Man United XI

[Sownak27]

Hey Guys
Pick your favourite United XI from the glorious 1992 season onwards upto 2008

Mine would go as follows:

(4-4-2)

GOALKEEPER: SCHMEICHEL

LEFT BACK: IRWIN
LCB: PALLISTER
RCB: BRUCE
RIGHT BACK: GARY NEVILLE

LEFT MID: GIGGS
CM: SCHOLES
CM: KEANO
RIGHT MID: RONALDO

STRIKERS: SOLSKJAER, CANTONA

SUBS: VAN DER SAR
BECKHAM
DWIGHT YORKE
RIO
PHIL NEVILLE

[Jazz 16]

Schmeichel

Irwin
Vidic
Rio
Neville

Ronaldo
Keane
Scholes
Giggs

Cantona
Ruud

Subs:
Vds
Evra
Pally
Bruce
Robson
Beckham
Sharpe/KanKan
Rooney
and of course the super sub- Ole Gunnar

[Keano!]

Mine wouldn't differ too much from the one you posted.

If you did of all time though, Id be having Sir Bobby, Georgie, Denis, Robbo, etc all
in there.....

[Keanos Magic Hat]

Schmeichel
Irwin Vidic Bruce Evra
Ronaldo Keane Scholes Giggs
Cantona Hughes

Subs:
G Nev
Kanchelskis
Beckham
Ruud
Rooney
Ole

[Jazz 16]

Mine wouldn't differ too much from the one you posted.

If you did of all time though, Id be having Sir Bobby, Georgie, Denis, Robbo, etc all
in there.....

Robbo was still playing in 1992..........;)

[razz1979]

Schmeiche

Gary Neville
Stam
Pallister
Irwin/ Evra

Ronaldo
Robson
Scholes
Giggs

Solskaer
Cole :eek:

[Keano!]

Robbo was still playing in 1992..........;)


You know what I mean! :rolleyes: :p

[United_OG]

schmeichel

Neville Rio Pallister Evra

Ronaldo Keano Scholes Giggs

Cantona

Ruud


Subs

VDS
bruce
Beckham
Rooney
ole

[christianoharleiro]

I was born in 1992 so I don't remember much before 1999, so I probably will miss out some better players but here goes:

------------------Schmeichel-------------------
---Neville-----Stam--------Vidic-----Irwin---
---Beckham---Scholes---Keane---Giggs---
--------------Cantona---Solskjaer-----------

Beckham gets in ahead of Ronaldo for me as he was my favourite footballer/childhood hero.

[Damian]

erm lets see...

Schmeichel

Parker Bruce Vidic Irwin

Ronaldo Keane Giggs

Scholes Cantona

Van Nistelrooy

Subs:
VDS
Neville
Robson
Kanchelskis
Rooney

[Ando2008]

I was born in 1992 so I don't remember much before 1999, so I probably will miss out some better players but here goes:

------------------Schmeichel-------------------
---Neville-----Stam--------Vidic-----Irwin---
---Beckham---Scholes---Keane---Giggs---
--------------Cantona---Solskjaer-----------

Beckham gets in ahead of Ronaldo for me as he was my favourite footballer/childhood hero.


That would be simialer to mine

------------------Schmeichel-------------------
---Neville-----Rio--------Vidic-----Irwin---
---Beckham---Scholes---Keane---Giggs---
--------------Cantona---Rooney-----------

Rooney would get the nod ahead of Ole because you want to be bringing Ole off the bench, Rio in instead of Stam but Vida was a touch call with Bruce but because of the partnership i didnt want to break it up

[jd_united]

--------------Schmeichel-------------
-Neville-----Rio-----Vidic-----Irwin-
Ronaldo--Keane--Scholes--Giggs
-----------RvN----Cantona----------

Subs:
Van Der Sar
Bruce
Pallister
Sharpe
Beckham
Rooney
Solskjaer

[Lucky7]

----------------schmeichel----------------

Neville------ Rio----- Pallister--- Evra

Ronaldo-- Keane-- Scholes --Giggs

Cantona------Rooney

Subs:
Van Der Sar
Irwin
Ruud
Beckham
Cole
Ole
Bruce

[Nemanjaaa]

GK: Schmeichel

RB: G. Neville
CB: Vidic
CB: Ferdinand
LB: Irwin

RM: Ronaldo
CM: Keane
CM: Scholes
LM: Giggs

ST: A. Cole
ST: Ruuuuuud :D

God i couldn't make a bench :| But everyone's team must be pretty similar apart from the strikerforce may differ.

