Ryan Giggs Retires

Donnielighto

Surprised this doesn't have a thread. I know there is other big news, especially in his own club but after the career he has had I think it is merited.

Whatever about his off field exploits he has had a terrific and unique on field odyssey.

Will I Amnt

Great servant to the club. People are going to crap on here about his brother and all that, probably why nobody made a thread earlier.
Best of luck to him, I'm out of here now.

Reedsie

Great servant. Great player. Brilliant!

No doubt extremely fortunate to have served under Fergie for almost the entirety of it. Perfect timing really.

Schwiiing

Inb4 the ABU's come crawling all over this thread like the Van Gaal thread. Fantastic player ans servant to Man Utd. Just a shame he never got to do it on the international stage.

Super-Rush

Who cares if he done sex to his brothers wife? Its not like its illegal.

A player I grew up hating because he was so good.

He deserves every accolade he receives.

Barr

Unbelievable career to be fair. Definitely a future Utd manager (again)

Soups123

Fantastic player, him, Becks, Neville & Scholes really were an amazing generation.

A complete Wizard, as a Gunner respectfully disliked him after the wonder goal in the FA Cup. A true legend of the game one that we'll talk to the grand kids about

fermanagh_man

Still a few years of Junior C in him yet

Royal Irish

Never a better time to post this.

niallo27

Royal Irish wrote: »

Never a better time to post this.

What did Roy Keane say about him again.

brevity

Those things are so ****ing cringe.

glued

niallo27 wrote: »

What did Roy Keane say about him again.

Don't know. Why don't you enlighten us?

niallo27

glued wrote: »

Don't know. Why don't you enlighten us?

Having a great career doesn't make you a great player. Not my opinion I must add.

Barr

Royal Irish wrote: »

Never a better time to post this.

10 community shields lol ......scraping the barrel there.

Royal Irish

Remove the 10 community shields and he has still won more than the other two.

niallo27

If your counting a community shield then why ignore the uefa cup.

godtabh

great player. My favorite player growing up. Dont think we will see the likes of him, Zanette or Maldani again. Players who represent their clubs and whoeses clubs wont be the same without them.

CSF

Not gonna go into too big a rant or follow this up with any more posts having a go, but he is not a legend and does not deserve a tribute thread for obvious reasons. Nasty man with little to no loyalty, regardless of how others might try portray that.

NoelJ

godtabh wrote: »

great player. My favorite player growing up. Dont think we will see the likes of him, Zanette or Maldani again. Players who represent their clubs and whoeses clubs wont be the same without them.

I think we will. There's plenty of players out there who have only been at one club for most of their career. It's an anomaly but there are still players out there like him.

rossie1977

Royal Irish wrote: »

Remove the 10 community shields and he has still won more than the other two.

so has nicky butt so using your logic he is a bigger "legend" than both gerrard or lampard...

KombuchaMshroom

It should say 13 premier leagues

Captain Havoc

CSF wrote: »

Not gonna go into too big a rant or follow this up with any more posts having a go, but he is not a legend and does not deserve a tribute thread for obvious reasons. Nasty man with little to no loyalty, regardless of how others might try portray that.

No loyalty? He's had the same job for over twenty years. Is there anyone on here who's still in the same job since before Giggs made his debut?

gnfnrhead

Is he the last of that group that came through?

Going to be weird not seeing him at all next season, on the pitch at least. Great player and a legend regardless of how many trophies he did or didn't win.

Chucky the tree

Captain Havoc wrote: »

No loyalty? He's had the same job for over twenty years. Is there anyone on here who's still in the same job since before Giggs made his debut?

No, but there's probably plenty of people who haven't shagged their brothers missus in the last 20 years.

Bleating Lamb

A joy to watch when in full flow,my favourite memories of him will prob be from around 1993 when himself and Lee Sharpe caused havoc for their opposing full backs.

Guy:Incognito

Super-Rush wrote: »

Who cares if he done sex to his brothers wife? Its not like its illegal.
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You'd think it was the way people go on about Terry. People do love their double standards though.

Wonder how the conversation went and who made the decision? He did say a couple of weeks ago he'd play on if he got a contract did he not? I'd have thought he was capable of another year as backup. Playing maybe 20 games. Bit crap if he wanted too but they wouldn't give it to him.

Lucas Hood

KombuchaMshroom wrote: »

It should say 13 premier leagues

Lots of them were won when it was the premiership.

Liam O

Chucky the tree wrote: »

No, but there's probably plenty of people who haven't shagged their brothers missus in the last 20 years.

Right, that's your business how?

There's a showbiz and gossip forum on here isn't there? We're talking about the most decorated footballer of the Premier League era.

Rayne Wooney

As we are in the soccer forum talking about Giggs' football career, what he did outside of football is irrelevant really isn't it

Excellent career, 13 PL medals, 2 champions leagues, superb player, tore teams apart for a long time

Bítching and moaning about what he did outside football would look at home in a thread in the celebrity forum IMO

gosplan

Ech, thread a wreck already.

An amazing career, really amazing.

Hate the phrase 'servant to the club' though and talk of loyalty. There are plenty of amazing things Giggs has done and achieved without people acting like he sacrificed so much for it or was on a humanitarian mission or something

An amazing career and you'll probably never see the likes again from an outfield player.

Would maybe Casillas come close to him in terms of trophies eventually?

