Top 10 Things That Are RUINING Football Today

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Today - Zac takes us through all the things that are RUINING our beautiful game at the moment! Have we missed any out though? Let us know in the comments...
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But what on our list pisses you off the most? Let us know in the comments below.

[@anupamdas9160]

Euro Football Daily CSL

[@unnamedperson739]

Euro Football Daily zac hosting

[@raijsam]

Euro Football Daily Where's social media?

[@SocratestheFate]

your harcut

[@alexproctor9751]

Euro Football Daily When a player gets sacked for doing something a fan would do (Wayne Shaw)

[@liamsmith5180]

How the fuck are domestic cups ruining football footballers get paid around 100 grand a week and you're telling me that they can't play two games in a week like for fuck sake players like carrick have an excuse because he is 35 and it's difficult but cups are always exciting.

[@miladibrahim1068]

Liam Smith they just bring a random bulshit to make a video everyday lol

[@werealldoomed536]

Liam Smith The English system is just plain bad. Hardly anyone in Germany or Italy complain about the cup and how it's run

[@ivaneurope]

The problem is that domestic cups no longer have the value they used to have. Remember when the Cup Winners Cup was a thing? It was a competition for domestic cup winners. The UEFA CWC died because of one thing - the expansion of the so called "Champions" League for non-champions. By 1999 when it was the last CWC tournament the big nations have sent as many as 4 teams and UCL and in CWC were teams that were runners-up in their domestic cup. This devalued domestic cup competitions since many teams who win it would later qualify for UCL anyway. Commercialiazation of the UCL to a Rich Clubs League destroyed the Cup Winners Cup and the domestic cup competitions with it

[@tnuyx9405]

Bundesliga has high attendance because the tickets are cheaper

[@tricky1506]

Tnuy X Because it's smart, BPL has high prices and lots of disappointment

[@dipper0yawn]

Yep. You don't have to sell a kidney in order to afford a ticket for a Bundesliga game.

[@007Fusiion]

Yes. But they have more incentive because the people are invested in their clubs.

[@LJYG02]

also because it is interesting

[@alvarorey9308]

I should learn German.

[@puolki]

"Football is a global sport, and for too long the attention of the world's spectators has been focused on Western Europe" - Number 8: China takes away our players!

[@rud7490]

so true, I think people need to give the Chinese league a chance.

[@yomama3816]

Han Solo i

[@natalkumar6132]

@@rud7490 Chinese League is fine with the whole world's all criminal activities . So I wouldn't want it to be big .

[@markdevlin4232]

1 - The Premier League and it's commercialism.

[@_amn2168]

Corruption better be on this list

[@caloconnor21]

#Sepp

[@Batman-xs2hd]

That is a bad haircut...

[@EuroFootballDaily]

Yeah the barber fucked me up.. Any recommendations Batman? (Zac)

[@Batman-xs2hd]

Euro Football Daily skin head, stone island jacket and make a FT account mate

[@boogiexo]

Reppin'

[@itseshaan8156]

Basically 1 word - Money

[@garetho03]

ItsEshaan 2 words china and money :v

[@donaldjgumpofficial5754]

China is because of money.

[@siddhantsinha1331]

You forgot pie eating

[@charliegardner3260]

Siddhant Sinha 😂

[@thteytirutiwisio4577]

Siddhant Sinha pies are class especially at Cardiff

[@TheAndrewMaddox]

Oh sod off. The domestic cups (at least in England) is fantastic

[@Eduard000F]

Andrew Maddox I don't like League cups but I have to admit that I enjoy when a club from a lower league beats a club from the Premier league....

[@donaldjgumpofficial5754]

Maybe they should guarantee these types of fixtures instead of games like Stoke vs West Brom in the 4th round. The lowest positioned clubs should be guaranteed a home tie vs the higher positioned clubs up until at least the quarter finals.

[@emilioc.6358]

I can't even remember the last time that the league was decided on the last day of the season.

[@lukescanlon66]

Mimo Ch. Man City and Man U 2012

[@liamlawlor2002]

Mimo Ch. 2012

[@williamsibri1296]

Mimo Ch. La liga 2014

[@19750bob]

bad memory

[@thteytirutiwisio4577]

Mimo Ch. quite often, the championship last season

[@JamesMartin-lx4lb]

This video symbolises a lot of what is wrong with football today. The 3pm blackout helps to protect attendances for lower league clubs. It's ok for Premier League clubs to lure players away from other leagues by offering vast amounts of money, but if China does the same that's apparently wrong? The domestic cups are shit, tell that to fans of Wigan and Swansea? Believe it or not, the entire sport doesn't have to revolve around the needs of the top six in the Premier League. Get out of your armchair and support your local team and you might find out why.

