love the bit where you show Deschamps while making the point that the best individual players are not always the solution to a teams problems :D

Crazy that the guy you picked out as Moroccos weak link turned out to be arguably the best young player of the tournament 😅

Loved when he said Ounahi as a weaklink shows how much he has proven everyone's expectations wrong

I think you missed it with Serbia. We have a great front line and a good midfield and defence. But defence is where you could swap any player basically with either Nemanja Vidic or Branislav Ivanovic. Either would have a bigger influence on the team than Dzajic.

@aleksaracic8866

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I agree completely i think nemanja would improve this side immensly

@kerbylouima6741

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W

@Duluvra

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Realno, ja mislim da nam je odbrana najtanja. Zato bi nam Vidic ili Ivanovic (ili Mihajlovic ili Jokanovic ako gledamo starije generacije) dobro dosli.

Definetely a few players I could see being good alternatives to your picks are Beckenbauer for Germany, Puyol for Spain, Van der Sar for Netherlands and the already mentioned Zanetti for Argentina. Zanetti in particular would be excellent as the archievement of a World Cup win would mean so much more if Maradona wouldn't have to step in order to help Messi win his WC. Also I think for team chemistry reasons alone Zanetti would be the more reasonable and sensible decision ahead of Maradona

@ernestowilliams9124

Жыл бұрын

I like your alternatives. I think Mascherano for Argentina would be beneficial as he can play CB and in midfield... David Villa for Spain because of how clinical he was for Spain

@RoyMatzem

Жыл бұрын

Yes, defensive positions are way undervalued, Maradona and Messi are almost the same player for example

@pauloc8988

Жыл бұрын

No one is ahead of Diego

@paha4209

Жыл бұрын

Nope Beckenbauer would be a horrible pick for Germany. Yes our defence could be better but we lack a true striker since Klose retired in 2014 after world cup. All of our striking options either are too weak or don´t fit into the playstyle. The only other option to Gerd Müller would be Klose imho. If i had to pick a Defender for Germany i would probably go with Phillip Lahm since our wingbacks are much weaker as our fullbacks and Lahm can play both sides.

@stevqtalent

Жыл бұрын

@@paha4209 yeah, i expected Klose, too. but Müller is a fair pick.

I think that Serbia has more issues defending than attacking, so for us addition of Nemanja Vidic or Branislav Ivanovic, during their peak at Man U/Chelsea, would bring more value than adding Dzajic.

@Duluvra

Жыл бұрын

Realno, ja mislim da nam je odbrana najtanja. Zato bi nam Vidic ili Ivanovic (ili Mihajlovic ili Jokanovic ako gledamo starije generacije) dobro dosli.

For Canada, our center-back options are incredibly limited so I'd go with David Edgar who played in the Premier League for Newcastle and Burnley. Then again, if you want to go for another former big name we need then we could go for De Rosario to add more attacking midfield options to back up Osorio (though I think a prime Dero is better than Oso) since Wotherspoon just came back from an ACL tear and Kone played his first professional game less then a year ago.

@sportifymedia

Жыл бұрын

What about Radzinski?

@DequanClarke

Жыл бұрын

Prime DeRo was absolutely better than Oso, multiple time MLS MVP and arguably(n not that arguable) greatest Canadian player of all time.

@BezJones

Жыл бұрын

Craig Forrest? I remember him being a great keeper but I was young then and I don't live in Canada anymore so I don't know what Canada's current keeper situation is.

@ashleyelisa4460

Жыл бұрын

because of how weak we are at CB i would definitely say David Edgar or Jason De Vos, honestly an out of position Paul Stalteri might be our best CB right now as well

Jacques Songo’o was an incredible Cameroonian goalkeeper in the late 90s early 2000s. I’d love to see one more tournament from him

@golden.lights.twinkle2329

Жыл бұрын

Oman Biyik.

Salivating at the thought of Messi and Maradona in the same squad

I would have said R9 for Brazil. He was more of an out and out striker and deadly finisher compared to pele who was more of a creative forward, even tho he was a goal scoring machine. I feel like R9 would allow the flair players around him to boss the game more just with his presence and the ability of him to just power through defences

For France I'd take Vieira tbf. France isn't lacking in attacking output really, but their defensive midfield is a worry (with Kante/Pogba out).

