The Premier League’s Worst Ever Player

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How did someone convince then Southampton manager, Graeme Souness to field a player he had never seen before?
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@lemuroflemurs 2 года назад

"At least Ali Dia focuses on football, unlike Paul Pogba." -Graeme Souness

@kwinsiirvine592 2 года назад

ffs😂😂😂

@clintstewart5545 2 года назад

he is not wrong about pogba the man with a 1000 hair styles

@mering5298 2 года назад

Adaptability

@iskywhisky1154 2 года назад

Man's so salty he fielded Dia he hates Pogba

@willardmatsaudza3101 2 года назад

@@clintstewart5545 what does hair have to do with taking the game seriously you guys aren’t serious. How is something that take 20 minutes a sign a World Cup winner doesn’t take football seriously

@kohchungwei 2 года назад

Imagine modern day Souness doing the punditry on Dia

@Call-me-Avi 2 года назад

He is worse than pogba - souness probably

@Flames27 2 года назад

Yooooo

@inBODwetrust13 2 года назад

Well he's black so we can be certain Souness would have targeted him before he even played

@DeadInsideDave 2 года назад

That's why u mute the tv when souness speaks

@dukeofdogs6522 2 года назад

Thats Just Fred

@AnkitGupta-wf2lg 2 года назад

"Southampton were waging their annual battle against relegation" LMAAAAAAAOO dead

@kwazilucas 2 года назад

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!

@fishyfish6510 2 года назад

Le Tissier was breaking his back and scoring 20 wonder goals a season just to keep them up 😂

@PieEater163 2 года назад

The 90s were rough for us! Without Le God we'd definitely not have survived into the 2000s. Some amazing great escapes though.

@tomboz777 2 года назад

I remember John Motson, ever the statistician being asked “who was the team that finished above the relegation the most times” around that period? Southampton was the answer of course. Was thinking “yeah, that checks out”.

@johnmitchell2269 2 года назад

Some things never change

@weestyboys6829 2 года назад

Souness: 'I'll give you a clue...starts with Po, ends in gba'

@roopelahtinen1983 2 года назад

Fred

@lukashradecky5492 2 года назад

McTomminay

@heijimikata7181 2 года назад

Pog….ba would be better.

@elypsemusic8042 2 года назад

Maguire

@kohchungwei 2 года назад

Since Souness managed that team it's probably somehow Paul Pogba

@theboss-by5gd 2 года назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@MorrisseyMuse 2 года назад

He wouldn't be wrong..lol

@misterbogs 2 года назад

Pogba is just a dabbing James Milner

@nakaine7 2 года назад

The most overrated player of all time

@jdodger1091 2 года назад

Pogba is criminally overrated to be fair

@gaiusjuliuspleaser 2 года назад

"Paul Pogba is a poor man's Ali Dia." -Graeme Souness

@MrBannystar 2 года назад

Souness still probably thinks higher of Dia than Pogba.

@fizz113 2 года назад

After yesterday, it makes sense.

@Mr-Safology 2 года назад

Your name suits you. Especially with that disrespectful image.

@arandomguy3288 2 года назад

@@Mr-Safology factual image

@Mr-Safology 2 года назад

@@arandomguy3288 Factual Hebdo image, yes. You do know this is a caricature, disrespectful one. And BTW, I know who you are.

@MrBannystar 2 года назад

@@fizz113 *"he's trying to bait you"* Who am I trying to bait? Those who get upset over a cartoon and clearly have a problem with freedom of expression? Be careful who you get in to bed with.

@zerosuitsamus2340 2 года назад

If Ali Dia were up against Maguire and Lindelof last night, he will most likely be World Class Striker based on their performance

@kaichatib1886 2 года назад

Your forgetting Shaw, somehow people forgetting that Shaw was if not worst than Linder of and Maguire 🤣

@benedictjajo 2 года назад

@@kaichatib1886 easy to point and laugh at when they are having bad time.

@MrJermson 2 года назад

@@kaichatib1886you are right. The problem is the English language does not have a word to describe what is worse than worst.

@vitaminc2161 2 года назад

A week ago he could fool wan bisaka

@dagsommar3713 2 года назад

Lindelöf wasn't even bad. He is just unlucky to be playing for a collapsed United.

@gingerinho6793 2 года назад

I'm hypnotised by the merch song, might have to buy the whole stock

@Recedinhairline442 2 года назад

Bruhh I wish I could it

@bremya 2 года назад

merchandiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiise

@gamessories5613 2 года назад

They are pretty professional and the song was goofy, really liked it too !

@JohnKobaRuddy 2 года назад

Four gullible simpletons in one post

@elypsemusic8042 2 года назад

I loved it so much i might download it.

@gautamanparasan7067 2 года назад

Probably the greatest merch ad I have seen.

@Elephantstonica 2 года назад

Chose to sub just because of that.

