Oh i knkw the feeling. Its ever so slightly more satisfying than having an australian actress trying and failing to say "lava lizards" in an american accent
it's a classic rant, but with a rather flawed analogy. Football fans (and team sports fans in general) can seriously influence a team's performance both on and off the pitch whether or not they attend matches, by buying merchandise and promoting the brand. How can one influence a fictional, scripted and already filmed and edited movie?? A better example would be to say you're a bit supporter of a massive brand like Apple or Microsoft. Doesn't seem nearly as cool but you can influence them in the same way
In all my time as a Leicester fan (more than two weeks now, man and boy) I've never experienced anything like the moment on Monday night when we won the league. But a lot of the credit has to go to the team, especially the players, not just to me. I couldn't have done it without them. Your lot tried to take it from us but we fought back and became champions. Think about what we did to you.
In his book david tells a story of his roommate covering their apartment in football stuff trying to get a reaction from him, which he refused to acknowledge. This sketch, especially the beginning, reminds me a lot of that
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@Rifle Eyez i get where you are coming from, no doubt. I feel like it's alright feeling as part of a team. Sure, the players don't care about any fan in particular but most footballers will agree that fans are the 12th player. After all home advantage is a real thing in sports. But yeah, that doesn't give you the rights to go and randomly mock other team fans, that aren't part of the banter.
@@mmaclipsuknow Exact same argument could be used for movies though - fan support is what makes them viable and successful. So you haven't really countered David's position.
Paul Thoresen Remember when you married that amazing woman with the same sardonic sense of humour as you and starred on all those episodes of QI and Would You Lie to Me?
I've made this point to people many times, but I could never make it as brilliantly as David Mitchell does here. I can't believe I've never come across this sketch before. I'll be quoting this for years.
I loved when we got the plans to the Death Star and escaped in the Millenium Falcon then saved Luke Skywalker at the very end and helped him blew up the Death Star!
With you lot trapped in there, you didn't stand a chance! It's a miracle that your guy survived such an ordeal. Maybe your stormtroopers could afford to train a little more.
throughout this entire skit, all I could think was "I want to work in a place where I can casually walk into work with a bottle of scotch in my briefcase, open it up, pour myself a "hair of the dog" and *no one* questions it" I'm seriously in the wrong job
This and the other M&W football sketch perfectly characterise everything wrong with modern football and it’s supporters. I used to wait for a bus where a group of lads, all supporting different teams with no geographical bearing to where we lived. Constantly bantering each other with “we” did this, and “we’re” getting so and so player. This is so true.
It's also similar to those idiots who make the bogus, delusional claims that they're suddenly in a relationship (let alone "engaged", or even MARRIED) with/to someone who they only know online/through social media, whom they haven't even yet met, and may never even meet in real life for that matter too! Why so many others still don't get that simple concept to this day, and are so stupid to truly realize this otherwise, I'll never know either! L.O.L.!
We use we because us fans are involved as well, especially as we are part of the club as well, the support we give is a big part of what goes on in football, without fans there is no football.
@@drjamespotter Like I said without fans there is no football, the supporters are what start a club in the first place. Further more I am a Coventry City supporter and we supporters are known as the Sky Blue Army yes we are part of it all. The players, the supporters, the manager, coaching and the owner have a special bond going on. The players even acknowledge how important we are hence that is why in football the supporter is know as the 12th man. You still don't believe me? Well try telling that to the rest of the footballing world.
@@TONYCOV881 while I get what you're saying, the phrase "without fans there is no football" is a bit too far. I've been playing football with friends for ages, without any fans. The football was still there :) But *without fans there is no business*, and without business the players can't do it full time and the team can't have the best players. That is similar to the movie analogy presented by David - fans buying the tickets to see the movie, and the merch etc, pay for the movie production - so without fans there is less special effects, less top-level actors, and low chance of sequel (up for discussion whether that is good or bad for some movies). The only difference is perhaps that the fans in a football game can hype the players for better performance, while the movie is shot without fans being present (but then again, there are sitcoms shot in front of live audience, so maybe they have a claim to be part of them?)
