"Speak to me like that, I will destroy you" - Micah Richards on row with Mark Hughes | BBC Sounds

Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards discuss disagreements and rows with managers. Micah shares a time he felt belittled by former Manchester City manager, Mark Hughes and how he dealt with the situation.
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"Speak to me like that, I will destroy you" - Micah Richards on row with Mark Hughes | BBC Sounds
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[@bugaloo]

Stop pushing Richards on us. Can’t stand his voice & over exaggerated laugh any longer. Stop with these media puppets you want to throw on us

[@ahmedzakikhan7639]

Who the h is Micah Richards ?

[@robertsellwood421]

Why anyone watches motd ill never know

[@cameroncharters7395]

Eee

[@juandis6140]

I'd like to hear Mark Hughes' version of this

[@tezbez8110]

And any other MF that was there 😂👏

[@curtisalleyne3710]

Yeah from the hospital 🤣

[@sharman8489]

It’s pretty clear Micah is exaggerating the turn of events here

[@Bazooka183]

Richards and Shearer. One a clown. The other a bore. Then you add Murphy, Jenas, Scott, Dublin, Lawrenson and their ilk..... Pathetic! Ian Wright and Garth Crooks can just about nail it now and again along with Lineker, to save the day on occasions. The BBC is a total turn-off from the halcyon days of Jimmy Hill.

[@Potto12]

total Bullshit, he's a laughing buffoon. He said said yes Daddy, sorry Daddy

[@weallfollowmanutd]

Micah Richards. A legend in his own mind.

[@temporaryuseraccount0012]

Imagination is a hell of a drug.

[@Christopher0632]

The youngest player ever called up for England, A Premier League Champion, over $20 Million in career earnings from Football, a multi-million dollar real estate portfolio, and successful broadcasting career. What do you call that then?

[@FCD844]

The moment he answered back "I'll Destroy you", I would of put him with the under 16's and been listed up for sale asap.

[@TheMuzikall]

His Agent will get you the sack🥳...the days when Managers could destroy players are long gone....how many chances did Joey Barton..Adebayor...Pennant get...especially Adebayor and Pennant....one ended up at Real Madrid...✅.other picked up a UCL medal with Liverpool 👏....if you are a Top talent managers will welcome you..Cantona Keane Vieira were no angels🤣🤣🤣

[@cluckingbell1772]

He did but nobody came in for him...

[@Elphin89]

@@TheMuzikall you’re reaching mate, Adebayor was on loan in Madrid for one season (played a handful of games), and Jermaine Pennant never won the champions league, Milan beat Liverpool in the 2007 final

[@56postoffice]

@@TheMuzikall This is why agents need to be outlawed. They are part of a problem we have in the sport. Footballers have their union. Why do they need agents?

[@thewomble1509]

@@56postoffice Most of them are too thick to negotiate for themselves.

[@donsquirreleone]

The older Micah gets, the better he was!

[@mesicek7]

A wunderkind till he became 21 lmao

[@anthonyhurn1988]

Lol he was an awful player! Man City won the league unexpectedly with the aguero moment. As soon as they did and were even half decent micah was never used again 😂

[@tsb3208]

He was world class until he was about 22 and his body started to break down. Then he was average because he relied too much on his pace and strength and didn't have the nuance to his play to be great without explosive speed and power. He still had strength for a tussle, but for a defender under 6 feet tall, that isn't enough to convert to centre half.

[@mesicek7]

@@tsb3208 Do you even realize what the word World Class means?

[@tsb3208]

@@mesicek7 A subjective term generally used to describe a player amongst the best in the world in their position. Micah Richards circa 2004-2007ish was that. A phenomenal prospect eating opposition wingers for breakfast defensively and blistering past opposing right backs with ease and delivering on the end product. Like an Alexander-Arnold offensively, though not as capable a passer, but with huge physical power and who was also good defender. Huge shame his body failed him and never learned the more technical aspects of defensive play. Don't start fights you can't win, chump. I've forgotten more about football than you'll ever know 👍

[@chrisc1216]

I think Micah needs to remember he was a decent player and not a great player. Reminds me of Jermaine Jenas. Thinks he’s better than he actually was.

[@jamesmiles1328]

One year flash in the pan !!!!,then asual English press hype them up,the idiots think there actually good,

[@danielstack9094]

Injuries at a young age wreaked him he was good but never got chance to hit that next level

[@Wickerbasket]

There was a time - maybe only for a season or so - where he was an absolute juggernaut though. Jenas never had that.

[@drubry1854]

Don't remember him saying he was a Premier League great???????

[@Eclipse2582]

And people need to understand that Leslie Mark Hughes is the latest in a long, long line of crap British managers who steal manager jobs because of what they did as players and not because they have any actual coaching ability.

