How YouTube & Social Media Have RUINED Football

Following Juventus and Barcelona getting knocked out of the Champions League last week, social media was full of Messi and Ronaldo partisans bleating about how it proved that one was better than the other.
The obsessive debates between those two is just one of the ways in which social media and KZbin have soured the game of football, and it got me thinking of all the other ills of modern media on Wednesday night.
So in this video, HITC Sevens takes a look at how KZbin & social media have polarised us, force fed us outrage, and stripped the fun out of football / soccer.

[@Erikaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

I swear to God, if I see the word "Pessi" or "Penaldo" again I will go insane. Football twitter is literally just a competition of who can be the most toxic

[@nleak92]

Or Uefalona or real uefadrid. They're insufferable

[@christianopulinaldo8319]

@13 champions league Chelshit, Var utd (its true tho👀), bayern farmersliga.....

[@nleak92]

@13 champions league Any mention of spurs followed by "WhErEs YoUr TrOphIeS, like football started in 1992 or something

[@spattsgudbrandur592]

@@nleak92 Uefadrid LiVARpool and penandes are the only true ones

[@SuperMyslayer]

Or calling any league "Farmers League" and acting like the Championship is the 2nd best league in the world

[@jsdbhssbdbsjsj]

Had social media existed back in the day, sir alex would have been sacked two years into his job.

[@TheMixCurator]

There was something called the printed press, which had serious weight back then. He was almost sacked but infamously saved by a Mark Robbins goal (FA Cup I think, which led to them winning it, which led to them winning the Cup Winners Cup)

[@thegrizzlys]

@@TheMixCurator And I still irrationally hate Mark Robbins for that goal too

[@AS19Motorsport]

True. In the Prem currently for example there are only about two or three clubs who won’t sack their manager for the slightest hint of a bad run of form: Burnley and Liverpool (and maybe Wolves)

[@cvtta]

@@AS19Motorsport burnley would make the worst choice of their lives, wolves would probably get relegated, and liverpool has too good of a manager to sack

[@FozzQuaker]

@@TheMixCurator Yeah, Robins' goal came against Nottingham Forest in 1990, they went on to beat Palace in the Cup Final, won the Cup Winners Cup and Super Cup in 1991... And once 1992/93 kicked off the brakes were off for the success they enjoyed for the next 20 years

[@TS-qv1jf]

"Pessi" and "Penaldo" comments under completely unrelated posts are a plague

[@prometheustv6558]

Not even top 600 imo

[@HENAEZ]

and “ratio” and “didn’t ask” and those weird “that’s it I’m no longer a team X fan”... what do these kids gain from spamming useless shit like that? a few useless likes?

[@kindmulberry7196]

The "Pessi" and "Penaldo" comments are good laughs for sure but they age quite quickly, like gone off milk.

[@SuperMyslayer]

Or "Farmers League"

[@prometheustv6436]

Or “small club”

[@pjw6273]

What I’ve noticed is that on Twitter in particular, the posts that get the most attention are almost always the hot takes, false statistics, made up quotes and copypastas. The accounts that do really good analysis work and in depth articles on interesting topics get nowhere near the same numbers as made up transfer rumours about Messi and Zlatan “quotes”. Football is sadly becoming more and more about marketing and entertainment and social media is the main vehicle for that change

[@unlockedaccount]

agreed

[@christophersalinas2722]

Twitter in general is so bad

[@pierfrancescocosta6336]

Hi! In many respects, I think football has always been about entertainment, due to the increasing attention it gained throughout the decades, but I understand what you're saying. I'm a sort of a radical about social networks: I made the choice to stay out of the main channels, at least, knowing I wouldn't be able to handle them so easily. Ironically, I ended up having quite the same problem with KZbin, but luckily it has consisted in wasting time on music-based content... 😅 Personally, I disagree with Alfie on the impossibility to see positivity and knowledge prevail on outrage and ignorance: every single word leaves its trace, that's true, but Internet (just like time) is such an enormous sea, and only the best-equipped "ships" can navigate through it. The same goes, in this case, for football content: while it's strange (to say the least) to see the success of platforms that seek for clickbait, I think those who are more keen on elegance and care (this channel itself, or even something like Tifo Football or COPA90, to stay in the UK) still have got the winning formula. Why? Well, because they love what it's interesting and set to last, not what it's trending and set to disappear. Sorry if I went too far from the main point of the discussion or if I was somewhat unintelligible, but I hope it's useful! 😅😉

[@lillexus5589]

Twitter is one of the most terminal cancers on the internet that is still growing.

