Gary Neville & Qatar's World Cup Propaganda

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ต.ค. 2022
  • Gary Neville is one of the most famous faces in English football, as a former England international and Manchester United legend turned Sky Sports pundit and TH-cam sensation.
    Recently though, Neville has taken a bit of heat for his film 'Gary Neville’s Countdown to Qatar', uploaded to his TH-cam channel The Overlap, and for agreeing to work for Qatari state-owned media organisation beIN SPORTS at the the 2022 World Cup.
    So in this video, HITC Sevens takes a look at Neville's most recent documentary about the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the Qatari government's propaganda machine, and whether Neville has inadvertently become a useful tool for the Western Asian kingdom.
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  • @dvdv8197
    @dvdv8197 ปีที่แล้ว +885

    I love the overall sarcasm which drips from basically any sentence uttered in this video.

    • @tigercap100
      @tigercap100 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good except your comment abo

    • @EnglishforFOOTBALLFANS
      @EnglishforFOOTBALLFANS ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Proper Tory sounding isn't he

    • @dvdv8197
      @dvdv8197 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tigercap100 wait what?

    • @One.Zero.One101
      @One.Zero.One101 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Qatari trying to justify the 6,500 deaths is the most ridiculous thing in Gary Neville's "documentary". Whether the workers died on site or in the bunker with a heart attack, 6,500 dead people is still a mind-boggling amount. There's no spin you can put in it to make it sound better.

    • @liamconverse8950
      @liamconverse8950 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't get it though, where does his moral code come from? I mean if he's atheist then he can't really say anything is objectively immoral.

  • @Soccerates
    @Soccerates ปีที่แล้ว +767

    Gary Neville is out there, making bold political statements about society at large and football governance, rubbing shoulders with no less than Sir Keir Starmer and the rest of the Labour Party, of which he is now a member, then he jumps into BeIn Sports as a pundit, with no regard to his personal integrity.
    He talks of wages of the average worker and of strikes for those who work in keeping our fragile national infrastructure together.
    He's the exact same as the people he holds to account. If he had a shred of morality as he purports to have, he'd quietly leave this role.
    He won't.

    • @shawklan27
      @shawklan27 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The dude's sick simple as that

    • @ericisreal776
      @ericisreal776 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lmaoooooo hes a god what do you mean

    • @DaybreakPT
      @DaybreakPT ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@ericisreal776 Relax Gary Neville's alt account.

    • @derekkearns3377
      @derekkearns3377 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Should take a trip over to the leb, palestine, Syria, afgan,Iraq, afgan,somalia, libya and endless murders his country is involved in the hypricit

    • @ciggy_
      @ciggy_ ปีที่แล้ว +7

      So at what yearly income do you have to change your moral and political beliefs? This is just the same stupid “well if you don’t agree with everything in society then you should just not take part in it” argument, it doesn’t make sense
      Neville is hardly a radical, but in his video I was impressed with the way he challenged the private companies that are exploiting the Qatari workers just the same way as the state is doing, that is raising a good point. That it’s just as much a problem with the Qatari government as it is with the corporations that exploit cheap labor everywhere around the world
      Currently this is a very difficult place to be ethical in

  • @iceman4660
    @iceman4660 ปีที่แล้ว +462

    Beckham sounds like an ideal candidate for upper echelons of FIFA

    • @AdamCanavan12
      @AdamCanavan12 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Stood in the line for the queen though man of the people ey?

    • @tomthomassony8607
      @tomthomassony8607 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      @@AdamCanavan12 Beckham is now walking on his hand knees begging for his knighthood. Complete embarrassment.

    • @cheekynffc8096
      @cheekynffc8096 ปีที่แล้ว

      He'd let you bum his kids, out of wedlock, in public, in Qatar whilst shouting blasphemous obscenities if the money was right.

    • @bretton_woods
      @bretton_woods ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AdamCanavan12 he does whatever his handlers tell him to! He does at least *play* the fool. He married the only Spice Girl who couldn't sing

    • @vaiyt
      @vaiyt ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Can't think of a more scathing insult.

  • @NaZtRdAmUs
    @NaZtRdAmUs ปีที่แล้ว +227

    It must have been staggering the amount of envelopes full of money to make this happen.

    • @MathiasGmail86
      @MathiasGmail86 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Replace envelopes with shipping containers filled with cash, and you be "right on the money" nudge nudge wink wink.

    • @hrs1414
      @hrs1414 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Tbh i think the reality is way sadder. It probably doesnt take much to buy people like this lmfao or at least not as much as we think

  • @jamesswinbanks
    @jamesswinbanks ปีที่แล้ว +348

    By far the best football channel on TH-cam. Brilliant work Alfie.