@rohithraman6488

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I'd take two players - Vieira and Makelele

@markant9534

Жыл бұрын

pogba is poor defensively

@huguesjouffrai9618

Жыл бұрын

Exactly what I thought, Vieira or Makelele (or prime Kanté). Maybe even Tigana but I have only seen some footage of him so I can't tell If France had a legendary goalkeeper that's great at stopping penaltys it could have been a good idea too lol

Mad how you don't even give Peter Schmeichal an honourable mention for Denmark. He nearly single handedly won Euro 92 for the Danish Dynamite 👍🏼

@KaijuofSteel

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Well, his son is a very talented keeper too and helped them to reach the Euro semis last year. I don't think he's the weak link of Denmark, albeit hasn't been in a very good form recently.

I think Mbeumo for Cameroon, to provide that spark, could generally be really helpful now that he has switched his international allegiance, Eto'o personally organised a meeting with him to convince him to join Cameroon.

@xcf5587

Жыл бұрын

As a Brentford fan who watches him week in week out, I can’t see it. Doesn’t deserve to start for us. He has his moments but has a lot to improve on.

@dvd08270

Жыл бұрын

Remember Patrick M'boma? Deadly left foot. shot power 9000+

@QueerChica

Жыл бұрын

Mbuemo over Eto'o? Samuel Eto'o... Genuine question: have I got what you're saying mixed up? 🤷‍♀️ Because obviously, if Cameroon could pick either, then surely Eto'o is the obvious choice for this video 🙂 X

@donnybarcenaslara6775

Жыл бұрын

Samuel Etoo and Roger Miller would be an explosive attack for Cameroon

@Alfie_1

Жыл бұрын

@@QueerChica haha yeah no I meant that he could be useful for Cameroon now, since we can’t actually bring back Eto’o.

Pointing out Tomori probably regretting not playing for Canada, maybe there’s a video of other such players who have similar regret? Surely there are other top players not being used in this way.

@lordgemini2376

Жыл бұрын

Tomori will be an England regular for the next 10+ years after this World Cup I would imagine, not much to regret 👍

Also, very surprised that Kyogo Furuhashi didn't get called up as a centre forward for Japan.

@scipioafricanus2212

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Celtic fan by any chance?

@Alfie_1

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@@scipioafricanus2212 no, just surprised they picked Maeda over him.

@scipioafricanus2212

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@@Alfie_1 Maeda is better. Kyogo has fitness problems *and* performed poorly in Celtic's champions league campaign.

@Alfie_1

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@@scipioafricanus2212 True, he could have been a good back-up though, I think.

No doubt a prime Eusebio would be a massive upgrade to Portugal for this World Cup. But there's another hipothetical upgrade that would be as good or even better, and without bringing anyone in. That would be to rejuvenate Pepe and Cristiano 10 years, back to 2012 form, or even 5 years, back to 2017. That, I think would make Portugal nº1 favourites for Qatar 22.

@GuinessOriginal

Жыл бұрын

Eusebio better than Ronaldo, and more of a team player

Nah, Poland has AMC pretty much covered by Zielinski, who's in a great shape atm, but even if you insist on strengthening this position, I don't think that Boniek would be the 1st choice of the majority of Polish supporters, cause that would be Deyna, in my opinion. However, where we're really lacking in quality is CD, so if it was up to me, I'd call up Gorgon, who was the pillar of defence in 1974 when we got the bronze. Also, he had better hair than Boniek.

@Hadar1991

Жыл бұрын

To be honest I was not really following last 5 years in Polish football but I though that our biggest weakness now is CB (ehkm, Glik), although to be honest Krychowiak is also way past his prime. But I don't have idea who was the best Polish defender at his prime. Bąk and Żewłakow where long lasting but did they even have a "prime". :D Edit: when you wrote "CD" I was thinking about "CDM" not "CB". :P My bad, I am to young to remember Gorgoń, but I there is not much to compete with, so he definitely would be an upgrade. :D

7:46, this is the kind of quality commentary that keeps bringing me back to Alfies videos, despite that I don’t really watch any football

For Brazil, I see your point but still think those full back positions need the most help. Have to boost that RB position esp with most likely Alberto or Cafu. Maicon and prime Dani are and upgrade to current options.

I look forward to every one of your videos, where I learn almost as much about football as I learn about puns. You crack me up every time

This was a great video Alfie! Billy Goncalves is an amazing historic pick for the U.S. (and is the pride of Massachusetts) although given what we saw from the U.S.--a great ability to create chances and little ability to finish them--I'd stick him up front. For a more recent center-forward I'd actually go for Taylor Twellman, who (despite being bizarrely snubbed for the 06 US squad) scored 98 goals in his first six MLS seasons before a career-ending concussion at just 29 years of age.

@ronaldom1092

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking Clint Dempsey lol (amateur ik)

I would love to see Cruijff back in this Netherlands side, only downside would be that he and Van Gaal had a long standing feud (over 20 years) and did not like each other in the slightest.

@daarom3472

Жыл бұрын

I wish we could see an all-time combination of the Netherlands team ^^ GK: van der Sar CB: Stam Koeman LB: van Bronckhorst RB: Krol CDM: Rijkaard CM: Gullit / Seedorf RW: Robben LW: Cruyff ST: van Basten Subs: van Dijk, Bergkamp, van Nistelrooij, Neeskens etc!

@GuinessOriginal

Жыл бұрын

Get rid of van gaal and have cryuff as player manager

@GuinessOriginal

Жыл бұрын

@@daarom3472 no Van dijk?

@daarom3472

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@@GuinessOriginal I think having 1.5 good seasons in your carreer doesnt give you a spot in the all time 11. Stam was dominant for 10 years, Koeman same. Van Dijk is extremely overrated, very passive defender who's mostly focused on maintaining his tough guy image. He's good at 1 on 1 duels and heading, terrible at shielding and pressing attackers.

@GuinessOriginal

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@@daarom3472 fair enough

Better option for Croatia would have been either Davor Šuker, Joško Skoblar or Dražan Jerković. We need a striker and they would be just right options. I dont know why are you insisting on Bobek so much.

Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 412) I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored. If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.

I would love to see you make an updated Top 100 Players of All-time video :)

@daarom3472

Жыл бұрын

1. Messi. 2. Pele 3. Cruyff 4. Maradona 5. CR7 6. R9 7. van Basten. 8. Beckenbauer 9. Di Stefano 10. Puskas.

@jakobkristensen9445

Жыл бұрын

Fair enough. Great list. Our order are a bit different, but we agree on 8 out of the 10 names. 1. Pele (I might switch the top 2 someday) 2. Messi (Pelé and Messi are clearly ahead of the rest in my opinion) 3. Di Stéfano (The most complete footballer of all time) 4. Beckenbauer (The greatest defensive player of all time) 5. C. Ronaldo (The greatest goalscorer of all time) 6. Maradona (His lack of consistence and the fact the never won the European Cup or the Copa Libertadores means he miss out on the top 5) 7. Cruyff (His national team record is pretty much just about the 1974 Fifa World Cup. All the other players in the top 6 at least won a something with their national teams. But 3-7 are pretty close in my opinion). 8. Ronaldo Nazario (He could have been in the mix with the other, but his problems with injuries, weight, fitness and his missing CL title means I can't put him higher than 8th.) 9. Lothar Matthaus (With the exception of Beckenbauer all the names in my top 8 are primarily offensive minded. I then decided to leave the last two spots the most the complete - not primarily offensive minded - midfielder and the most complete defender of all time) 10. Paolo Maldini Honourable mentions: - Garrincha - Yashin - José Leandro Andrade - Xavi - Platini - Zidane - Puskas - Baresi - Rijkaard - Boszik - Didi - Nilton Santos - Facchetti - Buffon - Moore - Best - Ronaldinho - G. Müller - Van Basten - Romario - Eusebio - Meazza - Sindelar - Nasazzi - V. Mazzola - Moreno - Matthews - Zico - Charlton - Laudrup

@nicodiangelo7051

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1. Messi 2. Pele 3. Maradona 4. Di Stefano 5. CR7 6. Cruyff 7. Beckenbeaur 8. R9 9. Puskas 10. Garrincha

@jakobkristensen9445

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@@nicodiangelo7051 Thats a great list too!

@lime2333

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1. Messi 2. Ronaldo 3. Pele 4. Maradona 5. Cruyff 6. Puskas 7. Di Stefano 8. Beckenbauer 9. Zidane 10. R9 Honorable Mentions: Gerd Muller, Michel Platini

Surely Portugal's best option is replacing Ronaldo with prime Ronaldo??? ^^

Think Park Ji-sung for South Korea deserved a mention too.

As a Cameroonian, the beef you got with Eto'o feels so out of place. At a local level, he has done way too much to change football here in the country ever since he became president of the federation. And we Cameroonians back at home all love him. He's arguably the best thing that could have happened to us. Listening to your analysis, I wondered if we are talking about the same person. You say he's putting pressure on the team, any Cameroonian will tell you that his words instead rekindled a belief that was dying in the national team. Anyway, the outside world is always free to make their analysis. And millions on your channel will believe anything you say.