@@panda4247 Like I say football is real, is something we attend every week, we are members of it and it is our very way of life. A film or sitcom isn't real.
I’m 80 years old. Thank god I can watch something that can still make me laugh. Thank you Dave Mitchell, thank you Robert Webb. I think I can squeeze another, maybe, 10 years of laughter into my life before any trace of true comedy disappears.
This is my absolute favourite skit that we've ever done. This skit deserves to be more of a meme than the "are we the baddies?" one, but what can ya do? We tried our best.
Hahahaha, this is great! I think it's hilarious when people say "we" when referring to sports, when the most they do is sit on the couch and cheer. Glad to see I'm not the only one amused by the phenomenon.
We use the word we because us fans are involved as well, especially as we are part of the club as well, the support we give is a big part of what goes on on in football, without fans there is no football.
This sketch nails it! How can a man from the ass end of Northern Ireland have any claim to a Manchester based team with only a few English players in it? Nevermind defend the team's honour to the death and physically actually fight people for it? Ffs. Supporting a national or local team I understand sure.
Who cares if you support a team from somewhere other than where you live? Would you get rid of all the merchandise you buy and then change teams if you moved to a new area? Talking in a way that takes credit for the teams performance is dumb though.
@@gigantopithecus1645 "Who cares if you support a team from somewhere other than where you live" said by every plastic. if you supported your local team and went to games and was a part of the community and culture of the club, then you'd understand there is a massive difference.
Just emailing this around at work today. I'm hoping they take the hint and not bother me with football talk. I don't hate the sport, I just resent the fact football fans just assume everyone is into it.
i'm with optimussledge on this. that and the way they act like dickheads, whether they win or not. seriously, how could you give a fuck about the people that play it?
love that he has the pants and whiskey in his briefcase. The writing is so clever - the switching around of us/you lot is great. Quality comment Michael McCarthy - ormaybe it was me 3 years ago.
I felt a strong urge to find this clip after *everyone* claiming that "we" (actually the European Space Agency) landed on a comet today, and the sudden resulting buzz generated after its success. Something tells me that if the mission (which began a decade ago) had failed, nobody would have said a word. Google wouldn't have changed their logo to that space probe thing either.
Id say the 2 are slightly different though when saying 'we' landed on a comet the we is referring to mankind land on a comet. Although the majority of us had no part in the actual landing we are still part of mankind. However with football the people saying we are not part of the team and are just fans so I less of a personal claim to victory or whatever.
@@Anthonyamabile1 But you could argue that the supporters helped the club to victory in the same way mankind helped the ESA land on a comet. It's the exact same
@@Anthonyamabile1 the logic is literally identical... none of us played ANY part in landing on a comet. yet we still say "we". this argument that football fans shouldn't say "we" is always from people that simply do not understand football.
The "We" thing kind of went to the wayside at my office when this retort gained some traction among non sports fans: We? Did you suit up and take the field? I missed that part.
"Well, I'd admit I don't quite follow how you, a man who lives over 200 miles away from the home ground of your chosen team, can claim some deep attachment to a bunch of overpaid, hired hands from all four corners of the globe who temprorarily wear the same coloured shit as your currently wearing!!!" LOOOOOOOOOOOL david mitchells a leg!
I want to drill two holes into my Ipad, run through a bit of string, put it around my neck and have this on continuous loop. I'd walk into work every Monday in full silent confidence.
This is how I felt about everyone when my city won the Baseball World Series. There were suddenly a lot more "WE"s and "US"s. There was just an air of smugness plaguing the city for a month.
This sketch was the first thing I ever saw featuring Mitchell and/or Webb, however many years ago. Before that point, I knew not what it meant to be truly alive.
As a diehard Canberra fan, I can relate to using 'we' to refer to my Raiders even though I've never played a minute of rugby league. It becomes a habit.