    • @andyelgrand0
      @andyelgrand0 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Not just football my friend... politically sound as well.

    • @RS-zp1we
      @RS-zp1we ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sad to see that most of his best work does not get the attention it deserves.

    • @karlofandango6108
      @karlofandango6108 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed x

  • @deeps2169
    @deeps2169 ปีที่แล้ว +426

    Fantastic video. Neville deserves criticism on a wide range of topics - he seems to be untouchable in mainstream circles

    • @MrLees-oq8wb
      @MrLees-oq8wb ปีที่แล้ว

      Apparently he is not allowed to be criticised at sky full stop.
      But sky are now owned by msnbc in America and they are further left than fidel castro

    • @tommair5783
      @tommair5783 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Neville is the perfect poster boy for mainstream media circles, occasionally does something that barely counts as a good deed if you are a normal person (criticising super league, campaigning for Labour), but he never actually challenges the status quo and instead actively reinforces it.

    • @shawklan27
      @shawklan27 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tommair5783 word

    • @AdamCanavan12
      @AdamCanavan12 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tommair5783 this makes his opposition to the tories even more bizarre, doesn’t agree with right leaning government policies but is fine to work for ultra conservatives in a tournament that was built on the blood of slaves.
      Absolute sham.

    • @PureBassO
      @PureBassO ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tommair5783 he's the main person trying to help the lower league's get more money from the premier League as he part owns a league two he knows how much abit extra could do to them clubs at league one and below

  • @davidzolcer4848
    @davidzolcer4848 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Irony is that when The SuperLeague was announced in the spring of 2021 Neville was most hawkish and critical of it and calling the clubs greedy but he just sold himself out to Qatar a coutry where human rights are broken officially.

    • @knossostellel-amarna8502
      @knossostellel-amarna8502 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He was angry that nobody paid him in advance to market the idea

    • @davidzolcer4848
      @davidzolcer4848 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@knossostellel-amarna8502 you may have a good point there

  • @mrbojangles5313
    @mrbojangles5313 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    As examples of creative writing, the Qatari stooges in Neville’s video were absolutely world class. I also enjoyed the segment where men following a woman round a supermarket were worryingly just described as ‘curious’.

    • @ILikedGooglePlus
      @ILikedGooglePlus ปีที่แล้ว +11

      There's "the truth" 😡 and "the truth" 😀

    • @melodiclogic9904
      @melodiclogic9904 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      as a woman, if i was followed around a supermarket for my own safety, I'd actually feel less safe.
      Good on Gary for... not addressing the issue because they're lining his pockets

    • @marcusali1783
      @marcusali1783 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ILikedGooglePlus Lionel hutz?

    • @ILikedGooglePlus
      @ILikedGooglePlus ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@marcusali1783
      Freedom for women
      No harassment
      Oh, they got this all screwed up
      Freedom for women?
      No, harassment!

  • @deanfisher4324
    @deanfisher4324 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Great video. The level of sarcasm and disdain is truly warranted for someone that's put his morals aside for Qatari blood money. Very much like his mate Beckham. I have been previously a supporter of Neville but this is hypocrisy of the highest level. Thank you for highlighting

    • @knossostellel-amarna8502
      @knossostellel-amarna8502 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Neville calling the glazers to leave while rubbing shoulders with the qatari regime is quite something

    • @nas84payne
      @nas84payne ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same with Newcastle and their Saudi blood money. Man City, PSG, etc of course.

    • @nas84payne
      @nas84payne ปีที่แล้ว

      @@knossostellel-amarna8502 Yeah! 😀

  • @nightowl7459
    @nightowl7459 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Neville, a man of true principles that he's willing to forget if the price is right.

  • @AmassMoreMoney
    @AmassMoreMoney ปีที่แล้ว +39

    If Beckham ever gets knighted I’ll officially lose the remaining slither of hope that I have in humanity.

    • @gentleken7864
      @gentleken7864 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Oh, he'll get it. While Neville is a hypocrite of the highest order, I consider David 'I'm Skint' Beckham's Qatar publicity job much much worse. In the end, it all comes to down to tons and tons of cash, which is essentially how Qatar got it in the first place.

    • @kevinb9830
      @kevinb9830 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gentleken7864 And how they keep getting major sporting events of all kinds, which have zero atmosphere and feel plastic.

    • @thefirm4606
      @thefirm4606 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dude, it’s only a matter of time!

  • @reiergv
    @reiergv ปีที่แล้ว +106

    Thank you for making videos like this. Can’t believe I am happy that my country didn’t qualify to the WC, but I am. ❤ from Norway

    • @torernning8652
      @torernning8652 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I think most of us norwegians with somewhat of a brain agrees with that.

