Why Are Footballers Obsessed With Conspiracy Theories?

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  • Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
  • From Matthew Le Tissier claiming atrocities are hoaxes to Rickie Lambert believing that he can compliment water into tasting better and Iker Casillas denying the moon landings, there has been a sudden recent rise in the number of conspiratorial footballers.
    In this video, HITC Sevens takes a look at why footballers appear to be so obsessed with conspiracy theories, what has caused the recent rise in craziness, and - regrettably - the existence of Joey Barton.
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  • @thelastgreataudit8112
    @thelastgreataudit8112 8 місяців тому +644

    Turns out a fun mixture of limited primary education, little to no secondary education, and being easily mobbed by sycophants who will agree with any bullshit you say because you're their idol/meal ticket leaves you pretty vulnerable to daft ideas.

    • @vegan4life660
      @vegan4life660 8 місяців тому +26

      More so being a participant in distracting the world from anything important.. leads to most being disconnected from reality! That the ones who speak any truth are seen as mad 😂

    • @vegan4life660
      @vegan4life660 8 місяців тому +17

      Although seeing Le tissier break from MSM and begin educating himself.. it’s like watching a child learn how the world really works 😂

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 8 місяців тому +32

      @@vegan4life660 If so he's doing a terrible job.

    • @vegan4life660
      @vegan4life660 8 місяців тому +12

      @@soundscape26I did say a child 😂

    • @BigPurp9
      @BigPurp9 8 місяців тому +4

      I knew a lad in Everton then City’s academy and he did f all in school, from year 8-10 he just didn’t go until his club forced him to and then he’d just come once a week if that.

  • @VelvetMetrolink
    @VelvetMetrolink 8 місяців тому +485

    Barton might deny he is a grifter, but I deny he was a footballer.

    • @drunkenhobo8020
      @drunkenhobo8020 8 місяців тому +58

      My favourite memory of him is when he came up to Scotland expecting to boss the league, made 8 appearances where he was terrible in all of them and ran off back to England within 6 months, blaming the quality of the league for his failure.

    • @southstandboy
      @southstandboy 8 місяців тому +7

      Without the attitude problem he would have been a lower Premiership/Championship midfielder and a footnote of the last 15 years following a respectable career.

    • @A-se2ur
      @A-se2ur 8 місяців тому +18

      @southstandboy that’s being generous, to the point of falsehood. For a so called premier league player he was of average technical ability and only really especially proficient at running about and winding up opposition (and his own team). If Barton was not a complete wrongun narcissist with an ego almost as large as his voided skull, he would be in the long list of obscure footballers forgotten by all but the most hardcores. He never made his name for his football ability, nor for his insights either, but that’s a different matter.

    • @southstandboy
      @southstandboy 8 місяців тому +6

      @@A-se2ur He did get in an England squad (although he only played 12 minutes) and enough clubs seemed to be happy to employ him. As I have heard in another video today he was something of a poor man's Roy Keane and he was just about in the era when you could be an enforcer.
      I agree he won't be remembered primarily for his football ability though.

    • @ThexMJT
      @ThexMJT 8 місяців тому +7

      He was a decent footballer, I liked him at Newcastle he did probably play his best football for Newcastle (not amazing) though he is a class A weapon when he opens his mouth.

  • @stephenremnant8151
    @stephenremnant8151 8 місяців тому +326

    The bird conspiracy is my favourite as the guy who started has even come out and said he just started it as a joke 😂😂😂

    • @johnjohnson9182
      @johnjohnson9182 8 місяців тому +4

      Lol what's that one then?

    • @archstanton6102
      @archstanton6102 8 місяців тому +16

      ​@johnjohnson9182 Basically seems to be that birds are not real.

    • @andrasszabo1570
      @andrasszabo1570 8 місяців тому

      The Pizzagate one too, a sociologist made that up to document how obviously nonsense conspiracy theories can infect people.
      Later he realised people will believe anything, even if it's nonsense to the nth degree.

    • @RightSide-kl5vj
      @RightSide-kl5vj 8 місяців тому +36

      ​@@archstanton6102 And that they're government drones and they used quarantine to cover up them replacing the batteries 😂😂

    • @maciejbala477
      @maciejbala477 8 місяців тому +27

      reminds me that Germany has a conspiracy about the city of Bielefeld not being real, which also was started as a joke, but now apparently many people take it seriously

  • @paulchilds1893
    @paulchilds1893 8 місяців тому +87

    To be fair the writing was on the wall with Lovren and spurious claims when he announced himself to be "One of the best defenders in the world".

    • @vjvallance
      @vjvallance 8 місяців тому +3

      To be fair to him, anyone who's played in any of the top leagues is one of the best players in the world at that time, but I take your point!

    • @joegilbert3149
      @joegilbert3149 8 місяців тому +1

      It's self confidential one of the reason he's rich right now, you need that arrogance

    • @Hellserch
      @Hellserch 8 місяців тому +2

      Again to be fair, I think it was in his podcast with Nebuchadnezzar that drew my attention to him.

    • @r7..48
      @r7..48 5 місяців тому +1

      the year he said that he challenged for the league and reaches both a champions league and world cup final.

  • @ljzmoore
    @ljzmoore 8 місяців тому +61

    Feel like Joey Barton is publicly applying for a job in GB news

    • @peteashford3992
      @peteashford3992 8 місяців тому +15

      Yep, his managerial career isn't going anywhere and he wants that sweet GBeebies cash

    • @wolfeflambe
      @wolfeflambe 8 місяців тому +10

      Or a regular column in Mail Online as he’s their new poster boy.

    • @steven5232
      @steven5232 8 місяців тому +1

      Nah, GB News would sack him once he offended anyone. GB News doesn't like free speech.

    • @MpanzuSolos
      @MpanzuSolos 8 місяців тому

      ⁠@@peteashford3992GBeebies 🤣🤣🤣

    • @yourmum955
      @yourmum955 8 місяців тому +4

      @@wolfeflambe Unfortunately the daily mail posted a headline earlier slagging him off so, despite the comments predictable agreeing with Barton and thinking their view is the view of the majority, I don't think even the daily mail like him

  • @ratzinger3814
    @ratzinger3814 8 місяців тому +72

    Have you done a video about players that are loved by rival sets of fans? only example I can think of would be glenn Murray at palace and Brighton but could be an interesting video

    • @CrazyNomnomnom
      @CrazyNomnomnom 8 місяців тому +2

      Brian Clough at Derby and Nottingham would be another one

    • @liamfitzdrums
      @liamfitzdrums 4 місяці тому +1

      Ronaldo Nazario too. He played for Barcelona, Real Madrid, AC Milan and Inter Milan.

  • @OfficialFingazMC
    @OfficialFingazMC 8 місяців тому +18

    The frogs thing is slightly true. The water was tainted and made the frogs change their sex (quite a common amphibian trait).

    • @jedross2136
      @jedross2136 8 місяців тому

      I remember hearing that. Stopped clocks and all that lol

    • @LiftandCoa
      @LiftandCoa 8 місяців тому +7

      THEY MAKE THE FRIGGIN FROGS GAY
      URGHH
      *techno beat intensifies*

    • @1998Cebola
      @1998Cebola 8 місяців тому +3

      Yeah, it sadly highlights that there is a justifiable mistrust of mainstream media, making it even more difficult to break conspiratorial thinking

    • @ConnbineHarvester
      @ConnbineHarvester 7 місяців тому +2

      So not gay at all really! 😉

  • @ringosimon1
    @ringosimon1 8 місяців тому +26

    Don't want to start my own conspiracy theory, but while talking about Sausage and Egg McMuffins someone has replaced the graphic with a picture of a Sausage and Bacon McMuffin. I reckon it is the work of the Iluminati.

  • @mnm5165
    @mnm5165 8 місяців тому +90

    Most footballers barely went to school so they’re uneducated. And when you have millions of people idolising you and not telling you what’s right or wrong then you start to think you’re the messiah and have everything figured out

    • @ViVeriVniversvmVivusVici
      @ViVeriVniversvmVivusVici 8 місяців тому +5

      They've figured out life more than the rest of us. I don't know what I'm eating for dinner tonight.

    • @FozzQuaker
      @FozzQuaker 8 місяців тому +3

      Clarke Carlisle might have something to say about that...He happens to be a very intelligent man

    • @LKeet6
      @LKeet6 8 місяців тому +24

      ​@@ViVeriVniversvmVivusVici footballer's talent is something to be admired, for sure, but acting like that one talent shows they've "figured life out" is ridiculous. In many cases, they're idiots who have nothing but that one talent and a bunch of money because people want to watch.

    • @LKeet6
      @LKeet6 8 місяців тому +9

      ​@@FozzQuaker you found an exception, well done...

    • @bababababababa6124
      @bababababababa6124 8 місяців тому +10

      @@FozzQuakerone exception out of hundreds of thousands of footballers definitely proves your point

  • @diomuda7903
    @diomuda7903 8 місяців тому +91

    Plus, Alfie, I am still hoping to see a video about how Kazakhstan fuelled sportswashing worldwide. Its move from AFC to UEFA in 2002 has been cited as the 21st century's first sportswashing case given Kazakhstan's authoritarian and repressive methods against its own citizens, and UEFA's inability to address this matter proved fatal as Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Russia and Azerbaijan took up the Kazakhstan playbook to do the same evil businesses as we see today. UEFA's greatest mistake in 2002.

    • @eeeeewewew
      @eeeeewewew 8 місяців тому +5

      Never heard of this and just looked it up. Would make a great video. Hope he makes it

    • @elmatadoraelmatador2587
      @elmatadoraelmatador2587 8 місяців тому +1

      I feel strange why Kazakhstan competed in UEFA when the country is 100% Asiatic by nature, even though I tried to ignore it until you mention sportswashing. Guess Kazakhstan should be banned from UEFA now.

    • @Krazy6ix
      @Krazy6ix 8 місяців тому

      I kinda wondered about that.

    • @diomuda7903
      @diomuda7903 8 місяців тому

      @@Krazy6ix Because you think they would? UEFA is greedy for oil and gas money. Before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, UEFA was hooking with Gazprom.
      Kazakhstan had killed hundreds of people in Zhanaozen in 2011 and recent protests in 2022 to protect the dictatorship regime of Nazarbayev and Tokayev, yet UEFA's cowardice means we are never able to learn from the past.

    • @BLOODSHO7
      @BLOODSHO7 8 місяців тому +1

      Remember the Azerbaijan f1 grand prix race also held the name of European grand prix in its first few races

  • @he_football
    @he_football 8 місяців тому +61

    I wonder how the new concussion rules will make this video look in about 20 years

    • @T.E.S.S.
      @T.E.S.S. 8 місяців тому +1

      it won't look any different

    • @druidmann
      @druidmann 8 місяців тому +4

      Unless football outlaws headers, head trauma in football isn't ever going away anytime soon

    • @LiftandCoa
      @LiftandCoa 8 місяців тому +6

      ​@@druidmannIm sorry, while a header is not good for you and your health is a farcry from what is normally considered relevant head trauma.
      And its certainly no damn concussion.

    • @kauswekazilimani3736
      @kauswekazilimani3736 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@@LiftandCoaDecades worth of headers though...

  • @GrahamMilkdrop
    @GrahamMilkdrop 8 місяців тому +162

    Also a pet peeve of mine... so many people insisting they are interested in TRUTH but then refusing to look at anything that might undermine their BELIEF.

    • @GrahamMilkdrop
      @GrahamMilkdrop 8 місяців тому +9

      also... politicians walking out of or just failing to attend parliamentary debates.

    • @willcraig937
      @willcraig937 8 місяців тому

      "Do your research" usually means, keep going until you agree with my madness...@@GrahamMilkdrop

    • @vegan4life660
      @vegan4life660 8 місяців тому +13

      Literally Alf in this video 😂

    • @mcahunatv3590
      @mcahunatv3590 8 місяців тому +2

      A bit like this video then.

    • @GrahamMilkdrop
      @GrahamMilkdrop 8 місяців тому +15

      @@mcahunatv3590 What do you mean? Are you implying that the maker of this video was guilty of not being open to evidence that would change their opinion on some issues?
      Personally, I thought that he was far too confident in presenting some things as mere conspiracy theories when in fact they should be held up as examples of things that have been wrongly classified as conspiracy theories having in part or as a whole been proven correct or that have yet to be adequately disproven.

  • @TiagoFerreira-zp9gi
    @TiagoFerreira-zp9gi 8 місяців тому +11

    Just a random thing, Ricardo Vaz Tê assaulted a friend of mine when he was still playing here in Portugal.

  • @KenAshcorp
    @KenAshcorp 8 місяців тому +4

    LeTish gets a hard-on on Twitter every single time a player goes down with a heart attack. Even if I would agree into looking into the underlying causes of young and fit players collapsing on the field, not even saying "Vaccines", the way he parades it each and every time is honestly twisted.

    • @ethandalton6480
      @ethandalton6480 8 місяців тому

      They're not fit, though. If you're retiring in your mid 30s, your body isn't healthy

    • @petesmart1983
      @petesmart1983 8 місяців тому +2

      With obviously mass Peds in football especially more games played than ever before more will go down cause there put massive strain on the heart

    • @lillexus5589
      @lillexus5589 8 місяців тому

      ​​@@petesmart1983how about the excess deaths in the UK since the beginning of 2022? Big rise in heart related problems and cancers (especially in older people) The papers and reviews are out there to read.

    • @lillexus5589
      @lillexus5589 8 місяців тому

      Its factual that chronic inflammations and cancers hive spiked quite drastically since the vaccine program, Dr. John Campbell has some interesting content regarding this

    • @kevbillows7113
      @kevbillows7113 Місяць тому

      Le god

  • @GodlessScummer
    @GodlessScummer 8 місяців тому +128

    Being a Southampton fan is difficult enough at times but I have to say that watching Matt Le Tissier and Rickie Lambert go off the deep end has been really depressing.

    • @battlep0t
      @battlep0t 8 місяців тому +10

      Also add Sadio Mane being a groomer to the list.