[@blackconduit_fpv7099]

Social media ruined the world not just football

[@thebigquack6945]

Agreed I mean just LOOK at the state of politics. Controversial as it is already, social media made it a trillion times worse by allowing any idiot to sprout what they want

[@m.w3s]

Social media has a lot of pros but so many more cons

[@sheabenson99]

Social media = left wing nazis 😂

[@jac87effenberg]

in 2015 an italian writer (Umberto Eco) said that "internet will give the chance for every idiot to express his opinion", and this is maybe the best thing I've heard from someone about Internet.

[@ratedpending]

It annoys me when people say this. It's not like bad opinions didn't exist before social media, it's just that now we're able to see them and, more importantly, DO SOMETHING ABOUT THEM.

[@areebsiddiqui758]

Stopped using Twitter a year ago, my life is much happier and more peaceful without it. Would recommend the same to everyone who doesn't want to give a shit and live their life in a carefree non toxic manner.

[@fidelisuchennaobi4548]

Stopped using Facebook 3 years ago, Twitter is also garbage, I got banned again today for calling Cardi a whore under her tweet calling other women bitches. Her tweet is allowed to stay up while I was told to delete mine or stay banned, well I chose the later. Good thing is that Parler is back so fuck Jack & Mark.

[@thebigquack6945]

Dropped Twitter last year, never felt more joy in ages. Never have to go into a thread and see idiots screaming Pessidog, Penaldo, Penandes

[@TheMixCurator]

I hear you. I never had Twitter/couldn't understand why anyone other than journos/politicians/personalities would have it. Binned Facebook in 2016. Just have YT and the occasional upload to Instagram.

[@viandramonisyaf8623]

@@TheMixCurator Sounds like you have a lot of peace in your life now

[@qwert28077]

@areeb Siddiqui. I agree. Im not active on social media at all.

[@rogarmarmrog2415]

"Penaldo, pessi" "Farmers league" "Eibarman, cortoneman" "Delivered pain to [stadium]" "He can't do it in the premier league" "Welcome to [club] while not having any relation" I want to put a bullet in my skull whenever I see these comments.

[@maxgonera9055]

You forgot “Spanish Burnley” after that Atleti match

[@thecurdy]

[Action] merchant

[@ManOfThr]

"oil club" "levels "clear"

[@RhysCPFC]

“[player] woke up feeling dangerous”

[@ehsbe1056]

[insert part of tactic/player trait] and inshallah

[@cameron9385]

Don't worry Alfie! Despite having less subscribers, we all know you're miles better than Football Daily!

[@thebigquack6945]

@Ryan M Howlett especially when it comes to outside of the prem. Alfie clearly does his research

[@stevencooke6451]

Sadly, the correlation between quality and number of subscribers isn't that high. So much for the wisdom of crowds.

[@kindmulberry7196]

@Ryan M Howlett A man who lives in his own scarf and says "christ above" every 2 seconds

[@ShivSai123456]

@@kindmulberry7196 I watch him for entertainment and Alfie for football knowledge

[@kindmulberry7196]

@@ShivSai123456 Same. The Irish guy is funny but he does talk banshee excrement. Alfie is incredibly knowledgeable and even inspiring. He took something he loved and milked the shit out of it, and now he is rightly reeping in the rewards.

[@Frosty1979]

It's really annoying that most comments on HITC Sevens videos have nothing to do with the video itself.

[@lil5inches]

I mean it is called the people's channel...

[@amann7166]

This is the first video where this is not true

[@leandrociarrapico9256]

Probably because a lot of people who comment in his videos are those who tweet "Penaldo", "Pessi" even in Turkmenistan 3rd Division matches.

[@user-ye8dk9zl7d]

Including this one lol 😂

[@bruhmoment-wq5cy]

@@leandrociarrapico9256 Or they're the same people tweeting those in the goddamn Turkish Istanbul 9th Amateur League.

[@NommerDonzwaaa]

I deleted my Instagram, Facebook and Twitter accounts and I've never been happier 😊

[@aryaman7907]

Use reddit!

[@WERTYUIO821]

@@aryaman7907 Joining reddit is the pathway to depression

[@rjbutton2207]

Same here.

[@icydsting6037]

@@WERTYUIO821 I think it depends where you go on reddit

[@matiasortiz4202]

@Abhirup Nath Literally we are watching KZbin now, we just have to be away of toxic communities

[@TheMixCurator]

Social media is literally the new form of two blokes arguing in a pub about something (for all you young ones who never had the chance to live in a non-internet age)

[@jamesflynn4951]

(Or for all of us that have almost forgotten pubs)

[@pepsico.8088]

We understand you, boomer.

[@ok_bro_14]

I mean I talk about football on social media and in real life but we're in lockdown currently so I can't talk with them irl

[@HENAEZ]

i’d be fine with it if it was but nowadays is just ”ratio”, didn’t ask” or some copy paste “funny” story that we’ve all seen a thousand times. no idea what those kids gain from doing it...