    • @toph8298
      @toph8298 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Like Norway, Scotland have been waiting to qualify for the World Cup since 1998. As close as we came, this is the only tournament I’ve not been bothered about not qualifying for during that time whole time.

    • @harleyt-l8977
      @harleyt-l8977 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@toph8298 Indeed. I'm welsh, and the whole country is delighted we qualified. but at the same time devastated because frankly nobody wants to go. I'm a lesbian so that rules me out even if I wanted to go, and even my dad doesn't want to go despite it being a dream for decades

    • @franalytics5995
      @franalytics5995 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@harleyt-l8977 lol, don't generalize, there are a lot of people who want to go, Qatar just rejected you cos you are lesbian and in their religion it's unacceptable so yh

    • @chriswilder9719
      @chriswilder9719 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@franalytics5995 a lot isn't the same as a majority. One thousand is a lot. What numbers are we talking here or are you just generalizing as well

  • @christopherreynolds9254
    @christopherreynolds9254 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    I’ve got to admit that, after watching the full video, more than anything, the funniest part, and one I agreed with the most, was the view of James Cordon being unwatchably deplorable 😂

  • @youtuber6193
    @youtuber6193 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Gary could really learn a thing or two from you about making engaging, well written and probing content Alfie.
    Really good job as always.

    • @haileuropa3708
      @haileuropa3708 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well written ignorance and intolerance of other cultures and policies yes gary could learn a lot from this smarmy one sided hypocrite

  • @nbarrett100
    @nbarrett100 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Get ready for a wave of whataboutism. If you have any concerns about Qatar, idiots will just say "you're going to watch it aren't you" and then call you a hypocrite for caring about humans and football at the same time. This is among the sad lessons I've learnt as a Newcastle fan

    • @AdamCanavan12
      @AdamCanavan12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Watching the World Cup certainly is up for debate and is the only thing that will make a real difference as it impacts fifas pockets directly.
      It’s tough and I probably will watch it because I love football especially World Cup football where you see players from Central America Asia and Africa that you’ve never seen before and could get huge moves from it and everything else that comes with it.
      However being a Newcastle fan is completely different, you were there and are more important than the owners are or ever will be, would be ridiculous for people to expect Newcastle fans to stop supporting them.

    • @shawklan27
      @shawklan27 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same way people deflect criticism with Newcastle being bought by the Saudi government. *Edit: Oh wait you already mentioned it

    • @AR-rg2en
      @AR-rg2en ปีที่แล้ว

      Wait Saudi owned Newcastle

    • @kevinb9830
      @kevinb9830 ปีที่แล้ว

      Any team which sells their soul for dirty money will lose something. I mean look at City - they're a great team but they're souless. It's just plastic. I've zero doubt Newcastle will win the league within 10 seasons at most, because at the end of the day they will just keep throwing money at it until it happens. Just as City did.

    • @leeshaumark
      @leeshaumark ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sticking to one's principles is often difficult but nonetheless the right thing to do. Having made this video he would indeed be a hypocrite for watching it.

  • @johnwhittaker311
    @johnwhittaker311 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    One point you mentioned which I believe strongly in: you can respect another persons culture whilst simultaneously questioning some aspects of it. It’s very important that we do respect other peoples culture, but you can do that whilst also saying “this isn’t right.” Not shouting, not painting people as evil, but just to talk people through why they believe that and why you disagree. Conversation not argument. Constructive not destructive

    • @Jonathanizer
      @Jonathanizer ปีที่แล้ว +13

      For most of history, islamic regions of the world have been more tolerant than Europe. It is not inherent to the Middle East, to be like this, and in an alternative universe, history looks very different. Authoritarianism, homophobia and sexism is not culture, and to frame it like that is deceitful.

    • @idontexist1681
      @idontexist1681 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Jonathanizer arabs have been like this since the islamic golden age ended. Other muslim nations are much more secular and toleramt.

    • @MarcosGarcia-pj3pq
      @MarcosGarcia-pj3pq ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Jonathanizer nah based muslims😊

    • @Jonathanizer
      @Jonathanizer ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MarcosGarcia-pj3pq The muslims i know, who grew up in the west, are no different in their morals and world view. It's only people who grew up in the authoritarian post-colonial states who are formed to hold terrible political views.

    • @bleach0959
      @bleach0959 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And people act like culture is something that is set in stone that can never be changed or challenged. It changes and evolves with time.

  • @MrCr1spy1
    @MrCr1spy1 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    No one wants to grow up and be a Gary Neville - Jamie Carragher

  • @1888CR
    @1888CR ปีที่แล้ว +29

    The closer we get to the World Cup the more likely I think Alfie will spontaneously combust.

    • @JimmyS.25
      @JimmyS.25 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wouldn't blame him.

