Diego Napier
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- Mar 27, 2010
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Your missing the point.
It would've taken more than the best left winger of all time to have enabled us to win a major trophy!
If ryan giggs was english
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Your missing the point.
It would've taken more than the best left winger of all time to have enabled us to win a major trophy!
Jim Van Winkle
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Funny that I've got an old England schoolboys V West Germany program at home with a young Ryan Giggs in it playing under the name Ryan Wilson. The team also contains a young Nick Barmby.
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Oh right! Mental decision! Scholes controls a game like Pirlo and Xavi.
I have always wondered why Bolton and Stoke do not play ALL their games on Wednesdays.
MattBackHome
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Of course not.
And he wouldn't have even made the 96 team anyway as McManaman was BETTER.
And he wouldn't have even made the 96 team anyway as McManaman was BETTER.
Really?
5mins-from-amex
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You must be joking right? Giggs was twice the player McManaman ever was.
Yes he played for England schoolboys as he went to an English school. He has no English heritage.
turienzo's lovechild
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i believe that the only other country that giggs could've represented was sierra leone where his grandfather was from
as written above, he was born in wales and has no english heritage....he moved to greater manchester when he was fairly young as his dad was a rugby player and signed for swinton (i think), which is why he was going to school in england at the age that he played for england schoolboys
as written above, he was born in wales and has no english heritage....he moved to greater manchester when he was fairly young as his dad was a rugby player and signed for swinton (i think), which is why he was going to school in england at the age that he played for england schoolboys
Greg Bobkin
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No.
A quick scan of this thread tells me that two people went for a definitive 'yes', and one of those is a United fan. That says a lot to me...
A quick scan of this thread tells me that two people went for a definitive 'yes', and one of those is a United fan. That says a lot to me...
MattBackHome
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I disagree, particularly in the summer of '96 at which point Macca was around his ZENITH.
I'm not slagging off Giggs (though I have always possessed an irrational dislike of him) - I just rate McManaman higher.
Blackadder
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We would have had a better team with Giggs in it but no, we don't win tournaments.
MattBackHome
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Should have. Would have stood a better chance of making a World Cup than with Wales.
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5mins-from-amex
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Fair play, but i think most people would say giggs was the better player. I always saw McManaman as a bit lightweight.
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He is English..........
The question was 'Do you think England may of won a major trophy in the last 20 years?' -- excluding the grammar, I believe England may have won with Giggs in the squad. There were a couple of very close games where we have gone out on penalties. Had we a player like Giggs in the ranks, England may have avoided a penalty shoot out (you only have to watch the goal assisted by Vieira in the FA Cup semi-final against Arsenal to know what might have happened). Even if not, Giggs is a pretty reliable penalty taker and I believe had he taken one, rather than Southgate for example, England may have progressed further.
So I'm sticking to my answer that England may have won, with Giggs in the squad.