He's an insane player but he only really works if he has a DM alongside him in a double pivot, or an anchoring DM in a traditional midfield-three. Absolutely love him and he'd do so well in literally any other team with an actual structure, but we should sell if we get at least 90m.
I agree with the Ronaldinho take tbh he was pure magic. Nobody made me love watching football more than him. Even my first ever Barcelona kit had his name on the back 🔥
Michi, would you think Thiago Motta (Bologna’s manager) would be a good fit for Barca since he has experience with Barca as a player for a long period of time and Since he’s gotten Bologna from 9th place in the Serie A last season to now 4th place. And he’s beaten Roma who is a europa league semi finalist?????
@@osman7365 🤣😂😂 remember the performance again Bayern ucl 2013, Chelsea ucl 2012, atletico madrid ucl 2014, 2016 , juventus 2017 ucl, Roma and Liverpool ucl. Without dani alves he is exposed.
Regarding the Ballon d'Or discussion, I agree with what you said, but you did miss one big thing: you forgot that this year we also have the EUROS going on ! The big player from the winning team will also have a BIG pull on the Ballon d'Or. It could even reverse the tables. For example if Mbappe stops in the UCL semifinals, and Bellingham/Kane win UCL -> you would have Bellingham/Kane for the Ballon d'Or. So far, so good. BUT if France wins the Euros, and England is dropped in the semis -> Ballon d'Or goes to Mbappe.
@@EmersionWasTaken Players don't usually like it. Henry complained about it. But if you're playing for Pep you have to know that you're basically a chess piece.
Right now, Yamal is overrated slightly while Cubarsi is still underrated. Yamal needs to drive towards goal anytime he is close to the box, he starts passing sideways and backwards way too often, maybe a better coach will push him and develop his confidence further. When he takes people on he is almost impossible to stop just like dembele rodrygo and mbappe
Yamal isnt driving towards goal as much because he has to take on the other teams rb and cb because kounde doesnt overlap that much compared to cancelo who overlaps for felix/raphina/ferran on the left
The KDB take makes sense. Madrid and Barca have a good system to promote the image of their players. Regardless of their success and dominance in recent years, Man City still does not have that level of media power.
He is already considered one of the best of all time by many. I think you underestimate the prem pr because it’s not just city fans watching him, every prem fan does so he already gets a lot of pr
@@gmae5342 I'm not underestimating the premier league. I'm just saying he would have gotten more hype playing for Real or Barca. There is a sense among the global football audience that Real and Barca are like teams other only the very good ATTAIN.
Modric was pretty elite at spurs maybe not fully into the player he was at Real Madrid but still a great player as early as 2012 you could see the peak he could reach, in the 2012 euros he outclassed xavi iniesta and busi when Croatia played Spain, and imo he only took a year to adapt at Madrid definitely not 3 in 2014 he was amazing
Michi sometimes you need take Real Madrid criticism to the side and compliment Modric Longevity. It’s definitely one of the best out there. This season modric has the chance to win six champions league. And you rank pique in S tier as a defender, which is outrageous.
honestly need more objectivity cause what Modric has done is unmatched. Ballon d’or winner and at 39 can potentially win his sixth ucl and is still going strong but he might be leaving 💔
@@zeeo3147 I’m a FCB fan but I have to admit michi, he criticises Real Madrid players way too much. For example he put pique as a S defender when everyone in the world knows pique has always been a mediocre defender, without him Barca potentially could’ve won like 5 champions league.
@@zeeo3147 his knowledge from the game is kind of flawed from my point of view but he probably disagrees. We all different opinions on the beautiful game
@@Glory2barca Right I like Pique but in my opinion there’s no way he is in S tier you’re right about that 😂. Tbh the year Barca really should have won another ucl was in 2019 Messi was so dominant man he deserved it. If anfield never happened it would have been the easiest ucl win in Barca history
The de Bruyne one isn't a hot take because it's a hypothetical scenario, so to discuss it you have to rely purelt on speculation. What I can say is thst,I find it ridiculous when people try to bring him in the same conversation as Xavi, Iniesta, Modric, and Kroos. He's not even in the Pirlo, Seedorf, Xabi Alonso discussion
"I find it ridiculous when people try to bring him in the same conversation as Xavi, Iniesta, Modric, and Kroos. He's not even in the Pirlo, Seedorf, Xabi Alonso discussion" I have to disagree here. To me KDB is clearly better than Seedorf, Pirlo, Xabi. And he can sit at the big boys table (Xavi, Iniesta, Modric, Kroos). As a personal preference, I would even pick him before Xavi and Kroos, but this is purely on playing style, I find KDB to be more "exciting" than Xavi and Kroos.
