Beautiful one Sam, he is always brushed off as a squad player by all this people. Because he remains humble, shared it around even tagged Gary into it!
Thanks for sharing this. I felt it, but couldn’t point what was going on. Gary is a hero and honestly he’s also a funny pundit, he’s exceptional at everything he does!
@@joseph20yearsago61 I can never understand how Sam can be this "OBJECTIVE" in looking at Gary Neville's career to show why Gary SHOULD BE RESPECTED but can't see the mediocrity that is Erik Ten Hag?? I CANNOT UNDERSTAND THIS.
Most of the fans who spend time on social media weren’t old enough to watch him play. Neville was an excellent player; extremely consistent, almost always fit knew the standards. Absolutely in with a shout for best RB in PL history
All those 75 point getting United players in the 90's are overrated 😂 GNev was nothing worth writing about , those team titles got people recreating history
As a lifelong Liverpool supporter now at the age of 50 I cannot believe the amount of crap people put about Gary Neville the guy played at the top for 15 years won every club trophy going the type of lad any one would want in their team. Utterly ridiculous
@@itdontmeannothingnotathing3385 good to have some elder fans around on the internet. I'm myself 22, but I'm fed up watching 12 year olds making crappy football reels here and there
@@mnd7381 well you know what to do buddy start up your own channel sounds like you got a great passion for football and not just for what passes as football now but the way the game used to be played have a think about it and if you decide to give it a go let me know and I will be your first subscriber☘️
But Jamie carragher also played at top level for long time. Doesn’t mean he was unbelievable and every would want him in their team. Gary Neville was slow and couldn’t beat a man with the ball. He had a long throw in nobody talks about and he used to do a very predictable overlap run a lot. He was relatively solid defensively tho. And I was about to say I didn’t know he made so many assists. Then looked up his stats. Apparently it was 35 assists in 17 seasons!!! Trent probably has that in 2-3 seasons.
I'm a Liverpool fan, and I have to agree: Fergie wouldn't have picked him week after week, year after year, if he wasn't keen on him. The guy was Mr. Consistency.
Yeah if that's the case Anderson and Wesley Brown were Balon D'or level😂 ...Man United had many average players and many top players too and that era they had , they will never see one like that in this lifetime
@@joshuakithyoma9575 nonsense, and if you go back when Anderson came in and watch him he was a tremendous player until he got injured, dominated some of the supposed best players in the league.
And an annoying little raging lion in the RB position. I used to think "rival fans must hate him" because even I disliked him a bit. But boy, was he consistent? Much better than he first appeared.
Liverpool fan here. Neville was a great player and I’ve been going to Anfield since 1985. Hated him as a fan but respected him for his skill, tenacity and professionalism. Top player. You don’t play for the best team in the league (at the time) if you’re bad!
Neville spent his entire career in an elite, trophy hoarding team, during which time many players who were world class in their own right were either sold on, or just didn't make the cut. Gary Neville was not just an average player in a great team. He was a player stood the test of time in an elite team. That can't just be dismissed.
Nailed it. The fact that his spot was never in danger his whole career, while playing for arguably the best team in the world for that whole career says everything. If there was a better RB, he wouldn't have had a spot. Or the captaincy. Or the England spot. Lol He was elite and world class his entire career.
Agree- although one could argue Gary was a key player in two of fergies 'the great teams'. And was already knocking about in the first. Which is quite something. I can only think of giggs or maybe Scholes who can say the same
Well said. He was exceptional. First choice for 5 England managers over 10 years, the most capped right back in English history. Won everything with his club, and yes he was of course part of a great team - but he was part of the reason it was a great team! Definitely belonged in that group of players. We could do with him now that’s for sure!
Neville was a good player who fitted perfectly into the United teams and how they like to play. He was a very IMPORTANT cog in the Ferguson system. As for the pundits, let them laugh, their trophy cabinets would need extensions to fit Gary's awards in. Gary did his talking on the pitch
Completely agree and that "Gary did his talking on the pitch". Well, I just wished he'd kept it that way and now kept his ridiculous political opions too himself. Stick to football Gary, you know what you've talking about there -whereas you know nothing about politics.
I'm a Spurs fan (I know, I know). I'm also old (54) lived in London 90-97, then Ireland till 07 (now in US), Neville was brilliant. Consistent, never sent off, (rarely) a real pro. Keano stood up for him then and now. He teases him, but that's just us Irish and our banter. Great video, new sub.
You hit the nail on the head, he didn't have a stand out attribute. People like players to be cartoon characters with one amazing thing.. Neville was a fantastically well rounded player and the best right back United ever had!
He did have stand out attributes tho. Didn’t stop running. Had a great cross and was great attacking in general. Neville was world class and still had more assists than Walker. Which is mind boggling
im a liverpool fan and there is no arguement there. He was so fundamentally sound people could not complain about him. He is the definition of what just pure grit gives you.
Liverpool fan here... What a fantastic video! I love my club but regardless of who we support we should strive to be objective and appreciate great talent, and Neville certainly was a great talent. Thank you for making this, I hate to see great players be miss remembered.
Nevile panders too much to the other biased pundits on sky, he doesnt like to blow his own trumpet. Neville never needed his right sided midfielder to drop back to help him.
@@frasierfreak92 Total and Utter Nonsense, UTD were camped in the opposition half for 50% of the season with the back 4 patrolling the halfway line, saying Neville couldn't do it when history tells you otherwise is just fantasy
Agreed. When Gnev walked down the tunnel injured on St Patrick's Day the entire Old Trafford held its Breath. He was our most important player at that time and more than held the position of Keane. An absolutely brilliant, important player for United and England. It says everything about JC, MR, etc that they try to diminish him ... and it says everything about him that he can sit with his medals and history and just laugh it off. One of the greatest united players ever.
I think what it comes down to is that Gary just didn't hog the spotlight for his performances, and RB isn't a 'sexy' position like a winger or a forward. That, and the fact that Gary is just so humble.
Nah, he just wasn't naturally gifted or ultra fast. He says it himself. He was surprised to be in the team and decided not to let his chance go. No way. So he did all he could and always gave 100%.
