feck off @ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg !! Eric was World Class by anyone’s standards.
No it doesn't, your opinion here is ill informed and idiotic.
He had the chance and turned down Spurs because he was loyal to United and Sir Alex wanted him at the club. The clubs had agreed the transfer and he said no.
Ole was a fantastic player and you are right, none of our treble winning strikers were world class over a longer period, and Yorke played an incredible season.
I said maybe, and of course it’s the age old argument of what constitutes world class? Was he ever one of the best in the world? I love Cantona, and he’s a United legend, but yes I think whether he was a world class player is debatable.
Absolutely.
Because we were blessed to have other top class strikers at the same time. "Top class" isn't limited to starters only.
Nah. C'mon. There's a reason that Nike had Cantona, in that classic advert with the demons, deliver the showstopper. Surrounded by top players they chose Cantona to star, because he had that kind of status in the game. Even after Cantona retired they kept featuring him. If memory serves he was the announcer for the Nike cage adverts. Cantona's profile in the world game was huge. Players like Kaka have identified Cantona as childhood heroes. Considering the way he was cut out of the France international picture during his prime years that says a lot about his impact. Indeed, I'm sure the French posters on the CAF can testify to the fact that there was a massive debate in France about his exclusion from their Euro 96 squad. In the 1990s Cantona was undoubtedly regarded as one of the best players in the game.
He even got a league winners medal the previous year in France, too. Although obviously not as influential as here.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Ballon_d'Or
Aside from adding that the clubs had agreed the fees. I am not sure how that is in anyway different from what I posted. Maybe you should have read the last piece.
Nothing else needs to be said really.
He is lost in the sauce. He's talked about now because he's a shit pundit and because people on the board don't remember how good he was, Keane was, nor Giggsy. Prime Keane was the more influential player and better overall player. But Scholes was one of the best central midfielders as well, given that he adapted his game throughout his career and was not blessed with much physical traits like his contemporaries. Started as a second/support striker, feck off his wide play, but played in a central midfield two in a 442 system, then a DLP with the vision and range of a GPS system.
You seem sensitive about this one. As a goal scorer, I would have him just behind Ruud, Rooney and Cole of those players you've listed there.
Ironically, given how this team fade, he used to struggle lasting the 90.
Thats not how I remember it. I think he had a few good games on the right, which gained a lot of attention because of a couple assists, but I actually don't think he was great on the right.
We were one of the best sides if not the best in the world at the time so for him to be the first change forward means he was top class....that is pretty obvious!
40% of all appearances coming from off the bench is a fairly high percentage, I’d have thought? He is also 2nd on the list of most goals scored by a substitute in PL era.
"Never a star player in our team"?
Started to cheer last season when we bought Maguire. Some have Robbo, some Eric, some Beckham and some Cristiano.
Just loved that answear
That's because his ability to strike a ball developed into fantastic ability to drive a ball across goal.
Let’s quote Ferguson’s autobiography, pages 159-160.
Feck me they would walk into our team in their slippers and make us title contenders.
Exactly this. Keane knocked out Heinze in the dressing room. I think he would kill some of the players we have for their refusal to pass forward and always taking the easy option.