[christianoharleiro]

andy cole ahead of cantona? :eek:

[samdaman]

Schmeichel

Neville
Bruce
Pallister
Irwin

Ronaldo
Keane
Ince
Giggs

Cantona
Rooney

;)

surprised no one has put ince in!

[Jazz 16]

surprised no one has put ince in!

Ince was a very good player but better than Robbo or Scholesy?
not a chance ;)

[CaptainRoyKeane]

Sownak where was Ruud Van Nistelrooy?

[Sownak27]

Sownak where was Ruud Van Nistelrooy?


I put in Ole mainly cause of his important goals, and unbelievbale finishing. And well Dwight Yorke cause of that amazing 98/99 season. but yeah it was a big decision between Ruud and Dwight

[TheManc]

as individuals:

------------------Schmeichel-----------------

neville---------rio--------stam--------evra--

ronaldo-----scholes----Keane-------giggs--

----------------cantona-----------------
---------------------Van Nistlerooy----------

Rooney has the potential to be in that but i just prefered Ruud to give more of a balance.


As a team though:


-------------------Schmeichel------------------

neville--------rio-----------vidic------------evra

Beckham------scholes----keane---------giggs

----------------yorke--------cole---------------

[man.utd.singh]

Schmeichel

Irwin
Vidic
Rio
Neville

Ronaldo
Keane
Scholes
Giggs

Cantona
Ruud

Subs:
Vds
Evra
Pally
Bruce
Robson
Beckham
Sharpe/KanKan
Rooney
and of course the super sub- Ole Gunnar


Spot onn :D

[yangch0000]

Schmeichel

Irwin
Vidic
Rio
Neville

Ronaldo
Keane
Scholes
Giggs

Cantona
Rooney

Subs:
Vds
Evra
Bruce
Robson
OLE!!
Sharpe
Ruud

i would love to see the connection, the link up play between cantona and rooney, the king and the successor(See my sig:D ). i got goosebumps thinking of that...

[dlan4327]

------------------Schmeichel-------------------

---Neville----Pallister-----Bruce----Irwin---

----------------------Keane---------------------

-----------Best-------------------Giggs--------

----------------------Scholes-------------------

--------------Cantona---Solskjaer-----------

[sparkic]

------------------Schmeichel-------------------
---G. Neville-----Rio--------Vidic-----Evra---
---Ronaldo---Scholes---Keane---Giggs---
--------------Cantona---Ruud-----------

Subs:
Van Der Sar
Solskeajer
Beckham
Robbo
Bruce
Stam
Rooney

[NateR]

I think 99% of people here would be agreed on The Midfield of Ronnie,Keane,Scholes & Giggs...
I'd have Rooney & Cantona up-front....Gary & Irwin at RB/LB....as for the Central...No clue. It'd be Rio & someone. Couldn't really pick a bad one for this position, since they're all fanatastic...

[ARBUCKS]

Schmeichel

Nev Vidic Rio Irwin

Ronaldo Keane Scholes Giggs

Cantona Van Nistelrooy

Subs:

Van Der Sar
Bruce
Beckham
Rooney
Robson
Stam
Ole Gunner

[RedForceRising]

Cantona - Rooney

Giggs - Keane - Scholes- Beckham

Irwin - Stam - Ferdinand - Neville

Schmeichel

Subs
van der Sar
Evra
Vidic
Ronaldo
van Nistelrooy

[red_devils4life]

Peter Schmeichel

Gary Neville
Jaap Stam
Rio Ferdinand
Dennis Irwin

David Beckham
Roy Keane
Paul Scholes
Ryan Giggs

Eric Cantona
Ruud van Nistelrooy

2nd team:

Edwin van der Sar

Paul Parker
Gary Pallister (Yes, he's better than Stevie Bruce)
Nemanja Vidic
Patrice Evra

Cristiano Ronaldo
Paul Ince
Bryan Robson
Andrei Kanchelskis

Wayne Rooney
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

[Fergaiste]

my team would be

Schmeichel
G Neville
ferdinand
vidic
Irwin

Ronaldo
Keane
scholes
Giggs

Rooney
Van Nistlerooy

subs:

VDS
Cantona
solskjaer
beckham
Heinze
Bruce
Hughes

p.s it was a tough call between rooney and cantona but I feel on the basis of Rooney's general team work and performances in the big games especially in Europe has been superior to cantona who afterall couldnt makes the france national team despite his successes for united.