  • @raducujohnson
    @raducujohnson ปีที่แล้ว +24

    The fact that the stadiums get demolished after WC is disgusting

    • @bretton_woods
      @bretton_woods ปีที่แล้ว

      yep and guess who is going to do the demolition.... more slave labour! (and more deaths)

    • @bababababababa6124
      @bababababababa6124 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That’s like a slap in the face to the hundreds of workers that lost their lives during the construction

    • @Jonathanizer
      @Jonathanizer ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@bababababababa6124 *thousands

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aren't some being repurposed? Either way, they would never have any use for them in their current form anyway.

    • @fezzabluenose
      @fezzabluenose ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That’s simply not true though is it

  • @_CrissoN
    @_CrissoN ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This. Everything in this, is why this is the greatest football channel on TH-cam. Wonderful work again Alfie

  • @pianomirror4833
    @pianomirror4833 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    The selection process was in no way corrupt, Qatar are a very accepting and tolerant society, those migrant workers dreamed of dying building a stadium for less than a living wage in a desert. Glad we could clear all that up, well done fifa for the big brain pick. Big respect for all the players willing to overlook these quirks to kick a ball around 👏

    • @silvanafernandes8875
      @silvanafernandes8875 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sure Jan 🙄

    • @willywonka7812
      @willywonka7812 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@silvanafernandes8875 um, that was sarcasm

    • @lalitthapa101
      @lalitthapa101 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactlyyy.
      We gotta stop this woke agenda. No politics in football please😤

    • @pianomirror4833
      @pianomirror4833 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Funhistani you think the British people agree with our beyond evil crooked government?

    • @mayukhdatta4017
      @mayukhdatta4017 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Funhistani the country is allied ofc, the people have absolutely no issue lambasting and bashing the country tho as long as their leaders still rub shoulders together

  • @dangraham3361
    @dangraham3361 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Outstanding piece of commentary, this.

  • @moneyme9811
    @moneyme9811 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Thank you Alfie again for an excellent video with really great points made.
    It’s so nuanced to look at human rights in the Middle East and you’ve done an excellent job in under half an hour by stating that Muslims are not homogeneous and do try risk their lives by bringing up human rights abuses consistently over the years.
    Plus again highlighting the stupidness of FIFA, Neville, and other apologists of obviously toeing the official Qatari line. It’s disgusting that there are still construction workers who are considered indentured servants despite the lip service paid to Human Rights and Workers Rights by the regime.
    The pure idiocy, or more likely sheer greed of FIFA in initially awarding the World Cup to this country and then Infantino compounds it by implying that football is so amazing it saves the world. Flipping heck I wonder what happened to the last host of the World Cup?

  • @robinhazell6019
    @robinhazell6019 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Excellent video and your comments are spot on. You are extremly eloquent and would make a great Political analyst or commentator. Plus, you would also make a great English Foreign language teacher overseas. I was such a teacher in Thailand, Indonesia and China. Just some ideas for you to consider. You could of course still produce HITC Sevens.

    • @EnglishforFOOTBALLFANS
      @EnglishforFOOTBALLFANS ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I did it the other way around. I was an English language teacher overseas (in Indonesia for a couple of years too) then started a football channel a few years back.

  • @harveygray7633
    @harveygray7633 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Alfie’s videos on Qatar are golden

  • @raymondblaymond
    @raymondblaymond ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another amazing video Alfie. Keep up the great work. Your posts are appointment viewing.

  • @fatboab2181
    @fatboab2181 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Although I was disappointed just from a footballing perspective that Scotland never qualified at the time, I'm now glad we're not going. To see my country's national team used to give legitimacy to a murderous state and it's multi billion dollar pr exercise of a tournament would've been too much. I for one, won't watch a minute of this crap and they can wedge the whole thing somewhere very uncomfortable and undoubtedly illegal in Qatar.

  • @flyingaviator8158
    @flyingaviator8158 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for the video. that was long overdue and find no attention ifrom the mainstream media.

  • @mjc1027
    @mjc1027 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Nothing like hearing ex footballers telling us they are all for the working man, while putting out their hands to corrupt nations for the money.
    Excellent video as always, and I do sincerely hope Neville sees it.

    • @LegendNinja41
      @LegendNinja41 ปีที่แล้ว

      So Qatar is a corrupt nation but the Usa, UK and other Western countries aren't? holy shit, the indoctrination runs deep.

  • @user-tw6cu1js9n
    @user-tw6cu1js9n ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I will always hold you in the highest regard for never selling out... yet

  • @robertl152
    @robertl152 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Most likely qatar will ignore the house rules. They dont want their laws to be scrutinized by media from the many times their law will be broken during the world Cup.