    • @mcahunatv3590
      @mcahunatv3590 8 місяців тому

      You can't mention that one here, it doesn't fit with their cosy narrative@@battlep0t

    • @danielkarmy4893
      @danielkarmy4893 8 місяців тому +4

      I never even knew Rickie had gone until I saw this - sad to see. I'd like to think it's just because he is, and always was, as thick as two planks, rather than having any idea what he's saying and condoning. Alas, I know that is unlikely. As for Le Lunatic... 🤮

    • @molybdomancer195
      @molybdomancer195 8 місяців тому +6

      @@battlep0tit’s not clear he is. If his wife is 19 they could have been in a relationship for three years in this country with no legal ramifications. Have you any evidence they were a couple before that? You might find a big age gap distasteful but it doesn’t make it illegal or immoral

    • @battlep0t
      @battlep0t 8 місяців тому +20

      ​@@molybdomancer195Nothing wrong with an age gap. If a 45 year old dates a 30 year old I see no issue with that.
      If you're specifically waiting for a girl to turn 16 so you can date her that's a bit dodgy.

  • @bentarbuck6161
    @bentarbuck6161 8 місяців тому +97

    Last I heard lambert was working as a youth coach for us at wigan. Last thing we need is idiots like this influencing our young players 🙈

    • @alicelovescoldplay
      @alicelovescoldplay 2 місяці тому

      off topic but fellow wiganer 🤣

    • @bentarbuck6161
      @bentarbuck6161 2 місяці тому

      @@alicelovescoldplay gods chosen people! 😂

    • @kevbillows7113
      @kevbillows7113 Місяць тому

      Lambert was a great player so feel lucky he’s at a dive club like yours

  • @Joe-sv4wz
    @Joe-sv4wz 8 місяців тому +31

    building football knowledge and class consciousness at the same time 🙌

  • @chrisclee6693
    @chrisclee6693 8 місяців тому +11

    I don't quite understand how two Southampton's best ever forwards have ended up down these rabbit holes...
    Hopefully it doesn't spread to my fellow Saints fans!
    Something something chickens control the world...

    • @joegilbert3149
      @joegilbert3149 8 місяців тому +6

      Being Agaisnt the vaccine or lockdowns doesn't mean you are in a rabbit hole bte

    • @nyjets2428
      @nyjets2428 8 місяців тому +4

      You mean how they discovered the truth?

    • @Hellserch
      @Hellserch 8 місяців тому

      Ah me, the sea.

    • @donedu100
      @donedu100 7 місяців тому

      Maybe they just read, you know... that old fashion thing you likely don't do.
      😉

    • @kevbillows7113
      @kevbillows7113 Місяць тому

      Two legends who are correct

  • @mikexstad1121
    @mikexstad1121 8 місяців тому +26

    Because they grow up in small highly regimented lives to get to the top. It doesn't really leave much time for any intellectual pursuits.
    In USA we have Aaron Rodgers any Kyrie Irving, case in point.
    They get to this point by being good at one thing... sport.
    Watching Jamie Caragher and Micha Richards shows that footballers are even terrible at analyzing... football

    • @Hellserch
      @Hellserch 8 місяців тому +2

      Don’t put Lauhing Mica in with the theatre of hate actor that is Spitting Jamie. His brain is in his jawline: blame evolution.

  • @lomzaunfiltered9151
    @lomzaunfiltered9151 8 місяців тому +5

    Le tissier is right about the vaccine and I will be unsubscribing for the simple fact that I watched this channel for football not for political issues

  • @iamjoestafford
    @iamjoestafford 8 місяців тому +87

    You're very brave doing this Alfie - there are plenty of people who have gone off the deep end who I'm sure will be furious with you for posting it, but it needed doing. One of your best videos yet.

    • @timlamiam
      @timlamiam 8 місяців тому +29

      blows my mind how conspiracy deep enders get all offended when you laugh off their bs lol

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 8 місяців тому +23

      @@timlamiam Because you are shattering their world given the belief in such conspiracies is central to their existence.

    • @truthoverlies1820
      @truthoverlies1820 8 місяців тому +15

      Brave? 😂 😂 😂 probably his worst video ever

    • @truthoverlies1820
      @truthoverlies1820 8 місяців тому +7

      @@soundscape26 I'm sure being a current thing enjoyer is central to your existence

    • @truthoverlies1820
      @truthoverlies1820 8 місяців тому +1

      @@timlamiam what bs would that be?

  • @DrZaius3141
    @DrZaius3141 8 місяців тому +58

    Before watching this, my very simple and straight forward take:
    Footballers spend their youth becoming footballers and at times completely disregarding their education (I'm a teacher, and every year I will meet a couple of wannabe football pros who completely ignore school). Having those giant gaps makes them much more susceptible to fill them with any old garbage.

    • @truthoverlies1820
      @truthoverlies1820 8 місяців тому

      If you're a teacher then that concerns me..but doesn't surprise me sadly.

    • @greg2502
      @greg2502 8 місяців тому +18

      ​@@truthoverlies1820that says more about you

    • @truthoverlies1820
      @truthoverlies1820 8 місяців тому

      @@greg2502 Hans..why skulls though?..Hans..Are we the baddies?

    • @ChrisAlexT
      @ChrisAlexT 8 місяців тому +7

      @@truthoverlies1820 based on the quality of that comment you wouldn't look out of place sitting in one of his classrooms

    • @truthoverlies1820
      @truthoverlies1820 8 місяців тому +2

      @@ChrisAlexT so his lessons are crap then?..OK fair enough

  • @jamesblake44
    @jamesblake44 8 місяців тому +6

    Tell you what? I had an absolute slag of a glass of water earlier and it tasted like shit. Maybe the lanky fella is on to something?

  • @shipofthesun
    @shipofthesun 8 місяців тому +16

    21:10 Let's not forget that the Magna Carta was written 400 years before the germ theory of medicine was introduced.

    • @darksidedebbie
      @darksidedebbie 8 місяців тому +5

      Conspiracy theory - germ theory both theories!

    • @shipofthesun
      @shipofthesun 8 місяців тому

      @@darksidedebbie Yes, but one is viable and the other is not. We see the proof of the germ theory every single day in medicine. Conspiracy theories are nine times out of 10 bullshit. And now you know.

    • @yourmum955
      @yourmum955 8 місяців тому

      @@darksidedebbie Everything in science is labelled a theory even if it's almost universally regarded to be the truth. So obviously the germ theory even though everyone we know points to it being factual, is labelled as a theory.

    • @iangascoigne8231
      @iangascoigne8231 7 місяців тому +1

      What’s laughable is when ordinary people quote the Magna Carta as if it were written for them. The clue in the clause quoted Barons can rebe.

    • @richardloach610
      @richardloach610 2 місяці тому

      It was written 809 years ago

  • @digitunicorn
    @digitunicorn 8 місяців тому +18

    Buzzing to see Lee Barry Cattermole finally pop up on one of these 😂

  • @jakegoldsmith5922
    @jakegoldsmith5922 8 місяців тому +12

    You are in your element with these sort of videos about how football intersects with other aspects of life!

