NoPace
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I think the question should instead be "pick three players from the current side that would get into either the 1999 or 2008 side"
And I cant think of one.
'99
----------Bruno--Yorke-------------
Giggs-Keane-Scholes-Beckham
Shaw--Stam--Maguire--Irwin
------------Schmeichel------------
I think Maguire could thrive as the worst player in the XI just winning headers and being carried by smarter players. Bruno is maybe the best player in the entire league and whichever of Cole or Yorke suited him would be great, and he could play out wide when one of Beckham or Giggs was out, with Yorke or Cole coming in. We could also use him in a 2 with Keane or Butt when they were out, or 4-5-1 with him and Scholes ahead of Keane.
08'
----Rooney--Tevez----Cristiano
----------------Bruno---------------------
-------Carrick-Scholes------------
Evra----Vidic----Rio------Hargeaves
------------Van De Sar-----------------
Yeah I couldn't justify including anyone other than Bruno in this. Could drop Tevez for him and squeeze Rashford in for balance, actually:
Rashford---Rooney------Cristiano
----------------Bruno---------------------
---------Carrick-Scholes------------
Evra----Vidic----Rio------Hargeaves
------------Van De Sar-----------------
looks even more potent, with Tevez first off the bench. And if Hargreaves was hurt, as he often was, I would have no qualms with picking Wan-Bissaka over Brown at RB, as well as he played that year he was effectively just a worse tackling, better aerially and safer passer but less overlapping threat than Wan-B.
TLDR: People underrate Rashford here, he's quite good I think. This team needs a DM who can pass, a world class RW and a world class CB very fecking badly.