We use the word we because us fans are involved as well, especially as we are part of the club as well, the support we give is a big part of what goes on on in football, without fans there is no football.
@@TONYCOV881 100%. I've been a Canberra Raiders fan since I was a kid. While I've never played a minute of rugby league, I have an emotional connection with my Raiders and am deeply invested in their fortunes. And I have Raiders mates who are the same as me. We're all tragics.
When first I saw this sketch I leapt up and cheered out loud in exactly the way that I don't over football. ;D This reflects my thoughts on footie culture exactly, but I've never dared mention it to a football fan's face because they'd probably kick my head in. ;P YAY Mitchell and Webb!! Tell it like it is!!!
We use the word we because us fans are involved as well, especially as we are part of the club as well, the support we give is a big part of what goes on on in football, without fans there is no football.
14 years later, this makes so much more sense. Captures the Premier league compared to when it was just Division 1, perfectly with the ‘fans’ watching on TV. The Fast Show did a good one when a ‘fan’ turns up all kitted out in one teams paraphernalia, only for them to lose, so takes his shirt off and says he now supports them, who happened to win. For those who don’t know, Liverpool beat Spurs in the European Championship Final, the same competition as the one they won in 2005 against an Italian team called A.C. Milan. Then the year after, they won the league, beating Spurs quite convincingly.
As an avid football fan, David has a point. But it's a bit of a conundrum. The name of the team is usually too long to comfortably incorporate into every sentence, so it makes sense to shorten it to a pronoun. But 'they' sounds too impersonal. It sounds like it's referring to the other team, and doesn't do justice to all the emotional and time related investment that you've put into the team you support. It's a funny sketch of course, but it nevertheless makes sense to say 'we.' I'd trust people would be aware that fans who call their team 'we' know they didn't really do anything to contribute to the team's result. It's not meant in a literal sense
This just about sums up football in general ... Paying to watch 22 millionaires kick a ball about & pretending to enjoy it so you can be accepted as one of the lads !! 🤪
Where there is obscene amounts of money, there are no 'clubs', just one massive team that switches around to exploit peoples need to feel part of something. You don't need these twats, support a small team that plays because they like playing and that actually needs fans and the money they bring.
This is exactly how I feel when I tell people I went to the University of Florida and they immediately have to bring up being an FSU fan even if they didn't go there
Always loved Mitchell and Webb, even more now I can use this skit to explain cultural and collective memory theory to people who ask about my dissertation XD
I'm a massive Liverpool fan and this still made me laugh. When you grow up with a football team though, it is like a family. Like a "we", not a "them" or a "they". It's personal. So it doesn't annoy me when people say that. Big fans of Mitchell and Webb though, funny guys!
Seinfeld did a bit about how supporting your sports team comes down to supporting their uniforms - basically, it's all about supporting clothes. But it was obviously nowhere near as brilliant as this beautiful rant I made here. 😂
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I was so good in this sketch
we were both brilliant mate.
The fuck is going on here?
Славянский дракон they like this sketch; therefore, they are in it.
The perfect comment exists. It's this one.
Brilliant sir
Simply brilliant
I'm 100% sure this sketch is based on one of david mitchell's rants
+koi what do you mean, "based on": this sketch *is* a David Mitchell rant.
koi it's based on a skit they did for their radio series, but yeah
Lol yeah it wasn’t even planned, Mitchell just had a rant mid scene
This one felt particularly heartfelt, like he's been really aiming to get this one off his chest for a while.
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As a non football fan , I have needed this for years.
Ifkr. I send this to people everytime they whinge that i dont care about the euros or world cup
There is such immense satisfaction in listening to David rant. Especially when he says 'Melts your face!'.
