Secret Santa & Christmas Parties At Premier League Clubs | EP 60

[@Adam-oy4ix]

I'm amazed that Zabaleta hasn't been on here yet.... it would easily be your highest viewed video. Micah's willingness to take the piss out of himself and the enjoyment that Alan and Gary get out of putting the boot in, would make it a great episode...Maybe getting Gazza on to respond to some of the stories Gary has told about him would be a good one too....maybe he has a few Gary stories as well...

[@Eatmyayrse]

Probs hard to get him sober enough to do an episode

[@salfetka]

Ysah 100%. Can't believe Micah hasn't given his team mates presents....not even Zabaleta 😂😂😂

[@eoinspencer3434]

​@@Eatmyayrse I thought you were talking about Zabaleta, went off googling 'zabaleta drink problem's etc for about 10 mins

[@Redball1980]

Zabbs would appear for 5 minutes, and meeks would have to send evidence to Universal credit.... P45 episode

[@what1356]

They should do an April Fools episode where they just replace Micah with Zabaleta and act like everything's normal.

[@AJKew44]

I prefer the walkers product placement to the disease that is gambling. Great stuff boys 👍👍

[@AJKew44]

@@Alfie_1 With the betting sponsorship and the lucre he took from Qatar he can look all he wants. He's lost any and all credibility to those who have any sort of conscience or moral compass. (This is the part where those who can't defend Gary Neville's actions start chucking out whataboutisms). Grab your popcorn folks.

[@GIBBO4182]

Just to play Devils advocate…I don’t see a McDonald’s advert and eat a burger, just like I don’t see a gambling advert and place a bet! Where do we draw the line?

[@AJKew44]

@@GIBBO4182 Why do you think it is only about you? Just because you personally don't respond in that way doesn't mean we shouldn't help addicts or safegaurd the vunerable. In my opinion we should draw the line when it becomes a public health issue, which it clearly has. Using McDonalds as your example was poor too, considering that 25% of the UK population is obese, which is a massive public health problem just waiting to explode as the population ages. Unfortunately we seem to be living in an age where there is very little empathy, as evidenced by your comment where you could not see the issue from any other perspective than your own.

[@VanAugur]

⁠@@AJKew44 why does your specific subgroup need more safeguarding than everyone else?

[@GIBBO4182]

@@AJKew44 using McDonald’s is perfect…there is an obesity problem, but no one’s complaining about them advertising! That’s my point! And who says I don’t have empathy? You clearly don’t understand the concept of “devil’s advocate”!

[@marielovespizza]

I am howling at Alan’s “ooh friend” when Micah mentioned Roy 😂

[@robbo2099]

Inbetweeners init 😂

[@PASSION4GAMIN]

​@@robbo2099football friend. 🤣

[@Rab_Daddy]

Cantona and Beckham. “Oooooohhhhh, Roy Keane Friends!” 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@F.MNZ.91]

The best commercial ever !!!! Felt genuine and didn’t over sell it ❤

[@TonyHavenMusic]

Totally 😂 I didn’t even skip after 5 seconds

[@mattsmith5421]

Was that an actual commercial, I just thought it was Gary having a laugh.

[@seracohW]

The way Gary slid a little bit of walkers work into the podcast😂

[@JackFM06]

The Inbetweeners “FRIEND!” banter killed me right off 💀 love it 😂

[@adamdalton3990]

The way Gary and Alan give Micah hell about mentioning Roy😂

[@andylawsonHeisenberg]

I can't see a time where I'll ever get bored of listening to you chaps on this. Thanks for helping me keep sane and smiling at the end of a truly crappy year.

[@feinton]

'Oh Roy Keane, I mentioned you again at the end' 'Fwennsss' 😂😂😂

[@bamb6098]

Not the casual product placement 😂

[@jonathanburn4388]

Sean Longstaff is so underrated. Back in the day Nobby Solano was a special talent but rarely got the plaudits

[@SimonDefra]

And this podcast was sponsored by ‘Walkers’ 😂

[@yugmlif]

Always puts a smile on my face lads. Thanks

[@evanbartley403]

great content as always, to get me through the week!

[@vinnywarren2144]

Brilliant show as always! Roll on Friday 👍

[@jackwright6672]

personally would love to see viktor gyokeres play in the prem. absolute carried that coventry team in his time there and is performing brilliantly at sporting. think he could easily replace toney at brentford when the time comes

[@azalikmar2]

Good shout. A good physically imposing player, great at link up, pretty fast, pretty much the quintessential modern front man

[@andrew-jv7iv]

Just f'n marvellous. Thanks for a great year x

[@MacNE28]

Rob Lee most underrated. Everyone who supports Newcastle adores Rob Lee.

