Hey guys ive been trying to search google for the person i was trying to think of and would love it if you could help me out. He was a guy i think in the 90s, he was known for being super badass and strong i think his name started with a 'C' but im not positive. Anyone who helps me out with this i thank you
Are you thinking of Roy Keane? He's Irish but is known (and loved) for his temper and nerves of steel. Love your videos Connor, always look forward to your reactions (:
Yeah big Eric was the one who drop kicked a spectator but he was also the final missing piece in the transformation of the Man United team in the 90s. He was also French.
Jimmy Greaves should have made that list and Number one should have been Sir Bobby Moore all these past modern players might have millions in the bank ,but no other English player or captain have held the World Cup loft except the great man and no I am not a West Ham supporter just a true English man
The entire list should’ve been 10 players from 1966 and several ‘notable mentions’ for the rest of the team. Everyone else since has bottled it for England.
@dannjp75 the list is a joke tbh. John stones has more world cup goals than Rooney. Beckham never had a good finals non of them or Gerrard ever got past. Quarter finals
According to Pele the only player he feared playing against was Bobby Moore, nuff said. People don't realise that it wasn't just the fact he was the greatest centre half of all time but his distribution was also brilliant, he worked out his maximum accurate range and the whole team timed their movement around that every time he got the ball. I think the phrase "proper player" could not be more apt for any other player. I am not an Iron either, I'm a Gunner, but you have to respect greatness.
@@dannjp75 Fun fact: England never lost a match with that defence, it's just injuries meant that the defence had never been presented in a finals before 1966. Once the line up was known England were considered nailed on for the trophy. This being England though means it had to be done the hard way.
Bobby Charlton was a gentleman on the field as well as having a rocket shot. He was loved by that generation and he represented those who did not survive the Munich Air Crash [which the story of is well worth a watch] among the players who died was a player called Duncan Edwards who was the golden boy of the period the aircraft attempted to take off three times in slush then crashed.
Bobby Charlton is a legend of football known throughout the world, not just England, decades after he stopped playing. A true icon. His strike rate was a goal every 3 games for Man Utd and almost 1 in 2 for England. Very few strikers acheive that. It's unheard of for a midfielder and most were absolute belters. There are some excellent documentaries about his life. This one is an hour long. th-cam.com/video/lwy3zl0CzgE/w-d-xo.html If you want a shorter one, 26 mins, try this: th-cam.com/video/bth1Cq3j1Wg/w-d-xo.html I also recommend watching this one about the Munich Air disaster which he survived: th-cam.com/video/gTHTM_Ree_k/w-d-xo.html Or alternatively the 2011 film about it 'United'. th-cam.com/video/9iWkeDgmUM0/w-d-xo.html
There are a few football/soccer match highlights that I would love to send to you, after seeing you punch the air after Beckham's free kick, that would absolutely send a chill up your spine, but the context would be a novel.
I'm sorry but Paul Gascoigne has to be in the top 10. Possibly top 3. So many people, professional players included, say he's the best they've ever seen. I'm sure he was even called the best player in the world at one point.
you're right about the 'smart' thing ,it's called having a football brain, being able to read the game. this why i always laugh when Americans start talking about football/soccer players being merely athletes!
Love the fact that Bobby Charlton topped this list. My dad played with him on Man U's junior team before they became professional. My dad dropped out, to go to night school and get a job with proper money, unlike football in the 50's (for which I always got the blame since mum was then pregnant!) It also means, that if he had carried on and made it, he possibly avoided the Munich air crash. So I claim I was a blessing in disguise.
The bulldog 90s player your thinking about is either Paul Gascoigne (Gazza) or Stuart Pearce (Psycho) both was key players in the 90 World Cup and 96 euros.
I think the guy you're thinking of was Gazza, Paul Gascoigne who was one of the honourable mentions. Personally I would have put him at no1 ahead of Bobby Charlton, and I say that as a life long Manchester United fan who worships Sir Bobby. Paul Gascoigne was a flawed genius.
I absolutely love Alan Shearer, as a player and now as a Pundit on MOTD, down to earth and no nonsense bloke, the accent might have something to do with it as well Edit: a 'Cap' is being in the Starting Squad for an international match, they used to literally get a Postboy Cap to wear, now the term just means to start the match in the team.
How the hell is Gaza not in the top ten!!? After getting to number two I assumed oh he must be number one but then I thought no you must have Charlton! It's insane for Gaza not be in the top ten!
How the hell is Rooney in 2nd with ONE world cup goal!! John stones has more world cup goals than Rooney! Him Beckham and Gerrard never got past a Quarter finals 🤣
Hi Connor, when they mentioned W. Rooney breaking the long held top goal scorer record at Man. Utd, that was Sir Bobby Charlton`s record. He was in the crowd to see it happen & cheered for Rooney`s success. A great player & a true icon, who was always down to earth & modest about his success. When other great`s such as Pele, Eusébio, Franz Beckenbauer et al, all speak highly of you there is no better honour to be had. Sir Bobby signed professionally at 16 yrs old, but did not play for the first team until 3 yrs later.
Whenever he came to Highbury it was basically just one long 90 minute punch up with our uncompromising centre halves of the time. Some of the stuff they got up to would've shocked the 70s Leeds team. 🤣
@@darthwiizius I agree,Shearer was a 70’s throw back you’re right! Maybe he was the last of his time (maybe Drogba had it) but Alan was everything and I mean EVERYTHING a striker (No 9) needed in todays money at his peak injury free…….maybe £300million?? Thoughts
@@gmdhargreaves Shearer would be up there mate, you stick prime Shearer in Haaland's shirt he scores just as many goals, with Shearer though the rest of the City team would score more goals. Shearer's other natural talent was how he dealt with pressure, the more his team needed a goal the more likely he was to score one. Outside of Arsenal every defence in the league was terrified of him, he'd grind down most centre halves physically after 50 to 60 minutes. A complete no 9, the closest we've had since in Kane, but he doesn't have the bottle of Shearer.