[@sspeedy3]

Even Ronaldo is humbler than this princess

[@lukeslevin2666]

Imagine if a player back in the day said to Alex Ferguson or Brian Clough; 'Dont talk to me like that or I will destroy you'😂😂😂😂

[@thewomble1509]

Or Paisley, Shanks, Mourinho, Allardyce, Stein, Warnock..................

[@lukeslevin2666]

@@thewomble1509 absolutely

[@enfado23]

Look up the story where Clough decked Roy Keane! (At Nottingham Forest)

[@lukeslevin2666]

@@enfado23 cheers for the info pal, I'll check it out 👍

[@macandmefoley3037]

They'd be still sucking through a straw 😂

[@hoddymon10]

My money would have bin on mark Hughes

[@garystokes6407]

All day long

[@richardjones3792]

Can see why he underachieved

[@Some-kid-called-David]

Maybe Micah should’ve had a bit more respect for the manager.

[@r4h4al]

But the manager should have respected him a bit more he was one of the better players.

[@Eclipse2582]

Maybe Mark Hughes should learn to be a better manager and not try to deflect his crapness by trying to publicly scapegoat and humiliate players like Micah in the first place.

[@leonidas0242]

@@plainandsimpletruth he wasn't laughing

[@leonidas0242]

@@plainandsimpletruth no he didn't

[@leonidas0242]

@@plainandsimpletruth it was a training session not a funeral and he might have been serious or not, either way the manager was looking for a scapegoat.

[@mesicek7]

It's hilarious how highly he thinks of himself

[@davidgosling2381]

Micah Richards opens his mouth and we see the shit come tumbling out. Whereas Mark Hughes continually delivered quality performances in a quality team. With a quality manager in Sir Alex Ferguson. Richards should consider respect for the manager.

[@byanymeansnecessary3052]

Is that the same Mark Hugh’s who holds the Prem record, for being sacked by three clubs in one season??. Trash can Manager. No one respected him. Didn’t Fabregas call him out too??..

[@davidgosling2381]

@@byanymeansnecessary3052 should of shown a bit of class mate, and kept his opinions to himself, instead of going for cheap laughs with the BBC stooges.

[@jakebluemoon]

But he didn’t laugh

[@Eclipse2582]

Mark Hughes as a manager though... thoroughly crap. Now managing in the fourth tier of English football with no Premier League club ever giving him a job again. Micah was absolutely right to fire back at Hughes.

[@alamocannon3791]

Richards " I was one of the better players" What a joke !!!

[@paulbaker9434]

The deeper we dig with Micah the more we found out he's like the Steven seagal of the football world

[@gregod806]

Great comment.

[@fme4099]

😂😂

[@jimmyroberts9528]

A great comparison..

[@temporaryuseraccount0012]

A black belt in Bullsh!to

[@palatialpetals]

"I was one of the best" 'He needed me" told the manager "I will destroy you" what an absolute tool 🤡

[@st6431]

It's ridiculous tbh I like Micah as a pundit but he was good for about two seasons of his whole career then anonymous the rest of it

[@BlastbeatsLOL]

Richards was never close to being one of the best players in any team he played in.

[@yadvendrasingh6730]

Maybe micah Richard's is one of those players who thinks he was too good even tho he was bang average and injury prone, laughing after losing a game and he has the guts to call out the manager, pathetic player

[@jakebluemoon]

He didn’t laugh though

[@steviemac2681]

It can go to your head when you burst onto the scene. He never laughed though.

[@MrChris1978moleman]

He was as good as a player as you are as a listener, obviously.

[@yadvendrasingh6730]

@@MrChris1978moleman if you had any comprehension skills you would have listened that he said hughes thought he was laughing, now maybe he was not outright laughing but maybe the manager thought something about his expression and hence reprimanded him, richards himself said he is a jolly guy and what not, i would not be jolly after losing, clearly you lack reading and comprehension skills and your concentration level is atrocious, thats why you commented just to insult me here cause that may be the highlight of your day ( insulting a stranger on the internet) get help

[@redpugie6235]

He didn't laugh. Did you watch the video mate?

[@peterjones2834]

Micha a legend in his own mind. Come on BBC bring back Ian Wright it was much better with out Micah.

[@Hollow4O1]

No, Micah is fine. He brings balance being the young lad.

[@leer5416]

I'm not sure any club has ever needed micah Richards for anything whatsoever

[@jonhill3328]

Doesn’t sound like belittling to me, just being pissed off with someone smirking or laughing after a bad result. Richards needs to get over his own ego. Few years earlier Hughes/a manager would chinned him for saying that.

[@mediacenterman8583]

You never berate someone in front of their colleagues/teammates. It's management 101.

[@trooney71]

@@mediacenterman8583 That's nonsense. Why would you not if they're culpable?