@@anonymususer1728 I'm talling greatness. Personal enjoyment when watching a player is purely subjective. This is a competitive sport. I I enjoy watching the Harlem Globetrotters more than NBA players, but that doesn't make them greater basketball players
@@robertmarginean164 You are right. I do place a high emphasis on ENTERTAINMENT. People seem to forget that football (alongside every other sport) is just that: entertainment. Think about it, we are basically talking about guys kicking around a spherical piece of rubber. Why does that matter to us ? Because it is a demonstration of SKILL. Just like watching a juggler perform, you don't like to watch a clumsy one that keeps dropping the balls, you like to watch a skillful one. Oh, and you can also add to the list just about any other activity designed to entertain us: opera, theater, movies, circus, concerts, stand up comedy, all the other sports (tennis, basketball, hockey, wrestling, snooker, darts, chess etc). Why do we watch them ? To be entertained. On what grounds do we judge the performers ? On SKILL. That's why we don't watch female football or basketball, because they are not as skilled as men. We got all caught up in the efficiency of it all, caring about the end result, getting the win by any means necessary ... that we forgot why we were watching in the first place: to ENJOY WHAT WE SEE, THE SKILL. Not the result.
@@anonymususer1728 but all the other things you mentioned are not competitive environments. You're not trying to beat anyone else when acting in an opera or when being a juggler. In football, the end goal is to lift the trophies for the competitions you're playing in, and the only way to do that is to directly beat your opponents. It's different. I'm sure if you ask the players, they'd take winning a UCL final over playing in a more entertaining way than the other team and losing
@@robertmarginean164 True. But does it have to be that way ? Don't you think we have gone overboard ? I think we have. I cannot understand how could "fans" insult and swear at another human being just because he thinks X team is better than Y team. Sometimes things even escalate to fights, and even fatalities. What. The. Fuck ?! Even the attachment to the teams is way too high. Have you heard Michi last week saying this was one of the worst weeks of his life ? Is that ok ? To have your mental and emotional health be SO dependant on how X sporting team performs ? I certainly don't. And even the opposite is true: why be so ecstatic when the team you like wins ? That team does not even know you EXIST, and even if they did know, they wouldn't care. I'll give you the answer to the question of WHY we do it, why do we go overboard with the extreme attachment. There are 2 reasons: 1) Humans seem to feel the need to associate themselves with other entities. And thus they take on their losses/wins. If you further enquire WHY, I'm not sure .. I would assume it's ... because of boredom ?! Our lives may not be interesting enough, they don't contain enough drama, so we associate with entities that are in a "competition" which will provide drama. 2) The clubs push this agenda, they want us to be as invested as possible in football, they feed off it, literally and figuratively. How else would they get millions, if people didn't buy shirts or tickets, if they didn't travel to see games, if they didn't pay television subscriptions to watch on TV ? So clubs keep marketing this "spirit of competition", they drive this rivalry between clubs, because they also know people associate themselves with the clubs, so they will invest money, lots of it. Why ? Because now it's PERSONAL. I am free of these mind games of theirs. I am a fan of Real Madrid, but what do I mean by that ? It means I would prefer that they win. If they don't ... oh well, moving on with my day. I don't buy shirts, I don't go to games, I'm not invested in their wins or their losses. If someone says "f*ck Real Madrid, they suck", I wouldn't bother replying. Getting back to where we started (players and enjoyment), I watch players that are entertainers, regardless of the team they play on, and I don't care at all for that team's results. Example: Eden Hazard. I LOVED watching him play for Chelsea. I couldn't care less for Chelsea, but I did watch some of their games, just to see Eden Hazard dribble past players. Chelsea could lose the game .. but if Hazard played well, I would be perfectly happy. Other examples: Neymar, Messi, Ronaldinho, Iniesta. So even if I am a Real Madrid since 1998, I watched Barcelona games here and there .. just to see those 4 guys working their MAGIC :) PS: salutari din Timisoara :)
Id say I agree modric doesn't have the greatest longevity. But it's not messi and ronaldo, it's giggs. Messi lasted from roughly 2008 to 2022 Ronaldo was on his game from about 2006 to 2021. Modric was considered one of the best midfielders in the prem from about 2009 and is still amongst the best 3 players on the pitch for madrid everytime he starts without fail. Btw, It took him about 6 - 7 months to become what he is at madrid, not 2 - 3 years. In 13/14 (his 2nd season) he was the best midfielder on the planet with yaya. That marca article was made about 3 months into the season, obviously they're gonna vote the guy worth 35m and not getting consistent playing time as the worst signing when the other competitors are alex song etc. Have no clue why thats still a relevant talking point.
