r.soleofsalford
Well-Known Member
By the time United played next 9 game I think we will have made the G A P bigger
and Liverpool and Spurs will be in 2nd and 3rd spots respectively.
Barthez
Blanc
Van der sarr
Kleberson
Mata
Schweinsteiger
And David silva is a serving city player, along with viera.... there's more I'm sure!!!
I think Navas played in the final??
But none was a serving United player at the time they played in a World Cup final which is the criterion I was using. Barthez played for United between 2000 and 2004 either side of his appearances in the 1998 and 2006 finals. Blanc didn't play in the 1998 final but didn't join United until 2001 anyway. Van der Sar and Mata never played in a World Cup final. Kleberson was playing in Brazil in 2002 and didn't join United until 2003. Schweinsteiger didn't join United until a year after the 2014 final.
Silva didn't play in the 2010 final but got a winner's medal as a squad member and having played in earlier games. Vieira didn't join City until 4 years after he won the World Cup in 2006.
If we're counting non-serving players we could add Navas and United could add Romero and Rojo too.
Wasted talent. Perhaps it was more graft over here than he was willing to put in?
They had Sneijder and Robben at the very height of their game, a piss easy group, a piss easy second round tie, an extremely biased and favourable ref against Brazil in the quarters and played a poor Uruguay side in the semis instead of a great Ghana side that were cheated in the quarters. Oh and Van Bommel and Nige were given immunity to red cards throughout the tournament.That 2010 Dutch side was fucking awful, God knows how they got that far.
That 2010 Dutch side was fucking awful, God knows how they got that far.
They had Sneijder and Robben at the very height of their game, a piss easy group, a piss easy second round tie, an extremely biased and favourable ref against Brazil in the quarters and played a poor Uruguay side in the semis instead of a great Ghana side that were cheated in the quarters. Oh and Van Bommel and Nige were given immunity to red cards throughout the tournament.
Sneijder at his peak and Robben carried them.
Both of whom are still nailed on to sign for the rags next window as per usual I assume? ha ha