I was thinking of recommending this type of video for Alfie to make again following the 2018 World Cup and Euro 2020 editions but I guess it was already in the process of being created.

As a Swiss, I thought this was a no brainer with Alexander Frei, everything else is far too distant to make sense with the team as it is now and football today. Alexander Frei was a great finisher, and is EXACTLY what Switzerland needs alongside someone like Embolo.

I have a video idea that I’d love to see you make. If we take some of the greatest teams throughout history and played them in todays game which tier of English football would they be capable of winning.

Sepp Blater back for Qatar. The legend who made this winter WC possible

Good to see you know about John Charles

Good video keep it up

Love this series you should do it every year for the champions league

@gamerbhoy1042

Жыл бұрын

Yes

Never before were we in more desperate need of a man like Gerd Müller. Well done, this one.

For Canada, you should have mentioned Dwayne de Rosario and Alex Bunbury. Bunbury was a striker, so he probably doesn't make the squad. De Rosario was a winger, so it all depends on whether you want to play Davies as a wing back or a winger. De Rosario would be a huge upgrade on Tajon Buchanan though. While we are weak in midfield, de Guzman probably doesn't displace Eustaquio, and while prime De Guzman would replace 39 year old Atiba Hutchinson, he wouldn't replace a prime Hutchinson. You could also mention Craig Forrest, but I'd say he's probably on par with Milan Borjan.

For Wales you at must at least have considered Ryan Giggs and John Toshack, surely? For Portugal, replace Ronaldo with Ronaldo in his prime. For England, Duncan Edwards if he'd had the chance to reach his prime. For Germany, can't argue with Der Bomber. Nitpicking aside, the research that went into this is awe-inspiring.

Pelé wasn't a center forward, he was a second striker/atacking midfilder, a classic number 10, playing behind the number 9, that is his ideal position

Tim Howard for the USA. Maybe Brian McBride also. Both in their primes would be massive upgrades at GK and ST over what is currently there

@SanFranFan30

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I would say Clint Dempsey would be in the mix as well because of his versatility in a front line and clinical finishing when it matters most. Our defense is just horrendous as well (mostly talking about Aaron Long here) so guys like Marcelo Balboa, Carlos Bocanegra, Desmond Armstrong, and even Alexi Lalas would be a huge upgrade because all of them can do more in the build-out (maybe not Lalas) than any of out CBs outside of Tim Ream.

@Themvpaul17

Жыл бұрын

@@SanFranFan30 agreed on our CBs not being up to it, just don’t know that we’ve ever had enough quality there aside from a few months of Gooch before he got hurt and was never the same. As much as I love deuce I don’t know I would want him as a CF in a front three which is where we need the upgrade. Prime deuce would absolutely have a place in this squad I just don’t think he upgrades a problem area enough. Too bad we don’t have a legendary manager at our disposal because that’s what we really need.

@SanFranFan30

Жыл бұрын

@@Themvpaul17 Very true about the manager part. Really the main reason I'd put Duece in is because he's probably the best finisher in USMNT history he was just so consistent in the final third, and that's really something this squad doesn't have at all.

@SanFranFan30

Жыл бұрын

@@Themvpaul17 Also ideally, we would have John Brooks, Miles Robinson, and Chris Richards to go with Tim Ream back there at CB, then we could take our pick at legends at CF or GK.

@SanFranFan30

Жыл бұрын

@@Themvpaul17 Oguchi Onyewu would probably be in the mix too

I think for Denmark, if you want to go with who would improve the squad most, and not just who's the best player who would be an upgrade, you'd have to go with Michael's younger brother Brian. As fast as Yusuf Poulsen and Martin Braithwaite, he had more technique and was a greater goal threat than the two. At least where they are played on the Denmark national team. While Michael could always improve a team, his contribution to this team would not be much greater than that of Eriksen or even youngster Damsgård, whereas Brian would make Denmarks breakaway game a lot more deadly and would give the side a lot more threat in deep behind the opponents backline. He also had an excellent passing and good crossing game, far better than the current two. So would be able to service the team better. Overall he would be the player, from the past, that improve the team the most. Imho ofc. Being Danish and football interested.