[@Galloway8786]

100% agree. This list was created by a London based Man Utd fan.

[@donaldjgumpofficial5754]

Maybe it was created by Zach?

[@liamparker0315]

James Martin FA CUP CHAMPIONS 2013

[@seven-sevensevens877]

James Martin Honestly the premier league was a mistake, a beginning of the end for non-globalized soccer (U.S.) I’ve stopped following the premier league, realizing I was part of the problem, since I have no local ties or anything even close

[@djy5645]

He's painfully boring to listen to.

[@gerardmcwilliam4667]

This guy is getting better

[@EuroFootballDaily]

Thanks Gerard, you know what they say practice makes perfect. Hopefully in a few months it'll be like second nature to me. (Zac)

[@gerardmcwilliam4667]

Euro Football Daily Sure you will be. Top quality content as always btw!

[@ashtonbenz]

i had 2 dislike this

[@jhjhbihih8494]

Gerard McWilliam still a long way to go though

[@randy2152]

Gerard McWilliam that's how I feel about all of them and why I think it's so immature for people to say they want whoever gone on the first episode. They all are probably nervous and aren't the best when they start but you have to give them a chance to improve and I think almost all of them have

[@Galloway8786]

The 3pm blackout is a good thing for real fans and helps attendances at lower league clubs. The domestic cups are also exciting for lower league fans. The insinuation that Depay, Sterling or Martial are given racist treatment from the press is nonsense.

[@hurrikane8417]

"Do you remember when football was surprising."One word. Leicester.

[@abdgaming2671]

his hair can get more trophy's more than arsene Wenger get in 20 years

[@FootballDaily]

ABD GAMING This comment made no sense but I agree (Zac)

[@abdgaming2671]

Football Daily thanks for replying

[@LoneWolfCODYT]

We could have spain/Portugal world Cup instead of Russia God damn it

[@onetwo6803]

England, Germany, Italy and France also have lots of big and great stadiums.

[@user-cm1bv2jr5x]

what's the difference between spurs and a book a book has a title

[@BestBoyPatrick]

Bryan the chelsea fan CHELSEA

[@BestBoyPatrick]

Bryan the chelsea fan we are number 1

[@nathanedwards6130]

Patboyslim420 Yeahboi fuck off

[@syedshahrear9464]

I wish they would bann these chelsea because they are so annoying

[@zacharyatta3723]

Bryan the chelsea fan every time you comment I despise you,but not this time.atleast Arsenal and Chelsea fans can agree on one thing,Tottenham is shit 😂😂

[@benmccarthy9180]

Can't really slag off stone island when you're stood there in a baggy adidas top can you

[@leslieasaiah-asher]

The timing of the African Nations Cup during European domestic league campaigns.

[@andrefilipovic7850]

Russia and Qatar is the worst idea ever wyyyyyy

[@lingardinho2956]

MRMRICALE MAN They just want the money

[@OPTIC23100]

MRMRICALE MAN right. They don't even use the stadiums after the world cup

[@markuspro3598]

OPTIC23100 Russia is big

[@mrdavis3626]

I also thought like you until I watched this video and heard russia hate those scum, men who like men and qatar banned those scum men who like men. now I think it will be a great world cup in countries who like real men. just look around the 4 top leagues how many of those scum are there ans 0, why FOOTBALL IS A MAN'S SPORT FOR REAL MEN

[@M4uvez]

spurs forever You seem to have a real fondness for "real men"... Are you gay?

[@SaketDumbre]

Hey Euro Football Daily guys, can you do a video on the Top 10 Most Lopsided (or weird) Transfer Deals of All Time? Say for example Inter Milan and Barcelona swapping Ibrahimovic and Eto'o + $30m (or some amount like that). Ibra failed miserably at Barca while Eto'o went on to win a second consecutive treble with Inter in 2010. Can you guys please do it?

[@caloconnor21]

good idea.

