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Who was your favourite player as a kid?
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Never cared much about players. They come and go, what remains is the club.
Michael Laudrup was my first favourite player as far as I remember. A bit later I liked Bergkamp, but mostly only got to see his highlights.
Keane
Schmeichal
Nedved
Schmeichal
Nedved
Beckham.
Giggs, batistuta and Edgar davids
Kanchelskis for me!
Thought you were @LuckyScout78 for a minute there.
R9, Zidane and Beckham.
Unfortunately I don’t understand the reference. But I get the funny feeling it’s an insult.
Keane, Stam, Schmikes. Non-United was Pavel Nedved or Edgar Davids.
Got to see Nedved and Davids play in a legends game at the Bernabeu a few years ago. That was class.
Got to see Nedved and Davids play in a legends game at the Bernabeu a few years ago. That was class.
Damn! If you had to reduce that down to three, who would you choose?
Same for me. Spent hours rewatching Beckham's free kick vs Greece and trying to replicate it in the garden with patio chairs and compost bins as the wall
Willie morgan
Gordon hill
Steve coppell
Gordon hill
Steve coppell
Robson first. Displaced by Hughes after he rejoined us. Hughes displaced by Cantona.
Disloyal.
Disloyal.
Peter Schmeichel, reason I was a goalkeeper and became a Man Utd fan
I imagined a six year old saying this to his friends who argue if Vini is better than Yamal
Barnes?
Always pretended to be Zico or Socrates! And wrote a story at school about the legendary Ryan Bobson
Jesper Olsen
Ruud van Nistelrooy was the man scoring the goals, so naturally he was my favourite. Ronaldinho was a close second.
Cantona, first, second, and third, then Kanchelskis and Sharpe.
With hindsight I'm sure everyone would rather have grown up admiring a decent bloke like Kevin Horlick than a piece of human excrement like Ryan Giggs that's for sure.
In primary school, it was Cantona. We always played with our collars up.
Secondary school, it was Beckham, though I loved Veron. I always tried to pass the ball with the outside of the foot. Absolute class player on his day.
Secondary school, it was Beckham, though I loved Veron. I always tried to pass the ball with the outside of the foot. Absolute class player on his day.
Robson and Whiteside
McClair, Beckham then Totti, the latter was due to the influence of Golazzo on C4.
Eric Cantona. I became a United fan because of him.
Peter Schmeichel. Absolute monster of a keeper.
I also used to really enjoy watching Gianfranco Zola.
Peter Schmeichel. Absolute monster of a keeper.
I also used to really enjoy watching Gianfranco Zola.
Beckham, Giggs and then Ruud
Beckham. Always. Used to practice his stance when he kicked the ball. Foot to the side of the ball, arms out. Free kicks and crosses.
Rooney and Scholes
George Best
Lee Sharpe. Right down to the celebration.
Paul Parker always seemed really humble and gave everything when he was in the pitch.
Park Ji what a player AA battery never stopped running. Remembered once he was given the armband you could see how proud he was. Special special player
None united Bixente Lizarazu Bordeaux days before his transfer to Bayern. What a player he was
Park Ji what a player AA battery never stopped running. Remembered once he was given the armband you could see how proud he was. Special special player
None united Bixente Lizarazu Bordeaux days before his transfer to Bayern. What a player he was
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Cantona, Irwin, Batistuta.
That's a fantastic choice. His left foot is pretty much unparalleled in history of football.
van nistelrooy when i was 10. But back then in 04 (maybe even still now i have no idea) you had to pay per letter on the back of your shirt (same with numbers), so v. Nistelrooy with #10 on the back was a nogo - my mum convinced me to get Saha 9 instead and I loved him for 2 years til I was allowed to get Rooney 
Funnily enough in school I always tried to emulate lampard, Arriving late from midfield and scoring long range goals- despite being a United fan I loved him for some reason
Funnily enough in school I always tried to emulate lampard, Arriving late from midfield and scoring long range goals- despite being a United fan I loved him for some reason
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My first thought was this thread was a trap to remove more “mature” posters in some woke ageist agenda. But being as you’ve gone.
First…. Buchan (our Rolls Royce before Rio). Majestic
Non United… Rivelinho (great Top Trumps card), Zico, then Platini.