The tension is crazy in there 😭 needed Dan to be there to stir it

I love the full table. Keep bringing everyone from abroad

Dan with this line up would of been tv gold 😂

They really forgot what prime Suarez was capable of in the premier league smh. Prime Suarez has to be one of the deadliest strikers of history

We need more Robbo.

I would say Yaya Toure for all around player. He could’ve do anything with the ball and off the ball, he was strong, skillful, strong, pretty fast , can dribble, pass shoot with both feet and can tackle .

Omg suarez in his prime clear of both them how’s this even a debate?

Start: Suarez 7 Bench: lewandowski Drop: Benzema

Shaka got the Lew, Sua, Benz ranking spot on. You can't drop Suarez in his prime.

Shaka throwing something at the barking dog to stop had me dying laughing

Benzema was no where near suarez's level before ronaldo left. my man has 2 good years and all of a sudden he is next Henry

For the first time while watching this show for many years, I missed Dan Thomas. 😉😉

Dropping arguable the top 2 greatest ever st Suarez for lewa or Benzema is crazy. No one. Not even Madrid fans were talking about Benzema before this season

Kessie is a beast very strong, he's gonna be hard to get pass in the midfield barca got a bargain for him for basically nothing

Suarez in his prime won the golden boot (twice- definitely once correct me if it is not twice) when Messi and Ronaldo were at their peak. I would definitely not drop suarez. Critics seemed to forget that that's due to recency bias. Acceptable.....

Shaka is right … you can conced less goals without keeping the most clean sheet … DR is correct two different things

Surprised Lothar Matheus didn’t get a mention, attacking and defensive midfielder, sweeper later on. 200 goals and appearances in 5 World Cups. Machine.

Ronald Koeman . A centre back with over 230 goals . Much more than 90% of strikers. While still being great at defense

10:03 I didn’t know Stevie was so smooth 🤣

The panel today is 👌

Suarez was god mode for a few season between Liverpool and Barcelona, Lewandowski has been killing it since Dortmund but Benzema is crushing it now

I notice the ESPN FC crew was really balanced in their playing positions. Shaka - Goalie, Stevie and Frank - Defender, Stewart - Midfielder, Jan - Forward

For the question about the best allround player of all time they forgot the two most obvious candidates. Alfredo Di Stefano: He is arguably regarded as the most complete footballer by most football historians. He was most of all a playmaker, but he was an world class attacker, he was excellent in every position as midfielder, and he was even a great defender - although not top 5 in the world. He controlled the whole game. John Charles: He is probably the only player of all time which has both been in top 5 for central defenders and attackers from his era. But it has to be one of those two.

Cristina "we could be here all day" Alexander

0:21 "Id call him a lot of other things n-" looool

Enjoyed this segment thoroughly more Robbo, Shaka, Stevie, and Master Marcotti please!

Yaya Toure is the most complete player I have seen. He played center back, Defensive midfield, Central midfield and Attacking midfield all perfectly. He intercepts, tackle, pass and score goals

Suarez could do everything the other 2 could and more. Better dribbler, better presser and defending from the front. More aggressive. Flair and skill. Ultimate team player. Broke scoring records in the hardest league in the world while being banned for the first 5 games. Nearly won it with Joe Allen, Jon Flanagan and Aly Cissokho...... His goal scoring is only rivaled by Ronaldo and Messi before we even mention his assist rate... Look at his impact for Uruguay aswell. Love him or hate him the fella is UNDOUBTEDLY the greatest player of this generation if CR7 and Messi weren't born

STEVIE; "He never exist"...lmao savage fella 😆

Gabe! Good to see you ❤️

We needed Dan here to wind everyone up. The new girl is too nice

Gab is in studio! vibes!

Take that Robson!! Took my breath away with that 😳😂🤣

At his prime , Suarez was better than these 2 by a mile

I enjoyed this from all of you guys. Congrats Shaka Hislop for the Doctorate

Alisson is always 1 on 1 and more often than not he makes the save that dude is amazing

What is with that explanation by stevie nicol. Lewa was the most consistent and suarez was inconsistent at times. I mean the question is who would you take: IN THEIR PRIME

I'd pick koeman for that question. He was a Center back with more than 200 goals and a dead ball specialist on top of that. Also he scored a free kick in the final to give his team the first CL.

Why can't you guys upload the whole episode instead of the full podcast?

Its so weird hearing gab reply within 7 seconds of the question being asked.

Ederson has 3 consecutive golden gloves, something to keep in mind for that clean sheet question

The first question lmao

Reece james and TAA could go down as some of best all rounders ever at the end of their careers if they stay consistent

Man I wish Dan Thomas was here for the all-around player question. 😭😂

Lol Suarez at his prime was better than Lewa and Benz at their primes.. Prime Suarez was a freak of nature. He didn't just score. He killed defences. He assisted. He pressed. He created chances.

All round player , Ronald koeman. Man was top scorer being a defender and brought barça's first UCL.

Thought gab was gonna say James Milner

Honestly, the correct answer to the all around player questions is probably Stevie.

Y’all smoking crack for dropping Suarez

They are top-four challengers, the same as last year.

Nedved too defended from the front 🙄 I am with Gab on this one.

Clarence seerdof is the best at both defending and attacking

Funny how it feels weird to see the guys in studio but it's great that things are getting somewhat back to normal 🤣😂

Chelsea fan but no. We have too many inconsistent players. We don’t have a consistent/world class striker. Our defense even with Koulibaly and (if) Kounde won’t be a game changer. Our midfield is our strongest imo, but when you take Kante and Mount out of the equation, we are just another regular team. Another problem is the formation. We have too many players like Pulisic, Werner, Havertz, Ziyech, etc constantly playing in different positions.. doesn’t help when you are trying to build a consistent team.