Bale came of the bench in Cardiff because he was injured also bale is always being underrated by you and I don’t understand why imo he was as good as Ronaldo from 2014-2016 and carried in multiple big games also benzema was never even close to him benzema only started actually being a star for Madrid in 2020 Bale is the most underrated player of the 2010s
Even in the UCL, Neymar was better and for the national team, they both were equally good(he didn’t win the World Cup because 2002 Brazil was brilliant, but he is the top scorer).
I got maybe 30 seconds in bro, I’m running out of socks to use
Bro
Mental
Crash out
PAUSE
corny
Cant wait for the "Xavi is staying Yap Session"😂
Coming tomorrow
Gonna have 7.61 xBurps 😂😂😂@@michknoball
Michi talking about events from 1974 and saying "Obviously💅🏽💅🏽" like we know what he's talking about 😭🙏🏽
As a Madrid fan who tf is blind enough to sell frenkie de Jong if you sell a player he should be one of the last being sold
its the wages that Barca pay and the financial situation.
He's an insane player but he only really works if he has a DM alongside him in a double pivot, or an anchoring DM in a traditional midfield-three. Absolutely love him and he'd do so well in literally any other team with an actual structure, but we should sell if we get at least 90m.
michi i suffer from BBC disorder and it’s really tough but your videos make me happy ❤️
Just watch BBC videos then you should be good and enjoy the champions leagues
I think Wirtz does have a shot at winning the Ballon D'Or if Germany win the Euros as well. He'd finish top 3 for sure if that happens.
I agree with the Ronaldinho take tbh he was pure magic. Nobody made me love watching football more than him. Even my first ever Barcelona kit had his name on the back 🔥
Michi, would you think Thiago Motta (Bologna’s manager) would be a good fit for Barca since he has experience with Barca as a player for a long period of time and Since he’s gotten Bologna from 9th place in the Serie A last season to now 4th place. And he’s beaten Roma who is a europa league semi finalist?????
I can’t never forgive michi placing Gerard pique as a S tier defender 😂
He obviously is S tier
@@osman7365 🤣😂😂 remember the performance again Bayern ucl 2013, Chelsea ucl 2012, atletico madrid ucl 2014, 2016 , juventus 2017 ucl, Roma and Liverpool ucl. Without dani alves he is exposed.
@@Glory2barcaexactly 😂 he was mid man
Real Madrid fan here but I like to watch your vids
He’s a good sport and doesn’t cry like most Barca fans
@@johnmccormick1200 Are you sure about that? Let's see you hold your tears when your team gets f'ed by the refs
thank you for not hating on valverde 🙏🙏 he is one of the best (currently)
7:05 as a city and Barcelona fan I don’t know how to feel
W michi
This channel is fire
thoughts on this hottake: if bayern would play in any other top five league (exept ligue 1) they would only have half of their domestic trophies
Is this really a hot take. Idk about half but definitely a very significant decrease
if barca play in any other league we will win more titles than this corrupted league
Love your content michi, can you do a World Cup finals tier list video
Regarding the Ballon d'Or discussion, I agree with what you said, but you did miss one big thing: you forgot that this year we also have the EUROS going on ! The big player from the winning team will also have a BIG pull on the Ballon d'Or. It could even reverse the tables.
