Ashley Cole shocks Jamie Carragher by not picking THIS player in his combined XI! | MNF 

Sack Tim Sherwood and Paul Merson, they are biased, deluded and have very limited knowledge about football.

MancbornandbRED Drogba was not world class, scored more than 12 goals in 2 of his nine seasons at Chelsea.

MancbornandbRED turning up every once in a while doesnt make you world class.

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Firstly sky bring in their new ambassador for football. The handball cheat Henry. Then bring back spitter and wonder why people won't subscribe. If I do watch a game anywhere it's from first whistle to last. The pundits are all key arse kisses. Thanks

Except that it's a far too simplistic way of looking at it and you might just as well say if Ramires or Torres had not scored the late winner in the SF then Cole wouldn't have a Champions League medal around his neck either, because Drogba wouldn't have had the chance to score in the final. And that's not even touching on Messi missing a penalty in SF and Robben missing one in the final, or for that matter Cole himself and Lampard and Luiz scoring their penalties in the shoot out. As for other wide players he might have picked not in those line-ups, I would have thought Joe Cole, Duff, Overmars, Robben and van Persie were in with a shout too.

amazed66 You have a case with that, but remember Drogba also scored in the Semi final first leg as well as important goals throughout that years champions league campaign. And also they gave him a choice of 22 players to pick from, he couldn’t pick whoever he wanted

@@matttibos2562 Which all in itself confirms that you can't just put any one incident like a player scoring a goal in a final (and not even a winning goal) as the reason why a team mate won a medal. If I remember rightly, Cech also saved Robben's penalty too during the game. The presenter did ask Cole though if he would want any other players other than the 22 and he said no.

@@amazed66 well technically he did score the winning goal in that final,albeit form the spot. Bergkamp was a technically more gifted player than drogba,the stuff he did on the pitch looked better, and I wouldve personally picked him, but Drogba was a great player too (so long as he got on well the manager that is haha)

@@kingflixmovies837 Oh yeah, there are arguments for and against Cole including either Bergkamp or Drogba but I just thought his logic regarding his CL medal was a bit iffy. And again not meaning to labour the point but if I remember rightly Mata missed Chelsea's first penalty and Cole, Lampard and Luiz scored theirs (maybe not in that order) but if that had not happened, then Drogba might not even have had the chance to score his.

same with pires. pires and cole unsurpassed

The greatest premier league player of all time no matter what team you support.

Greatest prem player of all time

At his peak, imo, he was the greatest striker that has ever lived

​@@Rocksteady365mac too far

That lineup would get destroyed.

Malouda don't deserve to be up there also

Henry can play wide

Have you ever ever seen malouda play.Underrated player of all time.If today chelsea team has prime malouda in place of pedro or willian cfc will have won 3 ucl

Bang Henry on the right and have drogba and bergkamp up top

Arguably though, Cole was man of the match in that final. Drogba was there in the big moments, but in reality without Cole Chelsea wouldn't have won it, without Cech too. Drogba just got the goals (and almost threw it away by conceding that penalty).

Carragher like “ If it wasn’t for Igor Biscan, I wouldn’t have a champions league medal around my neck “ lol

@@DH33.0 Igor Biscan was legit a good player with some mad skills, just injuries fucked him up.

@@GarethWareth bt Drogba did it all so what you talking about.. Cech also did important roles I agree bt Drogba did most of the things

@@DS-dw3pz Drogba got the goals which ultimately they needed. But also gave away a penalty and generally didn't help Chelsea until those big moments. Without any of those three they wouldn't have won. But Cole was most important imo and definitely MOTM... funny I commented this five months ago and still remember my point lol

Still enjoyed his reasoning and the video so calm down

Not that I needed it but that’s another reason to hate Ashley Cole.

@@AOK342 Get over it.

hahahaha thanks

@@AOK342 The most talented LB in England for the past 20-30 years by far

45HOT5 444HEADZ Bergkamp was a goalscorer as well as a playmaker. He was a better player for me.

