Seeing Saint-Ettiene and Bordeaux in the relegation zone is sad. 2 of the more historic french clubs

I'm really saddened that one, and possibly two, of France's most prestigious clubs are going down and are in peril at this moment in time. I remember the days of Gourcuff lighting it up in Bordeaux and seemingly being the future of French football as the team won the title and was so very close to do it two years in a row, at a time where Ligue 1 was exciting to follow

Irish Guy may be gone from HITC but Alfie is still here holding it down

As an American I can say this: We might not be anywhere close to the top of the list as far as producing football talent. But no one comes close to us in our ability at destroying football clubs. 😆😞

I love this series, delving into clubs and the behind the scene troubles is a great perspective

Finally my club, Strasbourg, gets mentioned in a video - I hope this is a sign of a video to come !! As for Bordeaux I really hope they can turn it around, they’re such an interesting club in one of the most beautiful cities ever. Allez les Girondins !!

Alfie, I was disappointed to see you disrupting the Everton game last night

Alfie you should do a video on the rise of Luton Town. From financial ruin, 30 point deductions and playing non league matches against Histon and Grays Athletic, to possibly playing in the top flight,within only 8 years

Im american and the only European Football game ive ever been to was in Bordeaux a couple years back in the Europa League, unreal stadium with the standard crazy french ultras. Actually watched malcom play before his barca transfer and he looked absolutely insane

Seems like a lifetime ago when Malcom was lighting it up for them

I am extremely so shocked to see Girondins Bordeaux,a big French club and one of my favourite respective French clubs daily and ever in this world and other planets being mired in the relegation zone but hoping for them to be surviving from being relegated to the French second division football,good friends!!!🙏

South korean foward hwang ui jo is literally the only consistent player of Bordeaux this season with 10 goals and 2 assists in 23 games

You put a lot of time, effort, and research for every video you make. I respect you for that

Can we see a video like this to explain Hertha Berlin? Ever since they’ve got their new investor who was targeting Champions League football within a couple years, they’ve gone backwards and battled relegation while their cross city rivals have been promoted for the first time, finished ahead of them, and qualified for Europe

I live in Bordeaux,very good explanation of what's going on! Welldone!!

I remember watching Bordeaux's name in UCL standings. I've never seen their matches when I was kid, but I'm aware they have join UCL many times. Sad to see them in relegation zone

I recommend this topic in the comments of one of your videos. Glad you are doing it.

Yours are some of the best researched,best presented football content on line…keep up the great work and up those mighty gunners!

This is sad. First season following French football and I picked Bordeaux to be my team to watch cause of Albert Elis and I can say I am disappointed. Goals scored is on par with teams in mid table but goals against is really the worse’s I’ve seen from any team in any league in world football. Sad to see this historic club in this battle

I love these kinds of videos, great work and much love from 🇨🇦

Well given what you said here about Strasbourg. Would make a good next video in the "what has gone right" series. Love these however also diving deep into success stories can be illuminating.

Thank you for informing us of all the details of football clubs around the world , it was another interesting 1

Enjoyed this actually, very well done 👏

I love these “What On Earth Is Going On At ___” videos!

These documentary type videos are honestly some of my favourite on KZfaq, excellent work, keep it up

Great vid Alfie! Thank you for using the correct adjective of Luxembourgish, means a lot

American owners are bad for Euro football because of their pursuit of profit whiles being terribly ignorant of Euro football business model. They think that big money from player sales will goes to their bank account without knowing/understanding that running football club in Europe is expensive because unlike sports in the US, many clubs don't make so much money from ticket sales and commercial deals. In US you can bank loan a billion dollar stadium build and pay it all just from ticket sales (NFL Raiders & Rams comes to mind).

Your voice is amazing 👏

Been waiting a hot minute for this vid💚

Do What on earth is going on at Saint Etienne ?

