We Need To Talk About Richarlison's Keepie-Uppies

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  • Brazilian international Richarlison caused a bit of a stir in the Premier League at Nottingham Forest last weekend, when he showboated with Tottenham winning 2-0, by juggling the ball a few times in the 85th minute.
    The ensuing furore from certain sections of the English media, pundits, and fans has been overwhelming, with some claiming that Richarlison should have been carded, not Brennan Johnson, or even that he deserved to get seriously injured.
    In this video, HITC Sevens analyses that visceral reaction, what it says about British football culture, and the British / English psyche in general.

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  • @rohithraman6488
    @rohithraman6488 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2065

    Pundits: footballers don't have character anymore, they're all robots, we need them to express themselves
    Richarlison: does three keepy ups
    Pundits: Richarlison is disrespectful

    • @sonofliberty1
      @sonofliberty1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      Yep, the internal dialogue of pundits seems to be along the lines of...
      "Give us some spectacle!"
      *something happens*
      "No! Not like that! Do it the way I want it!"

    • @cam-2002
      @cam-2002 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Not just pundits. The vast majority of fans as well. Pundits just get much more traction and have a bigger influence.

    • @footballhipster
      @footballhipster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Hypocrisy summed up.

    • @TheRogi22
      @TheRogi22 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That's what Martin Tyler was doing his opinions are dross

    • @cronoros
      @cronoros 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      For each action there is an equal and opposite reaction
      He did some keepy uppies so some keepy downies are required

  • @chachar7458
    @chachar7458 2 ปีที่แล้ว +701

    As a Forest fan I wasn't bothered by any of it. From some people's reactions you'd think he'd either committed a terrible crime or displayed some amazing skill. He did neither. Meh. Well played Spurs, it's a steep learning curve for Forest obviously but hopefully we'll learn and prosper.

    • @brandonmartin-moore5302
      @brandonmartin-moore5302 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Am also a Forest fan and agree

    • @sterlingnelson1429
      @sterlingnelson1429 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Best of luck this season, I’ve really enjoyed watching forest I’m hoping they stay up for a long time

    • @martinford4553
      @martinford4553 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Spurs fan and you guys looked great. You really didn't deserve to lose.

    • @dragosl.3103
      @dragosl.3103 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Spurs fan here. Thank you Forest for that entertaining match!

    • @samprizeman4509
      @samprizeman4509 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Spot on, football’s entertainment at the end of the day

  • @songokuyt8083
    @songokuyt8083 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1600

    I hope Richarlison does more showboating, he already clapped back on twitter with Neymar backing him. And it's with the latter that I first came across that nonesense where it's 'punishable' to showboat. Anyone remember when Neymar got booked for doing tricks?

    • @depekthegreat359
      @depekthegreat359 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I do not remember that but that was extremely so ridiculous for Neymar boss getting booked for doing his tricks,good friend Songoku YT!!!

    • @stumble_leiner
      @stumble_leiner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Yes I thought of Neymars during all this and I cant really visualise it but he was still at least doing tricks to beat players right? Not that Richarlison did anything wrong, but Neymars was even more ridiculous because he was still playing the game in an effective manner, but it was too flashy or something, insane.

    • @SalmanAli-hn2kt
      @SalmanAli-hn2kt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      reminds me of the unwritten rules in baseball

    • @gandalf_thegrey
      @gandalf_thegrey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@SalmanAli-hn2kt as someone who has only heard about them (and never lived them because I'm not a fan)
      JEEEEEEZZZZZZUS, these unwritten rules in Baseball are the biggest accumulation of bullshit I've ever heard
      Those rules were made by crybabies that couldn't accept defeat lol
      And, by the looks of it, as we can see here with three keeps uppies, those crybabies also set up unwritten rules in football

    • @theG.O.A.T289
      @theG.O.A.T289 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He did a rainbow flick and got a yellow cause it's illegal to do them in league 1

  • @ianmacfarlane1241
    @ianmacfarlane1241 2 ปีที่แล้ว +390

    I'm amazed that three keepy-ups is even being viewed as "showboating" - even I can knock out three keepy-ups.
    If he'd done fifty-three keepy-ups using every part of his body that'd be disrespectful... unsportsmanlike, but three - is that really taking the piss out of your opponents?

    • @gandalf_thegrey
      @gandalf_thegrey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      When you are sensitive and have a weak ego: Yes, three keepy uppies feels like he's taking the piss.

    • @badjujuforever
      @badjujuforever 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I wish I could do three

    • @shipu302
      @shipu302 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      It is. Keepy-ups are a fairly useless piece of skill without much of a pratical use in an actual match.
      You have to take into account the adrenaline and the fatigue as well. When you are 2 goals down with less than 10 minutes go many players will get easily rattled by the most minor of things. It's only natural. Richarlison knew that and used it to his advantage.
      Nothing wrong that, of course. It's perfectly within the laws of the game and the fans love to see it.

    • @lemmingsftw2480
      @lemmingsftw2480 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@shipu302 if it was just the players on the pitch that took offence it would be understandable but the reaction from some fans and pundits is just pathetic, it was 3 kick ups and what makes it even more pathetic is that richarlison is a well known wind up merchant, idk how people don't expect this from him

    • @hnsnrachel1
      @hnsnrachel1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think it's that it doesn't seem in any way necessary or helpful to his team for him to do it in the clip that most have seen of it and so it came across as taking the piss to a lot of people.
      I'm not making any judgment whatsoever on that, just BTW, just theorising as to why it upset people so much.

  • @nr18media
    @nr18media 2 ปีที่แล้ว +561

    I never thought I’d see a 25 minute video on three keepy-ups but nonetheless this is incredibly entertaining

    • @Jonathanizer
      @Jonathanizer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He is right, it goes to something wrong with peoples psyche, if they think showboating warrants injury. Same logic: If a r ape victim was out late at night, or dressed provocatively, she brought it on herself. Some people really think this, and they are just sick in the brain.

