7 World Class Footballers Who Were TERRIBLE At One Club
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 พ.ค. 2024
- From Bayern Munich legend Bastian Schweinsteiger, who struggled at Manchester United, to Premier League icon Rio Ferdinand, who endured a horrible season at Queens Park Rangers, HITC Sevens takes a look at a number of football legends who were terrible for just one club.
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Suggestion: a top 7 list with no introduction, we have to figure out what the topic of the list is.
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You are the definition of "Different Gravy"
@@jeppeholtenpetersen1883 thank you
Fulham managing to sign Van Der Sar was an absolute coup but I hadn't realised his time at Juve was so poor.
He was easily one of my favourite goalkeepers during the '90s and 2000s.
He was amazing
Man U's second best keeper after Schmeichel....he was a class act
United should have signed him in 99
Ferguson missed so many good players at first but he never forgot them. Van Nistelrooy, Van Der Sar, Larsson, Owen, those are the players he wanted to sign years before. But still he brought them in even after they got old and those players still contributed so much.
@jerhkdra he won united the league
Here's a good idea for a video, that kinda came from this: "world class" players that went to lesser leagues and got embarrassed. You even mentioned a few of the possible candidates in the video. You could do also a sort of up/down video, where after every humiliation comes a player who left Europe for the big check, then owned that league, decided to go back to Europe and went right back to being a world-class player again.
Zlatan would surely be number 1 for the latter video idea
@@TheMightofDab Yeah, Zlatan is an easy choice for that. After that, it gets a little fuzzy, at least from my perspective.
On the other side, one that comes to mind is Gonzalo Higuain. And the worst part of Higuain's case was that he certainly knew going in that MLS might not be the most talented league in the world, but everyone and their dog has a full-ninety motor. His brother played in MLS for a decade, and probably had been telling him that for years before he came over, and STILL he just loafed around and got run into the ground. The line I kept hearing was that he thinking he could play "with a cigarette in one hand". That might have flown in 1996, but not today.
You can do such a list with players that went to the Greek league alone: Essien, Berbatov, Flavio Conceicao, Govou, Signori, Gudjohnsen, Yaya Toure (2nd time)
Witsel? Idk if he was good in China but he's always been pretty solid before and after the Chinese move
@@BroadwayJoe99 Defoe,Zlatan,Witsel
(00:55)
Holy shit - I'd forgotten how powerfully built Roberto Carlos was....
He had 24 inch thighs
@@MrVinjex An outrageous statistic, which might not be easy to visualise for some people, but 24" is pretty much the waist size for a reasonably slim woman.
Yeah I noticed that too and gasped!!
"I will be setting the bar for terrible very low"
"Dennis Bergkamp won the uefa cup in his first season at inter scoring 8 in 11 games"
Don't know if you were around at the time but he is almost the poster child for being bad at one club. I remember seeing him line up for Inter against Villa in the UEFA Cup and being entirely anonymous, then seeing him for Arsenal later on and tearing our defence apart. That whole Bergkamp of the Week became quite a thing even though it is clearly very harsh.
Bergkamp was shoved out to the wing at Inter and never really produced. Bruce Rioch took him to Arsenal, played him through the centre and the rest is history.
Vidić? He is considered to be one of the worst CBs to have ever worn the Inter shirt.
Shit I had no idea? Like for real? He was fantastic at united
@@RhinoYTT He was injury prone what did you expect?
His legs was gone plus Inter was going through a transitional period
@@RhinoYTT He was a rock at United one of the greatest centre backs in PL history
@@lee_rock_films that’s very true
02:57 Impressive pronunciation of Michelangelo
We all know the one truly consistent standard for "World Class" is a CA of 170 or more on FM.
Not a world class player yet maybe but I think Patrick Schick fits perfectly in this category. He’s been amazing at every club he’s been at (Czech national team too) except As Roma.
I dont see Schick ever being a 'world class' player, however he will definitely be close
I love the player he's a quality striker, he's definitely on the level of some of the players that were almost one of the best
Another thing that happened with Adelaide the season that Romario played was that although they made the A-League Grand Final that season, they ended up losing 6-0 where Archie Thompson (the same Archie Thompson that scored 13 goals against American Samoa) scored 5 goals in it.
Lol from nz
"Romario is undoubtedly the best player to ever play in the A-League"
C'mon, Alfie, why you gotta do Lord Heskey like that?
Heskey was legit much better value for the A-league than Romario 😂 At least he actually tried. 🤣
Del Piero
ADP cough cough..
