I am sure Brian has learned the hard way this time and I hope he can find a way back to his best because his content over the years has been very good. I think he needed this downfall to reflect, I just wish it wasn't at the expense of others. Thank you for the video Vizeh, I look forward to more like this 👍

Let’s hope Brian’s father doesn’t threat you after this one Liam.

Honestly it’s sad to see truegeordies downfall because I genuinely think he’s a good person at heart. But it’s hard to argue that this downfall isn’t self inflicted. Personally I think Brian should go on a break and just completely refresh himself and get himself back into a happy place

Channel stepped up fella. Used to watch the fifa vids years ago but distanced from them eventually. This new form of content is unreal, unique and insightful. Props to ya. Glad ended up back here

another brilliant vid essay , watching this channel evolve since the 100k live stream days make me so happy.

Love the pivot in your content, continue the grind my man!

The effort you put into these videos are crazy I know how long editing takes and can only imagine spending 3-4 hours finding clips, tweets and images of a something. Continue the grind Vizeh🙌

as someone fairly new to geordie’s channel, this was a very enlightening video. very informative. hope he turns it around, but it seems he just continuously goes through the same rotation. great video

Really like these new type of videos. Would love to cover more general topics than just youtubers, but still really enjoying these. Keep it up man!

You've found your style Liam, these vids are class. Keep going in this direction

Just found your channel a few weeks ago, love your videos and I can’t believe your channel hasn’t blown up yet! Great topics, brilliant coverage of each topic, commentary and videos themselves are fantastic as well! You got a new fan in me all the way from Chicago!!

True geordie is a prime example how ego goes to people's head....

HughWizzy made the Kickoff so good. I'm glad to see he's succeeding without them.

I hope this doesn’t turn into a thogdad situation 💀

Vizeh, love your documentary style videos! Keep up the good work!👊

Been watching you for years, and this new style of yours is amazing. Every video is incredibly informative, no matter what the topic is. Excellent stuff Viz, keep it up!

Mate all I have to say is fair play to you...your content has stepped up so much in the past weeks and am genuinely surprised that you aren't already at 500k subscribers

been watching you for years and it’s so cool that you’ve “matured” by making high quality content right now keep it up love it

Love these new style of vids viz , keep it up mate!!

Really enjoying the longer documentary type videos

As a fan of the podcast from before they even interviewed Shearer, I agree with how you feel about Laurence. I still enjoy his own KZfaq channel, when he's just on his own talking about football he feels a bit like his old self. Maybe a freshen up is what The Kick Off needs, I think it might have been getting a little stale anyway. Moving heaven and earth to get Hugh Wizzy back would be a great idea imo. Show went massively down when he left.

Used to love the kick off. As someone living in America with not many die hard football friends, it was always great tuning in and hearing all the boys talk. Was always envious of that.

can already sense this will be a banger

I think the problem with TG, as you said, is that his main appeal was to be the regular dude. Someone who everyone was able to relate to... But then once the image of the relatable was broken it took away the usp that people were drawn to. The other thing is the volume of scandals. I think of someone like def noodles... Eventually bad publicity adds up and I think this was that point.

I’ve been a fan of Liam since the Burnley Vlogs back in the championship and I followed his fifa content since. I’ve grown out of fifa with my age and lost contact with his channel but his content recently has been brilliant, these longer documentary style videos are class keep it up

love this new type of content

Really good, interesting videos you’ve been doing lately mate, good on you

Loving these new videos mate. All the best to you and your family 👍

Watching this makes me sad honestly. I remember being a fan years ago, going through the same pain, of Newcastle just being terrible and such. To see where he is now, it's unrecognizable. While I can be happy for his success in many areas, but in some areas. Yikes.

Looking at specifically the DM situation, I forgot the amount of homophobia was directed towards Brian. God, that situation exposed the worst in people. Great job Viz, you're on a roll

Been subscriber for years and I didn't know about your new format, it's great mate. Cheers from Mexico 🇲🇽

Love your new documentary style videos.

