What On Earth Is Going On At Sampdoria?

[@SKa-tt9nm]

Underrated part of Sampdoria history: Years before that 91-92 team that lost to Cruyff’s Barca dream team in the UCL final, they started building by signing Liverpool’s captain Graeme Souness to lead the young team. Souness was coming off of winning 3 CL trophies with Liverpool. Souness instilled a lot of toughness in the Sampdoria team, finishing 6th in the ballon dor voting in the process (while playing one of the most under appreciated positions on the field). He was long gone by the time they won the scudetto in ‘91, but his fingerprints were all over that team.

[@robinhazell6019]

When Sampdoria lost to Barca in 1992, it wasn't the UCL Final. It was the European Cup final.

[@TheRealAhoy]

​@@robinhazell6019same thing

[@robinhazell6019]

@@TheRealAhoy No, it is NOT thesame thing. The European cup was a straight knockout rounds cup. 1 team from each country, apart from the holders who were allowed to enter to defend the trophy. The UCL has 4 teams from th top leagues, and 1, 2 or 3 teams from lower leagues. The European cup was always won by a Champion. The UCL has often been won by a club that were NOT champions the previous season. Do your homework.

[@TheRealAhoy]

@@robinhazell6019 If Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, or various others win the European cup this year, they will be called "The XXth time European champions!", that figure will include the amount of titles they won pre-ucl, because it's the SAME COMPETITION!! The branding is different, the layout is different, but the lineage never broke away from the past. It would be pretty ludicrous to do so, seeing as the champions League is based around the illustrious history of the European cup.

[@AlexDaly-s2r]

​@@robinhazell6019they're literally the exact same thing pussy boy

[@dominiclee5786]

Proud Sampdoria fan from Singapore since 1995.

[@Phoney72]

Ah I feel sorry for anyone in the UK who missed out on watching James Richardson presenting Football Italia in the 90s. Absolute peak football TV

[@familyread7889]

Facts there mate

[@patrickwilliams6143]

I hear that theme tune, I still get goosebumps. Golazzo!

[@chimarleywai]

George weah

[@paultapner2769]

@@chimarleywai Franco Baresi. Gabriel Batistuta. Rui Costa.

[@nevilleneville6518]

Then a live game on a Sunday afternoon watching the best players in the world - Batistuta, Vialli, Gascoigne, Baggio, Gullit, Maldini....the list goes on and on.

[@iandoddsblah]

Love opening YT at lunchtime and there being a hot, steaming new HITC7 vid

[@JinZanmato]

Used to be Sampdora on the old manager games from 2005. Remember them as a plucky underdog that made Serie-A exciting in the 90's. Sad to see the state of that club now. Hope they recover, return to Serie-A and be a plucky underdog again one day.

[@leonfoster5397]

Day 4 of Requesting Top 7 Best Footballer Hair Transplants

[@ifan_1234]

i swear if this gets done before my Welsh premier league idea I'll lose it 😭

[@leonfoster5397]

@@ifan_1234 i hope you support Airbus United

[@arihoaine9414]

my friend I'm with you on this one

[@SKa-tt9nm]

Berbatov and Salah come to mind. Conti as well. Didn’t KDB get one as well?

[@akunwanneprosper7016]

Agree

[@OfficialFingazMC]

Used to love Sampdoria in the 90s, David Platt, proper legend!

[@ifan_1234]

tonight, the champions of the Welsh premier league will be hosting Astana of Kazakhstan in the Europa conference. despite this the Welsh top flight is still ignored and has never attracted a crowd of more than 2,000. please dive into the short history of our league and where it may go from here

[@havoc3-243]

ngl I wonder why there is only one Welsh professional club playing in the Welsh league (all the others I know of play in the English league system, i.e. Cardiff City and Wrexham)

[@od9694]

Could've swore he already did one about the Welsh league

[@gwheregwhizz]

Merthyr Town. Almost all the team born in Wales and kicking Southern English butts every week. Their fans are happier than a granny throwing her knickers at a Tom Jones concert.