I don't think anyone who saw Roberto Carlos at Inter in the 1990s would say he was terrible. At times he looked quite brilliant. The only question I remember at the time was whether he was better than Javier Zanetti, whom Inter signed at the same time. There was was talk about how one of the club's signings that season was struggling - but it was Paul Ince, and never Roberto Carlos.
Day 19 - The Fall and Rise of FK Velež Mostar
From a Club that has beaten Borussia Dortmund, Twente, Derby County and many others to a club that was forced from their own stadium, reduced to nothing during the Bosnian War, becoming a mediocre top-level team in the 00s to nearly being forced into folding in 2016 to its amazing rise back to the top-level football which culminated in return to Europe after 33 years and recent cup win
Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 342)
I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored.
If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.
It’s hard choosing a topic on just one country. But I applaud your dedication!
Think it has to be Ballack right?
Hang in there bud. In about 23 days. You would have been asking Alfie for a year. Maybe due to that dedication he might do it. Looking forward to see your comment everyday until you reach your anniversary. 💪🏽
Your comment is oddly irritating
Riquelme was one of the best players I've ever seen in the flesh. Was outstanding at Ibrox against us in the champions league.
My favourite player, a joy to watch.
WATP
Alfie how have you low key created the best football channel on TH-cam?
It's kinda just happened over time. Kudos.
tbh it was mostly thanks to the Irish Guy
@@mattiaercole what absolute nonsense. They were two different and distinct channels. Irish guy was childish clickbait and playground level humour. Alfie was well researched and articulated explanation pieces.
@@bigc181 with all due respect, but Alfie is just bland.
@@mattiaercole then why are you watching? The target audience is completely different and he's mentioned before that him and the Irish guy when he was at hitc sport had very few overlapping subcribers
@@mattiaercole How did the Irish guy on a different channel contribute to the popularity of this channel?
Video suggestion 7 best players who where late bloomers / 7 club legends that arrived for bargain transfer fees
Love this!
7 club legends that arrived at bargain transfer fees sounds great 💁🏻♂️
Mishelangelo, genius behind the Cistern Shapel.
Fun fact #2:Edwin van der Sar holds the record for the most minutes without conceding a goal(1311).
Even more fun fact #1 I absolutely love my mams cheesecake.
Your move, bozo...
My favourite GK of all time.
And definitely underappreciated.
Looking forward to your documentary about the rise of Bodø/Glimt :)
What about MY documentary about Bodo/Glimt, are you looking forward to that too? You bozo...
Me to great club. Great on fm manager as well
That’ll be fascinating to watch
Alfie, Crespo wasn't terrible at Chelsea. His record wasn't bad, he just didn't settle in London x
These videos are absolute gold!
in Cruyff's autobiography he says that free thought and stubbornness are traits very common in the dutch, which led to all sorts of friction in and outside of the netherlands with coaches and board members
maybe that's why the dutch can struggle in certain country's footballing culture- for instance, it's hard to see cruyff having signed anywhere in serie a because of its commitment to rigidity at the time
That's actually very interesting
Day 494: Ways to fix VAR with your suggestions
Day 494? I'd have taken the hint by now 😂
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dead idea give up lad
awesome video again lad! Would you manage to do a video similar to this but in the reverse - like Luka Modric being voted worst la Liga signing when he joined to winning the Ballon'dor
Already been done..
Inter Milan manager...ROY HODGSON????? WHAT!?! Just the mental image of big Woy giving pep talks in broken Italian absolutely sends me
7 player who were bought for squad depth, but ended up to be key players
The great Leo Gamalho! I love him, he is a beast playing for smaller clubs and in the serie B in brasil.
Alfie you’re a legend. I love your videos!
Love the introduction 😎 a true work of art
Alfie: " here's another video I worked really hard on"
Comments section " whatever, do a video on some obscure Bulgarian team from the 80s"
Rumour has it Juan Roman Riquelme didn't run a single yard in his career, he just wondered around the middle of the pitch & everyone gave him the ball because he made magic happen. Not only idolised in Argentina, he is often named as many Brazilian fans favourite player with many naming their newborns after him.
Your analogies are gold!
A video on every team that's competed in the Premier League era and their highest finish would be pretty interesting
Wimbledon finished 5th and QPR got in the top 6
Nobody will ever outdo Swindon's magnificent highest position of 22nd, though.
Nice one
Can't believe Wimbledon got 5th
That would be dope
Not interesting at all!
a documentary on the afc Wimbledon on the nine promotions in eleven years, how they’re a fan own club and how they have a stadium in plough lane now.
The story of they lost the club, how the F A allowed that and won’t allow that anymore.