I would love to see you do a video of every wc1990 Ireland player and rate them to the 2002wc Irish squad

For Portugal I think I'd take Figo over Eusebio. Figo was pretty amazing at pushing the game forward and making sure it moves and if you saw Portugal's last few games they have a real problem with flow and pushing the ball from defense to the front.

@mori5481

Жыл бұрын

Not a bad point but that problem seems more tactical than personnel wise. Bernardo Silva, João Félix, and Bruno Fernandes more less fill that role. I'd rather take another central midfielder as Alfie usually does.

@Pr41sT

Жыл бұрын

I was also thinking Figo or Deco (for similar reasons). An incredible attacking midfield makes strikers look elite.

@chrisbaker7760

Жыл бұрын

Isn't Ronaldo Portugal's goat? Surely you'd take him in his prime over Figo.

@mori5481

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisbaker7760 bring BACK, Ronaldo is still playing or at least was for this wc

Cafu at right back for Brazil for me. But sure Pele was a decent player i guess. :)

@HITC Can you do a video on one player for each World Cup team that was harshly omitted for example Tomori for England, Schlupp for Ghana, Renato Sanches for Portugal, Zach Steffen for USA and etc please?

Props for the Errol Daniels shoutout, in Costa Rica. Not many people talk about the guy anymore, even here

I'd still love to see a video about a potential team for a potential country - the East African Federation, which is set to be a confederation of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. None of these are particularly storied footballing nations but building a talented side should be doable - Saido Berahino is a pretty potent forward, Yoane Wissa has been alright for Brentford, Mbwana Samatta played well for Villa and is a starter at Genk, Victor Wanyama's still pretty reasonable despite going to the MLS Retirement Home for Ageing Midfielders. You could certainly make something *interesting* out of it. At least, that's my opinion.

Maybe it's just recency bias but I think Clint Dempsey has to be the pick for a USMNT, he would really provide ruthless finishing in the final third for a team that struggles can create plenty of great chances when organized but severely lacks in the finish department. Honorable mentions for me would be: Tim Howard for obvious reasons, as well as Marcelo Balboa, Carlos Bocanegra, Alexi Lalas, and Desmond Armstrong as help for that concerning back line both in defense and in the build out. Personally my favorite of the 4 would be Marcelo Balboa because of his ability to be lethal on set pieces.

@williamcross210

Жыл бұрын

Except that Berhalter would at least consider playing Ferreira over Dempsey because Clint did not play Berhalter's style at all. I can see Bocanegra or I would go with Oguchi Onyewu as the central defense is kind of crap for the US, and I really doubt Balboa or Lalas would fix that. If I thought we would play a 3 at the back, Pablo Mastroeni would be a good choice. I might also look at peak John O'Brien, who when he could get on the field was a great holding midfielder

@tpgorman15

Жыл бұрын

It’s obviously Dempsey, or maybe even Howard. This dude is legit just trying to troll the USA by picking some random dude. USA soccer didn’t truly begin until 1994 so picking a dude from the 1950/60s is a joke

@leftiequixote

Жыл бұрын

@@tpgorman15 Unless he had chosen Bert Patenaude, I don't see why you wouldn't go with one of our best players of the past 30 maybe even 40 years.

@golden.lights.twinkle2329

Жыл бұрын

My picks would be Landon Donovan, Tab Ramos or Claudio Reyna.

@SanFranFan30

Жыл бұрын

@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 it's hard to pick any of those guys when the flanks and the midfield are the biggest strength of the current squad.

Cruyff is very hard to overlook but i would go with van de sar as i think we are a world class goalkeeper away form the world cup

VIDEO IDEA: 7 Greatest comebacks from serious injury

surprised you did not say vidić for serbia considering the biggest problem area in the team is the defence (while the midfield and offence are quite hyped).

inb4: England = Rio Ferdinand (or Sol Campbell?) 😂 ...ah right, the player Alfie wrote a book about, I forgot :D

I think for Brazil the Ovb choice was Cafu or Carlos Alberto

@golden.lights.twinkle2329

Жыл бұрын

Romario.

For Morocco, it should be a no brainer: Larbi Ben Barek

How about picking a 'Rest Of The World' team with players from countries who have failed to qualify which would probably win the World Cup. e.g. With Haaland & Salah up front and a couple of Italians with Andy Robertson at the back I'd like to see a good pool of players who would have a good chance of lifting the trophy

Qatar has Emerson Sheik. He's born in Brazil but played professionally for the qatari national team.