For example if Mbappe stops in the UCL semifinals, and Bellingham/Kane win UCL -> you would have Bellingham/Kane for the Ballon d'Or. So far, so good.
BUT if France wins the Euros, and England is dropped in the semis -> Ballon d'Or goes to Mbappe.
Finally someone who understands why Halaand doesn't "show up" in big games. He is used as a decoy.
How tiring is it to be a decoy for 120 dawg
@@EmersionWasTaken Players don't usually like it. Henry complained about it. But if you're playing for Pep you have to know that you're basically a chess piece.
@@jonbolton491 they still lost lol tactic or not
@@RattaClips No team is unbeatable. I don't know what your point is.
@@jonbolton491 dumb tactic is my point not there unbeatable 🤣🤣
u should do a room tour/setup tour Michi ❤
oh this yap session is about to hit
Imma be rubbing my hands like a super villain waiting for michi to release the xavi yap session 😈😈
Wow i made the thumbnail thank you michi (i am sorry Michi for being late i am so sick rn)
Can you do a video on who you think is the best 11 in the world right now
"Florian wirtz is gonna win the ballon dor this season-- 🙄 no he is not " had me dead brooo🤣🤣
God it’s all over my keyboard
We (Barça) underpeformed in the seasons 2009-2012, honestly a three peat was 100% possible
If only messi scored the pen💔
I think the MSN deserved to win more than one ucl but they didn’t have much time together
Right now, Yamal is overrated slightly while Cubarsi is still underrated. Yamal needs to drive towards goal anytime he is close to the box, he starts passing sideways and backwards way too often, maybe a better coach will push him and develop his confidence further. When he takes people on he is almost impossible to stop just like dembele rodrygo and mbappe
Yamal isnt driving towards goal as much because he has to take on the other teams rb and cb because kounde doesnt overlap that much compared to cancelo who overlaps for felix/raphina/ferran on the left
lb*
if madrid beats psg in the ucl final and france beats englad in the euro final the ballon dor should be decided by a coin flip
Michis unibrow prime is loading
Arab genes can be a curse
He got it from the amount of frowning us barca fans have to do
@@michknoball bro you’re Arab?😂damn I never would’ve thought… but I’m intrigued to know were you born in an Arab country or are you half Arab?
@@michknoballno wayyy i knew you looked arab lol but I thought you were colombian
Half arab @@ahmedkhady
The KDB take makes sense. Madrid and Barca have a good system to promote the image of their players.
Regardless of their success and dominance in recent years, Man City still does not have that level of media power.
He is already considered one of the best of all time by many. I think you underestimate the prem pr because it’s not just city fans watching him, every prem fan does so he already gets a lot of pr
@@gmae5342 I'm not underestimating the premier league. I'm just saying he would have gotten more hype playing for Real or Barca. There is a sense among the global football audience that Real and Barca are like teams other only the very good ATTAIN.
Can you yap about barcas rumoured summer transfers?
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"Over a 100 million" for an injury prone de jong with a back breaking salary 😂😂😂😂😂 good luck unloading that burden then
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I went from being a hater of yours to loving your videos 😂❤
Modric was pretty elite at spurs maybe not fully into the player he was at Real Madrid but still a great player as early as 2012 you could see the peak he could reach, in the 2012 euros he outclassed xavi iniesta and busi when Croatia played Spain, and imo he only took a year to adapt at Madrid definitely not 3 in 2014 he was amazing
get a barca crest tattoo if you hit 10k before the season ends
Hot take: Lamine is top 30 players in the world
Good player and has potential to go to the very top but simply no.
no he ain’t sorry the way people overrate Yamal for a couple of dribbles is funny
Hey Michi Xavi is confirmed to be staying
Michi sometimes you need take Real Madrid criticism to the side and compliment Modric Longevity. It’s definitely one of the best out there. This season modric has the chance to win six champions league. And you rank pique in S tier as a defender, which is outrageous.
honestly need more objectivity cause what Modric has done is unmatched. Ballon d’or winner and at 39 can potentially win his sixth ucl and is still going strong but he might be leaving 💔
@@zeeo3147 I’m a FCB fan but I have to admit michi, he criticises Real Madrid players way too much. For example he put pique as a S defender when everyone in the world knows pique has always been a mediocre defender, without him Barca potentially could’ve won like 5 champions league.