[@ChasingLamely]

​@@havoc3-243the really short answer to this is that the Welsh League was only founded as its own entity in the early 90s. Before that, Welsh clubs competed in the English league system. For the big five - Cardiff, Swansea, Wrexham, Newport and Merthyr Tydfil - there was no financial incentive to joining the Welsh League as the vast majority of the other clubs making up the initial league were basically village teams - not one of them had played above Step 8 of the English leagues at any point. So, from a business point of view, there's more money in playing Bristol Rovers than Aberystwyth and the Welsh League wasn't going to change that. It probably won't happen in the near future, either, Cardiff, Swansea and Wrexham are all likely to be playing at Championship level - at least - for most of the foreseeable future. So, to get them to switch, either the FAW need to find a billion-pound TV deal or sponsorship, or the four professional Welsh clubs (Merthyr have sadly gone bust and been reformed) would *all* have to be stuck in and struggling to get out of the National League for a while, leaving the prospect of European football through the Welsh League as their most lucrative route of income. And, even then, it would have to be an especially weak National League with no other ex-league clubs in it.

[@ifan_1234]

@@havoc3-243 we didn't have our own domestic league until the 90s, so all our teams played in England. when the league of wales as it was known then was formed, 8 Welsh teams refused to join (Cardiff, Swansea, Newport, Wrecsam, Merthyr, Colwyn bay, Caernarfon and barry if I remember correctly) Caernarfon and barry eventually gave in, so did Colwyn bay in 2019, but the rest are all still in England.

[@arlukomski6780]

Do a video on IF Brommapojkarna and how they were promoted or relegated in every season (bar 4 seasons) from 2006 onwards. 7 promotions, 6 relegations and they haven't stayed in the same division for 2 consecutive seasons since 2006. Joel Asoro, John Guidetti, Dejan Kulusevski, Anders Limpar, Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Lucas Bergvall, Ludwig Augustinsson and Albin Ekdal are notable players who have started their career there

[@FearlessXful]

Video request: Please make a video about FC Twente. Became champions in 2010, but entered a steady decline from 2015 when it came out that the owner had committed shady deals and ran the club into the ground. This led to relegation in 2019 and the club nearly losing its professional license. The club has slowly returned to form however and qualified for the Champions League last season.

[@0101_root]

I've been expecting this video for quite a while, their downfall is quite sad to see. As a Juventus fan myself i have been watching Serie A for almost 20 years, it is hard to see them in this position. Hope they bounce back and return to Serie A where they belong. Edit: Made the comment before watching the entire video, thanks for the mention Alfie, you are THE GOAT!

[@pitertauer3168]

Belin Grazie della tua costanza nel richiedere sto video, magari qualcuno di nuovo ci conoscerà grazie a sto video, sul serio, grazie mille

[@ThomasDonnelly1888]

GENOA, Genoa being a port city, where on a map is Sampdoria lol.

[@garyforshaw3707]

Forza grifoni

[@ThomasDonnelly1888]

@@garyforshaw3707 Hawl now, none of that, Genoa CFC, CRICKET football Club.. joke.

[@bzilla-d4i]

The fact that Quagliarella outscored CR7 at the age of 38 is crazy, Nd then he got beaten by Immobile as well the next season shows how normal train of thought doesn't apply to Serie A. Anything can happen

[@awakeprogram9619]

Thus is my favourite series on this channel i hope you make more of these

[@soundscape26]

Their kits are pure class

[@garyforshaw3707]

Yeah right

[@rushisking8955]

Please do a one like this for Boavista FC. It should be a good review.

[@davidchristian5452]

What On Earth Is Going On At Valencia 2024 Edition, please. Rock bottom of La Liga table.

[@21hazza]

I would love to see What has gone right at Aberdeen and possibly what has gone wrong at Partizan Belgrade. They are on their 3rd manager of the season.

[@ellemarr7234]

Love that we’re close in age so your football memories match mine. Alfie is a big dork and we love him for it ❤

[@ezraezra2928]

Would be interesting to have these: 1.Rise of the Indonesian national football team. I don't talk about that controversial Bahrain game, which seems to be a trending topic. I would say we still have a long trip to play for the World Cup due to the naturalized players. And also, their youth levels were so phenomenal. The U-23 team had almost went through the Olympics. If it was a thing that prevented us for achieving great results, the answer is simple: the referee! 2.Shocking downfall of Ghana national football team. They were surely didn't qualify for the next AFCON after 2 abysmal AFCON performances, which is a massive failures for such a big African country. They didn't even win a single game in the qualifiers. The World Cup qualifiers seems to be far, but Comoros were quite tough.