[@prometheustv6558]

@@HENAEZ Or fans of a club saying they’re better because of some stupid factor

[@jameeswoodhouse2887]

“Fans” spamming announce [player] under clubs tweet and posts are so cringe.

[@dantespina7398]

With my own team, it feels like social mediais very reactionary. While thats just one thing, among the disgusting racism. But after a game it always feels like a drain. It seems people have a memory of a week. It makes it hard to interact my community, because one game they would win the UCL, the next they are below mid table. Also the CR7 v Messi debate, has gotten so weird now on social media, it was weird 8 years ago, but its just dominating the debate.

[@white_will_smith]

Even on posts not even about either one of them it's just full of it

[@trigi3678]

agree even teams that you support some fans are just so reactionary. I have the 5th stand app which Chelsea’s official app and have live chats during matches and is the most toxic thing i have seen in my life is so bad is not even funny.

[@mastertrams]

Give it a few years and the Mbappe v Haaland debate will be just as weird if not weirder...

[@njabulombuyazi5132]

Your Zaire World Cup freekick video was my all time personal favorite but this one has displaced it off that 1st place spot. You've summed up what a lot of people are frustrated about with regards to football and social media quiet brilliantly. Great stuff!

[@colombo83]

Don't be so modest Alfie! I've seen other football related content on youtube that were either average or utter tripe. Then one day (perhaps thanks to the KZbin Algorithm) found your video on Hull City. The knowledge and insight with the added humour in that vid led me to watch other videos on your channel. I was hooked! Subscribing was just a forgone conclusion. I still consider "How Footballers ACTUALLY Get Paid & Do They Avoid Tax?" as one of the best videos you've made! You and others may not agree, but that's just my opinion. To summarise this is an underrated Footie Channel, and arguably the best thing I've discovered during lockdown (the other is banana bread). Keep doing your thing! From an Arsenal Fan.

[@HITCSevens]

Cheers Oscar!

[@kindmulberry7196]

@@HITCSevens Keep going Alfie, we all know you and your fanbase are the most informed football fans on the Internet. Also I love the fact that you had like historical and political context too I think its very productive. You seem like a philosopher rather than someone who bangs on about their favourite topic for a living, and it's unlike anything you'll see from any other football channel. No need to defeat yourself. You are truly the best football channel.

[@olayinkaamara385]

Messi and Ronaldo fanboys and fangirls are the worst in my opinion.

[@ishaanmattoo9732]

Facts They make it sound as if football is nothing without Messi and Ronaldo but in reality their fans make social media the most toxic

[@olayinkaamara385]

Very true, it's as if to them football never existed before both of them came along.

[@correlgamers7518]

Facts, they are the most annoying ones especially those who keep saying "pessi" or "penaldo" in every football video even those that have nothing to do with them.

[@christianopulinaldo8319]

Pulisic fanboys >>

[@lior995]

No one: Them: PESSINALDO

[@juanpabloperezgomez4349]

If you think that the online Messi - CR rivalry is unbearable, imagine living in Spain, when even the press would get in on the argument with similar tactics than online trolls.

[@javiermoreno5898]

Grande el Chiringuito

[@kindmulberry7196]

even MARCA gets in on the act, I listen to it everyday hahah

[@juanpabloperezgomez4349]

@@kindmulberry7196 Marca is not a good example, nope. :p

[@killianthefootballgenius5926]

Everyone on Instagram is like: pEnAnDeS

[@mwallace997]

I feel that it’s those that are doing the best that will be constantly criticised for having one bad game, or even for having a good one but scored a penalty like in your ‘pEnAnDeS’ example. People don’t like seeing players from other clubs doing well so they’ll be quiet when Fernandes has many MOTM performances but if he struggles in one game they will say he is shit and overrated. It’s the same with most players (Probably a bit more of a response then you were after, I know).

[@thebigquack6945]

@@mwallace997 look at messi and Ronaldo They can score hat tricks in both games respectively and the idiots will still call them Pessi and penaldo Absolute morons

[@GoalieFitRider]

This is why I don’t use Twitter anymore. Wasted so much energy arguing with 12 year olds. As long as I stay in contact with my mates I’m good

[@stevencooke6451]

I only go on there to say nice things now. LIke telling Rashford he's doing great things.

[@GoalieFitRider]

@@stevencooke6451 good for you. I started doing that too but sadly the negative comments get recognised for the most part

[@stevencooke6451]

@@GoalieFitRider And as we know, outrage is a very successful driver of actions, including keeping people on social media. I'm very sparing in my Twitter usage. I go there often to congratulate or commiserate with people. Arguing with twelve year olds is indeed exhausting and fruitless.