Day 350: Indonesia XI If All Eligible Players Had Declared For Them.

@lordlord278

Жыл бұрын

Keep asking

@mms3732

Жыл бұрын

Keep going bro

@kieronparr3403

Жыл бұрын

Noooo

@TwofourA

Жыл бұрын

I just farted nvm my pants are soggy

@bababababababa6124

Жыл бұрын

Yep keep asking, he’ll definitely listen to you after the 1000th time asking

Agustin Delgado also a shout for Ecuador as Alberto Spencer's on the ball ability was on par with Enner Valencia. Delgado possessed much of the technical and passing abilities of the modern forward today whilst being an amazing poacher too which would suit Ecuador's current team playstyle.

@QueerChica

Жыл бұрын

I have to disagree because I'd cite pure ability. Delgado was half-decent on his day (even if Gordon Strachan hated him), but still... Spencer is an easy choice x

@rodycaz8984

Жыл бұрын

Dude, I'm from Ecuador. Delgado was not even CLOSE to being as good as Spencer. Spencer was truly one of the deadliest strikers on the planet at one point. You probably meant well, but this is simply a misguided take.

@lincon1778

Жыл бұрын

@@rodycaz8984 @MrsD Man for man Alberto is a much better player for sure however, he would not suit our style of play right now as most of his goals were from headers and we don't favour that style of play. Alberto Spencer would've done amazingly well with our 2006 world cup squad as we loved a good cross back in those days (Ulises DLC, Valencia, mendez, ambrossi)

Neil Franklin was my mum's uncle, I never met him as he had passed before I was born but its nice to see him mentioned :)

@archstanton6102

Жыл бұрын

You know Alfie wrote a book on him?

@JoWuHashPlan

Жыл бұрын

@@archstanton6102 other than Alfie briefly mentioning it in this video, no I didn't. Where am I likely to find it?

@archstanton6102

Жыл бұрын

@@JoWuHashPlan he has a website dedicated to the book and sales of it.

@JoWuHashPlan

Жыл бұрын

@@archstanton6102 ok cheers mate

suker is a no brainer for croatia. one of the most calm and composed strikers ever. never missed a penalty (took 37 in his career)

Alfie hopefully you see this - If every team was as you mentioned, who would be your favourite to win it?

@wolfmauler

Жыл бұрын

I think he said Muller would make Germany the favourite 🤔

@antoniocampen

Жыл бұрын

@@wolfmauler he said the same of eusebio my guess is he considered the rest of the teams stay as they are now

@Julian-pw5mv

Жыл бұрын

Probably brazil, they are already favorites to win it, add in pele, one of the greatest players of all time and you have a recipe for success.

Denmark? Erm.....Niklas Bendtner?

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

DAY 25: Hey Alfie, could you do a video on the life, career, controversies and tragedy of Justin Fashanu. It'd be your best video yet and it's a criminally underheard story. ❤️

Hugo Sanchez was always ass for Mexico, Rafael Marquez was the obvious choice for Mexico here. Shit if you want to add a striker you could add Jared Borgetti

Hugo Sanchez was a phenominal CLUB player. but it never translated to the National Team, I would not bring him in. If you are looking to bring a forward for Mexico it would have to be Jared Borgeti or Cuactemoc Blanco. Borgeti was a lethal goal scorer and clinical inside the box. and Cuauctemoc was a magician, he would be able to get Martin to score goals and alwasy carried the Mexican team on his back.

@golden.lights.twinkle2329

Жыл бұрын

The guy with long blonde har was good, forget his name.

For Canada I would have picked Bruce Wilson. Played well against Pele, Beckenbauer and Carlos Alberto during his career and was the only Canada named to the CONCACAF Team of the Century.

01:42 LOL - not sure what Argentina flag you used, but half the sun is missing. It looks quite cool, though!

Ur legit such a nostalgia merchant

Fa cup themed video: top 10 greatest Fa Cup shocks

I'd rather have a 41 year old John Terry than Harry Maguire to be honest

@kimbirch1202

Жыл бұрын

Or Tony Adams

@kimbirch1202

Жыл бұрын

@Loosethecow Not the best, but he gives it his best shot, and I like it too

@garvintanhara6118

Жыл бұрын

Everyone would prefer terry over Maguire

@angrychickenyt

Жыл бұрын

Harry maguire is now arguably our best defender at the wc lol

@danialsmith7

Жыл бұрын

Maguire is now England's best player in the world cup🤣🤣

Even though everyone would pick Pelé or R9, I would pick a left or right back for Brazil. Someone like Carlos Alberto, Junior or Leandro would elevate the team to another level. Roberto Carlos or Cafu are great options too.