Dubem Udemezue he’s probably the better player but if you were picking a striker for a big occasion against a big club I think most people would choose drogba

No it isn't

Dubem Udemezue say what you want but I’d rather have a player who shows up in European finals over a player who was too scared to fly for them

Anyone in the world who rates Drogba ahead of Beegkamp is either biased or never saw Dennis play. It’s like picking Lewandowski ahead of Messi, Bergkamp was a genius, his technical ability and vision was light years ahead of Drogba‘s, Drogba was just a natural finisher and very physical

Shut up mate just because he won the champions league doesnt mean he's better than dennis bergkamp hes no where close in terms of ability ,bergkamp is streets ahead

@@vinaydatta1593 i want what ur smoking. Drogba carried chelsea to become champions of europe, the squad that year was also the worst one under the roman era. Bergkamp had a dream team around him his whole career and couldnt do no such thing. Let the stats do the talking, drogba shits all over him.

@@vinaydatta1593 both strikers lets look at there stats (its actually embaressing lmao) Bergkamp 11 yrs, 315 apps and 87 goals Drogba 9 yrs, 254 apps and 104 goals (and this is including his 2nd spell with the blues when he was 34 😂) Facts > opinions

@@capta1nnark546 well said bt btw he was 34 when he won the champions league bt he was already 36 when he came back fr his 2nd spell at Chelsea😂.. Which makes yr facts more right

@@capta1nnark546 They are totally different players. You can't leave Bergkamp out. He should have picked a 4-3-3 and left Maluoda out.

Only in two season score over 10 goals.

No Dennis Bergkamp though.

The DROGANAUNT!!!!!!!

Drogba, Henry that would be lethal Power pace skill vision assists lethal finishing, mentality to win and turn up in big games.

He turned up for big games, but his general scoring record was rarely top tier.

He's still sore.

It surprises me that Carragher responded this way to Cole chosing Drogba. This is a quote on Drogba from Carragher - ""I'd always go with Thierry Henry as the best striker we've seen, but I think he could run him a very close second." he's also called on unplayable.

Because its Bergkamp?

That why Carragher was just a footballer

@@olivermclean7605 Just...?!?!

Ljunberg wasn't as good on the ball as malouda. Malouda was a very underrated player.

@Alan George and Malouda wasn't as good on the ball as Bergkamp. He could've changed the formation kept Drogba&Henry in the team with Bergkamp instead of Malouda.

@@cddb5408 true, you could Probably play Bergkamp anywhere other than cb and he'd do good

@@alangeorge5592 you can't be serious?

@@chrisbamber5253 im serious

NS LOP what’s your point idiot, so do you mean that Bergkamp is the type of player that let you down hhhhhh tell us more jokes. What about what about African CAF final against Zambia. He missed a penalty during a game and they lost the final. What about A final against Cameroon, he missed the last penalty and they also lost the final.

abdi yusuf sorry how many champions league has bergkamp won 🚨

George Mgbolu okey so now you have changed the tobic, so what about if I say Brown is better than Drogba, because he won too champions league.

@@abdiyusuf223 He didn't say anything about Bergkamp letting anyone down so I think you're the idiot.

@@alancavanagh1974 U are joking

Best left back of all time in terms of defending.. he's easily number 1 tying with Phillip Lahm

@@darkkiwi6312 We just gonna forget Paolo Maldini existed then?

@@darkkiwi6312 roberto carlos and maldini are better than ashley cole you melt

maldini?????

big boss Maldini maybe but not Roberto Carlos. He was brilliant and had an absolute wand of a left foot, but Ashley Cole defensively was on a different level. He consistently locked down Cristiano Ronaldo time and time again whenever they played and was consistently brilliant throughout his career. Liverpool fan btw

If it wasn't for Dudek then Carragher wouldn't have one round his neck...doesn't mean he was the best goalie though

Terry Fisher That’s a false equivalence which highlights how dumb you are.

Terry Fisher smh what a dumb analogy

@@terryfisher3483 don't u mean Gerrard carried Liverpool in tht final goalkeeper made lucky save it was hit right at him

@@andrewwright4195 😂😂

did you ever see him, or most of the best defenders in the world against Henry though. Quote Carragher his skill / speed with the ball at his feet was like trying to stop a man on a motorbike.

drogba is the worst diving cheat ive ever seen in the premier league not fit too lace bergkamps boots

@@russellbridges9779 he doesnt dive lol

Henry buried him for fun.