    • @mac_-mtlmcal
      @mac_-mtlmcal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Seriously, I usually enjoy this channel but this video is about 20 mins too long

    • @NazriB
      @NazriB 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lies again? Ramenten Rakuten

  • @jacoops
    @jacoops 2 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    If the media reacted the way they did, I want to see Richarlison do more kick ups and maybe an around the world to annoy them even more 😂

    • @teezus2036
      @teezus2036 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes plz 🤣🤣🤣🤣
      Double down on the haters

  • @jeffballmap616
    @jeffballmap616 2 ปีที่แล้ว +446

    Honestly I'd rprefer showboating over what many teams do nowadays when their in the lead, wasting time with set piece and backwards passing

    • @gandalf_thegrey
      @gandalf_thegrey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      This. At least we get to see something interesting.
      I seriously dislike time wasting in general, no matter how you do it.
      As a youth coach I always forbid it because I don't want my team to win that way. We need to play football for 60-90 minutes (depending on the age of the kids) no for 45 minutes and some glory runs around the field. We were doing it for fun, and respecting your opponent goes a long way in the youth leagues.
      But the difference is: I was a youth coach for a 8th league team, if we lose we are sad for a day or two.
      When Tottenham (all professional Clubs) loses there are contracts, advertising and a boatload of money involved. Not really what you want to lose out on. They are doing it. because it's their job where their performance + result matters, alot.

    • @kevinb9830
      @kevinb9830 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He was wasting time, though. He also dives and feigns injuries regularly.

    • @David-qq9bk
      @David-qq9bk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@kevinb9830 he wasn’t really wasting time tho, as long as the ball is playable there’s nothing stopping the opponents from taking the ball and scoring a goal. time wasting is delaying the act of putting the ball back in play

    • @jedross2136
      @jedross2136 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@David-qq9bk It's still time wasting even if you want to call it 'good clock management' or some other euphemism.

    • @lokinorsea456
      @lokinorsea456 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Or compare it to Man City and Liverpool beating lower table teams 5-0, 6-0, 9-0 every week, I think a few juggles on a football pitch would be way less egregious

  • @davemartin7994
    @davemartin7994 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This could be my favourite HITC Sevens video of all time. Incisive and earnest deep dive philosophical analyses (of things seemingly as trivial as a keepie-uppie) are what make this channel so great.

  • @christopheb9221
    @christopheb9221 2 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    Best point is they are entertainers and that is what fills the seats and doing stuff like that is what sells the jerseys. Only reason not to showboat is if you are losing.

    • @ronanfitzpatrick1261
      @ronanfitzpatrick1261 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly

    • @kevinb9830
      @kevinb9830 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Is wathcing someone do 3 keepy uppies really entertaining? Anyone can do that.

    • @donbridge9936
      @donbridge9936 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@kevinb9830 why are you commenting everywhere?

    • @gandalf_thegrey
      @gandalf_thegrey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@kevinb9830 More entertaining than 5 short range passes between the centre backs, that's for sure.
      Because that's what 99.9% of teams use to waste time without locking the ball.
      I take the keepie uppies, thanks.

    • @yourmum955
      @yourmum955 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kevinb9830 Yes. That alone has already put him in my top 5 Spurs players

  • @khighabisi6605
    @khighabisi6605 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    That fact that this is a topic is so ridiculous. Thank you for presenting it as such Alf. They gave him time and space with the ball while his team was ahead and they needed to run the clock down. If you don't want him to do this, then like mark him? Press him? Win the ball back, you know, football stuff. Fouling him was playing into his hands, and was the least intelligent thing to do. Time was wasted as he wanted, and as a bonus one of the top Forest players was booked. Do they not understand how football works? Are there reasons to aim for someone's shins during a game? Certainly, keepy uppies are not that reason

  • @davidwikeley
    @davidwikeley 2 ปีที่แล้ว +462

    As a Spurs fan, I obviously loved it. The overreaction is too much. Every child spends years practicing skills. Why does football have to be so serious all the time. I bet these pundits would label a player as unprofessional just for smiling more than usual. They’re all so bitter that their careers are over.

    • @JamesGames95
      @JamesGames95 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      As an Everton fan, I'd get used to this if Carragher is on commentary. He's made a point of having a go at Richie every game since he scored at Anfield in a game we won for once 🤣

    • @shadetdark
      @shadetdark 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Because it's a professional game where every player is getting huge cheques. It is initially a job first and foremost.
      Basically put it, what he did was taunt the opponent, and universally in any given sport, that is viewed as disrespectful and would easily make the opponent hostile

    • @aldren707
      @aldren707 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      @@shadetdark dismantling someone's legs is part of the sport but juggling the ball isn't.

    • @LoyalFan9383
      @LoyalFan9383 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why would they be bitter their career. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @PrehistoricPro
      @PrehistoricPro 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@shadetdark Exactly. There's a difference between this and using a roulette or a Cruyff turn to beat a man. The latter are genuine examples of flair and skill, what Richarlison did was just an attempt at mockery.
      I don't get these people drooling over it. A 7-year-old can do 3 keepie-uppies and, to make things worse, Richarlison misplaced his pass afterwards as well. So, it's hardly an impressive piece of individual brilliance worth marvelling at and he didn't even execute it to a satisfactory standard.

  • @XyleneOS
    @XyleneOS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Personally, I'd love to see more showboating and piss taking on the pitch. But I'm equally happy to see a bit of what goes around comes around in that showboat = a bit of an "'av that" (no I don't mean two footing his ankles and ruining his career, just a knock or two). I think it all just adds up to louder and crazier atmospheres and a bit more emotion in the sport. I'd rather be wound up by a team than sit there emotionally void as the game wraps up in a defeat for my team

    • @MAnnnooo1
      @MAnnnooo1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm brazilian and totally agree.

  • @EuroStacks
    @EuroStacks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +249

    The way pundits like carragher and souness reacted to this- you’d think richarlison had committed a horrid crime on the pitch 😂

    • @wesleymcglone6937
      @wesleymcglone6937 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      His hair style is a crime

    • @ianmacfarlane1241
      @ianmacfarlane1241 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @EuroStacks
      Note that neither of them, despite being decent players, (though Souness was a thug) were particularly creative players.

    • @lolumo
      @lolumo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Racist scousers hating someone more skilled than they ever were, count me shocked

    • @Support-your-local-team
      @Support-your-local-team 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      The blame lies with Paul Pogba for inventing showboating in 2012.

    • @dinnahfc4057
      @dinnahfc4057 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lolumo it’s pretty obvious that liverpool fans hate him for his diving and his borderline assault of thiago but sure, it’s racial. moron.

  • @DoctorZomboo
    @DoctorZomboo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +239

    Honestly need more stuff like this in the English game. Its just fun and like you say no different from a winger running to the corner flag doing stepovers. If I was a Forest fan I would be more upset he had the time and space to do that in the first place!

