Best United team - wide midfield

Best United team - wide midfield

  • David Beckham

    Votes: 52 20.2%

  • Ryan Giggs

    Votes: 204 79.1%

  • Andrei Kanchelskis

    Votes: 23 8.9%

  • Cristiano Ronaldo

    Votes: 46 17.8%

  • Lee Sharpe

    Votes: 10 3.9%

  • Jesper Olsen

    Votes: 3 1.2%

  • Steve Coppell

    Votes: 12 4.7%

  • Gordon Hill

    Votes: 6 2.3%

  • Ian Moore

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Willie Morgan

    Votes: 1 0.4%

  • John Aston

    Votes: 2 0.8%

  • George Best

    Votes: 190 73.6%

  • John Connelly

    Votes: 1 0.4%
  • Total voters
    258
  • Poll closed .
Easiest one yet. Giggs and Best are leagues ahead of most on that list.
 
Wanted to put Gordon Hill in, but it had to be Giggs & Best - legends. Best would be on the right, but that's OK...he would be wicked anywhere in attack.
 
golden_blunder said:
Andre unfortunately was under-rated by many

the man was a wing god, pace power and could actually score goals too
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But he could be irritating. The number of times he'd bomb down the wing and then at the crucial moment instead of crossing he'd turn away and make a meaningless pass.


Also suprised no one's mentioned Pobrobsky(?)
 
Billy Bollocks said:
I went for Ryan and Andre. I doubt you'll see a better, more explosive pair of wingers in the same team ever again.

George just never struck me as traditional winger, he had more of a free role. In the modern game he'd be classed as a second striker or advanced playmaker.
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Giggs and Best and Willie Morgan as my sub
 
Voted for Best, despite not having seen him play, for pure "this poll will be utter crap if he doesn not win" reasons.
 
topper said:
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Not rocket science is it, pal?

A traditional winger to me is someone who just stays out wide all game trying to get to the bye-line and get crosses in. George popped up all over the place, sometimes on the left too, and had more of a free role.
 
Billy Bollocks said:
Not rocket science is it, pal?

A traditional winger to me is someone who just stays out wide all game trying to get to the bye-line and get crosses in. George popped up all over the place, sometimes on the left too, and had more of a free role.
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I agree.
 
032Devil said:
Willie Morgan was very good but not many rate him because he suffer's from anonymity caused by being around at the same time as Best.

He was probably as good as Giggs.
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agree thats why he would be my third choice
 
I just looked at the results so far and according to 151 posters Giggs is ahead of George Jeez Gigg is good but Best is better
 
topper said:
I just looked at the results so far and according to 151 posters Giggs is ahead of George Jeez Gigg is good but Best is better
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Can't blame the posters, Topper. They can only vote for those they have seen, and quite a lot of them have grown up seeing only Giggs on the left. Even I have never had the previlege of seeing Best play, only seen footage in grainy black and white.
 
Suresh said:
Can't blame the posters, Topper. They can only vote for those they have seen, and quite a lot of them have grown up seeing only Giggs on the left. Even I have never had the previlege of seeing Best play, only seen footage in grainy black and white.
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Many of us wouldn't have seen him play but to rate a DiStefano, Best or a Pele its not necessary to have seen them live. He has his place amongst the greatest footballers of all time and pisses all over Giggs. Best selects himself and the next spot should be a toss up between Coppel, Beckham and Giggs. Giggs would clearly win though.
 
vijay said:
Many of us wouldn't have seen him play but to rate a DiStefano, Best or a Pele its not necessary to have seen them live. He has his place amongst the greatest footballers of all time and pisses all over Giggs. Best selects himself and the next spot should be a toss up between Coppel, Beckham and Giggs. Giggs would clearly win though.
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Agreed, that's why I voted Best.
 
Billy Bollocks said:
George just never struck me as traditional winger, he had more of a free role. In the modern game he'd be classed as a second striker or advanced playmaker.
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I'll probably get slaughtered but ... saw George many times. He was never (hardly ever) selected as a striker - not with Law / Kidd / Herd around - and he was never asked to be a central playmaker. When he was given more reponsibility, he couldn't handle it. He was simply a genius, mainly a winger (roaming one side to the other) and a scorer of (many) great goals.
 
mista john said:
I'll probably get slaughtered but ... saw George many times. He was never (hardly ever) selected as a striker - not with Law / Kidd / Herd around - and he was never asked to be a central playmaker. When he was given more reponsibility, he couldn't handle it. He was simply a genius, mainly a winger (roaming one side to the other) and a scorer of (many) great goals.
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Agree with that, but you could never really class him as an out-and-out winger. He was just too much of a free spirit.
 
Billy Bollocks said:
Agree with that, but you could never really class him as an out-and-out winger. He was just too much of a free spirit.
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but in the United side he was a winger :D Dennis and Bobby were inside left/right
 
Learnt from the central defender 'fiasco' & chose two this time - has to be Best & Giggs, hands down!
 
Can't believe Ronaldo has more votes than Beckham, some people must have watched our Treble season with their eyes closed!
 
i didnt see best, ah well we all know its giggs and best anyhow.
 
This is a joke right.

Giggs has more votes than Best :lol: :lol:
Beckham has more votes then Kanchelskis :lol: :lol:

Obviously a lot of spotty 16+ year olds voting, who never saw Best or Kanchelskis.
 
Liverpool_FC Bollocks said:
Not rocket science is it, pal?

A traditional winger to me is someone who just stays out wide all game trying to get to the bye-line and get crosses in. George popped up all over the place, sometimes on the left too, and had more of a free role.
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I always thought Best was a striker who often went outwide if needed. You learn something every day. Yesterday I learnt that O'shea is a legend.

Best and Giggs easily for my choices. Unfortunately poll is closed now so...
 
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