As a villa fan who remembers my club nearly going bankrupt and got relegated having Micah Richards refuse to leave the club even though he was finished and thousands of villa fans begging him to go for the sake of our club writting a petition begging him to cancel his contract (he continued being paid 3 years after his last game for villa ) something united loving Gary I very much doubt would do to his club in the same position....that alone plus obvious ability (I remember seeing Gary play ) makes Neville the far better player
Gary jacked it in as soon as he knew his legs were done, in fact he stayed one season too many because SAF begged him to stay. Half way through that last season Gary jacked it in and cancelled his contract.
@@Oljankylegs Micah was an absolute disaster for Villa, but he wasn't helped by playing in our worst team for the past 30 years. In his defence, he's told stories about how he was having a torrid time personally in those years and did ask to leave but was blocked. I can't resent him for that, but fucking hell I could barely watch him when he did play. Him and Lescott will rightfully go into many Villa fans' all-time worst Villa XIs
Good on Micah for not cancelling, he signed a contract villa had to honour it . If the situation was different, villa were doing well and Micah was amazing and wanted to leave, villa would have made him stay or at least got mega money for him.
@@Mashedpotato334 yeah he's a hero I'm surprised we've not got a statue of him ... Infact take the one of sir William McGregor our first chairman who's idea was the football league system down and replace it with big Meeks
On a wider note there is a real issue with how non challenged biased commentary is being allowed to shape opinion. It's not just Gary Neville, or even Man Utd, but in all walks of life. So a big thumbs up for pointing out the crap that's been allowed to permeate through as if it's fact, rather than what it really is. Bigotry and jealousy.
Gary Neville’s biased commentary has shaped thinking of Trent because he had one bad game against Rashford 7 years ago. You’ve now got gobshites like Keane and this idiot saying he can’t defend despite being part of the defence with the least conceded in two years running and winning multiple trophies.
I think Rashford as well. You don’t go from a 30 goal season to being a bad player next season. And you don’t do it on your own. Often players has fluctuations in their outputs: Giggs goes 13 goals to 1 early on. Scholes had a run 14, 9, 2 in the Premier League. And these guys were in a team overflowing in goal-scorers. They were a team, not just loading it all up on the shoulders of one bloke.
As a liverpool fan, people take the piss out of him because of what he says about the glazers and the fact that he flopped as a manager. Additionally, he allows these jokes. He takes it like a man, and props to him. He doesn't let his ego speak for himself. The man is in control of his emotionals when he gets mocked by the likes of micha richards. As for the fans... it's almost as people either never seen him play or they somehow relate the fact that because he flopped as a manager, he is also a flop player. Gary neville is a true legend of the game. Didn't set the world alight... football isn’t about that for me anyways. It's consistency that takes you to the top. And he had it in abundance. What. A. Player.
Absolute banger of a video, brother! You should make this every month. I can see the likes of Ole, Carrick, Vidic etc. We'd love to tune in and get a wider perspective of things.
Love this blokes humility, same with Scholes’. Two blokes that won everything multiple times and don’t need to prove themselves to anyone. They let folks like the bloke behind this channel say it for them. Great video.
They need to put him in the centre of the shows and interview The G and world will see how just real he is Roy Keane ready to scrap before the game in the tunnel when big bully Viera picked on him, that story alone shows his character 👏🤩
Garry is the kind of a player that makes the years of achievements and style of play feel like the standard level for our club ! No other RB could give you that feeling no matter which club we talk about !
He was very good consistent player. I don’t like to use FIFA ratings as a an example, but I like to because it helps visualize how good players are. Gary Neville was a 85 rated right back, with all his important fullback stats at or above 80, and his form never hits inconsistent. Always at normal or in form.
I’m glad someone has made this video, I’ve always thought Neville is too quick to put himself down! He was a Top player I’m a Liverpool fan & one of the reasons we hated him is because he was so good
Video is 2 months old now but I just stumbled across it 😂 really enjoyed this. When I’m ever asked about the best premier league team ever Gary is always picked at right back for me. Brilliant loyal player. Hated watching him as a kid being a Liverpool fan. But the man was class
And now his intelligence shows after his career in him building his business empire and one of the biggest RUclips football shows, while alot of the older generations footballers struggled to move on
Not sure how this ended up with me as a City fan but I will give GNev the respect he deserves. He was a great player in an era dominated by the team he captained. That's not luck. Fair play. I even like him as a pundit.
I must admit I had fallen into this way of thinking about Neville too. Even though I watched most of his career and saw how good he was for us and England. Thanks for snapping me out of it.
Nice! He was a fantastic player. Outstanding as a fullback. Man Utd looked poorer when he was out the team. Huge respect for what he achieved with club and country.
Thank you for this video. People need to see indeed how good he was and not just bash him.... he has more trophies than most of these washed up ex players wanna be pundits.
Even if one didn't grow up watching United through that era of dominance; it should still be fairly obvious he was very good at his position from the fact that Fergie never really looked for a right back that might better him and the 85 caps for England. Similar to what Rio was saying; watching Utd, you never really felt 'they're/we're a bit of a liability at right back'.
I think Neville playing down his ability and career doesn't help. He was functional and lacked flair but he was reliable and solid. I wouldn't mind him in our team right now, would play him ahead of AWB and Dalot.
Spot on - It grates me the way people talk about this legend, Put some respect on is name - well earned and thoroughly deserves plaudits for his career AND ability
Great video Sam - totally agree. He essentially started the overlapping attacking full back trait in English football. Was also a phenomenal crosser, particularly when heading towards the byline. Crosses were never too high or too low - always (mostly) perfect. Criminally underrated but he only has himself to blame for playing himself down.
Gary has the adoration and respect from his peers. Shows his character. He is confident of this ability - not just achievement in the game, but also current achievements. Look at him now. His business and media portfolio is impressive. Btw great video. Thanks for reminding all of us (and future football fans) of his greatness.
Not even a United fan but he was a great player. Probably the most underrated right back ever to play in the premier league. Thank you for your video highlighting this.👌
well done! Gary was excellent. that stat of only 3 RBs bought during his time is actually insane. people think because you are not the flashiest player in a great team that you aren't top level (makelele suffered from this but then got his flowers thanks to Zidane and Mourinho). football is such a team game that you cannot have a top level team with a weak link...