[@dudeLaurence]

@@mediacenterman8583 tell that to Ferguson 😂

[@hugosanchez5967]

@@dudeLaurence tell that to clough

[@Eclipse2582]

@@trooney71 Because you're then relying on the same person you've publicly made a show of to then go out and get you a result on the pitch. If Hughes really had an issue with what he thought Micah did, why didn't he privately have a conversation with him about it? This isn't the 1970s or 1980s anymore - man-managing has to better than just delivering hairdryer treatment to players. There's a reason why Hughes is now managing in League Two.

[@billybigtime2808]

He might not like that type of confrontation but in a physical one Sparky is as tough as they come don’t underestimate him

[@brentmeistergeneral6074]

He was in his playing days, but at this time Micah was a freak of nature and sparky was an older man.

[@thesaintst1851]

Don’t be silly… Micah would kill him

[@jamesmiles1328]

Lol there footballers come on,stick Micah Richards in a martial arts ring or octagon,he would be begging to be let out after ten seconds no tough guy lol

[@CaptainUncle1836]

@@jamesmiles1328 captain obvious thinking he said something valuable here 😂😂

[@jamesmiles1328]

@@CaptainUncle1836 well obviously it’s not lol,look at the comments mate lot people think he’s tough because he’s got a bit muscle,bit weird your jumping to he’s defence are you he’s boyfriend?,

[@kerryblight9820]

What an arrogant man! Laughing and joking in front of the manager when you have just lost is disrespectful and he was the one in the wrong.

[@dada41954]

but he didnt laugh

[@gregordrizzlewing7339]

@@dada41954 Kerry got his pantys in a bunch again ffs

[@John1873--]

Are your ears painted on?

[@Pjj878]

Lmao are you unable to understand simple sentences? He wasn't laughing and Hughes admitted he was wrong

[@jefflanghornephoto]

Did you even listen to what he said?

[@trueblue7181]

Mark Hughes is a gentleman and one the nicest guys in the game. The fact you were laughing after a defeat shows that you didn't give a fcuk about the loss, the club and the fans or anyone else I would have dropped you from the first team and told you to find another club. The fact that you are a pundit absolutely baffles me, most pundits had a successful career what did Richard's win what did Mark Hughes win ? He is a legend.

[@andyukmonkey]

Like he says. He wasn't laughing. It was obviously a misunderstanding.

[@Ipdex]

Why does it baffle you mate, he's black & only black lives seem to matter nowadays..

[@sinclairmasher1748]

@@andyukmonkey damn man! The idiot clearly say he was laughing. Pay attention or piss off from the conversation.

[@andyukmonkey]

​@@sinclairmasher1748 I paid attention. He says "for some reason he thought I was laughing"

[@asmo2183]

Broadcasters got to make the quotas, with all the woke culture nowadays.

[@Phill0old]

This is the modern footballer, a legend in his own mind. He can't speak to me like that but I can laugh at whatever I want when I want. What a chump. He would literally never have played for any team I managed again until he apologised.

[@JamboLinnman]

Absolutely. The guy laughs like a demented hyena at completely inappropriate times and situations. A legend in his own lunchtime with delusions of grandeur. If he’s not going to put the team ahead of his own fragile little ego, he can rot in the reserves.

[@84Victorious]

You sound salty Phil. It is what it is deal with it.

[@richardkelbie7726]

Spot on

[@nbl1ve804]

Agree

[@Phill0old]

@@84Victorious I care what you think because? You sound no less salty, get over it.

[@sonsofthetribe]

I swear Micah thinks he’s was better than he actually was.

[@deetee4403]

It's like when David Beckham acts like he was in same class as Brazilian Ronaldo and zidane

[@sonsofthetribe]

Personally if say Beckham was as good as them, not in dribbling etc but his passing his free kicks his ability to win in big games made him one of the best players I’ve ever seen.

[@deetee4403]

@@sonsofthetribe were you born in the millennium?

[@regworld1167]

How many defenders "Burst onto The Scene"?

[@Ashley-iz9iy]

fair enough to him youngest defender to play for England and won a league title

[@hugosanchez5967]

I'll tell you this start with a 29 year old Mark Hughes he'd end Richards in a minute.

[@trinihammer]

no chance white boys bleed easily

[@denismcglynn2619]

The modern player. Can't take a dressing down. So happy after a loss... that says it all.

[@frankmachin5438]

I played Sunday League football and if I’d laughed after a loss my team mates would’ve killed me😉

[@mediacenterman8583]

FFS. Micah did not laugh, that's why he confronted Hughes over it!

[@Eclipse2582]

You played Sunday League football for a reason, and it wasn't because you were any good.

[@billynuts4439]

Micah played for city when they were shite now he's an expert

[@silverapples75]

Won the title mate not that shite eh?

