Head's Gone Podcast - Yaya Touré Or Steven Gerrard? How was Balotelli really? FT Joleon Lescott

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  • @rioferdinandpresents
    @rioferdinandpresents  Рік тому +4

    00:00; - Joleon Lescott talks about what he’s up to
    3:25 ; - Lescott talks about his children in the academy game.
    7:27 ; - Lescott discusses what it takes to be a professional
    9:00 ; - Lescott and Steve talk about apperances and availability
    11:00 ; - Paul Ince being one of Lescott’s idols growing up
    16:22 ; - Having Dennis Irwin and Paul Ince at Wolves?
    21:00 ; - Yaya Toure’s 13/14 season
    21:55; - Ste and Lescott discuss B teams in football
    31:33; - Lescott talks about punctuality with teammates
    33:16; - What was Mario Balotelli like in training?
    35:16; - Ste says what Manchester City players he’s jealous of
    36:39; - Does Yaya Toure get enough recognition?
    43:25; - Ashley Williams arrives Ste and Williams discuss Lescott’s appearance
    51:43; - Ash and Ste have a humurous discussion

    • @Dresstosweatdottv
      @Dresstosweatdottv Рік тому

      Great podcast guys, really value Joleon's insight into the details of high level performance, was really interesting to hear him talk about Ince, Irwin, youth players etc

  • @Cotopaxii
    @Cotopaxii Рік тому +14

    Ste and Joleon got a good energy, chill episode guys

  • @billbaggiotmua372
    @billbaggiotmua372 Рік тому +7

    Joleon was wicked to listen to, insightful and knowledgeable, really thought he was top👍🏻

  • @laneyj
    @laneyj Рік тому +8

    Yaya was AMAZING and definitely does not get the recognition he deserves. He was great at Barca, he was great at City. His 13/14 season was incredible. The only thing that prevented him from getting Prem Player of the Year was Suarez, who also had a monster season.

  • @user-qw2kr8xz7z
    @user-qw2kr8xz7z Рік тому +14

    Joleon is a good dude man

  • @wilseph1
    @wilseph1 Рік тому +88

    If Yaya had the English passport. He's levels beyond Gerrard.

    • @sharwarhussain1288
      @sharwarhussain1288 Рік тому +9

      Quite the opposite mate...

    • @TheAzazellezazA
      @TheAzazellezazA Рік тому +9

      And if Gerrard had been playing for Real Madrid, he would have won a Balon Dor

    • @ok-dr1hp
      @ok-dr1hp Рік тому +4

      just stop bro

    • @TheAzazellezazA
      @TheAzazellezazA Рік тому

      @@ok-dr1hp Haha x

    • @AJ-nd4nk
      @AJ-nd4nk Рік тому +5

      No he isn't. Gerrard has more Ballon d'Or votes, FIFA player of the year votes, and more PL team of the year selections than Yaya. They were also voted by players in Gerrard's era.

  • @TheSaffronMan
    @TheSaffronMan Рік тому +4

    Joleon giving off Denzel vibes in that beanie haha, love it.. great episode.. you should do fun punishments for Ash whenever he is late :D

  • @reeceyboyy2017
    @reeceyboyy2017 Рік тому +3

    Ste was Ragingggggggg at Ash being late 😂😂😂 Joleon chilled geezer . Christmas spesh next week, get the sausage rolls out 🎉

  • @Chekov99
    @Chekov99 Рік тому +19

    The highlight of my week is watching Ash talk utter drivel 🤣

    • @dondamon4669
      @dondamon4669 Рік тому

      He's not here and that's the most depressing comment I've ever seen and makes me think my life is great

  • @eltonkinki4818
    @eltonkinki4818 Рік тому

    One of my fav UA-cam channels

  • @HalcoHajdarevic-p8t
    @HalcoHajdarevic-p8t Рік тому

    I'm man u supporter since small kid but this guy I give props he had me on the edge of the seat with so many of his goals

  • @wilseph1
    @wilseph1 Рік тому

    I am loose...but...organized 🤣🤣🤣
    Don't you dare pause me.

  • @jordonsmith1371
    @jordonsmith1371 Рік тому

    Even when ash is late this is the best pod on the channel.

  • @Chedz
    @Chedz Рік тому +1

    Cracking video!
    Both of you are spot on about the game approach of players these days (especially in the Premier League).They seem to be struggling to interpret the game in play. Adaptability, game management, flow.
    It seems the idea of tactics/set-ups are taking too much forefront in the minds of these players, and not all of them can adapt to that to full effect.
    While it works for some teams, it doesn't for all. Nearly all of the most successful and entertaining teams of times gone by have been made up partly by incredibly talented individuals that express themselves through their game and held together by highly driven grafters with good fundamentals and a lot of discipline. I think that balance was the key to their success.
    Football is drifting towards being just another physically dominated sport, and for me personally, it's taking the shine off the game.
    I always want to see the game improving, but I hope the technicality and flair that makes the beautiful game what it is isn't lost along the way. (Currently for me it is fading)
    Thanks for the interesting and articulate discussion gents 👍🏻 top quality content as always

    • @kattphatt
      @kattphatt Рік тому

      You ain't watching La Liga

  • @MARTINDOWDS
    @MARTINDOWDS Рік тому +1

    You are like an old married couple. Absolute gold!
    I am With Ste on the list thing. i write shopping lists by the Isle, so start at special offers closest to the door through to checkout.
    As for the ghost chat, From the age of about 4 my Daughter would not go past the dining room door in the hallway in my mother in laws house because she see a man come out of the door numerous times. my mother in law lived alone. Only years later when my daughter said about this seeing this man did my mother in law mention she had seen a man come out of the same room on occasions. the dining room was where the old man who previously owned the house died... I dont believe in the shit myself BUT slightly odd!!!!

  • @vee__7
    @vee__7 Рік тому +4

    It's annoying how sound Joleon is lol. I wanna hate city players but he just seems like a top guy.

  • @93MichiganFootball
    @93MichiganFootball Рік тому

    This entire episode was mint! Not gonna lie, my mind and OCD is exactly the same as Ste’s 😂

  • @simonmenzies3142
    @simonmenzies3142 11 місяців тому

    Thought this was the Rio pod cast!??
    Why have I subscribed to this?

  • @doublehockeystix
    @doublehockeystix Рік тому +1

    yup, Yaya was that one City player i always was jealous of them having. Essien at Chelsea (among other Chelsea players)

  • @tcsingh100
    @tcsingh100 Рік тому

    lol highlight show of my week to be fair.

  • @scottpearce771
    @scottpearce771 Рік тому

    Every week I look forward to these 2 just talking utter nonsense and I absolutely love it!

  • @NorthWalesKid
    @NorthWalesKid Рік тому +4

    Yaya is on another level

  • @nathant9292
    @nathant9292 Рік тому

    Ash: TO-DO - Pump up match balls...pause. 😂😂😂
    Ste: 👀😅

  • @tmsnge
    @tmsnge Рік тому

    I do my shopping list the same way Ste. Just makes sense innit.

  • @XboneMalone
    @XboneMalone Рік тому +1

    Lescott is good without the constraints of saying stuff in 20seconds like when on TV. Applies to a lot of the current pundits (Ash included) in all honesty. But these long form conversations are so much better.
    Does Ste have a melt down when they change the stock in the aisles around? I have visions of him short circuiting and eternally (potentially) picking the same item up, checking it, putting it back.

  • @Faye84
    @Faye84 Рік тому +2

    Yaya Touré or Touré Yaya! Either way for me he is one of the best players to ever play the game we love. If not for the narrative ….! 🫶🏿🧿🙌🏿🙏🏿

  • @kollectorjay
    @kollectorjay Рік тому +2

    Not even a Liverpool fan but the disrespect is crazy to compare them. Yaya was amazing but Gerrard was the best midfielder to have played in the prem along with paul Scholes and KDB.

    • @blacklotus5364
      @blacklotus5364 Рік тому

      You've got scholes in the correct bracket, on what grounds are you including the other two?