Oh i knkw the feeling. Its ever so slightly more satisfying than having an australian actress trying and failing to say "lava lizards" in an american accent
not with this sad attempt at an accent
@@ots1634 yeah his Spanish accent leaks through pretty bad
it's a classic rant, but with a rather flawed analogy. Football fans (and team sports fans in general) can seriously influence a team's performance both on and off the pitch whether or not they attend matches, by buying merchandise and promoting the brand. How can one influence a fictional, scripted and already filmed and edited movie??
A better example would be to say you're a bit supporter of a massive brand like Apple or Microsoft. Doesn't seem nearly as cool but you can influence them in the same way
@@listerofsmeg884 well, if nobody watched the first fant and furious there wouldn't be the following 65 of them
Did you see that ludicrous display last night?
weishauptogram What was Wenger thinking sending Walcott on that early?
weishauptogram Wenger out.
Lol
But they’re winning?
Nah they’re having a laugh.
@@PavelJagen when arsenal lose its they when they win it's we ha typical football wanker no brain cells
In all my time as a Leicester fan (more than two weeks now, man and boy) I've never experienced anything like the moment on Monday night when we won the league. But a lot of the credit has to go to the team, especially the players, not just to me. I couldn't have done it without them. Your lot tried to take it from us but we fought back and became champions. Think about what we did to you.
ketmaniac still a foxes fan?
Nope he ain't
Congratulations
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Mitchell walking in and pouring himself a Scotch seems like a such a random addition to the sketch.
He needed the scotch to cope with his insufferable workmate. He knew what was coming.
A great little bit of plot.
Also the underwear in his briefcase 😅
in another sketch with this set he writes the scripts for porn movies, so i guess it's so he gets in the mood
I was half expecting it to be because he was secretly a spurs fan, the fact it has nothing to do with anything is hilarious.
You can tell that this isn't just a sketch, it is David getting it off his chest lol. You can tell he actually had this conversation with someone.
In his book david tells a story of his roommate covering their apartment in football stuff trying to get a reaction from him, which he refused to acknowledge. This sketch, especially the beginning, reminds me a lot of that
Remember when we did that sketch knocking football
My god yeah that one ended up being hilarious! Our years of experience with script writing really did help.
Watch it! It's going to MOOVE!
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@@omalone1169 Fuck off.
I do enjoy football but I do completely agree with the message in this sketch
Do you? It's a funny sketch but fans ARE a part of the sports team. Their support - both literal and financial - keeps a football club going.
@Rifle Eyez i get where you are coming from, no doubt. I feel like it's alright feeling as part of a team.
Sure, the players don't care about any fan in particular but most footballers will agree that fans are the 12th player. After all home advantage is a real thing in sports.
But yeah, that doesn't give you the rights to go and randomly mock other team fans, that aren't part of the banter.
@@mmaclipsuknow Exact same argument could be used for movies though - fan support is what makes them viable and successful. So you haven't really countered David's position.
@@paulw5039 do movies perform better if they're showed infront of an audience?
@@mmaclipsuknow Yes, in fact. Blockbusters are the really big money spinners. I.e. movies that do well at the cinema.
David Mitchell is truly a master of rants
Thanks
Paul, are you personally David Mitchell?
Yes
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Vaguely
The greatest comedy sketch I’ve ever taken part in.
I've made this point to people many times, but I could never make it as brilliantly as David Mitchell does here. I can't believe I've never come across this sketch before. I'll be quoting this for years.
You’ll never get through to them - it’s cult behaviour
I loved when we got the plans to the Death Star and escaped in the Millenium Falcon then saved Luke Skywalker at the very end and helped him blew up the Death Star!
With you lot trapped in there, you didn't stand a chance! It's a miracle that your guy survived such an ordeal. Maybe your stormtroopers could afford to train a little more.
wait...I thought we were the baddies? I want to be on Vader's team: Cooler uniforms, better ships, a shocking lack of Wookies but I can work around it
@@ShenDoodles Did you skip the part where the stormtroopers let them go on purpose?
this is literally a joke in big bang theory lol
REMEMBER WHEN MY CORPORATION BEAT YOUR CORPORATION 2-1 HAHA GOOD TIMES
AH. FELLOW HUMAN, YES I DO. IT WAS 1 FUN, AS WE SCORED 1 MORE POINT!
