The Premier League's Strangest Excuse

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Manchester United had a strange excuse for why they lost against Southampton.
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@fizz113 14 күн бұрын

My favourite excuse is, and will always be "We mustn't forget, it's been raining".

@amiryusuf8815 14 күн бұрын

Don Robbie " IT'S BEEN RAINING?!"

@Ese96Agoaye 14 күн бұрын

@@amiryusuf8815"ITS BEEN RAINING FOR BOTH TEAMS"!

@therealdrk01 14 күн бұрын

@@amiryusuf8815 forgot the "ARE YOU SERIOUS"

@NayfusDa1st 12 күн бұрын

Comon mow

@theastonvillaseal585 12 күн бұрын

Don’t forget Souness blaming the length of the grass when Liverpool lost 7-2

@ManUtd-Gerrard 14 күн бұрын

The players didn't like the grey uniforms and found it hard to see each other on the field. They said it was difficult to spot teammates from a distance. It wasn't about superstition..SAF said, "This club went 26 years without winning the league, and we didn't think about changing the red shirts. It's not about that at all." This comment might have seemed like an overreaction especially since they lost badly that day and the league title was at risk. However, winning the title in the end made it less serious. I remember that day well as a kid.. I thought my dad had changed the channel when I sat down for the second half because everything looked so weird...

@amiryusuf8815 14 күн бұрын

Yeah, your pfp is beyond cursed

@mikenogen 12 күн бұрын

Bro what even is that pfp 💀

@dilladonuts8215 13 күн бұрын

Damn a researcher from Liverpool really took up United’s case… must have been an Everton fan

@sneakybloke 14 күн бұрын

Those grey shirts hit the bargain bins days later

@TPRM1 11 күн бұрын

Narrator: “They did not, in fact, look good with jeans.”

@garymurden6146 13 күн бұрын

It was a similar story at Leeds, when Howard Wilkinson stated the "dark skinned players" couldn't see each other in the green kits during the night games. Strange how few people remember that one.

@blackfalcon1324 13 күн бұрын

Today I learned that you can change kits mid game, I thought kits were determined before the game started

@decb 11 күн бұрын

Only in cases of force majeur and with the agreement of the referee

@vy_you-vy_anybody 14 күн бұрын

Wait so this issue was pointed out by an expert months before but they still went on with it? Why was this issue addressed in the middle of a match?

@ArrKayLondon 12 күн бұрын

As Michael Gove and Boris Johnson said "the British public have had enough of experts."

@koncorde 9 күн бұрын

I don't think the expert had spoken to Utd, they just did a study on the impact of colours and sporting performance i.e. that the highest proportion of successful teams around the world wear red, or have some kind of red as part of their kit. The next most successful was Black & White. Some of this is confirmation bias of course, but interesting argument of psychology. Other studies identified that fans identify success with certain colours as well, making them inherently bias. As for Utd. The issue at Southampton was the Dell itself. The crowd was closer to the players making them blend in more. England wore a grey kit, as did Chelsea, with little serious complaint - and multiple clubs have had them since.

@scsutton1 14 күн бұрын

A bit unusual for someone from Liverpool to help Manchester United when it comes to footballing matters.

@R.MadridMessi-Cr7Barca 14 күн бұрын

Not really. The man who made Man Utd what it is today is none other than Sir Matt Busby. And he played for Manchester City & Liverpool in his playing career. Won the FA Cup with man city & was even a captain at Liverpool. Following some differences with people on the Liverpool board, he went to become the Man Utd manager and the rest is history.

@jackr5407 14 күн бұрын

Like Wayne Rooney?

@woasif-issmam 14 күн бұрын

The man who reformed United as manager, Busby, was the captain of Liverpool in his playing days

@Ramboost007 12 күн бұрын

Plastics exist

@Anev-ms5bn 11 күн бұрын

@@Ramboost007 Or Everton fans haha

@philipbeattie4101 14 күн бұрын

I always thought it was mad that the kit man had brought the blue and white one too. there was a Utd home game against Arsenal a few years later and Bosnich had to change his yellow jersey, as it clashed with Arsenal’s away kit. they didn’t have a replacement handy that night (at home!?) and he was wearing a grey training top for the first half

@BOABModels 14 күн бұрын

It's good to be prepared. In 2001/02, Coventry had to wear Portsmouth's orange away shirt when playing at Fratton park as the ref decided the kit they brought with them wasn't distinct enough from Pompey's blue home kit.

@matiaslipovec 12 күн бұрын

Do you remember the year/season?