[@Big_Red_Devil_98]

Bottom line is the internet has ruined most things.

[@3dsaulgoodman43]

Haven't watched the video yet, so I'm sure about the other social media platforms you will be talking about, but if you were to mention Tik Tok, then it doesnt just ruin football, it ruins mankind as a whole.

[@zerosuitsamus2340]

based!

[@HandsomeSquidward22]

whats worse with tiktok than the other platforms? (i dont use it so i have no clue)

[@prometheustv6558]

@@HandsomeSquidward22 The videos are cringey

[@madmangogaming]

@@HandsomeSquidward22 nothing's wrong with tiktok really, its just young people hating it because they're getting older and have boomer attitudes i dont use it myself tho but thats the vibe i get

[@prometheustv6558]

@@madmangogaming Because it’s cringe

[@lorenzodeluca3661]

As soon as i saw a guy on football twitter saying that Pogba and Bruno Fernandes are better than what Xavi and Iniesta have ever been, I knew that this thing is just utter garbage

[@thebigquack6945]

As a united fan We truly have a deluded fan base, loaded with fans who only started watching in 2017

[@colinm3869]

Yeah it’s grim, i feel that these people probably didn’t watch these players. And just because someone has a better goal ratio or passes completed stat or whatever they think they’re automatically better.

[@lorenzodeluca3661]

@@colinm3869 fr. I'm all ok with banter and stuffs and people having their opinion as to who they prefer. But everything's got a limit. When you push things beyond that limit, it just gets more and more annoying. Then there are also people who start throwing personal attacks about your appearance and your heritage and all those stuffs, when their point stands unproven. That's where it gets to a point for me where I'm having to say that I'm done with this nonsense.

[@TheJGTurton]

This is genuinely my favourite channel on YT, not just football. It has a nice balance between "common" list videos and very unique docs about situations you otherwise would have never heard of. Alfie clearly puts in so much effort into these vids and it shows with the quality of each one, and this makes me want to click on every vid posted, no matter the topic, and I thoroughly enjoy each one.

[@kindmulberry7196]

I love how he roasted the Irish Guy once too and how how he talks about 1920s footballers

[@az90utv42]

Social media is at its worst round the transfer window. I remember growing up you wouldn't hear about transfers until they happened, and it would be such a surprise. Now you know what's going to happen weeks before it does, and all you see is annoying entitled little fans spamming their shopping lists for who THEY think the team should buy. The same thing will happen with Haaland this summer, and if the move doesn't happen, then all a sudden it's the boards fault because you all generated the hype for it and were left disappointed.

[@ethanrichards1472]

If I see the word Penandes again, then I’ll actually try and break someone’s leg, Axel Witsel style.

[@licanswok1789]

Penandes

[@jakeberry9931]

Get ratioed

[@bluest.9320]

Same but replace Penandes with no cap

[@MGB1874]

@@jakeberry9931 L

[@ethanrichards1472]

@@jakeberry9931 how about fuck off

[@Chronicthekid]

Back when I was growing up (2000’s) all you did was wake up, turn on th TV and watch your favorite team play and go outside and pass the ball with your friends. Nowadays people (particularly young kids) wake up get on social media and talk shit to people for no reason ruining the hobby for everyone.

[@AgingChris]

00:11 usually when old friends try to re-connect with me, its usually to try and rope me into some kind of pyramid scheme

[@thebigquack6945]

It’s ALWAYS a pyramid scheme

[@javiermoreno5898]

But why aren’t you a good friend and buy their shampoos?

[@AgingChris]

@@javiermoreno5898 I was until I went mysteriously bald while using them

[@arcticf1]

That's why I only use one social media besides KZbin (Instagram) and that solely for cool wallpapers of cars

[@DR3ADER1]

I mainly used Instagram to view the artworks of various young and upcoming illustrators and other artists before they moved back to either DeviantArt or Twitter (sometimes they moved to both).

[@3dsaulgoodman43]

0:24 Fun fact: His current wife is not that gawjuz girl called Sarah. I wonder if she knows this.

[@Tommo0706]

The amount of bias in football nowadays is untrue, very very very rarely do you now get realistic fans who don’t have reactionary / hyperbolic responses to anything that could even be perceived as negative about the team they support in any way

[@thebigquack6945]

The only place you’ll find decent threats and meaningful convos is Reddit. By no means is it perfect but it’s a trillion times better than the toxicity insta and tweeter have

[@Payseur]

Surprised how you didn't mention the fact that you have a girlfriend in this video.