  • @vincentedepaul9324
    @vincentedepaul9324 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The best TH-cam channel on football matters. Period.

  • @cutez0r
    @cutez0r ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Qatar: a country that doesn't care about human rights, enslaves migrants, supports terrorist organizations, has face-melting weather, and bans alcohol and public celebrations.
    FIFA: It's the ideal candidate for the World Cup.

    • @Jonathanizer
      @Jonathanizer ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Don't forget about Qatars anti-democratic politics, the homophobia and the treatment of rape victims.

    • @AR-rg2en
      @AR-rg2en ปีที่แล้ว

      Banning alcohol is perfectly fine

  • @ThomasLeica
    @ThomasLeica ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Thank you for brilliantly describing and presenting what I have been saying about Neville of late. Running his mouth about football club ownership, being a rich owner compared to the owners of his competition. Giving statements on other nationals as though anyone with multi-millions / billions to purchase high amount of ownership of a top-flight club, hasn't gotten that money without doing a lot of immoral behaviours, Middle Eastern, Russian, British, American or otherwise. He's been bugging me for a while now. Boy needs to educate himself and see his morals over the money.

  • @arzhi_azis
    @arzhi_azis ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Day 331: Indonesia XI If All Eligible Players Had Declared For Them.

    • @hi-rr2vm
      @hi-rr2vm ปีที่แล้ว

      Keep dreaming bocah

  • @newforestpixie5297
    @newforestpixie5297 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    “ Red Nev “ 😁 I must be getting dementia because I was thinking that Gary Neville is the England Manager until you described him as a tv pundit . 🏴❤️

  • @keiranmclean8582
    @keiranmclean8582 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love your work alfie mate and I'd hate to see you leave the channel but honestly I have a feeling your going somewhere big time in the next couple year maybe even months starting with this video smashed it bro

  • @willcrapenter1779
    @willcrapenter1779 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Thank you for this video, I watched the whole qatar documentary with my jaw on the floor

  • @DaPeePeePooPooCheck
    @DaPeePeePooPooCheck ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I watched much of your content but you’ve popped up in my recommended a lot I’ve the last couple of weeks but the political/economic spin that you’ve been putting into your videos has been very interesting

  • @beane10
    @beane10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    A spectacular video Alfie! 30 mins of taking the piss outta Gary Neville, I think we are all in favor of that! 🤣

  • @timglennon6814
    @timglennon6814 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I think it will be safer to watch the World Cup at home or in the pub.

    • @Extreme2SwaggerHD
      @Extreme2SwaggerHD ปีที่แล้ว

      How will It be 'safer' to watch it at home or in the pub. Yeah I know qatar doesn't allow lgbtq people in their country and they dont want alcohol but its not like they will beat you up or kill you. You would just get sent to prison that aint as bad as getting killed. Western propaganda makes everything seem much more worse. I dont know I'm just trying to play devil's advocate here.

  • @KingdomOfStars
    @KingdomOfStars ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I love your sarcasm 😂 great video coverage, as always!

  • @andythedarkone1982
    @andythedarkone1982 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    There is no discussion here, Neville views this as a paying gig, nothing else, morals are only useful when they make him look good publicly.

    • @GamerBully
      @GamerBully ปีที่แล้ว

      He's a champagne socialist. He has a massive ego and believes he knows better. All he really cares about is the kudos moral points humping labour gives him.

  • @Rton1000
    @Rton1000 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Stellar work right here, thank you for your critical and transparent research

  • @johnoneill2084
    @johnoneill2084 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic analysis. Your political videos are always thought provoking. Your previous one on the World Cup is one of the best demolitions of this farce that I have seen. I am 56 years of age and hardly a radical but money always triumphs. Keep up the excellent standard of journalism.

  • @Greg-ep9zd
    @Greg-ep9zd ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent and very important video. My favourite one that you have released so far. Keep up the excellent work!!

  • @constablekennedy7705
    @constablekennedy7705 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    ‘The Million Dollar Man’ Ted DiBiase (WWF/E) famously said ….
    “Everybody has a Price”!!!…. 🤷🏿‍♂️. ⚽️

  • @kiriakoz
    @kiriakoz ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Most of the comments on here are about stupid future video ideas, but what about this content? I thought it was a well articulated video. I had similar thoughts, but this was presented better than I could've and I'm glad I watched it.

  • @societyoffriends7414
    @societyoffriends7414 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Alfie's videos have been hitting different lately 👌👌

  • @propergingergaming2218
    @propergingergaming2218 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Early af. Love the vids keep it up

  • @johnhudson9167
    @johnhudson9167 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Great journalism, well done!