[@kingindanorth0072]

@@silverapples75 he wasnt an important part as rest of his career showed that.

[@mediacenterman8583]

City were shite when they won the title? Catch yourself on!

[@silverapples75]

@@kingindanorth0072 So? We're talking about City being shite in 11/12 mate. Which they weren't.

[@JamboLinnman]

A lot of replies to this comment have pretty poor comprehension. To say he played for City when they were shite (finishing 14th and 15th) and that he played for City when they won the league are both correct.

[@Mangoxyz1111]

This fella rates himself unbelievably highly. Had a couple of good seasons then they bought a better right back. Can name 50 better right backs than him in prem history

[@pauledwards6987]

He’d never have had 5 minutes at Utd under Fergie.. even if he’d been good enough

[@omarbuksh8077]

He forget to mention the part when everyone in the team burst out laughing at the thought of Micah destroying anything.

[@kierondhindsa1413]

You joke but Micah Richards is a big man, he’s not someone you’d want to fight

[@originalrbp2869]

Im pretty sure he'd destroy you mate

[@omarbuksh8077]

@@Dionysos640 yes, and going by the way he acts and shouts his "achievements" and has to say how he can destroy you,, he's the biggest scared man in the team.

[@kierondhindsa1413]

@@omarbuksh8077 I think he’s fine tbh, he always seems calm and laughing. There’s nothing about him that says scared.

[@omarbuksh8077]

@@PyscoNaturalist Ramadan doesn't make one cranky. In fact it's a time for reflection. God bless you. Buddy.

[@leeskywalker2691]

Yeah sure Micah! Next he's going to say he did the same to Mancini

[@pepfleurs1258]

Yeah sure lee skywalker cos you know everything u melt

[@deetee4403]

Mancini a man who has actually won things as a manager, probably would not have singled out a player because of their inherent good nature.

[@amysmileyreid95]

Mancini would’ve just had him whacked! Imagine the cannoli scene from the Godfather, that would’ve been the end of Micah Richards!

[@TheHitmann069]

Micah Richards. A legend in his own lunchtime. 🤡

[@trooney71]

The clown emoji is quite apt for Richards. He's made a career on that guffawing laugh because he didn't have the football career he'd like us all to believe he had. He sits at those shows with 2 world class footballers when all he is, is a world class turd.

[@Eclipse2582]

Sorry, I must have missed Mark Hughes being the next Arrigo Sacchi or something because I swear that no Premier League clubs are willing to give him a job to the point that he's now managing in League Two.

[@trooney71]

@@Eclipse2582 Arrigo Sacchi & Mark Hughes. Are you stuck in some sort of time warp?

[@Eclipse2582]

@@trooney71 The way you clowns are carrying on in these comments, you make Leslie Mark Hughes out to be some kind of managerial genius who was somehow justified in trying to publicly humiliate Micah Richards instead of reality being that he is yet another failed British Manager who has been found out in the top-flight and now manages in League Two!

[@ivorleak8823]

@@Eclipse2582 did you not hear the part about them losing and he appeared to laugh?

[@rijamor]

On what basis does Micah Richards form the opinion of his footballing excellence? The best player in his own kitchen?

[@VillaBoys123]

He didn't win the PL and play for England then?

[@brentmeistergeneral6074]

And he was second in PL player of the year behind only Steven Gerrard, all when he was about 20. He did alright! 😉

[@rijamor]

@@VillaBoys123 quite a few players have done that, but I dont think that qualifies them to self-glorify themselves to the level he does. I'm not saying he wasn't a reasonable player, but he needs to get real.

[@rijamor]

@@brentmeistergeneral6074 and there we have it...he did 'alright'. He'd have you believe he won the balon d'or ten times on the bounce.

[@r4h4al]

I remember the 06/07 season he was sensational & was the youngest defender to ever play for England. I remember his debut against Arjen Robben & he played a blinder. But unfortunately things started to go wrong when he joined Villa.

[@eyft5163]

Why is Richard's in the same room discussing with actual legends ...

[@uduakinyang1733]

No one else in the room burst onto the scene

[@seandrew7837]

😂

[@telewag-travel]

We all know the answer.

[@thoughtfulprofessor4198]

Micah Richards stealing a living as a pundit. The Harry Maguire of punditry

[@lilromeos619]

Quota filler lad

[@Elphin89]

@@lilromeos619 oh yes, because every other ex footballer pundit is brilliant, thoughtful and insightful…..yeah right

[@JamboLinnman]

He’s a clown who laughs like a demented hyena at inappropriate situations and he offers zero valuable insight.

[@jonhughes2346]

Absolutely awful pundit

[@84Victorious]

Stay salty.

[@turnitaround7344]

Who does Micah think he is?