Hey Alfie, I just thought of a cracking idea for a video you could do on the turbulent recent history of Goztepe in the Super Lig. They’re one of the Super Lig’s most well supported clubs (a bit like a Newcastle United, Sunderland or Strasbourg if you may). In the 2001/02 season, they finished seventh in the top flight, however from 2002 to 2008, they were relegated five times in six seasons, due to their inability to reduce their outstanding debt which resulted in the football club being banned from signing new players during that time. In August of 2007, a business based in Istanbul, vowed to take them back to the top flight making them one of the top five clubs in the country, but they were met with lots of suspicions from the fan base, and then they handed over the ownership to another bloke called Mehmet Sepil in 2014. Anyway, they’re back in the Super Lig as a solid mid table/weaker top half team. Why am I bringing all this up? Because apparently Abramovich is looking to possibly buy the club himself, after being sanctioned from the UK. It’s a crazy crazy story and may you could look into this, not to mention, they are not only a rare example of a club that is considered a neighbourhood club, as well as the fact that they’ve played in 3 different stadiums since 2011, but also in 1969, they became the first Turkish football team to play a semi-final of a European competition.

Watching this after the news tonight and it seems that the issues only seem to have deepened. Saddened for the fans, who always seem to get behind the team in good numbers, something bigger, much more stable clubs in the French leagues cannot boast

In my latest fm save bordeaux went down, came up first time asking and were a perennial champions league team with my former assman as manager. Sooo here is to hoping for a better future for this club

You really should do a video on Hertha Berlin and their troubles in recent years; they're definitely a club that fits this series quite well.

Always a good day when Alfie uploads a what on earth is going on video

Even going down to the third tier it seems.

I’d love to see a video about the tv rights of French football would be a good watch and these what on earth is going videos are amazing keep it up 👍

Nice video i enjoyed it🙌

Alfie why did you tie yourself to the post at the Everton game :D

Brilliantly video

Great video

Saint Etienne and Marseille both struggling it's sad to see for what are 2 of the biggest clubs historically in French football.

I was literally about to ask for this video...

Really sad to see their plight, I'm pretty sure we (Arsenal) played them in the Champions League during the early 00's when they had a really good team, hopefully they'll return sooner rather than later

Merci, Alfie🙂

I wish your videos are in a podcast form on Spotify ☺️

Why don't you use the audio to create a podcast on the same episode on Spotify or something?

they were on my list for my next YT series for fm22 so this only gives them a stronger case 🤣

I watched a you tube video about this french TV deal a while ago, i could've sworn it was on this channel

The lack of or just the low volume of background in this video kinda freaked me out

@HITC Sevens for your next what on earth is going on episode do it on Birmingham city. Carabao Cup winners in 2011, to 20th place in the championship now. Fans are protesting against trillion trophy, they have had point deductions, transfer embargo's, a lot of managers coming and going.

Can we get one of these on Reading!?

In the 90s they reached the Uefa Cup final of 1996. Zidane, Witschge and Dugarry were very good in that team. In 98/99 they won the league with a brilliant Wiltord.

Great video Alfie. Another sad story of a historic club falling into hard times by madmen trying to do everything Hertha Berlin next

Please do one of these for Everton

I was half-expecting this title any day now. My team is woeful at the moment.

It's the exact same with Hamburg in Germany who were once a major force in both German and European football but are now stuck in the 2nd tier of the Bundesliga.

as an american bordeaux fan, it really pains me to see where us spiral these last couple of years. the remainder of our schedule looks somewhat promising but there is very little chance we will be able to stay up :(

Now I’m the mood for a Bordeaux.

Bordeaux used to have a good side and really, awesome, bespoke, colourful kits. Both have now gone. Shame

Day 2: Best XI right now. Simple idea but would be interesting and controversial, especially when some of the old ones will no longer feature.

i watch a lot of japanese football and i follow hwang ui jo a lot... hope he goes to UK or Netherlands in the summer after this season though

Who else saw Bordeaux shine with Pedro Pauleta? 🇵🇹

Wow, I feel so sorry for their fans. A lot of really historic clubs have been getting relegated lately and it just shows how quickly things go wrong when the wrong people are in charge.