  • @tomthomassony8607
    @tomthomassony8607 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Listen to Neville on the Guardian Football Weekly podcast at the end of September. Complete knob - totally refused to criticise David Beckham for taking the Qatar dollar.

    • @nightowl7459
      @nightowl7459 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Tom Tomassony
      Of course he wouldn't, he's on the payroll, the guy is a massive hypocrite who puts money before his principles.

  • @BL4CK0UT17
    @BL4CK0UT17 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Well done mate, went in with no holding back. Fantastic job 💪🏼👏🏼

  • @dvdv8197
    @dvdv8197 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Great video, Alfie.
    Will NOT watch the overlap video. Would definitely be nauseating and my eyes might roll that far back inside my head they won't ever come back.

  • @davidaylott550
    @davidaylott550 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think this is the best video you’ve ever made and needs to be seen by a lot more people, well done.

    • @knossostellel-amarna8502
      @knossostellel-amarna8502 ปีที่แล้ว

      The gulf as a whole is full of brutal dictators which are just the darlings of the west. No wonder they could own PSG, Man City, Newcastle & much more to come. Abramovich owning Chelsea suddenly became intolerable

  • @Gothicgarlic
    @Gothicgarlic ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Another brilliant video, loving your content at the moment 👏

  • @thefirm4606
    @thefirm4606 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love that you cover everything football and not just the scores and 10 greatest…

  • @jackdavies8127
    @jackdavies8127 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A great video. The way you capped it off with that 'allegedly' had me laughing

  • @youssouferfromaids825
    @youssouferfromaids825 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    If you need an example of Neville’s integrity just look at his speaking of Ole when he was utd manager

  • @jacknelson927
    @jacknelson927 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The fact that nobody talks about the lives lost that took ti build those stadiums is beyond me and yet no country has boycotted this at all it’s a joke

  • @dvdv8197
    @dvdv8197 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I came back to this video hours later after reading about Shipman, Moore, West, disarticulation and the likes.
    This is why I love your videos, Alfie. They're so learned. 👍👏

  • @danblythe6752
    @danblythe6752 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hitting the proverbial nail as sweetly as ever Alfie

  • @od9694
    @od9694 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was one of your best videos Alfie great work

  • @JimmyS.25
    @JimmyS.25 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Neville is the archetype of an intellectual left winger. He "preaches water and drinks wine" (a german phrase). He is certainly very competent when it comes to sport, but it's always a bit strange when a multi millionaire styles him self as "voice of the working classes".

    • @willywonka7812
      @willywonka7812 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      If your definition of left wing includes those willing to propagate capitalism, there's really no difference between right and left, effectively

    • @JimmyS.25
      @JimmyS.25 ปีที่แล้ว

      @MuseTheReaper It doesn't invalidate his view. However, if he changes his mind when he profits from it , he doesn't make himself awfully believable.

    • @JimmyS.25
      @JimmyS.25 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@willywonka7812 that's sort of what I mean.

    • @davidpryle3935
      @davidpryle3935 ปีที่แล้ว

      The left has been gradually abdicating its main job of going after the rich people’s money for years now. The modern left is much more comfortable talking about identity politics than it is talking about the working class. The Brexit vote just aggravated this trend.

  • @Posterchild19
    @Posterchild19 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm starting to feel a little depressed thinking about this World Cup

  • @addisonsimms2019
    @addisonsimms2019 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You need to be a freelance journalist. This is amazing.

  • @Bert86
    @Bert86 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Brilliant video mate, well done. Stay honest

  • @crystalracing4794
    @crystalracing4794 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "I'd rather jab scissors into my eyes than watch James Corden" 🤣🤣🤣

  • @joaocolaco1498
    @joaocolaco1498 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Denmark's position is the best I've seen

  • @elldotms
    @elldotms ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My bro you need to be the guy that sky hire to talk on these difficult moral issues, but then again I’m sure you’d put plenty of people out of work.
    Amazing video as always

    • @willywonka7812
      @willywonka7812 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sky has no reason to have on someone who will put their feet to the fire

  • @moneyme9811
    @moneyme9811 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Eric Cantona got it right. He’s going to boycott 2022. True legend.

  • @johnruby147
    @johnruby147 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One section of this video tells you everything you need to know about how workers were treated in the building of the stadiums and the treatment of workers , and that is that one stadium cost $1 Billion to build , when you consider that Tottenham's stadium weekly wage bill was £3.5M . So how much of that $1B went on workers wages ? not much i bet

  • @benday1218
    @benday1218 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What next? Gary in Pyongyang 'it's alright really'

  • @user-fy8hm2px4t
    @user-fy8hm2px4t ปีที่แล้ว

    videos like these are the reason why you are my favourite youtuber

  • @Will-pg4bh
    @Will-pg4bh ปีที่แล้ว

    I don’t know who took him to task better-you or Ian Hislop! Great video

  • @BALHAM69
    @BALHAM69 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    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

    • @ac-kk9er
      @ac-kk9er ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Want this to be done as well!

