Pick Fergies Best Starting 11 over his career

[Duffy]

Schmicheal

G.Neville
Bruce
Stam
Irwin

Keane
Robson
Scholes

Ronaldo
Cantona
Giggs

Hard to leave out so many great players - VDS, Vidic, Rio, Evra, Beckham, Rooney, Ruud.

 

[Raoul]

Schmeichel
Neville
Ferdinand
Vidic
Irwin
Ronaldo
Scholes
Robson
Giggs
Cantona
RvN

 

[MUFCgal]

Schmeichel

G Neville
Ferdinand
Stam
Irwin

Beckham
Scholes
Keane
Giggs

Cantona
Van Nistelrooy

I couldn't put Ronaldo in there anywhere. To me that midfield as a collective unit is the best I've seen in my time of supporting United - Beckham's crossing, Scholes' vision & passing, Keane's sheer determination and attitude, and Giggs' dribbling. And up front, the influence of Cantona with the goal machine that is Van Nistelrooy.

 

[bazalini]

Gary Neville my hole....

Guy cost us 3 matches in Europe

 

[yomipop]

Be consistent then. Tevez?

For all his issues, he did help us win a Champions league. I couldnt put him ahead of the Dong

 

[Summit]

So is Robson allowed? I know Fergie worked with him, but he wasn't his signing.

 

[NotoriousISSY]

---------------Schmeichel----------------

--Neville---Ferdinand----Vidic----Irwin--

-------Keane---Scholes----Robson-------

Ronaldo------------------------Giggs-----

-----------------Cantona------------------


We'll do a second string for fun:

---------------van Der Sar---------------

--Rafael*----Bruce-----Stam-----Evra--

-------Beckham--Carrick---Ince----------

-------Solskjaer----RVN----Rooney-------

*Paul Parker is a wanker so I have to put Rafael by default.

When you consider the different periods the different players come from in both sides, it goes to show the array of talent Sir Alex has produced, bought, managed and nurtured. Incredible

 

[redspoony]

Schmeichel
G Neville
Vidic
Ferdinand
Irwin
Keane
Scholes
Giggs
Ronaldo
Cantona
RVN

Subs

VDS
Stam
Pallister
Robson
Rooney
Solskjaer
Cole

 

[elisha27]

Schmeichel

Irwin
Ferdinand
McGrath
Evra

Keane
Scholes
Robson (c)

Kanchelskis
Cantona
Giggs

 

[Stuff the Goat]

Schmeichel

Neville Bruce Ferdinand Irwin

Scholes Keane

Ronaldo Rooney Giggs

Cantona​

 

[Sparky_Hughes]

So is Robson allowed? I know Fergie worked with him, but he wasn't his signing.

The op didn't say signings, he said best 11.

1.schmeichel
2.irwin
3.bruce
4.pallister
5.g.neville
6.keane
7.robson
8.scholes
9.ronaldo
10.cantona
11.hughes

Subs

Vds, rvn, rvp, beckham, giggs, Ferdinand, vidic with an honourable mention for mark Robbins.... How different things could have been!!!!

 

[Ole's_toe_poke]

Schmeichel

Neville
Pallister
Stam
Irwin

Keane
Robson
Scholes

Ronaldo
Rooney
Giggs

 

[Dans]

Nice to see a few mentions for Ince and Kanchelskis, not that they necessarily make the best 11, but what talents they were (regardless if he was a big time charlie).

Bruce, Hughes, Pallister, Sharpe should get honourable mentions too.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Glad so many have Irwin in their teams, always seems to be a forgotten player, I thought he was excellent, Mr Dependable.

What has shocked me is some have picked VDS over Schmeichel, for me Schmeichel is the best keeper we have ever had.