[@BroTastic23]

As long as she's gawjuz it doesn't mata because no juan cares

[@peteredeoghon6457]

@@BroTastic23 Underrated comment

[@choughed3072]

Your most likely right about talkradio and talk sport but you also share a channel with the Irish guy who is literally the physical embodiment of Twitter and ticktock.

[@themathsdebater5471]

i don’t think he’s allowed to say anything too bad about him

[@valtterimerila1053]

7 greatest career peaks of all time

[@dopplereffeckt675]

I do find it interesting for somebody who has a polemic against toxic behaviour and social media, indulgies in the very same toxic rant against noticeable center right commentators, the 'gammon' and 'murdoch press' in the same pompous, self righteous click baity mannner. I suppose in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king....

[@DR3ADER1]

The door swings both ways when it comes to KZbin users. Look at the main self-proclaimed players in Gamergate, Comicsgate, Animegate and especially the litany of flame wars of old, current and the future. KZbin users are hypocritical con men and con women of all shapes, sizes and political affiliations, be it for money and egotistical pride, or nihilistic despair, cynicism and especially eccentric lolcow-levels of poor self-awareness. The same applies to Twitter, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr, Discord and Reddit users.

[@mastablasta69]

I loke how mature you are for such a young man. Cheers, good to see a smart, good person like you online taking risks and making videos like this.

[@crimsonglory7823]

I rarely log onto social media after football matches, I've found discussing games with my close friends in person or over phone is much more peaceful.

[@johngalbreath9394]

Super jealous of you in that regard. I don't really have any friends that care about football so I'm stuck going to social media. Even if I'm surrounded by my fellow supporters, a few bad apples always slip through the crack

[@crimsonglory7823]

@@johngalbreath9394 that's a shame, I guess it's a privilege that I have open minded friends with whom I share my love for football. Hopefully you find your community soon.

[@stephenkoshy3127]

It's a wretched place. Didn't think we'll end up in a place where recognising the greatness of any player or appreciating him would be so difficult, comment sections full of degenerates trying to discredit them in the most outlandish ways.

[@NO-ts5yt]

I think another big problem is those people who support clubs like Man UTD, Man City or Arsenal, when they have absolutely no connection to the place itself and neglecting the clubs they actually have connections with

[@javiermoreno5898]

I would argue that is not a problem actually, it is the reason to pick them as a fad. One friend I have from Guatemala is a Milan fan, and he is súper insightful, Really knowledgeable and Smart about it. The difference is that he loves the club and what it representa, but he doesn’t fanboys or ídolizes the shit out of anybody there or is Interested to make unsustainable noise. There are people from smaller countries that have affection to europeas and big clubs, and I consider it Really healthy

[@NO-ts5yt]

@@javiermoreno5898 but I’m mostly speaking on a financial and social aspect. The more people who support these big clubs, the greater the difference in things like matchday revenue and merchandise sales, meaning quite often smaller clubs can’t be sustainable and struggle financially like Bury recently or Gretna and all these teams who’ve gone extinct, if people actually support and follow the teams they have connections with, they are less likely to fall to this. Also it can help reduce the financial inequality and hopefully make the smaller teams more competitive and potentially we could have more underdog stories. Fewer and fewer people are supporting smaller clubs now with all this technology and it’s killing them especially in a COVID climate

[@javiermoreno5898]

@@NO-ts5yt On that front and perspective I completely agree with you, I sometimes commit that sin too, but I have tried to engage more with my national league and school/local soccer competitions (Come from a pretty small country) because they need much more support than the big clubs, I don't know which club you support but I hope your club is surviving and having good results, but it is really important to be sensitive in football because you can't say you love football if you only watch the big boys and do nothing about your local teams or even community or school district events (If you have the time to), especially during COVID days. On that front, you are completely right

[@Mad_Intalect]

@@javiermoreno5898 After getting tear gassed twice and almost dying in a stampede, I was like fuck that...still watch on TV though. It gets so crazy sometimes, after the major derby, fans go looting in the CBD. This hasn't happened in a while thankfully. Politics, corruption and tribalism have basically made pursuing a football career in my country(well one of them anyway), a waste of time. Players were already going on strike BEFORE the pandemic for not being paid their dues, smh.

[@SuperMyslayer]

English football fans calling any other league "farmers league" are the worst thing to come from social media

[@georgelewis8537]

Would only say that about Scotland

[@SuperMyslayer]

@@georgelewis8537 oh yeah for British it is: 1. Premier League 2. Scottish Premier League 3. Championship 4. LaLiga Farmer 5. Bundesfarmer 6. Serie Farmers 7. EFL League 1

[@georgelewis8537]

@@SuperMyslayer nope Scottish prem is right at the bottom

[@georgelewis8537]

@@SuperMyslayer efl league 1 is actually higher quality

[@SuperMyslayer]

@@georgelewis8537 oh yeah because Wigan or Plymouth could end up in the UEL round of 16😐

[@georgepereira8887]

I blocked twitter two weeks ago on all my browsers and my mental health hasn’t been this good since before the pandemic. Unplug, people.