He made me think of the old Filet-O-Fish with Platt. He was a rock that the rest could use to cover and supply them, while they did the glorious bit and got the back page picture.
Always thought of him as a substandard 2nd class player and whenever i used man utd in fifa 07-12, i never ever thought highly of him. This video has completely changed my image of him. Very well said.
Great vid, his biggest fault is his self deprecation, speaking from experience I've realised in old age it serves no purpose, if you are young and have this stop right now, there are enough people out there willing to cut you down without doing it to yourself
I remember being around 9-10 years old watching a United game with my dad and Gary Nev scuffed while almost falling over a ballooned shot which saw him miss an easy open goal. I couldn't believe it, 'shocking! how did he miss that?' I said and my dad looked back and replied 'Son, every player has his limitations'. Those words have stuck with me until this day. this day I'll never forget what he said
He was a bit of a Djokovic of Football, he didn't do anything flashy or remarkable, but he absolutely nailed all the basics and had no weaknesses, that is what made him a great player, and is also what makes him overlooked and forgotten vs his flashier contemporaries. He never scored an overhead, or from half way, the women gravitated to the supermodel he played next to etc, but Mr consistent he was, thorn in every team's side.
I'm a huge Federer fan, but suggesting Djokovic has nailed the basics/consistency but doesn't do anything flashy or remarkable is the opinion of an utter casual imo
@yesdcotchin utter casual... well that's a comment of an utter bell. If you had some nous, you'd see that it was a huge compliment I was paying, and it was in the context of other players that took the plaudits more often, yet you focused on one word I used while quickly typing out a post. That's just weird I'd say.
@roronoalaw7772 well done for missing the point. You do know you can compare attributes of two humans without meaning all attributes are identical? I have legs and arms, and so does Messi, doesn't mean I'm saying I'm the best to ever play football.
I think a better comparison would have been David Coffin. No notable standout features yet a strong work ethic and never say die attitude going up against often stronger and more talented players. There is no Djokovic in football. Messi is Federer and Cristiano is Nadal.
The greatest manger and the greatest club…never ever replaced Gary Neville. They barely even bought a back up. That tells you everything you need to know about how good Gary Neville was.
For me Gary was a very good right back, not world class but very good and his biggest strength was that he hardly ever made a bad game, well not until the end of his career were injurys gave him problems.
@@24sumo and he didn’t need a trophy at international level to prove he was world class. His club level performances alone solidify him as world class.
It was underrated players like Gary Neville, Dennis , Irwin, Butt, Park that allowed the attacking players to thrive..Proper legends in their own rights
"Just Failed.. haha" despite the fact you won all there was to win? Despite the fact year on year you performed consistently at a high level? Cmon Gary... You were a DAMN good player who I watched for years and years. Stop downplaying how good you actually were because of clowns like Carragher and Richards.... Micah Richards thinks he is better than Gary Neville? Jesus....
Richards was so good at City they replaced him and sent him packing first choice they got. He retired because nobody wanted him while Nevile only left Sir Alex Fergusons United team because age and injuries caught up with him.
Garry is too good as a person, thats why he undermine himself just to make those clowns Carra and Micah laugh. but we all know both of them nowhere near Garry's level.
Love this. I started watching football in 02 and Neville's retirement feels a lifetime away now, but I still remember that at that time, nobody would dream of calling him average.
Neville is like Carvajal. No headlines, no flashiness, just straight 7s every game for years and years. Everyone else takes them for granted but their coaches know to put them on the team sheet every matchday
100% Truth!! Neville was an absolute rock for United, understated, not flashy, utter workhorse and allowed the players around him shine because he did all of the groundwork for them to be able to go forward.
Great video and echoes my feelings precisely. It genuinely annoys me that other players feel so confident in dismissing Neville and worse that Gary allows it to happen. The best right back I've seen at United in my 40 years watching them, would get in my all time 11 and one of the top 5 full backs in Premier League history easily. A great, great player.
Well said. Gary Neville is a legend when United was a team of legends. I have supported the greatest football team for over fifty years and Gary is hands down the best right back we have had in that time. I`m used to as all United fans are, the unhinged hatred and pure jealousy towards our glorious club and their attempts to rewrite history and constantly put us down. An idiot in his twenties told me the other day that Roy Keane was over rated and only looked good because of his team mates ! I was going to kick off and go full Scottish on him but instead I shook my head and quietly told him if you believe that you are delusional and know nothing about the great game and should never speak again. I hated Stevie G. As all United fans do. That's our job but I respected him as a player because second to being a Red Devil I`m a football fan. People that don`t respect are not worth listening to or talking to.
What a great video Well said and put together Neville is indeed overlooked & underrated I myself as a united fan of over 30 years could not of put this better!
Great video. I’d like to see a video like this on Rooney, who has also become very under-appreciated. Stat merchants nowadays who never watched these players can’t appreciate their brilliance. As mentioned in the video, the way that players who have played with and against Neville talk about him should say everything that anyone needs to know about how good he was. I’ve never seen Rio or even Roy Keane defend anyone like they’ve defended Neville. They’d know better than anyone, after all. What people struggle to understand is that fullbacks didn’t require the same things back then as they do today. Dribbling past multiple players, constantly whipping in crosses, 15+ assists per season, etc. Neville was very good going forward, it just wasn’t often required of him.
I really hope he watches this. ❤ I forgot how good his crosses were, was always pinging bangers. Absolute legend of the game, deserves a lot more praise.
Fantastic video. I totally agree. Neville was the best full back of his time in the league. One of Englands best too. He did the basics to a high class level. Great crosser of the ball. Highly intelligent on the field, and as tough as they come.
Awesome and eye opening video. I'll admit I was one who disrespected him too because everyone else was doing it. But your points are 100% true. He wouldn't have survived that long in United if he wasn't that good
I am so glad you have pulled this together!! Top class 💪… Then people say he couldn’t play today…. Ridiculous… Johnny Evans is still playing… And the recency is bias is crazy…
As a Chelsea fan, this video opened my eyes and I agree Gary is one of the best in EPL history. He reminds me of Azpilicueta in the EPL he has been the most consistent player in the league, being defensively sound, no crazy lace or passing but he could give a good cross and could make the team play better.