  • @ILikedGooglePlus
    @ILikedGooglePlus 8 місяців тому +8

    Some antivaxer in the comments just likened you to Owen Jones
    Congratulations, he's an excellent journalist

    • @carrauntoohil86
      @carrauntoohil86 8 місяців тому +1

      Debatable. Owen is certainly intelligent, but he himself is driven by ideology and lets that get in the way of being objective on social issues. His obsession with berating Keir Starmer for anything and everything is being subjective, the definition of bad journalism.

    • @truthoverlies1820
      @truthoverlies1820 8 місяців тому +2

      Excellent journalist..😂😂😂..is there such a thing anymore?

  • @redboyjan
    @redboyjan 8 місяців тому +9

    52% voted brexit so it's wider society not just thicko footballers

    • @petesmart1983
      @petesmart1983 8 місяців тому

      Brexit has nothing to do with conspiracy theories 😂😂😂 and under 40 vote who are gonna feel full effect was nearly 60% for remain. Why highest leave was pensioners and our country is a mess now

    • @redboyjan
      @redboyjan 8 місяців тому

      @@petesmart1983 it isn't a conspiracy if it is true

  • @dannffc
    @dannffc 8 місяців тому +7

    unsubscribed

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 8 місяців тому +1

      On the plus side you now have more time to watch conspiracy theory videos.

    • @papalegba6796
      @papalegba6796 8 місяців тому

      @@soundscape26 or learn some physics & understand the moon landings are fake? Unlike you 😂

  • @carrauntoohil86
    @carrauntoohil86 8 місяців тому +31

    It's a working class sport. A lot of footballers have no academic qualifications and only a primary education, which isn't the only reason for falling for them, but more often than not it is this class of people who are more likely to fall for conspiracy theories. Outside of the time building their careers some are likely to fall prey to the sea of misinformation on social media. Influencers and popular podcast hosts like Joe Rogan have perpetuated lies in our modern day culture wars. Often hysterical and totally at odds with reality. I implore people to listen to Jon Ronson's new series of Spotify or BBC Sounds called Things Fell Apart and discover just how insane these conspiracies are and how they thrive and infect the community.

    • @truthoverlies1820
      @truthoverlies1820 8 місяців тому

      I feel sorry for u that u trust anything the bbc says..I also feel bad for those who believe everything joe rogan says and can't see that so many ppl like roman are shills of the regime.

    • @mcahunatv3590
      @mcahunatv3590 8 місяців тому +6

      Yes, it's those pesky oiks.
      Take a look at yourself Lord Fauntleroy

    • @freddieb4427
      @freddieb4427 8 місяців тому

      @@mcahunatv3590 go take a sleep ur brain needs it

    • @joegilbert3149
      @joegilbert3149 8 місяців тому

      But then again not everything we hear is true. The news and governments ain't are best friends and they do stuff to make us poorer it's been soo clear, I don't know why but people will laugh at me saying that.

    • @willywonka7812
      @willywonka7812 8 місяців тому

      The rich have always known about class warfare. It's incurious goons like yourself that let them get away with hiding it from the rest of us​@@mcahunatv3590

  • @andrewt836
    @andrewt836 8 місяців тому +8

    CTE from heading a heavy ball for years could play some part

  • @drunkenramblingswithaaron7708
    @drunkenramblingswithaaron7708 8 місяців тому +24

    A lot of conspiracies are crazy, but so many HAVE been shown to be true that it's understandable people are more open to them now... It doesn't help that the news is rarely truthful, either.

    • @drunkenramblingswithaaron7708
      @drunkenramblingswithaaron7708 8 місяців тому +3

      @@familyread7889 just ignore the biolab from across the street lol

    • @vjvallance
      @vjvallance 8 місяців тому +2

      Why would it be so hard to believe the bat theory? Regardless of whether it's correct, it's utterly plausible

    • @iv6872
      @iv6872 8 місяців тому

      @@vjvallance yea, out of thousands of wet markets in Manchuria alone, the highly infectious novel coronavirus just happened to spring up in a wet market two blocks from the highly infectious novel coronavirus laboratory ,, which just happened to be there. So yea, plausible.
      I sometimes wonder who's more guilty of spreading the conspiracy theories, establishment parroting NPC's or the tinfoil hat guys...

    • @wephilips6651
      @wephilips6651 8 місяців тому

      I have seen this comment hundreds of times and I always say: for example? But never received an answer…
      Yes there have been and are conspiracies irl. But I can’t actually think of a conspiracy theory that was around for a while and then actually proven. And I mean a conspiracy theory with some actual specifics. Not just vaguely some rich elites are peds

    • @apilolomi
      @apilolomi 8 місяців тому +5

      What major conspiracy theories are true then?

  • @garethdavies9965
    @garethdavies9965 8 місяців тому +7

    Speaking as a Coventry fan I say Hereford can have Icke.

  • @MrColincrewe
    @MrColincrewe 8 місяців тому +9

    To be fair you video about corners was a very good video.

    • @yourmum955
      @yourmum955 8 місяців тому +2

      Made me change my whole outlook on short corners.

    • @iandawe948
      @iandawe948 4 місяці тому

      Way better than anything barton as ever done

  • @abasudoh7459
    @abasudoh7459 8 місяців тому +35

    Bro mentioned Nigeria and i have to say as a Nigerian myself I avoid group discussions with other Nigerians because it never takes long for the conversation to veer into the realm of conspiracy theories.

    • @JoshTph
      @JoshTph 8 місяців тому

      🇳🇬

    • @carlisroy6666
      @carlisroy6666 8 місяців тому

      I heard one that Nigeria kicked out The Red Cross during the last Ebola crisis. Do you know anything about that?

    • @ytterbius2900
      @ytterbius2900 8 місяців тому +6

      ​@@carlisroy6666 As a Nigerian, I can tell you that is false. I have never even heard of this. Can you link a webpage?

    • @Bigbnfgv
      @Bigbnfgv 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@carlisroy6666 that is NOT TRUE

    • @elmatadoraelmatador2587
      @elmatadoraelmatador2587 8 місяців тому

      Lol.

  • @F1Krazy
    @F1Krazy 8 місяців тому +11

    29:22 I think it was Mustapha Hadji who believed he could cure injuries by putting a lump of raw steak on them

    • @chlcrk
      @chlcrk 8 місяців тому +5

      Is this similar to the time Felix Magath tried to help someone with an injury by holding a piece of cheese to it?

    • @Yorkman7
      @Yorkman7 8 місяців тому +1

      @@chlcrk as a Fulham fan I am sad you reminded me about Magath and his cheese remedy. I have spent years trying to forget it. What were we thinking !

  • @Alfie_1
    @Alfie_1 8 місяців тому +42

    Hi, would you consider doing videos on the abuses in women's football? Whether that be the Spanish women's national team, Luis Rubiales, and numerous others? Also, I think a good video could be made on the presence of independent academies in Africa, for instance, the impact they are having, potentially developing better players in those countries, such as the Right to Dream academy, and the impact it could have on the European clubs linked to these academies, such as Metz and Generation Foot, and Right to Dream and Nordsjaelland?