@@darthwiizius agree completely, I’d love to see a fit Haarland get close to the 260 record as he maybe is the closest to Shearers attributes, I’m worried the Saudis will come in with a £1 Billion offer next season- RIDICULOUS what they trying to pull! Yes Kane is great but hasn’t the physicality or pure natural ability to be compared to Alan, I’m an Man U supporter btw so just going of what I think makes a number 9, all time best was Fat Ronaldo as best Striker ever in my honest opinion
I'd say Beckham deserves it. Though a tough call between him and Gacoine of who deserves it more. Gascoine was more talented technically, Beckham was world class at passing, crosses, free kicks. He was more reliable and consistent and performed better for England IMO, so edges it for me. I agree Greaves should be on the list. Scholes and Le Tissier were fantastic footballers, but didn't get as many England caps as they should have done, so didn't have a huge impact for England. Scholes was also hampered by being played out of position for many of his caps. Gerard was a fantastic player, but shouldn't be on the list as he wasn't as good as Captain Marvel, Bryan Robson, had less impact for England and was far less influential in the team. Robson got 26 goals, 90 caps compared to 21 in 117 for Gerard and was the captain and best player in the team. Gerard could easily be replaced by Lampard (29 goals in 106 games) who was just as good, or Scholes who was better (14 in 66 and often out of position). Whereas Robson was a major loss if he couldn't play.
@speleokeir would you? How many world cup finals did he perform in? He basically cost us both goals against Brazil in 02 got sent off in 98 , couldn't cross a ball in 06...never got past a Quarter finals...17 goals in 120 games and took EVERY free kick and pen for 10 years? TWO goals from open play? Non of generation bottle job should be on the list including Wayne snd his ONE world cup goal
@@speleokeir I've never heard anyone before say that Beckham deserves to be classed as a top England player over Gascoine. Beckham and his England team mates were by far the most under-performing set of players we've ever had. And out of those big names, Beckham was probably the worst. Whereas Gascoine is touted as the most genuinely gifted player we've ever had by probably most England fans. You didn't write this list by any chance did you? :)
@@stuberry1875 Glenn Hoddle's fault lol! I don't support Saints but when I was at Uni in Southampton I lived opposite The Dell so went to some matches. Home games he made it look like he was playing a different game to every one else. Used to see him out and about sometimes (he was never drunk) but he was with Barry Venison one night we saw them and Venison was hammered!
Anyone who gets mad about the word Soccer, just remind them that it is a nickname given to the sport by the English, for Association Football. While they watch Soccer Saturday clips of Chris Kamara, and Soccer AM clips of Lovejoy and Chamberlain.
I literally have this conversation on so many football reactions by Americans and I cringe every time they apologise for saying Soccer or when they have been gaslit by morons who clearly don’t know anything about the game they claim to love and be a fan of, every time it makes me feel ashamed because those idiots are the ones who always give football fans a bad name and reputation and as someone whose ancestor was one of the founders of the game I often wonder what the founders would have thought about how little the so called fans know about the origin of the game, they know literally next to nothing and don’t even know that in the UK soccer was the common term used for the sport until the early 1980’s when football became the more popular term, them both being nicknames for the sport, but they don’t even know that, they don’t even know that Football is just a nickname for the sport and it’s not actually called Football, the very basics
Yup. If you call it football, awesome. Enjoy the game. If you call it soccer, awesome. Enjoy the game. You precious little purists that need to correct those who call it soccer? Don't. Let them enjoy the game. It's a really simple concept. It's called the beautiful game for a reason.
@Penddraig7 a bit lopsided viewpoint there mate tbh. I think everyone knows the FA TRIED to rebrand football "soccer" but it never took off in England. The Americans don't call it "soccer" cos 5 people in uk did in 1800s. They call it "soccer" cos they called rugby "football" claiming the working class people in uk called football "soccer" is simply nonsense. The actual truth is our FA tried to re brand it and it didn't work. I guess our FA have always been useless. The word football predates "soccer" by hundreds of years. Not sure where you're getting uk fans called football "soccer" until the 80s mate. Cos they definitely didn't in the west Midlands.
@@billdoor3140 not a lopsided viewpoint at all, not even a viewpoint, just 100% factual, you might want to read up on your history before you make a fool of yourself, because you clearly haven’t got a scooby-doo when it comes to the history of the sport and so perfectly proving my point for me, so thank you for proving my point for me. What a plonka
Top 10 in my opinion! ( in no particular order ) Bobby Charlton, Jimmy Greaves, Bobby Moore, Paul Gascoigne, Harry Kane, Gordon Banks, Alan Shearer, Kevin Keegan, Bryan Robson and Trevor Brooking.
Professional football starts at 12. Clubs have U16 teams (12 - 16 year olds) . U18 (16 - 18 year olds) . and then the main squad can be anyone from the age 15 and up.
For context, Rooney's first game was against us, Arsenal, at Highbury and the little bugger scored a wonder goal. You can play in professional football at any age (under 16 so long as it doesn't interfere with your schooling) but you can not sign a full contract until you are 18 as you can not be legally held to a financial contract as a minor. On Beckham's first start for Utd he scored his first goal from inside his first half. Oh, and where was Tony Adams? As the 2nd best English centre half of all time after Bobby Moore (who should be at no1 BTW, he was the only player Pele feared according to Pele) you would think he would get an honourable mention. Come to that so should Big Dave (Seaman) who at worst is England's second greatest keeper of all time.
Watch some videos on Paul Gascoigne, he's the craziest off the pitch character and most on the pitch genius you'll ever see and his antics and videos are legendary
Err...um..... where's Gascoigne? Also, much as I appreciate he was a fine player I can't find room for Steven Gerrard in an all time top 10 that excludes GAZZA!
Beckham basically got tripped during a tackle with an opposition player and, while the ref was dealing with it, he kicked his leg out at the other player's leg, getting sent off. Very important game which England then lost, the vitriol was huge. He was basically blamed for the loss. I don't like players receiving death threats and so much hate, but football makes so much money because people are so passionate about it, which comes with these issues. If people weren't so into it then footballers probably wouldn't make the millions that they do.
Beckham has to he the most overrated player to wear the shirt. Took every free kick for 10 years snd scored 17 goals in 120 games? Never had a good finals. Don't even get me started on Wayne in 2nd...ONE world cup goal makes him 2nd ? Never getting past a Quarter finals and slagging off England fans after losing to Iceland? Absolute crap.