    • @kollectorjay
      @kollectorjay Рік тому +1

      @@blacklotus5364 by watching them play enough

  • @Scottuz
    @Scottuz Рік тому

    Ste, I think it might just be People like Us, that make a shopping list, that follows the aisles, and what you will pick up first?
    efficiency, has to be taken into account when doing Anything, shopping especially 🤣

  • @Mopatel007
    @Mopatel007 Рік тому

    My mates a delivery driver for a company i wont name and he said they got called in to an emergency training session after a driver threw a parcel over a fence that killed a cat. The parcel was microwave 😂😂

  • @michealsayed4999
    @michealsayed4999 Рік тому

    @ashleywilliams I can confirm that ghosts are real, cause when I was younger I liver in a house that was possessed and I still jave nightmares about it now. My uncle came to stay over once and fell asleep on the couch and woke up in the middle on the night with it sitting on his chest. This is the normal thing in Zimbabwe

    • @ushmush4074
      @ushmush4074 Рік тому

      Sorry mate, that's not confirmation.

    • @michealsayed4999
      @michealsayed4999 Рік тому

      @ushmush4074 so what you want me to tell you the full story of how my uncle woke feel sick every day he said at our house for a week and when we went into the kitchen we would find the kitchen was cleaned spotless but all the meat in the freezer had been eaten packing and all and he would throw up all day meat packaging. Or how after about 3 months living in that house my whole family used to sleep in the car because it was a company house until they moved us to a different one cause of the things that happened and everyone saw ans felt in the house. Or that they had to have an exorcist visit the house cause on-one would live in that house after me moved out for the same reasons. In Zimbabwe we call them tokoloshe. Google it

  • @wilseph1
    @wilseph1 Рік тому

    The question is what happened to Ash's Hermes trainers?

  • @jamesthomas6164
    @jamesthomas6164 Рік тому

    Ash not knowing how big F2 is quite funny 😂 They have 14 million subs

  • @jamesburke2094
    @jamesburke2094 Рік тому

    Pleased for the kids of the ex players, though it's untrue to say that the best are invited for trial matches etc. They're effectively shut out.
    Like those few players from amateur teams who are better than me, I would also beat a huge percentage of pro players in matches who carry on in the game due to the anti competitive nature of the industry where the cost of setting up more matches and the attitude of the clubs (who don't wish to make more of an effort/ who want to place a high value on their own personal views on players rather than letting match scores indicate the best players) means they're never challenged by us better players. The quality of higher level teams suffers.
    I loved the performances of Andy Cole, though it wasn't only that WHUFC match, there was a lot of earlier matches where he had mares

  • @JackoEM
    @JackoEM Рік тому

    Bit weird without Ash on, I wasn’t too sure what to make of the serious conversation on the car ride so early this morning.

  • @keyboardwarriorsaint
    @keyboardwarriorsaint Рік тому

    I love you Ste. I was home bored, in the middle of the night in vancouver, canada and you helped me doze off and fall asleep lol.
    Ok, no I'm just joking bro. I really enjoyed this episode and Joleon is a genuinely good and interesting guy. I just wanted to say thank you so much and you are a top notch entertaining youtuber. ❤
    GGMU !!

  • @SunOfTheSun
    @SunOfTheSun Рік тому +1

    Gerrard by far. Gerrard was the best midfielder in the world for a few years. There is no doubt

    • @remyphilly5168
      @remyphilly5168 Рік тому

      🧢🧢🧢

    • @ushmush4074
      @ushmush4074 Рік тому

      The fact that most people disagree would imply there must be at least a little doubt.

    • @SunOfTheSun
      @SunOfTheSun Рік тому

      @@ushmush4074 people who are fickle just because he was a Liverpool player yeah. Little kids. Like Stephen Howson. Funny how every ex player on this channel say Gerrard was the best. Get a grip

  • @G.Singh7
    @G.Singh7 Рік тому

    I wonder when Joleon will be honest about that tweet 😂😂😂

  • @cyanfox1911
    @cyanfox1911 Рік тому +1

    the popper aint the best thing to do with a guy with ptsd i know this personally

  • @JamesHi95
    @JamesHi95 Рік тому

    Can you ask Ash his thoughts on the Anunnaki please

  • @jhaych
    @jhaych Рік тому +1

    Ash needs to go to an important game at old Trafford he'll realise we've got a better atmosphere

    • @Ball619
      @Ball619 Рік тому

      'atmosphere' he says 😂 at old toilet? You'd fancy your chances more at wigan 🤣

  • @originallondonboy7693
    @originallondonboy7693 Рік тому +5

    Stevie what a player but sorry Yaya for me he was unreal legit had everything very very underrated

    • @richardjones3792
      @richardjones3792 Рік тому +1

      Gerrard was voted for by his Premier league counterparts, people who are obviously a much better judge of player than some random losers on UA-cam, EIGHT times. A pl record. The truth is, its become hip and trendy to downplay gerrards agility. Ask Thierry Henry about gerrard.