[@blituarik]

I'd also encourage people to do the same. Twitter is just overly toxic.

[@marcusaurelius49]

Excellent video. And I think we can agree that Rupert Murdoch and his son make the world a worse place a little more each day.

[@maxgonera9055]

I’m a Wolves fan but AFTV truly proved how disgusting they are when they celebrated Son’s injury. That is so low and pathetic and I think after seeing that this vid explains exactly what I’ve been seeing and experiencing. U can’t comment something on Instagram which I like to use saying u like a player or criticizing a team. U get insulted and labeled as unintelligent, a posing football fan, etc. Awesome vid Alfie!!!!!

[@Mad_Intalect]

When they celebrated Son's injury?? How about the way they hounded and bullied their greatest ever manager out the club?? Smh, he even said he's never going back there in any capacity whatsoever.

[@kindmulberry7196]

I thought that Son deserved the red card 100% what he did was nasty even though he didnt intend it, but still he doesnt deserve abuse for it

[@tyrone1189]

Even Madrid fans say they don’t get ref’s in their favour 🙄

[@kindmulberry7196]

they do trust me, they do, thats the truth

[@steffanh9368]

People on social media always get proved wrong with time anyway for example people called Klopp a manager that bottles finals then goes on to win the biggest final in club football a year later. People call Pep a fraud because he didn’t have a good first season then he goes onto possibly creating the best prem team of all time

[@nassimb7151]

“Oilchester City”🤡 or “Penaldes” annoying af

[@mastertrams]

The Emptihad too... It's just infactual...

[@jandabom5393]

better than pessi

[@alexanderthegreat9059]

calling people divers are annoying too you can't blame them for the adrenaline

[@ishangoyal2385]

The only annoying things you found on football twitter?

[@mastertrams]

@@alexanderthegreat9059 Well, I mean, non-league footballers don't seem to feel the same adrenaline... I don't think so anyway...

[@humaidabdulghani2711]

I'm totally in awe with your ideology. Football has become more about the players than the sport itself in the past years. Hope you can convince your colleague the 'Irish man' about the same 😂 Keep up the amazing content. ❤❤

[@MrJoromekiq1]

I have always been in Messi's camp. I prefer his style of play, but i always liked Ronaldo too. And i always enjoyed watching Ronaldo play as well

[@ViceroyIcarus]

Alfie if there's ever an HITCSevens meet up, I owe you a cold one. Quality stuff

[@nleak92]

Football twitter is an absolute cesspit, mind you twitter in general is but particularly football twitter

[@thebigquack6945]

I think it’s a close second, political Twitter is a different monster

[@nleak92]

@@thebigquack6945 Oh yeah I actively avoid that side of Twitter

[@fearguspowers238]

Brilliant video Alfie! Really well articulated points made

[@TheRealistBritishIndian]

Bang on, best video in ages on youtube! Im not on twitter but I am aware of how toxic it gets, great work on the channel bud, keep it up! 🤙🏽💪🏽👌🏽

[@chikasnotmadjustdisappoint6266]

Social media has ruined alot of things in the world. Football is no exception.

[@f1champ551]

Yep and social media ruined F1 and motorsports in general sometimes (not even all the time but enough to matter).

[@gliscorX]

I absolutely love football - fell in love with the game almost 15 years ago and I adore it a lot. I also was very active on Twitter back in the glory days of early 2010's when there was banter, but nothing as toxic as it is these days. I deleted my Twitter account altogether in 2019 I think and my life has genuinely been peaceful ever since. Yes, I do miss being in-the-know of everything that happens in the world of football, but I eventually found other means of getting my daily fix (podcasts have been terrific!). I am not intending to do any virtue-signaling here; just wanted to share my personal experience.

[@kindmulberry7196]

Good one, lets keep the love of the game alive

[@Blues1783]

Idea: 7 greatest 10 men performance ever

[@yourbrothereli]

Dear Alfie, Thank you for sharing your genuine interest in the beautiful game and using your voice how you see fit.

[@coenlai7955]

When I first watched some of your videos i never thought much of this channel, but this video has changed my mind. I think that prior to this I only saw the superficial videos but this was good

[@pattypaan]

My favourite channel on KZbin. Considered, thoughtful and passionate about football in a way I identify with deeply. I think a lot of people feel increasingly drawn to content like yours and find it refreshing in the sea of mediocrity and bad faith that permeates so much of the media that people consume

[@DarthVader964]

Social media has ruined society in general

[@siyolisesiyo4999]

Day 5: South African football after the 2010 world cup

[@siyolisesiyo4999]

@JeffChad Nice to know.