This is brilliant !!! I've been thinking this for years!! People commenting on Gary Neville, who aren't fit to tie his boots. Great video, very well made.
8 minutes of perfection. Thank you for this, as a UTD fan who grew up watching Neville during those prime years, it's so cringy watching him get disrespected every so now and then by players who have not had the career he has had, dare I say lesser players...
Would be cool to see a video on Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Darren Fletcher, Cleverley, Nicky Butt, Phil Neville, Silvestre, Welbeck and all the old squad players who are soooooo underappreciated. If you saw any of them playing instead of the starting 11 you just knew they how to slot in. How unappreciated and rated rhey are yet almost all of them once they left were captains at their new clubs. They were so special players and Fergie managed them absolutely perfectly ❤
Very very solid player. Knew his role and did it exceptionally. Bled for the team.. and was basically a Moneyball player. Respect due. From a Liverpool player.
Walker is the best right back in PL ever, Neville is not even half the athlete (But in his pomp Walker could have been a track and field legend)Trent is one of the purest strikers of the ball (Neville is not up to Trent levels of technique. But!!....BUT!!!!! I get really upset when people talk badly about Gary Neville and his career. I'm an Arsenal fan and I personally would have Neville as my first choice right back in a dream team scenario, and here is why. Reliable, dependable team player. Committed 100% and because he was not a naturally gifted athlete and because he was not a Glen Hoddleesque passer of the ball he managed to be a mainstay in a side that won it all. In my humble opinion Neville is my most iconic PL right back. Brilliant video, thank you for sharing ❤️❤️❤️ very accurate video.
If he was carried by Beckham then how come he made his England debut over a year before Beckham and was at Euro96 which Beckham wasn't and Beckham's last major tournament with England was no later than G.Neville's and Beckham left ManUtd in 2003 G.Neville would have a further 8 years at ManUtd 6 of them with Cristiano who certainly didn't carry Neville as Gary had to do all the defensive work now and Neville put in more crosses for Cristiano to tap in than Cristiano put in for his attackers when he was a winger. Neville made loads of key assists. So did his Brother to be honest but Gary did it for England as well he gave Shearer an easy headed chance to score vs Scotland in Euro96, gave Gerrard the same in Euro2004. He assisted AndyCole's winner in 99 to win the PL. Even 4 years earlier in 1994/95 last day he assisted ManUtd's equaliser vs WestHam which would've turned the game around and won ManUtd the title if Cole & others had finished good chances to score the winner. He also assisted Sheringham's equaliser vs Arsenal in 97/98 the only other title he lost in the first 9 seasons in the PL when ManUtd were without Keane & Irwin at Highbury Nov97 2-0 down got it back to 2-2 from that assist and only lost the game & with it the title because Scholes was denied a stonewall pen at 2-2. But GaryNeville also won the hardest format of the ChampionsLeague there has ever been.
Even as a scouser I can say neville was outstanding. Always said the less you notice a defender in a game that can sometimes indicate how well they're doing from a defending point of view.
There's something about how people talk about Gary Neville that I want to discuss...
You're not that good in analysing games and skills but you excel in making short documentary and man utd news
Only one persons opinion matters. The man who picked him every week.
Beautiful one Sam, he is always brushed off as a squad player by all this people. Because he remains humble, shared it around even tagged Gary into it!
Thanks for sharing this. I felt it, but couldn’t point what was going on. Gary is a hero and honestly he’s also a funny pundit, he’s exceptional at everything he does!
@@joseph20yearsago61 I can never understand how Sam can be this "OBJECTIVE" in looking at Gary Neville's career to show why Gary SHOULD BE RESPECTED but can't see the mediocrity that is Erik Ten Hag?? I CANNOT UNDERSTAND THIS.
Most of the fans who spend time on social media weren’t old enough to watch him play. Neville was an excellent player; extremely consistent, almost always fit knew the standards. Absolutely in with a shout for best RB in PL history
anyone can see his performance against vasco da gama and judge about that
Yeah, judging him on one game over a very long career at the highest level. What a smart thing to do. @whiteguardist
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Why not judge him on his champions league final performance if your going by one game?
To quote keane 'You were our only right back we were stuck with you'.
All those 75 point getting United players in the 90's are overrated 😂 GNev was nothing worth writing about , those team titles got people recreating history
As a lifelong Liverpool supporter now at the age of 50 I cannot believe the amount of crap people put about Gary Neville the guy played at the top for 15 years won every club trophy going the type of lad any one would want in their team. Utterly ridiculous
@@itdontmeannothingnotathing3385 good to have some elder fans around on the internet. I'm myself 22, but I'm fed up watching 12 year olds making crappy football reels here and there
@@mnd7381 well you know what to do buddy start up your own channel sounds like you got a great passion for football and not just for what passes as football now but the way the game used to be played have a think about it and if you decide to give it a go let me know and I will be your first subscriber☘️
But Jamie carragher also played at top level for long time. Doesn’t mean he was unbelievable and every would want him in their team. Gary Neville was slow and couldn’t beat a man with the ball. He had a long throw in nobody talks about and he used to do a very predictable overlap run a lot. He was relatively solid defensively tho. And I was about to say I didn’t know he made so many assists. Then looked up his stats. Apparently it was 35 assists in 17 seasons!!! Trent probably has that in 2-3 seasons.
@@Aaaaa___aaahshsh Carragher didnt win anything near what Neville did though, and Trent is shite at defending, so your points dont stand.
@@mnd7381 you’re not an elder fan boy
I'm a Liverpool fan, and I have to agree: Fergie wouldn't have picked him week after week, year after year, if he wasn't keen on him. The guy was Mr. Consistency.
Yeah if that's the case Anderson and Wesley Brown were Balon D'or level😂 ...Man United had many average players and many top players too and that era they had , they will never see one like that in this lifetime
@@joshuakithyoma9575 nonsense, and if you go back when Anderson came in and watch him he was a tremendous player until he got injured, dominated some of the supposed best players in the league.
And an annoying little raging lion in the RB position.
I used to think "rival fans must hate him" because even I disliked him a bit.
But boy, was he consistent?
Much better than he first appeared.
@@joshuakithyoma9575Why,do you have a crystal ball?