Conor on the fifa hype and knowing super franky Lampard has made my day 💙 lampaaaaaaaaaaaard Fun fact - Gary Linekers brother Wayne drinks swimming pool water after teenagers have been in it
Regarding whether you have to be strong or not, on most levels, there's a huge advantage to having a good build. However, at top levels, players are so smart (they make fast decisions) that it becomes less relevant. But as a general rule, the game will be a lot more physical further down the divisions. As an aside; why wouldn't people be able to play pro basketball at the same age? (Assuming you're tall enough lol). It's a less physical sport (no tackles, less running, more substitutions). I think it's just a product of the American rules. In Europe, you have plenty of teenagers doing it in the big basketball leagues, and many of them have proved more than capable of transferring to the NBA (e.g. Luka Doncic, who made his European senior debut at 16).
The game is called FOOTBALL here in Europe, there is no such thing as soccer in Europe. We call your American Football THE EGG THROWING GAME. CFC 56 💙⚽️💂♂️🇬🇧🏴💙💛🇺🇦
Basketball could try what they do in boxing with classes of heights as weights for boxing , Then every kid could keep their dream even if they failed to gain enough height for the tall league ,
I'm 69 so know most if not all of this list and it seems pretty good, as a Wolves supporter I would have preferred Billy Wright to have made the list. Wolves 2 V leaders Man City 1 this weekend how good was that?
How can Ashley Cole get an honorable mention, and not Scholes, Terry, Ferdinand or Lampard?? And Kane doesn't belong on the list at all. What has he won? I'd replace him with Kevin Keegan.
Non of the players you mentioned ever got past a Quarter finals for England...kane has a semi final and final...kane has more world cup goals than your list combined...what are you judging your list on mate ?
@@101steel4 No, born in Watford England. played for wales 9 times yes, but that was because one of his grandparents were Welsh so he was qualified to play for them that way.
@@Chilli-dg7in He's got welsh citizenship. I know it's a scam he wasn't good enough to play for England so went looking elsewhere, including Ireland first lol. But technically he is Welsh.
I think it is a little bit disapointment. In Brazil, Spain, Italy, Portugal, The Netherlands, Argentina, France, Germany, you have better top 10 players. The top 10 UK players it is better. George Best is great. I think, top 10 UK, maybe 5 of England? Why is Gascoinge missing. He is number 1 of England, I think.
I would have added Gazza to the list , though I can understand perhaps why he was not included. A true genius who wasted his potential, Gazza was easily one of the best players this country ever produced.
Sorry but Gerrard doesn't deserve to be in this for England, Barns , waddle , Scholes , Adams , Rio , Gazza , Ince , Hoddle, Shilton, Seamen, all so much better then Gerard ( I'm a Ipswich fan so can't say I'm biased in anyway)
George Best was not mentioned because he played for Northern Ireland born in Belfast That is why Belfast city airport (not to be confused with Aldergrove /Belfast International airport )is now called George Best airport
Can't disagree with any of them , obviously a bias towards the most recent due to clips being available . In England there are 92 league clubs with many other leagues below them and promotion / relegation so there are more opportunities to be a professional player than in American football . Most nations have similar arrangements and many move Interntionally .
Wayne Rooney has ONE world cup goal. Less than John stones...never got past a Quarter finals and Is ahead of world cup winners alongside Beckham and Gerrard? Ridiculous tbh.
@kevanwillis4571 I can..as a wolves fan. Steve bull told us a few things about woke Gary at a charity dinner a few years ago. Fake woke Gary didn't like Tipton born bully when they met up for England training under Taylor. After a while bully had enough and asked woke Gary what his problem was. Lineker said "you can't even speak English properly" ...bully gave him a punch 👊 and never got to play for England again. Now what happened, happened but these days Gary Lineker calls EVERYONE bigoted, ist or phobe. Even compared border control to uk being 1930s Germany...all whilst being an absolute bigot himself....fake woke BBC shill
'Soccer' comes originally from Association Football and is an English expression. The U.S.A. and Australia have games called 'football' in their respective countries that nationally are more popular so revert to the old expression. There's a big world out there.😊
Harry Kane has made this list on merit and has become England's all time top goal scorer and can fallback into midfield and has many assists he is no selfish with the ball like other players i can mention
Gerrard was good for club. Terrible for country. IMO. No idea how he made this list. Charlton, Bryan Robson, Michael Owen were all better for England. Gerrard wining so many caps is part of the reason they won nothing in his time. There is no way he should have been infront of any of the other 10. Lampard did more for England, Scholes was a better player. Not knocking the stuff he did at his club, but this is an England list?!
tbf every other player and the managers are also the reasons england won nothing during the last period, gerrard is not the sole reason nor is he the biggest. and he definitely wasn't "terrible", I can think of only a handful that would have been better during his run and not enough to leave him out of england squads.
They tried to make Lampard and Gerard work in the same team but it didn’t, the balance of the team was sacrificed to have them both on the pitch and they basically cancelled each other out, it should have been one or the other playing and someone else playing along side them in the midfield to have a midfield partnership, England needed a Scholes/Keane or a Viera/Petit type partnership, it was obvious very everyone to see, even Stevie Wonder and yet every manager played them both and England suffered because of it, it left a gaping hole in the midfield that teams exploited, sure they were ok against average teams but as soon as they came up against a team with a good midfield, that was it, they got found wanting
@Penddraig7 non of generation big ego worked. John stones has more world cup goals than Rooney, Beckham was useless in 98. 02 , 06 world cups. They're basically on the list cos they did well in Qalifying against poor teams
Not true, you obviously did not watch Sunderland v Southampton last Saturday lunchtime, where 16 year old Chris Rigg scored the 5th goal for Sunderland. He actually played last season too, in the cup competitions at just 15 years old. He looks as if a strong wind would blow him over. lol
I know you're calling it "soccer" to wind us up and make us comment for the algo, but you are watching English players who play football, please have some respect for that.
Beckham shouldn’t be on that list either! Missed two crucial penalties and get sent off. And only score a handful of goals. Who the fuck compiled that list??