[Jazz 16]

Unsurprisingly Ferg, your team is spot on......
bar one player.....
I know your a big Rooney fan, but to have him in ahead of Cantona is
surprising to say the least. Don't get me wrong Rooney is a great player
but Cantona was a genius. I think you over rate Rooney somewhat.
You make good points to have Rooney in ahead of Cantona, but I reckon
Cantona would make the Top 11 every time. I'd have him in my top 11 United
players of ALL time.

Not sure about Heinze on the bench either......the traitor.....

good call with Huges though....I cant believe I left him out....:o

[bernieuche]

I've been reading a lot of these and some are just daft, most are spot on to be honest.

1. SCHMEICHEL (OBVIOUS) i didn't see any Van der sar's which is good tho he's great too
2. G. NEVILLE (we shouldn't even be discussing this)
5.Ferdinand ( I was too young to really see Pallister in his prime so im going with what i know)
6.STAM (i've seen a lot of Vidic support and a lot of Bruce but honestly I can't remember a time Stam put a foot wrong, he was almost perfect. Vidic has his moments of madness and Bruce was maybe a year or two before my time as a Man U fan).
3.IRWIN (Evra is great but Irwin was an automatic selection and still would be if he was Evra's age)
7. This is tough for me. Beckham was fantastic. He's the reason Yorke and Ruud were so successful but Ronaldo is incredible it's so hard to choose between them SO..........
RONALDO -scores more and is still quite creative so JUST beats out Beckham
18. SCHOLES NO QUESTION let's move on
11. GIGGS (why bother discussing this)
16. KEANE NO HOLDING MIDFIELDER EVER HAS BEEN BETTER
10. RUUD- JUST CLINICAL 44 goals in one season speaks volumes
7. Cantona (the king one of my idols, the greatest)

Subs:
1. Van Der Sar
2. Brown
3. Vidic
4. Bruce
5. Evra
6.Beckham
7.Yorke
8.Solskjaer
9.Rooney
10.Cole
11 FINALLY -----ROONEY

a lot of strikers on the man u bench but hey i love them all

[Fergaiste]

Unsurprisingly Ferg, your team is spot on......
bar one player.....
I know your a big Rooney fan, but to have him in ahead of Cantona is
surprising to say the least. Don't get me wrong Rooney is a great player
but Cantona was a genius. I think you over rate Rooney somewhat.
You make good points to have Rooney in ahead of Cantona, but I reckon
Cantona would make the Top 11 every time. I'd have him in my top 11 United
players of ALL time.

Not sure about Heinze on the bench either......the traitor.....

good call with Huges though....I cant believe I left him out....:o

cheers Jazz. I know I may the only one so far to have left out CantonA and am not trying to be different but Eric seems to be like the Pope infallible as far as this forum or united fans in general are concerned. i would be the first to recognise that he was the catalyst for our success over the last 15 years but a bit of revision is no harm.

He thrived in the Premiership with the extra yard of space afforded him therefore he was simply the best- no argument there. However in europe he was simply non existent and consistently failed to make any impact except against non entities like scandinavian teams.I remember one of his last games was the ecl semi final against dortmund where he missed a hatful of chances when we really needed him to shine.

as regards Rooney I know you are a big fan of eamonn dunphy and he always sings wazza's praises and i would be on his side there. rooney's form dipped in 2006/2007 due to i can only put it down to disillusionment with the game in getting suspended, injuries post wolrd cup and fegie constantly playing him out of position.I don't believe I overrate him ev en if his finishing is average at best. don't forget also when cantona was playing we were the only show in town. Now we have chelsea,arsenal and to a lesser extent liverpool so we have stiffer competition which imo puts both cantona and rooney's standing in some perspective.

still also think heinze for all his betrayal in leaving us was as fine a defender as I've ever seen albeit for virtually only 2 seasons especially his first season. hard as nails. good going forward and great enthusiasm . as good as evra is I still think heinze was a better player in his time here;) ;

[RedForceRising]

Peter Schmeichel

Gary Neville
Jaap Stam
Rio Ferdinand
Dennis Irwin

David Beckham
Roy Keane
Paul Scholes
Ryan Giggs

Eric Cantona
Ruud van Nistelrooy

2nd team:

Edwin van der Sar

Paul Parker
Gary Pallister (Yes, he's better than Stevie Bruce)
Nemanja Vidic
Patrice Evra

Cristiano Ronaldo
Paul Ince
Bryan Robson
Andrei Kanchelskis

Wayne Rooney
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Welcome back!