Same can be said for TAA for 7 years under Klopp for those questioning TAA ability
Liverpool fan here. Neville was a great player and I’ve been going to Anfield since 1985. Hated him as a fan but respected him for his skill, tenacity and professionalism. Top player. You don’t play for the best team in the league (at the time) if you’re bad!
Neville spent his entire career in an elite, trophy hoarding team, during which time many players who were world class in their own right were either sold on, or just didn't make the cut.
Gary Neville was not just an average player in a great team. He was a player stood the test of time in an elite team. That can't just be dismissed.
Nailed it. The fact that his spot was never in danger his whole career, while playing for arguably the best team in the world for that whole career says everything. If there was a better RB, he wouldn't have had a spot. Or the captaincy. Or the England spot. Lol
He was elite and world class his entire career.
Agree- although one could argue Gary was a key player in two of fergies 'the great teams'. And was already knocking about in the first. Which is quite something. I can only think of giggs or maybe Scholes who can say the same
More like extremely lucky… he is like that one colleague who is in the company because they are the owners kid…
@@warrioroffpeace3673stfu, he was incredible
@@warrioroffpeace3673name one other player who “gets away with it”? No one take off the hate, grow up a bit, maybe watch some actual football.
Well said. He was exceptional. First choice for 5 England managers over 10 years, the most capped right back in English history.
Won everything with his club, and yes he was of course part of a great team - but he was part of the reason it was a great team! Definitely belonged in that group of players.
We could do with him now that’s for sure!
Neville was a good player who fitted perfectly into the United teams and how they like to play. He was a very IMPORTANT cog in the Ferguson system. As for the pundits, let them laugh, their trophy cabinets would need extensions to fit Gary's awards in. Gary did his talking on the pitch
You couldnt have said it better !!!
Completely agree and that "Gary did his talking on the pitch". Well, I just wished he'd kept it that way and now kept his ridiculous political opions too himself.
Stick to football Gary, you know what you've talking about there -whereas you know nothing about politics.
@@sunnyjim1355 Whereas you _do_ know what you're talking about, yeah?
@@sunnyjim1355 Bollocks. Gary's a fine human being and an even better footballer
As for the pundits? But he now IS a pundit and I wish he'd just sod off. He would do much better to be remembered rather than still here.
Carragh and Micah couldn't get in front of him in the English team when he was still in his prime. Says it all really.
Neville always downplayed his ability, yet he was one of our best. Great production again Sam, keep up your excellent efforts
Downplayed his ability? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭...Real Madrid and Barcelona wanted him but he refused because he didn't want people to know how good he was.
@@Gorilla8 UTD was better than Barca for most of the time Gary was a player. Heck they knocked Barca out a few times in the CL
@BOZ_11 True...I agree. This was because of all other ManU players except for him.
@@Gorilla8woah forgot he almost lobbed one of the all time greatest goalkeepers in Champions League 🤩
@mumar7867 Alomost doesn't count. Netherlands almost won the world cup many times
I'm a Spurs fan (I know, I know). I'm also old (54) lived in London 90-97, then Ireland till 07 (now in US), Neville was brilliant. Consistent, never sent off, (rarely) a real pro. Keano stood up for him then and now. He teases him, but that's just us Irish and our banter. Great video, new sub.
You hit the nail on the head, he didn't have a stand out attribute. People like players to be cartoon characters with one amazing thing.. Neville was a fantastically well rounded player and the best right back United ever had!
excellently put
He did have stand out attributes tho.
Didn’t stop running. Had a great cross and was great attacking in general.
Neville was world class and still had more assists than Walker. Which is mind boggling
@@24sumonot just Walker but a few right backs combined 🤯
im a liverpool fan and there is no arguement there. He was so fundamentally sound people could not complain about him. He is the definition of what just pure grit gives you.
May be the best RB that ENGLAND ever had tbf👍🔥
Liverpool fan here... What a fantastic video! I love my club but regardless of who we support we should strive to be objective and appreciate great talent, and Neville certainly was a great talent. Thank you for making this, I hate to see great players be miss remembered.
Nevile panders too much to the other biased pundits on sky, he doesnt like to blow his own trumpet. Neville never needed his right sided midfielder to drop back to help him.
He spent 3 years behind Ronaldo (04-07) so i think that fact illustrates your point nicely!
@@CarlinConnollydon’t forget that before that he had beckham
@@Deathmare235 becks ran back tho lol
Yeah and Neville would be killed in a modern high line system.
@@frasierfreak92 Total and Utter Nonsense, UTD were camped in the opposition half for 50% of the season with the back 4 patrolling the halfway line, saying Neville couldn't do it when history tells you otherwise is just fantasy
Agreed. When Gnev walked down the tunnel injured on St Patrick's Day the entire Old Trafford held its Breath. He was our most important player at that time and more than held the position of Keane. An absolutely brilliant, important player for United and England. It says everything about JC, MR, etc that they try to diminish him ... and it says everything about him that he can sit with his medals and history and just laugh it off. One of the greatest united players ever.
This is such a good video. No one has been able to put it like this. It’s criminal how underrated he is
I think what it comes down to is that Gary just didn't hog the spotlight for his performances, and RB isn't a 'sexy' position like a winger or a forward. That, and the fact that Gary is just so humble.
too humble 😅
Nah, he just wasn't naturally gifted or ultra fast. He says it himself. He was surprised to be in the team and decided not to let his chance go. No way. So he did all he could and always gave 100%.
Humble about his playing career but humble generally absolutely not
And yet, it has become a sexy position.
That is a notable difference
@@yt.personal.identification not really. Aside from Trent and Kyle Walker, how many other RBs really get any kind of attention, compared to say, LWs?
As a villa fan who remembers my club nearly going bankrupt and got relegated having Micah Richards refuse to leave the club even though he was finished and thousands of villa fans begging him to go for the sake of our club writting a petition begging him to cancel his contract (he continued being paid 3 years after his last game for villa ) something united loving Gary I very much doubt would do to his club in the same position....that alone plus obvious ability (I remember seeing Gary play ) makes Neville the far better player
Gary jacked it in as soon as he knew his legs were done, in fact he stayed one season too many because SAF begged him to stay. Half way through that last season Gary jacked it in and cancelled his contract.