[@davidtawse6765]

You don't laugh and joke after you lose a game, Richards is lucky he never played with Roy Keane or he'd have been put straight in his place. Bullying middle aged men, already had a low opinion of Richards, now it's even lower.

[@Matt-yq7wp]

Stay salty

[@deetee4403]

Only shttt sportsmen say things like you said. I've seen Cafu lose a final and still have a smile on his face

[@keynesianeconomics4113]

I’m sure he’s upset that a nobody has a low opinion of him 🤡

[@sunkeneyes9564]

@@keynesianeconomics4113 not as upset as you sound :)

[@Pjj878]

He didn't laugh and joke...

[@lukedavies4321]

This dude is biggest clown going 🤡

[@rfurms]

Richard's has got to be one of the worst football pundits I have ever had the displeasure of listening to. Perfect example of filling a quota for the PC brigade and not based on any talent whatsoever

[@CaptainUncle1836]

Don't stop complaining wo ho ho hooooooo

[@martinsmith8487]

👏

[@gruphenio6787]

I couldn’t agree more with you - I’ve had that guy down as a total pillock from his first day as a pundit.

[@A-K.Osman23]

You’re a liar

[@foreverhiddenpabz]

Love Micah and massive City fan. No player is bigger than the club or manager.

[@jonathanjoynes5216]

This is why he never progressed from being an average player to a better than average player.

[@philippeh3904]

“Who do you think I am, Zabaletta”? 😂

[@joshrich1642]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jamesmiles1328]

Zabaletta was better then him keeped him out the team

[@blockymcblockyface]

Mark Hughes - infinitely better player than Micah Richards

[@redpugie6235]

how did Mark Hughes do as a manager

[@blockymcblockyface]

@@redpugie6235 Not great but probably on par to Micah’s playing career

[@rayfinkle2805]

@@redpugie6235 banged your bird

[@Eclipse2582]

Leslie Mark Hughes: A fraud of a manager at Premier League level and now managing a League Two side.

[@neemnoa303]

I like Richards as a Pundit but what was he thinking there? Mark Hughes was a legendary player and a well respected manager. Your job as a player - and the reason you get paid millions of pounds - is to follow the manager's instructions and to put in 100% effort both in training and in games. If you think he's unfair, you go into his office and explain yourself. Not threaten him, Jesus Christ...

[@Eclipse2582]

Wrong and wrong. Mark Hughes was overrated as a player and crap as a manager. He has no place trying to publicly belittle players in the dressing room when he has achieved fuck all as a manager. Micah was absolutely right to put him in his place.

[@neemnoa303]

@@Eclipse2582 He won two Premier League titles, four FA Cups, three League Cups and two European Cup Winners' Cups. Hughes was the first player to win the PFA Players' Player of the Year award twice. He guided Blackburn to sixth place in the premier league as a manager. Compared to that Richards has done nothing. But even that shouldn't matter. There's a hierarchy and it's there for a reason.

[@Eclipse2582]

@@neemnoa303 Mark's Hughes playing career has fuck-all to do with his managerial career. Especially when he only won the majority of that by being carried by better players towards the end of his Man Utd career. He did next to nothing with Utd in his prime during the 1980s. He is as mediocre as British managers come - his managerial career win-rate is 38%. He is now managing a club in the FOURTH TIER of English football because no Premier League club is stupid enough to give him a job.

[@neemnoa303]

@@Eclipse2582 "Mark's Hughes playing career has fuck-all to do with his managerial career." - funny how you say this after literally beginning your original comment about his qualities as a player lol. Hypocrisy at its finest.

[@Eclipse2582]

@@neemnoa303 The difference is you're the one trying to use the classic idiotically flawed British logic of "player who won things = great manager" by listing his honours, as if it did it all by himself. Tap yourself on the head and face facts. Hughes wasn't up to it then and isn't up to it now, hence why he is currently managing in the fourth tier of English football.

[@DMMJBSM]

God, one of the worst & most annoying pundits .

[@gregod806]

According to Micah, he burst onto the scene and now he is claiming he was one of the better players. Really good players let their performances on the pitch speak for them, or let others say how good they were. We all know now he is a bubbly character, but after a defeat in the changing room is not the place to be jolly. Disappointed he challenged the manager.

[@Nick-Emery]

Funny how he never mentions stealing a living at Villa

[@monkey271070]

Wow…he still doesn’t see why he never made it lol

[@Ashley-iz9iy]

he was injured half the time

[@TheMuzikall]

Never made it?....his Bank accounts says different lol...same with David Bentley..Collymore and others...they just want to enjoy the game without all the politics....

[@monkey271070]

@@TheMuzikall ok you are talking money, I was talking about his talent as he was a footballer, he could have been world class but ended up unheard off in playing football, most of his career he didn’t even get picked for his many teams that tried to get him off the books.