@@Rothiman Description: If you describe a person as "posh", you mean that they belong to or behave as if they belong to the upper classes. (like acting "stuck-up").
@@mikefraser4513 I'm aware. And still Victoria was Posh (Spice) back in her singing days. [There it is, that was the joke. I can't be the only one to find it funny. At least a little bit.]
The list should only include the 1966 World Cup winners seen as they are the only ones to have actually won something for England, therefore making them the best.
Nah, the best player ever to play in England, was George Best, he was Irish, and was sadly addicted to alcohol at an early age, but still went on to become the best player I have ever seen, but retired at 28 years old. There are some notable mentions, not least of which was Gascoigne.
Kane has reached a semi finals and finals and has more world cup goals than Rooney, Gerrard, Beckham combined...the real Question is why is Rooney and his one world cup goal on this list along with generation flop aka Gerrard and Beckham
Sorry but this list os a joke. Wayne Rooney, Gerard and Beckham were useless at world cups..never got past Quarter finals and less than 5 world cup finals goals combined
@DavidUKesb same as Beckham in 98 , 02 , 06 finals useless. To put the absurdity into context kane Currently has 8 world cup finals goals..Rooney and Beckham combined have FOUR 😅. They got all their goals against poor teams in Qailifying
@@billdoor3140 Kane has all his World Cup goals against Tunisia, Panama, Colombia and Senegal with a handful of pens. He bottled against Croatia in 18 and Bottled against France in 22. He shouldnt be on that list either.
THis list has clearly been compiled by someone who thinks football started with the Premier league in 1992. Greaves should be top 3 as should Gazza. Beckham, Cole and Rooney should not be on the list at all. They never came close to winning anything at International level. Lampard was better than Gerrard at all levels but not a mention
What are you watching this crap for ?? We are useless. Its just that nobody here can accept it. We only won the WC once and even then nobody expected it.
CONNOR CALL IT SOCCER TAKE NO NOTICE OF BRITS WHO SCORN YOU FOR IT SOCCER IS A ENGLISH EXPRESSION SO IT'S HYPOCRITICAL FOR THEM TO RIB YOU FOR IT PS I'M ENGLISH
British players are not really known in Europe as the best (unforgettable) players. Think more of Italians, Germans, French, Dutch, etc. No British player has ever won a World Footballer of the Year award either.
Hey guys ive been trying to search google for the person i was trying to think of and would love it if you could help me out. He was a guy i think in the 90s, he was known for being super badass and strong i think his name started with a 'C' but im not positive. Anyone who helps me out with this i thank you
Are you thinking of Roy Keane? He's Irish but is known (and loved) for his temper and nerves of steel. Love your videos Connor, always look forward to your reactions (:
Eric Cantona? Famous for Kung Fu kicking an asshole in the stands
Yeah big Eric was the one who drop kicked a spectator but he was also the final missing piece in the transformation of the Man United team in the 90s. He was also French.
@@RothimanAnd for being French, not English.
Vinnie Jones? Duncan Ferguson (Scottish)? Joey Barton? Roy Keane (Irish)?
Jimmy Greaves should have made that list and Number one should have been Sir Bobby Moore all these past modern players might have millions in the bank ,but no other English player or captain have held the World Cup loft except the great man and no I am not a West Ham supporter just a true English man
The entire list should’ve been 10 players from 1966 and several ‘notable mentions’ for the rest of the team. Everyone else since has bottled it for England.
@dannjp75 the list is a joke tbh. John stones has more world cup goals than Rooney. Beckham never had a good finals non of them or Gerrard ever got past. Quarter finals
Totally agree,his goals per game was outstanding, problem is young blokes only talk about modern players,they don't know there history.
According to Pele the only player he feared playing against was Bobby Moore, nuff said. People don't realise that it wasn't just the fact he was the greatest centre half of all time but his distribution was also brilliant, he worked out his maximum accurate range and the whole team timed their movement around that every time he got the ball. I think the phrase "proper player" could not be more apt for any other player. I am not an Iron either, I'm a Gunner, but you have to respect greatness.
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Fun fact: England never lost a match with that defence, it's just injuries meant that the defence had never been presented in a finals before 1966. Once the line up was known England were considered nailed on for the trophy. This being England though means it had to be done the hard way.
Bobby Charlton was a gentleman on the field as well as having a rocket shot. He was loved by that generation and he represented those who did not survive the Munich Air Crash [which the story of is well worth a watch] among the players who died was a player called Duncan Edwards who was the golden boy of the period the aircraft attempted to take off three times in slush then crashed.
And he survived along with his manager Matt Busby . 10 years later they held up the European Cup...it was a very ambivalent moment.
Gazza was the best I ever saw play. It's a shame about his injuries and other problems. Could of been up there with the greatest.
Bobby Charlton is a legend of football known throughout the world, not just England, decades after he stopped playing. A true icon.
His strike rate was a goal every 3 games for Man Utd and almost 1 in 2 for England. Very few strikers acheive that. It's unheard of for a midfielder and most were absolute belters.
There are some excellent documentaries about his life. This one is an hour long.
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If you want a shorter one, 26 mins, try this:
th-cam.com/video/bth1Cq3j1Wg/w-d-xo.html
I also recommend watching this one about the Munich Air disaster which he survived:
th-cam.com/video/gTHTM_Ree_k/w-d-xo.html
Or alternatively the 2011 film about it 'United'.
th-cam.com/video/9iWkeDgmUM0/w-d-xo.html
Nwaneri became the youngest player in Prem at 15yrs 6mths. There was a saying. "If you are good enough you are old enough" - there is no min age
There are a few football/soccer match highlights that I would love to send to you, after seeing you punch the air after Beckham's free kick, that would absolutely send a chill up your spine, but the context would be a novel.
I'm sorry but Paul Gascoigne has to be in the top 10. Possibly top 3. So many people, professional players included, say he's the best they've ever seen. I'm sure he was even called the best player in the world at one point.
Well when he went to the best league in the World he wasn't close to the best player in the league and was outshone by plenty of other Trequartista's.
@@bzilla-d4iHe was fucked from injuries at that point, wasnt anywhere near the player he was at spurs
you're right about the 'smart' thing ,it's called having a football brain, being able to read the game. this why i always laugh when Americans start talking about football/soccer players being merely athletes!