@@ilhanmikhail1132 An easy search on youtube can show you that he's dived. Stop lying.

Same!! I’m not even an Arsenal supporter but this is true he made football look like art.

Only player with kdb quality at that ages

Possibly the most underrated player ever.

He was well overrated

@@Footielad you probably think Vinnie Jones was a player

Abu Bakarr Barrie yup, he scored an amazing header and placed a wonderful penalty that won it all. 2012 was our year.

torres lamps ramires terry and messi

Abu Bakarr Barrie FACTS

Well done captain obvious 👌🏻😂

More like Messi and robben chokumg on penalties giving Chelsea probably the worst win in champions league history with their awful away record and penalty final victory

Ronaldo Brown What is wrong with you people? He wasn’t disrespecting drogba, he just rates Bergkamp so highly that he’s shocked that drogba would be put in front of him. Is it really that hard to understand?

JD 1 what is wrong with you people. Ashley obviously rates drogba higher like me, carra was being ridiculous

FACTS

Ronaldo Brown you got 2k19 bro? Kyrie v Harden round 2

Robert Pires are u stupid how could u rate drogba higher then bergkamp

I'd be more scared of Henry and Bergkamp tbh

Tom Field Fair that

Rio and vidic, nesta and Maldini etc. Tevez rooney and Ronaldo and neymar Suarez and Messi are probably better attacks than Henry drogba and bergkamp, only just. But just about any 3 players from 2002 Brazil would probably be better again.

@@jamiegeddes1840 I don't see your arguement. This is ashley coles combined XI from players he's played with. Correct me if im wrong but dont think hes played with Messi Neymar or Suarez, so not much use comparing them to Henry and Bergkamp.

CB pairing - Maldini and Cannavaro

he should have done 4-2-3-1 cech cole terry campbell fereria makelele viera lampard henry bergkamp drogba

@@Jonathan-tq9cm didn't know makelele played for Chelsea's 9/10 team

ikr ashley played with him from 1999-2006

Yeah Malouda was a very good player but I'd pick Bergkamp

Thats why it is HIS team.

perfect team

Yes spot on mate this is by far the best team you could combine with literally the most complete

You'd lose every game with that setup. 5 attacking players who won't do a lick of defending.

4-2-3-1. Cech, Ivanovic, Terry, Campbell Cole, Viera, Makalele, Henry, Bergkamp, Robben, Drogba. More balance in the midfield here with pretty much the same lineup you picked. Oh, left out Lampard....oh well. He scored 20 a season but if you have Henry, Bergkamp, Drogba, Robben then you don't need a midfielder who scores goals. You already have more than enough attacking options. And of course Bergkamp would be playing #10.

@@jimjones3287 only difference is i used the players featured in the video, while i agree with ur choices they weren't featured

Shinji OW and then the snake flew the coop. 🤣

I can see racism in your post. Cech was great, Didier Yves Drogba Tiébili Won the final

Shinji OW nah its all about Ross turnbull

@Nimsy Don't bother trying to talk sense, every big player that leaves a big club for another is a snake now for some reason.

Dze Godfather Bamenjo if you rewatch the final - it was Cech who made the penalty save (that drogba commited) to get them to penalties. And Cech who saved the penalties to win. It was a combination of Drogba’s amazing last minute header and Czechs crucial saves that won us the UCL. Also the number of blocks made by Ashley Cole was ridiculous - he is always left out even though his part in that match was instrumental.

hahahahaha he was practically whistling.

@President Vladimir Putin thanks mr. president

Yeh an play 3 upfront

Explain

Beckham half centre goal?

Nah it was a fluke, miscontrolled it

Also one of the top assist rates in pl history

Yesssssss

Khadar Alidirie you won’t get him fam you’ll smash your console before you can get to that few mil mark for him

Wouldn't be able to afford such a player.

Or you could get a hobby

its sad that football hasn't got enough good players these days so video games have to put in legends to get older fans to buy the game.