[@fazza6742]

Would love to see you vs a Millwall hooligan

[@EuroFootballDaily]

I work with one and we get on just fine. (Zac)

[@Callum_04]

Whos Scored The Most premier league points if all time #SundayVibes

[@DatBoi-qm5tc]

Clipz N Sh!t 101 that's easy man united

[@jeyasivanesan1076]

Clipz N Sh!t 101 it s Chelsea they broke the record in 2005

[@DatBoi-qm5tc]

It's of all time so every year all together

[@rosscofox]

5000-1

[@theshab0n811]

Russia 2018 is okay because at least Russia is good at football and has history of football. Qatar 2022 pisses me off cos Qatar sucks and has no football culture, plus they bribed the vote, just because they can't make it to the WC unless being host.

[@manuelzamora3651]

Shabonsta123 true, but at least you can see the batmobile a lot of exotic cars and the tallest building in the world

[@theshab0n811]

then just go on a holiday there not to the world cup...

[@Nine5Vader]

Shabonsta123 Russian football is shit and nobody wants to play in hostile country when there's foreign teams coming over when racism is all over

[@david999922]

Uhm thats dubai mate

[@jeffersonmartinez5668]

Russia did good quater out in the group stage

[@janmichasolms4783]

So, in one word: money.

[@marcoulifc6664]

You're wrong about groundhog day. Palace brought in Hodgeson 😂😂😂

[@temujinartem2375]

What is wrong with RB Leipzig. They haven't signed a single big player. They are just upgrading things like academies

[@harrisoncrawford3304]

Can't believe ur slagging off the cups! Jesus- yeah they might not mean jack shit to the so called' big time Charlie's' but to anyone outside the PL they're a very big deal. I don't normally comment and I Usually love the videos but that point- in my opinion is way off the mark. It just demonstrates the limited view, many football yt channels have only covering the matters that effect the big teams. POOR SHOW 👎🏻

[@haydensellwood2968]

They missed out diving

[@dipper0yawn]

Is it me, or did refs use to give many more yellows for diving 10 - 15 years ago?

[@pushon10]

Avid premier league fan The Dalai Lama was particularly aggrieved by oscar's transfer to China causing him to proclaim that 'this is an outrage, the worst thing China has ever done!'

[@dcmully8983]

Ferguson didn't pull United out of the FA Cup. The FA forced United to go to the Club World Championship to boost their chances of hosting the World Cup in 2006.

[@torresalex]

Great video, and Zac is getting very comfortable in front of the camera. Well done!

[@SolidShoikot]

No, cups like the FA Cup need to stay, because every once in a while you see premiership sides getting humbled by teams from lower leagues. You need those!

[@rtide]

I agree with the WC thing. Making it easier to qualify makes it less of an achievement for international teams.

[@rosscofox]

A suggestion: Soften the blow with a reference to Leicester City who won the premier league by 10 points last season. The greatest sporting achievement of all time.

[@Anu_Sol]

Top 10 things ruining Football Daily: 10. Zac's face 9. Zac's Hair 8. Zac's voice 7. Zac's glasses 6. Zac's personality 5. Zac's breathing in 4. Zac's breathing out 3. Zac's opinions 2. Zac talking 1. Zac's clothes

[@DimShamrock]

48 games to be played to eliminate 12 nations.Um...what?? Last time I checked,48 teams-32 teams=16 teams.Nice one guys.

[@rlagywns]

I agree with everything except the domestic cup competition. They give us stories like Sutton, Lincoln City, Bradford City, etc. I think those feel-good stories maintain the beauty of the sport for me.

[@Wardieshire]

The outrageous amount of money that's in various leagues around the world is what is ruining football today.

[@19750bob]

Zac what on twitter? I couldnt get the spelling, cheers

[@BrianStorm742]

Better idea for a 48-team World Cup: The qualifying stages have to be arranged in such a way that all 48 teams have qualified by the summer before the World Cup takes place. Then, shift the international breaks during the first half of the season in such a way that there are essentially 2 to 3 consecutive weeks of international football in September, October or November (though February or March would also be an option). During this period, the 32 lowest-ranked qualified teams on the FIFA Rankings battle it out on neutral soil in 8 groups of 4 teams, with the top 2 of each group joining the 16 highest-ranked qualified teams at the summer World Cup, which will take place with the usual format. If you really want to improve the standards of football in smaller countries, you could even host a 'small World Cup' involving the 16 teams who were knocked out of the 'first group stage round' battling it out for big amounts of prize money and a consolation trophy. You don't HAVE to ruin the tournament to increase the standards of world football. Heck, you could even appoint 3 different host nations for all 3 stages of the tournament.