[@alloysiouschin4675]

Loving this algorithm running joke. It's so warm hearted somehow

[@TonyHavenMusic]

The position that has evolved the most for me would be goalkeeper. Cafu and Carlos were inverted fullbacks for sure decades ago, but there were no keepers like De Gea 40 years ago

[@tommyquinlan9132]

I would love big Meeks as our kitman get him in 😂

[@philippepalmer2968]

even though Meeks won't admit to sending anyone a Secret Santa's gift but I bet you in Zabaleta's garden,there's a wooden bench 🤣

[@dopekenny2024]

Still the best football pod on youtube - long may it continue 🦶⚽

[@Feisar777]

Al loves a bit of 'Sensational' on commentary, Micah Max strong is defo big meeks energy and Gary IS a Cheesey wotsit, in all the best ways, can't knock the crisp placement choices ha

[@mugiwarra001]

Pepe is a soft spoken really nice person off the field, but on the field, oh boy what a warrior!

[@dbruscoco]

Fantastic content as always guys! Really enjoying the podcast. Not sure if you take questions from KZbin, but I wanted to ask who you thought was the better player, David Ginola or Gazza? I've recently been watching old Spurs season reviews, and both look so exciting to watch! I wish I was old enough to have seen either of them play live. All the best, Dan

[@cookieinthewoods]

David Batty was always one of my favourites, would be worth a lot of money these days given what teams pay for a quality No.6

[@zeandean79]

Totally agree. An amazing player. He allows the team to do what they need to do. The type of players like him used to rarely get the praise they deserved. A hugely underrated player.

[@0hWhySoSerious]

Loving the absolutely shameless product placement 🤣🤣, almost had in tears laughing from then on. Great work and loving the Pod. Here's a question with the January Window about to open. If you were a new manager taking over a team and told you were able to buy a new spine for the team to build from in the next window. Who are the Keeper, Defender, Midfielder and Attacker your signing?

[@animalshrew7092]

What a crisp advert that would be linekars ear and Suarez Chompers

[@bryanmorrison2396]

That's the best plug ever lol

[@TheManThatIsF54]

Did I dream that crisps segment?

[@reece6170]

As a forest fan I think this podcast should have Steve Cooper on it to talk about behind the scenes and who's to really blame about the sacking would be a brilliant episode to hear

[@AriesAdams-rb5lh]

Exactly, even talking to nuno whilst Steve cooper still in the job.. straight out and nuno in .. heck knows why him

[@FPInvention]

They will surely talk about it soon, I'm also interested to hear their opinion. The sacking from an outside neutral view of mine seems harsh. Nuno has been sacked twice recently for poor form, doesn't seem like the right choice.

[@bobkendall1244]

where can we send our questions for future eps? loving the pod 🔥

[@chrismiller6317]

Anybody who gets booked deliberately or otherwise and leads to suspension over Christmas,easy way round that take them to the fixture anyway Loving The Pod ❤😂😂

[@wiltonmcdonald2399]

You guys have the best job in the world 🌍

[@mikey4483]

Walkers. 😂 Gary’s house must be full of walkers crisps.

[@hartshaped]

Here's a question for the podcast Each season fans get quite excited over their club's new kit coming out and often there's intrigue around designs and new sponsors. Was there ever any excitement from yourself or your teammates when you had a new team kit, along with any dread at having to wear a naff kit for a season? (perhaps a garish colour, or embarrassing sponsor)

[@rysie-fire]

The SUBTLE walkers plug by Gary 😂

[@daedralord1]

The lion from a jaguar? I think the name jaguar gives you a clue what the cat is on the car

[@daviebananas1735]

That’s what the joke was?

[@chrisgb4645]

The product placement is so seamlessly blended into the podcast 😂😂😂

[@pabloakaPT]

Matt Le Tissier is one of the most underrated players of all time. Better than Lampard just played for a terrible team

[@chipsthedog1]

What a highlight reel it's like every goal he scored was a worldy, criminal an England team wasn't built around him.

[@pabloakaPT]

@chipsthedog1 Plus he single handedly kept Southampton in the premier league for years with his goal contribution. Had he went to any of the top 4 teams he would have been a England starter for sure.

[@pabloakaPT]

Gary Neville is another one, he was better than all of these right backs that we watch today as an overall package. Was the only one of Fergies "kids" to get in the Euro 96 team.

