Consistency and longevity of form needs to be taken into account. We are not solely talking about best performance here. And even so, Rio and Evra played their best football the decade prior.
In a decade when a center back's pool is arguably the weakest since the 50's it's an interesting choice to go with a back 3. Hard to argue about the balance of this side though.
All the wrong decade though. Romney's peak ended a year or 2 into the decade
I said biased, I didn't say a liar
If two players are at the same level, as a United fan you would naturally pick the United player. I don't think Aguero is next level to Rooney. Actually I think top Rooney was more exciting to watch and just as effective. Also Rooney was pretty versatile and could play many positions, if neededPersonally, I just prefer the right wing version of Messi (especially since his peak as a false 9 was arguably during the very end of last decade), which doesn't leave the place for him. Someone less selfish like Suarez, especially considering his proven partnership with Messi, seems like a more natural choice. On quality alone, Robben would be somewhere near the very top, aliens excluded (Xavi, Iniesta, Modrić, Suarez).
He hasn't done that much though. 1 league title and 1 Fa cup title is not great. Also the league title was not won by him much and it was before he started playing at his peak. In the Fa cup we had the most kind run ever and still almost failed to win it.
It can be argued that Neuer's peak was a bit shorter, but he had been a more all-rounded keeper as well as being equally successful on a club and on an international level (the second one can't be said for De Gea, sadly). The last part is what separates those two for me in terms of their all-time rankings, if De Gea would've performed as well for Spain as he did with us in the last decade, he probably would've overcame him, at least in my eyes.
Lingard scored the winner in an Fa cup final. That should be enough for these teams.
Relative defensive presence/astuteness was a consideration, yes. Piqué falls in the Goldilocks Zone in terms of being a better distributor than Chiellini but also a better pure defender than Ramos when he was on top of his game, IMO.
Also very good picks
It's not about Rooney vs Aguero for me, my point is rather that I don't get that people know that they're biased but are okay with that. Thinking you are wrong due to bias but sticking to your opinion anyway because you're on a United forum and bias is okay here in your view, that's a behaviour I don't get and seen quite a few times in here.I said biased, I didn't say a liar
No Pogba or Martial?
I agree with this argument on Xavi, but Iniesta was absolutely crucial when Barca won the treble in 2015, and was a starter for Barca as recent in 2018 when we won La Liga. Andres peaked in this decade imo.
Coin toss for me, like with a few other positions. Some inclusions are nailed on, but otherwise I'd be fine with any combination of the players I mentioned. Kroos and Thiago Silva should probably be in the mix too.
See I was trying to make this argument too but it doesn't work for Xavi too. Because in the 10s he won a world cup, won the euros & was sensational in the 10-11 team.
I mean, I get that it’s a United forum, but....
Think this is it. Can't argue with that.