@@Salacious-Crumb didn't know that about Micah, must be bitter seeing him everywhere now
@@Oljankylegs Micah was an absolute disaster for Villa, but he wasn't helped by playing in our worst team for the past 30 years. In his defence, he's told stories about how he was having a torrid time personally in those years and did ask to leave but was blocked. I can't resent him for that, but fucking hell I could barely watch him when he did play. Him and Lescott will rightfully go into many Villa fans' all-time worst Villa XIs
Good on Micah for not cancelling, he signed a contract villa had to honour it . If the situation was different, villa were doing well and Micah was amazing and wanted to leave, villa would have made him stay or at least got mega money for him.
@@Mashedpotato334 yeah he's a hero I'm surprised we've not got a statue of him ... Infact take the one of sir William McGregor our first chairman who's idea was the football league system down and replace it with big Meeks
What an absolute eye opener. Gary will always be a legend. Time to fight back as soon as we hear something said about our legend !!
“Our legend”??….Speak for yourself,most people have always thought he’s just a bit of a div.
Time to fight back… sm1 preferring Kyle Walker isn’t a war declaration lol pattern up
As a liverpool fan, I can completely agree with everything stated in this video.
Fantastic fullback.
On a wider note there is a real issue with how non challenged biased commentary is being allowed to shape opinion. It's not just Gary Neville, or even Man Utd, but in all walks of life. So a big thumbs up for pointing out the crap that's been allowed to permeate through as if it's fact, rather than what it really is. Bigotry and jealousy.
100% facts
Gary Neville’s biased commentary has shaped thinking of Trent because he had one bad game against Rashford 7 years ago. You’ve now got gobshites like Keane and this idiot saying he can’t defend despite being part of the defence with the least conceded in two years running and winning multiple trophies.
I think Rashford as well. You don’t go from a 30 goal season to being a bad player next season. And you don’t do it on your own. Often players has fluctuations in their outputs: Giggs goes 13 goals to 1 early on. Scholes had a run 14, 9, 2 in the Premier League. And these guys were in a team overflowing in goal-scorers. They were a team, not just loading it all up on the shoulders of one bloke.
As a liverpool fan, people take the piss out of him because of what he says about the glazers and the fact that he flopped as a manager. Additionally, he allows these jokes. He takes it like a man, and props to him. He doesn't let his ego speak for himself. The man is in control of his emotionals when he gets mocked by the likes of micha
richards. As for the fans... it's almost as people either never seen him play or they somehow relate the fact that because he flopped as a manager, he is also a flop player. Gary neville is a true legend of the game. Didn't set the world alight... football isn’t about that for me anyways. It's consistency that takes you to the top. And he had it in abundance. What. A. Player.
Absolute banger of a video, brother! You should make this every month. I can see the likes of Ole, Carrick, Vidic etc. We'd love to tune in and get a wider perspective of things.
Love this blokes humility, same with Scholes’. Two blokes that won everything multiple times and don’t need to prove themselves to anyone. They let folks like the bloke behind this channel say it for them. Great video.
Good man Sam. Sick of telling people that he was a good player. I wish hed stop downplaying his career.
They need to put him in the centre of the shows and interview The G and world will see how just real he is
Roy Keane ready to scrap before the game in the tunnel when big bully Viera picked on him, that story alone shows his character 👏🤩
As a new age Liverpool fan.. THANK YOU !
Garry is the kind of a player that makes the years of achievements and style of play feel like the standard level for our club ! No other RB could give you that feeling no matter which club we talk about !
Long overdue! Well said!
He was very good consistent player. I don’t like to use FIFA ratings as a an example, but I like to because it helps visualize how good players are. Gary Neville was a 85 rated right back, with all his important fullback stats at or above 80, and his form never hits inconsistent. Always at normal or in form.
What year did neville have an 85 rated card?
@@leefswgoh7558 fifa ultimate team didn't exist back when neville was playing but neville would have most likely been an 85 or 86 rated played
Been saying exactly this for a while now. Nice to see it articulated very well. Great video.
I’m glad someone has made this video, I’ve always thought Neville is too quick to put himself down! He was a Top player
I’m a Liverpool fan & one of the reasons we hated him is because he was so good
Video is 2 months old now but I just stumbled across it 😂 really enjoyed this. When I’m ever asked about the best premier league team ever Gary is always picked at right back for me. Brilliant loyal player. Hated watching him as a kid being a Liverpool fan. But the man was class
And now his intelligence shows after his career in him building his business empire and one of the biggest RUclips football shows, while alot of the older generations footballers struggled to move on
Not sure how this ended up with me as a City fan but I will give GNev the respect he deserves. He was a great player in an era dominated by the team he captained. That's not luck. Fair play. I even like him as a pundit.
I must admit I had fallen into this way of thinking about Neville too. Even though I watched most of his career and saw how good he was for us and England. Thanks for snapping me out of it.
I was just thinking the same thing I was imagining we'd never watched him and this was the first time seeing him 😂😂
Durrr brains 😂👀
@@danmancmufc 🤣🤣🤣
Great player, one of the best in his era. An utter professional for club and country! From a NUFC fan.
Nice! He was a fantastic player. Outstanding as a fullback. Man Utd looked poorer when he was out the team. Huge respect for what he achieved with club and country.
Thank you for this video. People need to see indeed how good he was and not just bash him.... he has more trophies than most of these washed up ex players wanna be pundits.
Thank U,
Mr. Gary Neville for showing us that we don't need to be egotistical maniacs to be successful.
Gary Neville, are you sure?
Brilliant Sam. I remember seeing his debut for United and thinking he looked at home playing at that level. Good to be reminded of his achievements
It felt like the whole time Gary was in the squad we only ever had one RB which was hm, and I was completely fine with that
This video is spot on well done 👏👏 I was born in 1990 and was very lucky to experience the standard which left the day fergie did
Even if one didn't grow up watching United through that era of dominance; it should still be fairly obvious he was very good at his position from the fact that Fergie never really looked for a right back that might better him and the 85 caps for England.
Similar to what Rio was saying; watching Utd, you never really felt 'they're/we're a bit of a liability at right back'.