@gaiusjuliuspleaser 2 года назад

Imagine Souness meeting Dia in person for the first time. "Wow, you sound just like George Weah!"

@josephxuereb1978 Год назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@ajones7735 2 года назад

Imagine scamming your way into playing a Premier League game! Absolute legend!

@johnnyb2909 2 года назад

harry maguire!

@vankallahan59 2 года назад

Happened in Denmark last year. A guy faked his way in to a professional side "Viborg"

@Alphoric Год назад

He’s also the best premier league player and the only player to have a shot on target every 53 minutes ever in the prem

@Alphoric Год назад

@@vankallahan59 it happened in South America I think and the guy was walking on and instead of playing he just attacked a fan and he stayed at the club for quite some time

@rayfinkle2805 Год назад

Sterling has been doing it for years

@bigbearrecordingstudio7921 2 года назад

Oh dude I've read about this. My man Dia pulled off the scam of the century. He is like one of those RU-vidrs that does a "i faked being an influencer and snuck my way into fashion week" same energy 🤣🤣

@_Diego_ 2 года назад

You thought I was weahs cousin but it was I, Dia!

@Timliu92 2 года назад

Yes! All I can say is, at least the man lived the dream for a while and managed to taste minutes of Premier League football, while also becoming a legendary meme in the process 😬😬😉😄🤣

@bixxi9626 2 года назад

Same wozzap

@kb9889 2 года назад

@@_Diego_ 🤣 didn't expect to see a Jojo reference in a Tifo video. KONO DIA DA!!!!

@monkeytennis8861 2 года назад

Shut up

@TheHunter2 2 года назад

lol, thank God George Weah was just a great footballer back in the day. Imagine if he was a great engineer or pilot. "Hey you guys should hire my cousin. he flies 787 all the time"

@vulxh 2 года назад

Imagine while he gives the captians announcement you hear how to fly a plane tutorial in the background💀

@VHKDK 2 года назад

If he said he flew the 737 max, then that may explain a few things.

@rjjcms1 Год назад

Yikes!

@gchigwanda 2 года назад

Sourness fell for the classic "Nigerian prince"

@rjjcms1 Год назад

But fortunately for him it didn't cost him his life savings.

@Ben_the_Rosafan 2 года назад

Now imagine if he'd actually scored that goal...

@prayaaskochhar8783 2 года назад

He has a son Simon Dia , who is very much a real professional footballer and played for Lille youth academy and briefly in French Ligue 2

@matthill3293 2 года назад

I'm a Saints fan and Ali Dia is genuinely, without any irony one of my favourite ever players. The bloke's an absolute genius! He'll be remembered forever, far longer than any "good" player. Fair play to him!

@GuinessOriginal 11 месяцев назад

Have you got a song about him?

@spacebandit2834 2 года назад

He was doomed the moment Tony Pulis blacklisted him

@brandonasiedu9786 2 года назад

Serge Gnabry says otherwise

@richiesimons4403 2 года назад

@@brandonasiedu9786 I'm a West Brom fan. That was one Pulis got so, SO wrong.

@cuck1ngfunt 2 года назад

Pulis didn’t want Palace to resign Zaha either, who as everyone knows carried us for about half a decade. Was one of the reasons he left.

@chriswilkinson7636 2 года назад

Did Tony Pulis really just say he was rubbish?😂😂😂That's pretty blunt😂😂😂

@BigBrainStrats 2 года назад

Le Tissier said about him after the game: "He ran around the pitch like Bambi on ice; it was very embarrassing to watch."

@0saintclark0 2 года назад

I was there for the game and honestly I've seen worse than him have much longer careers in the Prem. As you said yourself he actually nearly scored...he looked more like a player who hadn't trained for a long time rather than someone who was just terrible.

@Amirkhanye Год назад

@attorneyirl2725 Год назад

Yeah I agree actually. More often than not we see horrible performances where the player loses the ball on every touch.

@bigt6665 Год назад

@@attorneyirl2725 brenden aaronson is worse than him

@xerxesx4u Год назад

For Man United it's Maguire and Tuanzebe

@TMM-N 2 года назад

He achieved what 99% of the world population would never achieved, playing in EPL..kudos

@theboss-by5gd 2 года назад

why isnt anyone talking about the new song dropped by the "Tifo bois" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂I swear these guys need to release an album and i would be listenin to em 24/7

@DarkshadeMusic 2 года назад

You’re talking about it.

@shreyashrath3006 2 года назад

Link bro

@joetucker971 2 года назад

@@shreyashrath3006 it's in the video lol

@KinnyRiddle 2 года назад

That Mega Deal song is still in my head after so many months. LOL

@sigitprabowo363 2 года назад

Imagine, he played for Senegal and he's George Weah's cousin, a Liberian.