[@Freevo_Lowse]

Can't believe this is episode 45 of the what on earth series lol

[@enffootballlab2022]

Do a video on the rise of Villa! Exactly two years ago king Unai took over

[@leeadamson5504]

Still just another pathetic bottlejob English team.....

[@John17489]

Next teams have to be Bodo Glimt, Indonesia national team, Valencia, The New Saints

[@ezraezra2928]

Don't ask about Indonesia. Trolling our country isn't good. We were so f***ed up by the refs!!!

[@Rossoneri2]

Gonna take a wild guess and say Massimo Ferrero is the culprit given how bizzare he is

[@soundscape26]

Italian football was always full of guys like him for some reason.

[@eggfriedreus793]

Have to do Ghana next HITC

[@BOABModels]

Funnily enough I just got a 2019 Sampdoria shirt from eBay. I have always liked how it looks ever since having a Subbuteo set with Leeds United Vs Sampdoria on the box art - not sure what the competition was.

[@leeadamson5504]

About time you done a video on this great team....

[@annonimouse170]

Sampdoria always reminds me of Football Italia on Channel 4 back in the day.

[@paulies1983]

Outstanding video, Alfie, as always!

[@qasimdin7438]

When I think of sampdoria I think of waking up early Saturday mornings mid 90s watching football Italia on channel 4 to see this young midfielder they had coming thru who was gonna be a star called Clarence seedorf

[@400Awesomo]

Man, I missed Maya Yoshida when he was a Sampdoria. Maya Yoshida speaks Fluent Italian.

[@anthonyjudeaggabao2302]

I love how when I suddenly get busy, I can prematurely end most of these videos after Alfie describes the owner

[@RyuzakiTaiyou]

Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 689) Alternativly you could do "Best German players who played outside the Bundesliga" or something like that if you prefer. I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored. If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.

[@najpierwmasapotemniewiem]

Have mercy Alfie!

[@marcuspoosz2190]

lmao copy and pasted.

[@beigegecko]

bro is already going longer than the German offensive into the USSR

[@FlamingBasketballClub]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Samson-h6l]

"Alternativly you could do "Best German players who played outside the Bundesliga" or something like that if you prefer." Not in a single video, surely? Real Madrid and Inter have each had enough great ones to fill their own videos.

[@RedStarGOSJ]

Please Alfie, do a What On Earth Is Going On At San Jose Earthquakes. Our 50th Anniversary season was just completed and was the worst in MLS history. We have an owner who, despite having a new stadium and billions in the bank, refuses to spend meaningful money. San Jose should have 4 MLS titles, but they were moved in 2005 in the middle of a dominating run. Our history is crazy.

[@meganico98]

I was one of those who asked for a "What on Earth is Going on at Sampdoria" video two seasons ago when they had that horrific 22/23 campaign. I'm a Napoli supporter, and seeing them this close to going down to the third tier of Italian football has to be the biggest club-level disaster that Calcio has seen since ours and Fiorentina's bankruptcies in the early 2000s; and we've seen a LOT of these disasters over the years, see Chievo and Parma. I hope we get to see them back in Serie A sooner than later.

[@e-money9251]

As a ferrari fan alfie, showing a ferrari f8 spyder instead of the F430 spyder that you just mentioned is a crime punishable by prison sentence under tifosi law

[@ThatSilentBaller]

i think it’s time for a… “What On Earth Is Going On At Inverness Caledonian Thistle?”

[@BALHAM69]

Must be close. They are in a proper mess.😢

[@datbui6009]

Video suggession : Arne Slot first ever Feyenoord XI, where are they now

[@kevinyap1212]

do one with blackburn rovers

[@jamespuffer2889]

The most underrated aspect of your channel is that by endlessly annoying you directly to make a video about a certain topic, you have a non-zero chance that it’ll happen.

[@archstanton6102]

@@jamespuffer2889 does this comment also come in English?