[@jamesofomah-parry8587]

zac you are getting better and better each video mate. keep it up

[@EuroFootballDaily]

Thanks, i appreciate it a lot! (Zac)

[@MC-mf7zj]

I'm glad that united are probably only prem team taking the fa cup seriously, trying to rectify what we did.

[@spgk1232]

Your getting better mate keep it up

[@tylernelson4901]

I'm not a fan of the 48-team World Cup either, but it still takes the same amount of games to win as the 32 team World Cup so that's not a reason to reject it

[@SRPC21]

Your final point is just not true in the PL: last season Chelsea won it & Spurs, City & Liverpool finished in the CL places while United won the Europa League & Arsenal the FA cup (& Leicester got the furthest in the Champions League). It was very competitive & not the same old at all.

[@AlfredTheGreatestEver]

can make a case for the 3pm black out. if you take Italy as a reference point, the average attendance in serie A is far below that of the premier league, bundesliga and liga nos in Portugal. some experts such as Andy brassell and James horncastle claim this is in part due to every serie A game being available on TV. there are other factors like the possible dwindling standard of football and the ticket prices, however it is a factor.

[@jamiedickson6276]

Even though i'm from New Zealand I didn't want a 48 team World Cup I just wanted an automatic qualification for OFC

[@nikhilgordon6000]

3pm blackout is good atmosphere would be so shocking without

[@hanwenyap]

This video showed a photo of Malaysia's national team when talking about the 48 team World Cup. Are you guys kidding me? There's a higher possibility of Chinese clubs buying Messi and Ronaldo than Malaysia qualifying for the World Cup.

[@pedrojosesevilla8744]

The fact that Lord Bendter plays in England's second division.

[@jackdavis7722]

Never remove the fa cup, it allows small teams a glory run

[@BD-hy9er]

Pretty crazy to talk about tabloids and transfer speculation when your channel has a whole segment dedicated to that but that's none of my business

[@Wooderz245]

If you want people to attend matches, you need to make it more affordable to attend. You shouldn't ban all televised football between 3 and 5. Look at Germany, you can go to see Bayern vs Dortmund for about 20 euros.

[@guillezorro]

Sorry to be a bit pedantic here but West Germany actually beat Austria 1-0 in 1982, although your sentiment was accurate. Furthermore, I believe that when the 48-team WC rolls in, the group stage will eliminate 16 teams not 12 and although the number of matches throughout the tournament will increase, no one team will play more than 7 matches in total, which is how things currently are. Again though, I agree with your overall points - the idea is an absolute farce!

[@rtide]

However I disagree on the FA Cup argument. Giving small, smaller and straight up diminutive teams the chance on winning silverware makes it exciting.

[@castro2338]

And who is he trying to be? James Arthur?

[@tonesweir]

Cups are piss because the focus is on getting Top 4 for a Champions League place. I think that the cup winners should get a champions league place rather than going to the 3rd or 4th team.

[@Gsukamoto]

Honestly, you guys are 100% true about nowadays football

[@boydmasterplaysgameshd6854]

Wages aren't ruining football, when u would earn for example €1000 per month (normal job) but u got a chance for a job where you would earn €2500, but I don't really job, which would you take?

[@R1chking]

2:16 I didn't know the Belgian Pro League was the most watched league

[@AlfonsoV13]

The players that China has taken aren't that great so dar

[@Mynameisjeff-zk8zg]

?

[@Mynameisjeff-zk8zg]

Oscar

[@Mynameisjeff-zk8zg]

Teves

[@fromelh]

Two years later, it's down to one thing : VAR

[@rhysgellingfisher1489]

The world cup will turn into an international fa cup, and they need to be able to take more players

[@mediumnotagenre727]

rugby just keeps on getting better and more respected

[@Ronakvevo]

They should scrap qualification and get 216 or 208 out of 211 teams straight in the world cup with a straight knock out tournament to give maximum countries a chance to win.

[@garethgartland6515]

lol we can watch all the games on a Saturday at wpm in Ireland 😁😁😁😁

[@SaiyanSite]

The 48 team world cup makes me fucking sick. Worst thing to ever happen to football.

[@RobertoGonzalez-ui1xd]

Can someone counting tell me how many times he has put his hands together? I would like to report a world record

[@chengliu872]

@#10: Something like that used to exist in America's NFL. It ended when President Nixon was angry because he couldn't watch the Redskins' game at the White House.