[@ArthurSymington1]

I’m sure he’ll be devastated you feel that way lol. Played at a level that literally millions aspire to.

[@monkey271070]

@@ArthurSymington1 feel that way ? Me…I don’t feel anything, he is a nobody footballer, had potential when a teenager then was forgotten about for the rest of his career. Cant even remember him playing.

[@summerhillfitness7625]

Exactly what’s wrong with football dressing Roos today

[@johnmitchell2269]

"I was one of the better players while I was there " Spent years and years as second choice RB behind Zabaleta and Sagna. They signed so many RB's whilst he was there. Maicon another.

[@creightontolliver3547]

not during Mark Hughes' tenure

[@Forever4God]

You people are so clueless at times. Injuries is what destroyed him in the pecking order. Not Zaba or Sagna... smh wow. This post and so many others

[@Lulba]

@@Forever4God people showing their age, Dunne and Richards kept city alive for years, and people are trying to say a washed up Sagna 5 years later did him in... Clueless

[@305Solo]

Sagna and Maicon were signed 2 or 3 years after Hughes was sacked

[@CaptainUncle1836]

You have Google at your fingertips but you were so emotional writing this you forgot to be logical

[@alexhamer8787]

This video is comedy gold, the number of david brent quotes from micah is hilarious

[@Ziggyziggy1]

Completely in the wrong here Richards! It doesn't matter what your manager tells you, your response can not be, I will destroy you! (I have my doubts if he did say that to mark Hughes)

[@Eclipse2582]

He's completely in the right. He didn't laugh and Leslie Mark Hughes had no right to try and embarrass him in from of his colleagues. Micah was absolutely right to stand his ground and put him in his place and was validated when Leslie Mark Hughes apologised for his piss-poor man-management skills after. Hughes is now managing Bradford City in League Two with no PL club ever likely to offer him a job again.

[@tfinde]

You can tell Gary and Alan know Sparky is a sound guy

[@johnnyutah999]

Micah was an average player who has no place with these two legends

[@rayfinkle2805]

He’s black

[@KingCalla]

The jolly behaviour and constant over the top laughter is all for the cameras. Micah Richards actually takes himself very seriously clearly…

[@harveysmith100]

Always use the most successful as a bench mark. Would he have said "I will destroy you." To Sir Alex Ferguson? There can only ever be one boss.

[@TheReflectiveCoachPodcast]

I really like Micah Richards, but the pundit. However as a footballer, injury plagued and seeming like someone who wanted to square up to the manager is wrong. I always backed Richards as a player. However he's just shown where and how players get their power from the changing room and what's wrong with the whole footballer ego and power. He's the gaffa so stfu and listen.

[@jasongavin1665]

Square up? He said verbally attack with the same treatment he was treated with. He's in a workplace environment, can a manager in any other workplace do that or be allowed to?

[@TheReflectiveCoachPodcast]

@@jasongavin1665 Squaring up verbally and even so, they're in a high performance environment, being paid millions of pounds. So yes a manager has every right to shut the players down, especially at the highest level. IF he spoke out like that and I was Mark Hughes he'd be gone. Make an example, decrease player power, reassert yourself, which is what Fergie has done for years and made himself the greatest manager ever from it.

[@Revelian1982]

@@jasongavin1665 Can an employee have as much power in a common workplace as a footballer does at a club? You're comparing apples and oranges. Football is completely different.

[@roberthayes9842]

Don't be daft player's and manager's have always had word's, it's part of being human, better out than in

[@r4h4al]

True.

[@John...44...]

Even though this is micahs side of the story, I'm still on Mark Hughes side... I'd have been livid to catch someone laughing and joking after a loss

[@grahamcox7888]

" I will destroy you" that's hilarious, I am optimus prime 🤣🤣

[@Savage-sr6lh]

What a load of rubbish 8 outta 10 bosses would have stuck him in the reserves until he apologised for disrespecting the manager,Fergie would have sold him just to prove a point and clough would have punched him in the face

[@michaelwotherspoon6956]

I was the better player he said😂😂 yeah mate warming that bench up you had some good days!! Trash player👌

[@thomascrowe314]

How Richard's actually got a job in punditry is beyond belief

[@grahamking4280]

We all know why

[@erniescullion8452]

He is a good pundit. Above average to just good player

[@jacobmcintosh2341]

not exactly a legend like the other pundits but he is funny

[@Jerry21238]

It's obvious.