[@chipsthedog1]

@@pabloakaPT the amount of unselfish overlapping runs Neville would make to give Beckham space & options knowing that he wouldn't get the ball a lot of times was something that always impressed me.

[@jj-dg9uc]

Did someone really ask if someone stole the lion off a jaguar car?........I'm guessing it was probably a jaguar not a lion

[@suf9045]

Great episode, would you guys ever do a live watch-along of a game so we can hear some alternative commentary. Would be great to see you guys do a watch a long for some of the champions league games.

[@Eatmyayrse]

Probably cant due to be contracted to different broadcasters

[@ThexMJT]

@@Eatmyayrse I think they are all freelance contractors. Gary did BT/TNT & BBC, Micah is on every channel going Sky/BBC/CBS only ever see Shearer on BBC though.

[@darthsidious1959]

​@@ThexMJT Shearer is on Prime so must be freelance also

[@TC8787-yq7og]

Good shout

[@thyowen]

another great algorithm thanks guys

[@gazof-the-north1980]

Alessandro Pistone got given a sheeps heart in a secret santa at Newcastle United in the late 90's.....

[@andyevans9723]

Question for the best episode- this is for Alan - what was it like to score a hat trick being 3-1 down against Leicester- and that free kick has to one of the most powerful shots you have ever hit

[@OskarSsssssssssssssss-ui8pt]

Nice bit of advertising for walkers 🤣

[@stephenmorris8947]

Shameless plugging Love it Gary hahah :)

[@MrMusic238]

"two touch in a chip shop" 😂

[@nimascolari1508]

Gary touching his nose more often than he touched the ball through out his illustrious career. 😂Yea I said it again. 😉

[@ramzianfield4055]

I vote for pablo zabaleta to be on the podcast but with all 3 of you, who agree, would be funny to see 😂💪

[@neilt1889]

Player who always miss xmas/ new year best 1 was Fernando Forestieri at SWFC Funny he always got Injured around the start of December. And have to go. Back to Italy for treatment🤔🤔

[@abuakmal9618]

6.12 pm here in Malaysia. Just starting......

[@NobleWarrior]

Micah's fake laugh followed by "ahhhhh" gets real old.

[@mirhazp]

Why did they cut out the bit where Gary says 'But you were shit' at 5:42 about Alan's management career... It's in the apple podcast but censored out here

[@rorrt]

On xG. One thing which is rarely taken into account, is, in isolation. Just one game, it's almost irrelevant. It's only really any use when you have a larger sample size, like a few months, or half the season. Also xGA (against. As in, how many you're team was expected to concede) can be important. Like a few seasons ago, Wolves were massively overachieving on their xGA, they were expected to let more goals in then they did. Which you might say "Well, that just shows how great the team is! They were expected to let in 5 goals, but only let in 1. GREAT NEWS!" But I'd say that's a case of survivorship bias.. Facing that many shots isn't sustainable, over an entire season. You will eventually crack. Action had to be taken. Though, there is one stat. Called "eT" I think. It's "expected threat". Which is stupid. It's basically how much time the opposition is in your half... Which is useless.

[@imanishay]

In my opinion wingers have adapted more than any other position they are now a forward player wheres as a winger in my day was right of a midfield be honest could you imagine someone like salah playing as a proper winger not picking on salah but he's an absolute monster of a modern day winger so just using him as a example

[@wiltonmcdonald2399]

I agree with Gary but my under rated player is David Fairclough of Liverpool “The Super Sub”

[@Stuffthatsfunny1]

11:39 realised he's paid to talk about football for a living 😂😂😂😂

[@akamiguelsanchez9985]

Kevin Nolan had 5 Christmas’ off!

[@strictlygrey]

Anytime somebody asks a question about "which united player etc" my answer will always be Paul scholes

[@andrew-jv7iv]

30 minutes with Micah, please talkingn about his injuries and mental health. He's clearly still hurt by how it all ended

[@SamandSteve]

So are the Villa fans, he stole a salary for 2 seasons with us.

[@drdassler]

Walker's will be well pleased. 🤣

[@Thegdee]

Alan will you please touch up with your Farrow & Ball paint, those 2 little spots on the wall behind you and also get the door hinge on your cupboard filled in. Jingle Bells Legd.

[@alvaskins]

You need to do an emergency podcast like the Politics guys do for big events! The new Euro courts ruling that has come out about UEFA and FIFA.