@@zeeo3147 his knowledge from the game is kind of flawed from my point of view but he probably disagrees. We all different opinions on the beautiful game
@@Glory2barca Exactly best way to put it !
@@Glory2barca Right I like Pique but in my opinion there’s no way he is in S tier you’re right about that 😂. Tbh the year Barca really should have won another ucl was in 2019 Messi was so dominant man he deserved it. If anfield never happened it would have been the easiest ucl win in Barca history
Yap on Xavi staying
The de Bruyne one isn't a hot take because it's a hypothetical scenario, so to discuss it you have to rely purelt on speculation.
What I can say is thst,I find it ridiculous when people try to bring him in the same conversation as Xavi, Iniesta, Modric, and Kroos.
He's not even in the Pirlo, Seedorf, Xabi Alonso discussion
"I find it ridiculous when people try to bring him in the same conversation as Xavi, Iniesta, Modric, and Kroos. He's not even in the Pirlo, Seedorf, Xabi Alonso discussion"
I have to disagree here. To me KDB is clearly better than Seedorf, Pirlo, Xabi. And he can sit at the big boys table (Xavi, Iniesta, Modric, Kroos).
As a personal preference, I would even pick him before Xavi and Kroos, but this is purely on playing style, I find KDB to be more "exciting" than Xavi and Kroos.
@@anonymususer1728 I'm talling greatness. Personal enjoyment when watching a player is purely subjective. This is a competitive sport. I
I enjoy watching the Harlem Globetrotters more than NBA players, but that doesn't make them greater basketball players
@@robertmarginean164 You are right. I do place a high emphasis on ENTERTAINMENT. People seem to forget that football (alongside every other sport) is just that: entertainment.
Think about it, we are basically talking about guys kicking around a spherical piece of rubber. Why does that matter to us ? Because it is a demonstration of SKILL. Just like watching a juggler perform, you don't like to watch a clumsy one that keeps dropping the balls, you like to watch a skillful one.
Oh, and you can also add to the list just about any other activity designed to entertain us: opera, theater, movies, circus, concerts, stand up comedy, all the other sports (tennis, basketball, hockey, wrestling, snooker, darts, chess etc). Why do we watch them ? To be entertained. On what grounds do we judge the performers ? On SKILL. That's why we don't watch female football or basketball, because they are not as skilled as men.
We got all caught up in the efficiency of it all, caring about the end result, getting the win by any means necessary ... that we forgot why we were watching in the first place: to ENJOY WHAT WE SEE, THE SKILL. Not the result.
@@anonymususer1728 but all the other things you mentioned are not competitive environments. You're not trying to beat anyone else when acting in an opera or when being a juggler.
In football, the end goal is to lift the trophies for the competitions you're playing in, and the only way to do that is to directly beat your opponents. It's different. I'm sure if you ask the players, they'd take winning a UCL final over playing in a more entertaining way than the other team and losing
@@robertmarginean164 True. But does it have to be that way ? Don't you think we have gone overboard ? I think we have. I cannot understand how could "fans" insult and swear at another human being just because he thinks X team is better than Y team. Sometimes things even escalate to fights, and even fatalities. What. The. Fuck ?!
Even the attachment to the teams is way too high. Have you heard Michi last week saying this was one of the worst weeks of his life ? Is that ok ? To have your mental and emotional health be SO dependant on how X sporting team performs ? I certainly don't. And even the opposite is true: why be so ecstatic when the team you like wins ? That team does not even know you EXIST, and even if they did know, they wouldn't care.
I'll give you the answer to the question of WHY we do it, why do we go overboard with the extreme attachment. There are 2 reasons:
1) Humans seem to feel the need to associate themselves with other entities. And thus they take on their losses/wins. If you further enquire WHY, I'm not sure .. I would assume it's ... because of boredom ?! Our lives may not be interesting enough, they don't contain enough drama, so we associate with entities that are in a "competition" which will provide drama.