[@LemonFrames]

watching a vid where a lad is describing football while silently clapping his hands

[@dancastell5202]

U say it would increase fatigue but each team still plays the same amount games to reach the final

[@Noobie2k7]

Yeah i think Champions league 'seeding' has made the competition so boring. I mean why the fuck do the best teams in the world need protecting? The group stage should be completely open imo. Fed up of the top teams being pretty much babysat through the group stages and last 16, while the smaller teams are punished.

[@BestBoyPatrick]

Noobie2k7 I think the people who came first in the group stages should play each other

[@Noobie2k7]

That also means some dickhead teams and such might not want 1st place in the group as much then. Since they'd then get an easier match up if they just purposfully got 2nd. I feel it should be completely random. Same with how the groups are put together. I feel it's completely unfair some of the smaller european countries who only get early prelim matches to get into the Champions League in the first place go through all those extra matches just to make it to the group stage and then just stuck at the bottom of the groups basically as fodder to make it easier for the bigger teams to go through.

[@Noobie2k7]

I think Pato might have gone on a rant about this before on a sunday vibes or another video a while ago. He made a lot of the points i agree with.

[@callummcgregorenthusiast5545]

Domestic cups might not be important in England but in other countries they are

[@isaiahbright7546]

The 3pm blackout is true people wouldn't go as much the bundesliga has cheaper tickets which is why the attendance is higher. Also the FA cup is an important trophy still.

[@nahitz_gamez6379]

I really did not get #5 , can someone explain ??????

[@bjehulk]

4:36 you say that like it's a good thing...

[@carlosvega1635]

tabloids easily help ruin the game too much heat on players who "under perform" and anyone who shows any kind of skill is now the next ronaldo or messi which is crazy in a world where there are many world class players ronaldo and messi sit way up on top all by themselves and this kind of branding leads to ridiculous price tags. awesome video fellas

[@joshshaw9062]

Some things on this list are really good. Fa cup, 3pm match ban and casuals aren't necessarily a bad thing just a way of showing support

[@harryheslop7078]

About number 1 Man City vs Monaco 5-3 one of the best games ever in the champions league, also Leicester City are still in the champions league and could get relegated from the premier league and tips is why I think champions league is still amazing and the best trophies to win. Also the F.A cup is also still one if the best cups to be in for example it gives lower clubs to make lots of money for example Sutton have made over a million pounds in the F.A cup and Lincoln are almost in the semi final, also it gives none league teams like Sutton and Lincoln a chance to play big teams like Arsenal.

[@shreshthshrivastava8372]

Where's VAR?

[@PaulS-yg6tb]

Zac youre getting better at this!

[@EuroFootballDaily]

Thanks man i appreciate it a lot! (Zac)

[@MH_1-9-9-6]

Have you ever been to a game?

[@Supertomiman]

I didn't realize I was watching buzzfeed...

[@evilstunky]

Oscar will receive his medal because he has played over 5 games. Just like how schurrle won his medal despite moving to germany. General knowledge, EFD.

[@simonlee2099]

Lay off zach the guy is improving massively keep it up man

[@isaacwilliaiii843]

Malaysia is mention twice in this video, I must now swell with insignificant

[@amirulhakim351]

Thanks EFD for using the 'Malaysian team' as a reference to as a joke of a team. They really are -Harimau Malaya

[@myfootyuniverse]

You say footballs boring because its predictable but then you say we should get rid of the FA Cup. Seems legit!

[@grigshesk6264]

Roman's empire is not just tiny compared to Red Bull's. Its tiny compared to City's as well, more specifically that of City Football Group. I wouldn't be surprised if City's was bigger as a football conglomerate. RB Leipzig is their biggest club but German teams don't rake in anywhere near as much in TV money. Although MLS probably doesn't bring in much.

[@iandavidson2393]

The EDL is not racist. You are great at showing just one point of view on subjects.

[@lmnz6030]

Number 3 cracked me right up hahah "Pepology" they're complete numpty's

[@stephentokley4345]

3pm blackout is a good thing

[@lazicaLFC]

GREAT VIDEO !!!!

[@jamescostello6135]

Got excited for the title and then he showed up

[@MC-mf7zj]

I agree with getting rid of the league cup but not the fa cup

[@jamesparkinson8374]

haha what's with all the hand moments lol.

[@elliotboiii]

This guys alright. I remember how much I used to dislike the guys on this and the main channel but they have improved a lot in the last year