    • @colincolin5696
      @colincolin5696 8 місяців тому +1

      Woah…

    • @matthewhernandez8342
      @matthewhernandez8342 8 місяців тому +8

      First tell me why the the girls were laughing about it as soon as they got on the bus after winning the World Cup. There’s video footage of Jenni Hermoso and the whole Spain National team (women’s team) laughing and chanting “beso! Beso! Beso!” (Kiss in Spanish). Why were they joking around if they were going to report it and become victims? Seems suspicious to me

    • @carlisroy6666
      @carlisroy6666 8 місяців тому

      @@matthewhernandez8342 Source?

    • @archstanton6102
      @archstanton6102 8 місяців тому

      ​​@matthewhernandez8342 Can you tell me where this video is? I can not find it.
      They just won the world cup, so they were possibly laughing at that and being happy. There is also a shock factor where you laugh because something happened that was so dumb. Then after a pause you realise how it was offensive.

    • @danielkarmy4893
      @danielkarmy4893 8 місяців тому

      Matthew, no.@@matthewhernandez8342

  • @ofnotandi
    @ofnotandi 7 місяців тому +3

    Conspiracy theorists usually lack all knowledge of true conspiracies. It is very often BS salat. Believe one and start taking all the rest on.

  • @zapre2284
    @zapre2284 8 місяців тому +5

    How is anyone with a brain using the term ' conspiracy theory ' in 2023. Do you live on earth lad ? WTF ?

    • @jackgathorne-hardy6894
      @jackgathorne-hardy6894 8 місяців тому +2

      what do you mean

    • @Lr-tv3mh
      @Lr-tv3mh 8 місяців тому

      Look out, we got a bot here trying to stir up trouble 😅

    • @donedu100
      @donedu100 7 місяців тому

      I'm with you... pretty sad, and he's criticizing others for their low education. Ha!

  • @brucecameron-stuart1965
    @brucecameron-stuart1965 8 місяців тому +6

    After retiring from Football David Icke was Sports Reporter on BBC South Today.....made in Southampton

    • @Hellserch
      @Hellserch 8 місяців тому +1

      KNEW IT!!!

  • @T.E.S.S.
    @T.E.S.S. 8 місяців тому +15

    because people are idiots, and footballers are people.

    • @mcahunatv3590
      @mcahunatv3590 8 місяців тому

      Are you not a person? Or are you a 'Special' person?

    • @T.E.S.S.
      @T.E.S.S. 8 місяців тому

      are you a poopyhead? @@mcahunatv3590

  • @stevencooke6451
    @stevencooke6451 8 місяців тому +4

    Truly great analysis of the shocking invasion of idiotic thinking among mostly former football players. And yes, I think calling Joey Barton a football player insults just about everyone who's ever played the sport professionally.

  • @shanehickey8951
    @shanehickey8951 8 місяців тому +5

    Safe and effective

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 8 місяців тому +1

      If it weren't most of us would be dead.

    • @shanehickey8951
      @shanehickey8951 8 місяців тому +1

      @@soundscape26 😂😂😂

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 8 місяців тому +2

      @@shanehickey8951 Facts. But you can keep peddling that if it makes you happy. The world has moved on.

    • @hsthatzo8063
      @hsthatzo8063 8 місяців тому +6

      @@soundscape26Winter of death 2021😂😂😂 And guess what i'm still here hahahaha you got brainwashed like in the movies

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 8 місяців тому

      ​@@hsthatzo8063Glad you are still here, same can't be said of people who died of Covid.
      As for who was brainwashed my sentiment is mutual.

  • @sedderzz7141
    @sedderzz7141 8 місяців тому +3

    Because it's 2024 and virtually all of em turned out to be true

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 8 місяців тому +1

      All of them? So the moon landings were fake, 5G poles caused Covid and chemtrails are indeed real? I must've missed the news.

    • @papalegba6796
      @papalegba6796 8 місяців тому

      @@soundscape26 yes, no, & kinda. But you don't understand any science so you'll never get it 😂

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 8 місяців тому +1

      @@papalegba6796 And your scientific credentials are...

    • @papalegba6796
      @papalegba6796 8 місяців тому

      @@soundscape26 More than yours, shillbot 😂

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 8 місяців тому +1

      @@papalegba6796 Yes I'm sold, I will start following "Papa Legba" online for scientific knowledge. Thanks for showing up. 😄

  • @kanyewestlover8530
    @kanyewestlover8530 8 місяців тому +8

    iker not believing in the moon landing made me love him more

    • @Hellserch
      @Hellserch 8 місяців тому

      Without the defence of pee Real, he would have been on Europa, swimming in alkaline oceans.

    • @elmatadoraelmatador2587
      @elmatadoraelmatador2587 8 місяців тому +1

      Iker is our golden boy. Sad how Real treated him like trash in the end.

  • @Horwitz86
    @Horwitz86 8 місяців тому +1

    Skilled rich people think they’re smart. They’re often very much not.

  • @luiginb
    @luiginb 8 місяців тому +7

    Because they were kicking a ball around instead of studying

    • @donedu100
      @donedu100 7 місяців тому

      It's not how much you study, but what... That may be your problem, filled with useless and untruthful information... and you think you know. Ha!

  • @ivrishcon-abarth38
    @ivrishcon-abarth38 8 місяців тому +2

    My comment was obviously too scientifically accurate to someone or something. Think about that the next time you have to find a way to express something in a way you don´t use a"bad" word. Do you people think that is normal, or better yet acceptable? Every tyrannly in recorded history has started with the manipulation of language. Ask Jordan B. Peterson in case there is doubt of my sincerity, which you should do, unless you´ve known me to say the truth consistently and/or fixing potential errors in my statements if and when such thing occurs. Like once I claimed Liverpool won the first First Division first place in 1900, when it actually happened in 1900-01 -season.

    • @TheA8lee
      @TheA8lee 8 місяців тому +2

      Bang on

  • @james2529
    @james2529 8 місяців тому +67

    As a Southampton fan I must apologise for the insanity of our former players.

    • @carrauntoohil86
      @carrauntoohil86 8 місяців тому +4

      A real shame. Le Tissier was such a gifted footballer. It's not so much the fact that he believes things which are objectively ridiculously, but the fact he has been downright nasty at times. His personal attacks on Gareth Southgate were totally unprovoked and showed Le Tissier up as the sad person he really is.

    • @rthraitor
      @rthraitor 8 місяців тому +8

      @@themarcopolo2024go home

    • @truthoverlies1820
      @truthoverlies1820 8 місяців тому +11

      I feel sorry that Southampton have u as a fan

    • @mcahunatv3590
      @mcahunatv3590 8 місяців тому +4

      Why? They have finally made Britain's most boring club with the most boring fans into something interesting! Well done Lambert, Le God, etc!

    • @kevinbillows432
      @kevinbillows432 8 місяців тому +3

      Le tiss is a legend

  • @williamevans7593
    @williamevans7593 8 місяців тому +2

    the conspiracy theorists need new theories now because their ones have been proven right

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 8 місяців тому +1

      Have then really? 😂

  • @danadams6439
    @danadams6439 8 місяців тому +11

    To make it even stranger David icke currently resides on the Isle of Wight which is directly opposite of Southampton

  • @BALHAM69
    @BALHAM69 8 місяців тому +5

    #thepeopleschannel a video on the Bangladesh premier league and the rise of Bashundhara kings would be good
    A team who went into the top flight after promotion and won the last four league titles now!
    Are they the next Newcastle? Are they a team to keep a eye on next few years? Thanks Alfie 😊

  • @athrty1911
    @athrty1911 8 місяців тому +24

    I do think it is a bit of generalization, given the thousand or so players in the EFL yet we can probably only name 10 of them which have said things pertaining to conspiracy theories. I doubt it’s any larger than the general population. A few bad eggs make the whole batch look bad.

