So Ronaldo....

No.

Good

Well the 'best player' has to be a Utd player really seems as they've won it so many times.

So personally I'd say its Cantona. I don't think he can be considered as good as ronaldo in terms of ability but he was a bit more magical than him in that he was more technical - he didn't exactly have much pace.

Tweedle wrote:Well the 'best player' has to be a Utd player really seems as they've won it so many times.

So personally I'd say its Cantona. I don't think he can be considered as good as ronaldo in terms of ability but he was a bit more magical than him in that he was more technical - he didn't exactly have much pace.

I don't understand that logic.

He had much more ability than Ronaldo....but not the pace and was nowhere near as effective. Plus the United team now was much better than back then.

Stimulus Package wrote:

Axeslammer wrote:

The Tupac Twitch wrote:
The question should be - where does he rank as in terms of the most hated egotistical c**ts in Premiership history?

Slightly ahead of Henry

Exactly.

Had to look back to get the phrasing right

Kimbo wrote:

Tweedle wrote:Well the 'best player' has to be a Utd player really seems as they've won it so many times.

So personally I'd say its Cantona. I don't think he can be considered as good as ronaldo in terms of ability but he was a bit more magical than him in that he was more technical - he didn't exactly have much pace.

I don't understand that logic.

It's called Trophy Hunter / German logic : they will eat their own and even sacrifice the sport itself in order to win prizes.

They're not football fans : they're trophy fans

They equal skill with prizes won

Me as an Oranje fan and you as a Newcastle fan will (thankfully) never understand their kind

1. Juninho

2 onwards..who cares?

Axeslammer wrote:

Kimbo wrote:

Tweedle wrote:Well the 'best player' has to be a Utd player really seems as they've won it so many times.

So personally I'd say its Cantona. I don't think he can be considered as good as ronaldo in terms of ability but he was a bit more magical than him in that he was more technical - he didn't exactly have much pace.

I don't understand that logic.

It's called Trophy Hunter / German logic : they will eat their own and even sacrifice the sport itself in order to win prizes.

They're not football fans : they're trophy fans

They equal skill with prizes won

Me as an Oranje fan and you as a Newcastle fan will (thankfully) never understand their kind

So the dutchie reckons Bergkamp and the geordie reckons shearer. ok what outstanding fair insight you both bring us.

Don't generalise.....

Kimbo wrote:

Tweedle wrote:Well the 'best player' has to be a Utd player really seems as they've won it so many times.

So personally I'd say its Cantona. I don't think he can be considered as good as ronaldo in terms of ability but he was a bit more magical than him in that he was more technical - he didn't exactly have much pace.

I don't understand that logic.

No, you're right. Its Steven Gerrard

GERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRDDDDD

Are you wet yet?

Tweedle wrote:Well the 'best player' has to be a Utd player really seems as they've won it so many times.

So personally I'd say its Cantona. I don't think he can be considered as good as ronaldo in terms of ability but he was a bit more magical than him in that he was more technical - he didn't exactly have much pace.

Ronaldo should be ahead of Cantona in every way tbh. Cantona is so overrated it is unreal.

Tweedle wrote:

Kimbo wrote:

Tweedle wrote:Well the 'best player' has to be a Utd player really seems as they've won it so many times.

So personally I'd say its Cantona. I don't think he can be considered as good as ronaldo in terms of ability but he was a bit more magical than him in that he was more technical - he didn't exactly have much pace.

I don't understand that logic.

No, you're right. Its Steven Gerrard

GERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRDDDDD

Are you wet yet?

Why would Kimbo think it was Gerrard?

L-r d wrote:
So the dutchie reckons Bergkamp and the geordie reckons shearer. ok what outstanding fair insight you both bring us.

I would ignore Le Tiss and Cantona too, little bit hard to fit into your agenda

Ray Parlour wrote:Don't generalise.....

And you think it's ray parlour. which is ridiculous

only tweedle offers a non biased opinion and he gets lambasted for it

I haven't actually said it's Shearer, but yeah, 260 premiership goals.

L-r d wrote:

Ray Parlour wrote:Don't generalise.....

And you think it's ray parlour. which is ridiculous

only tweedle offers a non biased opinion and he gets lambasted for it

Actually, I've changed my mind to glen johnson now.

When did I say Ray Parlour was one of the league's greats?

1. Keane
2. Shearer
3. Bergkamp
4. Giggs
5. Cantona
6. Ronaldo
7. Henry
8. Zola
9. Vieria
10. Scholes/Gerrard

I'd have Le Tiss in there but otherwise a good enough start for the top 10.

Why is Cantona rated so highly he played when The Prem was the 4th best league in Europe at best.

Ronaldo played in the prem when it was the best and destroyed it.

Ronaldo >>> Cantona

When you used his name for your username

Rosicky wrote:Why is Cantona rated so highly he played when The Prem was the 4th best league in Europe at best.

Ronaldo played in the prem when it was the best and destroyed it.

Ronaldo >>> Cantona

Because Ronaldo has the vision of a blind brick without a seeing dog, equals style with cheating and thinks flair is refusing to celebrate with teammates.

Cantona oozed style and class (even while he was a bit of c**t), personified vision and had the kind of flair that could silence even the haters.

Axeslammer wrote:

Rosicky wrote:Why is Cantona rated so highly he played when The Prem was the 4th best league in Europe at best.

Ronaldo played in the prem when it was the best and destroyed it.

Ronaldo >>> Cantona

Because Ronaldo has the vision of a blind brick without a seeing dog, equals style with cheating and thinks flair is refusing to celebrate with teammates.

Cantona oozed style and class (even while he was a bit of c**t), personified vision and had the kind of flair that could silence even the haters.

I'd have Gerrard and Scholes ahead of Ronaldo. Destroying the league for a couple of seasons then getting bored and moaning all the time hardly makes you a legend. In the 'Sami Hyypia is a legend' sense of the word. Whereas Scholes has been central to Man U's sustained success for over a decade. You could say the same about Gerrard, who has after all won everything except the league title. I'd also have Cantona roughly on a par with Zola, a little ahead of Ronaldo/Henry.

Ray Parlour wrote:

Axeslammer wrote:

Rosicky wrote:Why is Cantona rated so highly he played when The Prem was the 4th best league in Europe at best.

Ronaldo played in the prem when it was the best and destroyed it.

Ronaldo >>> Cantona

Because Ronaldo has the vision of a blind brick without a seeing dog, equals style with cheating and thinks flair is refusing to celebrate with teammates.

Cantona oozed style and class (even while he was a bit of c**t), personified vision and had the kind of flair that could silence even the haters.

You were 7 when Cantona retired. What the fuck do you know

I knew that Cantona could see a pass and epitomised what an actual footballer was, not like that greasy eyed buffoon.

Ray Parlour wrote:I knew that Cantona could see a pass and epitomised what an actual footballer was, not like that greasy eyed buffoon.

Cantona could do amazing things. But Cantona had so many bad games. Cantona sometimes had poor control or would miss simple chances or struggle to beat a player. He was a genius at that time, but to be honest he was never one of the best in the world.

Erm Ronaldo has just as many bad games if not more. I've seen so many games where Ronaldo has hardly had a touch but then he'll turn up and score and all of a sudden he's hyped to the heavens.

Cantona was never one of the best players in the world your right but given a choice I'd watch him over Ronaldo every day of the week.

Not really. In the last year or so Ronaldo dropped off for sure. Before that he turned up pretty much all the time. Ronaldo is 24 and he already has scored more goals than Cantona did in his career. Cantona was a striker. Cantona went missing in europe wayyy to much as well. I loved the guy but he isnt in the same class even if he had more class.