Those were the best times
English football isn't the only football in the world. There are still countries where clubs are owned by the fans/members.
This sketch is even better now after the Champions League Final this year.
throughout this entire skit, all I could think was
"I want to work in a place where I can casually walk into work with a bottle of scotch in my briefcase, open it up, pour myself a "hair of the dog" and *no one* questions it"
I'm seriously in the wrong job
Thanks to COVID19 and telecommuting, it’s quite easy these days! 😁
I genuinely think I could do that once and not be asked about it, such jobs exist!
Sometimes dreams do come true!
And the underpants, don’t forget the underpants!
They'll love you at Downing Street then. 😂😂😂😂
"I really like that film so i'm in it" oh my god that nearly killed me
I really like this sketch, so I'm David Mitchell.
My sentiments exactly Mr. Mitchell. One of my favourite sketches of all time.
This and the other M&W football sketch perfectly characterise everything wrong with modern football and it’s supporters. I used to wait for a bus where a group of lads, all supporting different teams with no geographical bearing to where we lived. Constantly bantering each other with “we” did this, and “we’re” getting so and so player. This is so true.
It's also similar to those idiots who make the bogus, delusional claims that they're suddenly in a relationship (let alone "engaged", or even MARRIED) with/to someone who they only know online/through social media, whom they haven't even yet met, and may never even meet in real life for that matter too! Why so many others still don't get that simple concept to this day, and are so stupid to truly realize this otherwise, I'll never know either! L.O.L.!
Well my team does better when I wear my lucky hat during games, so I think I kinda deserve some credit for their win.
nonsense
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agreed. my lucky pants trump joshuaoha's stupid useless "lucky" hat every time!
have i ever told you all about my lucky strap-on?
@@cbernier3 no it's true.
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Its true, I was there.
How I feel when people say 'we' when referring to sports teams
+Hi Ho Wolverhampton or 'we' when referring to race
WOLVES AY WE
Except you are a member of that race, not a player for that team.
being a member of a race is pretty much equivalent to being a fan of a team.
@@footballnerd277 No it's not, when was the last time someone was systematically oppressed for liking Spurs over Sandals?
I'm a football fan but this is SOOOO accurate, I really hate the "royal we" that so many fans use!
We use we because us fans are involved as well, especially as we are part of the club as well, the support we give is a big part of what goes on in football, without fans there is no football.
@@TONYCOV881You are a customer, not part of the business (club).
@@drjamespotter Like I said without fans there is no football, the supporters are what start a club in the first place. Further more I am a Coventry City supporter and we supporters are known as the Sky Blue Army yes we are part of it all. The players, the supporters, the manager, coaching and the owner have a special bond going on. The players even acknowledge how important we are hence that is why in football the supporter is know as the 12th man. You still don't believe me? Well try telling that to the rest of the footballing world.
@@TONYCOV881 while I get what you're saying, the phrase "without fans there is no football" is a bit too far.
I've been playing football with friends for ages, without any fans. The football was still there :)
But *without fans there is no business*, and without business the players can't do it full time and the team can't have the best players.
That is similar to the movie analogy presented by David - fans buying the tickets to see the movie, and the merch etc, pay for the movie production - so without fans there is less special effects, less top-level actors, and low chance of sequel (up for discussion whether that is good or bad for some movies).
The only difference is perhaps that the fans in a football game can hype the players for better performance, while the movie is shot without fans being present (but then again, there are sitcoms shot in front of live audience, so maybe they have a claim to be part of them?)
@@panda4247 Like I say football is real, is something we attend every week, we are members of it and it is our very way of life. A film or sitcom isn't real.
Even after all these years I'm quite proud of my script for this sketch.
Mitchell and webb foreshadow the European Cup final?