    • @mickcole2763
      @mickcole2763 8 місяців тому +1

      Guy believes X = bad egg
      You are a bad egg

    • @athrty1911
      @athrty1911 8 місяців тому +8

      @@mickcole2763 I’m just playing devils advocate. I’m not saying if they are wrong or right. Half of the ‘conspiracies’ he mentioned in this video I don’t think are that far fetched. I’m speaking in the sense that if you are going to label conspiracy theorists as bad (which I don’t agree with), then generalizing a whole group based on a few is unfair.

    • @ThreeRunHomer
      @ThreeRunHomer 8 місяців тому

      @@mickcole2763 conspiracy nut spreads nutty X nonsense = bad guy

  • @_peepyopee
    @_peepyopee 8 місяців тому +5

    The only difference between a conspiracy theory and truth is time. Where there is smoke, there is fire

    • @drs-xj3pb
      @drs-xj3pb 8 місяців тому

      So. The idea that the bubonic plague was caused by Jews poisoning wells -- is 650 years enough time to make that true?

  • @cnsalex9556
    @cnsalex9556 8 місяців тому +12

    Conspiracy theories and football, 2 of my favorite things combined in a 40 minute video by one of my favorite creators? Yes please

  • @cynicalahole7131
    @cynicalahole7131 8 місяців тому +2

    Trump 2024. VIVA LA LIBERTAD CARAJO.

  • @NuryPPanaligan
    @NuryPPanaligan 8 місяців тому +4

    Alfie, why are you so loyal to politicians? They don't give a damn about you.

    • @donedu100
      @donedu100 7 місяців тому +2

      Well, I doubt Alfie has cracked open a history book in his life, neither has read any serious academic papers. And yet, he's going to tell us what we should believe.

    • @JohnRamboDaBoss
      @JohnRamboDaBoss 3 місяці тому

      ​@@donedu100sickening isn't it? Little pleb!

  • @5340robert
    @5340robert 8 місяців тому +4

    Bit sad about Rickie Lambert. I`m not a saints fan, but always liked him as a player coming up through the divisions and making his England debut at like 31.

  • @danielkarmy4893
    @danielkarmy4893 8 місяців тому +6

    I've only just started this one, but...dear god. I think we need to talk about Joseph Barton. Again.

  • @danzobeanz4818
    @danzobeanz4818 8 місяців тому +3

    Hiring Joey Barton as manager of Bristol Rovers is probably the most embarrassing thing to ever happen to my club, aside from our time in the national league.
    I was so glad when he got sacked, and now seeing him go more and more insane with his right-wing grift is quite telling.

  • @chimsuaumo
    @chimsuaumo 8 місяців тому +3

    I met Matt Le Tissier when I was eight. He was signing autographs in a sports shop in Worthing (I forget which one, but is was in Portland Road). It made my day at the time.

  • @archstanton6102
    @archstanton6102 8 місяців тому +12

    Joey Barton is clearly experiencing a mental health issue since his sacking from Bristol Rovers. The X posts show a steady decline and trying to stay relevant.

    • @T.E.S.S.
      @T.E.S.S. 8 місяців тому

      that's not clear at all

    • @archstanton6102
      @archstanton6102 8 місяців тому +3

      @@T.E.S.S. If i change clearly to probably, would that make it better?
      The sudden increase in online rants and vitriol would indicate some form of trigger, which gits with the time-line of his sacking.

    • @Winchester-7
      @Winchester-7 8 місяців тому +6

      He tried to blind a 16 year old with a cigar while playing. He's always been like this.

    • @deGooder
      @deGooder 8 місяців тому +4

      This is Barton showing everyone who he really is then realising he can join the right wing outrage grift mill.

    • @petesmart1983
      @petesmart1983 8 місяців тому

      He defended his murdering racist brother, beats his wife etc

  • @nicocorbo4153
    @nicocorbo4153 8 місяців тому +3

    hey alfie, are there any "conspiracy theories" that you lend credence to? surely there must be some semblance of suspicion mulling about in your entirely objective, fact-based, and long-form content churning mind.

    • @donedu100
      @donedu100 7 місяців тому

      Ha! Well, everytime he talks about topics other than "football" all the BBC bs pours out of his mouth...

  • @jacobcaldridge99
    @jacobcaldridge99 8 місяців тому +2

    Can you really blame people for going crazy when there was literally a pedo island where the worlds decision makers would meet and do unspeakable things to children. Things have become very strange.

    • @donedu100
      @donedu100 7 місяців тому

      Alfie will swear that's another conspiracy theory!

  • @neilbirch8431
    @neilbirch8431 8 місяців тому +6

    Very funny, thank you. I was that crazy guy on the train laughing at his phone 😂

  • @gwheregwhizz
    @gwheregwhizz 8 місяців тому +12

    The higher up the league you go, the worse educated the players are. There's a number of lower league managers and players with degrees; Paul Hurst, Dave Challinor etc. mainly down to not expecting to have pocketed enough to retire at 18 like the Boehly Babes.

    • @gt_1242
      @gt_1242 8 місяців тому +6

      Boehly babes 😂😂😂

  • @mirofisch940
    @mirofisch940 7 місяців тому +3

    joey barton, what a muppet

  • @rmstew
    @rmstew 8 місяців тому +2

    Footballers?
    Questioning the official narrative?
    DISGRACEFUL BEHAVIOUR!

  • @christophergallagher3845
    @christophergallagher3845 8 місяців тому +8

    Just because it's a conspiracy doesn't mean it isn't true

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 8 місяців тому +3

      Yes but typically they are. 90% of the times.

    • @christophergallagher3845
      @christophergallagher3845 8 місяців тому +2

      @@soundscape26 where do you get 90% from ? It may even be higher tbh but my point still stands

    • @MySamurai77
      @MySamurai77 8 місяців тому +3

      Once a conspiracy is proved as true it is no longer a conspiracy. Conspiracy theorist are not interested in proven truth it's not exciting enough for them.

    • @christophergallagher3845
      @christophergallagher3845 8 місяців тому

      @@MySamurai77 that is incorrect . A conspiracy is not about being true or false , it's a secret plan to gain power for example or to commit a terrorist act . Just because a terrorist act happens doesn't mean they weren't co spiring to commit the attack
      You are confusing the term co spiracy with conspiracy theorists which are 2 different things

    • @petesmart1983
      @petesmart1983 8 місяців тому +1

      99% there lies

  • @hiramhackenbacker9096
    @hiramhackenbacker9096 8 місяців тому +2

    This is brilliant but what is even more brilliant is that the comments section hasn't been overrun by idiot conpiracy theorists.
    Give it time I suppose.

  • @GeneralDisarray1892
    @GeneralDisarray1892 8 місяців тому +16

    Because they are all so well schooled….