    • @daarom3472
      @daarom3472 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      m.th-cam.com/video/U_UE0lNSaE0/w-d-xo.html
      This guy invented it. Ajax dominating the greatest European team at their own stadium. Under van Gaal Richard Witsche did the same (again in the Bernabeu).

    • @yourmum955
      @yourmum955 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Ghostface That's what you want. Riles them up and gets them a yellow. Richarlison would've been delighted after Johnson clattered him

  • @alexb7799
    @alexb7799 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    much more entertaining to see someone waste time with their skills then just falling on the floor and calling the medical team to magically cure them

  • @Pantalaimon91
    @Pantalaimon91 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    You actually made a video on Richarlison's juggling and talked about how it relates to Margaret Thatcher's influence on changing English culture. That is genuinely amazing. Never change Alfie, never change.
    On a serious note, I completely understand where Johnson was coming from. He was frustrated and took it out on an opponent who showboated. I did it when I was a kid as a defender, it was dumb, and I regret it. I don't think his act is necessarily even uncommon. But I do think it shouldn't be celebrated. He should be told he needs to keep his head straight and play with professionalism and pride.
    The thing that really infuriates me is that this is the exact opposite response everyone had a couple weeks ago when Darwin Nunez put his head through Joachim Andersen. Essentially the same thing happened: A young and inexperienced player got riled up by teasing or purposeful aggravation by an opposing player, and he lashed out in a stupid way. One saw red, the other yellow. Everyone was condemning and criticizing Nunez for his actions, but now everyone wants to defend Johnson for his. All because Richarlison did a few keepy-uppies. There is a serious brain-rot problem in this world.

    • @TheUnfinishedSynth
      @TheUnfinishedSynth 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is an excellent point.

    • @NameName-wf7cb
      @NameName-wf7cb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He definitely should change, Alfie is massively uninformed on politics and culture. Classic silly small minded middle class English mentality.

    • @12345krillin
      @12345krillin 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He did actually attempt to get the ball though, unlike Nunez.

  • @frannyp46
    @frannyp46 2 ปีที่แล้ว +195

    Martin Tyler is a modern day Brian Moore who used to hate footballers strutting after scoring a goal back in the early nineties. If you wonder why Brazil are not the samba team they used to be, it’s because their top players play in Europe.

    • @gandalf_thegrey
      @gandalf_thegrey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That has nothing to do with them playing in Europe loooool.
      The winning team of 2002 was Samba pure and all the important people played in Europe. Like they do for at least 35 years.

    • @UncledadBFD
      @UncledadBFD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@gandalf_thegrey that’s categorically false. The 1982 team was the last true samba team. They changed their style somewhat following the brutality of their opponents in that competition.

    • @mrbojangles5313
      @mrbojangles5313 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank for for brexit them, allowing Richardson to express himself whilst free from their tyrannical yolk

    • @RedCloudGawdian
      @RedCloudGawdian 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@UncledadBFD if you think Brazil 2002 didn't play samba football, you didn't watch that world Cup. Football progressed in the 20 years since 1982 and 2002. The speed and strength of players increased. Regardless, the 3 Rs kept joga bonito alive in 2002

    • @UncledadBFD
      @UncledadBFD 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RedCloudGawdian I did watch that World Cup, Brazil were excellent and played some beautiful football. My point still stands

  • @RoryMonaghan
    @RoryMonaghan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    I grew up watching mostly Premier League and Serie A. In the 90s, I much preferred the Italian brand of football. Had the tough defenders but also the slick forwards who had a bit of flair about how they played. In the Premier League, I loved players like Eric Cantona, Benito Carbone, Jay Jay Okocha who played with flair. Without it, the game is dull as dishwater.

    • @benday1218
      @benday1218 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      agreed. Feel the same.

    • @EgoHead710
      @EgoHead710 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm sorry but not everyone's interested in showboating. Flair players aren't everything and there's more to football than just being flashy, I'm sorry but this video seems rather odd to me.

    • @neronicmoment797
      @neronicmoment797 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jay jay what an underrated player loved watching him at Bolton I’m sure he crossed paths with a young Ronaldinho at psg another ridiculous talent

    • @donj1
      @donj1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@EgoHead710 not everyone but majority of fans doesnt care about showboating at all lmao

    • @donj1
      @donj1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @MyGaming Den i guess ronaldinho was disrespectful then. what a joke.

  • @kunalgub
    @kunalgub 2 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    I had the thought while watch the ESPN aftershow ........ if you are more offended by someone mocking rather than someone assaulting the said person, I think you have a serious problem. He could've torn his knee ligaments easily, and the fact that he's just playing the sport while the other is deliberately trying to hurt a person. If you think he deserved it, just answer this : would one not be in jail, if someone mocked you and you hit them on the street?

    • @nyasha_ish
      @nyasha_ish 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He straight disrespected not forest he strsight juc said u not on our level so instead of playing football i will start showboating maybe u dont understand coz u not a pro player but someone juggling in a football match can be considered disrespect

    • @sarahjackson1860
      @sarahjackson1860 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Great comment 👍

    • @adamlennard1828
      @adamlennard1828 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@nyasha_ish doesn’t mean you can just assault someone though.

    • @kiriakoz
      @kiriakoz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      sorry to hear that you had to watc hthe ESPN aftershow. I watched it once and it was a traumatic experience.

    • @thomas-jo2my
      @thomas-jo2my 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@kiriakoz 😂😂

  • @HelloHowsItGoin09
    @HelloHowsItGoin09 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    1. Richarlison juggled the ball on his head against Man Utd last season, it was praised.
    2. Most Nottingham Forest fans didn’t even care, they saw one of their own clatter him so were happy. Tottenham fans loved seeing the cheek, so both sets of fans are fine.
    3. If it was Brennan Johnson doing keepy ups after being 2-0 up against Tottenham, guarantee the commentators would be praising him, and again Forest fans would be happy seeing it, Tottenham fans would be happy seeing him clattered.
    I think the media just don’t like Richarlison tbh.

    • @NephilimHunter1959
      @NephilimHunter1959 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      To be fair Richarlison is just an unlikable person

    • @MrAnonymoss
      @MrAnonymoss 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think the thing is though, it gets swung back
      I agree that both sets of fans are fine with it and should be, but you get one group saying 'if he broke his leg he would have had it coming' so the other group pulls their extreme 'johnson tried to murder him for being expressive'
      The reality is, it wasn't a dangerous challenge, just a tough one
      One that I think mirrored in spirit, if not in skill, the 'showboating' of Richarlison
      So for me, the reality is the situation is fine and I don't think neither need to be critiqued, but strangely it seems to be most people insist we pick one side and one must be a villain

    • @brushark9090
      @brushark9090 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@NephilimHunter1959 actually he is not, he is heavily engaged in charity causes and has an overall very nice personality. Idk where you are from, but maybe that is more of a thing that the British don't like him at all for the way he is. Heck, I'd say the likes of Vinnie Jones was 10x more unlikable back in the day, for example.

