Speaking of United's defenders, who would you consider United's best defenders ever then?
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Speaking of United's defenders, who would you consider United's best defenders ever then?
It’s in the name mate, I’m So Cross. Are you a bit short-sighted?
Yeah, height helps but it's not like NBA. When we played City in 2017-18, they scored 2 goals from set pieces, we had team of giants and they had smaller players, but they looked threat from every set piece.
Paul Parker, Denis Irwin, Gabriel Heinze, Patrice Evra & Rafael da Silva.
Stam & Ferdinand were overrated.
Say what
They might have looked okay competing against weaklings like Batistuta and Vieri, but that doesn't mean they'd have cut the mustard on a cold Tuesday night in Stoke against Ricardo Fuller.
I thought the wait for Martinez was going to be short. Why hasn't this been announced yet. This is the absolute height of incompetence.
Don’t forget Buttner. Much better than Vidic.
Some of the posts I’ve read today should be illegal. Highlights include Baresi and Cannavaro couldn’t cut it in the PL, Carrick was rubbish, and Paul Parker was better than Rio Ferdinand.
This thread reads like my Tinder chats
"Oh you're not 6 feet tall?*unmatches* "
"Oh you're not 6 feet tall?*unmatches* "
Why won’t you date short men?
Surely announcement today?
Lads on the plane, done dealio.
Hehe. Funniest thing I've read on here in a long time. Both would likely be in top 10 premier league CB since 93 when it started.
Where are the plane trackers?
You mustn't have seen Serie A in the 80's and 90's when Baresi played if you think the Premier League is a different beast physically. During Baresi's prime, Serie A was brutally physical. More physical than the PL is now, and probably more physical than the PL was in the 90s. So, no; Baresi would have found it easier in the PL than in Serie A during his prime playing years.
Still don't get why people get wound up about the wait for the official twitter account to make a post. We know it's done.
He landed last night, it’s a bit tricky tracking time machines.
Weird behaviour isn’t it?
No, medical first.
Yes I said it's not an issue, but you perhaps misinterpreted it. I meant that it shouldn't be an issue, because he is simply a great (we'll see how good in the PL) CB. Maguire isn't.
And perhaps (me first) should stop talking about his height, majority of us trust ETH. I trust him. Let's see Lisandro and where his position will be before we judge him only by his height
Looking forward to watching this guy play for us, hes the sort of player we've been missing for years.
Has the sort of bite and tenacity that is needed to defend your box or destroy a magic ring in Mount Doom.
May just need to shave his feet to earn that lucrative boot contract though.
Has the sort of bite and tenacity that is needed to defend your box or destroy a magic ring in Mount Doom.
May just need to shave his feet to earn that lucrative boot contract though.
So Rafael da Silva who had one progressive season in his career here is one of our best ever defenders?
For me STam and Ferdinand are easily the best two central defenders we have had, would hav ebeen the perfect partnership. Irwin and Evra til his later years would make up the back four.
His career was too short here, but I do think Heinze and his time due to the emergence of Evra and Liverpool rumours is very much under rated though, he was a quality full back and an absolute warrior during his spell here...but come on, Stam and Ferdinand were two genuine world class centre backs
Obviously another short joke from @OmarUnited4ever
I need someone's permission to make a load of dumb short jokes about this guy.
Indeed, in an effort to provoke the one who replied to my post with a weird and irrelevant question ( @sglowrider i think?), asking me who do I think were the best defenders ever at United, I picked short full backs, and added the line of Stam & Ferdinand being meh
You have the permission, but keep them short.
I think Vidić gets into the best ever centre back/world class conversation but I pretty much agree with everything you've said.
- Heinze tarnished his name when he wanted that Liverpool move. Otherwise he was very good in my opinion.
Hard for me to put anybody ahead of Neville for our RB spot.
They would have, you’re right. Over the course of a prem season they would lose a lot of important aerial battles but their overall quality in other parts of their game would outweigh that.
Welcome to Manchester, Lisandro Lopez, Man Utd's #21
It's funny because he's below average height.
Glad I'm not the only person who does this each time we're heavily linked with someone
We have a winner.
Win what. I'm on such a short fuse with all these moany gits.
Cue 12 month ban after testing positive for pipe-weed.
Always check fm inside for statsGlad I'm not the only person who does this each time we're heavily linked with someone
Looking at the videos of him, he should surely have more than 13 for brave?
Good merchandise opportunity for some United branded magnifying glasses
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