Can't believe they didn't say matthäus. A leader that played 10,8,6 and libero

If you concede more of your goals in same games but keep clean sheets in more games where you end up with more clean sheets.

Best all around player has to be Yaya Toure

Fun facts 1 Suarez won a golden boot when Messi and Ronaldo were in their prime 2 Suarez has more assists than Benzema and Lewandowski combined So here's your answer who was better

John Charles!

Kessie is an underrated gem.

We are doing this again déjà vu

Longevity is underrated, even in Benzema's lowest he is irreplacable in Madrid's system and still won them trophies outside of Ronaldo's era. That's how good he's been, Suarez at his lowest is bad-bad IMO, that's why people cherry pick his prime moments. Great strikers both, but to stay that important for the longest, Benzema deserves more praise

Robo got Stevie tight, you can see the salt in his face

Yes they are. MC fan here.

great having robbo and stevie on the same show. can't beat england v scotland banter. the aussies come close.

Best all-around player was Clarence Seedorf. Could play any position if you asked him to, with power and flair.

Frank Lampard played most of his career as a part of a double 6 in a 4-2-3-1. Was in the midfield that has the record for least goals conceded in a prem season (14) and is the only midfielder in top 10 all time prem goal scorers

Yes 💙

That really annoyed me at the end, Kyle Walker gets caught out of possession ALLLLLL the time, the difference is that Walker has rapid pace so is able to get back to position faster than TAA

Suarez unlike the other two was able to light up the best league in the world unlike the other two. Steven G was a great at both going forward with his goals, with his set pieces and passing and wasn’t scared to get stuck in

Mathematically, fewer goals doesn't necessarily mean more clean sheets.

No. Even 2 years ago when chealsea won the champions league they still finished 4th in the league because they're not as consistent as liverpool and man city who are still dominating and getting better

The guy who can defend and step up when needed?? How do u forget to even mention ngolo !ngolo ! Kante

Zé Roberto was good on both sides of the ball

Steven Gerrard was very well rounded.

Robbo n Stevie forev

Lothar Matthaus!

Ederson has won the Golden Glove the last two years and he'll make it Three

What happened to the Aircon today Chaps ...?

Best all round player for me would be Lothar Matthhaus. Phenomenal anywhere on the pitch

ALL THE WOMEN OF ESPN ADORE STEVIE

That's what everyone said last season and they ended up losing 2 cups and finishing 3rd.

Patrick Vieira good defensive player and good offensive player what y’all think

The Suarez hate is crazy, better finisher in his prime, better skilled, better all round ability (free kicks, penalties, 1v1 and assists.). Put Suarez or benzema in that Bayern team they’d have done same or better than lewandowski

It all depends on preperation - mentality- luck- injries and taking your chances- and I actually think there is going to be a real fight for top 4 this time I do think Man City and Liverpool will definately get top 4- and there will be a fight from Spurs Chelsea and Arsenal for top 4 and I don't have a clue what order they will end up

Dr. Shaka 😂

• Is Kessie an upgrade on Frenkie? No. It's kinda like trying to replace Cesc with Essien. They're just different, even in skillset. • Are Chelsea title contenders? As of texting(Now)... No. They're still short of: • gelling • 2 CBs(Kimpembe and Pau Torres but it's looking like Koundé), • a Midfielder or 2(de Jong and Ndidi or Sangaré) • a no.9(Victor Osimhen) • Most clean sheets? It's either a strengthened Chelsea or the team that wins the league. • Start, Bench & Drop. In their prime: Suarez is starter, Benzema on the bench, Lewandowski dropped. There's something suspect about the Bundesliga... let's see how Lewa performs in La liga albeit he's getting on, age wise. • Best all round player? Since I started watching in 2004... it's been Steven Gerrard. It would've been Yaya Touré if he could've "pushed himself" more that is.

Chelsea look like they're getting another fullback and centre back so they will be strong at the back, if they get a striker then maybe. Until then they might drop too many points.

Shaka laughs when he really wants to cry ..

Can’t lose to Charlotte FC and hope to challenge for the title

Robo adds too much tension to the vibe.. I like his commentary, but his beef with Stevie seemed real..

Robbo is joking with bias thing on Stevie, when he literally is against Liverpool in any conversation. Stevie should began joking about Robbo that he hates Liverpool.

When I grow up I want to play for Tottenham Hotspur, I will be Harry Kane's successor , wish me luck 🙏

12:20 ashley young

12:15 Roberto Carlos my pick

Suarez is clear of Lewandowski and Benzema. In his prime he had the goal scoring instinct of Lewandowski and the technique of Benzema. Plus he was a better passer than either of them...plus he did it everywhere he went.

Suarez disrespected. He is the best out of the 3 in his prime.

I almost forgot robo was giving Stevie the business and ESPN banned him for 3 months 💀🤭 with his bias Liverpool takes good job robo keep giving it to that red 🤡

Look how easily they added Mendy in the list of top 3 goalkeeper when Lloris was 3rd Best in the league last season, above Mendy even after playing for a worst team.

After watch and listening to them both in the studio face-to-face the past two days, it's obvious that Stevie REALLY doesn't like Gab either. Gab can be arrogant (most of the time) but his knowledge and insights are a lot more valuable than Nicol's LFC bias and ex-jock mentality. Dan and Kay have set a high bar as the liontamers of this circus and Christina needs to really pick up her game or she's toast.