    • @pjkerrigan20
      @pjkerrigan20 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@brushark9090 as a palace supporter, a lot of the talking points people use to hate Richarlison remind me a lot of the discourse on Zaha. Both are really good at winding other players up on the pitch, and both are difficult to play against. Yet both also devote much of their free time to charity and family and seem like all around nice guys when u see them in training and the like. People just love to spin narratives and make up bad guys where they don’t exist.

    • @LuigiLuigi728
      @LuigiLuigi728 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah I totally agree it's more just because people hate Richarlison, if it was Firmino or Gabriel Jesus who did the keepie uppies, nobody would give a crap lol 😅

  • @keneokafor8327
    @keneokafor8327 2 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Football need more "disrespectful" moments. Football needs more "showboating".

    • @thespanishinquisition2200
      @thespanishinquisition2200 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The players who do it are still going to get cluttered.

    • @1fan-9
      @1fan-9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thespanishinquisition2200 and then those players are going to be called divers.

    • @DontAttme
      @DontAttme 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And every opposition player should get no more than a warning for delivering a mid air 2 foot diving tackle to the ankles.

  • @liamlyons6645
    @liamlyons6645 2 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    It’s actually pretty smart from Richarlison really: see out a 2-0 lead by winding up opponents.
    Anyone whose played any sport at, really, any level understands how important mentality is.
    It’s true he risks someone lashing out on him with a stray boot, but that’s a professional risk, it’s part of the game.

    • @MrSkippingpig
      @MrSkippingpig 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I highly doubt he's anywhere near that intelligent

    • @seankelly378
      @seankelly378 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@MrSkippingpig your comment shows exactly what’s wrong with this country’s football

    • @andrewharing2637
      @andrewharing2637 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@MrSkippingpig And why do you think that?

    • @wussup12345
      @wussup12345 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@andrewharing2637 ever met a smart Brazilian? I havent

    • @TekomoNakama6969
      @TekomoNakama6969 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wussup12345 nah, we're all dumb. In fact, I'm writing this in Portuguese and you can understand it because you're a giga chad

  • @marcdepaoli4629
    @marcdepaoli4629 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Alfie this is exceptional. You made every point perfectly and every insult I’ll back til the grave. Well done

  • @MathiasGmail86
    @MathiasGmail86 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    You're absolutely spot on. Much as I can't stand Richarlison, I don't want to see the lad get injured. Maybe custard-pied in the face every now and then, like as if he was on a Saturday morning kids tv show, but not kicked up and down the place.

  • @robw6241
    @robw6241 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Excellent content as always Alfie. It's good to know that there are still people like you out there, who at the very least can think for themselves and are not devoid of reasoning and objectivity

    • @nicholasmackenzie-rowe68
      @nicholasmackenzie-rowe68 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Apart from the fact he does exactly what he complains about, regarding politics. He wasn't even born in the 80's.

  • @shenders1960
    @shenders1960 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Seen it before with Nathan Oduwa at Rangers he did a rainbow flick on a player and you'd think he broke someone's leg the way the commentary team went on. Later in the game he took a bad tackle and they insinuated he deserved it for doing flicks and step overs. Next day the print media were calling him disrespectful to his opponents.

  • @arpanghosh884
    @arpanghosh884 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    One of my friends has a similar outlook to Richarlison’s keepy uppies and told me it is disrespectful. I showed him Liverpool’s score line against Bournemouth. By the same logic, Liverpool should be banned from playing football altogether

    • @myownlilbubble
      @myownlilbubble 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Apples and oranges comparison.
      What were you even trying to prove?

    • @adhityakarikaalan5063
      @adhityakarikaalan5063 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      exactly...

    • @Support-your-local-team
      @Support-your-local-team 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I've got nothing against what Richarlison did but that's not a like for like comparison. Liverpool scoring nine rather than four could in theory change where they finish in the league. Richarlison's only objective was to take the piss (fair enough though).

    • @Goozero1
      @Goozero1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      A comparison would be when Allan Saint-Maximin stopped dribbling, dances and moved his body side to side without touching the ball, and saying that's disrespectful. Fits the criteria. It's pointless showboating that doesn't add to his game. He could've just dribbled the ball and avoided the player.
      I don't understand how that's bad enough to deserve a yellow card like some people talk about. Which is pretty ridiculous, really.
      th-cam.com/users/shortsve2I6LC8Bm8?feature=share
      Also I don't remember people condemning Saint-Maximin when he did this. It's falls under showboating too.

    • @arpanghosh884
      @arpanghosh884 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      m I am trying to prove is that if a couple of kippy uppies can disrespect you, what will that score line do?

  • @THENOCK1366
    @THENOCK1366 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    American here: this video also reminds me of the discourse around the unwritten rules of baseball. People forget that these are games meant for entertainment.

  • @jackfenton3892
    @jackfenton3892 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    i think i just started crying with laughter from about 18 minutes or so onwards lol.
    this is a great video alphy

  • @SmearyImpala517
    @SmearyImpala517 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I once had my life threatened at an U17 Football match in South Africa for simply winning a foot race towards the ball and clearing it before the attacker. The problem of violent idiocy in football fans is a worldwide problem

  • @CrazyInsanelikeafox
    @CrazyInsanelikeafox 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Henry done it while running with the ball! It was magnificent! Keep it up with the flair, it makes the game more entertaining.
    The guy done 3 kick ups and then laid the ball off to his team mate. There was nobody tackling him at the time. Get a grip.
    Also, who remembers when nutmegging was considered to be taking the piss?

    • @gamewithgreg
      @gamewithgreg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And even then his pass was inaccurate and bounced back to him off an opponent

    • @jamespicksley5781
      @jamespicksley5781 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Henry did it to try and get past an opponent, Richarlison did it with no intention of going anywhere to disrespect, huge difference between the 2.

    • @Vahapetautus
      @Vahapetautus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jamespicksley5781 also henry actually got somewhere with it, richarlison made the wrong decision to pass to a player under pressure for the ball back and got clattered. Embarrassing.