[@raulsekwati885]

But you know the answer to this man you're a South African

[@Oakeedokee7]

I also appreciate how you have chosen not to sell your soul and brain cells by giving us quality, non-clickbait content.

[@StevenTheDeamon]

This is more important than most people think...

[@Cheers358]

Suggestion: New Zealand last WC match, where are they now?

[@anishrb6807]

It's not just for football it's for everything... like its so annoying when people who lack confidence comment "cringe" when the post ain't even cringy... add to that the trolls and the racist and toxic people who clearly need to get a life

[@DR3ADER1]

Toxic is a buzzword Anish, as demonstrated by your redundant usage of the term.

[@user-cg2tb9or2l]

I wonder if Pele and Maradona called Pelety and Penadona

[@javiermoreno5898]

Neither could do it in the prem

[@florianmaier6286]

Day 23: 7 worst players who scored a hattrick in either the premier or champions league

[@leicester_apex2223]

He is def gonna say iheanacho

[@tacosalamanca556]

Bro i recently came across a new KZbin channel balón English. They literally make one of the best football documentarys in KZbin, of course after you and raymar 😂. The channel only have 11k subscriber but the content is world class.

[@labeeb7735]

ikr

[@Renko24]

15 minutes well spend mate. At the end of the days I will add those 15 at the time invested in myself. Great video, masterpice.

[@kindmulberry7196]

Alfie your videos are incredible. You remind me of the Gaming Historian (also amazing)

[@elmerwilber3308]

14:21 Eddie Howe

[@danjones8921]

This was excellent. Is there any chance you could bring a little bit of calm to the internet cesspit by making a documentary about the footballing philosophy of Zdenek Zeman?

[@callummattocks6472]

this is brilliant alfie, as an aspiring sports journalist i look up to your work for advice and this video is brilliant in showing what is wrong with modern society

[@dabluedevil1000]

Alfie criticizing KZbin and uploading it on KZbin is like killing your arch enemy and attending his funeral. Good on you, Alf. Enjoyed this one.

[@mattf1sh97]

"(Player) WOKE UP FEELING DANGEROUS 🥶🥶🥶" - massive virgins

[@javiermoreno5898]

That BS was fun when the dude Who said that had a good game and the next one said the same and blew it(Baker Mayfield, NFL 2018) but this has to be the dumbest, unoriginal and stupid meme out there, it is basically calling out a bad game in stats and it is dumb imo

[@WERTYUIO821]

I remember during the time that Emery was rumoured to be replaced by Marco Siva and I defended him Emery. Quite a lot of fans then started to say things against Arsenal and thought that I would be offended for some reason. You don't need to support a team to like a player/manager. I don't like Arsenal but I stil think that they did well in signing Emery. Better than Chelsea's choice on Sarri. Then again, afterwards they did dirty on Emery considering the fact his defense was worse than two pieces of wood. If instead they had supported him, it would be considerably better in the long run.

[@danielevans5286]

Brilliant video, great to see someone talking about this

[@shubhamsinghstar123]

Really solid video, hope these kinda people grow up and learn to appreciate the sport for what it actually is someday.

[@amosstarkey485]

I'd love alfie to make one video which is just complete sensationalism. Clickbait, outlandish opinions, shouting, the lot and just see how well it does

[@mannytuzo]

“I won’t mention any names” c’mon it’s Football Daily lol

[@kindmulberry7196]

We know it is

[@brycewilson1909]

great video. insightful! btw the youtube channel "balon" or "balon english" has some great historical football videos. on specific teams mostly!

[@Hilversumborn]

Very passionate video, one of your best.

[@Luca.NASCAR24fan75]

5:29 well my horrors are confirmed lol

[@jakemackay1747]

My single most hated comment on social media is “bottle job”.

[@garrybarry2268]

Shithousery is mine. Originally it sounded fun and cool. Now it's used by football retards!!!!

[@kindmulberry7196]

@@garrybarry2268 Its a common football world imo, just clearly used by the wrong people and out of context

[@garrybarry2268]

@@kindmulberry7196 your probably right. Out of context (which happens a lot) can be embarrassing!!!!

[@AmazinJ89]

Really good topic to cover, great video

[@lonely_adolescent2715]

This video probably won't get many more views in the future, but it is by far one of the most important you've made thus far. Thank you for adressing this issue, football comments in social media are a plague

[@neemagaur539]

One of the good things that KZbin has sone to football is Hitc Sevens.

[@lior995]

Man I get your point. Sometimes the sport related issues are getting more partisan and toxic than US politics... However really disappointed, cuz think about all the funny meme pages, and the funny YT videos of 442oons and the champions and whatever... without them I would never be a football fan.