    • @originallondonboy7693
      @originallondonboy7693 Рік тому

      @@richardjones3792 random losers ok you feel better you got that off your chest werido

  • @Scottuz
    @Scottuz Рік тому

    Lay in bed one night, woke up hearing my Mrs upstairs in the Bathroom, I then listened to her Flush, unlock the door
    and Start back down the Stairs, which ended outside our Bedroom door, I then expected to hear the Door open, and for her
    to come back in and climb into Bed, But as she hit the bottom stair, there was nothing, just Silence, as if she was standing outside the door at 4am
    and had frozen, before opening the door, and wasn't moving at all, perfect Still, and Silent.
    I sat up quickly, to pay attention to who was there, and as I did, my Girlfriend Woke up!!! she was right Beside me. What, or whoever I had been Listening too
    Was Not her in our Flat, I got up to look, but the House was empty, Only the two of us, in the same room

  • @shivarampersad6495
    @shivarampersad6495 Рік тому

    I’m a United fan…..top five prem midfielders…..yaya is number 1…..then scholes, kdb, fabregas, gundogan…..others like Gerard, lampard, keane ( as a pure player not captain), viera, makalele, Essien, carrick, ballack 2nd tier

  • @randomace12
    @randomace12 Рік тому

    Before even starting the vid I can say without a shadow of a doubt, Yaya is 10 times the player Gerrard dreamt of beeing.. Its not even close. Like comparing Suarez with Caroll...

  • @thetruth4654
    @thetruth4654 Рік тому +10

    Yaya is clear of Gerrard. I like Liverpool as a club, but i have always found Gerrard to be incredibly overrated

    • @zaynkarim303
      @zaynkarim303 Рік тому

      yo where does he talk about yaya vs gerrard the comparison

    • @richardjones3792
      @richardjones3792 Рік тому

      Overrated? His premier league counterparts voted him into the team of the year EIGHT times, a record. I think they know a little bit more than you 😂😂😂 it's hip and trendy to say gerrard was Overrated, that's why you just typed that unoriginal, unfounded bullshit.

  • @Do27gg
    @Do27gg Рік тому +1

    Even United fans have to accept gerrard is a few levels above ya ya

  • @jc3342
    @jc3342 Рік тому +1

    The game we love is getting more boring every year. The fact that the game is more about systems and not as much focus on freedom to play and players not expressing themselves is sad. Players are like robots now

  • @stabbo173
    @stabbo173 Рік тому

    For someone that is generally a critical thinker, Ste loves to believe a viral video at first glance

  • @Cazanator6000
    @Cazanator6000 Рік тому +6

    Yaya Youre is without a doubt the most complete midfielder in the history of football, he had everything.
    Doesn't mean he's the best but he had everything. I'd pick Yaya over Gerrard every single time

    • @thetruth4654
      @thetruth4654 Рік тому +2

      Gullit was better, but Yaya is without a doubt one of gjenpart complete midfielders of all time.
      Yaya is ahead of Gerrard without a doubt.

    • @TORRES999ify
      @TORRES999ify Рік тому +2

      Most complete ever have you only watched football a few years
      That is a ridiculous opinion. Good yes, possibley at his peak was world class but most complete ever is nuts
      You've obviously never seen the likes of clarence seedorf. Guliit ,riykaard, pirlo, zidane,lotteau mattheus, and I doubt you've ever heard of the likes of Platini, zico, Bobby Charlton , rivellino

    • @richardjones3792
      @richardjones3792 Рік тому

      Gerrard was voted for by his Premier league counterparts, people who are obviously a much better judge of player than some random losers on UA-cam, EIGHT times. A pl record. The truth is, its become hip and trendy to downplay gerrards agility. Ask Thierry Henry about gerrard.

    • @richardjones3792
      @richardjones3792 Рік тому

      Wow. Talk about hyperbole. Could yaya tackle?