  • @russcottee
    @russcottee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Well done Alfie: sadly the reaction mirrors how this country has become a xenophobic cesspit, particularly post 2016 which seemed to normalise racism and all that comes with it.

    • @dereksmith6126
      @dereksmith6126 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      How did you get racism out of that video?

  • @siler22
    @siler22 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Foden:*delibretly wasting time by faking an injury* Pundits:what a smart player playing with Atletico nevers
    Richarlison: *does kick ups while his team leads* Pundits:we don't do that in our nation

    • @glennb6020
      @glennb6020 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Atletico get destroyed by the media every time they play an English team

    • @Goozero1
      @Goozero1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Apparently wasting time rolling around on the ground is tactical while wasting time doing keepy uppies is not. Faking injuries doesn't deserve retaliation while doing a trick that doesn't stop play does?

  • @HelloThere.0192
    @HelloThere.0192 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Alfie, you really are one of the most sane not just football channel, but just as a football fan out there. I've watched your vids for about 2-3 years and I've never been bored because of your content. Your way of keeping the humanity in football feels like a dying breed as people would rather watch someone try and break someone's leg than watch actual football.
    I'm all in for a hard challenge, I really am. But just don't do it with the intention of breaking someone else's legs.

  • @Oilerfan5
    @Oilerfan5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Of all the HITC uploads I see right before bed, this is the one I felt I had to watch.

  • @realsciencerhythm
    @realsciencerhythm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Alfie, wow, hats off Man! Your objective point of view is sooo priceless. It, unfortunately , becomes a real rarity these days. I do not agree with you on all issues that you talk about in your videos, but here - you're more than spot on. You're quality bloke. Respect!

  • @hothitrieuminh5967
    @hothitrieuminh5967 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This 25 mins keepie uppies of HITC Sevens is absolute GOLD. By the way, can you do the sucess current years of Vietnam football?

  • @mapkocc
    @mapkocc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Outstanding analysis. Quality, depth, and great bits of humor as always. Alfie is the best football journalist on the internet, change my mind

    • @pjsmith2744
      @pjsmith2744 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Can’t disagree mate. I watch Alfie’s videos even when the subject doesn’t really interest me as I know the depth of research will be outstanding.

    • @mapkocc
      @mapkocc 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pjsmith2744 same

  • @olayinkaamara385
    @olayinkaamara385 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    You're correct about Len Shackleton, there's no greater showboater to come out of the British game than him.

  • @farbrormelker2341
    @farbrormelker2341 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    As a Spurs fan, I have no problem with neither the keepie uppies or the tackle. Had someone in Nottingham done the same I probably would've cheered if Richarlison fouled him, but I wouldn't want to punish the Nottingham player either.

  • @uriustosh
    @uriustosh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    If you cannot stop a player within the rules of the game from dribbling, then its your fault. You are not a good enough player, and your team isnt good enough. To then create a false narrative that in a competitive sports match that using learned skills like dribbling is disrespectful....just beyond the pale. The fact is, if a player waste time dribbling because they have a lead, its because the opposition are getting beaten by a superior opponent or tactic. If they need to break rules, fouling players that do that, then they just show how crap they are as a player and how poor the team spirit it. No fight to win, just petulant personal animus because "you are making me look bad cry cry cry".

    • @gandalf_thegrey
      @gandalf_thegrey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If they don't want to get "DiSrEsPeCtEd" I advise them to be better defenders.
      They should ask VVD how to intercept dribblings or something, but don't cry that the others are bad people for being better than you. That's incredibly childish and extremely sensitive.

    • @todd1928
      @todd1928 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They were fighting, the whole game. And they still were up until the final whistle. The only person who stopped caring about the game in that moment was the guy who took the time to taunt a far weaker opponent. That's why they were pissed off.

    • @gandalf_thegrey
      @gandalf_thegrey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@todd1928 Being outclassed sucks, man.

    • @todd1928
      @todd1928 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gandalf_thegrey this has nothing to do with being outclassed. Keepie-uppies are a schoolyard drill that every player on the field can do in their sleep. They weren't angry about the loss, they were angry about Richarlison being a dick.

    • @1998Cebola
      @1998Cebola 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@todd1928 and they took the bait, proving how inferior they actually were

  • @vankai06
    @vankai06 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This video should be taught in your schools. you blended the culutre, the class and the history beautifully.

  • @Goozero1
    @Goozero1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Doing keepy uppies is disrespectful but keeping the ball on the corner flag at the 90th minute resulting in a 4-man pile up and fists being thrown isn't?

    • @backtothefifa1059
      @backtothefifa1059 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      One is a viable tactic, the other is blatant disrespect towards a fellow professional.

    • @soulfulcabbage7616
      @soulfulcabbage7616 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@backtothefifa1059 please go touch grass

    • @Goozero1
      @Goozero1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@backtothefifa1059 how is it disrespectful? It's just as pointless as stepovers that go nowhere and bobbing the ball with headers.

    • @ferraristrategists5949
      @ferraristrategists5949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@backtothefifa1059 it entertainment the other one is a dirty tactic

    • @Goozero1
      @Goozero1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@backtothefifa1059 also keepy uppies can also be used to waste time just as much as idling with the ball and baiting players to press.

  • @cs3473
    @cs3473 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I thought Richarlison's keepie-uppies was more a flippant reaction to being stuck on the bench and coming on in the 85th minute than any sort of showboating on his part.

  • @Reynolds69er
    @Reynolds69er 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    It's not a perfect comparison but it brings to mind when a basketball player scores in the dying seconds when up by a fair few points. The other team starts pushing and shoving, whining about the 'code' or some crap. Basically, if you don't like it, you should have played better

    • @todd1928
      @todd1928 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That wasn't just scoring though. That was doing a windmill dunk up by 15. It's an attempt to humiliate your opponent when you're going to win.

    • @Reynolds69er
      @Reynolds69er 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@todd1928 for every windmill dunk though, there's a lance Stephenson simply laying it in. In any case, if you don't like it, don't be losing and definitely don't take it out on them physically. Next time, remember what happened and win the game and then rub it in his face

    • @gandalf_thegrey
      @gandalf_thegrey 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@todd1928 You should defend better when your game results in your opponent not even trying anymore within normal game time.
      It's their fault they got so many goals a club like Tottenham (aka serial bottlers) doesn't even need to put effort in.
      Maybe the wrong league? Maybe ask VVD how to defend a dribbling properly?
      Maybe pull yourself out of that self-pity and accept that your bad performance, not the keepy uppies are what's disrespectful.... Towards the fans? YOUR fans.
      So many questions, but at the end of the day, Richarlison has done nothing bad, some people just have a 20 inch wooden stick up their arse.