@sponish0 2 года назад

well its possible for cousins to have different nationalities

@weskinzett7394 2 года назад

More Librarian than Liberian

@olivermcleod1 2 года назад

Surely has to be Harry Maguire, I’ve never seen anything like it. Trudging around pushing his teammates over.

@rascallybloom567 Год назад

Dont disrespect the GOAT 🐐🐐🐐

@daddymonyet 2 года назад

I’m telling you, Ali Dia has 1,000 times more passion and determination than Pogba - Graeme Souness

@MarcusSoothill 2 года назад

Imagine if had actually scored that shot. Would have been mental lol

@honestarsenalfan7038 2 года назад

I reckon I can put in a real shift in the premier League. I have mamba mentality,you won't see me trying to hide from the ball. Roll me a contract!

@adityanath923 2 года назад

"Southampton were waging the annual battle against relegation" LMAO, I AM DEAD

@CamoDrako 2 года назад

I found out abt this guy a few years back when I looked at the alumni for my university on Wikipedia. That was a rabbit hole I thoroughly enjoyed

@dan-qn6sz 2 года назад

the ending song is too much 🤣🤣

@joeski27 2 года назад

Not convinced, Dia managed a shot on target whereas I once watched Claude Davis from a free kick edge of his own box manage to “pass” the ball out of the stadium

@jebus89 2 года назад

"Sure, I got fooled by that transfer. But you've got to ask...where was PAUL POGBA warning me about him?"

@wishingwell12345 2 года назад

Didn't it strike Souness as suspicious that Weah (Liberian) supposedly had a cousin who played for Senegal? I mean it's not impossible but the two countries aren't exactly next door to each other.

@SujoyChakravarthi93 2 года назад

I think he's got enough to make Manchester United's squad, going by last night in particular - he'd definitely get more minutes than Van De Beek for sure

@FootballDrawn 2 года назад

I remember when I was covering this story on my own channel, and being surprised the magnitude of what he pulled off. Well done guys. Another top video by a top channel ⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

@moumenrezaei1330 2 года назад

the ultimate GOAT

@jeremybilliards712 2 года назад

Hahaa...I actually remember your video. Love it♥️♥️

@wilfordcolbert1333 2 года назад

Dude, you're massively underrated 🔥

@7bucksnutrition303 2 года назад

Massive fan of your stuff

@balham5606 2 года назад

As soon as you said Southampton and Grahame souness i knew which player you were going to talk about 😂

@rjjcms1 Год назад

As an old codger who was going to football matches every other week in the 90s (and most of the 80s),I guessed who it going to be before I played the video.

@danpreston564 2 года назад

I don't think Alex really buys into the silly side of this channel. He's a serious analyst, man.

@cameronseegers7414 2 года назад

Have you seen the man’s performative dancing?!?😭😂😂

@danpreston564 2 года назад

@@cameronseegers7414 he looked like a man in a hostage video. 🤣

@kwazilucas 2 года назад

"running to where the ball wasn't" LOL

@solanumlinnaeanum2484 2 года назад

Urgent Merch Requirements : 1) Scattergram 2) JJ's We fixed Super League Logo (rotating Eagle).

@Pri405 2 года назад

Alex iwobi imo 🌝Wonder how Arsenal managed to convince Everton to pay 40 mil

@Pri405 2 года назад

@A B 🤣

@abe10 2 года назад

@A B 😂

@deanbrown29 2 года назад

Yeah I've never ever understood that transfer! Just I'd of thrown my football manager game in the bin if it had happened their for being totally unrealistic.

@mannie6467 2 года назад

It was never 40million. 28m with and one making it 30m

@rashidkhalid3970 2 года назад

Pepe is actually a decent player he can dribble past players very fast just ain't got end product and worth that amount

@thejungwookim 2 года назад

I don't know, seems like he could still do it on a rainy night at Stoke

@MrCr1spy1 2 года назад

Joe could sing for RHCP. His voice is weirdly similar to Anthony Kiedis'.

@Bale4Bond 2 года назад

Would be an improvement at this point

@graemehall6767 2 года назад

So happy that Gateshead got a mention here - his next stop is often overlooked but as you say, he scored a couple of goals for the Heed and became a bit of a cult figure

@withthespeed 2 года назад

This has to be my favorite football/soccer channel since KickTV was a thing. Keep it up, great video as usual!

@TheMuldoonFella 2 года назад

Harry Maguire took that crown from Ali Dia

@WayneW3st 2 года назад

Imagine being so bad they subbed you off with a defender

@rjjcms1 Год назад

They were so desperate their bench for the next game was going to consist of the physio,two directors,the tea vendor and the groundsman.

@gregbest90 Год назад

First vid of yours I've seen; was impressed and ready to subscribe, then that merch song at the end sealed the deal, absolute quality 😂

@ormurin6441 2 года назад

Carlos Henrique aka Carlos Kaiser is also a funny story about a guy who can't play but gets signed to real clubs. worth a read.