Love the fact that Bobby Charlton topped this list. My dad played with him on Man U's junior team before they became professional. My dad dropped out, to go to night school and get a job with proper money, unlike football in the 50's (for which I always got the blame since mum was then pregnant!) It also means, that if he had carried on and made it, he possibly avoided the Munich air crash. So I claim I was a blessing in disguise.
Bobby Moore was England's greatest - player, winner, gentleman..
The bulldog 90s player your thinking about is either Paul Gascoigne (Gazza) or Stuart Pearce (Psycho) both was key players in the 90 World Cup and 96 euros.
Gazza wasn’t a bulldog! Hilarious how little people know about football!
I think the guy you're thinking of was Gazza, Paul Gascoigne who was one of the honourable mentions.
Personally I would have put him at no1 ahead of Bobby Charlton, and I say that as a life long Manchester United fan who worships Sir Bobby. Paul Gascoigne was a flawed genius.
England's Maradonna, just replace the coke with booze.
Rooney scored virtually all of his goals in qualifiers and friendlies, completely bottled it In tournaments. Shouldn’t be on the list.
Totally agree. Although Gerrard and Beckham were the same. Non should be in top 10. Never got past a Quarter finals. Bottle job generation
I absolutely love Alan Shearer, as a player and now as a Pundit on MOTD, down to earth and no nonsense bloke, the accent might have something to do with it as well
Edit: a 'Cap' is being in the Starting Squad for an international match, they used to literally get a Postboy Cap to wear, now the term just means to start the match in the team.
How the hell is Gaza not in the top ten!!? After getting to number two I assumed oh he must be number one but then I thought no you must have Charlton! It's insane for Gaza not be in the top ten!
Yep. Easily the best English player I've ever seen, and it's not even close
How the hell is Rooney in 2nd with ONE world cup goal!! John stones has more world cup goals than Rooney! Him Beckham and Gerrard never got past a Quarter finals 🤣
Hi Connor, when they mentioned W. Rooney breaking the long held top goal scorer record at Man. Utd, that was Sir Bobby Charlton`s record. He was in the crowd to see it happen & cheered for Rooney`s success. A great player & a true icon, who was always down to earth & modest about his success.
When other great`s such as Pele, Eusébio, Franz Beckenbauer et al, all speak highly of you there is no better honour to be had. Sir Bobby signed professionally at 16 yrs old, but did not play for the first team until 3 yrs later.
It was also Bobby's record he broke for England.
Alan Shearer was a man of pure focus, had an insatiable apatite for goal scoring, he was a total battering ram striker! ❤😊😊
Whenever he came to Highbury it was basically just one long 90 minute punch up with our uncompromising centre halves of the time. Some of the stuff they got up to would've shocked the 70s Leeds team. 🤣
@@darthwiizius I agree,Shearer was a 70’s throw back you’re right! Maybe he was the last of his time (maybe Drogba had it) but Alan was everything and I mean EVERYTHING a striker (No 9) needed in todays money at his peak injury free…….maybe £300million?? Thoughts
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Shearer would be up there mate, you stick prime Shearer in Haaland's shirt he scores just as many goals, with Shearer though the rest of the City team would score more goals. Shearer's other natural talent was how he dealt with pressure, the more his team needed a goal the more likely he was to score one. Outside of Arsenal every defence in the league was terrified of him, he'd grind down most centre halves physically after 50 to 60 minutes. A complete no 9, the closest we've had since in Kane, but he doesn't have the bottle of Shearer.
@@darthwiizius agree completely, I’d love to see a fit Haarland get close to the 260 record as he maybe is the closest to Shearers attributes, I’m worried the Saudis will come in with a £1 Billion offer next season- RIDICULOUS what they trying to pull! Yes Kane is great but hasn’t the physicality or pure natural ability to be compared to Alan, I’m an Man U supporter btw so just going of what I think makes a number 9, all time best was Fat Ronaldo as best Striker ever in my honest opinion
A strange list IMO. Surprised Paul Gascoine, Matt Le Tissier, Jimmy Greaves or Paul Scholes aren't on the list but yet Beckham is.
Mojo lists are full of 💩. They do it on purpose. To generate comments. It's an old Internet trick.
I'd say Beckham deserves it. Though a tough call between him and Gacoine of who deserves it more. Gascoine was more talented technically, Beckham was world class at passing, crosses, free kicks. He was more reliable and consistent and performed better for England IMO, so edges it for me.
I agree Greaves should be on the list.
Scholes and Le Tissier were fantastic footballers, but didn't get as many England caps as they should have done, so didn't have a huge impact for England. Scholes was also hampered by being played out of position for many of his caps.
Gerard was a fantastic player, but shouldn't be on the list as he wasn't as good as Captain Marvel, Bryan Robson, had less impact for England and was far less influential in the team.
Robson got 26 goals, 90 caps compared to 21 in 117 for Gerard and was the captain and best player in the team. Gerard could easily be replaced by Lampard (29 goals in 106 games) who was just as good, or Scholes who was better (14 in 66 and often out of position). Whereas Robson was a major loss if he couldn't play.
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@speleokeir would you? How many world cup finals did he perform in? He basically cost us both goals against Brazil in 02 got sent off in 98 , couldn't cross a ball in 06...never got past a Quarter finals...17 goals in 120 games and took EVERY free kick and pen for 10 years? TWO goals from open play? Non of generation bottle job should be on the list including Wayne snd his ONE world cup goal
@@speleokeir I've never heard anyone before say that Beckham deserves to be classed as a top England player over Gascoine. Beckham and his England team mates were by far the most under-performing set of players we've ever had. And out of those big names, Beckham was probably the worst. Whereas Gascoine is touted as the most genuinely gifted player we've ever had by probably most England fans.
You didn't write this list by any chance did you? :)
Brazil invited England for a friendly match but insisted that two players be in the team, Gordon Banks and Sir Bobby Charlton.
React to Matthew Le Tissier's greatest goals mix. Between him and Gascoigne as most skillful English players of all time.
Ashley Cole gets a mention but not Matt Le Tissier??? I'd agree - watch the Le Tissier goals video. Unbelievable.