  • @adampark4238
    @adampark4238 8 місяців тому +2

    Woke pushing points

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 8 місяців тому +2

      So you support conspiracy theories as well? Good to know.

    • @adampark4238
      @adampark4238 8 місяців тому

      @@soundscape26 awe you back sweetheart

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 8 місяців тому

      @@adampark4238 I never left.

    • @adampark4238
      @adampark4238 8 місяців тому

      @soundscape26 aye you avoided past comments recently.

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 8 місяців тому

      @@adampark4238 If you tagged me like this last time (it's not blue) it's only natural I didn't get the notification. I only saw this one because I have this discussion currently opened.
      Also, UA-cam has a limit on how many notifications you can receive a day so if some of them exceeded that limit I didn't get them.

  • @willcraig937
    @willcraig937 8 місяців тому +6

    Is it not just a case (as you hint yourself) that a certain percentage of the population have fallen for these mad conspiracies and the numbers of footballers who have done likewise is probably statistically the same? Surely the government must keep tabs on the number of divies and their jobs, and can supply a thorough journalist, like yourself, with the appropriate stats? Well that's what the pigeon on my window sill thinks anyway....

    • @joegilbert3149
      @joegilbert3149 8 місяців тому

      2/3 of them are not conspiracies though and the governments don't need to do anything they are the fuckers messing all our life's up, I say fair play to the farmers and the French.

    • @Hellserch
      @Hellserch 8 місяців тому +1

      Arthur has been a steadfast pigeon to you and this outing is both unworthy and disloyal

    • @willcraig937
      @willcraig937 8 місяців тому

      @@Hellserch Brenda the crow made me say it, she intimidates me and I can't stand up to her.

  • @stuntman6147
    @stuntman6147 7 місяців тому +1

    Beautiful and well thought-out and paced video like always.
    I think footballers are a prime example of "Labor aristocracy" as Karl Kautsky proposed more than 100 years ago. These players most of the time come from the most impovireshed places and/or countries so they usually share a background of low education (specially in economics and history) and a of course a sense of "new richness" that they will try to protect. Because of this and thanks to social media feedback loop of confirmation bias and desinformation, the one that specially comes from far-right actors, makes a damper on how these players understand their reality and its surroundings, because they usually spend all of their youth pretty isolated from the world. These players, mostly without knowing, are tools of fascism the same as fascism is a tool of capitalism to suppress the worker movement (Socialism of the fools, like you pretty adequately quote in the video).
    It's pretty sad, because alot of these players seem like pretty decent people, but sadly end up eating up all of these conspiracy theories and right wing bullshit that are designed to keep down and poor most of these footballers own families.

  • @Anonymous-ot6hi
    @Anonymous-ot6hi 8 місяців тому +9

    Birds aren't real is a parody
    They're mocking conspiracy theories

    • @T.E.S.S.
      @T.E.S.S. 8 місяців тому +3

      that's true, but what you're leaving out is that people believed it anyway

    • @drunkenhobo8020
      @drunkenhobo8020 8 місяців тому +2

      That's how Flat Earth started too...

    • @mp5k9mm1
      @mp5k9mm1 8 місяців тому +2

      The problem is that an impressive amount of people actually fell for it.

    • @T.E.S.S.
      @T.E.S.S. 8 місяців тому

      lmao no it isn't @@drunkenhobo8020

    • @drs-xj3pb
      @drs-xj3pb 8 місяців тому

      It's quite possible that QAnon started as a parody as well; it sure sounds like one. Doesn't mean it isn't dangerous as hell.

  • @ExileOnDaytonStreet
    @ExileOnDaytonStreet 8 місяців тому +3

    American Football says hello via Aaron Rodgers, who was batshit crazy and would talk to teammates about chemtrail conspiracies even before the pandemic broke his brain (further?).

  • @ednedjari6062
    @ednedjari6062 8 місяців тому +2

    I’ve had a rough few weeks. Some of the ones liners you’ve put in this are absolute zingers. Inward chuckling. Well done Alfie. Thank you

  • @JLchevz
    @JLchevz 8 місяців тому +4

    Well, to be honest footballers become very very famous, they don't require that much specialized knowledge, education, or advanced critical thinking to succeed in their careers (compared to other professions), so it kind of makes sense that some of them say the most ridiculous shit. They're very average people who got famous.

    • @Gino565
      @Gino565 8 місяців тому +4

      Weird comment. They aren’t average people who famous. They have a talent (which believe it or not does require thinking). I know people love come out with the whole ‘footballers are dumb’ thing to make them feel better about themselves but cmon

    • @Hellserch
      @Hellserch 8 місяців тому

      Like politicians or Chief Scientific Officer during a global pandemic you mean? Don’t get me wrong, no COVID denier me but I’d be careful on the sniffiness regarding intelligence in other professions though. Most of us are products of social engineering at best.

  • @messi8921
    @messi8921 8 місяців тому +3

    Everyone’s entitled to a different opinion.

    • @donedu100
      @donedu100 7 місяців тому

      Not what the lefties believe... If you don't have their opinion (usually ungrounded but vociferous) you're a nut cake.

  • @eno3085
    @eno3085 8 місяців тому +2

    I absolutely love the surveilance Bird theory. Not because its reasonable or logical but because it was spread from a university Student as a hoax to see how fast such theories can spread.

  • @aidanlynn
    @aidanlynn 8 місяців тому +18

    Matt Le Tissier did nothing wrong.

    • @hyywe240
      @hyywe240 8 місяців тому +1

      I agree, hes just a bit silly

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 8 місяців тому +3

      His problem is more what he said, not so much what he's done.

    • @KanJonathan
      @KanJonathan 8 місяців тому

      Being my most favourite first decade of Premiership player (even above Bergkamp), he became Putin apologist is a step too far for me.
      But his problem is he against MSM so much that he became a contrarian, ironically a Maoist folly.
      HITC chronically trace back Le Tiss’ transformation, might be paradoxically proven the downsides of protracted lockdowns (also Sweden and PRC as both sides of counterpoint).

    • @yourmum955
      @yourmum955 8 місяців тому

      Depends on who you ask

  • @jimbob-robob
    @jimbob-robob 8 місяців тому +2

    I wish I could be so blasé about politics like Le Tissier once was. I don't have the finances to NOT know or CARE what the politicians are cooking up to make our lives harder...

  • @Gvarigumm
    @Gvarigumm 8 місяців тому +13

    Ugh, can you skip your cringy alt-left woke activism and stick to football please?

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 8 місяців тому +2

      Of course not, it's part of his appeal.

    • @hsthatzo8063
      @hsthatzo8063 8 місяців тому +3

      @@soundscape26Then he will enioy bleeding his audience the more he goes down that path

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@hsthatzo8063His audience knows of his political leanings for ages.

    • @troyarrington5492
      @troyarrington5492 8 місяців тому +2

      Why are you here watching these videos…? 😂

    • @TheA8lee
      @TheA8lee 8 місяців тому +1

      Go woke, go broke.