    • @todd1928
      @todd1928 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Reynolds69er you say that like these are two evenly matched teams and all Nottingham have to do is try a little harder. This a newly promoted side being humiliated by a premier league powerhouse. "Just win next time" is a pretty weak response.

    • @gandalf_thegrey
      @gandalf_thegrey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@todd1928 Being offended by being outclassed is also a pretty weak response.

  • @TheKalaxis
    @TheKalaxis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Of course showboating should be encouraged. It makes the game more entertaining.
    While doing those keepie-uppies, the ball was still in open play so any forest player could have attempted a fair tackle to try and take the ball from him so I don't see the problem.
    As for it being disrespectful, it simply just isn't. People probably considered the Cryuff turn "showboating" and "disrespect" when Cryuff started doing it. Now it's a core skill taught to every academy prospect 🤷‍♂️

  • @johndoherty5194
    @johndoherty5194 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    He's Brazilian, they show a bit of flare and live for football. Not like English players, kane, maguire etc, lumping the ball about

    • @willhartley9042
      @willhartley9042 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Kane 'lumping the ball about' is a bit of a harsh assessment hahaha

    • @scipioafricanus2212
      @scipioafricanus2212 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Although I agree with the sentiment of your statement, describing Kane like that is just retarded.

    • @PrehistoricPro
      @PrehistoricPro 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ah yes, so much flair involved in doing 3 keepie-uppies and misplacing a pass. Not like most of us had mastered that 'skill' at 7, is it? I bet Ronaldinho is crying himself to sleep with jealousy this week.

  • @kobinho1917
    @kobinho1917 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Linking three keppie-uppies to Margaret Thatcher is brilliant, you’re a man of my own heart ❤️

  • @toluabisola
    @toluabisola 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Strongly agree with your general point but the video was perhaps a little too long :)
    Watching the old school players vent their toxic views around this has been nauseating to say the least.
    Glad someone has come out to represent those of us with a different view on this.

    • @peteraleksandrovich5923
      @peteraleksandrovich5923 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Which part should be edited out?

    • @toluabisola
      @toluabisola 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@peteraleksandrovich5923 The parts that IMO don't add much. The whole thing could have been more condensed IMO

    • @HelloThere-uh3ll
      @HelloThere-uh3ll 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was literally so excited when I heard ray hudsons voice on the psg game today. Was like finally we get a break from all these mad moaning former player turn pundits

  • @ivan.flrs2
    @ivan.flrs2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    sensational video, alfie. imagine not liking football but still watching it every single week

  • @Hauler24
    @Hauler24 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Great take on this and I love your stuff. You are 100 percent right and this shouldn't be so frowned upon. Let them express themselves.

  • @CorneliusCorkery
    @CorneliusCorkery 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeah, I‘d say very few people think Richarlison should have had his leg broken for show boating either, but I’m really glad you’re here to put them in their place...

  • @RichardStottComedy
    @RichardStottComedy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    An XI of if Scandinavia banded together and how well they'd do in major tournaments

    • @SaturnusDK
      @SaturnusDK 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They'd win them all so easily it wouldn't even be funny. Denmark is number 10 in the FIFA rankings without having a striker worth their salt for over a decade while Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Iceland have fostered some brilliant or at least decent strikers but without having a reliable world class central defense or midfield like Denmark. So just take the Danish team, sprinkle in a dash of Haaland and Isak on top, and you got yourself an unstoppable tournament winning team.

    • @ilikecheeseand4061
      @ilikecheeseand4061 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No

    • @samuelschonenberger
      @samuelschonenberger 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A German channel made a video about that if you can understand it

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SaturnusDK No way. They would improve but not to those levels.

    • @discodavid26
      @discodavid26 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      … while I wouldn’t say they would win this World Cup… a United Nordic team would have won at a minimum one World Cup in the years since the 2nd world war …definitely …… I also would be facilitated to see if in 1950 when the 4 British teams came back into fifa if they only entered the world cups as a single untied British team how many World Cup wins that team would have had by now …… as we know England on its own won once on home soil … but a United team could have been another Italy or Germany on 3 plus wins easily?! ?

  • @joaotango5360
    @joaotango5360 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey Alfie, I'm Brazilian. If you lose your passport I'll give you a Brazilian one, you deserve it after this amazing video

  • @herrerasauro7429
    @herrerasauro7429 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    As a brazilian, I'm here to congratulate you on a absurdly reasonable and well thought out response.
    It may seem absurd, but pundits here are not much different from England about showboating and defend the aggressors way more than the ones actually playing the sport as it's intended, in fact, what keeps the flair and creativity alive is the fact football is played a lot as a kid game, without much rules nor coaches and referees on absurd fields and "balls" (like playing with a smashed up can of soda during school break).

  • @oiiichiefens
    @oiiichiefens 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    If Richalison was Ronaldinho or Neymar that move would have been praised 😑

    • @realchriswrld3149
      @realchriswrld3149 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Just dinho. People hate on neymar for “showboating” too

    • @aldren707
      @aldren707 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who knows with these EPL pundits. Someday they would say skilfully dribbling and nutmegs are a disgrace to the sport.

    • @myownlilbubble
      @myownlilbubble 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@realchriswrld3149 I think Neymar's diving made him unpopular...that in turn made his showboating just as hated as well.

  • @dereksmith6126
    @dereksmith6126 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    A very level headed response.
    Football people (fans, pundits etc) are always talking about respect, but only when it suits them.

  • @leehaseley2164
    @leehaseley2164 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    People condoning the foul for "showboating" make a clear lack of adult-level reasoning apparent.

  • @KindredBrujah
    @KindredBrujah ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If we didn't allow showboating, we'd never have gotten to see Ronaldinho play. Who wants to live in that world? Not me.

  • @xixXxxXxix
    @xixXxxXxix 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Keep-Ups aren't the same as a step-over or Rabona, not in this case anyway. Rabona's and step-overs are done to gain some sort of an advantage within the game, Richarlison's keep-ups were simply just done to do them. If he was attacking
    Forest and the opportunity came to do keep-ups over and around players Ronaldinho-esque, then everyone would be saying "Wow he's playing like Ronaldinho" and would be on his side if he got clattered.

