Your top 3 home nation United players

jdmufc

what are your all time top 3 United players from all the home nations (we can also include three southern paddies to keep the dominant force on the caf happy)

England:

1:

2:

3:

Scotland:

1:

2:

3:


Wales:

1:

2:

3:

Northern Ireland:

1:

2:

3:

Ireland:

1:

2:

3:

Burrow

Norway:

1: Ole Gunnar Solskjær

2: Ronny Johnsen

3: Henning Berg

decorativeed

I think you've misunderstood, Burrow.

adexkola

Ireland isn't a home nation

they see me trolling, they hatin'

Burrow

I think you're right.

jdmufc

England:

1: Charlton

2: Robson

3: Rooney

Scotland:

1: Law

2: Buchan

3: McClair


Wales:

1: Giggs

2: Hughes

3: Blackmore

Northern Ireland:

1: Best

2: Gregg

3: Whiteside

Ireland:

1: Keane

2: McGrath

3: Irwin

Red Dreams

Id replace Rooney with Duncan Edwards jdmufc. Otherwise it looks top notch.

Still ill

I'm too offended to take part in your patronising survey, sir.

Still ill

Home nations, indeed.

Still ill

Paddies. Tsk.

Ramshock

this..end of thread

Cina

Pretty much spot on, but Scholes has to be in the top
3 for me. Ahead of Rooney anyway.

lynchie

I reckon Fletch could oust McClair

Sw33t

My English lot would be;

1. Charlton
2. Robson
3. Scholes.

Agree with Cinc

a_devil_inside

favourites or best players?

711

Well, when United was founded all of Ireland was part of Britain, so I don't see how you can leave them out.

Still ill

Dark days. Moving on.

711

Yeah. Moved to Britain, mostly.

Still ill

Stay on task, 711. I refuse to rise to the bait.

Lynk

White text and all I'm still gonna say "This"

711

Wales is the hardest though. Gotta be someone better than Sunbed.
What about that barrel-shaped winger that printed his own banknotes, fuck I can't think of his name now.

Lynk

England:
Charlton
Scholes
Rooney

Scotland
Law
McClair
Fletcher

Wales:
Giggs
Hughes
Meredith

Northern Ireland:
Best
Gregg
McIlroy

jdmufc

tricky micky thomas

Red Indian Chief Torn Rubber

England:

1: Charlton

2: Robson

3: Scholes

Scotland:

1: Law

2: Buchan

3: McClair


Wales:

1: Giggs

2: Hughes

3: Blackmore

Northern Ireland:

1: Best

2: Gregg

3: Whiteside

Ireland:

1: Keane

2: McGrath

3: Irwin

Ole'sbodyguard

England:

1: Charlton

2: Duncan Edwards

3: Robbo

I have never seen Duncan Edwards play but considering everyone who ever saw him said he was that good I'm putting him behind Charlton. Robbo's the best English player I have ever seen for United.

Scotland:

1: Law

2: Buchan

3: Crerand

I'd have Lou Macari and Fletcher over Brian McClair as well.

Wales

1. Giggs

2. Hughes

3. Billy Meredith(the Welsh Wizard. Has to be better than Blackmore even if he was 50 years before my time)

Ireland

1. Keane

2. Mcgrath

3. Irwin



Northern Ireland:

1: Best

2: Whiteside

3: Gregg

Ole'sbodyguard

Billy Meredith was supposed to be a cracking player in his day and played for United for 14 years. Has to be better than Sunbed or Mickey Thomas. Well before anyone's time on here I would guess.

I think Lou Macari and Paddy Crerand were probably better shouts for third best Scottish player than McClair as well. Alot more debatable this one.

Red Indian Chief Torn Rubber

Your Meridth point is spot on I feel. As for Edwards, I was reluctant to put him in given how Scholes has been around long and did the unthinkable. Returned from retirement still ace.

Ole'sbodyguard

On the subject of McClair I find him quite hard to evaluate but I would not have as high in a best of list of homegrown United players. He tends to get quite harshly appraised if you only watched him as a midfielder after Eric was signed. He's the first striker I ever saw score over 20 league goals for United(first since Best) and he was a good striker. McClair was also a player who Fergie praised for his intelligence and he was someone who could do a good tactical job for the team(e.g. man marking Koeman in the Cup winners cup final).

However, he was prone to go on long goal droughts and he did not have the strengths or variety to his game as a forward player. Hughes, Rooney and Andy Cole are all strikers who could go on droughts but all offered the team alot more than just goals. I'm not McClair only offered goals but not the same level of quality and other strengths as those players. I always rated Hughes as United's best striker and I doubt we would have won a league title if McClair had been maintained as one of the front two.

He was also not a particilarly good central midfielder and the obvious player who could have been improved upon from the first title winnning side of Fergie, hence the signing of Keane to be paired with Ince.

A good player but I don't think he was better than Paddy Crerand, Lou Macari or Darren Fletcher. Evidently, he's not in the same class as Dennis Law or Martin Buchan. Someone like David Herd or Arthur Albiston could also rival Brian McClair

SharkyMcShark

England:

1: Edwards

2: Scholes

3: Charlton

Scotland:

1: Law

2: Buchan

3: Albiston


Wales:

1: Giggs

2: Hughes

3: Meredith

amolbhatia100

Based on what I've seen and (mostly) heard.

England:

Edwards
Charlton
Scholes

Scots Crusader

As I am Scots and an Aberdonian to boot:-

Scotland

1)- Law

2)- Buchan

3)- Fletcher

The last one is hard, the 1st 2 almost pick themselves but there are several guys more than deserving of this slot.

Claymore

1. Scholes
2. Beckham
3. Cole

Loved watching Cole with Yoke in that team so that's why he's in. Not too fussed if he wasn't the best technically or was our Darren Bent.

711

For Northern Ireland, I'm not knocking Gregg, but he was before even my time, so I would suggest Sammy McIlroy.

Leroy The Red

Thread fail, Ireland are not in the home nations. Just because loads of caftards are Irish doesn't excuse the inclusion.

I refuse to participate in this farcical survey/poll or whatever it is, disgrace.

17Larsson

For Ireland I'd go for;

Giles
Keane
McGrath

England;

Charlton
Scholes
Robson

Scotland;

Law
Buchan
Macari

Wales;

Giggs
Hughes
Meredith

N.Ireland;

Best
Gregg
McIlroy

Jayvin

England:

Duncan Edwards
Bobby Charlton
Paul Scholes

Scotland:

Denis Law
Martin Buchan
Darren Fletcher

Wales:

Ryan Giggs
Mark Hughes
Billy Meredith

N.Ireland:

George Best
Harry Gregg
Sammy McIllroy

jdmufc

i actually thought there would be more to choose from