“Man City players were happy to see Mancini go” | Joleon Lescott's Greatest Premier League Season 🏆
Jeff is joined by Joleon Lescott to discuss Manchester City’s Premier League title win in 2012, one which some believe to be the greatest ever.
Big names and big characters are brought up, including Roberto Mancini, Yaya Toure, Vincent Kompany and Mario Balotelli.
They also discuss THAT game against QPR: the comeback, Aguero’s goal and Joey Barton’s red card; The most influential player in that City squad; And why many of City’s players were happy to see Mancini go the year after the title win.
Joleon reveals how Balotelli’s iconic ‘Why Always Me?’ Celebration at Old Trafford came about and recalls the love-hate relationship between the forward and Mancini.
He also discusses Emmanuel Adebayor’s famous celebration against Arsenal, the Premier League legend who used to try and distract him during a match and the former England manager who made him cry.
He also answers this question: who would win a match between the 2012 title winners and City’s current all-conquering team?
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0:00 Joleon Lescott
0:55 The greatest Premier League title win?
1:20 Remembering the 2012 Premier League finale
12:40 Mario Balotelli
18:45 Why players never got on with Roberto Mancini
33:20 Micah Richards
36:05 Why Joleon FORCED a move from Everton to Man City
43:30 Life after the highs of winning the title with Man City
45:20 Joleon's Greatest
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“Man City players were happy to see Mancini go” | Joleon Lescott 🏙️
What's the greatest ending to a season in your opinion? 🤔
Arsenal 3 Burnley 2 1953.
@@stevestannard6004 The same weekend as the Matthews cup final!
Leicester winning the league.
@@r4h4al unforgettable 👏
Gotta say 1989 arsenal winning at Anfield by 2 clear goals and Michael Thomas goal was literally last kick of the game.
Don’t care what they say about Mancini he brought us our first silverware in years will always be a legendary blue
Agree, He will be remembered long after Lescott who would have been at fault if we lost that day.
@@steve-en7bmthe last day wouldn’t have been possible without Lescott goal at Villa
All 10 of you
@@alexbelotti1603 how fucking old are you ya mincer
115 charges
Mancini is exactly like Glen Hoddle, he cannot stand that not every player is as technically gifted as he was
Steve mcmanaman and matt le tissier were the same sort of players as Glenn hoddle yet he didn't pick them for England. He was a great player but an average manager.
@@Evemeister12 problem with matt le tissier is he needed the team built around him thats why he never fit in for england
What a nice guy, he comes across really well, really down to earth, just a great bloke
Mancini will always be a legend to us blues for what he did for us.
Been waiting for this to drop Jeff! Thanks mate
Hope you enjoyed it! ⚽️👑
Fantastic Interview! Loved this ❤
These interviews are great really nice to hear their perspective
I got to meet Terry Connor in a professional capacity but the brief encounter I thought was a great man and very humble
Great episode...👏🏻👏🏻 Unbelievable Jeff!!!...😉😁⚽️
Nice one Neil! ⚽️
Shut your eyes and man sounds like Troy Deeney 😂
Close your eyes.. Troy Deeney! Great interview :)
Quality. Ta!
18:45 Strange his talking negative about Mancini. He’s got a FA Cup and Premier league medal coz of Mancini. Lescott is a terrible pundit too
fotballers are self centred arseholes that don't care about the fans
@@DocumentingReality-ol9esWhen players badmouth a manager it's always because he dropped them or some petty personal reason, never the big picture.
@@veritas4364 Mancini was an overbearing a hole. If it was Mourinho instead of Mancini, he would have won min 2, max 3 PL with that Super team of Tevez, Dzeko, Aguero, Balotelli etc. His petty mind games with star player Tevez was pathetic.
awesome insight from Joleon, good ep. nice to hear more about Glenn's footballing brain.
A nice unexpected moment that wasn't it!
Did Glenn manage him at England? @footballsgreatestpod
@@sevans606 Wolves 👍
Tell you more about the brain of lescott.
352 does kind of make sense in that golden generation period for England. Assuming Scholes would've made himself available of course. Carrick could have been another option for Scholes. Another great interview.
What a squad, eh ⚽️👑
yeah they dont really have good fullbacks anyway.. aside from ashley cole..
@@alone2break Beckham would have been great on the right of that formation, more comfortable than where he played on the wing.
Beckham today would be one of the best wingbacks in the game without a doubt, could move into central areas if needed and can get up and down the pitch with ease
@@dominicsouthan4492he be like a more work rate trent
Favourite manager Glen Hoddle.....won fuck all. Most disliked manager, Mancini....made your career.
Matey. U widnt get a sniff in the new Man City team.
Joleon if anybody was disrespectful it was Adebayor Arsenal made him and us fans loved him he did a great job for us,but he started to become the stroppy twat i saw him at an airport and someone shouted out to him here he is on 80k a week and just strolling about he said back to him 90k It showed you exactly what he was like when he kicked Van Persie in the head,and mentioning him in the same breath as Thierry Christ he was lucky to be in the same side as the 👑
😂 Ultimately you are upset he left Arsenal for a better opportunity. Arsenal were a selling club for a long time. Going back to Anelka and even Pettit. The airport story is actually quite funny 😂 why should he have to justify his wages to some fan. Football fan's should respect former players much more in general.
Mancini was a total hot head as a player
He was a snitch and a total managers pet actually.