[@josiekaposie5783]

Jenas as well , its called quotas

[@305Solo]

‘He wasn’t one of their best players, they had loads of better RB’s….’ Mark Hughes was sacked in November/December 2009 if I recall correctly, so those of you bringing up the likes of Sagna and Maicon…. GO AND DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE HITTING THE KEYBOARDS

[@Godot28]

Anyone who believes this actually happened, and that it wasn't just Micah fantasising years after the event, needs to have a word with themselves. Next thing we hear from him is about that time he nutmegged Maldini before he scored the winning goal in a world cup final... 🤣🤣

[@lboymma]

why cant Richards see he was in the wrong you think getting older would change the way he thought about it

[@Eclipse2582]

Because he wasn't in the wrong. Mark Hughes was out of order trying to publicly belittle Micah like that, and Micah rightly put him in his place. Mark Hughes is now a League Two manager, so his "methods" were clearly a load of bollocks at the highest level that top-flight players saw through.

[@NOBODY-cn6fj]

@@Eclipse2582 💩💩💩💩

[@steviemac2681]

He never laughed.

[@Eclipse2582]

@@NOBODY-cn6fj Stop kissing Leslie Mark Hughes' arse, you 🤡.

[@QZDog123]

If Micah was that good of a player… look what happened to career post City 👍🏼

[@Eclipse2582]

And where is Mark Hughes now? He's managing a club in the fourth tier of English football.

[@NOBODY-cn6fj]

@@Eclipse2582 are you really comparing mark Hughes to that laughing hyena?? Tosser

[@sharman8489]

@@Eclipse2582 mark Hughes was still banging them in for Man Utd and winning the premiership at the same age Micah retired. No comparison.

[@gruphenio6787]

Exactly

[@arthurshelby3125]

@@Eclipse2582 do you remember when micha richards was signed for barcelona???? who about sparky? do you rememeber that? Where is mark hughes now, hes manager of bradford city....... that is a better job than being on tv talking lol.... 40 odd year career is legendary..... shearer lineker and richards cant touch hughes career.........

[@dacads]

No way he would have said that to Ferguson

[@derekpeel22]

Sick of seeing him , every time I turn on tv and we all know he’s only there for one box ticking reason!

[@redpugie6235]

racism vibes from big derek

[@Avgeek1564]

Same with Alex Scott.

[@redpugie6235]

@@Avgeek1564 do you just sit in your house all day furious about the existence of black people and women

[@ponyboycurtis3795]

Facts

[@thedude9752]

If you think one of your players is laughing after a defeat you've every right to pull them up on it. Case closed!

[@Eclipse2582]

And the player has every right to stand his ground and not let the manager try to publicly embarrass him in front of his colleagues. Case closed!

[@thedude9752]

Publicly embarrass him in front of his colleagues? It's football mate, they're team mates not colleagues. Get the hr department to have a meeting about feelings shall we? Or shall we just stfu laughing after a defeat? I vote the latter 👍

[@nffctrickett]

@@Eclipse2582 when you get paid the money they do. they deserve to be bollocked.

[@thedude9752]

@@Eclipse2582 i understand what a colleague is lad. I'm from the roy keane school of thought when it comes to football. Prefer the old school values. I'll leave you and your colleagues to discuss feelings

[@oseirabor1467]

Micah is the Maguire of punditry. He is basically stealing a living.

[@chesterwunpen2196]

He is employed as a pundit as part of the dumbing down policy.

[@thesatisfiedcustomer4869]

He is stealing a living, thinks guffawing really loudly at stuff means he has a personality

[@Eclipse2582]

Kinda like how crap managers like Leslie Mark Hughes steal a living because of what they did as players and not because they have any actual coaching ability.

[@peetpeterbeekley]

Gentlemen I enjoy your podcast so much, because you bring laughter and information in a package. Thank you.

[@matthewwilliams8339]

I agree with Hughes here. You can't be laughing after losing.

[@Eclipse2582]

He should've pulled Micah up about in private instead of trying to publicly embarrass him in front of other players. Micah absolutely right to stand his ground and tell Leslie Mark Hughes where to go.

[@Mindfull_Momentum]

@@Eclipse2582 definitely needed to say something publicly so others would realise you can't be laughing after a loss. Maybe not swearing though

[@Eclipse2582]

@@Mindfull_Momentum No he definitely didn't need to try and publicly belittle Micah in front of the other players like that. He should have talked to Micah privately and he knows that because he apologized to Micah soon after. Weak mentality from a poor manager.

[@Mindfull_Momentum]

@@Eclipse2582 I'm not talking about belittling the guy I wouldn't agree with that. All I'm saying is if your team has just lossed a game u go into the changing rooms and see a player smiling u say something or ask him to maybe save the laughs for perhaps a little later. If a manager can't do that and the players are too weak to have to have a private chat about that the game is finished.

[@dondamon4669]

Imagine Hughes getting shouted at by Micah lol he probably thought this was hilarious! Hughes was real player and man

[@JohnConboy1]

Could you imagine him saying that to Fergie? no, me neither.