[@Emmanuel-lp9fp]

Please make a video on Ghana's downfall

[@neymarjunior5804]

Sampdoria, a club my mom supported for her part. Sad to see what's now.

[@williamindayang4205]

Can you do a video about the incredible rise of heidenheim?

[@albertmiller2electricbooga897]

Which clubs have filled the void of the 1990s superclubs in Italy? Parma and Sampdoria have fallen off as mentioned, but which clubs are only now contending for Europe regularly? It feels like the same six odd teams every year

[@SKa-tt9nm]

Atalanta and Napoli. Napoli was pretty bad in the 90s, relative to their Maradona heyday.

[@albertmiller2electricbooga897]

@@SKa-tt9nm True, I forget that they weren't considered a major club for most of their history, Atalanta and Bologna were still high up on that all time table too

[@archstanton6102]

You could add Lazio to the list of clubs who have dropped off.

[@fabioorlando8787]

Depends on who you consider the "odd six". Juve, Milan, Inter, Roma, Lazio, Napoli and Fiorentina are considered the "7 sisters of italian football" traditionally. For some time in the 90's, Parma replaced Fiorentina in collective imagery for obvious reasons. Now that role (of 7th biggest italian club that is) is taken periodically and at turns by Fiorentina itself, Bologna, Atalanta and Torino

[@rawiri8]

0:25 Sampdoria isn't a city. It's an acronym for the former clubs merge. Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria make up Sampdoria

[@thyartismurder6352]

you know your club is cooked when you get the alfie classic ‘what on earth’ video made on you😭

[@LillyVonT]

It’s good to know if my club ever turns into a nightmarish hellscape, Alfie would make a great video about it so others can understand my pain

[@bzilla-d4i]

The reason they were as good as they were in the 90's was directly contributed to Vialli, Mancini, Vierchowod and Atilla Lombardo. The Italian core and all internationals. Sampdoria's fall is directly a picture of the struggles of developing talent local talent in Italy. Italian sides were as strong as they were due to the Italian players being as good as they were. The generation after the Totti, Pirlo, Buffon generation didn't come to the fore. It's seemingly at a turning point now. It's impressive that we won a trophy with our worst generation though in a dark time for our football.

[@fabioorlando8787]

In che senso siamo ad un punto di svolta? Inoltre c'è da dire che la nazionale negli ultimi anni ha fatto meglio di quanto potessimo sperare nel 2017 o 2018, li eravamo disperati. Però abbiamo fatto una marea di cazzate post euro 2020, e dopo aver perso con la macedonia è quasi come se fossimo tornati al punto di partenza

[@BrunoRibeiro-po2bv]

Please can you do a what on earth is going on at Vitória FC? (Mourinho's Club)

[@RiversEdge-e9y]

danny drinkwater is outside your house alfie

[@markkitchenham3938]

Thank you for making this video a sad outcome for a once great team

[@mikexstad1121]

Fun fact, the SS Andrea Doria, is/was a luxury ocean liner that sank in 1951. I thought that name sounded familiar lol

[@sickermann]

I can remember watching UCL Qualifier in 2010 Sampdoria vs Werder Bremen. What a time to be alive. 😂

[@rspjfrost1400]

Gazetta Serie A show on channel 4 1990s, hosted a plethora of talent from Sampdoria that was great to watch. Younger people will not know without research, what a talented player Mancini was. The vibrant atmosphere at its ground, where Ireland beat Romania on penalties was another part of my childhood. Sampdoria should have won at Wembley in 1992 and were the better side but missed clearcut chances, and Koeman did what Koeman did to England! It is sad to hear the same narrative at a club in demise: the governance in football is so bad and simply would not be allowed in any other business. It still needs reform and i hope Sampdoria become a plucky Serie A side again with occasional success.

[@jimshelley8831]

I remember going to watch Sampdoria v Lazio early 90s , great game although 3-4 to Lazio. Sampdoria had Platt and Gullitt in their team.

[@bzilla-d4i]

They really just couldn't maintain on keeping their top Italian players as all of them left sooner or later for bigger clubs. Vialli leaving for Juventus, Mancini going to Lazio, Lombardo going to Juventus, as well as Vierchowod.