  • @teem4800
    @teem4800 8 місяців тому +11

    i mean a lot of people believe in conspiracies. footballers are people believe it or not lol

    • @celtic69
      @celtic69 8 місяців тому +2

      huge if true

    • @s717w
      @s717w 8 місяців тому

      No shit sherlock

    • @Yorkman7
      @Yorkman7 8 місяців тому

      But they are not scientists, doctors or researchers are they.

    • @graemewestbrook8826
      @graemewestbrook8826 8 місяців тому

      ​@Yorkman7 but they are PhD doctors kicked off social media for questions

  • @Macho_Fantastico
    @Macho_Fantastico 8 місяців тому +6

    Matt Le Tissier isn't the sharpest tool in the toolbox.

  • @blinard1
    @blinard1 8 місяців тому +1

    This is like me at uni. Having a 1000 words of useful info, desperatley trying to get to 15,000

  • @laandormer
    @laandormer 8 місяців тому +8

    Matt Le Tissier is a great person in real life.

    • @ConnbineHarvester
      @ConnbineHarvester 7 місяців тому

      That's all the proof I need. Suddenly his anti-vax tweets seem way less dangerous and ignorant!

    • @laandormer
      @laandormer 7 місяців тому

      @@ConnbineHarvester Exactly, why bother taking the opinion of people who actually know him when you can make your mind up with a few tweets and a youtube video.
      Glad I could help.

    • @ConnbineHarvester
      @ConnbineHarvester 7 місяців тому

      Maybe I've always thought he's an arsehole going back to the 90's when he was a player and now he's confirming it repeatedly with some style. It's more than "a few tweets", he's relentless. Maybe you're not a great person in real life for defending Joey Barton's mate.@@laandormer

    • @laandormer
      @laandormer 7 місяців тому +2

      @@ConnbineHarvester I never claimed to be one, you just assumed I was. I said Matt was a great person (which I stand by).
      I don't care for Joey Barton.

  • @jovancvetojevic3980
    @jovancvetojevic3980 8 місяців тому +1

    Poor Matt, he is right about Busha. So sad that he payed price for telling truth that nobody wants to hear. That's why I keep my opinions to myself, world is too much brainwashed.

  • @MySamurai77
    @MySamurai77 8 місяців тому +4

    Some people can't handle uncertainty. They can't accept sometimes we can never know the truth no matter how hard we try to find it.

    • @Yorkman7
      @Yorkman7 8 місяців тому +1

      Some people like Barton and Le Tissier can’t handle not being in the news and do anything to get noticed. Le Tissier particularly said he didn’t want publicity but kept coming out with more and more weird stuff. Barton is a pseudo intellectual thug and giving credence to either of them just fuels their narcissism. Being a better than average footballer is all they are good at.

    • @MySamurai77
      @MySamurai77 8 місяців тому

      @@Yorkman7 Dunno about the other's but Mr Barton is not a well man. He's danger to himself and the those around him. Like seriously i think he might be bi - polar or schizophrenic. God knows what he might end up doing, i mean look at his brother.

    • @Hellserch
      @Hellserch 8 місяців тому +1

      YOIR DEFINITELY WRONG!!!

  • @adamfysh-foskett961
    @adamfysh-foskett961 8 місяців тому +3

    Great video, again. I came to the channel for the football; I stayed for the denounciation of "the economic, social and political systems that dictate most of our lives"!

  • @Lupi33z
    @Lupi33z 8 місяців тому +3

    Which jibby jab are you up to mate? They are due every 3 months you know.

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 8 місяців тому

      Nppe, a yearly one will do.

    • @Lupi33z
      @Lupi33z 8 місяців тому +2

      did the 'science' change again?@@soundscape26

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 8 місяців тому

      @@Lupi33z No, the Covid strain did.

    • @BLOODSHO7
      @BLOODSHO7 8 місяців тому

      My doctor's kept repeatedly inviting me for a covid jab throughout the winter (from early November to December) and I never had it or died. I can understand 65+ years old but I'm only just 30 I don't need it.

    • @JohnRamboDaBoss
      @JohnRamboDaBoss 3 місяці тому

      ​@@soundscape26you must be up to the 17th one by now?! LOL

  • @marrybichaelmore3372
    @marrybichaelmore3372 8 місяців тому +2

    Not a conspiracy if it’s true is it?

  • @davidribeiro1064
    @davidribeiro1064 8 місяців тому +12

    And today you fully earned my subscription.

  • @believeinbuffalo
    @believeinbuffalo 8 місяців тому +2

    the champions did a great episode about dejan lovren's conspiracy theories 🤭

  • @RyuzakiTaiyou
    @RyuzakiTaiyou 8 місяців тому +13

    Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 592)
    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.

  • @moyolinux
    @moyolinux 7 місяців тому +1

    To be fair footballers have to much time on their hands
    Hence idle hands make work fr the devil’s work

  • @scotlandr
    @scotlandr 8 місяців тому +9

    Alfie again using the HITC Sevens channel to obnoxiously lecture on to the viewer about his worldview. Alfie, not everyone is going to agree with you so give it a rest, labelling people just for having a difference of opinions as "conspiracy theorists" is mundane and by now has pretty much lost all meaning by this point. At least with the likes of Le Tissier and Barton they're not frightened to speak up on what they believe in. They are brave enough to share their own views and rightly question things that go against the mainstream narrative.

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 8 місяців тому +6

      And we are free to call out their bullshit opinions.

    • @scotlandr
      @scotlandr 8 місяців тому +5

      @soundscape26 Well, who ever said you couldn't to begin with? Thats the great thing about free speech the likes of you and Alfie can spout your very own "bullshit opinions" and I and many others can rightfully disagree too. Plus why even reply? Like by you replying with that petty response do you think that I and the many others you've been triggered by are just going to go and immediately covert to your point of view? Get a grip, stop being so fragile and accept that there are many who just have difference of opinion.

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 8 місяців тому +4

      @@scotlandr I think you were the triggered one here, otherwise you wouldn't have written the original post. I replied because this is a comment section and that's what people do, interact with each other.
      Of course not everybody will agree with what Alfie says, is that even a reason for him not to give his opinions on his own channel? He has always punctuated his videos with political and sociological opinions and I'm sure that won't change anytime soon.

    • @hsthatzo8063
      @hsthatzo8063 8 місяців тому +2

      Just look for more right wing AKA not mentally ill in 2020s channels support them and vote with your time

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 8 місяців тому +6

      @@hsthatzo8063 Political orientation has nothing to do with mental illness. Very mature way to characterise those who don't agree with you. 🙄

  • @richiel5557
    @richiel5557 6 місяців тому

    Your videos are so entertaining its ridiculous
    If you are writing for yourself, you should write for a major network. You're gold

  • @captainprivate3768
    @captainprivate3768 8 місяців тому +3

    I think this video probably underestimates just how many people believe wacky things. Smart or otherwise, people are falling prey to algorithm driven confirmation of bad ideas. It's probably not helpful to be surrounded by yes-men when you find a rabbit-hole to go down.

    • @joegilbert3149
      @joegilbert3149 8 місяців тому

      Algorithm doesn't support conspiracies though they are normally cancelled or told its misinformation

  • @TheFallorn
    @TheFallorn 8 місяців тому +3

    Just an incredible opening