Why Doesn't Monaco Have A National Football Team? 

Hopefully get Leclerc a good coach capable of making good strategic and tactical decisions to help them win unlike the Ferrari strategists

​@@that3401he just won a race because of incredible strategy by his tema lmao

@@that3401 I mean, they pulled off a blinder at Monza to be fair. They were the only one of the top teams to one-stop.

​@@karlosmarcos5587 one good race doesn't excuse the multiple times they've screwed Leclerc and other drivers over

@@that3401 i know, they have been crap, its just unfortunate timing for that comment

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Spot on

So like every French town except the rest aren’t as rich?

@@FlameDragon72 Were you there in GP week or another time?

@seaninterpop Was there in November time! It was very pretty, and surreal to walk the track route etc - but the gulf between the social classes of people was so apparent. I've never felt more out of place in my life!

Not necessarily, if you increase the coefficient of Liechtenstein enough it’s easier

I have done it a few fifas ago but it is a lot harder to do it in FM

Not necessarily. With the new CL format, if you go deep enough into the Conference League, you’ll get one of the “best performing nations in Europe” spot in the CL for the next season

@@jeffcatgreeb7262 incorrect, as they will only have their one uecl qualification place regardless of where they are in the coefficient table

Vaduz play in the Swiss League, could you not just win that and qualify for the CL that way?

Yeah, and that race is about as prestigious as the Indy 500 and 24 Hours of Lemans, yet you cannot pass there at all.

@@nicestoriesnottherealstori3006 The race got that reputation when the races there were actually exciting, nowadays it's all about the qualifying. But hey, maybe with the return of smaller cars in 2026...

Lucky not really most people from Monaco don't care about F1

@@petesmart1983 They care during the Grand Prix weekend which is enough.

@@nicestoriesnottherealstori3006 all 3 of the Triple Crown offer a different challenge - speed, endurance, finesse

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More success when you can buy players from around the world and not have to naturalise them.

Alfie the trendsetter

Always

@@soundscape26 doesn't surprise me. Alfie is one of the few football channels or "influencers" in general who simply speaks his mind and isn't afraid to tackle difficult topics. Probably the one football youtuber that i'd want the least to lose for that reason.

@@soundscape26alfie always been real af since birth

@@soundscape26 This is why Alfie will always be the people's channel!

Macao manages it.

To be fair, Macao do

​@@lordhenrywotton95 Macao has a population of 700000 tho

They’re a tax haven pretending to be a country get it right

because while Monaco is all rich people, Macau is a ordinary city that rely on casinos to survive. A vast majority of macau citizens dont gamble at all and have an average salary half of that of usa's

Fun fact the ‘Welsh’ club TNS is located in England

@@omamuzoobemure1260 omg really?!?!? I never knew 😱 the club is a merger between a Welsh side and Oswestry, also Oswestry is a half Welsh half English kinda place

definitely English

​@@garyhughes3001if you say so

@@ifan_1234 it is

How obvious was the face lift? Be honest!

@@SuperJNG18 This was long before the facelift I’m afraid 🤣

Yes, and like Monaco, they have club sides that compete "abroad" (in England of course), although given they're not as good as Monaco they have less to lose. I'm a Guernsey resident and I think there would be sufficient national pride to support FIFA accession, plus there is sufficient local base to form a national team. Meanwhile, there is the Island Games and Muratti Vase that "national" teams from both islands compete in. There has been some talent from the islands too, with Graeme le Saux (Jersey) and Matt le Tissier (Guernsey), and Alex Scott of Guernsey is now a Premier League player. According to Wikipedia, Jersey's FA was considering accession to CONCACAF last year in a quote from the Greenland manager.

@@exsandgrounder Guernsey have won the men's football competition at the Island Games 3 times and are one of 2 sides, alongside the Faroe Islands, to have won back-to-back.

@@Ramtamtama There was talk of the Faroe Islands taking part in football at the next edition of the Island Games. I wonder if they'd enter their elite team? They'd probably clean up if they did.

I've noticed that Jersey have been going pretty well in international cricket in recent years!

Not sure it would be a wise choice for various reasons.

Yeah i felt he skipped over that

It's because FC Vaduz are members of the Liechtenstein FA, not the Swiss FA. Swansea are members of the English FA, not the Welsh FA, therefore on paper they're seen as an English club. Same for Monaco being classed as French and Victor San Marino as Italian.

@@elliotboro98 but there’s nothing there that would require AS Monaco to become part of the Monaco Football Federation if it were to be formed. They could and definitely would remain in the FFF

@@TylerAven10 I doubt UEFA would allow the Monegasque FA to become official if there wasn't a club representative competing under it then. To me there's no point anyway. It's an asterisk of many asterisks that would have to be addressed. It makes sense with FC Vaduz and other Liechtensteiner clubs but not with a one club state like Monaco.

Plus I'm pretty sure the Government of Monaco could send enough brown envelopes towards UEFA for them to consider AS Monaco to be a member of the French League System.

Yes, I remember that when Swansea won the league cup they played in the Europa League. They were treated as an English team, and there wasn't any problem with it.

