manager mode lmao
Not just a pro footballer but even the top youth talent are unbelievable. I watch some Man City u18 games and even the worst teams in that age group have some absolute ballers that are significantly superior to us freestylers and Sunday league players
Never watched any of these guys' videos but I watch Scott on the regular at boston united. Can confirm he is brilliant.
You must have noticed that pollock is not showing his full potential in this video.
Bro the "Vamos" got me lol
I have questions- so when they rate these pro players do they just base it off their actual playing in games or do they actually do tests like this? Are the ratings just for Fifa or is there an actual rating system for pro players used by the leagues or whatever? I’m an American and it’s insane how popular soccer is globally and how little most of us understand it. I also have a bunch of questions about how the league systems work and the different cups and how the hell its all organized but thats probably foe another day.
they definitely do not get all the players to come out and do some tests. it's probably just a group of developers who sit down, look at stats and games and their own opinions, and then rate the players
They have cameras and dome stuff to measure every player in games and in training
they do stats based on them in game
Hey Jamie wondering how you can get air up bottle can they ship overseas?
Playing for ntfc should be a solid 70 base for any player. What a team
The Fields are Green, The Skies are Blue, The River Nene goes Winding Through, The Market Square is Cobble Stoned, It Shakes the old Dears to the Bones
your videos are discusting good I love ur videos 💓
you forget a factor..all his stat is rated based on his match performance,not a group of ea sport men put a test on him..
Nah it's based on him playing in the division he's in. They don't have time to individually judge players except for the ones playing in the lost prominent leagues and teams. They'll just hand out random ratings between 50-60 to players in a division that they deem is around that level.
The way eman pretended to shake bens hand after the passing challenge was hilarious
LDN keep up the great content
It's great seeing Scott where he is now, I remember when he was just starting on Spencer's Hashtag United FC team.
I played with a 56 overall in college, Harry Cooksley, the guy was an absolute monster.
I love Jaime's goofy haircut! The boy hasnt changed
The Real factor that differentiate professionals and amateurs is performance under pressure (physicaly and mentally)
This man is underrated
Give that man 70+ rating
Scottie definately deserves it as his hard work showed off here ❤️
he might be 56 in fifa but that also means that hes good enough too be an actual card in fifa
Was this filmed in letchworth?
bruh i remember this guy from hashtag united.. crazy
The goalkeeper is soo under rated 🤣🤣🤣
5:43
Bruh if that's a 57 bronze rated player , how good are Messi and Ronaldo then?
@Max -x yea for sure they jus give players who aren’t famous shit ratings once they get popular there rating goes up happens all the time
The gap between them isnt as big as you think.Skilled players are a dime a dozen.The reason Messi and Ronaldo are so succesful is their mental ability.They rarely fold in big games,they can play in a system,understand tactics,have an incredible work ethic,they deal with failure well and plenty of other things I cant think of right now.A lot of very skilled players throughout history failed or never reach there full potential because they struggled with these things.
@@BrooklynBalla absolute bollocks. The gap between this guy and Messi is as big as the gap between a sunday league player and this guy. Messi is literally a one in a billion or more player if you account for all the men who have played football since its creation, he's at the top. The difference in ability between a fourth english league player and Messi is not able to be highlighted by these challenges. This is child's play for any top league player. The difference would be extremely, extremely obvious if you put Messi in the 4th league or this guy in La Liga. He would look like an amateur
@@anismostefai Literally...just look at messi vs Estonia😂
Really love the energy in the video :D
The fact ive got him in the club and always tought of how good he is in real life iss crazzzy youtube really can read my mind
Pollock 😂 Gordon Ramsay gonna call him names Ngl
Bro Scott has been done dirty for like idk how long but I remember since fifa 17 he’s been the lowest rating
How da fook
Done dirty? with hardly any appearances for his side and being loaned out constantly despite playing 4th divison, i would reckon hes even rated higher than he should.
@@colemerchant8926 maybe he never gets a chance
@@Awpshark0 maybe he isn't good enough to
@@colemerchant8926 Im a northampton fan, he definitely is good enough but just never got any chances, will probably rip it up in the national league next season
Cool video! Made me laughed hard!
this hardly showcases Pollocks abilities as well. The difference i suspect would be massive when placed in an actual 11v11. on ball and off ball. i think thats what really separates these guys