I have a dream, a dream of creating and controlling a team of the best soccer players in Manchester United history, much like that Jose+10 commercial except I'm over 10, I can have only Man. Utd. players, and I'm not Spanish.
Anyways, I'm choosing a 3-3-2-2 formation, a formation I made up, I think. I like to use it, at least. I didn't exactly chose the players with the most chemistry, I chose players that would be the most fun to watch.
Anyways here's my lineup.
GK: Edwin Van der Sar. Possibly the best goalkeeper in Man. Utd. history. He's proven that he can succeed at high levels.
DEFENCE
RCB, Steve Bruce. He helped Man. Utd. to the Double in the 20th century. He was also the best English player never capped by his country.
CB, Gary Neville. He's truly a Man. Utd. legend. Although he spent some of 2006-2007 and the entire 2007-2008 season out with injury, he still has what it takes to be the best.
LCB, Rio Ferdinand. Who can doubt the skill of Rio Ferdinand? He's probably the best British defender around, next to John Terry.
MIDFIELD
RM, Cristiano Ronaldo. Despite the ongoing drama of whether or not he's gonna play at Man. Utd. or Real Madrid, he's the best right winger around. Who can doubt his total awesomeness?
CM, Sir Bobby Charlton. He played for Man. Utd. at a very exciting time for the club. He held the records for Man. Utd. until Ryan Giggs recently broke them.
LM, Ryan Giggs. He's my all-time favorite Man. Utd. player. He has the honor of being the most decorated player in British history. He's the best winger of all-time.
RCAM, George Best. I love that saying "Maradona good; Pele' better; George Best." Despite a wild night life, he was a master of the pitch, scoring boat-loads of goals for Man. Utd.
LCAM, Sammy McIlroy. After scoring on his debut against Manchester City in 1971, McIlroy had a great career at Old Trafford until moving on to Stoke City in 1981.
ATTACK
RS, Eric Cantona. Cantona, love him or hate him, he's a joy to watch on the pitch. He helped Man. Utd. win four Premiership titles in five years and won two FA Cups. United fans, including myself, still call him King Eric. I think he'd make a good replacement for Sir Alex.
LS, Ole Solskjaer. The Baby-Faced Assasin had a great career with Manchester United. Unfortunatley, he had to retire because of injury. Among his best remembered goals, was the goal that helped Man. Utd. win the 1999 Champions League.
Van der Sar
Neville Bruce Ferdinad
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Danny Penza 11 months ago
The point of Open Mic this week is not to build a all-time fantasy team. Let's be realistic here.
And you gotta be kidding with your GK pick. Wow. Maybe one of the best in history? I dunno bout that.
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Thomas 11 months ago
u got a better gk?
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mark andrew 11 months ago
Thomas Van der sar will always be a great Keeper ,
I love him for the Final in Moscow but i have two more celebrated Keepers , in fact four .
Peter Schmeichel , Taffarel And id even go as far as to say Buffon or Casillas .
John Terry is a Centre Back . Not a RCB . In fact you say he is your RCB but on your team line up at the bottom he is showing up as LCB ?????
Fabio Cannavaro is more of a Right back type player , he plays centre back too .
Apart from that i cant really fault your team ,
I would watch out for the Man U Haters and Cantona haters tho mate , just a word of warning , i got pure crap for puttin Eric in my team .
And if you have any more than 3 ex or current United playrs in your team , you get called Biased to man u so watch out for Simon i can hear him beating the door down to get ya .
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Thomas 11 months ago
Dude, i didn't put each player in there rightful place on purpose. By the way, I just fixed this article up. Take another look. Oh, one more thing, Cantona is staying
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Chelsey Donlan 11 months ago
Iam A 16 yr Old Girl: Heres My Team-
P.Schmeichel
G.Neville
S.Bruce
G.Pallister
D.Irwin
G.Best
B.Robson
P.Scholes
R.Giggs
E.Cantona
B.Charlton
Subs:
E.Van Der Sar
J.Stam
R.Keane
M.Hughes
D.Law
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Thomas 11 months ago
y didnt u just make ur own article?
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mark andrew 11 months ago
Ha ha chelsey ,
you have taste for a good football team . All Man U players , what a dream team , But where is Kanchelskis ?
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Jeff Harbert 11 months ago
Great picks. As long as Best and Charlton are in there then I think I'm happy. My own team will be up soon. Thanks for sharing YOUR all time 11. Who cares what everyone else says about it.
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Thomas 11 months ago
Hope u got King Eric in there. I'll look for yours soon.
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Nick Johnston 11 months ago
Interesting article which inspired me to write my own and I've given you a little nod in it. Check it out at http://bleacherreport.com/articles/44749-all-time-line-up-manchester-united-fc - I've tried to include some more from before my time.
Good stuff and I'm looking forward to seeing how people respond to each of the united all time XIs, of which I imagine there will be plenty
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Thomas 11 months ago
Yea there'll be plenty all right
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Gerard Elliott 11 months ago
Edwin Van Der Sar? I would of thought Peter Schmeichel would be a better choice for goalkeeper... the Great Dane is a much better keeper than Van Der Sar.
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Thomas 11 months ago
Thanks for that...i think
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