    • @Prime1Wunna
      @Prime1Wunna Рік тому +1

      @@richardjones3792played at centerbarck for Barcelona in their treble winning season in 09

  • @CarlG-xu6qe
    @CarlG-xu6qe Рік тому

    Might be the single most bitter human being I’ve ever come across that Howson 😂😂

    • @blacklotus5364
      @blacklotus5364 Рік тому

      Bitter about what? I'm the same age as Howson and United have won everything for most of our lives, what do you think there is to be bitter about?

  • @Dah2291
    @Dah2291 Рік тому

    Gerrard imo was more consistent over his career but prime Yaya is better , plain and simple . Imagine if Yaya was English , the hype would have been ridiculous

    • @richardjones3792
      @richardjones3792 Рік тому

      Gerrard was voted for by his Premier league counterparts, people who are obviously a much better judge of player than some random losers on UA-cam, EIGHT times. A pl record. The truth is, its become hip and trendy to downplay gerrards agility. Ask Thierry Henry about gerrard.

    • @Dah2291
      @Dah2291 Рік тому

      @@richardjones3792Read my comment again, I didn’t downplayed Gerrard …

    • @richardjones3792
      @richardjones3792 Рік тому

      @@Dah2291 "prime yaya is better". No, he wasn't. Gerrard could do more.

    • @ushmush4074
      @ushmush4074 Рік тому

      ​@richardjones3792 why 'obviously much better?' Have you not heard Michael Owen talk?

    • @richardjones3792
      @richardjones3792 Рік тому

      @@ushmush4074 yeah, you're right. Random losers on UA-cam who have never played at even semi amateur level recognise footballing ability more competently than premier league players. You doughnut.

  • @Tames-ILLA
    @Tames-ILLA Рік тому

    No Ashy??
    No watchy

  • @reduk1999
    @reduk1999 Рік тому

    Right my man Ash, I got you, check out the 5th kind my guy Paul will defo blow you away the guy is connected seriously he’s an actual man of god, just like my stepdad was a Benedictine monk then he met my mum and got turned away from catholism because she was a divorcee… so Ash it’s The 5th kind, nothing comes close r kid

  • @rossa23
    @rossa23 Рік тому

    Yaya. No question.

    • @richardjones3792
      @richardjones3792 Рік тому

      Gerrard was voted for by his Premier league counterparts, people who are obviously a much better judge of player than some random losers on UA-cam, EIGHT times. A pl record. The truth is, its become hip and trendy to downplay gerrards agility. Ask Thierry Henry about gerrard.

    • @rossa23
      @rossa23 Рік тому

      @@richardjones3792 ask the penalty spot that Gerrard slipped on about Gerrard. Never won the league in his whole career.

  • @TonyLancashire
    @TonyLancashire Рік тому

    Take it to a haunted house, sit and do the show there at night time…

  • @zec91
    @zec91 Рік тому

    Humans can see 0.0035% (visible light) of the electromagnetic spectrum

  • @gowthamb8096
    @gowthamb8096 Рік тому +2

    Steven Gerrard is arguably the greatest EPL midfielder alongside Kevin De Bruyne for me, but Yaya Toure was a beast and his 13/14 season was insane- might be the best individually for a midfielder I’ve seen in EPL

  • @OLA_18
    @OLA_18 Рік тому +1

    In the Epl GERRARD is the benchmark that’s why y’all compare all these players to him

  • @razer0072073
    @razer0072073 Рік тому

    What's everyone's obsession with Gerrard? If you genuinely believe he wasn't all that then why do people always compare players to him? Okay it's your subjective opinion that x midfielder is better than Gerrard move on, why keep going on about it?

    • @motionadapt1589
      @motionadapt1589 Рік тому +1

      Because Liverpool fans never shut up
      About how good he was

  • @ChildFlip
    @ChildFlip Рік тому

    Two amazing midfielders for the PL to have witnessed, yaya and gerrard on the same team would’ve been iniesta & xavi levels

  • @dani45212
    @dani45212 Рік тому +2

    Gerrard? hahahahahahahha

    • @richardjones3792
      @richardjones3792 Рік тому

      Gerrard was voted for by his Premier league counterparts, people who are obviously a much better judge of player than some random losers on UA-cam, EIGHT times. A pl record. The truth is, its become hip and trendy to downplay gerrards agility. Ask Thierry Henry about gerrard.

