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  • 29 Jun 2009 5:44 PM

    Re: Who is the BEST player u have ever seen in your time not the past

    David Beckham...only seen him a couple live a couple of times when he was at united but quality...same as now, playing against andorra he was like a 25 year old so him for united and the world....

     

    shame he went madrid :( 
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  • 29 Jun 2009 4:20 PM

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    I consider myself to be incredibly lucky to have seen George Best play when I was a teenager.I wish I could explain to you younger fans just how supremely gifted he was. Unfortuneately unlike today there were few televised games back in his heyday and the record is slim. His close control was a gift from God enabling him to beat not just one but two,three,four or more players at a time. He also liked to stay on his feet and ride tackles--then either passing the ball or just as often going on to score himself. Best was also an accomplished header of the ball and a pretty mean tackler. Even Pele rated him the best in the world.
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  • 28 Jun 2009 3:00 PM

    Re: Who is the BEST player u have ever seen in your time not the past ??

    In terms of United players then the best 2 I have seen personally were Eric Cantona and Peter Scmiechel.  They were the difference between the sides we had that we had that could string together a decent cup run to the sides of the mid to late nineties who dominated English football. Cantona had simply the best vision of any footballer I have seen - he also had the creativity and talent to engineer passes that made other top flight footballers look like pub team members.  In an era of English football that was not blessed with the plethora of overseas stars that grace today's Premier League Cantona stood out as an entertainer and magician.  When other teams relied on players like Carlton Palmer we had Eric who lit up Old Trafford, and the whole Premier League like a beacon.  From 'that' chip followed by the peacock-esque strut to the incident at Crystal Palace - nobody, probably not even the man himself, knew what was coming next from him - he personified the capacity of football to shock, mesmerise and above all to entertain. There are staggering statistics about United's success rate with King Eric in the side but for me it was the anticipation of the adoring masses every time he touched the ball that made him a very, very special footballer.  Scmiechel was the best player there has ever been in his position - it is always difficult to judge players from differing eras but he was not only the best at the time he took the art of goalkeeping to a new level.  People often forget the goalkeeper when discussing who was the best player but Sir Matt Busby claimed that the signing of Alex Stepney was the last piece of the jigsaw in the European Cup winning team of '68 and along with Eric there is no doubt that the Great Dane was monumentally important to the success of United through the nineties.  All aspects of his game were better than any who had gone before - he was a master of quick distribution; his throws often heralded the start of the lightening quick counter attacks that was such a feature of United at that time.  His shot stopping and 'starfish' style block saved United many a time and the control of the back 4 was legendary. All in all Schmeichel was the complete goalkeeper and remains peerless 10 years after his retirement from United with the treble winners medals in his pocket.

     
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  • 28 Jun 2009 1:12 PM

    Re: Who is the BEST player u have ever seen in your time not the past ??

    giggs

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  • 28 Jun 2009 9:34 AM

    Re: Who is the BEST player u have ever seen in your time not the past ??

    ronaldinho during his days at barcelona 4sure..unstoppable
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  • 23 Jun 2009 9:57 PM

    Re: Who is the BEST player u have ever seen in your time not the past ??

    Cristiano Ronaldo
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  • 23 Jun 2009 6:17 PM

    Re: Who is the BEST player u have ever seen in your time not the past ??

    the best player i have ever seen ... the brazillian ronaldo

    when fit before his devestating injury he could win a game on his ownd and thre are only a handful of players who have ever been able to do that , he was lightning quick, tricky as anyone and probally the best finisher i have ever seen closely followed by ole and was just overall fantastic
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  • 22 Jun 2009 9:54 PM

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     totaly
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  • 22 Jun 2009 9:48 PM

    Re: Who is the BEST player u have ever seen in your time not the past ??

     agreed
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  • 20 Jun 2009 2:47 AM

    Re: Who is the BEST player u have ever seen in your time not the past ??

    Heard/read about:  Sir Bobby, Law, Best

    Seen on video: Cantona, Sparky

    Seen live: Giggs, Becks, Rooney, Solskjaer

    Good riddance:  Cry Baby Ronnie
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  • 19 Jun 2009 11:38 PM

    Re: Who is the BEST player u have ever seen in your time not the past ??

    Ryan Giggs
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  • 19 Jun 2009 7:59 PM

    Broken Heart [U] Re: Who is the BEST player u have ever seen in your time not the past ??

     
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  • 19 Jun 2009 7:55 PM

    Re: Who is the BEST player u have ever seen in your time not the past ??

     simple and easy like supporting man utd,mine is ronaldinho
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  • 19 Jun 2009 7:25 PM

    Re: Who is the BEST player u have ever seen in your time not the past ??

    roy keane, did see ronaldinho at the nou camp wen he was at his peak, keano tho, actually just how good was keane
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  • 19 Jun 2009 7:08 PM

    Re: Who is the BEST player u have ever seen in your time not the past ??

     its got to be cantona for manutd

    but overall i think messi dribbling is awsome and beleive if it was possible! he could be the replacement for ronaldo
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