    • @enfado23
      @enfado23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      100% agree. He was taunting the opposition. Flair moves in the context of gaining an attacking advantage are completely different

  • @rjbride
    @rjbride ปีที่แล้ว

    😂 very enjoyable. You’re rants are so skilfully assembled I can only stand back and admire the beauty 😂 on the subject of diving/ conning refs I always think of winking Mickey Thomas and how Brian Moore and the crowd lap up his antics back in the seventies.

  • @dinglerofl4784
    @dinglerofl4784 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    hot take: physically assaulting people is bad actually

    • @alexb7799
      @alexb7799 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      stunning and brave

  • @miguellopes5319
    @miguellopes5319 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The Queen's meme aged poorly...

  • @felixbache5369
    @felixbache5369 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I agree with Alfie on this, but I disagree with his way of describing the incident referring to Richarlison's showboating as 'doing keepy-uppies' and to Johnson's tackle as 'kicking someone down'.
    Both of those actions need to be seen in the context of a football match. While Johnson was technically 'kicking someone down' it was still just a tackle, one of the most common occurances in football, whilst juggling the ball in the middle of a game is very much not a common occurrance, and is pretty much objectively seen as a way of humiliating your opponent.
    Still, I don't think Richarlison did anything wrong, and I agree that 'showboating' is a natural part of the game and adds to entertainment value. I also don't think Johnson did anything particularly wrong by performing what I would describe as a 'hard challenge' on Richarlison.

    • @lamp2391
      @lamp2391 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      johnson didnt just foul him in fairness he clattered into him with no regard for the ball

    • @felixbache5369
      @felixbache5369 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lamp2391 It was needlessly hard, sure, but it's the kind of tackle you've seen a thousand times before

  • @marcel_kleist
    @marcel_kleist 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I learned more about British culture on your channel than in school, even.

    • @marcel_kleist
      @marcel_kleist 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean. I’m from Germany and we actually don’t learn stuff about Britain here. But my point stands.

  • @athosgomesfonseca
    @athosgomesfonseca 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Flair and technique are assets and tools footballers possess and must be permitted to employ in the game, showboating or not. Anyone who uses violence in retaliation should be subject to VAR, red carding and banning depending on the gravity of the altercation. Yes, showboating is silly, but often dribblers are assaulted with impunity and if that’s the route you seek, I recommend Rugby or Hockey instead.

    • @Jonathanizer
      @Jonathanizer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why is showboating silly? It's an expression of creativity and love for the game. Nothing silly about that. Taking offense at such an act is silly, not showboating itself.

    • @athosgomesfonseca
      @athosgomesfonseca 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Jonathanizer because it is arrogant and prideful. I’m Brazilian, I don’t mind a trick or two to get past an opponent which is NOT what he did. Hence it’s silly.

    • @Jonathanizer
      @Jonathanizer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@athosgomesfonseca Well, i'm not Brazilian, i'm German, not sure why that matters though. Not only do i not mind "a trick or two", i enjoy it. Players like Rene Higuita are true entertainers. And that's the whole purpose of watching football: to be entertained. Not everything needs to be directly going towards the final score on the board. When Mario Balotelli kicked Germany out of the Euros a few years back, i did not mind his meme celebration, in fact i took it as consolation, that at least something funny came from that loss. People need to get that stick out of their ass, football is supposed to be fun.
      So it is not only not silly, it is actually better than not making a "trick or two". Of course football can be tremendously entertaining without any tricks or showboating or something alike, but i would argue it doesn't hurt anyone, and certainly doesn't lower the entertainment value for the viewers. I can't imagine anybody saying "i was less entertained by this football match, because there was too many tricks, dribbles, back heels, rabonas and bicycle kicks." Can you?

  • @Brosmobile585
    @Brosmobile585 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Breathe of fresh air. Brilliant content as always. Beautifully delivered as well.

  • @tylerb09965
    @tylerb09965 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Anyone notice at 0:28 he said being "DEADly serious" then showed a picture of the queen...

  • @Shambles27
    @Shambles27 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    this is a slippery slope, I'm also a baseball fan and the "Unwritten rules" of baseball are literally the worst part of the game

  • @EvilFinian
    @EvilFinian 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    As a Forest fan I had no real problem with the keepy uppies nor Johnsons reaction. If you are good enough to do it fair play, but it is as all the other cases of showboating he mentioned it is also about sending a message that "you aren't good enough to stop me" so therefore it is asking for a response. He got one. The end.

    • @renandmrtns
      @renandmrtns 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, Johnson proved Richarlison's point. He was, in fact, not good enough. That's an L in my books ✍

  • @alexander21822
    @alexander21822 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love this, love the passion and love the calling out of the football dinosaurs dragging down the beautiful game.

  • @dhaenir
    @dhaenir 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    While I agree with the take on the situation, your attributing the reaction to a British mentality I do not (although the proporionality might be telling).
    This is a conflict that has been going on for a long time and in many if not most footballing regions, Brazil being no exception.

    • @n.d.miller1543
      @n.d.miller1543 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Seriously, didn't they see what happened to Kerlon?

    • @jubei7259
      @jubei7259 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, we've seen it happen in international football many times, even at World Cups but I don't think it's really about show boating per se. It's more that players don't like time wasting.

    • @dhaenir
      @dhaenir 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@n.d.miller1543 And that was despite his thing most definately being done for gamplay purposes (and porpoises).
      I remember listening to a documetary about Ronaldinho and he was repeatedly warned (in Brazil) not to dribble the way he did because if someone injured him "he'd only have himself to blame".

    • @dhaenir
      @dhaenir 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jubei7259 I don't think that's all there is to it. I see the reactions (on and off the pitch) to something like this and to "normal" time wasting as differing, but that might just be confiramtion bias on my part.

    • @herrerasauro7429
      @herrerasauro7429 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dhaenir Can confirm, in Brazil it's no different. Look up the Corinthians vs Palmeiras brawl here th-cam.com/video/pdWjOBJUS_Y/w-d-xo.html During all the brawl the commenters are justifying the agressions throught it all
      What keeps it alive is how football is played as a kid's game without rules and referees outside of the professional setting, where showboating is in the spirit of the game being played.

  • @joshuavaughan2389
    @joshuavaughan2389 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    0:26 HITC Sevens predicting the queens death. This better be number one in next years 22/23 predictions review list

  • @harrisonadams6833
    @harrisonadams6833 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I agree I see nothing wrong with it, similarly with arsenal whenever they celebrate they get instantly shut down for over celebrating, for me this stuff makes the game exciting and differs from the robotic respect all the time. While I believe everyone needs respect, this adds to the game.