How they were very close to moving to ireland
How they went up the English football leagues.
It would be a good documentary video if you can do this. #thepeopleschannel
If Alfie hasn't got your point by now he probably won't
@@rorystone3182 don’t want to spam him too much Rory
The Hertha Berlin Video was good
Take the oldest goalscorer of every season and rank the players in their prime
Oldest goal scorer in which league?
Prem
You can always count on Roy Hougson to waste attacking talent as he did with England
Schweinsteiger is a bad example. He was way past his prime already when he arrived in Manchester. He sacrificed his fitness for the 2014 World Cup. He was injured but played all matches of the tournament of which two went for 120 Minutes. After the World Cup Basti wasnt the same anymore, he dropped off alot. Thats why Bayern gave him away. In Manchester they were dumb to put much expectations in him. Everybody in Germany knew that he was finished.
wasn’t even in the video. u should watch the video before commenting
Wasn't in the video mate
Am from 🇯🇲 and I love your contents keep up the good work
Am from 🇮🇪 and I love your comments keep up the good work
Has there been a video of what a present day East Germany squad would look like?
A video about the success story of Port Vale since Carol Shanahan took over, considering we just won the playoff final.Her charity work, bringing in Darrell Clark, then the things he went through this season. Plus we were on a winning streak and 1 point off the playoffs and she voted to end the first covid season early.....
Havent you just said all there is to say?
@@MenWithVen Not in the slightest
It just doesn't seem that crazy a story. Port Vale are traditionally a league 1/2 club. They got promoted to league 1 from league 2, it's not that outtlandish. And most clubs do a ton of charity work. It just seems afairly normal story.
People tend to want to hear about absolute car crashes of clubs like Pompey/Sunderland/Derby etc, or total underdogs rising from nowhere eg AFC Wimbledon or Forest green.
Im not saying noone wants to hear the story it just seems a fairly normal tale
@@MenWithVen The fact we were on the brink of being dissolved and our ground being turned into a bloody car park and the dodgy owner before Carol and all he got up to would be good for people to know about I think. I do get what you mean though, but the most obvious ones have already been done. it's not quite OUTRAGEOUS (Peep show reference) but could still be a half decent video.
Edit: Forest green have a billionaire owner, so not really that surprising...
Shevchenko at Chelsea should be on this list, possibly the worst case of Chelsea's striker curse
Romario was also abysmal in Valencia, where his coach Luis Aragones didn't like him was signed by the club without asking the manager.
What I really learned in this video is that Roy hodgson managed inter Milan, how in the fuck did he blag that job?
Certainly not world class, but Patrik Berger at Liverpool and even Patrik Berger at Portsmouth, compared to his time at Villa was really something. He looked like he'd never seen a football sometimes. Was unfit, but refused to play for the reserves to get fitness. Was loaned to the Championship in his first season. And then went to the press and publicly encouraged Gareth Barry to leave Villa that summer leading to his contract being terminated.
Mario Jardel had a shocking stint in the A-League with Newcastle Jets.
Hey @HITCSevens, love the channel & content. I've a suggestion for video along similar lines: expensive PL transfer players that did not produce in their first season (e.g., Drogba, Suarez etc). Not sure if there's enough material but worth a punt.
There's definitely seven. Veron, Robinho, Andy Carroll, Torres at Chelsea, there's an argument for Paul Ince and Paul Gascoigne, too, if we're only talking the Premier League era.
@@ChasingLamely think he means players that started slow but came into their own. Most the players you listed never really came good for the clubs that spent lots on them
I'll clarify: I meant players that transferred, didn't impress in their first season, but then went on to greatness in following seasons.
@@Pete89ify then Paul Ince definitely qualifies. His first season at Liverpool was pretty meh, then he came alive.
I saw Rio in a live game for QPR where he was magnificent, blotting out any attack that came near. His pace was shot, but he made up for it with positioning. But his fellow defenders were rubbish, and to be totally fair, Rio could have been a bit better at communication with his defence in that game, but otherwise, it was masterly. So, maybe it was Rio not fitting in with his supporting cast and a touch of Anno Domini, rather than being truly terrible, perhaps?
Do a video on the safest managers, as in least likely to lose their job no matter how poorly they do
Every time I see those Dreamcast branded kits, I get a wonderful chuckle
2:57 the way you pronounced Michelangelo made me fall off my chair 😂😂🤣🤣 omg
As an aside, forgotten brilliant player mentioned here: Ruben Sosa
Love your work Alfie! Although I'm not sure I agree with the declaration that Romario is surely the greatest player to play professionally in Australia. Alessandro Del Piero and George Best may have something to say about that!