I actually met Lawrence McKenna last year while traveling from Paris to London. Sat with him on the train. He was really lovely, didn’t speak down to me or anything, was actually showing interest in me and what I do. Asked questions etc. and spoke to me for over an hour. Make of that what you will.

It doesnt sit right with me that Adam Mckola, Rory and the other guy just essentially abandoned him and copied the format. Just proper users and clearly arent true friends.

The new style of videos are very refreshing, keep it up mate quality

Been watching you since fifa 17/18 but havent watched you for a while, I’ve been binging your new documentary style videos lately and they are amazing lad keep up the good work!!

Unreal video mate, these new style videos are an absolute credit to you and how good of a youtuber you are. Lots of love mate, keep smashing it

Really hope Geordie makes a comeback, I do feel the outlash was too harsh considering most of the people who had a problem with the situation, were Tate Fanboys. I've watched Geordies content since before he started his podcast, he's brought many good memories for me as a young high schooler then, just jamming to his vids whilst in school etc, hope he's learned, hope he can make amends and ultimately come back some way or another

Loving the new videos and the kick off died for me personally when Hugh wizzy left

I watch you from Hungary. I found your vids a couple weeks ago. But the last two, the iceberg and this..man, this is your style. Keep up this way.

That was a really good put together video! I rarely comment on videos but feel compelled to. Never been a fan of True Geordie but maybe that is because I only found Brians content once he was in the arrogant/ego stage you mention in the video. So as someone that came late to the party I've always seen this current version of Brian, I don't see a good person or someone with a good heart that many in the comments are mentioning; if you believe this man is a good person then you really need some better people in your lives. I believe money and fame is like alcohol, it amplifies who that person is deep down. Brian has always been quick to make reactionary videos where others have slipped up and made mistakes where he has hounded them for it; goading that they take account and then each time I've witnessed this man screw up he does the complete opposite. To this day I believe he has considerably the worst apology video I've ever had the misfortune of watching. What is worrying is that those around him actually believed it was wise to publish that video; absolutely anyone around him that saw that video before it was published to KZfaq and didn't tell him its a terrible idea isn't someone he should have around him - it was so bad it almost felt like a hatchet job. I am pretty sure he ended it with like and subscribe; all you need to know about this individual. He only then made a proper apology video because of the backlash; not because he was sorry. He was just sorry it didn't go down well. Laurence McKenna is just as odious and has showed his lack of backbone on multiple occasions while continuing to pander to Brian. Their comments regarding Clash of Creators was disgusting and clearly had forgotten about their more humble beginnings; clearly Brian had forgotten how he started where he was making content with a phone perched on an ironing board, apparently. Laurence was definitely worse than Brian on this but as per usual they don't hold one another to account. This was Laurences coming of fame/ego and just like alcohol your personality is amplified and little shock Laurence hasn't got a good one. That said Brian did come out of the August 2019 mocking of leaked DMs very well and I feel like what he gets upto in the bedroom as long as its legal and consensual I really couldn't give a toss. I have more issue with whoever leaked the DMs as clearly they are someone lacking in integrity and clout chasing. It was a perfect response by Brian and he owned it. This isn't the only time I've had some credit given to Brian; as a big boxing fan I actually really enjoyed how he challenged Tyson Fury over his then upcoming Derek Chisora fight but it was I am pretty sure only days later he made his stupid comments about Andrew Tate. While those 15 seconds were beyond stupid it wasn't his first comments of this nature and surprised you didn't include it as it shows the true stain that is his personality; that time Laurence also didn't check him for it which again shows what he is made of. I don't give him any credit for his 'Talks Islam' video because it isn't genuine. He wasn't genuinely interested; he was just 'doing time' and did it to save his channel(s) and to appeal to the more forgiving and naïve.

I found out about him in early 2015 when Spencer fc was doing a football manager series with him and Highwizzy. I decided to check out his channel, and I instantly loved his content, both the personal and the gaming stuff (in particular the Newcastle career mode and Shearer's road to glory on FIFA 15 and 16) were the pinnacle of his early success for me. What he produced was quality. He genuinely seemed like an honest and humble guy, who despite his constant ranting, was a fun content creator. After that he started to change quite a bit. He started to grow as a content creator and even started his own podcast. After a while he had people like Shearer (his biggest idol) and Ricky Gervais on his podcast, which was great to see. Unfortunately for some of his lifelong fans, he started to delete his older videos, not just some of them but basically all of them that made him the person he is today. I also want to add that I can't stand that Laurence guy, he just comes across as rude and arrogant, and he was one of the main reasons why I gave up watching his content. It's a shame because his older videos were hilarious.

I find myself watching vizeh more and more now, love this new style of content 👊🏼

Great video!! May I ask what the background music is in the first few minutes please?

I absolutely love him, I’ve watched him for absolute years, I think he’s a normal lad from a council estate, as a fellow geordie I can imagine how the change of becoming famous has made him: wish the best for him x

I will say this, I want to wish the best for True Geordie. I fully believe that he has learnt from his mistakes and that he will find a way back to making good content.

On fire with the content atm Liam keep it up

this new vibe with the content is great keep it up

I will try to support this man, I dont think he is angel or something but I think he is good person and deserves to talk about his sport and his club.

I think it's a damn shame that the thing that did the most damage to Brian was a joke he made to Andrew Tate of all people... The jokes weren't that bad, it was funny and people need to grow a thicker skin. The saddest thing I have noticed is that he deleted all of his older videos... The ones where it's just him talking about football.

Thanks for the vid. I was curious . Real friends call you out and stick with you . If they leave that’s their choice . I still enjoy his content from time to time

Vizeh has really improved and gained, Can only be proud since I started watching at 80k. I'm loving it keep it up.

Great vid again Liam, I've also been watching Brian for like 5-6 years and I definitely agree the content has got worse and less relatable. I actually quite liked True News- mocking the rest of the Internet and showing how weird it can be. I used to always watch the kick off as well. But I do agree his podcast was always his best work. I feel like he switched to prioritising the kick off as he saw an open lane to earn money in, and then made it more professional to appeal more to brands. Essentially meaning the downfall of his content would be prioritising money making. His apology vids really show this as well- they don't seem authentic and seem like he's trying to save his brand and his money rather than apologising to those he has hurt. I really do hope his content does improve though because I still think the guy is a great and entertaining guy at heart, he just needs to fix up the direction of his content.

I was a long time subscriber to the kick off, and to Brian and the other lads, and when this happened I didn’t really think much of it because he’d said controversial things in the past. But the way he dealt with it, and that original apology video really rubbed me the wrong way, so I quoted him on Twitter and gave my thoughts. They weren’t attacking him, they were genuinely constructive, he then proceeded to block me on everything, Twitter, IG, and when I put into his chat about it, I was banned from the streams too. Just sucks, I didn’t hate him for it, didn’t even really care about what he said I just wish he would’ve taken more accountability at first, because everything after that then seemed like damage control. He doesn’t owe me anything just because I’ve given money, but when you’ve spent money of the course of years subscribing and super chats etc… to get blocked because you said you didn’t think he dealt with this in the right way, idk it felt unjust. He has every right to block whoever he wants, but at the same time just felt like he wasn’t interested in what any of his longtime fans actually felt about the situation. If you mentioned it it’s a straight block.

These videos are really well done mate, nice one 👏

this new content is absolutely quality mate, loving it

The monologue at the end was really heartfelt. Big up to Liam 👍

The way Laurence spoke to people on the Kick Off was shocking at times. Like mate you can debate someone without having to patronise and condescend them and if you can't then maybe you're not as smart as you think. Don't watch the show anymore but do watch Hugh Wizzy on the daily.