[@DR3ADER1]

It's always been like this for over 40 years. Hell, back then, it was worse, with hooligans killing people over a fucking game that didn't really matter in the real world. It's why I'm more prideful that people have just kept all of their Autism online-only for the most part.

[@charleybartelmay5469]

One of my favorite videos you've done. Have you watched the Netflix documentary the social dilemma yet?

[@prabhavsharma8247]

Football opinions on one side, your analytical abilities are really impressive

[@HandsomeSquidward22]

day 54: asking everyone to delete their social media

[@nsd781]

KZbin is excluded ?

[@TheJackson1991]

@@nsd781 KZbin isn't the same. Social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram etc) is purely based on conversations (if you can call half the shit that goes on there "conversations" anyway). KZbin has those elements with the comment sections, but mostly just about the videos

[@icydsting6037]

@@nsd781I think there are apps that can turn off the comment section, I have a spoiler one installed so I don't see comments I choose to not want to see but I am sure there are ones that can turn off the whole section.

[@iwrotewords510]

@@TheJackson1991 You can't pick and choose. It's either all social media or none of social media. Plus if you were to cancel places like Twitter they'll all end up on here spouting their nonsense on random youtube videos instead.

[@TheJackson1991]

@@iwrotewords510 It really isn't as a whole the same thing, though. KZbin is base on as a video format first, conversations second. While typical social media is the other side around. They already do said spouting nonesense on youtube, but the comments section are, as I was saying, a bonus towards the TRUE value of youtube, which are the videos, while typical social media is about conversations FIRST, and videos and the like being a secondary thing. Not to say KZbin are some bastion of good, they have a monopoly on the field and very much take abuse of that power. But no, that aren't the same things.

[@BadgerOff32]

I'm a West Ham fan, and I used to be proud to be a West Ham fan......that is until I saw what our fans are actually like on social media! Now I'm just embarrassed to count myself as one of them! We're 5th in the table currently and doing better than we have done for years, but every day, guaranteed, West Ham fans will find *something* to moan about (the manager, the players, the formation, choice of subs etc). They have their own Facebook groups set up where they spend all day ranting and complaining amongst themselves in their own little echo chambers. If they're not doing that, then they seem to spend all day on Twitter ready to jump on anything that either of the chairmen post just so they can slag them off. There's an account called ExWHEmployee, and it's basically just a guy who posts insider knowledge, but all day, every day, he'll get hundreds of fans DEMANDING information from him like they're entitled to know it before anyone else or something. And God help you if you're any WH player *other* than Mark Noble! They 'mostly' love him (because he's the captain and he's been with us his whole career), but you'll still see loads of 'fans' moaning about him being "past it", or "not good enough anymore" or "he should just retire already". It feels like they've allowed their love for their football club to become an absolute obsession that dominates every waking minute of their lives, and it's just kind of........sad. The thing is though, they take all of that pent up aggression into the stands on matchday too! It's no coincidence that we're currently doing so well when no fans are allowed in the stadium!

[@wej4life]

Thank you for this. Great video and great message. You clearly "get it" when it comes to social media.

[@BXK09]

Litteraly every reply under a B/R Football or Premier League tweet -Pessi -Penaldo -Penandes -Ratio -Farmers League -This is why [insert player here] is the best player ever -Didn’t ask (if it’s a tweet about women’s football) -Cry -Tinpot club -“I’m literally shaking right now, my 2 year old son.....” I could go on and on

[@prosperity3633]

Mate why do you act so posh and lecture your audience? We know football. That's why your here.

[@RoboHDx]

Day 1: 7 most violent rivalry/derby matches of all time

[@TheRausing1]

I respect you have the guts to talk openly about contentious issues like this in a considered and mature way. This channel makes HITC sport look like it’s for little children.

[@njpwrules6099]

Using "Farmers League" and "small club" as an insult just shows what type of fans these people are. Like I'd rather support my local club even if they are struggling than being a gloryhunter who supports some Oil Money project or Wallstreet Business Venture only because they're successful. I obviously have nothing against their real fans who supported them before that or are from that area but I don't think anyone of them are writing these comments. It's even more ridiculous when they write "small club" under a Barcelona or Bayern post just to be trolling.

[@WAKA34BUG56]

Day 132: 7 Asian or African teams that could compete in a big 5 league or squad of best players who have only played at asian or african teams

[@alexanderhallam3409]

Ngl I feel like HITC sport has sorta gone down the road of outrage machine

[@zakimarzuki8227]

Love this channel. Keep it up man. I’m a regular viewer.

[@raveheart4094]

Really interesting take keep up the awesome work!