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@@stuberry1875 Glenn Hoddle's fault lol! I don't support Saints but when I was at Uni in Southampton I lived opposite The Dell so went to some matches. Home games he made it look like he was playing a different game to every one else. Used to see him out and about sometimes (he was never drunk) but he was with Barry Venison one night we saw them and Venison was hammered!
Barry Venison, now that's a name I haven't heard for yonks!@@nigelw7626
Anyone who gets mad about the word Soccer, just remind them that it is a nickname given to the sport by the English, for Association Football. While they watch Soccer Saturday clips of Chris Kamara, and Soccer AM clips of Lovejoy and Chamberlain.
Makes sense because Chris Kamara can’t say anything right 😂
I literally have this conversation on so many football reactions by Americans and I cringe every time they apologise for saying Soccer or when they have been gaslit by morons who clearly don’t know anything about the game they claim to love and be a fan of, every time it makes me feel ashamed because those idiots are the ones who always give football fans a bad name and reputation and as someone whose ancestor was one of the founders of the game I often wonder what the founders would have thought about how little the so called fans know about the origin of the game, they know literally next to nothing and don’t even know that in the UK soccer was the common term used for the sport until the early 1980’s when football became the more popular term, them both being nicknames for the sport, but they don’t even know that, they don’t even know that Football is just a nickname for the sport and it’s not actually called Football, the very basics
Yup.
If you call it football, awesome. Enjoy the game.
If you call it soccer, awesome. Enjoy the game.
You precious little purists that need to correct those who call it soccer? Don't. Let them enjoy the game.
It's a really simple concept. It's called the beautiful game for a reason.
@Penddraig7 a bit lopsided viewpoint there mate tbh. I think everyone knows the FA TRIED to rebrand football "soccer" but it never took off in England. The Americans don't call it "soccer" cos 5 people in uk did in 1800s. They call it "soccer" cos they called rugby "football" claiming the working class people in uk called football "soccer" is simply nonsense. The actual truth is our FA tried to re brand it and it didn't work. I guess our FA have always been useless. The word football predates "soccer" by hundreds of years. Not sure where you're getting uk fans called football "soccer" until the 80s mate. Cos they definitely didn't in the west Midlands.
@@billdoor3140 not a lopsided viewpoint at all, not even a viewpoint, just 100% factual, you might want to read up on your history before you make a fool of yourself, because you clearly haven’t got a scooby-doo when it comes to the history of the sport and so perfectly proving my point for me, so thank you for proving my point for me.
What a plonka
1 cap means you played a game for the team, in the old days players would get a literal cap
Top 10 in my opinion! ( in no particular order ) Bobby Charlton, Jimmy Greaves, Bobby Moore, Paul Gascoigne, Harry Kane, Gordon Banks, Alan Shearer, Kevin Keegan, Bryan Robson and Trevor Brooking.
Professional football starts at 12.
Clubs have U16 teams (12 - 16 year olds) . U18 (16 - 18 year olds) . and then the main squad can be anyone from the age 15 and up.
Surprised no mention of Lampard
😂😂😂😂😂
Lampard>Gerrard
Gerrard shouldn't be anywhere near that list, he was mostly awful for England.
Paul Gascoigne, for sheer ability is easily in the top 5, lack of actual achievements/longevity stop him from being the no. 1,2 or 3
For context, Rooney's first game was against us, Arsenal, at Highbury and the little bugger scored a wonder goal. You can play in professional football at any age (under 16 so long as it doesn't interfere with your schooling) but you can not sign a full contract until you are 18 as you can not be legally held to a financial contract as a minor. On Beckham's first start for Utd he scored his first goal from inside his first half. Oh, and where was Tony Adams? As the 2nd best English centre half of all time after Bobby Moore (who should be at no1 BTW, he was the only player Pele feared according to Pele) you would think he would get an honourable mention. Come to that so should Big Dave (Seaman) who at worst is England's second greatest keeper of all time.
*inside his own half
Watch some videos on Paul Gascoigne, he's the craziest off the pitch character and most on the pitch genius you'll ever see and his antics and videos are legendary
@McJibbin , wrong timing, it is currently world cup rugby time being hosted in France
Err...um..... where's Gascoigne? Also, much as I appreciate he was a fine player I can't find room for Steven Gerrard in an all time top 10 that excludes GAZZA!
Beckham basically got tripped during a tackle with an opposition player and, while the ref was dealing with it, he kicked his leg out at the other player's leg, getting sent off. Very important game which England then lost, the vitriol was huge. He was basically blamed for the loss. I don't like players receiving death threats and so much hate, but football makes so much money because people are so passionate about it, which comes with these issues. If people weren't so into it then footballers probably wouldn't make the millions that they do.
Beckham has to he the most overrated player to wear the shirt. Took every free kick for 10 years snd scored 17 goals in 120 games? Never had a good finals. Don't even get me started on Wayne in 2nd...ONE world cup goal makes him 2nd ? Never getting past a Quarter finals and slagging off England fans after losing to Iceland? Absolute crap.
Conor on the fifa hype and knowing super franky Lampard has made my day 💙 lampaaaaaaaaaaaard
Fun fact - Gary Linekers brother Wayne drinks swimming pool water after teenagers have been in it
ashley cole in the top 10 but not bobby charlton is just mindblowing. just can't get my head around that
Watch it again Bobby in 1st, Ashley Cole is just in honourable mention
This mofo is blind and death
Yeah, you can play at the highest level at 16, but you have to be Wayne Rooney good. There have been very few who are.
Regarding whether you have to be strong or not, on most levels, there's a huge advantage to having a good build. However, at top levels, players are so smart (they make fast decisions) that it becomes less relevant. But as a general rule, the game will be a lot more physical further down the divisions. As an aside; why wouldn't people be able to play pro basketball at the same age? (Assuming you're tall enough lol). It's a less physical sport (no tackles, less running, more substitutions). I think it's just a product of the American rules. In Europe, you have plenty of teenagers doing it in the big basketball leagues, and many of them have proved more than capable of transferring to the NBA (e.g. Luka Doncic, who made his European senior debut at 16).