@paha4209

Жыл бұрын

Or we just Upgrade Neymar to Ronaldinho.

First viewer I am and the legend for my beloved France is obviously Zinedine Zidane sir for sure as he would easily dictate our midfield as a leader and not exactly for Hugo Lloris boss,good friends!!!Regardless,his respective inclusions in all the respective FIFA World Cup teams are spotted on,good friends!!!:-D

@wolfmauler

Жыл бұрын

Well said 😏👍

@depekthegreat359

Жыл бұрын

@@wolfmauler Thanks and you please enjoy the upcoming FIFA World Cup tournament in two days time,good friend!!!🏋‍♂️

David Villa would be a good addition to the Spain squad. His goal scoring and his playing style suits the Spanish team. Spain have missed a player like him since he retired

@aplman7099

Жыл бұрын

i was thinking puskas for spain, he could do a job in their squad

@PunkNDisorderlyGamer

Жыл бұрын

Real talk, I think Villa was the true star of the team around the early 2010s.

@realkaibr

Жыл бұрын

@@aplman7099 he is Hungarian, he only played like 4 times for Spain lol

@aplman7099

Жыл бұрын

@@realkaibr yeah but still a legend that played for spain

@realkaibr

Жыл бұрын

@@aplman7099 my point is, Villa had such a huge impact on Spain compared to Puskas, Puskas played 90% of his games for Hungary as he was Hungarian, he only played for Spain a couple times because at the time they were involved in bigger games as far as I know and it nearing his retirement. Puskas over Villa for a Spanish legend is literally psychotic to me.

Lmfao went in on Eto'o

Could you also do this with the champions league ko squads once the World Cup break is over

Also, I would shout-out José Luis Brown as a possible candidate for Argentina, looking at their defense

@eddixon2015

Жыл бұрын

You’d rather have JLB than Dani Pasarella?

@rodycaz8984

Жыл бұрын

Why? Their defense is strong.

Very weird pick for Switzerland IMO. Seferovic isn't expected to be in the starting 11 so singling him out (again) as the weak link is already weird, and even if that was the case no other player then Alex Frei should even be considered in that position. Other (more recent) options would be Berahmi for Sow in midfield or most crucially Lichtensteiner at fullback seing as Switzerland are hugely lacking in that position.

25:00 Mané indeed has officially withdrawn from the WC 😔

Croatia team and you pick Yugoslav player? Šuker, Bokšić, Olić, Pršo, Eduardo, all great Croatian strikers you could have picked.

LOL, Spencer for Ecuador couldn't be more obvious. Greetings from Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Love the Hugo Sanchez shout!

For Uruguay I would bring back Alvaro Recoba who is my favorite Uruguayan player of all time. He only played in one World Cup which was the 2002 World Cup where Uruguay narrowly lost out in the group stage just like at this World Cup. Adding a 2002 Recoba to the current team could had got them out the group stage. For the Netherlands I would had picked a prime 2006 version of Edwin Van Der Saar because the goalkeeper position is the Netherlands' weakness and the would had stood a better chance of beating Argentina on penalties if he was in goal.

Make a video about the goat on every international team in the fifa rankings

@ivanelizalde9997

Жыл бұрын

I would watch all 6 hours of it 😂

France, we would need a midfield engine like Zidane or Makélélé to compensate for Pogba or Kante not being here. Or, to replace Kimpembe, someone like Blanc, Desailly or Tresor

@daarom3472

Жыл бұрын

Zidane wasn't a midfield engine though. Also Vieira > Makelele.

@lucaslonchampt613

Жыл бұрын

@@daarom3472 maybe engine wasn't the right term, but his creativity and vision was what made France work during his time and without him, they seemed lost. And I do agree with Viera, but I think Makélélé would slide into Kanté's role nicely

I was so curious who you were gonna pick for Canada, haha. It was either De Guzman or Dwayne de Rosario, let's be honest

@sportifymedia

Жыл бұрын

He didn't even acknowledge de Rosario, he knows nothing.

@joseph-fernando-piano

Жыл бұрын

Jason deVos would be a good shout to shore up our central defense with a veteran presence...

This bringing back a legend thing draws attention to the fact that teams don't have players..there is a player drought and its serious..the future is highly dependant on MBappe for some of the football insanity that we used to have on the Ronaldo Nazario era..

