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MY TOP 5
Ryan Joseph Giggs
D.O.B: 29th November 1973
Nationality: GB/ Wales
City of Birth: Cardiff, Wales
Weight: 68Kg/10st 10lb
Height: 180cm/5ft 11in
Position: Midfield/winger
Debut date: 02 March 1991
The player that caught my eyes when i just started following united back in 1992-93.
I saw him doing his dribble past two or three players against Arsenal if im not mistaken and i asked dad,
who is he to which dad told me he is Giggs. Never knew his full name until i heard the commentator one day called him Ryan Giggs.
Eversince then, i will always look out for him and look forward to see him in every matches. What do i know, I only realized lately
that ive been doing that for 15 years or so now!
I fear for the day he would called it quits. Being soooo used to watching him every week for a long time,
his sudden disappearance will be a HUGE blow to me. I dont even have to imagine that to know how i would feel, i can actually feel it now everytime when i talk about it.
Every new season, as much as i am looking forward to a new adventure, a little part of me will have the thought will this be his last season? I know players come and go, even
Sir Alex Ferguson will leave us one day too (that will be a bigger heartbreak thou) but its just hard to take.
Witnessing his development, from being a magnificent winger to a stand in central midfielder as age catches up. 11 Premiership Medals, 2 European Cups and many many more
accolades, how can anyone not make him an idol? And all these he achieved while playing for the only one club!And no, no red card as well! I dont care if people called me bias but he dont deserved any criticism
no matter how bad he played because as much as i can recall, he did well many more times than he played badly these past years, so that evens it out.
Paul Aaron Scholes
D.O.B: 16 November 1974
Place of Birth: Salford, England
Weight: 11st 9lbs
Height: 5'7
Position: Midfield
Debut date:21 Sep 1994
The second runner-up. If Im honest, i love him as much as Giggsy and despite his tackles, i love everything about him.
Not only is he a great player on the pitch, in fact no doubt one of the best midfielder England ever produce, and he topped it off with a great character as well.
Perhaps not many journalist would agree with that but personally i think, thats how footballers should be. You do your talking on the pitch not anywhere off it, leave that
to the manager or even the coach. Whats the use of all these interview anyway when the question that often been asked is How do you feel? What do you think? etc, etc, whoever is going to believe
that whatever the players said is genuinely what they think?
I didnt talk much about Scholes but thats only because he didnt talk much as well and i respect him for that because all along I have the thinking that he doesnt like being in the limelight which probably is true.
But that doesnt mean he didnt hold a big part in my life supporting united. The best midfielder that ive seen playing for united and still do too. Like Giggsy, i hate to think about the day he decided to hang up his boots. A sure thing a player like him is very hard to replace, his vision, his passes, his crossing and most of all his creativity is second to none and that doesnt include his loyalty yet. If there is anyone that fits the word underated perfectly,
it would be him, Paul Scholes. How the hell does he not win any personal award just yet? This is just not fair.
Nemanja Vidic
D.O.B: 21 Oct 1981
Place of Birth: Uzice, Serbia
Weight: 13st 0lbs
Height: 6'2
Position: Defence
Debut date: 25 Jan 2006
He rocks! Everytime i think of Vidic, its kind of funny and it remind me never to doubt Sir Alex & his gang ability to spot talent. Well its always
easier to spot talent but difficult to groom that talent but with Vidic, i dont think the gaffer had a lot of problem. Within his stay in Manchester,
he had already surpassed Rio in being the best CD in the premiership and together they make a perfect item. Not only he is rock solid at the back but he can
score goals too. A complete package of what we really need and its not easy not to like him. Another priceless asset we have that i hope we dont let go.
Wayne Mark Rooney
D.O.B:24 Oct 1985
Place of Birth:Croxteth, Liverpool
Weight:12st 5lbs
Height:5'10
Position:Forward
Debut date:28 Sep 2004
Hah! So where do i start??
25/08/2005 - Manchester United confirm they have made an offer to Everton for striker Wayne Rooney.