The game is called FOOTBALL here in Europe, there is no such thing as soccer in Europe. We call your American Football THE EGG THROWING GAME. CFC 56 💙⚽️💂♂️🇬🇧🏴💙💛🇺🇦
Or...knights in armour
In South America, Asia and Africa too! Only a few countries say soccer. Probably around 6.5 billion say football I'm some variation.
How did slippy make the list but not gazza?
In any sports you can have great teams within the country. In Rugby you have great European clubs as well as pacific clubs and are great leagues.
Some players have played professional football at 15
Sir Tom Finney, 30 goals for England and played in all 5 forward positions for England. Shankley and Docherty said the best player ever.
Matt Le Tissier the most naturally gifted. Kevin Keegan.
Basketball could try what they do in boxing with classes of heights as weights for boxing , Then every kid could keep their dream even if they failed to gain enough height for the tall league ,
I'm 69 so know most if not all of this list and it seems pretty good, as a Wolves supporter I would have preferred Billy Wright to have made the list. Wolves 2 V leaders Man City 1 this weekend how good was that?
How can Ashley Cole get an honorable mention, and not Scholes, Terry, Ferdinand or Lampard?? And Kane doesn't belong on the list at all. What has he won? I'd replace him with Kevin Keegan.
Non of the players you mentioned ever got past a Quarter finals for England...kane has a semi final and final...kane has more world cup goals than your list combined...what are you judging your list on mate ?
The guy I think you are alluding to is Gazza, who unfortunately, only got an honourable mention????
Made me think of Vinnie Jones first off. Think "badass" ticked that box. "Its been emotional" indeed.
Not English.
@@101steel4 Wtf are you on,? Ofc he is.
@@Chilli-dg7in He's welsh.
@@101steel4 No, born in Watford England. played for wales 9 times yes, but that was because one of his grandparents were Welsh so he was qualified to play for them that way.
@@Chilli-dg7in He's got welsh citizenship. I know it's a scam he wasn't good enough to play for England so went looking elsewhere, including Ireland first lol.
But technically he is Welsh.
You may be thinking of Cantona? Although he's French
It's hard to guess the one you mean. Bulldog guy, sort of made me think of Vinnie Jones, who is Welsh. But maybe starts with C idk
NO ! You can play professional FOOTBALL at 16 in the UK !!
What about Bobby's brother JACK ?
I think it is a little bit disapointment. In Brazil, Spain, Italy, Portugal, The Netherlands, Argentina, France, Germany, you have better top 10 players. The top 10 UK players it is better. George Best is great. I think, top 10 UK, maybe 5 of England? Why is Gascoinge missing. He is number 1 of England, I think.
Charlton is one of the greatest ever.
George Best is the only non English player that would make the list.
@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek Rayn Giggs, Gareth Bale, Roy Keane, George Best, Kenny Dalglish, Will Grigg ;-) You can´t issue about Will Grigg
Football is simple, If your good enough, your old enough, If your good enough, your big enough
Top pick? Bobby Charlton must be odds on favourite.
I would have added Gazza to the list , though I can understand perhaps why he was not included. A true genius who wasted his potential, Gazza was easily one of the best players this country ever produced.
Sorry but Gerrard doesn't deserve to be in this for England, Barns , waddle , Scholes , Adams , Rio , Gazza , Ince , Hoddle, Shilton, Seamen, all so much better then Gerard ( I'm a Ipswich fan so can't say I'm biased in anyway)
Agreed. He was shit for England in a generation that entirely underperformed.
Agreed but neither does Rooney or Beckham. All useless at major Tournaments Rooney has ONE world cup goal. NON of em got past. Quarter finals
R.I.P. Bobby Charlton.
Charlton definitely the best I've seen for England, but Greaves and Gazza have to make the top ten.
I'm surprised George Best wasn't mentioned
George Best was not mentioned because he played for Northern Ireland born in Belfast That is why Belfast city airport (not to be confused with Aldergrove /Belfast International airport )is now called George Best airport
A cap, us a literal head cap given to a player per played match
RIP Sir Bobby
Stanley Matthews has to be No. 1! And where is Tom Finney? He is Out but Stupid Spice is In? Nonsense!
Can't disagree with any of them , obviously a bias towards the most recent due to clips being available . In England there are 92 league clubs with many other leagues below them and promotion / relegation so there are more opportunities to be a professional player than in American football . Most nations have similar arrangements and many move Interntionally .
Wayne Rooney has ONE world cup goal. Less than John stones...never got past a Quarter finals and Is ahead of world cup winners alongside Beckham and Gerrard? Ridiculous tbh.
Gary Lineker, great striker, awful person.
Why is he awful??
Could you enlarge on that please.
Can't even go out in public now for fear of people punching him.
GAMMON ALERT GAMMON ALERT GAMMON ALERT GAMMON ALERT
@kevanwillis4571 I can..as a wolves fan. Steve bull told us a few things about woke Gary at a charity dinner a few years ago. Fake woke Gary didn't like Tipton born bully when they met up for England training under Taylor. After a while bully had enough and asked woke Gary what his problem was. Lineker said "you can't even speak English properly" ...bully gave him a punch 👊 and never got to play for England again. Now what happened, happened but these days Gary Lineker calls EVERYONE bigoted, ist or phobe. Even compared border control to uk being 1930s Germany...all whilst being an absolute bigot himself....fake woke BBC shill
Every time you say soccer, I say football .
'Soccer' comes originally from Association Football and is an English expression.
The U.S.A. and Australia have games called 'football' in their respective countries that nationally are more popular so revert to the old expression.
There's a big world out there.😊
Who cares what he calls it. It's really not a big deal.
@@kevanwillis4571soccer was slang.
Bryan Robson should be on this list.
You know Harry Kane only made the list to get people commenting on the video.
Harry Kane has made this list on merit and has become England's all time top goal scorer and can fallback into midfield and has many assists he is no selfish with the ball like other players i can mention
Fun fact, the youngest player to play in the Premier League was actually 15.
Alan Shearer is the best player I ever saw with my own eyes.
Scholes should be on here
stanley matthews at no 10? pfft
Glenn Hoddle , Michael Owen ?
How can they ignore Harry Maguire?