[Stephen]

Schmeichal

Gary Neville
Denis Irwin
Steve Bruce
Jaap Stam

Cristiano Ronaldo
Ryan Giggs
Roy Keane
Paul Scholes

Ruud van Nistelrooy
Eric Cantona

[KevRed88]

------------------Schmeichel-------------------
---Neville-----Rio--------Vidic-----Evra---
---Ronaldo---Keane---Scholes---Giggs---
--------------Cantona---Ruud-----------

[antdevil78]

Schmeichel

Evra
Bruce
Vidic
Neville

Giggs
Keane
Scholes
Ronaldo

Cantona
Rooney

Subs: Van Der Sar, Irwin, Solksjaer, Carrick, Van Nistelrooy





I think the main point to come out of this is we could pick 2-3 teams that would wipe the floor with the 1st team Liverpool XI from the same years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anderson>Fabregas]

GK: Schmeichel

RB: G. Neville
LB: Irwin
CB: Ferdinand
CB: Bruce

RM: Ronaldo
LM: Giggs
CM: Keane
CM: Scholes

CF: Cantona
CF: Van Nistelrooy

Subs:
Van Der Sar
Pallister
Stam
Beckham
Butt
Solksjaer
Rooney

[Jazz 16]

cheers Jazz. I know I may the only one so far to have left out CantonA and am not trying to be different but Eric seems to be like the Pope infallible as far as this forum or united fans in general are concerned. i would be the first to recognise that he was the catalyst for our success over the last 15 years but a bit of revision is no harm.

He thrived in the Premiership with the extra yard of space afforded him therefore he was simply the best- no argument there. However in europe he was simply non existent and consistently failed to make any impact except against non entities like scandinavian teams.I remember one of his last games was the ecl semi final against dortmund where he missed a hatful of chances when we really needed him to shine.

as regards Rooney I know you are a big fan of eamonn dunphy and he always sings wazza's praises and i would be on his side there. rooney's form dipped in 2006/2007 due to i can only put it down to disillusionment with the game in getting suspended, injuries post wolrd cup and fegie constantly playing him out of position.I don't believe I overrate him ev en if his finishing is average at best. don't forget also when cantona was playing we were the only show in town. Now we have chelsea,arsenal and to a lesser extent liverpool so we have stiffer competition which imo puts both cantona and rooney's standing in some perspective.

still also think heinze for all his betrayal in leaving us was as fine a defender as I've ever seen albeit for virtually only 2 seasons especially his first season. hard as nails. good going forward and great enthusiasm . as good as evra is I still think heinze was a better player in his time here;) ;

I have to admit, you have a point about Eric not performing to his capabilities in Europe. He could have done more maybe and was guilty of missing some chances, especially in the semi you mentioned. I still think Eric could influence a game on his own better than Rooney could now. We know Rooney will be at United for many years to come and by then will have hopefully gained his legendary status as one of the best strikers of his generation. Then maybe he would be worthy of this 'Top XI' team. For now Eric is a shoe in, but I can see your reasoning to some degree.

As for Heinze, admittedly he was a savage player, brave as anything, but I cant bring myself to even like the traitor anymore. I disagree with your last line though. Evra is far better in my eyes and has shown more consistency this season than Heinze did at United.

[antdevil78]

My toughest one to decide between was Irwin/Evra for LB. Evra ranks for me as better than Roberto Carlos in that LB position.

Picked Rooney and Cantona as I get goosebumps just imaging it!!!!!!

[piazza]

---------------------------Schmeichel
G. Neville---------Rio---------Vidic-----------Irwin
---------------------------Keane(C)


Beckham------------------------------------------Giggs

----------------------------Scholes

--------------------------------------Cantona
--------------------------Van Nistelrooy

Subs: Van der Sar, Bruce, Pallister, Evra, Ole, Cole, Ronaldo

[16-Keano-16]

------------------Schmeichael------------------

Irwin--------Vidic------------Rio-----------Evra

Ronaldo----Keano--------Scholes-------Giggs

--------------Ruud----------Cantona-----------

[RedMurph7]

------------------Schmeichael------------------

Neville--------Vidic------------Rio-----------Irwin

Ronaldo----Keano--------Scholes-------Giggs

--------------Ruud----------Cantona-----------