Wolfgang von Hammerskold. Almost nobody remembers him.
Players whose great stints at United are often forgotten
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Valencia is probably the best shout I've seen so far, his debut season and the sheer number of assists he got was incredible, overlooked due to who he replaced obviously.
Louis Saha - The perfect number 9 for me. Quick, Strong, very good technically, fantastic in the air, 2 footed.
Injuries ruined him.
one of my all time favourite players to watch.
Injuries ruined him.
one of my all time favourite players to watch.
Says more about Van Gaal and Mourinho than Herrera
. Especially with the infodump in my first rant in this thread, suggesting we were a better team and produced most of our best performances under both managers with him playing.But yeah, I also don't think he was better than Pogba (who is another good shout for this thread and another player I've defended for years), especially not while they were teammates - those three seasons were Pogba's best for us.
Ibrahimovic was bloody fantastic for us until that knee injury. Barely anyone seems to remember that he was a United player now though.
Great shout. He was a top forward. In every way that Yorke arrived as the perfect player at the perfect time to the perfect team and had the perfect outcomes, Saha did not. Yorke had one incredible season and one decent one. Then faded. Saha had more good seasons, albeit at a time that didn’t maximise his talent.
Scored key goals in the FA and League cup finals and in the Charity Shield. Perhaps Jesse’s a natural big game player.
Good shout on Blomqvist. Not a first team player but more than played his part, including in the big games against Barca and Bayern in the treble winning season.
He’s rarely mentioned here and in the few times his name was mentioned, he was dismissed as a mediocrity, which is somewhat unfair.
The forgotten 'Number 7' Steve Coppell.
Also add Ray Wilkins.
Both seem to have been forgotten in the mists of time or perhaps overshadowed by the exploits of Robson (which is understandable)?
Also add Ray Wilkins.
Both seem to have been forgotten in the mists of time or perhaps overshadowed by the exploits of Robson (which is understandable)?
Rafael da Silva: I heard the dressing rooms was in turmoil after he was booted out of the team by LLVG. He came here as s youngster and gave us his all whenever he played. Made us forget Gary Neville and even captained the team in few matches. Yeah. I think he is underrated. You never pass him
I felt happy when I saw him play for us in the legends games. He is a legend
He was quality - people forget he played in 38 games in the treble year, starting 29, with Giggs injured a fair bit.
Anyone saying he's mediocre didn't watch him because he was a solid, if less explosive replacement.
Shame his career was cut short by horrific knee injuries. He seemed a decent guy and a top pro too.
Does mark Hughes count? Probably the only player I reckon who has played for United, Bayern and Barcelona.
He is a bitter towards united now, so fans might not remember that he was a youth product and a very good striker as well. I myself was surprised to read that he was associated with us at one time through a random Wikipedia binge.
He is a bitter towards united now, so fans might not remember that he was a youth product and a very good striker as well. I myself was surprised to read that he was associated with us at one time through a random Wikipedia binge.
To some extent I don’t disagree on Herrera, particularly his first season under LVG I was really excited to see him, thought he played well generally but LVG was reluctant to play him. He was good for us imo.Says more about Van Gaal and Mourinho than Herrera
But yeah, I also don't think he was better than Pogba (who is another good shout for this thread and another player I've defended for years), especially not while they were teammates - those three seasons were Pogba's best for us.
Great in his prime. With us he did ok, not much more. I did really like him though like many others I think that's the reason he is romanticized.
I'd be surprised if any United fans did not know how good Carrick was.
Shaw is definitely underrated. But, that is his own doing. Dude is inconsistent.
Smalling was definitely better than Maguire who is praised by the English pundits like he is the next coming.
Gordon Strachan
Tevez
Anderson
Ibra
Anderson
Ibra
Silvestre. In the 2003 season he formed a very good CB pairing with Rio and more often outshone the Englishman at the back. Plus, he had a excellent diagonal pass on him at times.
Mark Hughes, Brian Mcclair, Kanchelski, Lee Sharpe...basically the earlier players who won some trophies for SAF but got quickly forgotten once the class of 1995 came along.
Teddy Sheringham
Spent most of his years at United struggling to hold down a starting spot. Was scapegoated for the trophy less 97/98 season
Of the Treble season he said "apart from the last two weeks it was probably the worst season of my career", he scored only 5 goals that season.
The following season he didnt fare much better with limited starts and scoring only 6 goals.
The 2000/01 season though he was fantastic, his form finally ensured him a regular starting spot, he scored 21 goals in 43 games, collecting a PFA Player of the Year award and another PL medal.
At least he ended his time at the club on a high.
Gabriel Heinze
The combative Argentine defender had a great debut season. Settled in seemlessly and was a solid consistent performer throughout.
Picked up the Fans Player of the Season award ahead of the likes of Rooney (also his debut season) and Ruud.
Unfortunately early into the following season he asked for a transfer thus losing Fergies trust then shortly later in september '05 done his knee ligaments sidelining him out for the rest of the season.
Patrice was signed in '06, the rest is history.
Heinze tried to engineer a move out of the club to go to Liverpool in 2007 thus tarnishing his reputation with a lot of fans. Shame really because he was a real fan favourite.