Great work work. God bless you

Love these style of videos. Unreal quality

Maybe, we should stop putting people on pedestals. Just because they talk about things you like.

My girlfriend is a Muslim and she found what Brian said to be funny, she didn’t care at all. Although she doesn’t speak for all Muslims obviously. I think there was a lot of 2nd hand offence taking place.

Earned my subscription with this content recently, see if in the recommended usually do I finally subscribed

Brilliant video👍 really well put together

Good video lad

Loved the vid about Thogden. Hopefully I love this vid

This new content is fantastic, keep up the good work

Love the new style videos! Binge worthy

Man the internet is wild, I always thought that if I were to become anything on youtube i'd be having to delete a lot of group chats because jokes are jokes to some people but attack to others. The Andrew Tate joke i'm sure has been said a million times but within the context of Geordie it's cancel-worthy

VIZEH you beauty

Brian seems like a decent guy, but from a tough background where money, sex and cars were very tempting as they are usually the reserve of which people (bar sex ofc!), and it was immersive for him like a Geordie Wolf of Ball Street. "Loz" in my opinion suffers from narcissism, which he lets himself believe is his sense of humour. Since Georgie got Loz in maybe this was doomed to happen. I guess also society is increasingly sensitive and Geordie is very straight talking.

I saw your post on twitter regarding getting blocked. So I was curious. I'm a fan of TG, and I'm from newcastle, so probably have a bit of a bias. But I insisted on watching every second of this, because I wanted to see if the blocking was justified and seemed like you were confused in your tweet. I think the problem with this video (and it's a good video explaining everything that's happened) is exactly what the video is. You're highlighting everything that has happened, while TG tries to move forward, he doesn't need people focusing on what has happened, he is a human, and even to this day, is still littered with jokes and abuse because of the texts that got leaked. A leak that if he was a woman, would be seen as the victim because of the leak, but instead is piled on. That is why he turns off most of his comments - this wasn't touched on in the video, not really. As for the video itself, you started it as saying that you were going to be impartial - the video then spiralled into you just sharing your opinion on everything - that is rather partial, as is my opinion, as is everyone's opinion and that's fine, but perhaps the problem is more so framing it as 'impartiality' when it's not. So I think that's why you got blocked. You both insulted him and Laurence, even Rory for a laugh as well. It's all about framing and you framed it one way, while presenting it differently. You accused TG of certain things near the end and so of course he was going to take that personally. It's not impartial. With that said, it was a good video, but I think if you were to put yourself on the receiving end of this video, and listen to how you're wording things and framing situations, events, opinions, you'll soon realise this video COULD just become hate bait for people to hate on TG, and he has been vocal in ensuring the negativity isn't a focus for him as that's when his depression truly suffers. He turned off the comments for the safety of his mental health and life and that is why he blocked you.

Excellent, insightful and balanced video. Superb, thank you 🙏🏾

Great watch, sat firmly on the fence. Iv been following from fifa 19 and totally dig this new switch. Keep up the good work dude 🙌🙌🙌

I swear it’s not THE true geordie

I was a big fan. Basically up until the Muslim drama. Since then not watched at all, besides what made the kickoff great was never TG, it was always people like Lawrence, Buvey, Hugh Wizzy, Adam and Rory. The fact that The Club is also now a thing is probably the biggest reason for the decline in views.

Massive fan of the Documentaries, I must admit I was getting bored of the FIFA content and the Gaming stuff as its not my thing, but I stayed long enough to watch these bangers, big us Viz love it, keep it up bro ❤👍

This was honestly very good and would have taken an age to put together! Well done 🎉

Mate your videos are brilliant. Really love the new style. Cant wait for your "The Darkside of Man City" video, as I am sure it will be great and will help us understand what the hell is going on. All the best to and your family. Keep it up!