2) The clubs push this agenda, they want us to be as invested as possible in football, they feed off it, literally and figuratively. How else would they get millions, if people didn't buy shirts or tickets, if they didn't travel to see games, if they didn't pay television subscriptions to watch on TV ? So clubs keep marketing this "spirit of competition", they drive this rivalry between clubs, because they also know people associate themselves with the clubs, so they will invest money, lots of it. Why ? Because now it's PERSONAL.
I am free of these mind games of theirs. I am a fan of Real Madrid, but what do I mean by that ? It means I would prefer that they win. If they don't ... oh well, moving on with my day. I don't buy shirts, I don't go to games, I'm not invested in their wins or their losses. If someone says "f*ck Real Madrid, they suck", I wouldn't bother replying.
Getting back to where we started (players and enjoyment), I watch players that are entertainers, regardless of the team they play on, and I don't care at all for that team's results.
Example: Eden Hazard. I LOVED watching him play for Chelsea. I couldn't care less for Chelsea, but I did watch some of their games, just to see Eden Hazard dribble past players. Chelsea could lose the game .. but if Hazard played well, I would be perfectly happy.
Other examples: Neymar, Messi, Ronaldinho, Iniesta. So even if I am a Real Madrid since 1998, I watched Barcelona games here and there .. just to see those 4 guys working their MAGIC :)
PS: salutari din Timisoara :)
bro xavi stay!
Fabrizio confirm
Michi is my sunshine he makes happy when skies are gray 🥰🥰🥰
rahh we made it 🗣️🗣️🗣️
Hot take: Isak is top 5 strikers itw rn
Micho, why is your chest and neck different colours
Make a vid on Fabrizio saying xavi will stay
Bro Michi thoughts on Xavi staying
Who’s here after the Xavi announcement?
Chicharito Top 3 😂😂. I swear to God these takes man
Michi how young are you?
santi gimenez will be the best mexican player if he joins a good club
Can you do another this or that?
Michi how do you feel about xavi staying
love dinho but neymar miles better
XAVI STAYING!!! what do you think about this michi?
Bro xavi is gonna continue as barca manager 🙃
Someone needs to do timestamps for these hot takes
neymar > ronaldinho? 0 ball knowledge... never call yourself a barca fan.
Chicharito lol 😂 El Tri fans are so delusional.
the top 3 for dinhos ballon dor win was dinho, Gerard and lampard while neymar was top 3 behind the 2 best players oat neymar clears dinho easily
Get a razor and even out your right eyebrow to the left, trust it’ll take 30 seconds max
Dinho>Neymar
IM IN A MICHI VIDEO😭😭🙏🙏🔥🔥🔥🎉🎉
bro xavi is staying i think its confirmed
Id say I agree modric doesn't have the greatest longevity. But it's not messi and ronaldo, it's giggs.
Messi lasted from roughly 2008 to 2022
Ronaldo was on his game from about 2006 to 2021.
Modric was considered one of the best midfielders in the prem from about 2009 and is still amongst the best 3 players on the pitch for madrid everytime he starts without fail.
Btw, It took him about 6 - 7 months to become what he is at madrid, not 2 - 3 years. In 13/14 (his 2nd season) he was the best midfielder on the planet with yaya.
That marca article was made about 3 months into the season, obviously they're gonna vote the guy worth 35m and not getting consistent playing time as the worst signing when the other competitors are alex song etc. Have no clue why thats still a relevant talking point.
Michi 🙌
i made it to the vid 🎉🎉❤😂
Bale came of the bench in Cardiff because he was injured also bale is always being underrated by you and I don’t understand why imo he was as good as Ronaldo from 2014-2016 and carried in multiple big games also benzema was never even close to him benzema only started actually being a star for Madrid in 2020
Bale is the most underrated player of the 2010s
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Ter Stegen and Allison are better than Courtois
Ball knowledge 💩
Julian araujo is better than serginio dest and should start over him next season
Wtf, Ronaldinho is the best of all time. You don’t like him that’s it.
nah the Ronaldinho slander is crazy, I been knew that you don’t know ball.
He didn’t slander him bro. In terms of longevity and stats, Neymar is better.
Even in the UCL, Neymar was better and for the national team, they both were equally good(he didn’t win the World Cup because 2002 Brazil was brilliant, but he is the top scorer).