Paxi
Dagestani MMA Boiled Egg Expert
- Joined
- Mar 4, 2017
- Messages
- 27,678
Yep, another one of them threads from me, but I just seen his quotes in the Sanchez thread and it made me think that the only place where he's welcome is Feyenoord and Manchester United - which is quite sad for a player who had immense ability.
On his day, he could turn a player inside out. He wasn't blessed with great pace but he always seemed to be quicker and faster than other players. His footballing aptitude was through the fecking roof.
The man literally had it all ability wise and I'm glad he came to United.
Where do you rate RvP in terms of ability?
And @Henrik Larsson's post says it all..
On his day, he could turn a player inside out. He wasn't blessed with great pace but he always seemed to be quicker and faster than other players. His footballing aptitude was through the fecking roof.
The man literally had it all ability wise and I'm glad he came to United.
Where do you rate RvP in terms of ability?
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
And @Henrik Larsson's post says it all..
Same game/goal ratio for the Dutch NT as Ruud, despite being used out wide nearly 40% of the time. That's one of the most flattering statistics I can find.
Such a sublime footballer when he was 18 years old. Showing some amazing things for Feyenoord against teams like Inter, Rangers and Dortmund in their legendary UEFA Cup win.
Loved how bitter Arsenal fans were when he left, fecking hypocrite cnuts. At Feyenoord he played in a bigger stadium than Highbury and won bigger trophies than he ever did at Arsenal. Arsenal robbed Feyenoord of their best talent in 50 years, paying absolutely peanuts for him and they didn't do shit when Feyenoord nearly went bankrupt. Yet their fans still have the cheek to criticise him when he made the move to United, while in reality the difference between United and Arsenal at the time was as big as the difference between Barcelona and Valencia.
Just like Arjen Robben, he was almost literally injured 50% of the time during the first 10 years of his career. According to RVP himself 75% of those injuries were impact injuries (whereas Robben mostly had muscle problems). Seen him being kicked to shreds so many times when he was just getting into great form, from Chiellini killing his ankle in a friendly against Italy up until that Olympiakos match under Moyes, where he scored a hattrick and then got his meniscus wrecked by a player who was a little too late.
All in all still had a couple of tremendous goalscoring seasons, finished all time top scorer of the Netherlands and played a (incredibly frustrating) World Cup final. Won a European trophy in the city he was born playing for the club where he went through the youth ranks. Even won a trophy with Arsenal. And of course will be forever be remembered for his sublime form in Ferguson's last season./QUOTE]
Last edited: