If he put in a 7/10 performance “every single game” would that not average out to 7/10 or am I missing something?
No flies on you mate
I think he meant he never dropped below a 7/10 it was 7/10 or higher every single game.
5:10 - 5:20 = Goosebumps
No I didn’t
Ah ok, no problem, my bad
personally I never saw him have a below 7/10 but thought he had games where he rated higher.Peter Beagrie used to tie him in knots. He struggled with Stuart Ripley , Summerbee as well from memory and that American guy from QPR can’t remember his name. He seemed to struggle with wingers who threw dummies in.
Roy Wegerle? He's South African but was permitted to play for US through marriage.
A bit better defensively than Cancelo? Nah he was miles better than him defensively.
I didn't see him but I think a few who did would have to see Roger Byrne's name in that left back slot.
Not really - £625.000 was a fairly standard fee for a fullback at the time. Here are the most expensive fullbacks in 1989/90 and 90/91 - Irwin joined United in 1990.
That’s how I remember him playing. Technically very solid and efficient, no elaboration or waste. And then he had the mentality. Reminded me of the Juventus players at the time that Lippi would switch between midfield/full back (Pesotto, Di Livio, and Zambrotta a bit later on).
This is the thing most fail to realise, he only played at left back because he was capable of doing so. He was a right back when we signed him and played international full ball at right back.
Yes, Evra was better going forward and had a fantastic burst of pace which was better than Irwin's, however, I just don't see any argument that Irwin couldn't play the modern attacking fullback if he was around as a player now. His touch and passing was top notch and he was generally very adept when he broke forward. I also seem to remember him winning a few penalties, FA cup final 94 for instance, when breaking into the oppo box.
Yes ! Thank you
I'd say Evra wasn't as good defensively, more apt to make errors and lapses of judgement/positioning and generally less consistent.
Thanks!
Yeah, and speaking of Roy The Boy, wouldn't let ya him hear ya slagging off his best mate, might pay ya a visit
. Anyway he was the best left back we ever had, granted the generation that watched Evra growing will no doubt disagree, but aul Dinny Irwin was doing it while Evra was still shitting yellow, that's a fact, and he was better at both going forward and defending than Evra, no insult, again just fact having had the pleasure of watching both from start to finish.
