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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Thursday, October 15, 2009

Gabriel Obertan-The new Wing Wizard??

Talking about Wing Wizard, obviously one name popped out in my mind and of course its non other than the one and only Ryan Giggs. But United has been lucky enough to have more than one who actually fits the bill especially in Cristiano Ronaldo. So just who is this Gabriel Obertan who was mentioned as the next Wing Wizard??



Well I have to admit that I dont know much about him what more someone coming from the French League and I have no idea what skills and talent he have. Him coming over despite being injured does not at all help us to get to know him better but all this changed when he got his reserve debut on Monday.




Ok, perhaps, based on that match alone is certainly not enought to judge him just yet but like the many youngster we have under our belt, he do look promising and talented. I dont know if it just me but he sure do have that pace and are quick with the ball. Already he look intelligent and physically fit to me and some of his crossing can only make me imagine having Rooney at the end of it. His tricks remind me of Ronaldo at his early stage yes but only that while his overall play remind me most of Giggsy of young. Now, that should sound awesome doesnt it to have a player that resemble two great players of ours but lets not get too over excited just yet because as far as I remember, I thought the same of Nani too before he came over to us.

The 'Big' question remains the same, will he be able to break into the first team squad and how long will it take him to do that??

Dont get me wrong. Im not trying to be critical but Im kind of had enough of having potential and talented youngster being wasted in the end, as in ended up somewhere else after a long spell with us. Im not blaming anyone for this matter because I understand how difficult it was to break thru the players we have at the moment for every position and not all players are easy to groom but on the other hand, I also hate to see us failing to get the best out of these players.

In the current team, already we have Nani, who despite being with the first team since day one, still needed that much game to properly develop as I dont believe what he has now is all that he have got, Valencia, who only joined us this year and also has more to offer and of course Park who despite not getting as much games, can always be relied on. So where does he fits in?

Ok rotation you might say...yeah why didnt I think of that eh? But seriously, in any other position, I dont mind much us rotating but I would love us to have a fixed winger as our game will depends more on flair than anything else. Yes its an healthy competition but as we can see, this doesnt work with all players especially players like Nani whom easily lack of consistency as a result of not playing.



Rite now, I am lying if I didnt say that I am very much excited with this Obertan guy what more after watching a glimpse of what he can offer and that I very much like what I saw but I couldnt help to have another feeling that tell me it wont be enough for him sadly. What he need now is a good number 7 shirt to boost his morale (Oh wait isnt that his number for the reserve team? LOL!) and who knows..we might be second time lucky? But then again not really, not everyone can be a certain Cristiano Ronaldo and I wouldnt want him to be anyway, I like him to be himself and offer us what he can offer the best even if that means coming off the bench once in a while.

So now, it is reported that Obertan might be on the bench for the Bolton match this weekend. Frankly, Im not in a hurry to look forward to his debut for the first team because he has plenty of time for that especially looking at how he just got back from an injury but hey we might not know. With many of our players involved with the international duties, I wont bet against him starting.

Whether or not he'll be the next Wing Wizard for Man utd...that have to wait. Only time will tell and as a fan, I can only hope for the best for both his and the club sake.

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