 

[antohan]

Schmeichel
Neville
Rio
Vidic
Irwin
Ronaldo
Keane
Scholes
Giggs
Cantona
RVN

harsh on Rooney, but correct

 

[swooshboy]

Schmeichel

G Neville
Ferdinand
Stam
Irwin

Beckham
Scholes
Keane
Giggs

Cantona
Van Nistelrooy

I couldn't put Ronaldo in there anywhere. To me that midfield as a collective unit is the best I've seen in my time of supporting United - Beckham's crossing, Scholes' vision & passing, Keane's sheer determination and attitude, and Giggs' dribbling. And up front, the influence of Cantona with the goal machine that is Van Nistelrooy.

Fair points - and completely get the collective midfield thing...but Ronaldo walks into any best ever United sides.

 

[Enigma_87]

He meant something like this though:

Schmeichel

Irwin (RB!) Rio Stam Evra

Robson (c) Keane

Ronaldo Scholes Giggs

Cantona

​

Right Spoony?

I'm with this!

 

[gamma1]

Schmeichel
Neville Stam Ferdinand Irwin
Scholes Keane
Ronaldo Cantona Giggs
Van Nistelrooy​

Subs - VDS, Vidic, Evra, Robson, Beckham, Rooney, Van Persie

 

[antohan]

I feel so spoilt looking at that gamma

 

[swooshboy]

This may be going off topic...but the Madden video games have always/often featured historical/legend rosters.

Would be great to see this in FIFA/Pro Evo...

Fans of any club would love to put together their greatest ever team. Would be v cool online too!

 

[JakeC]

1. Schmichael
2. Neville
3. Irwin
4. Bruce
5. Rio
6. Scholes
7. Robson
8. Keane
9. Cantona
10. Ronaldo
11. Giggs

 

[AARRONB06]

Big P
Neville Stam Vidic Irwin
Ronaldo Keane Scholes Giggs
Cantona Ruud

 

[atomic keane]

1. Schmeichel
2. Irwin
3. Rio
4. Stam
5. Evra
6. Scholes
7. Robson
8. Keane
9. Cantona
10. Ronaldo
11. Giggs


subs - Van Der Sar, Beckham, Rvn, Rooney, OGS, Carrick, Vidic

 

[shaggy]

Too young to remember Cantona -

Schmeichel

Neville
Ferdinand
Vidic
Irwin

Beckham
Keane
Scholes
Giggs

Ronaldo
RvN

 

[Ish]

-----------Schmeichel

Neville---Rio-------Bruce----Irwin

-----------Keane----Scholes

Ronaldo--------Cantona-------Giggs

------------------Rooney


----VdS, Vidic, Stam, Robson, Beckham, Ince, Hughes, Ruud

 

[rcoobc]

Van Der Sar
Neville - Ferdinand - Vidic - Irwin
Robson - Keane
Ronaldo - Scholes - Giggs
Cantona​

Subs:
Schmeichel
Stam
Beckham
van Nistelrooy
Solskjaer

I'm always surprised how many people put Schmeichel ahead of Van Der Sar. Schmeichel was more iconic by a long distance, he imortilises United, but Van Der Sar was ridiculous even as he got older and older. Doesn't take the plaudits in my opinion. How many hours without conceeding did he go?

 

[Justin]

Van Der Sar
Neville - Ferdinand - Vidic - Irwin
Robson - Keane
Ronaldo - Scholes - Giggs
Cantona​

Subs:
Schmeichel
Stam
Beckham
van Nistelrooy
Solskjaer

I'm always surprised how many people put Schmeichel ahead of Van Der Sar. Schmeichel was more iconic by a long distance, he imortilises United, but Van Der Sar was ridiculous even as he got older and older. Doesn't take the plaudits in my opinion. How many hours without conceeding did he go?

I'm actually more surprised it's not Schmeichel for everyone. VDS was great, but Schmeichel is just a class above.

 

[Plechazunga]

Schmeichel
Neville
McGrath
Rio
Giggs
Keane
Robson
Scholes
Ronaldo
Rooney
Ruud

Yes, I'm playing Giggs at left-back because this is too fecking hard.