@ianodonoghue7299 10 күн бұрын

Not premier league obviously but I remember in Ireland Derry City having to wear Cork City's away kit as the ref said they were too similar. Strangest thing was when the Derry player scored he ran over and kissed the badge 😂

@Vongreimbf109 9 күн бұрын

Bosnich on coke😂 that night

@beachgaara 12 күн бұрын

If it was cause of the shirts why did they have the blue and white ready to go? Who brings a 3rd kit to the match?

@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan 3 күн бұрын

Couldn't use red, so it was the 2nd kit really

@eddixon2015 13 күн бұрын

Well, they did only lose 6-3 the next time they went to The Dell, so maybe that’s just how United Do

@robertkingston7966 14 күн бұрын

Very ‘Saved by the Bell’ graphics! I like it!

@zumizm1 14 күн бұрын

6 months later Southampton smashed them 6-3 😅😅😅

@aakarmamtora3470 13 күн бұрын

And how many league trophies has southampton won?

@sirpsychosussy 12 күн бұрын

@@aakarmamtora3470 Oh yeah because Manchester United is today regarded as the pinnacle of excellence, where every manager is dying to get the job

@vnXun 12 күн бұрын

@@aakarmamtora3470 yeah you right, from now on we should stop counting goals and count trophies instead, only losers care about goals

@tredaviousbowser7931 14 күн бұрын

The club of excuses

@SmurphofChaos 10 күн бұрын

Exactly 💯

@sreejithramakrishnan5024 9 күн бұрын

Hi, can you provide a long/short video on which league has most number of goals in a single league season campaign. Today premeir league surpassed the record and it is 1223 league goals in a single campaign. The record for the total number of goals scored in an entire league season in a single division is held by the English Football League (EFL) Division 3 North during the 1930-1931 season, with a total of 1,999 goals scored. This record was achieved in a 24-team league where each team played 46 matches, contributing to the exceptionally high goal tally.

@EnerieEffex 6 күн бұрын

I remember when Jimmy Hill made the observation about the grey kit on Match of the Day saying ’the players can’t see each other’ and he was treated like a mad old man. The panel show They Think it’s All Over had a dig as my patchy memory recalls, but had to hold their hands up and give him props when Man Utd made the kit switch for that very reason, which indeed produced improved performances.

@DidYaServe 7 күн бұрын

The Republic of Ireland had the same excuse with the orange third jersey when we lost away to Macedonia.

@Conneck_Mhike 12 күн бұрын

And this wasn't the last time they made excuses for losing 😂😂

@Cbr_auh 7 күн бұрын

Watch the match and see if MU had unusual error rates attributable to being unable to pick out their team mates, as claimed. Going from losing the first half 3-0 to winning the second half 1-0 suggests there's something in it (even considering tactical changes from both sides). Those wondering why on earth they'd bring out a grey kit: Please understand that the purpose of being a kit sponsor is to take money off people by selling them merchandise, and promoting your brand. It has almost nothing to do with performance.

@beligerentlondoner 9 күн бұрын

Why would you design a game day shirt that looked good with jeans? I could understand it as something the players wore whilst on preseason tour or when they get off to the coach at stadiums, but especially before the internet and players every movement being photographed??

@fabiumtaurinorum5573 11 күн бұрын

“One of our players also had diarrhea…” -Walter Mazzarri

@LovenArtiste 14 күн бұрын

2:50 KANYE REALLY SAID

@__E12 14 күн бұрын

Matt le tissier the goat of the prem🐐

@BumFluffer1999 14 күн бұрын

Makes sense tho

@tcookiem 11 күн бұрын

excuse fc

@Mahmuang 7 күн бұрын

Okay…

@casart16 14 күн бұрын

“The pitch was dry” Klopp

@juliushardware7760 7 күн бұрын

He's from Liverpool!!! As a United fan, i don't trust him!

@hisss 6 күн бұрын

*cough* Wayne Rooney *cough*

@juliushardware7760 6 күн бұрын

Sorry, you'll probably call me a fake football fan, but what do you mean by that exactly?

@hisss 6 күн бұрын

@@juliushardware7760 Not only more plassy than the bloody Pacific ocean, but as dense as a neutron star as well, apparently. You _could_ look up that name to understand why I dropped it, but an actual United fan wouldn't need to look up where their club's record goal scorer was born.

@Mebsuta 3 күн бұрын

@@hisss most of the KZfaq comments are made from kids. Don't blame a kid for not knowing what happened before he had use of reason or was even born at all. I certainly don't know a lot about the history of Alfredo Di Stefano, Ferenc Puskas, Santiago Bernabeu or Hugo Sanchez, and that doesn't make me a fake Real Madrid fan. You must be a kid yourself to think that it does.