Ah it's so pathetic hearing grown men say 'we' did this, did that...
I’m 80 years old. Thank god I can watch something that can still make me laugh. Thank you Dave Mitchell, thank you Robert Webb. I think I can squeeze another, maybe, 10 years of laughter into my life before any trace of true comedy disappears.
You know, this is weirdly prophetic considering liverpool beat spurs in the champions league final
I hope you're being ironic
FUUUCK OOOOOF. what the fuck is a spur and wtf is a pool full of liver got anything to do with it
Shut up ya dick
@Boring Name no we weren't
@@i.george2321 And you guys didn't even had a chance
This is my absolute favourite skit that we've ever done. This skit deserves to be more of a meme than the "are we the baddies?" one, but what can ya do? We tried our best.
Hahahaha, this is great! I think it's hilarious when people say "we" when referring to sports, when the most they do is sit on the couch and cheer. Glad to see I'm not the only one amused by the phenomenon.
Me a southern Liverpool fan: sobbing as i agree and burn all my childhood footy merch
BRILLIANT SKIT! It's only funny, because it's TRUE!
I love football but this sketch is an accurate representation of Liverpool and United fans at my work
*All* sports fans, man. My wife says exactly the same thing when I talk about how "we" beat Florida, or Tech, or someone. "What exactly did *you* do?"
extremely relevant 11 years on
Extremely relevant 12 years on
99% of Liverpool fans are just glory hunters
Love the fact that not only did he only get a bottle of booze out of his case the other visible item in there was a pair of pants
My favourite sketch is "can people levitate?" we were really good in that.
in 3 weeks this may be the most relevant video on the internet
I love this. David Mitchell's so funny when he goes on a rant.
Love this - firstly it's true, secondly how he takes the whisky bottle out and drinks, without it even getting mentioned.
This is one of their funniest sketches - love it.
I loved this. It's the most accurate description of football fans i've ever seen!
We use the word we because us fans are involved as well, especially as we are part of the club as well, the support we give is a big part of what goes on on in football, without fans there is no football.
This sketch nails it! How can a man from the ass end of Northern Ireland have any claim to a Manchester based team with only a few English players in it? Nevermind defend the team's honour to the death and physically actually fight people for it? Ffs. Supporting a national or local team I understand sure.
Primo X not sure if you're describing football or religion.
Who cares if you support a team from somewhere other than where you live? Would you get rid of all the merchandise you buy and then change teams if you moved to a new area?
Talking in a way that takes credit for the teams performance is dumb though.
People can support whatever team they want ffs. Also, local football in Northern Ireland is atrocious and based on sectarianism.
@@gigantopithecus1645 "Who cares if you support a team from somewhere other than where you live" said by every plastic. if you supported your local team and went to games and was a part of the community and culture of the club, then you'd understand there is a massive difference.
2:08 onwards, my exact views on football now and football fans.
This has to be my favourite sketch by mitchell and webb :p
Every time I get fed up with football news, I simply go to my favourite football related sketch and the balance is restored... :-)
Just emailing this around at work today. I'm hoping they take the hint and not bother me with football talk. I don't hate the sport, I just resent the fact football fans just assume everyone is into it.
I've grown to hate the sport precisely because of the "everyone must be into it" attitude of the fans. And the players. And the TV schedulers.
So you two, who do you support?
i'm with optimussledge on this.
that and the way they act like dickheads, whether they win or not. seriously, how could you give a fuck about the people that play it?
0:14 when Leicester won the premier league and all of a sudden everyone was like I WAS WITH THEM THE WHOLE WAY I SWEAR
love that he has the pants and whiskey in his briefcase. The writing is so clever - the switching around of us/you lot is great. Quality comment Michael McCarthy - ormaybe it was me 3 years ago.
OMG David looks like Bill Hicks in this bit.
Haha, he does a bit.