[@khalidtaib7590]

Did this Guy really just told The legendary mark Hughes : “ who they hell you think your talking too “???? Like pardon , Mr Cafu ..😂😂😂😂😂 No wonder he never made it to become a top player

[@Eclipse2582]

Legendary Mark Hughes what?? He was barely above-average as a player and he has done fuck all as a manager, let's be 100% honest about this.

[@TrequartistaFM]

@@Eclipse2582 barely above average?

[@Eclipse2582]

@@TrequartistaFM Yes, that's what I said - barely above average. Never a top-class striker at all. Never ever had a 20+ league goal season in his career (best was 17 goals in 40 league games for Man Utd in 1985-86) and only hit 20+ goals in all competitions three times in his whole career. Averaged a goal every four games for club and country. He definitely wasn't anywhere near as good as Ian Rush.

[@TrequartistaFM]

@@Eclipse2582 tbf not many people were as good as rush

[@Eclipse2582]

@@TrequartistaFM Precisely my point. If Rush was the bar, Hughes was considerably below it. Overrated.

[@Bighandsdown]

Interesting the Shearer approach. He was too good for a manager to actually hold a grudge for more than a day 😂🔥

[@temporaryuseraccount0012]

Alan Shearer is a player a manager 'would' actually need on his side.

[@dominicmurphy6856]

Imagine speaking to your boss like that, the world has gone crazy

[@Eclipse2582]

Imagine trying to humiliate one of your players publicly to try and deflect from your pure incompetence as a Manager. Well in to Micah for putting him in his place.

[@dominicmurphy6856]

@@Eclipse2582 to your boss? You have a civil conversation. Not tell them you’ll destroy them! 😂

[@Eclipse2582]

@@dominicmurphy6856 What exactly was civil about Leslie Mark Hughes trying to publicly humiliate Micah in front of his teammates?? Hughes got exactly what he deserved. Micah put him in his place and rightly so. The clown is now managing Bradford City in League Two.

[@oults4585]

Player power. Scourge of the modern game and responsible for the high turnover of managers in the top flight we see today. He's the epitome of the modern player, what a tit.

[@loveandrespecttoall9980]

Mr Alan Shearer - Premier league legend

[@richardgoldie5923]

And this was the time it all started changing where players thought the were bigger than the boss?

[@abiogunleye2239]

A Gooner fan but Mark Hughes is a legend 💯💥

[@TheRiderGuider]

As a Bradford City fan … I hope he builds on that status 😁

[@franktemple4563]

Mark Huges was a great player the bigger the game the better he played

[@114hours]

@@TheRiderGuider CTID

[@TheRiderGuider]

@@114hours UP THE BANTAMS

[@codemastertalon6439]

all richards would destroy is a pie

[@getheroutofthetruck]

He burst on to the scene.

[@ash_classicphysique]

my opinion of him has lowered even further, typical footballer self entitlement to speak to a manager like that. Should of binned him straight away.

[@robp2282]

If only his big performances matched his big personality

[@Paulkfrsoldgit]

An average player,believing his own over blown ‘personality ‘ makes him an expert in everything related to professional football. Only there as a box ticker.

[@MannBazza]

Someone called Micah Richard’s bang average. Lol. Sorry, no one who is capped by their country, gets 200+ Premier League appearances and almost 50 clean sheets as a defender is bang average. League 2 and 3 players are bang average. He also has a Premier League Winners medal. I don’t want to blow smoke up his ass, but he was a far better player than a lot of the commentators here are giving him credit for.

[@Eclipse2582]

Ironically, they're all rushing to suck off Leslie Mark Hughes, a League Two manager who failed dismally at managing in the Premier League and will likely never manage there again.

[@TheAsa1972]

Who do you think i am, Mark Hughes ,A Reserve player now go in the other group ,There's a good lad

[@afokabest]

.....and that's how England players always Bottles in all competitions. They have massive ego and pride and temper but yet so childish.

[@paullewis6858]

Micah was one if the first out at Man City, crap attitude.

[@iMertin90]

respect level for this man i didnt think could get any higher haha what a man

[@WallKenshiro]

This is how winners don't talk.

[@nonrevnosnibormetalbeerrev6251]

He was as good as Wendy Richards ffs

[@mattclarke7929]

He’s not even the best defender in a room by himself

[@OldeJanner]

So famous, I've never heard of him!

[@rub1tan679]

Was Mark Hughes Manager .. when Micah burst onto the scene ?

[@martinsmith8487]

Cannot stand the pleb, no matter where he is he acts like a 5 yr old Xmas morning 🤬

[@stevenaitcheson6938]

The side of Micah you dont see.

[@Tony-im6ub]

If he would have said that to SAF he'd be playing in Preston North End the following season

[@Geeoorggee]

Micah was part of that shambolic villa team that got relegated