[@BALHAM69]

We are same age Alfie, twenty seven.😮 A video on raise of FK Bodø/Glimt😅 Then win a few Leagues now in Norway and doing well in Europe. A English non League video on CLAPTON CFC. bashundhara kings in Bangladesh won last six leagues now. What on earth is going on in inverness must be close. 3:21 is nice you listen to comments for suggestions.

[@brianobi3649]

A video on the fall of Ghana’s football

[@alphafisch9483]

Can you do a video on Hannover 96, we used to be a great team from the early 2000's to early 2010's.

[@mintywebb]

If youre my age you think of Graham Souness.

[@SKa-tt9nm]

YES!!

[@JDAR1878]

A video on 777 would be a great one!

[@spaproductionsirl]

Please make a video on Valencia this season they've been awful

[@yuiyuigahama8467]

Do one on Inverness CT

[@BALHAM69]

Must be close, in progress.😮 inverness are in a mess; specially as a Scottish team.😅

[@SmearyImpala517]

I'm with them now on FM24, trying to fight for promotion on their shoestring budget while cutting back on the huge wages they pay to aging players

[@bipedalame]

Andrea Doria infamous as a cruise ship. Never knew that

[@nessuno3783]

0:25 Sampdoria is not a city, you meant Genova (or Genoa in english)

[@dazwold]

What on earth is going on at Inverness Cally Thistle?

[@archstanton6102]

@@dazwold yes, definitely this.

[@kwanlinus6999]

0:24 Actually, Sampdoria isn't a city. Sampdoria is based in Genoa.

[@HonestTom1892]

I don’t like Italian football but I’ll still watch the video 👍

[@underbluemoon910]

dundalk should be next, just been relegated from the loi premier division

[@denizifran3676]

I believe Sampdoria is from the city of Genoa, which is a big port city.

[@motionpictures6629]

Columbus wasn't born in the city of Genoa, he was born in the duchy of Genoa, to be precise in Calvi on the Island of Corsica.

[@balisracing4378]

still no video about olympiakos the lowest budget european cup winner in the last 30-40 years?

[@BadselS]

Nobody cares

[@manxmanc4951]

Olympiakos won the European cup? You must be from another dimension fella

[@balisracing4378]

@@manxmanc4951 in case you don't know 3 European cups exist, Champions League, Europa League, Conference league and Olympiakos won the Conference league,these are the European cups in our dimension.

[@balisracing4378]

@@BadselS nobody who does not know anything about football cares you mean

[@balisracing4378]

@@manxmanc4951 there are 3 european cups in our dimension my friend....Champios league,Europa league, Conference league and Olympiakos won the Conference league and the European Youth league being the first team ever wining 2 European titles in the same season, I would like to hear from you what european cups you have in your dimension

[@noahpenrod5028]

Sampdoria: 4x Serie A champs and 2x Champions League winners thanks to me in Football Manager

[@SanIldeBaby]

Omg thats the team I support, I’m so flattered

[@spencercole23]

U should do one for Sevilla or Valencia

[@williamlee7672]

Who could have figured. Selling both your stars halfway through the season is a bad idea.

[@fabioorlando8787]

Tbf, Cassano was in bad terms with their president and asked to be sold for months at that point

[@borjamartinez3818]

Please make a video about Santos Laguna, our new club president was born this century

[@alvuigi_07]

33:00 Me an f1 fan: "They hired who?"

[@richardmckibbin6788]

A video on Rangers could be interesting

[@joeltchitchi2536]

D14: 7 best female footballers of all time

[@ChasingLamely]

1. Marta 2. Marta 3. Marta 4. Marta 5. Marta 6. Marta 7. Mia Hamm

[@garyleonardteacher5162]

Thanks

[@Ramtamtama]

Requesting a video about the Isle of Man

[@christiansimbarashe]

may you do another video on brest? everyone loves brest

[@andreakopyan9714]

I’ve but a clue Alfie.

[@jotarokujo9164]

Still wondering when will a video about Thailand's football mismanagement come to play. Having one of the best football leagues in Asia and clubs among some of Asia's richest, yet their national team is so mediocre with that insane investment. In fact, they could not even beat a weakened China in the WCQ said something.