Pissed off! No way Jose i want a him in the team just no! I dont like the fact that he is a scouser, and his
famous tagline "Once a Blue, always a blue" always make me think that he wouldnt want to be with us.
Guess what?? Im sooooo damn wrong of course. And the irony, he happens to be if not the most, one of the dedicated
players we have in the team. People always talk of his temper and tantrums but to me thats what make him special. Just
as long as it didnt affect us in anyway of course.
Also i like how he go about doing his thing without really that much
HU-HA and playing for Manchester United didnt make him big headed in anyway at all. His passion for football and for united
can be seen even on the pitch. I really have very high hopes on him and in him i was actually hoping to see another Ryan or Scholes
like players, someone who will end his united career here with us but as much faith i have, ive learned not many of today's player
can do that so we'll see.
John O'Shea
D.O.B:30 Apr 1981
City of Birth:Waterford, Ireland
Weight:11st 11lbs
Height:6'3
Position:All Over
Debut date:13 Oct 1999
He might not be the best player on the field but no doubt his existence is one that i will appreciate for a long time. People talk about Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and
and Gary Neville about loyalty and its always easier to brush player like Sheasy but for me, his willingness and his sacrifice into becoming a versatile player for us is enough
to see how much loyalty he have for the club.To add to that the amount of criticism he gets is beyond words and its a shame really seeing how we love to have a loyal player in the club but
yet when we see one we didnt tend to acknowledge it. Regardless how he perform, he will always be in that soft spot in my heart. It is definitely not easy to perform consistently well for all matches
when your playing in different position each game but atleast he tried.
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MAN UTD TOPSCORER
Sir Bobby Charlton
249 GOALS in 758 Apps
Debut date:6 Oct 1956
Left United:1 May 1973
Denis Law
237 GOALS in 404 Apps
Debut date:18 Aug 1962
Left United:1 July 1973
Jack Rowley
237 GOALS in 404 Apps
Debut date:23 Oct 1937
Left United:1 Feb 1955
George Best
179 GOALS in 179 Apps
Debut date:14 Sept 1963
Left United:2 Jan 1974
Dennis Viollet
179 GOALS in 293 Apps
Debut date:11 April 1953
Left United:1 Jan 1962
Joe Spence
168 GOALS in 510 Apps
Debut date:30 Aug 1919
Left United:1 June 1933
Mark Hughes
163 GOALS in 467 Apps
Debut date:30 Nov 1983
Left United:31 May 1995
Ruud Van Nistelrooy
150 GOALS in 219 Apps
Debut date:12 Aug 2001
Left United:28 Jul 2006
Ryan Giggs
148 GOALS in 809 Apps
Debut date:02 Mar 1991
Left United: Dont intend to!
Stan Pearson
148 GOALS in 343 Apps
Debut date:13 Nov 1937
Left United:1 Feb 1954
David Herd
145 GOALS in 265 Apps
Debut date:19 Aug 1961
Left United:1 July 1968
Paul Scholes
142 GOALS in 608 Apps
Debut date:21 Sep 1994
Left United:Still ongoing!
Tommy Taylor
131 GOALS in 191 Apps
Debut date:7 March 1953
Left United:6 Feb 1958 - RIP Tommy =(
Brian McClair
127 GOALS in 471 Apps
Debut date:15 Aug 1987
Left United:1 July 1998
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
126 GOALS in 366 Apps
Debut date:25 Aug 1996
Left United:28 Aug 2007 - Retired
Andy Cole
121 GOALS in 275 Apps
Debut date:22 Jan 1995
Left United:29 Dec 2001
Cristiano Ronaldo
118 GOALS in 292 Apps
Debut date:16 Aug 2003
Left United:1 Jul 2009
Wayne Rooney
101 GOALS in 242 Apps
Debut date:28 Sept 2004
Left United:Only god knows!
Come on WAYNE!! Climb that steps to Sir Bobby!!!!
Club Honours
Premier League
(including old First Division)
18
1907-08, 1910-1,
1951-52, 1955-56,
1956-57, 1964-65,
1966-67, 1992-93,
1993-94, 1995-96,
1996-97, 1998-99,
1999-00, 2000-01,
2002-03, 2006-07,
2007-08, 2008-09.