Amirani

Captain Havoc wrote: »

No loyalty? He's had the same job for over twenty years. Is there anyone on here who's still in the same job since before Giggs made his debut?

It's a bit easier to be "loyal" when you're playing for arguably the best club in the world, and being very well paid for it. Where else was Giggs going to go?

TheFullDuck

CSF wrote: »

Not gonna go into too big a rant or follow this up with any more posts having a go, but he is not a legend and does not deserve a tribute thread for obvious reasons. Nasty man with little to no loyalty, regardless of how others might try portray that.

Is saying Giggs isnt a legend cause of his off-field antics not the same as saying Suarez isnt an excellent footballer cause of his past indiscretions

niallo27

He should have retired years ago. Did he add anything to the team in the last five years.

darced

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Will I Amnt

niallo27 wrote: »

He should have retired years ago. Did he add anything to the team in the last five years.

Added plenty to his medal collection...

niallo27

I wouldn't class him as a legend myself. I wouldn't have him in top 10 of utd players in the 15 or so years.

gosplan

niallo27 wrote: »

He should have retired years ago. Did he add anything to the team in the last five years.

One of the best managers ever, who was also fairly ruthless about getting rid of people, seemed to think so.

I'm sure you're right though.

niallo27

gosplan wrote: »

One of the best managers ever, who was also fairly ruthless about getting rid of people, seemed to think so.

I'm sure you're right though.

He was ruthless with people that steped out of line. Giggs was a model professional was he not. I'm sure your right though.

Will I Amnt

I like how Keane has become the go to man for opinions on Ryan Giggs.
Suppose he was talking out of his arse when he said Gerrard was "a good player, not a great player" :rolleyes:

niallo27

Will I Amnt wrote: »

I like how Keane has become the go to man for opinions on Ryan Giggs.
Suppose he was talking out of his arse when he said Gerrard was "a good player, not a great player" :rolleyes:

Would you have giggs in your top 5 or even top 10 of utd players in the last 20 years.

Chucky the tree

gosplan wrote: »

One of the best managers ever, who was also fairly ruthless about getting rid of people, seemed to think so.

I'm sure you're right though.

The same manager who used Gary Neville and Paul Scholes when they were clearly past it....

Will I Amnt

niallo27 wrote: »

Would you have giggs in your top 5 or even top 10 of utd players in the last 20 years.

Yeah, not that I have a top anything list but I'm certain he would be in both.

Edit: No need to reply actually, I said I wasn't posting here any more and foolishly did.
Predictable nonsense from the same predictable posters all the time g'luck.

Blue giant

Chucky the tree wrote: »

The same manager who used Gary Neville and Paul Scholes when they were clearly past it....

I'm pretty sure he never used Paul Scholes when he was past it. In fact he's probably still better than what we have now.

bucketybuck

darced wrote: »

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Except he did though. Giggs in the late nineties was one of the best players in the world, he was very much one of those players that opposing teams hated having to face, that when he missed a game the other team was relieved. He was a complete game changer, and I suspect many who denigrate him are thinking of the last ten years when he was in his thirties, rather than back when he was actually at his peak.

People think because United can point to George Best and Ronaldo that he wasn't one of the greatest left wingers ever, but he was, he would have walked into any team in the world from 1995 to 2002.

niallo27

Will I Amnt wrote: »

Yeah, not that I have a top anything list but I'm certain he would be in both.

Edit: No need to reply actually, I said I wasn't posting here any more and foolishly did.
Predictable nonsense from the same predictable posters all the time g'luck.

In the top 5 of the last 20 years and you think I'm talking nonsense.

gnfnrhead

niallo27 wrote: »

I wouldn't class him as a legend myself. I wouldn't have him in top 10 of utd players in the 15 or so years.

Not a United fan but from 1999 to today you wouldn't have him in there? There were better players alright, but I'd say he contributed enough to warrant a place in the top ten.

What would your top ten be?

Soups123

Chucky the tree wrote: »

The same manager who used Gary Neville and Paul Scholes when they were clearly past it....

Yep what a **** manager he was....

Rayne Wooney

This is getting fairly embarrassing now from the pool fans

bucketybuck

niallo27 wrote: »

In the top 5 of the last 20 years and you think I'm talking nonsense.

You are talking nonsense, trying to prove some nonsensical point.

Giggs isn't a legend because a Liverpool fan thinks there were five better United players in the last twenty years? You can't see that says more about the quality of Manchester United than Ryan Giggs? Of course you can't.

I can think of five better Liverpool strikers than Ian Rush, guess he isn't a legend either.

Fescue

bucketybuck wrote: »

You are talking nonsense, trying to prove some nonsensical point.

Giggs isn't a legend because a Liverpool fan thinks there were five better United players in the last twenty years? You can't see that says more about the quality of Manchester United than Ryan Giggs? Of course you can't.

I can think of five better Liverpool strikers than Ian Rush, guess he isn't a legend either.

Name them?:)

niallo27

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Not a United fan but from 1999 to today you wouldn't have him in there? There were better players alright, but I'd say he contributed enough to warrant a place in the top ten.

What would your top ten be?

Schmeichal
Keane
Scholes
Stam
Vidic
Irwin
Van nistletroy
Ronaldo
Rooney
Pallister

You could argue him in 8 or 9 I suppose.