[@JohnGrenadian]

Cymru League and why Welsh clubs play in the EFL needs to happen.

[@afonsofrias1486]

Can you do a what happen to beira-mar?

[@wendelhaha1]

I dont know but I have a sneaking suspicion that you're about to tell me

[@Wallblue21]

benevento next?

[@fabioorlando8787]

Benevento are nothing special really. Remarkable sudden rise (like many other small italian teams in the last 3 decades) thanks to a wealthy owner, they got ahead of themselves in transfer market operations, wage bills etc. in both seasons they played in Serie A and got relegated to Serie B immediately. The second time (2020-21) was less embarassing than the first (2017-18), but they fumbled something like a 12 points cushion from the relegation zone by winning just 2 games out of the 19 of the second half of the season. Everything that came next (promotion playoff defeat in 2021-22, relegation to Serie C in 2022-23) is just the result of the aforementioned owner losing means/interest/will/etc. to invest in the team any further

[@hazzajamesb]

Hey quick correction. Luigi Ferraris died in ww1

[@pectus075]

Make a video about the rerise of SSV Ulm 1846

[@amaCaspar]

i'm not sure but i think the G in Quagliarella is silent

[@fabioorlando8787]

You are right, Alfie does butcher pronunciations. He makes up for the extraordinary quality of his content, he gets a pass

[@kevinlock7637]

ALFIE

[@SanIldeBaby]

0:24 The city of Sampdoria doesn’t exist. The name of the city is Genoa. But we’ll give you a pass on that one!

[@FlamingBasketballClub]

Asian Football Confederation did Mohun Bagan dirty y'all. 💀💀💀

[@Klown84]

Fortunately for you there’s always a club in crisis eh. As usual after 15 mins I find myself drifting off in thought about other matters whilst you drone on in the background seemingly endlessly until after 36 excruciatingly long minutes the pain finally ends and all is well on KZbin again. Why watch then you may ask? I’m a masochist so there’s yer answer.

[@archstanton6102]

So why even comment? Just desperate for attention?

[@steve10]

Exactly, the videos are so drawn out on far too many "facts" I just want the interesting part about the club and what happened , not what someone had to eat in 1979 , I get 5 minutes in and just realise its going to be a long hard slog to get through, I see 30 minutes and stop watching. 20 minutes , less long drawn out facts are ideal for youtube imo. I think subscriptions would go through the roof if he cut down on the drawn out long winded "facts" It's almost like he talks without commas and full stops.

[@soundscape26]

I think your attention span may vary depending on your interest for the subject matter. You probably don't care enough for Sampdoria and/or Italian football to watch a 36-minute video.

[@steve10]

@@soundscape26 Its a fair point , but if you want to grow a youtube channel , how many people are Sampdoria fans are put there verses not being that interested.. To catch people's attention a lot of it is the video length , they always say 20 minutes is the sweet spot , it's long enough to get to the heart of the matter , but not too long where the videos drag on. I would have looked at the video and thought that looks interesting ,saw 36 minutes and wonder why it needs that long, 5 minutes I I realised it didn't need that long. The written script has fa far to many words when a few will do. He has an excellent voice for youtube and I admire his research , but to build a channel, to put out 36 minute videos you are self sabotaging. For me and probably many more the video started to drag , which is a shame as the subject is good it just could be shorter and more to the point.

[@soundscape26]

@@steve10 You are not entirely wrong, I think it would've been possible to make a 20-minute video for this particular subject but for better or worse this is Alfie's style... lengthy intro, historical context, etc etc. Either way, fair criticism in an era where many people only talk trash online.

[@sawyertuide7636]

Radz gonna Radz.

[@jesuisunstroopwafel]

Seven completely healthy Italian clubs

[@fabioorlando8787]

@@jesuisunstroopwafel COMPLETELY healthy? Well that would be a challenge of a video hahahahahahah

[@rushisking8955]

A review of boavista?

[@rushisking8955]

Are they "sleeping giants" in Portugal and Portos rival?

[@soundscape26]

@@rushisking8955 They may be sleeping but they are not giants by any measure