Yeah, why not
I felt a strong urge to find this clip after *everyone* claiming that "we" (actually the European Space Agency) landed on a comet today, and the sudden resulting buzz generated after its success. Something tells me that if the mission (which began a decade ago) had failed, nobody would have said a word. Google wouldn't have changed their logo to that space probe thing either.
Id say the 2 are slightly different though when saying 'we' landed on a comet the we is referring to mankind land on a comet. Although the majority of us had no part in the actual landing we are still part of mankind. However with football the people saying we are not part of the team and are just fans so I less of a personal claim to victory or whatever.
Oh just like when we "landed on the moon".
@@Anthonyamabile1 But you could argue that the supporters helped the club to victory in the same way mankind helped the ESA land on a comet. It's the exact same
@@Anthonyamabile1 the logic is literally identical... none of us played ANY part in landing on a comet. yet we still say "we". this argument that football fans shouldn't say "we" is always from people that simply do not understand football.
Classic sketch. Could have been about any team.
I'm American. Same thing with our baseball teams
This is literally every Liverpool fan in London if they win the prem
Whoosh. I think this sketch went over your head buddy!
"if"... 😥
They?
This is a lot more relevant in 2019
The "We" thing kind of went to the wayside at my office when this retort gained some traction among non sports fans:
We? Did you suit up and take the field? I missed that part.
June 2019: when lots of annoying Liverpool fans suddenly come out of the wordwork to taunt people associated with Tottenham Hotspur.
I love David's genuine and enduring contempt for football. Poor man still isn't over it
Oh, finally!!! Someone who reply like me to a football fan!
And I'm italian, for god sake!
One of my favorite sketches of all time
"Well, I'd admit I don't quite follow how you, a man who lives over 200 miles away from the home ground of your chosen team, can claim some deep attachment to a bunch of overpaid, hired hands from all four corners of the globe who temprorarily wear the same coloured shit as your currently wearing!!!" LOOOOOOOOOOOL david mitchells a leg!
I want to drill two holes into my Ipad, run through a bit of string, put it around my neck and have this on continuous loop. I'd walk into work every Monday in full silent confidence.
All Liverpool fans in 2019/20
The best part about this is how much he clearly cares.
I actually ended up having this conversation with someone without my provocation.
I LOVE this; it perfectly mirrors my own views!
Another brilliant rant, Mitchell.
I've felt this way for years. Glad I can now just play it to other people instead of just saying it all myself 😂
and this is the sketch that stopped me saying "We" when referring to the team I support.
This is how I felt about everyone when my city won the Baseball World Series. There were suddenly a lot more "WE"s and "US"s. There was just an air of smugness plaguing the city for a month.
same! I know there weren't many Colin and Ray sketches but they are my 2 favorite characters in the whole series!
Who arrives at work and pours themselves a Scotch??
Other than Boardwalk Empire folk?
Greg Hurst Spurs fans.
The boss?
With an office mate like this you as well might.
Depressed Spurs fans
It makes me pleased to see that at least some people are able to understand this, it really does.
...does he have a giant pair of underwear in his briefcase?
Exactly what I was thinking! It looks like it.
Good spot!
This sketch was the first thing I ever saw featuring Mitchell and/or Webb, however many years ago. Before that point, I knew not what it meant to be truly alive.
We dont have humour as good as this in Australia. You guys are better at humour than us. But we did beat you in the cricket.
did you?!
@Evi1M4chine Pump your brakes kid, that man's a national treasure.
Wonderfull, should be shown regularly on Sky Sports news,Match of the Day etc.
As a diehard Canberra fan, I can relate to using 'we' to refer to my Raiders even though I've never played a minute of rugby league. It becomes a habit.
We use the word we because us fans are involved as well, especially as we are part of the club as well, the support we give is a big part of what goes on on in football, without fans there is no football.
@@TONYCOV881 100%. I've been a Canberra Raiders fan since I was a kid. While I've never played a minute of rugby league, I have an emotional connection with my Raiders and am deeply invested in their fortunes. And I have Raiders mates who are the same as me. We're all tragics.