@taskdon769 2 года назад

And not just one club, he "played professionally" for 11 clubs over 5 nations in a span of 13 years without register a single minute on pitch.

@adam6543 2 года назад

Loving the tifo merch ad at the end 🤣😭

@SujoyChakravarthi93 2 года назад

Hypnotized by that Merch Song. My word it was like coming up against Peak Ronaldinho - no idea what would happen next but I couldn't take my eyes off it

@UserName-br5zu 2 года назад

Roger Espinoza. End of debate. How that bloke ever became a professional footballer, I will never know. Absolutely garbage every time I’ve seen him play.

@Killer1984able 2 года назад

The former Wigan left back?

@oolongpantsu3437 2 года назад

0:37 Magnum randomly popping up

@hb3393 2 года назад

Merch song came out of nowhere, lost it at the Ibrahim Sangare shirt

@akashpargaonkar1170 2 года назад

Title: The PL's worst ever player Me: Fred?

@Mr-Safology 2 года назад

It's not his fault. No one pressing between the lines. We have uncoordinated pressing, which costs us the game. And that's down to the manager and coaches tactics.

@verycasul 2 года назад

I remember reading about Ali Dia in Four Four Two magazine. There are a lot cases like this back then.

@zayam5401 2 года назад

It's marry haguire, saved you 419 seconds.

@markanthonylo4759 2 года назад

Another bit that ought to get me every time: Tifo's merch jingle LMAO

@ckc985 2 года назад

that merch jingle 🤣

@dev0nSA1nt 4 месяца назад

to be fair it's been forgotten that we thumped a toothless United 6-3 at the Dell a few weeks before.

@marcoantonio-em9ys 2 года назад

Can we get a size chart on the shirts? I've got absolutely no clue if I should get a medium or large.

@tianruixiao9239 2 года назад

ROFL is Alex's move with the mug in the ad inspired by his dance in his presentation for the revamped european super league?

@jervferreira 2 года назад

Where is the Spotify link for the Tifo merch song?

@laidbackjack3166 2 года назад

Superb videos as ever. Not sure what the idea of the last minute is mind....shouldn't cheapen your channel like that. Any chance of you lads doing a video on the Ricky Alvarez transfer saga of 2014? I'm a Sunderland fan and would enjoy that.

@mutsam4278 2 года назад

The song is actually a nice psychedelic. Tifo Merrrrrrrch.

@charlesfairs1427 2 года назад

I'm sure that was a great video lads but I instantly forgot what it was about when the merch ad started

@andyrharris 2 года назад

As soon as I saw the title, I knew what it was gonna be about. As a Saints fan, I have heard this story many times.

@bleuray90 2 года назад

...aaaaaand the merchandise song at the end of video is just on-par with player we discussed...... hahaha

@hunterrussell9263 2 года назад

Reminded me of the nascar racer that produced false stats to participate in the Talledega 500 a few decades ago

@Eibarwoman 2 года назад

L.W. Wright

@ColorMeMozart 2 года назад

I hear Flight of the Concords in the merchandise song and love it! 😂

@thoyo 2 года назад

Listening to the song at the end, the more I hear it, the more I want to buy a random piece of merch. Much as I try, I can't avert my eyes. A moth to the flame, shut up and take my money 😭😭

@joachimchristensen5589 2 года назад

Hahahahahah the merch song is great! Frankly, I’m sold 😂

@kane1987mk 2 года назад

I mean it's gotta be a Newcastle player right!? We have had some shockers! There's a few I could think of from our first team now!

@shaikhshafiq9741 2 года назад

Okay when's the album releasing for all the tifo songs. I am all in!!

@northleedspoppa Год назад

Danny mills has to be up there Worst player at Charlton team that got relagated Responsible for like 3 out 5 England goals conceded in world cup Worst player in Leeds team that got relagated Worst player in Derby team that got relagated

@ha6892 2 года назад

Has to be Harry maguire, been relegated 4 times in his career and has lost 8 semi finals in a row.

@Eddy-dn1jx 2 года назад

Depending on sales, will there be more additions to the store?

@andrewagbesi6954 2 года назад

"Southampton were waging their annual battle against relegation" 🤣🤣🤣

@brainnotfound337 2 года назад

The merch ad at the end alone were worth watching through the video

@GeniusLad32 2 года назад

I love that two serious football channels have a brilliantly silly merch advert.

@charlasdefutbolscouting 2 года назад

Another Dia was Dhominic Dia, U20 World Cup top goalscorer in 2009. AC Milan signed with him, but he became a completely unknown player over his career..

@spongebabe27 Год назад

I gotta say, unless you know something I don't, I'm kinda surprised you kept calling him "deer" after the chant which presumably was supposed to rhyme with "liar"