🤣 I feel ya bro

@KdotM "Richard Mille cost a Lambo, Known to keep the baddest bitches on commando"

Geoffrey Smart not really

It’s actually really fair. Malouda was a lot better in my opinion.

@@james7024 A LOT better? Be quiet. Ljungberg is an Arsenal legend and was a big game player. Malouda had a couple of good seasons and that was it.

Baz87100 malouda in his prime was better than ljungberg in his prime especially malouda in 2010 vs ljungberg in 2003

Malouda over Ljunberg every day of the week

Tbf I've never heard of him but that's maybe bcos I was too young at the time to remember that team

He had about 10 games where he was world class.

Picking Malouda over Ljungberg is crazy imo. But then again Im a gooner 😜

Keep crying, Drogba's clear

@@davidtawse6765 Come on, don't lie to yourself. (I'm not a fan of London clubs)

@@davidtawse6765 Darrent bent outscored drogba…

@@ihxahdz Darren Bent outscored Bergkamp you absolute 🤡 Drogba 254 appearances, 104 goals, 55 assists Bergkamp 315 appearances, 87 goals, 94 assists. Bent 276 appearances, 106 goals, 15 assists.

Drogba was a Lukaku that actually showed up in big games. Hugely underrated.

Put Bergkamp in Ballacks positio.

Pires in - Ballack out

@@TheDash35 FR

But that's not the same position .. if you're saying that then why is ivanovic in instead of ballack

Bergkamp any day any week. I will stick him on that wing and remove malouda what the heck. I expected robben on that wing instead.

Mr Cat I’m a Chelsea fan I love Drogba. But let’s be honest there’s no chance he was better than Bergkamp. There’s never been as technically great a forward in the league since he left lol

ifie ejiroghene he wasn’t comparing his all time chelsea vs his all time arsenal it was 2009-10 chelsea vs 2003-04 arsenal. Else makelele and hazard would’ve probably made it

ifie ejiroghene and robben at Chelsea wasn’t even that good in all honesty. He peaked after he left. Joe Cole/Duff/Hazard even Malouda in that 2009-10 season we’re all better at Chelsea than Robben was

Ashley won more premier league's with Bergkamp, in 2004 Bergkamp was instrumental in that unbeaten side, he wasn't mostly sitting on the bench till 05-06 the season that Ashley left.

@Mr Cat you made statements that were not Valid or outright not true to defend your point, Cole won a similar amount of trophies at Arsenal and chelsea so trophies isn't an issue, Drogba and Bergkamp had unique styles and effective, in a team I would prefer to have Bergkamp since he facilitates other people more and since you already have a prolific and great striker in Henry Drogba wouldnt be as effective in this team.

Demolished bayren 😂😂😂😂😂😂 they got pissed all over by bayren and got a late goal similar to 99 munich just didnt see out the game

@@bluavenger2419of course...your deluded😂😂

Arsenal did get a trophy for being unbeaten though@Mr Cat, not just the standard Premier league trophy, but a gold one too for this feat

Good team. Although id have Gilberto Silva over ballack. But you can't not have Robert Pires in the team. He was world class

Pires > Ballack

@@cammy944 yeah just think u would pick from bergkamp/ballack over pires/malouda, but if there was a hazard you'd take him over malouda, and play pires on the left

@Hussy yeah in 2019 there's no pace at all there, in their prime there's more than enough energy and combativeness in that midfield, bergkamp never needed to sprint in his whole career. Henry??? No pace whatsoever, cmon mate- Cole on the overlap as well, handled Ronaldo well enough for someone with no pace

@Hussy giggs and ashley cole haven't played in the same team before, also have a look at Ancelotti's diamond formation at Milan

Kobina Hagan no, he only scored more than 12 goals twice in nine seasons, a worse record than mediocre players such as Darren Bent and Jermain Defoe

Not as good as Bergkamp tho

Adam Björkander So that means he wasn’t a legend and wasn’t damn good? It’s not all about statistics mate. I’m an Arsenal fan and virtually all of us gooners will vouch for how much of a threat Drogba was. He was strong, pacey, could header the ball, could shoot accurate, do set pieces, etc. Pretty much an all round forward who was a leader too and pretty much was Chelsea’s sole striker for the best parts of their Mourinho golden era. You don’t stay sole striker that long without being damn good, let’s be real.

fake channel Drogba was a good player but not one of the best. People try to compare him with legends like Henry, Bergkamp, Agüero and Rooney, which is too much. People act like he was better than he actually was, therefore he is overrated.