As a manager too.
Fascinating insight from Joleon
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barton has let down every club he's played for. clearly needs a lot of help
Hasn't he been a decent manager minding smacking a few ppl
Burnley?
He attracts the lowest common denominator like flies to a turd
Footballs Greatest. With Respect, Lescott in my view doesn’t enter the thinking of one of the greatest.
He achieved more than most professionals. Most pro's don't even make the Premier league. Plus he's more qualified to talk about pro football than you and me. He was actually in the dressing room. Everyone else is commenting from the outside looking in.
@@D1Snr the podcast is about footballs greatest. Do me a favour
@@D1SnrQualified to steal a living at villa total disgrace
Legend 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Commander Warf telling some good stories.
Someone please tell him. You can also change the channel
@16:00 we drive on a different side of the road than what he was used ta, also we don't drive on the wrong side of the road ................................ THEY do 🤣🤣🤣
Mancini was a nice guy, but he made a rod for his own back bringing Balotelli in .... how could training sessions ever be 'harmonious' or productive with him around??
If not for that goal it would have been 5 premierships in a row for that man u team.
Should have asked him about the Twitter photo of the expensive car after Villa got tonked 6-0
Wish Jeff had asked Lescott about how he felt robbing a living when he was at Villa.
He was an absolute disgrace at Villa,remember his comment when they got relegated, saying in a way he was glad it was over and done with as it took the pressure off the players, just shows what a creep he is.
@@proudman6598Him & Micah Richards are some of the worst business the Villa ever conducted!
Jeff two words Cole Palmer
I disagree on England with Joleon since Maguire is preferred o er White or Tomori
Always rated this defender, like so many of moyes' squad. Does come across as a bit childish
Obviously it would have been some players who were happy he got sacked and not everyone. Players not playing are bound to feel that way. And players who did, would have likely been happy with him. Very few have a bad word to say about Mancini. Comes across as very classy in a business where it's very hard to be nice and successful at the same time. Sour grapes, I say.
Just type in google search: " Mancini fight". You will realize he fought with everyone. Even with his team's physio. He was an overbearing madman who happened to manage a superteam who could have achieved much more.
37:27 LOOOL Nah bro...Your last game for Everton, you lost 6-1 at home LOL... I know cause I was there. Should have been 10. Your games vs Arsenal with Man City, you was getting torched.
The klingon
Everyone knows Barton got sent off to throw the game, it’s ridiculous there was no investigation! Match fixing at its finest.
"ive never seen a side with such strong characters" what?! Did he not see the Manchester United 95 team with Schmeichel,Bruce,Pallister, Irwin,Keane,Ince,Giggs, Robson, Cantona,Hughes, McClair?? Also stop begging for people to subscribe, people know what subscribing is and you can't be that poor that you are begging!!
95? The year Blackburn won the league and Everton won the Cup? That year?
@@gerryrr93yea he’s a goofy fr
Cant listen to anymore of this..... Lescott really went down in my estimation during this. Such bitter and cheap shots taken at a legend like Mancini.
Lescot average player, with average mind trying to smear a manager who won the PL!
Still had a better career than you 😅😅
Get enough negative comments about Mancini? 😄
Man City will never be a big club and there success will ne er be respected
Frankly I'm not bothered hw big we are nor do I want any other club fans to respect us. U are deluded if u think other fans respect ur club
Lescott was quality for Everton. A real goal threat. Some tackle, even did a job at left back in the early days. That final performance against Arsenal unfortunately leaves a sour taste. Shame because he was awesome.
No wonder this guy isn't a pundit
Watched under 5 minutes and can already tell he's a clever, insightful guy Too much for you clearly
@@OisinOSullivanfreekicksindeed!.. some clowns on KZhead eh?
He is😊
He's an excellent pundit in my opinion.
Joleon comes across badly in this interview for me. Many cheap shots taken at Mancini. I'm a United fan but Mancini should have God like status for anyone connected to City.
Why any top flight manager could of done what he done the people of that time city already treat like 'gods' no fans lol they got no god
@@troytheboy1985 mate, it's very difficult to read your comment without any use of commas and full stops🙂 But I detect you're a United fan? (As am I). I just just pointing out that Lescott comes across very bad and bitter in this interview.
I guess for all city fans , he's a god . May not be for professional footballers. Just like Keane takes a shot at sir Alex ?@@eugene_horan
As a utd fan. How can a snake 🐍 say he's happy Mancini went. Guys a legend for City and Italy
Exactly pal! I just commented something very similar!!!!
I think it has something to do with Lescott being a prick.
Lescott represents city way better then Micah does
'Football's Greatest'... with Lescott 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
when you watch content entitled 'football's greatest', im sorry but Joleon Lescott isn't who you should see sitting in the chair
Joleon Lescott, while a Premier League Winner, Football's Greatest? You sure , he not even City, Everton or Wolves greatest is he?
Jolenn lescott is very far from a legeng and only won title coz of teams not wanting Manchester United to win
😂 What
Arsenal v Liverpool 89
Now that is a scenario we'll SURELY never see again
Epic ... spawned a novel I was a young Liverpool fan. That and the FA Cup vs Wimbledon were hard to swallow Sometimes you're the hero and sometimes you're the villain
@@CidersAndReligiousCrusades What a era to grow up in
Was brilliant, was almost as good as City in 2012.
Arsenal with out Wenger are Spurs ..no heritage