 

[VanNistelrater]

Schmeichel

Neville
Vidic
Rio
Irwin

Ronaldo
Scholes
Keane
Giggs

Cantona
Ruud

Subs: VdS, Stam, Beckham, Solskjaer, Rooney

 

[Freak]

Schmeichel
Neville
Rio
Vidic
Irwin
Keane
Scholes
Ronaldo
Giggs
Cantona
Ruud

Subs: VDS, Stam, Beckham, Robson, Hughes, Ole, Rooney

 

[Irwinwastheking]

Couldn't he play both sides, but played mostly on the left?

Schmikes
Neville
Ferdinand
Vidic
Irwin
Ronaldo
Giggs
Scholes
Keane
Cantona
RVN

This is perfection. Imagine having that team in its prime.

 

[Jayvin]

Cantona - Ronaldo

Giggs - Keane - Scholes - Beckham

Irwin - Stam - Ferdinand - Neville

Schmeichel​

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

----------------VdS -------------
Neville --- Bruce --- Vidic --- Irwin
Ronaldo -- Keane -- Scholes -- Giggs
------Cantona ------- RvN ---------

 

[Dargonk]

Schmeichel
Neville
Rio
Vidic
Irwin
Ronaldo
Keane
Scholes
Giggs
Cantona
RVN

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Basically the real questions in this discussion are

1. In which order to you have Evra, Irwin and Neville?
2. Which pairs of centre backs and centre forwards to use?

The rest of the side picks itself.

 

[Siorac]

Basically the real questions in this discussion are

1. In which order to you have Evra, Irwin and Neville?
2. Which pairs of centre backs and centre forwards to use?

The rest of the side picks itself.

Not really.

- Do we include Bryan Robson who was a magnificent player but who was pretty much a fringe player by the time real success arrived?
- Should there be a place for David Beckham?
- Van Nistelrooy scored 150 goals in 219 games but is that enough to overlook the fact that his five years here were five of the most barren years in the post-1993 period of the Fergie era? (okay, you covered this as one of the questions)

For me the centre-back pairing is the easiest question of all, by the way. Bruce and Pallister were both great players and Stam was a giant but none of them came close to the stability and impregnability that we enjoyed when Ferdinand and Vidic were at their peak. I know a lot of that is down to tactics but still, I believe they are the finest pair this club ever had. So, my XI looks like this:

Schmeichel

Neville
Ferdinand
Vidic
Irwin

Beckham
Keane
Scholes
Giggs

Cantona

Ronaldo

 

[Annihilate Now!]

Irwin was a superb defender, and the model of consistancy... but for me, Evra was one of, if not the best left back in the wrold for about 2 or 3 seasons, during which time he'd put in a world beating performances in almost every game.

Schmeichel

Neville ---- Ferdinand ---- Vidic ---- Evra

Keane ---- Robson
Scholes
Ronaldo-----------------------------Giggs
Cantona
​

 

[Dyslexic Untied]

4-4-2:

---------Schmeichel--------

G.Nev---Rio-----Vidic----Irwin

Ronaldo--Scholes-Keane-Giggs

---------Cantona---RvN--------

Tough for Becks, Robson, Stam, Pallister and Bruce, and a bunch of strikers.

 

[sincher]

I'm sure someone will have posted this already but:

------------------Schmeichel----------------
Neville------Ferdinand-----Stam---------Irwin
-------------Keane---Robson----------------
Ronaldo----------Scholes---------------Giggs
---------------Van Nistelrooy----------------

subs: Cantona, Rooney, Van Persie, Vidic, Evra, Van der Sar, Beckham

 

[Irwinwastheking]

Irwin was a superb defender, and the model of consistancy... but for me, Evra was one of, if not the best left back in the wrold for about 2 or 3 seasons, during which time he'd put in a world beating performances in almost every game.

Schmeichel

Neville ---- Ferdinand ---- Vidic ---- Evra

Keane ---- Robson
Scholes
Ronaldo-----------------------------Giggs
Cantona
​

Never speak to me again.