What about me? I'm quality, you bozo...
Romario is better than ADP and george best. He was better than both of them in Europe. The only reason he did not win multiple Ballon D’or is because as far as I know it was an award exclusive to European born footballers.
low you kidding
Romario is among the best to ever play the game. Del Piero is legendary, but I dont think that is the same category
@@sayeedabdullah7122 ha ha you obviously don’t know your football
Here's a video idea @HITC Sevens: an all-time World XI based on each player's best single-game performance (league, cup, or international)
Great vid e
Shevchenko wasn't world class in 2003-2006?! (He was) Shevchenko didn't flop at chelsea?! (He did) How the fudge is he not number one or even INCLUDED in this list alfie my man???
He probably tried to avoid players with less than 5 clubs. Chenko played for Dynamo Kiev, Chelsea and Milan inly iirc.
Sheva was a Winger Wide Midfielder at Chelsea
Probably too obvious
I'd like to add something about Romario, a lot of ex-players turned politicians in Brazil went for it because of money, religion and/or ideologies, power or just flat out the corruption lifestyle that is rampant here. Romario on the other way, went on politics because he does have one child with Down's syndrome, and back than, the usual way of treatment for that and the majority of disabilities was just locking them up on some state-owned asylum.
The initial stages of his career as a congressman was focused on improving the lives of ppl with disabilities on Brazil, and looking back now, I think he somehow surpassed the expectations (it's nowhere close to perfection, but at the time was a taboo just to see someone with DS in public with you, they were considered as people by the system and shit, nowadays it's MUCH better).
I know, he's overly pragmatic with another stuff, very outspoken and on a uncharacteristic way for an idol turned politician, does not went over the "populist character" train. I'm VERY left leaning, but in my state, the politician class of all the spectrum are so inapt, corrupted or outwardly pathological, that everytime he tries to run, as a congressman or as a governor, I vote for him instead of the names on tge left-wing agenda, just because i know, that are thing i don't like, but none of things i do hate and unfortunately that's how you choose someone to vote on Brazil (And yes, because of all of that he is unscathed by the wild polarization that's happening here, it's like he is against all the sides just the right amount to not be hated for not being on the same agenda as the enemy beside don't being an allied.)
Well, with that said, love your videos, your production and the gargantuan amount of knowledge you have, you're a terrific bloke, the best sports channel on the platform, I wish your content never changes!
That’s ridiculous! Why would they be seen a shit! Your views are terrible!! A disgrace!!
Interesting, didn't know at all. Was Lola Dasilva a good president? Will he make a comeback?
@@AR-rg2en in my honest opinion, he should have been way better, he promised it. But on the other hand, he was the better I think we had in a long time, so sure, I'll be voting for him in the next election, but with the knowledge that he is not a saint nor a miracle maker.
@@Rand0mGypsy great then
Footballers are just humans after all. Sometimes a bad environment can ruin your form or impact your mental health negatively.
You should do a video on “7 players you would never have heard of had they not played at a World Cup”
Rio Ferdinand was dealing with his wife dying of cancer, when he played at QPR, his drop in form to me is completely understandable.
Nemanja Vidic at Inter should be on here, he's the worst defender I've ever seen play for Inter which is saying something considering his prior reputation in the Premier League.
Do a video on the Pogmentary
You could have included David Seaman at Manchester City... Who quit halfway through a season due to his form, it was quite a fall when you consider he joined City only the season after his last game for England...
I thought it was injuries that kept him out? He had a horrid shoulder injury early on at city
@@ballwinningmidfielder7493 My memory is a little fuzzy as I was out of the country that season, but he played 20 games in half a season, as I recall it might have been a recurring injury from his time before signing for City
@@ballwinningmidfielder7493 your correct, he injured his shoulder and it ended his career after signing for City.
You had me clickbaited with Schweinsteiger 😂 my favourite player of all time, he definitely wasn't amazing for United but not terrible either
Schweinsteiger was treated horribly at ManU.
It's all the fault of the "Special" One.
@@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643 it is actually a special one
@@AR-rg2en I was talking about Jose.
@@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643 yes I know
Day 46: Considering that the last player who played in the miracle of Bern died about 7 months ago, I would really like to see a video about the whole story between Germany and Hungary, especially because it meant so much to at least the German population
19:46 as a Leicester fan this hurts me
Sick Léo Goalmalho reference
Rio did once say in a post match on sky or whatever that his year at qpr was the year too much, that he shouldn’t have gone on this extra year, so you’re right !
@HITC7s should consider a 7s on the women's game. There's so much I'm sure most of us have no idea about the women's game.
Unfortunately nobody would watch it
@@ayushman8878 Ya never know. Build it and they will come I figure
@@archipiratta hope so buddy ive never seen or heard about women's football but would love to
We know it's you Sky Sports. You ain't sly lol.
re Rio. One can argue forever about his footballing skills. What is not at doubt is his ability to manage a diary and keep appointments.........
Imo for the world class definition you can't really say the top 2 or 3 in each position cause that means the definition always changes. If someone scores 40 goals in a season, but scored less than cr7 messi and suarez, then is he world class? And about the Rio example back then (let's say 2008 during the double winning season) then we had Terry vidic rio puyol cannavaro, each one was world class
That Nike QPR kit is a thing of beauty.
Shevchenko at Chelsea surely is the stand out one.
You showed Ian when you said Right. You should've shown Nicky when you said But. (I'm trying to think of some more.)
Similar idea to this: world class players who were horrible for their national team
Rio Ferdinand clearly wasn't too bothered with his wife as he was having an affair for 13 years. That poor woman.
Source?
And he was remarried to some much younger dolly bird within two years of her death!!
If you are not a party in the relationship you have no right to pass judgement. For some people sex and love are inseparable, for others they aren't.
@@1998Cebola i really do not hope the person you marry cheats on you for thirteen years with a younger person. I’m sure you’ll have plenty of judgment to pass, maybe you’d the same if it was your sister, or mother, or friend?
Schweinsteiger was treated like shit!
Ian Rush at Juventus
Mark Hughes at Barcelona
How about a video of 7 managers who only did well at 1 club
I'm fairly sure you could do a list of 7 World Class players who were terrible only for Barça and still have leftover players
Maradona, Saviola, Coutinho, Dembele, Ibrahimovic...
Love the Léo Gamalho reference
Who is that Guy that is standing to the right of Ferdinand at 8:09?
Zlatan in Barcelona, Messi in PSG not precisely a desasster but gravly underperform.
As a Roma fan, I forgot about Cole the moment he left Arsenal.
Every Ballon d'Or winner ranked from smallest to tallest
Rio was clearly on the decline his last season at United let alone his year at QPR.
Frankly, I don't think this inclusion was good. Last season of a player on complete decline and horrendous personal issues is hardly a good parameter.
Skip to 2:53 for the actual start of the list. And put all of this guys videos on to 1.5x speed.
falcao at utd/chelsea 😔
God yeah, I heard a South American pundit on a radio show call falcao " a freakish force of nature" when he signed for Utd. He went on to do absolutely nothing of note at either club lol.
Can't you read? It says one club. Falcao was trash for two.
Forlan you to 😂😂🤣
@@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643 true but he wasn't horrific at man utd so just chelsea then
@@cebomashaba6936 you're talking to the 2010 world cup player of the tournament show some respect 🤫
Day 280: Indonesia XI If All Eligible Players Had Declared For Them.
No one cares fam
😂😂
It's highly likely that you are wasting your time, but hey...
Mate, cmon, that's dead.
Keep dreaming bocah
A genius who a team does NOT suit is never going to work as well as with a team with whom they DO fit.
This is so obvious it's amazing that it needs to be said! This is why players who perform marvellously at one club do not necessarily continue to perform as effectively with a new club.
This would be particularly true of members of the new club deliberately play to undermine the newcomer for whatever reason.
Immobile at Dortmund comes to mind (yes, I know that he doesn't qualify for this list since he is still active)
10:30 1 man went to bed, went to bed with Ashley, 1 man and his mobile phone went to bed with Ashley.
2 MEN WENT TO BED...
you should've mentioned Andriy Shevchenko and his time at Chelsea
Infesting fact - accounting for inflation he was the most expensive player ever in the premier league
The story of Martin Palermo
2:56 Michael Angelo? :DD
Cashley was also really bad for Galaxy. The only reason he played so much was that he was their only option at right back. He was a failure at Roma because they have this thing in Serie A that defenders have to actually you know...defend. And he was always an attack-minded fullback, the sort of player who would be a wing back in today's 3 centreback formation.
By the time he got to Los Angeles he was not so good at attack because he was just plain getting old and his defending was so shoddy that he was regularly getting beaten by the wingers of MLS...and he was arguably the Galaxy's best defender for those years.
Roberto Carlos only went to inter because of the Rui Costa deal to Fiorentina...correct me if I am wrong
My main takeaway from this video is why did he pronounce Michelangelo so weirdly!?
it got to be done Alfie, right anyhow. you get the drift.