What on earth is going on at HITC SPORT

Holy crap so many ads in this 😫

I’m so so glad Southampton remained patient with selling the club rather than going for Joseph DaGrosa’s bid, would’ve been worse than Gao was

It's just sad. I remember when my beloved Frankfurt played there in the 13/14 season, all Frankfurt-supporters dressed in Orange. But I'm also happy for Strasbourg. We played against them a couple of years ago. Nice city, nice supporters.

This is why all clubs should be fan owned

Do a video on the rise of Bodø/Glimt!!

Whenever a once great club falls into a steep decline you just know American owners will be involved🤣🤣

I think, ligue 1 is the second most exciting amd interesting league in Europe behind the Premier league. Minus PSG, Ligue 1 has the potential to be even better than the prem with teams like Marseille, Nice, Lyon, Rennes, Monaco, Lille and also Bordeaux too. I think the fans are better, there's more competition, the football for the most part is more exciting to watch and all that

does anyone know who is the narrator, its not alfie

I learn so much about how corrupt some things are in these clubs and leagues. Unreal.....

Hope koscielny is happy to be home and tearing up his Arsenal shirt. Don’t feel bad for him in the slightest

Gerard lopez is also the owner of my team boavista over on portugal. Its very strange it doesnt seem that he invests that much on the team since we are always banned from the january window. The fault is actually on admar lopes the guy who is actually replacing luis campos. But he is week when it comes to build a balanced team. Last year boavista barelly remained on the first tier of portuguese football because admar lopes spent 5 million euros on a centre back from porto, his actual club and the other centre backs were too weak. The midfield and the attack were really good but the team was so unbalanced on defense!!!! The fault is on admar guys

Would of enjoyed this far more of there werent 56 unskippable adverts lad...

I remember that Bordeaux took the long long way from the Intertoto Cup into the UEFA Cup in the 90's, where they ended in the final, but get beaten by Bayern Munich

What on earth is going at HITC Sport's channel

A sad fall from their greatest moment, beating my beloved Bohemians in the UEFA cup in 1993. I still maintain, Lizarazu, Zidane and Dugarry got lucky that day!

Sorry but the ads on KZfaq are making it unwatchable now.

Bordeaux did get relagated in 2022. It could have got worst for them as they were actually relagated to the third tier due to financial irregularities by the LFP. But after agreeing to a Debt Reconstruction Plan they were reinstated as a Ligue 2 side.

As someone who admires Toulouse FC, Bordeaux’s fall is glamorous.

28:41 Oh, so sort of like the D.E.N.N.I.S. System of Transfer Business.

Do a video about bodö glimt

Omg the sponsors are savages.

What on earth is going on in hitc sport

Do a video about Strasbourg 4th in Ligue 1 6 points behind 2nd placed Marseille yet no one’s mentioned them 🤔

It's always sad to see business killing clubs ...

Situation in bourdeaux seems similar two ours at Swansea on a much larger scale. Americans come in, asset strip the team, put no money back in, and then watch the club tumble down the table. Sad to see

You’re my favourite bedtime watch

Day 7: best sons of former players currently playing (example: Diego Simeone’s son is killing it in Serie A) Criteria: dad must have played top flight football

Fun fact, Juventus went on to lose to Fulham in that Europa League season.

Can you do a,story about Boston united, they have a good story

What happened to Panathinaikos?

Petković* not Pe'kovyć

Thanks a lot GAPC. you ruined everything

What a mess. Their own shirt sponsor roasting them on Twitter was peak French behaviour

You know it’s bad when even your shirt sponsor is making fun of you

i remember whe playing PES BAL Mode and got an offer from Bordeaux i thought it was small club with no history, and i was wrong.