Gerrard was good for club. Terrible for country. IMO. No idea how he made this list. Charlton, Bryan Robson, Michael Owen were all better for England. Gerrard wining so many caps is part of the reason they won nothing in his time. There is no way he should have been infront of any of the other 10. Lampard did more for England, Scholes was a better player. Not knocking the stuff he did at his club, but this is an England list?!
tbf every other player and the managers are also the reasons england won nothing during the last period, gerrard is not the sole reason nor is he the biggest. and he definitely wasn't "terrible", I can think of only a handful that would have been better during his run and not enough to leave him out of england squads.
They tried to make Lampard and Gerard work in the same team but it didn’t, the balance of the team was sacrificed to have them both on the pitch and they basically cancelled each other out, it should have been one or the other playing and someone else playing along side them in the midfield to have a midfield partnership, England needed a Scholes/Keane or a Viera/Petit type partnership, it was obvious very everyone to see, even Stevie Wonder and yet every manager played them both and England suffered because of it, it left a gaping hole in the midfield that teams exploited, sure they were ok against average teams but as soon as they came up against a team with a good midfield, that was it, they got found wanting
@Penddraig7 non of generation big ego worked. John stones has more world cup goals than Rooney, Beckham was useless in 98. 02 , 06 world cups. They're basically on the list cos they did well in Qalifying against poor teams
If you are not abnormally strong for your age then you won't be playing as a pro at 16
Not true, you obviously did not watch Sunderland v Southampton last Saturday lunchtime, where 16 year old Chris Rigg scored the 5th goal for Sunderland. He actually played last season too, in the cup competitions at just 15 years old. He looks as if a strong wind would blow him over. lol
Er... Lionel Messi..?
I know you're calling it "soccer" to wind us up and make us comment for the algo, but you are watching English players who play football, please have some respect for that.
Gerrard of course but I'm biased
Beckham shouldn’t be on that list either! Missed two crucial penalties and get sent off. And only score a handful of goals. Who the fuck compiled that list??
Not sure about Beckham not being posh. But his wife definitely was.
Actually if you watch the Beckhams as guests on the AliG Show...you'll get a surprise what a laugh she can be and can also hand it out
@@mikefraser4513 don't doubt it. but that wasn't quite my point/joke.
@@RothimanIsn't a joke meant to be funny?
@@Rothiman Description: If you describe a person as "posh", you mean that they belong to or behave as if they belong to the upper classes. (like acting "stuck-up").
@@mikefraser4513 I'm aware. And still Victoria was Posh (Spice) back in her singing days. [There it is, that was the joke. I can't be the only one to find it funny. At least a little bit.]
The list should only include the 1966 World Cup winners seen as they are the only ones to have actually won something for England, therefore making them the best.
Nah, the best player ever to play in England, was George Best, he was Irish, and was sadly addicted to alcohol at an early age, but still went on to become the best player I have ever seen, but retired at 28 years old. There are some notable mentions, not least of which was Gascoigne.
Gerrard is not a top
10 England player. For England he was average. For Liverpool unreal
Harry Kane? 🤣🤣🤣
Kane has reached a semi finals and finals and has more world cup goals than Rooney, Gerrard, Beckham combined...the real Question is why is Rooney and his one world cup goal on this list along with generation flop aka Gerrard and Beckham
errr what happened to kevin keegan? how dare you for the replies that may come
Sorry but this list os a joke. Wayne Rooney, Gerard and Beckham were useless at world cups..never got past Quarter finals and less than 5 world cup finals goals combined
Gerrard in there is ridiculous, his England career was very very
average.
That's because at the very highest level he was a very very average player. Same with Rooney.
@DavidUKesb same as Beckham in 98 , 02 , 06 finals useless. To put the absurdity into context kane Currently has 8 world cup finals goals..Rooney and Beckham combined have FOUR 😅. They got all their goals against poor teams in Qailifying
@@billdoor3140 Kane has all his World Cup goals against Tunisia, Panama, Colombia and Senegal with a handful of pens. He bottled against Croatia in 18 and Bottled against France in 22.
He shouldnt be on that list either.
@@billdoor3140 I'll need to check but think that Emille Heskey has more World Cup goals than Rooney, and Heskey was shite.
Nearly all that side of the so called Golden Generation were vastly overrated at the highest level.
Rooney and Gerrard shouldn't be anywhere near this list. Both total flops in major international competitions.
George best
George Best was Northern Irish born and bred in Belfast
Beckham, Gerrard, Shearer shouldn't be anywhere near the top ten....and where's Keegan?
Please call it football it's name.
For me (I know he scores alot) but Harry Kane wouldn't be anywhere near my top 20 never mind 10
Paul Scholes deserved that spot.
Kane wouldn't even be in my top 25...he's pretty good at taking penalties tho'
Don't know what this soccer is that you keep talking about, the greatest sport in the world is football. You yanks play "american hand oval thingie".
Soccer is a British term.
@philjones45 so is football. So are most words in the ENGLISH language. Silly person.
@@philjones45and it was called football first. Soccer was slang.
Typical list from watch mojo 🤣🤣
No way is Rooney above Gerrard!! 😡
No way either should be on the list. Both useless at finals kane has DOUBLE the world Cup goals of both combined ffs 🙄
THis list has clearly been compiled by someone who thinks football started with the Premier league in 1992. Greaves should be top 3 as should Gazza. Beckham, Cole and Rooney should not be on the list at all. They never came close to winning anything at International level. Lampard was better than Gerrard at all levels but not a mention
What are you watching this crap for ?? We are useless. Its just that nobody here can accept it.
We only won the WC once and even then nobody expected it.
4:52 Alan Shearer 🖤🤍⚽️
HOWAY THE LADS! #NUFC
What a joke of a list.
CONNOR CALL IT SOCCER TAKE NO NOTICE OF BRITS WHO SCORN YOU FOR IT SOCCER IS A ENGLISH EXPRESSION SO IT'S HYPOCRITICAL FOR THEM TO RIB YOU FOR IT PS I'M ENGLISH
Thats is a terrible list
British players are not really known in Europe as the best (unforgettable) players. Think more of Italians, Germans, French, Dutch, etc. No British player has ever won a World Footballer of the Year award either.