    • @gm2407
      @gm2407 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is how football should be. Not some grubby money loving, slavery appologist, corrupt FIFA run scum that it is.

    • @BALHAM69
      @BALHAM69 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ac-kk9er it was a good video today A C.
      As a Liverpool supporter i don’t understand the expert pundit Phil (Gary) Neville.
      pep guardiola once called him Phil Neville and it was funny.
      He makes jokes about my team LFC But doesn’t want anything about his team old Trafford fc
      Good luck to the other team he owns Salford city in getting out of League two
      The World Cup is coming up, many women who attend will want to be safe and feel safe.
      The fans of the nations will hope they can compete and try to win matches.
      We could get a Portugal and Argentina final i think if each team win every match up to the final.

    • @englanduk6131
      @englanduk6131 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Wimbledon fans who refused to travel outside London to support their club but decided to start their club again from scratch are amazing, now in the football league, they weren't owned by millionaires and a billionaire like Salford, they did it the hard way........ Every football fan should salute AFC Wimbledon!!!!! 😁

    • @BALHAM69
      @BALHAM69 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@englanduk6131 true England

  • @connoranderson2608
    @connoranderson2608 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A really well-made, important video as always! Will be sharing.
    Just a small nitpicky comment - a couple of times you accidentally used the Bahrain flag rather than the Qatar one.

  • @Clohardman
    @Clohardman ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another banger, Alfie. Well done.

  • @Grautwok
    @Grautwok ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Important conversation to have, but sadly, there isn't much we can do to change anything in Qatar or FIFA. The only thing I can think of that might actually have an effect, would be if ticket sales or viewers took a heavy fall compared to previous tournaments. I'm not encouraging any illegal activities here, but I just want to inform people that pirated streams do not profit neither Qatar nor Fifa as much as the official broadcasters do

    • @Jonathanizer
      @Jonathanizer ปีที่แล้ว

      There actually is. Don't go there. If you must watch, at least don't do it in person on location.
      Oh also, you could boycott all and any FIFA sponsors / WC2022 sponsors. If you were really engaged, you could write to all the companies a letter, that you stopped purchasing their products, because of their affiliation with FIFA and the WC in Qatar. Would probably take you a few minutes, and for 99.9% of people that's already too much, but if tens of thousands of these kinds of messages would arrive at Coca Cola, Hyundai, Visa and Budweiser, even global corporations would take notice.

  • @erikjansen8597
    @erikjansen8597 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is why I am conflicted about watching the World Cup this year.

    • @Jonathanizer
      @Jonathanizer ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just do this: For every game you watch, you also write one scathing letter to corporate sponsors, and how you disapprove. If they receive enough letters, even global corporations will think twice supporting such an event ever again. After all, Coca Cola, Visa and Hyundai don't want to pay millions to have their reputation trashed, and customers threaten to stop purchasing their products..

    • @interovic
      @interovic ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes let's just stage it in the United States, where the death penalty exists and their foreign policy destroys nations all around the world through brutal military campaigns or sanctions. Or how about any of the NATO countries that bombed Libya to a slave state? The hypocrisy you guys display with which countries you treat like pariahs as the nations you live in join in on some of the most heinous war crimes in modern times😂

  • @naxar4246
    @naxar4246 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    James is right, it the best football channel there is. U cut through the crap and get to the point. Respect!

  • @BrianStorm742
    @BrianStorm742 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'll be making a World Cup podcast and I want to do the situation in Qatar justice so these videos are invaluable to me.

  • @syriusz_
    @syriusz_ ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Bloody great video pointing out all the issues with the World Cup and Qatar itself. Thanks for making it and possibly informing many, many people about ongoing propaganda

  • @leorogers8541
    @leorogers8541 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    legendary video. Quite disgusted by Gary Neville for this.

  • @mafiousbj
    @mafiousbj ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good work on calling hypocrisy when we see it, even if it seems to be everywhere these days.

  • @_Super_Hans_
    @_Super_Hans_ ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nobody is being forced to go. Not the fans, not the migrant workers, not the pundits or players. How can this be compared to slavery where people went over to Africa and kidnapped people and worked them to death? These people travelled to Qatar voluntarily knowing the dangers of working in such difficult conditions.

    • @alyjam
      @alyjam ปีที่แล้ว

      If you had any brain, you would know that the correct term is "modern slavery". Although, two words combined might be too difficult for you.