  • @cliffyoung4612
    @cliffyoung4612 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Some very amusing references in there & some amazing photos. Good stuff.

  • @dealbreakerj1835
    @dealbreakerj1835 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I don’t like Spurs or Richarlison at all but completely agree with everything said in this video - the overreaction to this has been INSANE.

  • @NM-bo1wk
    @NM-bo1wk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Been watching you for years now, this is my favourite of your videos

  • @jahnvansohn9906
    @jahnvansohn9906 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    There is, or was a similar thing in (ice)hockey, over the last couple of years. Because it used to be a super rough sport, and fans and pundits were proud of that. So any form of expression was oftentimes criticized as bad for the game, and people (rightly) claimed that it wouldn’t have happened before. But the skill took over, and now people welcome it. So I guess it will just take a bit longer for football, but you’ll get there

    • @lordofwar338
      @lordofwar338 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      A lot of people haven't enjoyed ice hockey going soft. A lot of the appeal of hockey was players like Neeley and lucic. In the past few years hockey has become a more boring version of football. The thing that made ice hockey unique was violence and aggression.

    • @hmu05366
      @hmu05366 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nobody watches ice hockey

    • @joshuabaney8373
      @joshuabaney8373 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lordofwar338 hits in ice hockey have increased in the past few years and are comparable to "the good old days" so many players were injured at the start of the last season. I don't condom it or say it's good or anything but at least there's integrity in ice hockey. No embellishment or "winning" of penalties or in footballs case "fouls". I do agree though that its good to see personalities shine on the ice to an extent. Ovi's hot stick celebration in a blow out although isnt showing good sportsmanship and for me personally you shouldn't be celebrating when your team is winning 7:2 in the third period I do think there's a place for it.

  • @MjolnirMarks
    @MjolnirMarks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Let’s not forget Hoddle and Spurs’ reaction after a preseason game in South Africa, against Orlando Pirates 🏴‍☠️

  • @goat2king
    @goat2king 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    0:28 aged well

  • @ian-flanagan
    @ian-flanagan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You regularly persuade me to your point of view, but I never expected this channel to make me a better person! Love it!

  • @SkyFire2112
    @SkyFire2112 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I hope that Richarlison keeps it up! He’s going to be a great signing for us!

  • @soundscape26
    @soundscape26 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video with a very nice social commentary to go with it.

  • @rejectwokeness1314
    @rejectwokeness1314 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I dont get it. So when teams are ahead they should pass the ball to the opponents instead of doing things to try to hold up play and wind down time?

  • @gunnarandersen6570
    @gunnarandersen6570 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, you really loaded your gun on this one - and I think it might be your best work yet. Your takes were brilliantly hilarious and at the same time disturbingly serious, and I think you nailed it 100%. Well done!

  • @antony558
    @antony558 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    This kind of socio-political analysis is exactly why this channel is so good 😂

  • @michaelandaudreynichols3209
    @michaelandaudreynichols3209 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for making this video it means a lot to me because I am a Brazilian and I miss seeing the beautiful game the way it was meant to be play.

  • @Yuri2045
    @Yuri2045 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great video!
    But as a brazilian I have to come in here to tell you that going after players showboating isn't even an English only thing, over here in Brazil there's lots of examples of fights breaking out from players showboating, one famous example I remember from way back and you can find it if u search, "Edilson Corinthians v Palmeiras" where Edilson after scoring a championship winner, starts showboating and starts a huge fight, because both teams are big rivals and doing it in a final...well you can see the problem.

  • @klicclak
    @klicclak 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Personally I didn’t even think “hero” Brennan Johnson fouled Richarlison for showboating. Johnson just lost the ball and kicked out at Richy bc he (Johnson) was annoyed with himself for giving it away

  • @DeDukeYT
    @DeDukeYT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    0:28 didn’t age well

  • @MrAnonymouscrazy
    @MrAnonymouscrazy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you Alfie for addressing this absolute cockwobble. You’re a saintly supporter of the beautiful game.

  • @manusiabumi7673
    @manusiabumi7673 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Is he (potentially) hurting anyone? Nope
    Does he get any unfair advantage? I don't think so
    Then it shouldn't be a problem

    • @oisinquinn9469
      @oisinquinn9469 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Every major sport has sportsmanship rules. Sportsman like behavior frequently is tot hurting anyone and no unfair advantage. Your logic doesn't really work here imo. Im not saying showboating should be illegal either.

    • @adamlennard1828
      @adamlennard1828 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@oisinquinn9469 so he’s better then most players on the pitch and shouldn’t be allowed to show it?

  • @toasted_heretic
    @toasted_heretic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I agree with every word of this. Except one thing: George Best is not from Britain, he's from the UK. Another excellent video Alfie, thanks.

  • @yazzyremedy36
    @yazzyremedy36 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    0:27 Well that aged well

  • @bimapriyoanugerah363
    @bimapriyoanugerah363 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think the solution of this issue is to remove fans in the stadium and cancel all TV rights and media jobs in Premier League match in the future. So there will be no wasting time for player to play football and they can be more focus to play football. As people say, just kick the ball!

  • @seandelap8587
    @seandelap8587 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What's the big deal about this it's a skill within football perfectly legal the things people get upset with these days never ceases to amaze me.

  • @nautilus4599
    @nautilus4599 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Alfie, I thought I might have been going mad there. Best vid yet and that’s saying something 👍

  • @hb7995
    @hb7995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    There's a difference between showboating by doing something useful such as a skill move around an opponent and doing something useless like juggling with no purpose. I for example didn't mind when Neymar did a rainbow flick to get by an opponent because it was useful to the game. Richarlison had no end goal besides to disrespect the Forrest players. It was like he was just spitting in their faces for no reason. I would have been fine if a yellow was given to richarlison in this case

    • @jco8292
      @jco8292 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No.

    • @ousmannediallo446
      @ousmannediallo446 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      mentality, he got in their heads and it benefited his team in the end

  • @MCMickG
    @MCMickG 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Same fans who think Richarlison deserved it are the same ones who’ll say about how much they love Ronaldinho, it’s pathetic. I don’t even like Richarlison but I like players expressing themselves and having fun.

  • @gui88
    @gui88 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Make a top 7 about legends of a club they played for one season, like Kanté at Leicester, Vieri at Atleti or Papin at Club Brugge.
    Thank you.

    • @derekkearns3377
      @derekkearns3377 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Papin didn't no he played for Brugge.
      Dorkjeff Bolton