Thank you and hope you do more of these to show how each of our legends were when compared to today’s players
I think Neville playing down his ability and career doesn't help. He was functional and lacked flair but he was reliable and solid. I wouldn't mind him in our team right now, would play him ahead of AWB and Dalot.
Spot on - It grates me the way people talk about this legend, Put some respect on is name - well earned and thoroughly deserves plaudits for his career AND ability
Great video Sam - totally agree. He essentially started the overlapping attacking full back trait in English football. Was also a phenomenal crosser, particularly when heading towards the byline. Crosses were never too high or too low - always (mostly) perfect. Criminally underrated but he only has himself to blame for playing himself down.
Gary has the adoration and respect from his peers. Shows his character.
He is confident of this ability - not just achievement in the game, but also current achievements. Look at him now. His business and media portfolio is impressive.
Btw great video. Thanks for reminding all of us (and future football fans) of his greatness.
One of your best videos yet lad we'll done
Not even a United fan but he was a great player. Probably the most underrated right back ever to play in the premier league. Thank you for your video highlighting this.👌
well done! Gary was excellent. that stat of only 3 RBs bought during his time is actually insane. people think because you are not the flashiest player in a great team that you aren't top level (makelele suffered from this but then got his flowers thanks to Zidane and Mourinho). football is such a team game that you cannot have a top level team with a weak link...
Well said. I’m a Newcastle fan and I totally agree with you.
What are an accurate description. Sam, you make me proud 🎉❤
NEVILLE IS A LEGEND SIMPLE AS THAT I WOULDNT OF CHANGED HIM AT UTD EITHER HE PLAYED FOR THE BADGE EVERY GAME HES CRIMINALY UNDER RATED
He made me think of the old Filet-O-Fish with Platt. He was a rock that the rest could use to cover and supply them, while they did the glorious bit and got the back page picture.
Always thought of him as a substandard 2nd class player and whenever i used man utd in fifa 07-12, i never ever thought highly of him. This video has completely changed my image of him. Very well said.
Fair play Sam , great video and needed to be said . Gary is a person who should be admired
we should get united to share this video and label it as "Gary appreciation post"
He was a class act
Great vid, his biggest fault is his self deprecation, speaking from experience I've realised in old age it serves no purpose, if you are young and have this stop right now, there are enough people out there willing to cut you down without doing it to yourself
I remember being around 9-10 years old watching a United game with my dad and Gary Nev scuffed while almost falling over a ballooned shot which saw him miss an easy open goal.
I couldn't believe it, 'shocking! how did he miss that?' I said and my dad looked back and replied 'Son, every player has his limitations'. Those words have stuck with me until this day.
this day I'll never forget what he said
He was a bit of a Djokovic of Football, he didn't do anything flashy or remarkable, but he absolutely nailed all the basics and had no weaknesses, that is what made him a great player, and is also what makes him overlooked and forgotten vs his flashier contemporaries. He never scored an overhead, or from half way, the women gravitated to the supermodel he played next to etc, but Mr consistent he was, thorn in every team's side.
I'm a huge Federer fan, but suggesting Djokovic has nailed the basics/consistency but doesn't do anything flashy or remarkable is the opinion of an utter casual imo
@yesdcotchin utter casual... well that's a comment of an utter bell. If you had some nous, you'd see that it was a huge compliment I was paying, and it was in the context of other players that took the plaudits more often, yet you focused on one word I used while quickly typing out a post. That's just weird I'd say.
Kind of a terrible comparison since Djokovic is the GOAT
@roronoalaw7772 well done for missing the point. You do know you can compare attributes of two humans without meaning all attributes are identical? I have legs and arms, and so does Messi, doesn't mean I'm saying I'm the best to ever play football.
I think a better comparison would have been David Coffin. No notable standout features yet a strong work ethic and never say die attitude going up against often stronger and more talented players. There is no Djokovic in football. Messi is Federer and Cristiano is Nadal.
The greatest manger and the greatest club…never ever replaced Gary Neville. They barely even bought a back up. That tells you everything you need to know about how good Gary Neville was.
Neville never played for Barcelona 😁
I always admired the neville brothers when I was young. A true Legend and the best rb I've seen in a Man Utd shirt.
For me Gary was a very good right back, not world class but very good and his biggest strength was that he hardly ever made a bad game, well not until the end of his career were injurys gave him problems.
lol he was absolutely world class.
5 prem teams of the seson and voted best in Europe one year
Pretty much the definition of world class
@@24sumo and he didn’t need a trophy at international level to prove he was world class. His club level performances alone solidify him as world class.
It was underrated players like Gary Neville, Dennis , Irwin, Butt, Park that allowed the attacking players to thrive..Proper legends in their own rights
"Just Failed.. haha" despite the fact you won all there was to win? Despite the fact year on year you performed consistently at a high level? Cmon Gary... You were a DAMN good player who I watched for years and years. Stop downplaying how good you actually were because of clowns like Carragher and Richards....
Micah Richards thinks he is better than Gary Neville? Jesus....
Richards was so good at City they replaced him and sent him packing first choice they got. He retired because nobody wanted him while Nevile only left Sir Alex Fergusons United team because age and injuries caught up with him.
Garry is too good as a person, thats why he undermine himself just to make those clowns Carra and Micah laugh. but we all know both of them nowhere near Garry's level.
Love this. I started watching football in 02 and Neville's retirement feels a lifetime away now, but I still remember that at that time, nobody would dream of calling him average.
Gary Neville the Irreplaceable Right FullBack: Setting the Records Straight by Sam. I'll gladly do the Forward for you please
Absolutely true! Great video! 😄
Jesus Christ, Carragher's annoying!
Really underrated player, can't think of a time i've agreed more on a football video 🤝🏻
Højlund is fit W
Neville is like Carvajal. No headlines, no flashiness, just straight 7s every game for years and years. Everyone else takes them for granted but their coaches know to put them on the team sheet every matchday
Thanks for putting this together Sam. It's been needed for a while.
100% Truth!! Neville was an absolute rock for United, understated, not flashy, utter workhorse and allowed the players around him shine because he did all of the groundwork for them to be able to go forward.