England should bring back David James in Goal to give them an Excuse for Bottling the World Cup Tournament …. 👀. ⚽️

@jhaych

Жыл бұрын

Can't remember an excuse in 2018

@paha4209

Жыл бұрын

Good Old Calamity James.

@williamcross210

Жыл бұрын

Robert Green

27:34 Telmo Zarra is *not* a no-brainer! There is another fellow Basque player, from even earlier on, whose stats are even more impressive. Isidro Lángara. Check him out. He was unreal!

Love you Alf, know you always do your research well. However yes ksa lost horrible to Russia in opener, but beaten hard by Uruguay by a corner, then we beat Egypt. All in all not abismal mate for us.

For the US, I’d have probably picked Brian McBride, Brad Freidel, or a trio of defenders- Bocanegra, Marcelo Balboa, or Eddie Pope, I think all of those guys would improve the squad a lot.

@golden.lights.twinkle2329

Жыл бұрын

Tab Ramos.

@brianbates212

Жыл бұрын

@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 Nah, midfield is definitely the team's strength. Not even sure Ramos would be a starter in this group.

Great picks, aside from the obvious pele and Maradona there where some surprises

Has there ever been a video on the Hungarian National Team?

I’m Aussie 🇦🇺 but for USA 🇺🇸 I’d pick Tim Howard. His prime is the game vs Belgium 🇧🇪 where he got the most saves in a World Cup match. More then Neuer, Casillas and Yashin. If you count 1 game as a prime then he’s my pick.

Given that the concept is to replace people with peak versions of former legends, I think an argument could be made for Portugal's best bet to be replacing Cristiano Ronaldo with... Cristiano Ronaldo. Throwing him in a time machine and putting like the 2015-ish version of him out there with the rest of the current squad would be an interesting option.

Roberto carlos or didi in this brazil team would be incredible

@vaiyt

Жыл бұрын

Slotting in zico instead of paquetá mmmmm ❤️

Way too many strikers\attackers being selected in this when most of the teams problems are in midfield. Someone needs to provide the opportunities for these selections to score!

For Belgium, Kompany is a good pick, Paul Van Himst would have been justified as well, but i feel like alot of players are overlooked here. Eric Gerets for example, who won the CL with PSV and was a regular for AC Milan for a while. Ludo Coeck who won the Europa League twice with Anderlecht and played for Inter Milan afterwards. Pfaff, goalkeeper of Bayern Munchen, most expensive goalkeeper during his time. Players such as Enzo Scifo, Luc Nilis, Preud'homme, Jan Ceulemans, Julien Cools etc... Deserve a mention as well. There's a few more, but these are the ones that come to mind.

@HITCSevens

Жыл бұрын

Picked Gerets for Belgium at previous tournaments, but I think centre-back is a bigger issue now. Picking a goalkeeper would seem a bit mad to me given that Belgium have arguably the best 'keeper in the world right now!

@deandoesstuff3371

Жыл бұрын

@@HITCSevens You're right, i kinda misread the title. If we could bring back a legend for the current tournament, Kompany would be a great pick. There's a few honorable mentions at Centre-back, such as: Georges Grun: Won the Europa League with Parma, won the UEFA cup with Anderlecht and was part of the Belgian team that reached the WC semi-final in 1986. Philippe Albert: Won the UEFA supercup with KV Mechelen and played for both Fulham and Newcastle Utd afterwards. Walter Meeuws: Won a league title with Ajax, reached the final of the Europa League with Antwerp and was part of the Belgian team that reached the final of Euro 1980. Stéphane Demol: Won multiple league titles and played for clubs such as : FC Porto, Anderlecht, Bologna, Toulouse and Braga. Also part of the Belgian squad that reached the semi-final at WC 1986. And ofcourse Daniel Van Buyten and Thomas Vermaelen deserve a mention as well. Some great defenders, but you're right, Kompany is definitely the best choice.

Would have been interesting to see your opinion on Scotland if we qualified. Would probably be Law or Dalglish for me however Souness Bremmer or Hansen wouldn't have raised any eyebrows

@golden.lights.twinkle2329

Жыл бұрын

Jimmy Johnstone on the wing.

@adampark4238

Жыл бұрын

@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 definitely a great shout 👏 he lived next door to my gran in Birkenshaw

Hidetoshi Nakata was a solid choice for the Samurai Blue but Captain Tsubasa gets my nod.