Adam Björkander But read what you said though. You didn’t say he was overrated. You said he wasn’t damn good and implied he was worse than players like Darren Bent

bergkamp wasn't our second striker at that time. he was the one dropping deep fuelling henry with ammunition together with pires. by the way , when i used to watch these games life i underrated pires. that was e big error. he was devastating, contributing more over a season then bergkamp in his later years. but...and a great but...no one comes close to bergkamp when it comes to score great goals or passing short, quick, or hitting long range diagonal balls in the must accurate way. unbelievable.

Drogba was a big player but never considered him world class

@@biglez5577 watch him in 2009/10 season he missed a month of football yet was 2 goals of breaking the record

@@blank1933 and only scored one penalty all season.

Us? You played alongside him?

​@@biglez5577😂

K.

I'm a Liverpool fan and Ashly Cole best left back in the world after Roberto Carlos retired. Shame England media don't give him the respect he deserves. Rooney had one good tournament after that he was piss poor. Ashley Cole was always England's best player in tournaments, even when England had poor tournament. Ashley Cole most consistent player

Best left back probably in premier league history or I’d go further in saying best left back since maldini.

Irwin best left back in EPL history closely followed by Cole then evra behind Cole

Darren fletcher is the best player in world don’t @ me

Not hard considering Chelsea have no history.

He was always pissed 😂

Malouda inconsistent af

Malouda??? Didn't he play with overmars?

Arsenal fan but drogba and Henry upfront would be more clinical and scary to play against but malouda ahead of ljunberg is a joke

Robben would be ahead of malouda all day

Niitro Michael ballack shouldcof been over ljungberg

Play 3

With a different formation he could've had all three without problems. Henry as a LW, Bergkamp as an AMC and Drogba up top in a 4-2-3-1 or Henry/Drogba up top with Bergkamp behind in a 4-3-1-2 for instance.

Drogba doesn't come anywhere near Bergkamp and Henry

the pundits were a little surprised when he said he was staying with 4-4-2, because of the strikers they thought he was going to go 4-3-3.

Nick Spencer Drogba won a CL trophy on his own, what has Bergkamp done

lol.. bergkamp and henry were one of the best partnerships in pl history.. this was even with non peak bergkamp

esucil but statistically, drogba and Lampard were the best partnership in the PL history

@@prideoflondon3172 yeah becouse they played more years

This shows he is proper Chels 😂

Say what you like his reasoning was sound. If Ash and Malouda connected well, synergy, almost telepathic non visual/verbal communication with the other guy because you know what he'll do and he knows what youll do will beat individual skill any day of the week. Malouda wasnt on Freddies level 1-for-1 but if in this hypothetical squad the Ash and Malouda connection gets you 10 extra goals a season compared to an Ash and Freddie's connections' 5, youre gonna take those extra 5 goals every time. In this squad Freddie probably wouldnt get to express himself attacking as much because in front of him are 2 absolute killers waiting to be fed the ball so they can smash it in the back of the net so it would be difficult to gauge how much of Freddies individual skill would shine through, whereas Malouda was used to being another cog in the machine so to speak and thats probably where his strengths shone through

100% agree. I'd put him over Drogba Anelka and Henry because of his versatility. One of the most underrated strikers of all time

His numbers say the opposite.

James Hetfield Put him over Drogba and you never win the Champions League, but hey you go a season without losing a game.. in the Premier League🤦🏾‍♂️

Cartoon Master are you dumb

Lol number wise Bergkamp didnt win any golden boot for Arsenal the entire time he played there, his greatest achievement was being a part of the Invincibles... Drogba won every trophy with Chelsea being their best player in finals and big matches, CL, PL, FA cups, how do you compare them?

No one cares what 'Tottenham' 'fans' think. Literally nobody.