They were in the past treated as Welsh, as there was no.league of Wales. Cardiff, Wrexham and Swansea were in Europe a lot until 30 years ago.

@@gvogas I believe but I could be wrong, that UEFA essentially told the 4 big Welsh clubs that if they continued to compete in the Welsh cup they would have to become full members of the FAW and be classified as a “guest” in England and that would mean their only route (like Vaduz) to enter European competition would now be through the Welsh cup. So now as you say they are de jure English clubs but de facto Welsh. But I think the comparison stands because it’s precisely what the Welsh clubs (which operate more akin to how Monaco does today) would have been faced with.

There's also Derry City, playing in the Republic of Ireland's football league despite being in Northern Ireland- and they have qualified for European football recently.

The 5 Welsh clubs playing in the English system are FA members, not FAW members, hence why they're treated as English and can't enter the Welsh Cup. Similar to Berwick (SFA not FA) and Derry City (FAI not IFA)

too bad F1 is not a sport for them

Alfie is stealing this for his next video 100%

the absolute thrashing by Sapmi twice is also interesting lmao.

You think those women who are afraid to get a drop of sweat on their forehead will play football against a bunch of lesbians with angry issues.

Mine also, especially with the Vatican references in this video. The Pope is visiting our country right now (Indonesia).

lol, I’m intrigued as to what you’ve done that you are satisfied with outside the principals office and it’s bad enough that they have to call your mum in. 😂

I just watched Fight club. Now here I am.

@@youtuber6193i got in a fight and i ended up in the principal's office..it had been like for hours waiting for my mom sinced they called her in..I got bored then got on youtube to find a W Alfie vid 🔥🐐keepe'm coming Alfie 🔥🔥🔥

That's gonna take a whole load of videos. Best thing Malaysia could do is make a two division (premier) league taking in the Singapore (and Bruneian) clubs. Even then I suspect JDT will be unstoppable.

Maybe if they didn't make planes disappear, football would be taken seriously there

Malaysia football is in a dying state since all club experienced divestment from multiple source of funds because they are unable to break the dominance of JDT. Also, JDT being the big fish in a small pond facing high risk of stagnation in continental competition due to lack of proper rivalries in domestic competition

@@TheJohnnyJohnny ah, so the PSG problem

@@maciejbala477 worse in fact, french club can compete in Europe but Malaysian clubs except JDT are all trash in Asia.

They actually do have a club in Italy, last year they barely missed back-to-back promotions to Serie C, they are now in Serie D

MK Dons vs MC Dons The Slaughter of Canary Wharf Polo and football on one day around the Formula One in May, why not... How many subscribers do you need Alfie to become eligible for the 4 Million dollar minimum apartment, but you deserve your grand views and rest, so 7 is more apt HITC Sevens vs Charly Le Clerc FC You can be the star player there. And the only people's player... I am out of fake accounts give you more subs unfortunately....😢 ( For Legal Reasons the above is a joke ) But your own 7 team league of Monaco teams is possible Alfie. 1/3 of 35000 of which 12 % is below 14, so age ripe to train, well chosen age Still are about 500 boys. 7 teams of 20 players is 140, just 28% of able aged boys with all the money and personal trainer access of the world, condensed in as you say a sardine packed village needed. Possible. And thus achievable. Please there and not in SaudAIrabia... you know. ❤

I believe there are such amateur "clubs" in Monaco; the casino workers have one club if I remember correctly. :)

honestly they have to remove this rule, its the door open to many abuses like for countries QATAR and so

I expect FIFA or UEFA might get involved if there were spurious awards of nationality just to pad the national team out.

@@exsandgrounder FIFA hasn't stopped Qatar for poaching talent from Africa and elsewhere, though

There's no way u posted for 2 straight years

If it’s a 7, I would nominate these guys. 7. Lukas Podoslki 6. Michael Ballack 5. Robert Huth 4. Mesut Özil 3. Ilkay Gundogan 2. Jens Lehmann 1. Jurgen Klinsmann

but... why?

If you put this kind of dedication into something that actually matters you might have cured world hunger by now 🙄

I wonder what is more likely to happen: Alfie making this video or Tottenham winning a trophy?

Majority of Monaco fans are from France very few are from Monaco itself mostly from the villages and small towns between nice and Monaco

Monaco has the 3rd biggest away fanbase in france, the problem is monaco isnt really well place and not easily accessable for the football fan who reside in other part of france,

Bruh sportwashing has existed since basically become a pro sport, Thats exactly it

I wonder if they could build the coefficient up enough so Liechtenstein gets qualifying or automatic entry to the Champions League

Not sure what the rules are now. Teams have played finals at their home grounds before. AS Roma did in 1984, but it didn't stop them losing.

Yes many places around support Monaco, but similarly its an old population most often. However across France it is fairly supported club and in away games they always draw sizable crowds for them

Yeh, I've heard of the Vaduz challenge, but Wales have been a national team for longer than all but 2 other nations, and Swansea have played in the English pyramid since the first World War