    • @dani45212
      @dani45212 Рік тому

      @@richardjones3792 oh please just shutup. no english player was better than Yaya or any other better african or european player.
      its media compaign.
      are you dumb or cant see? how much is david silva and Fabrigas are talked about?
      how much recognition does aguero gets.
      open you eyes. its always gerrard, lampard scholes.
      Kdb is twice the player gerrard was. and dont ever bring individual awards. messi has 3 Robbed Bdors cz people who know "football" voted for him and same goes for ronaldo.
      so please dont ever bring gerrard and make him like he is the best midfielder PL has ever seen. I would take any european or african player of caliber of yaya, silva, etc over Gerrard any day.
      any english player truw value is hype divided by 4.
      thats the true value of that overrated player.

  • @michaelattieh6249
    @michaelattieh6249 Рік тому

    Drop Ash next week, unacceptable!

  • @AJ-nd4nk
    @AJ-nd4nk Рік тому +1

    In Gerrard's prime era, the best teams were United, Chelsea, Milan, Juve, Inter, Bayern, Madrid, and Barca. 5 out of those 8 teams wanted to sign him, but he refused. Had he gone to those clubs, he would've won a Ballon d'Or. Gerrard still holds the record for most number of PL TOTY selections. Yaya had one stand out season. Can't compare.

  • @nickpresta5625
    @nickpresta5625 Рік тому

    Forget about all United wingers, Free Greenwood, he is exactly what we need.

  • @phuston087
    @phuston087 Рік тому

    Yayas best season v Gerrards best season youd have Yaya.
    But thats just a load of nonsense Gerrard was a far superior player over a whole career.

  • @MisterO98
    @MisterO98 Рік тому +2

    The Stevie G. disrespect in the comments is bonkers...

  • @TORRES999ify
    @TORRES999ify Рік тому +2

    Could Yaya Toure of done for liverpool what gerrard did ? Not a chance , but steven could of played for man city. Man utd, real madrid ,anyone.
    Thats the difference , Gerrard won the champions league with a team including dudek in goal , djimi traore in defencce and milan baros up front

    • @kase121
      @kase121 Рік тому +2

      He finished 7th with Torres & Mascherano. Griezmann played with Messi, Suarez etc but still has no La Liga. Gerrard’s hero ball antics couldn’t work in the league & that’s why he didn’t win it

    • @TORRES999ify
      @TORRES999ify Рік тому

      @kase121 yeah they finished 2nd the season before with a record 86 points, the reason they finsihed 7th was losing xabi alonso, should of replaced him with gareth barry, a good friend of Stevens but went for Aquilani instead and also the uncertainly around the club with hicks and Gillette amd was still a team that included insua ,lucas , ngog and kyriakos

    • @kase121
      @kase121 Рік тому

      @@TORRES999ify Reina, Glen, Carra, Skrtel, Agger, Lucas, Masch, Kuyt, Yossi & Torres. That lineup should not finish below agbonlahor & Carews Villa lol

    • @kase121
      @kase121 Рік тому

      @@TORRES999ify You’re making my point, Gerrard needed Alonso. Dropped from 2nd to 7th without him. Only made it out the CL group stage once without Alonso…

  • @chuchaftw
    @chuchaftw Рік тому

    Damn is lescott really doing Uber?😢

  • @anthonyriley4210
    @anthonyriley4210 Рік тому

    Gerard all day long and I’m a Utd fan of 44 yrs

  • @vl7721
    @vl7721 Рік тому +2

    Gerrard slander in the comments is unreal, theres no chance that Yaya could do half of the stuff stevie did at Liverpool

  • @muzifele6902
    @muzifele6902 11 місяців тому

    Ste: or kicking fans…
    Ash: You might.
    Look how far we’ve come 🥲

  • @richardjones3792
    @richardjones3792 Рік тому

    Gerrard was voted for by his Premier league counterparts, people who are obviously a much better judge of player than some random losers on UA-cam, EIGHT times. A pl record. The truth is, its become hip and trendy to downplay gerrards ability. Ask Thierry Henry about gerrard.

  • @richardjones3792
    @richardjones3792 Рік тому

    Lescott is so boring. Please don't have him on again.

  • @DarthQueefious
    @DarthQueefious Рік тому

    Yaya all day long