Paul Ince
Ince developed into a world class midfielder during his time at United. Gave the club six years of great service.
His time at the club often gets dismissed because he joined Liverpool in 1997.
Wayne Rooney
A United legend. Gave the club great service.
Unfortunately at the moment he's still remembered for his final few years. He was scapegoated by a lot of fans during that LVG era.
The agenda against him online was spearheaded by the MEN and fancammer clowns like McKola and Howson.
Antonio Valencia
Similar to Rooney. Gave the club 10 years of great service but shat on and scapegoated by a lot of fans...
A solid performer on the wing and right-back. Top pro and by all accounts good guy. Deserves respect.
Spent most of his years at United struggling to hold down a starting spot. Was scapegoated for the trophy less 97/98 season
Of the Treble season he said "apart from the last two weeks it was probably the worst season of my career", he scored only 5 goals that season.
The following season he didnt fare much better with limited starts and scoring only 6 goals.
The 2000/01 season though he was fantastic, his form finally ensured him a regular starting spot, he scored 21 goals in 43 games, collecting a PFA Player of the Year award and another PL medal.
At least he ended his time at the club on a high.
Gabriel Heinze
The combative Argentine defender had a great debut season. Settled in seemlessly and was a solid consistent performer throughout.
Picked up the Fans Player of the Season award ahead of the likes of Rooney (also his debut season) and Ruud.
Unfortunately early into the following season he asked for a transfer thus losing Fergies trust then shortly later in september '05 done his knee ligaments sidelining him out for the rest of the season.
Patrice was signed in '06, the rest is history.
Heinze tried to engineer a move out of the club to go to Liverpool in 2007 thus tarnishing his reputation with a lot of fans. Shame really because he was a real fan favourite.
Paul Ince
Ince developed into a world class midfielder during his time at United. Gave the club six years of great service.
His time at the club often gets dismissed because he joined Liverpool in 1997.
Wayne Rooney
A United legend. Gave the club great service.
Unfortunately at the moment he's still remembered for his final few years. He was scapegoated by a lot of fans during that LVG era.
The agenda against him online was spearheaded by the MEN and fancammer clowns like McKola and Howson.
Antonio Valencia
Similar to Rooney. Gave the club 10 years of great service but shat on and scapegoated by a lot of fans...
A solid performer on the wing and right-back. Top pro and by all accounts good guy. Deserves respect.
1993 - 1995 he was world class
Calendar year 2006 he was amazing
yeah calendar year 2010 Nani was world class.
Some consistent, quality performances from him that year
Andy Mitten did a good interview with him not too long ago, and he didn't come across as bitter at all when recalling his time at United. I totally get why he gives that impression, but when he was managing 'them' he had to come at us at that angle.
Saha, Berbatov, Brown and Valencia come to mind. Also think Nani was quite underrated by many.
He was very good whenever he was fit, just a shame he couldn't stay fit for any length of time,
had everything to be the best striker in the world
Saved me 5 minutes writing this. Thanks
Heinze is one that came to mind.
Ruud relatively to other players, given he was the best striker we had under Fergie.
Ruud relatively to other players, given he was the best striker we had under Fergie.
Berbatov is the complete opposite. Massively criticised a lot during his time and he was an issue a lot too, especially in 09/10 where he failed to step up when Rooney wasn’t playing well or was injured - a major reason we lost the league that year IMO. Now people look back at him as some kind of United all time great.
Greenhoff brothers
Kuszczak is a great shout. Probably Phil Neville as well in honesty, he’s sort of always thought about because of Gary but he was so consistent for us and rarely gets called anything other than a utility player, he was actually a very good player.
Antonio Valencia
Cristiano Ronaldo
Im assuming this is a windup by a Celtic fan.
I think he scored 3 goals in 13 appearances.
I fondly remember his goal in the Cup winner Cup Final against Barca.
The one that Cruyff said was rubbish technique. Yeah OK Johan
I wouldn’t say Van Nistelrooy’s stint here was forgotten, but he was unlucky not to have more legendary status than he has. He joined us after we’d won 3 premier league titles on the bounce, stayed for five years where we won just one, then immediately after he left we won another 3 in a row.
It’s hypothetical I know, as the fast paced stuff that we played 2006+ couldn’t have happened with him up top. But his trophy cabinet here was far below what it should have been for a player of his quality, which might sometimes get overlooked when a lot of fans would happily forget those wilderness years altogether. But what a player.
It’s hypothetical I know, as the fast paced stuff that we played 2006+ couldn’t have happened with him up top. But his trophy cabinet here was far below what it should have been for a player of his quality, which might sometimes get overlooked when a lot of fans would happily forget those wilderness years altogether. But what a player.
Alan Smith? I thought he was more than decent.
The big standouts for me is kanchelskis, Johnsen and sheringham.
Three players pivotal in very successful periods.
johnsen being the biggest most overlooked legend where fans seem to think stam was a one man central defence with no partner.
Three players pivotal in very successful periods.
johnsen being the biggest most overlooked legend where fans seem to think stam was a one man central defence with no partner.
I do wonder if people are just posting names that haven't been posted already just for the sake of it. Apart from giving way to Teddy in the Champions League final, what contribution did Blomquist make? I wont mention another name from the final who makes me cringe.