Then you ain’t a real Tottenham fan sorry. NEVER pick the scum regardless come on! Smh

Yahya Elmi if this happened did you report it to the police?

Oliver 2000 desperate.

@@riddley39So a "real" fan is one who is deluded and fails to recognise how good other players are? That's like saying if a Spurs fan says Henry was a good striker they aren't a real fan. Talent for the top top players is objective, failing to see that is just delusional.

and R9 ROnaldo said it was Bechkam

Malouda shouldn’t even be on that list.

Drogba only scored more than 10 goals twice

You lie

Marseille UEFAcup final 2004 Where was Drogba?? African Cup Of Nations any of the 6 tournaments he played where his team would've been favourites a few times, where was Drogba? Particularly the final that Zambia won in 2012? He then retired and IvoryCoast win 2015 lol Can only turn up on occasions for Chel$ea in mainly mediocre competitions vs average at best teams depleted Everton with Chelsea's full strength team, 19ptsRockBottom of the table Portsmouth, a mid-table Liverpool, a LeagueCup final vs Arsenal's youth team....more embarrassingly check the scores in these games, they should've won these games comfortably. Your Pele's Maradona's Messi's etc...don't care for LeagueCups. He fluked 1 CL after losing on countless occasions, wow. That makes him a great?

Cole wasn’t trying to please anyone but himself.

@chas farthing...Malouda in his prime was far superior than old/young Bergkamp.

@@doncorleone9280 Not sure on that one

Ikr

Literally £0 worth.

Nought wrong with that

Paul Julian Sometimes you just want a best XI of ability wise not friendship wise I guess.

Curious though, who are the players he had a bad relationship with? I may have missed some juicy stuff back when i was still in my teens..

Arvindh Mani I don't remember any real bad relationships with the players but in his book he left Arsenal because of two reasons. He was upset that the fans cheered for Henry more than him after he came back from a injury, and he was upset that Arsenal only offered him a 60k a week contract.

@@Zauchi the first one seems really petty to me!

Robert Pires was a much better footballer than Malouda.

@@nickkabbabe1953 okay

U are joking. He doesn’t ”prefer” Drogba over Bergkamp. U know he is joking.

@@brandonisbacknoclicbait9112 why not. As an Arsenal fan I have nothing against this. You have to take into account Cole started playing with Bergkamp regularly when Bergkamp was past his prime. On the other hand he played with prime Drogba and I'd say 2006-2010 Drogba had a bigger impact and was more influential on the pitch than 2001-2006 Bergkamp. Not just the goals, Drogba was a massive presence up front, always able to hold the ball, win duels with defenderd, bring other players in... Take players on, drift out too. Great work rate. Prime Drogba could basically do everything and was one of the best number 9s around. And he was ALWAYS scoring against Arsenal.

Take out Pires and put Henry on the left done.

@@mk7967 or take out Malouda and put Henry on the right..

@@nhlanhlambhele2592 Did Henry play on the right much? I can only remember how dangerous he was cutting in from the left

@@mk7967 neither do I, I am just against the idea of Malouda being in this team😂😂😂

@@nhlanhlambhele2592 Malouda did have atleast 2 seasons where he was unplayable tbf. Great player on his day

I'd play 4-3-3.. Pires LWF Henry CF Drogba RF (would play inside) Lauvren on the over lap on that wing.... Bergkamp @ 10.. Lampard Box to Box.. Viera DM..

You raise some good points but I personally just don’t think Henry + Drogba would work. They’re just not compatible imo & it’s no coincidence Drogba was generally at his best when he was a lone striker able to tear teams apart on his own whereas Henry worked best with another striker to complement him and for him to play off with their differences in play. Bergkamp & Henry’s chemistry would be hard to replicate & though it wouldn’t be impossible to match, I just don’t think you’ll match it by trying Drogba + Henry. Both offer the same strengths in most their good areas

@@firstnamelastname364 Drogba and Anelka certainly worked! Another player that was probably underrated. I could see Drogba and Henry working, Drogba was not only skillful and strong but would also hold the ball up win flick ons and be the target man. Two great players should easily be able to perform a partnership.