Great video and echoes my feelings precisely. It genuinely annoys me that other players feel so confident in dismissing Neville and worse that Gary allows it to happen. The best right back I've seen at United in my 40 years watching them, would get in my all time 11 and one of the top 5 full backs in Premier League history easily. A great, great player.
Well said. Gary Neville is a legend when United was a team of legends. I have supported the greatest football team for over fifty years and Gary is hands down the best right back we have had in that time. I`m used to as all United fans are, the unhinged hatred and pure jealousy towards our glorious club and their attempts to rewrite history and constantly put us down. An idiot in his twenties told me the other day that Roy Keane was over rated and only looked good because of his team mates ! I was going to kick off and go full Scottish on him but instead I shook my head and quietly told him if you believe that you are delusional and know nothing about the great game and should never speak again. I hated Stevie G. As all United fans do. That's our job but I respected him as a player because second to being a Red Devil I`m a football fan. People that don`t respect are not worth listening to or talking to.
What a great video
Well said and put together
Neville is indeed overlooked & underrated
I myself as a united fan of over 30 years could not of put this better!
Great video. I’d like to see a video like this on Rooney, who has also become very under-appreciated. Stat merchants nowadays who never watched these players can’t appreciate their brilliance. As mentioned in the video, the way that players who have played with and against Neville talk about him should say everything that anyone needs to know about how good he was. I’ve never seen Rio or even Roy Keane defend anyone like they’ve defended Neville. They’d know better than anyone, after all. What people struggle to understand is that fullbacks didn’t require the same things back then as they do today. Dribbling past multiple players, constantly whipping in crosses, 15+ assists per season, etc. Neville was very good going forward, it just wasn’t often required of him.
I really hope he watches this. ❤ I forgot how good his crosses were, was always pinging bangers. Absolute legend of the game, deserves a lot more praise.
Fantastic video. I totally agree. Neville was the best full back of his time in the league. One of Englands best too. He did the basics to a high class level. Great crosser of the ball. Highly intelligent on the field, and as tough as they come.
Great video literally having this discussion the other day then came across video
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Love this video thanks for creating it :)
Awesome and eye opening video. I'll admit I was one who disrespected him too because everyone else was doing it. But your points are 100% true. He wouldn't have survived that long in United if he wasn't that good
I am so glad you have pulled this together!! Top class 💪… Then people say he couldn’t play today…. Ridiculous… Johnny Evans is still playing… And the recency is bias is crazy…
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 THIS IS YOUR BEST VIDEO OF THE YEAR SO FAR. Been saying this about Gary Neville for YEARS N YEARS 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Don't usually comment, but great video, loved it from start to finish. Thanks, been arguing this for years.
Always knew of him, never seen him play though. Thanks for the video, now I gotta watch some of his games and do my research. But great video 👏🏼
As a Chelsea fan, this video opened my eyes and I agree Gary is one of the best in EPL history.
He reminds me of Azpilicueta in the EPL he has been the most consistent player in the league, being defensively sound, no crazy lace or passing but he could give a good cross and could make the team play better.
This is brilliant !!! I've been thinking this for years!! People commenting on Gary Neville, who aren't fit to tie his boots.
Great video, very well made.
8 minutes of perfection. Thank you for this, as a UTD fan who grew up watching Neville during those prime years, it's so cringy watching him get disrespected every so now and then by players who have not had the career he has had, dare I say lesser players...
I think Neville is the most underrated Premier League player of all time.
Lovely video, youte nailing it with these commnetary type video's
Would be cool to see a video on Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Darren Fletcher, Cleverley, Nicky Butt, Phil Neville, Silvestre, Welbeck and all the old squad players who are soooooo underappreciated. If you saw any of them playing instead of the starting 11 you just knew they how to slot in. How unappreciated and rated rhey are yet almost all of them once they left were captains at their new clubs. They were so special players and Fergie managed them absolutely perfectly ❤
John O'Shea was brilliant. Could play any position in defence or midfield, and he even kept a clean sheet as a substitute keeper one time!
Very very solid player. Knew his role and did it exceptionally. Bled for the team.. and was basically a Moneyball player. Respect due. From a Liverpool player.
Walker is the best right back in PL ever, Neville is not even half the athlete (But in his pomp Walker could have been a track and field legend)Trent is one of the purest strikers of the ball (Neville is not up to Trent levels of technique. But!!....BUT!!!!! I get really upset when people talk badly about Gary Neville and his career. I'm an Arsenal fan and I personally would have Neville as my first choice right back in a dream team scenario, and here is why. Reliable, dependable team player. Committed 100% and because he was not a naturally gifted athlete and because he was not a Glen Hoddleesque passer of the ball he managed to be a mainstay in a side that won it all. In my humble opinion Neville is my most iconic PL right back.
Brilliant video, thank you for sharing ❤️❤️❤️ very accurate video.
If he was carried by Beckham then how come he made his England debut over a year before Beckham and was at Euro96 which Beckham wasn't and Beckham's last major tournament with England was no later than G.Neville's and Beckham left ManUtd in 2003 G.Neville would have a further 8 years at ManUtd 6 of them with Cristiano who certainly didn't carry Neville as Gary had to do all the defensive work now and Neville put in more crosses for Cristiano to tap in than Cristiano put in for his attackers when he was a winger.
Neville made loads of key assists. So did his Brother to be honest but Gary did it for England as well he gave Shearer an easy headed chance to score vs Scotland in Euro96, gave Gerrard the same in Euro2004. He assisted AndyCole's winner in 99 to win the PL. Even 4 years earlier in 1994/95 last day he assisted ManUtd's equaliser vs WestHam which would've turned the game around and won ManUtd the title if Cole & others had finished good chances to score the winner. He also assisted Sheringham's equaliser vs Arsenal in 97/98 the only other title he lost in the first 9 seasons in the PL when ManUtd were without Keane & Irwin at Highbury Nov97 2-0 down got it back to 2-2 from that assist and only lost the game & with it the title because Scholes was denied a stonewall pen at 2-2.
But GaryNeville also won the hardest format of the ChampionsLeague there has ever been.
Really great video, sir! A justice for Gary and the club. I hope you’re recovering well brother
Even as a scouser I can say neville was outstanding. Always said the less you notice a defender in a game that can sometimes indicate how well they're doing from a defending point of view.