Second Division
(Old)
2
1935-36, 1974-75
FA Cup
11
1908-09, 1947-48,
1962-63, 1976-77,
1982-83, 1984-85,
1989-90, 1993-94,
1995-96, 1998-99,
2003-04
League Cup
3
1991-92, 2005-06,
2008-09
FA Charity/Community Shield
(13 outright, 4 shared*)
17
1907/08, 1911/12,
1952/53, 1956/57,
1957/58, 1965/66*,
1967/68*, 1977/78*,
1983/84, 1990/91*,
1993-94, 1994/95,
1996/97, 1997/98,
2003/04, 2007/08,
2008/09
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
3
1967-68, 1998-99,
2007-08
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
1
1990-91
European Super Cup
1
1991/92
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2
1999-00, 2008-09
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Players Right VS Fans Right
Too often now we see such scenarios where once a player leave the club, they had developed some kind of disloyalty towards the club and from here, the relationship with the fans is often not a good one especially those who wanted to leave compared to those who were being sold. So who exactly between the two has the bigger right?
Let see it from the fans perceptive:
Generally, here are some of the factor that most fans would expect from a player from their club:
1. Loyalty
2. The Right Character - no diving, no moaning, no throwing tantrums, no unnecessary attention.
3. Less talking more skills.
4. Understand the club history and what they are playing for.
5. Born winner.
6. Never ever to want to play for another club or to even say it out aloud.
7. Saying how much he is willing to die for the club in another word, saying just all the good things.
8. Appreciate the fans.
9. Never wash their dirty laundry in public.
10. Show he's worth the money he's getting!
and many more that probably will be too much to mention.
But between us, what exactly do we know about the players right? Or do we even want to know frankly? See the thing is many of us if not all do have this mentality of the players getting paid to do the job while the fans pay to watch them & looking at we are the one paying, does that give us the bigger right to our expectation?
Personally, i say No.
After all we are forgetting about the human's right. I say both the players and the fans cant have a bigger say than the human's right because like it or not, we are all human after all and humans don't act the same, don't think the same and dont react the same way like any other. Yes the players are getting paid to do the job but its not like they didn't did they?
Players like Gareth Barry, Ronaldo, Adebayor and etc. Frankly what wrong is it for them to want to play for another club? Be it for money, for fame, for whatever reason, its their right i believe?
These are players that failed to live with what the fans expected and its not their fault if they cant fulfilled what is expected of them surely? They are working men like me and you and if there's ever a time when we feel like we had enough and time to look for better option, why are they different?
We wish many players can be like Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Gary Neville, Raul Gonzales and even Paolo Maldini but they are extraordinary players, a rare species in football and that's why it more easier to be calling them legends.
What did we know what the players went thru in life? Of course its none of our business but like us, as much as we doesn't want their life to be affecting football, surely there are times when things cannot be helped? Perhaps if we tried to be a little bit unselfish and regard them as a human being rather than our machinery that are being exploited, then we can understand a bit more?
Players have their own dreams like fans too. It is selfish of us to expect them to share the same passion like we do. I would rather like Ronaldo did, tell us frankly what he thinks and what he intend to do rather than Tevez who kept saying the opposite but ended up doing the opposite of what he claimed. I want to know the truth, even if the truth hurts, its always better than a lie that gonna hurt in a later stage. If anything i rather got hurt early than to leave it late. Ok ok i know Ronaldo did lie too but i still think he was being told to do so because of the fans reactions towards his confession. Why cant we appreciate the time these players spend with us rather then complaining and bragging about what life is going to be without them?
To me simple...leave all you want but supporting united is all i do. No big deal if you happens not to have the love for the club anymore, like i said its human's right that they do what they wanted to do but as a fan, i'll be right here remembering the old good times and remembering them as an ex united players. I watch football for what goes on the field, one or two players leaving is nothing of my concern to think about & I rather leave it to the gaffer. As far as I'm concern, both the players and the fans has the same amount of rights and that both couldn't hold a toast to the bigger one, that is the humans right.
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