@@andrewpelechaty7634 Tragics?
You just answered your questions with numerous valid answers.....solid.
Are you sure this is not David Mitchell's Soap box?
When first I saw this sketch I leapt up and cheered out loud in exactly the way that I don't over football. ;D
This reflects my thoughts on footie culture exactly, but I've never dared mention it to a football fan's face because they'd probably kick my head in. ;P
YAY Mitchell and Webb!! Tell it like it is!!!
We use the word we because us fans are involved as well, especially as we are part of the club as well, the support we give is a big part of what goes on on in football, without fans there is no football.
Hilarious! 12 points ahead. Can't stop laughing.
Brilliant sketch. And mitchell sums up footballers up perfectly.
Brilliant!
Give them Irish accents and it'll be more accurate.
Haha, yeah and make it 3/400 miles from the home ground!
Liverpool *is* an Irish team, isn't it?
Very relevant today this sketch
Euro 2020 be like
14 years later, this makes so much more sense.
Captures the Premier league compared to when it was just Division 1, perfectly with the ‘fans’ watching on TV. The Fast Show did a good one when a ‘fan’ turns up all kitted out in one teams paraphernalia, only for them to lose, so takes his shirt off and says he now supports them, who happened to win.
For those who don’t know, Liverpool beat Spurs in the European Championship Final, the same competition as the one they won in 2005 against an Italian team called A.C. Milan. Then the year after, they won the league, beating Spurs quite convincingly.
Future predicted.
Love the brief in the briefcase
As an avid football fan, David has a point. But it's a bit of a conundrum. The name of the team is usually too long to comfortably incorporate into every sentence, so it makes sense to shorten it to a pronoun. But 'they' sounds too impersonal. It sounds like it's referring to the other team, and doesn't do justice to all the emotional and time related investment that you've put into the team you support. It's a funny sketch of course, but it nevertheless makes sense to say 'we.' I'd trust people would be aware that fans who call their team 'we' know they didn't really do anything to contribute to the team's result. It's not meant in a literal sense
Very good explanation mate. I say 'we' talking about my team but i certainly dont try to take credit for any of their wins. I know where the line is.
You just know this came entirely from Mitchell
This just about sums up football in general ...
Paying to watch 22 millionaires kick a ball about & pretending to enjoy it so you can be accepted as one of the lads !! 🤪
This is one of their best sketches.
Scotch, breakfast of champions.
Brilliant!
No, that would be beer and corn flakes.
Ah, but not Champions league winners.
It's because he said "cash flow" or", balance sheet" or "merger"... One of those... I forget...
Is this a spoiler for the game that's about to happen?
Yes. Yes it was.
shook_man_ Ah , the prescience of Art...or something.
Congrats if "you" won, or bad luck if "you" lost.
Best sketch ever!
(forwards it to all sports fans I know)
Where there is obscene amounts of money, there are no 'clubs', just one massive team that switches around to exploit peoples need to feel part of something. You don't need these twats, support a small team that plays because they like playing and that actually needs fans and the money they bring.
Great stuff.
I love it.
His description at the end of this is spot on.
It was brilliant when the rest of the Na'vi helped me kick those bloody humans off Pandora.
This is so prophetic regarding the 2019 CL final
This is exactly how I feel when I tell people I went to the University of Florida and they immediately have to bring up being an FSU fan even if they didn't go there
Always loved Mitchell and Webb, even more now I can use this skit to explain cultural and collective memory theory to people who ask about my dissertation XD
I'm a massive Liverpool fan and this still made me laugh. When you grow up with a football team though, it is like a family. Like a "we", not a "them" or a "they". It's personal. So it doesn't annoy me when people say that. Big fans of Mitchell and Webb though, funny guys!
Seinfeld did a bit about how supporting your sports team comes down to supporting their uniforms - basically, it's all about supporting clothes.
But it was obviously nowhere near as brilliant as this beautiful rant I made here. 😂