[@DogstarGaming]

Nice on Micah shouting out the Christmas presents at clubs should be for the staff .... meanwhile Readings staff going into Christmas unpaid, but the the players have been paid .... absolute disgrace .. !!!

[@philmicrackin9464]

As a Leeds fan I'm confused by Micahs comments on Piroe. I'm not saying he's been awful, he has scored a fair number of goals, but he's rarely in our games whether he scores or doesn't. Essentially carrying a passenger because he'll grab a goal every 2 to 3 games, which I'm not disrespecting

[@Someguy2023now]

Ten hag had Ronaldo!

[@jonathanburn4388]

With my Dad and one of my brothers been Boro fans they will kill me for this😅 but i would love Hayden Hackney at Newcastle he is special

[@stevelee4952]

A few more quid in the Lineker bank account, plugging Walkers for free.

[@nathenpillay3445]

KDB bought i phones for his entire team mates

[@323v6]

It is sponsored by walkers But be less subtle Gary lad 😅😂🤣

[@robsally5225]

Keep it up Lads 😅😊

[@TheOpenMindedAmerican]

I can never wrap my head around that they are Walkers in the UK not Lays

[@jack8988]

Walkers is the original name

[@vstev86]

Didn't Alan have his jaguar stolen in the film Purely Belter?!?

[@markjenkin2466]

Give me golden wonder any day

[@matthewirwin6134]

Ask Keane which two players he would take and he'd probably say Denis Irwin twice.

[@gamesflea3660]

The Walkers sconce on Linekar's wall is awesome. Is it custom made or can I pick one up in IKEA?

[@brettharter143]

Thats a computer generated graphic lol

[@gamesflea3660]

@@brettharter143 fully aware. Not everything you read on the Internet is written with serious intent

[@midlandgeordie]

How much did Walkers pay for he promotion,maybe it should go to charity at Xmas?👍

[@VanAugur]

17:10

[@strickers07]

I’ve heard Kevin Nolan got suspended a few years in a row

[@ThomasSloan-kz9fu]

If Suarez had stayed in the Premier league I think he'd of gone down as the best striker in prem history... 3rd best player of his generation behind Messi and Ronaldo for me

[@PASSION4GAMIN]

I hope you had a great Christmas lads my one wish is Gazza the one and only Paul Gascoigne on the rest is football podcast. ⚽🌲🤔🤣😂 Remember this name Josh Stokes Aldershot Town surely destined for the Premier League from Non-League? ⚽🤔 Who's idea was it to put the Walker's logo in the video was it Gary? 😂 that is hilarious. ⚽🤣 Alan's Inbetweeners fan. Oooohhh friend. ⚽😂🤣

[@cbc899]

Gary must have the itchiest nose in history. Man spends half of the show scratching it and looking off to the right 😂

[@dootwoot]

Micah why do you laugh the hardest you possibly can mate get a grip 😂 you’re fine 2 seconds later after literally screeching and crying I don’t get why you do it

[@joshuablake8765]

Walkers ad was shameless 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@zakiafififul]

Eric Cantona & peter Schmeichel

[@big.brazza]

Friendsss😆😆😆

[@ALionLifeOfLiving]

I’d like to see Jobe Bellingham

[@jack8988]

On your own there

[@IndieCV98]

Does Gary own Walkers ?? 😂😂😂

[@LouieSapcote-vy5xl]

Amazed Newcastle fans are calling, sack sack ,only a few weeks ago,they were saying ,he his their great manager. ,an he his a great job.

[@pmacca4830]

I thought Micah got a Zabaleta top

[@thomaswhitcombe7236]

Hi Alan, who’s the best left footed player you’ve played with? 👍🤪🍿

[@chrissenior5469]

For the questions podcast which I listen to every week and LOVE Andy Carroll to Liverpool £35 million 44 Games 6 Goals (18 off the bench as a sub) Starting in front of Carroll… Luis Suarez. Darwin Nunez to Liverpool £85 million 44 Games 13 Goals (16 off the bench as a sub) Starting in front of Nunez… nobody. Carroll known to many as worst Liverpool signing of all time…….. 50 million for an extra 7 goals, time for a re think Liverpool fans? Btw I am an unbiased Leeds United fan.

[@vultan7439]

Someone tell Gary that a mammal is an animal.

[@imanishay]

Nemanja vidic and young Wayne rooney

[@WaniZame]

Find yerself a woman who loves you as much as Micah loves Roy Keane.

[@paulwalker8113]

👍football friend👍

[@borretniw7603]

Keano frieennnndddd