Unpopular football opinions

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686

They both tend to play about 15 yards closer to the goal lol

The role is completely different imo and Giggs did it at 21 as well.

687

Name me ten better from say 1995 until 2010. Should be easy if he wasn’t that good.

688

Surely if the claim was that he was the best in the world for a period, Calum would have to produce one name (once the period is defined), not ten?

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689

I rarely speak in absolutes and I didn’t regarding Giggs. I stated arguably the best winger in the world for a period and offered Figo as an alternative. For the claim to be laughable OR for Giggs to have been overrated, there should be a plethora of better wingers from Giggs peak years. Interested to hear some.

690

I can add the words “very possibly” to my post, no probs, it’d still work as intended.

Key thing is to nail down the period in which he was arguably the best in your opinion, gotta start there.

691

Around 1999. Not that it really matters. It’s possible to have an informed opinion about something without living through it.

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692

Yeah it’s the informed bit you left out.

693

Giggs has gone from being overrated to being criminally underrated. Definitely wasn’t some scrub winger he was one of the best in Europe in his prime.

I don’t think he’s the best player in the history of the PL and that’s where I consider him to be overrated but seems all fans shit on him to the point now that he’s become underrated

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694

Thank God unpopular doesn’t mean true :wink:

695

giggs??!..he can go screw…ohhhhh wait :grimacing:

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696

Let’s say 1994 to 1999 as a five year period of his peak.

Can’t think of many better wingers during that time and bar a season of magic from Overmars and the odd burst from Ginola, he was easily the best winger in the Premier League in that period.

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697

What about Beckham?

698

If we’re talking quality over quantity, it’s very difficult for me to say Merson was inferior to Giggs.

699

Did you ever think he was the best winger in the Premier League 94-99? I didn’t personally but it is definitely a debate.

I rated Beckham a lot by the was as a footballer. Also, Beckham and Giggs didn’t break through at the same time. Giggs (from memory) came through years before Beckham established himself. 1993 to 1997 might have been a better time frame as Kanchelskis and Sharpe were on the opposite wing to Giggs for most of that.

It’s opinion but I rate peak Giggs over peak Beckham and both were class.

700

If we’re talking underrated, he’s at the top of the list.

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701

Kanchelskis was class.

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702
703

Loved him in the ISS2 (PSone). Rangers were the OP team

Tore Andre Flo & Caniggia :giroud2:

704

I think both players get overrated because of their prime overlapping with the advent of the PL and the explosion in tv coverage.

I didn’t say they were shit, but the way some pundits talk about them is a bit ott.

Giggs is a terrible human being though.

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705

You clearly did.