Brilliant video jet again Liam! I watched the Kick Off a lot during lock down and I am a big fan of True Geordie but ever since the Tate comment I haven't seen a video since. Not because of him or the comment, but the vibe isn't there anymore, and the mains guys like Rory, McKola and Buvey are now doing their own thing now.

This video was really good ive been a fan for years and love where u are taking the channel, but brian just needs to decide what he wants to do and stay on that path but yeah loved the vid

as someone who has watched ur content since the fifa 17 days i think you are the most improved youtubers I have ever seen keep it up lad

Another class video. Extremely good production value. Balanced arguments.

Great video Vizeh, if you decide to ever make another football iceberg video I suggest you'd take a look at polish football as there were many fan related incidents and a lot of matchfixing. Most of the corruption in the polish footballing piramid has yet to be covered by a english speaking media of sort. The most memorable scandel that comes to mind involed matchfixing a polish cup finale from 1998 between Amica Wronki and Alluminium Konin. The polish football sphere has more to offer and just by looking into it you could uncover some gems. Not even a while ago in a match between my local Lechia Gdansk and Akademija Pandev in the Europa Confrence League Qualifiers some hooligans stormed our ultras end and made a mess which almost led to lechia being kicked out of the Qualis. Anyhow I hope you get to read this as history of polish football deserves more regonition outside of Poland. Good luck going forward.

I unsubscribed when he started turning up to the kick off in fur coats and shades. Not exactly one of the lads.

I can 100% say I can’t/couldn’t stand Laurence and it’s drove me away from watching the kick off and any content he was involved in, that as a byproduct had me have very little sympathy for TG when he managed to essentially cancel himself a few months ago! You summarise Laurence perfectly here in how he just became more and more unbearable as he felt his own head swell and got ‘bigger’

Liked the video mate good job only bad part was the advice can't lie but also I'm not a youtuber. The best advice I thought would be to keep doing what he's always done which is adapting. Although we liked him because he felt like a normal guy he's no longer that which is fine, that's what I think is his best route although he's the brand and product deep down he hasn't changed

Love the new style keep it up

22:38 "Disgusting" Bit of an exaggeration don't you think?

Rory, Adam and Buvey snaked Brian.. Never like them anyways Irish Guy is better than Rory

Great video mate, heard a few things i didn't know about TrueGeordie

Brilliant video Viz. Just have one question to be honest. What was the sponsor he lost in 2019 (that would set him for life)? Ladbrokes?

My opinion before watching the video. True Geordie is one of the hardest working content creators out there. I believe his podcasting ability is second to none in the uk. I think his old friends backstabbed him after the controversy. I also believe that he didn’t deserve to be cancelled after one bad joke. He hasn’t scammed anyone. He hasn’t committed any crimes. He just made a bad joke and lost everything. Meanwhile other KZfaqrs commit far worse and get a slap on the wrist

In terms of True Geordie, you live by the sword and you die by the sword. He engaged in cancel culture and lo and behold, he got swallowed by it. Unfortunately the people he had around him were there for opportunities and not for him personally. Oh well.

Just subbed.great vid

Respect to you for covering this

I used to watch Brian, this was before the podcast and I basically stopped when all the channel became was podcasts and live streams (and true news just feeling like a podcast); wasn't the same any longer. Never really heard about these incidents, but if I were to guess he lost himself. He became popular and didn't know what to do so he just lost himself... idk if he is trying to refind himself but I'm not sure I'll be going back, especially knowing the stuff mentioned. (Even if it isn't all brians fault.) As a sidenote - your recent content has really become one of the best out there, keep it up!

Would love another football nostalgia video. As much as we all wear rose tinted glasses when it comes to football and fifa during our childhood, it really felt so much better then, down to the presentation on tv. The amount of world class strikers in the late 2000s/early 2010s was mad - Ibra, rvp, Rooney, drogba, torres, Villa, Suarez, tevez, muller, eto’o and so many more compared to now where there’s barely a handful of proper world class strikers outside of haaland

Viz you're worrying me mate your content is getting scarily good

Love these.