  • @tlawal7
    @tlawal7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I have to say: I refuse to fully respect a culture that doesn't respect me

    • @Jonathanizer
      @Jonathanizer ปีที่แล้ว

      It's got nothing to do with culture. The Middle East is not inherently and culturally authoritarian, homophobic and sexist. It's a political situation, that grew out of a post-colonial history. Not all too many centuries ago, the Islamic regions of the world were much more tolerant and open than Europe at that time. To proclaim this as "culture" is just a way to deceive western audiences, who will be much more willing to overlook such things, if it's in the name of respecting other cultures, rather than what it really is, condoning and passively supporting terrible politicians and the terrible system they built.

  • @lukecharlton
    @lukecharlton ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I nearly overdosed on the amount of sarcasm in this!
    This world cup is an absolute joke!

  • @4vn14
    @4vn14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brilliant video! Keep up the good work.

  • @TheKingOfSting32
    @TheKingOfSting32 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think this is your 🐐 vid. And I never thought I’d see Sophie Corcoran make an appearance in one. 😂

  • @soundscape26
    @soundscape26 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    All quite unsurprising but nevertheless well timed given the World Cup is fast approaching.

  • @dougidouglas3210
    @dougidouglas3210 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I've realized that there once the money is right human will turn into monsters and the people in the position and with the platform to speak out, will turn a blind eye to all the evil.
    I'm a simple jamaican who love football but I am not planning on watching a single game of the world cup this year! It's the least I can do as a means of demonstration ✊️✊️💪💪

    • @Jonathanizer
      @Jonathanizer ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not all. Probably not even most. But the money guys will always find someone. Someone will always be greedy.

    • @dougidouglas3210
      @dougidouglas3210 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Jake Football if that's your justification that's on you. Everyone doing something does not make the thing right. I'm not like you, can't support something knowing it's wrong.

    • @Jonathanizer
      @Jonathanizer ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Jake Football Half the world is not even close. More like a fraction of a percent. And if i come across any other projects that do that, i will not support those projects either. Unfortunately, the sport i love is going to be played in these buildings built on the death of thousands, which should really pose a quandary for all decent humans, and not be brushed a away with a lazy "the worlds is unfair and terrible things happen everywhere" excuse.
      If we would actually subscribe to your logic, where as we cannot condemn evil doings, if other evil is happening elsewhere (i am paraphrasing a little here), then humankind would be resigned to moral decay, zero empathy for our kin and permanent ignorance.

  • @damianmonzillo6058
    @damianmonzillo6058 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very Much appreciate your coverage of the World Cup! I honestly wish FIFA would be taken apart like any monopoly. FIFA is supposed to be a “non profit” organization. I would Love to see football specific investigative journalists who can open up conversations so nothing like this happens again. For as many t-shirts printed and articles that have been and will be written about this World Cup, it would have been incredible to see any team/country abstaining or be conscious objectors for the event.

  • @TheTennesseeFistMachine
    @TheTennesseeFistMachine ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Incredibly well made video, major props.

  • @teddy3691
    @teddy3691 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    eye opener well done alfie really put it into perspective

  • @oceanmike8516
    @oceanmike8516 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I’m actually shocked and appalled that time Cahill has a part of this.

    • @DenariHD
      @DenariHD ปีที่แล้ว

      Fucking sux

  • @sazidulhuq3898
    @sazidulhuq3898 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    When other countries do it, it's called propaganda but when a NATO member does it, it's called promo.

    • @interovic
      @interovic ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Shhhhh that's called "whataboutism" bro

    • @sazidulhuq3898
      @sazidulhuq3898 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@interovic Nah thats a fact

    • @interovic
      @interovic ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sazidulhuq3898 im teasing

    • @sazidulhuq3898
      @sazidulhuq3898 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@interovic 👍👍

  • @bumblethebeadle3504
    @bumblethebeadle3504 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Allegedly". Smashed the ending Alfie!

  • @kenneththeg742
    @kenneththeg742 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This should get million views before the World Cup final. This World Cup is a disgrace can’t imagine anyone watching this tournament without disgust, which is why I won’t support it even though me not watching it is insignificant, at least I know I was not part of this atrocity

  • @thomasjohnson2862
    @thomasjohnson2862 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I won’t be watching the Qatar World Cup, hope lots of others keep their TVs off for the tournament too

    • @johnnycalv
      @johnnycalv ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same here.

    • @andresmcjr
      @andresmcjr ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why police the world and tell them how to conduct their business? Neville is a hypocrite but it really ain't none of our business just watch the football

    • @edinnzen5216
      @edinnzen5216 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ok

    • @thomasjohnson2862
      @thomasjohnson2862 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@andresmcjr You've just told me to "watch the football" literally 1 second after telling me not to "police the world". Nonsense. If you stopped people from "policing the world" then no one would be allowed to say anything.