When Vinnie Jones Went to WAR with Ruud Gullit

[@shortpitched713]

The first ever Brexit tackle.

[@Justanirishfella]

What’s funny is gullit was right, Italy was the best league in the world at that time and English players who signed for Italian teams were largely forgettable such as Rush

[@theDingbat]

That’d be Ian Rush who played 78 games and scored 28 goals for Wales, would it?

[@yeeeet01]

@@theDingbat He's not saying that he's a forgettable player, he's saying that his time in Italy was forgettable.

[@Justanirishfella]

@@yeeeet01 basically done my job for me 😆,cheers 👍

[@metallicbigtoe3949]

@@Justanirishfella he said it felt like living in a foreign country 😂

[@Justanirishfella]

@@metallicbigtoe3949 😆

[@martijn_yt]

Complaining about Gullit taking money without doing the work, while at the same time screwing your club and colleagues with useless red cards and expecting to get paid while suspended : I am Vinnie Jones, moron 😂

[@reggiebanks7627]

Still true to this day. I wasted years thinking the Prem was the best. Until paramount streams Serie A and ESPN La Liga I found out the premiership isn’t all that. I love La Liga and how elegant the players are and Serie A. Just classy. Prem is a bunch of guys who run fast and cross.

[@justlookin28]

You clearly don't watch football 😂😂😂

[@alexojideagu]

That's why Serie A has won zero Champions Leagues for 14 years.

[@reggiebanks7627]

I don’t care about Champions League. Battle of big budgets? I could care less. I’m 40 and played football in Jamaica growing up and semi pro level. I love technical tactical football. My preference. I am thankful I can watch serie A and La Liga in this day and age. I wish I had seen the Milan of The Dutch guys.

[@Ryan-vg4wn]

Epl is definitely overrated. Not as overrated as the championship though

[@CreazyPeazy]

EPL is pretty much spanish and dutch football... traditional english football is long gone now, since many foreign managers have taken over PL clubs a decade ago.

[@Trargent_08]

The crazy leader of the crazy gang... no surprise.

[@jerichosaril2395]

Can you do one feature please for Pierre Van Hooijdonk...he played in the SPL, EPL, and Dutch league...but what an underrated striker and great freekick taker

[@metallicbigtoe3949]

He took the ball 100%, no question

[@thelegendthatischels]

You cant tackle like that

[@metallicbigtoe3949]

@@thelegendthatischels not anymore

[@ZzzVain]

@@metallicbigtoe3949 yeah thats why messi is nobody he would retire after 2 games in my 80s and 90s era

[@metallicbigtoe3949]

@ZzzVain na he'd do what Maradona did and bulk up to take multiple hits during game, 5hays why Maradona is definitely the best of the two, Maradona had to deal with pure violence and dished it back

[@power279]

Hahaha..u think messi never recieved studs? Lol😂😂😂😂​@@ZzzVain

[@garethjones2746]

As much as I think many of the European imports have been nothing but a benefit, you’ve got to love this and love Vinnie. And yes he has a point

[@melanineyedoc]

The funny thing is that he (Gullit) was right. At that time, Série A was thé Best League in world football.

[@SurferWilly]

Yup, Serie A back then was like Premier League now

[@jekanyika]

I'm glad there are less dirty footballers these day. Intentionally trying to hurt someone on the pitch should have no place in the game.

[@seancomrie4714]

Rud Hullit

[@John17489]

Vinnie Jones ran before Roy Keane could walk

[@SpoonDawg]

Dont compare Keano to that thug.

Roy Keane could play football, Jones couldn't.

[@hectorae86]

I love Vinnie Jones

[@imochonai5723]

Jones was right about it being the death knell of the game.

[@larrydavid6852]

Rod Hullit

[@theculturedthug6609]

Vinnie Jones could not be as bad a player as some people say because he played for Chelsea and Leeds he's not going to play at the top level if he is a pub player is he?

[@leefswgoh7558]

From what i've been told; the whole premier league were pub players. Or at least they drank enough to be consider pub players ;p

[@countdooku1363]

That's a disrespect to Pub players ,. jones was a drunk on the field.

[@michaelmcfadden4397]

The Chelsea Vinnie Jones played for were closer to a pub team than a top level club. You have never heard of most of the players in that team!

[@theCranesUS]

Chelsea were useless back in vinnie’s day. Chelsea were nothing until Roman

[@theCranesUS]

@@countdooku1363so was my hero Tony Adams

[@Memenerdzero]

whens the nakamura video?

[@flashbackfootball1367]

Its coming - taking me longer than anticipated but the plan is for it to be ready next month 😀

[@kingcecil7126]

Jones was just a yob and had appeal amongst frustrated men unhappy with their lives, the hooligan football fans.

[@leefswgoh7558]

he did become a movie star playing that role, so i reckon he appealed to a lot more people than just football hooligans.

[@cathaldowdall7467]

Jones right about the foreign players 29 years ago

They greatly imprived the quality of the game.

[@andyneilson3301]

Dutch Courage for ya 😄

[@aiyuuu8908]

vinnie jones isn't a football player cause he said british soccer..

[@HonestTom1892]

Sadly I did not get to see Vinnie Jones play the game.

[@ZzzVain]

i see him he was rather good player can score and play great defense but temper makes his rating bellow average. I like Gullit and Cantona like Batistuta, but Vinnie ruined football. I like hard plays but tendency to fracture someones leg is just beyond.

[@HonestTom1892]

@@ZzzVain Thank you! I grew up in 00’s so I missed out on these legends.

[@YMY_1999]

English football only looked faster because the technical level was poor. Lots of long-balls, scrappy games and players chasing their heavy first touch. As the quality of football improved, your average Prem game seems slower now.

[@MegaNdela]

If Vinnie Jones really felt that football is COMBAT, why then didn't he take one of the 'martial' sports? Having seen him in some of my fav films - action films at that, I'd say he'd be right at home in boxing and the other brawling sports. The usual cr*p defense from people/players of his sort is - 'it's a contact sport'. Yes it is! What it isn't is a martial sport.

[@D_B_Cooper]

Now look at the game. It's a joke. Not a fan of Vinnie, he picked the wrong incident to make his point but his underlying point was proved correct.

[@konzza]

Yup. Not a fan of current intrepetition of rules, when you get a carded even if getting to ball first if you go there hard. It was good when they started red carding stud first kneebreakers, without intent of getting the ball. But football is physical game, and simply going in hard for the ball shoudn't be penalised as such.

[@ZzzVain]

@@konzza diving is something else this is 2 feet open tackle from behind tendency to fracture Gullit leg. And yes I am Ruud fan like Batistuta and Cantona Henry, my favourite players but none of them ever dive or flop. Modern era have huge money marketing thats why players behave like divas especially Neymar. Eduardo Rosicky and (I think) Ramzey never jumped during similar tackle and their legs were fractured.

[@AreJayCee]

It's a family friendly sanitised version of the game we all loved

[@captainflint89]

S rolls . is that you ?

[@flashbackfootball1367]

Affirmative Captain Flint

[@captainflint89]

@@flashbackfootball1367 been a long time mate

[@ChiefBrianIrons]

Premier league has never been best league in the world. It has the best marketing in the world that's it. Watching Serie A during the 90s and early 00 was great then Spanish football took over that was a joy to watch. I find premier league boring league. Sky hype up the top 4 race and relegation battle they hype it up so much. I never seen anything like that in other leagues. In the league only have one winner nineteen loser very simple.

[@pbh81]

Liam Brady time at Celtic next please

[@iandawe948]

Jones wasnt worthy of tieing gullits laces. Being a third rate clogger at best and a z list so called actor.

[@TheKalaxis]

They had a feud and not even a particularly good one. Individual people can't go to war. Only nations or sizeable organisations can go to war. Enough with the annoying hyperbole.

[@konzza]

KZbinr has to get his clicks for making a living. I don't mind the headline. Vinnie and Gullit had a public disagreement about the interpertation of rules, wouldn't make a good headline either 😄

[@Kuromori-v9z]

You must be fun at parties.