Giggs the greatest of all time????

[Le King]

now im not sayin that giggs is better then maradona, but giggs has been doing it at the highest level for 19 yrs! after watching giggs against city and stoke with my old man the last 2 weeks, we came 2 this discussion.
is a player whos been playing at the highest level for 19 yrs better then a player who was player at the top for 10 yrs???

4 me diego will ALWAYS b the greatest, followed by george best
but giggs has been so consistant at the highest level. would that put him in the top 10 of all time?

[Judge Judy]

no

[DOC]

no

[chunky-monkey]

Ryan Giggs is one of the best footballers of all time in my opinion. To play at the highest level for that long and to achieve what he has is phenominal. He would nearly need 2 houses one to live in and one for all his trophies medallions etc. The only thing that is dissapointing is he has never been to a world cup and that would top of his career! Ryan Giggs the greatest thing to come out of Wales.

[Litmanen]

Ryan Giggs is one of the best footballers of all time in my opinion. To play at the highest level for that long and to achieve what he has is phenominal. He would nearly need 2 houses one to live in and one for all his trophies medallions etc. The only thing that is dissapointing is he has never been to a world cup and that would top of his career! Ryan Giggs the greatest thing to come out of Wales.

One of the greatest things to come out of the UK full stop.

[Chade]

Ryan Giggs is one of the best footballers of all time in my opinion. To play at the highest level for that long and to achieve what he has is phenominal. He would nearly need 2 houses one to live in and one for all his trophies medallions etc. The only thing that is dissapointing is he has never been to a world cup and that would top of his career! Ryan Giggs the greatest thing to come out of Wales.

One of the greatest things to come out of the UK full stop.

Marginally eclipsed by football.

[Litmanen]

Ryan Giggs is one of the best footballers of all time in my opinion. To play at the highest level for that long and to achieve what he has is phenominal. He would nearly need 2 houses one to live in and one for all his trophies medallions etc. The only thing that is dissapointing is he has never been to a world cup and that would top of his career! Ryan Giggs the greatest thing to come out of Wales.

One of the greatest things to come out of the UK full stop.

Marginally eclipsed by football.

haha, i meant players...

[DOC]

Ryan Giggs is one of the best footballers of all time in my opinion. To play at the highest level for that long and to achieve what he has is phenominal. He would nearly need 2 houses one to live in and one for all his trophies medallions etc. The only thing that is dissapointing is he has never been to a world cup and that would top of his career! Ryan Giggs the greatest thing to come out of Wales.

One of the greatest things to come out of the UK full stop.

Marginally eclipsed by football.

no, ryan giggs is bigger than football

[BrickTop]

ryan giggs is a penile tube and he has a very hairy chest, not unlike a gorilla....but god he is a good footballer.

when people mention top individual goals, i always think of that goal he scored, then ripped out the austin powers chest.

[Ubietz]

4 me diego will ALWAYS b the greatest, followed by george best
but giggs has been so consistant at the highest level. would that put him in the top 10 of all time?

Top 10 best players of all time? Maybe but he's not in my top 10.

It is fantastic to see Raul and Giggs still playing (and making an impact). A very honourable mention to Maldini as well.

[DOC]

ryan giggs is a penile tube and he has a very hairy chest, not unlike a gorilla....but god he is a good footballer.

when people mention top individual goals, i always think of that goal he scored, then ripped out the austin powers chest.

haha the defence looked like the plastic cut outs from a training drill

[BrickTop]

4 me diego will ALWAYS b the greatest, followed by george best
but giggs has been so consistant at the highest level. would that put him in the top 10 of all time?

Top 10 best players of all time? Maybe but he's not in my top 10.

It is fantastic to see Raul and Giggs still playing (and making an impact). A very honourable mention to Maldini as well.

Yeah i was gonna say Maldini has won pretty much everything, and has been doing well for years - dunno how long he has been playing though.

[DOC]

4 me diego will ALWAYS b the greatest, followed by george best
but giggs has been so consistant at the highest level. would that put him in the top 10 of all time?

Top 10 best players of all time? Maybe but he's not in my top 10.

It is fantastic to see Raul and Giggs still playing (and making an impact). A very honourable mention to Maldini as well.

maldini finshed up last year and i think only eclipses giggs with champions league wins

[Judge Judy]

no

[DOC]

even bigger now, wow how original

[ronaldo07]

I got a jizz in my pant each time i see giggs's hairy chest and each time he score the goal !!

[Jimbob]

I got a jizz in my pant each time i see giggs's hairy chest and each time he score the goal !!

[Facts and Stats]

Tough call, good player, nice guy, not many bad things you can say about him

But one of the best ever, no. Just one of many very very good players, although its all subjective of course. He has consistently been a very good player, but never been near one of the top in the world at any one time. He has just been at the top level for a long time.

When he was at his best, Zidane and Figo were miles better than him. In his twilight years like now, Messi, Ronaldo, Gerrard are better than him.

he will go down as a UTD legend like Charlton though.

[The Joker]

Maybe not the greatest like Maradona etc, but as you said the way he's been playing at the top level for so long is just phenomenal. I've heard of players who at the end of their retirement end up dropping a few leagues and rip up a low league until they finish, but Giggs is still cutting it in the top league (as seen against Man City and Stoke) It just makes you really appreciate the man as a footballer.

[DOC]

Tough call, good player, nice guy, not many bad things you can say about him

But one of the best ever, no. Just one of many very very good players, although its all subjective of course. He has consistently been a very good player, but never been near one of the top in the world at any one time. He has just been at the top level for a long time.

When he was at his best, Zidane and Figo were miles better than him. In his twilight years like now, Messi, Ronaldo, Gerrard are better than him.

he will go down as a UTD legend like Charlton though.

big call, what about his early years with his electric pace, or how he has changed his game to continue in the game, can play inside now quite easily, has had better longevity that others who have been superstars for only a couple of seasons... he helped lift what was an average united side when he started, many stars have walked into a great team...

[Ubietz]

4 me diego will ALWAYS b the greatest, followed by george best
but giggs has been so consistant at the highest level. would that put him in the top 10 of all time?

Top 10 best players of all time? Maybe but he's not in my top 10.

It is fantastic to see Raul and Giggs still playing (and making an impact). A very honourable mention to Maldini as well.

maldini finshed up last year and i think only eclipses giggs with champions league wins

Hence the honourable mention

[Juventino]

This guy called Paolo Maldini was at the top level from 1985-2009.

[Jay Walking]

Ryan Giggs is one of the best footballers of all time in my opinion. To play at the highest level for that long and to achieve what he has is phenominal. He would nearly need 2 houses one to live in and one for all his trophies medallions etc. The only thing that is dissapointing is he has never been to a world cup and that would top of his career! Ryan Giggs the greatest thing to come out of Wales.

One of the greatest things to come out of the UK full stop.

Pele, Maradonna, Maldini, Beckenbauer, Van Basten are all better players but I would say the best player from the UK of all time.

[DOC]

Ryan Giggs is one of the best footballers of all time in my opinion. To play at the highest level for that long and to achieve what he has is phenominal. He would nearly need 2 houses one to live in and one for all his trophies medallions etc. The only thing that is dissapointing is he has never been to a world cup and that would top of his career! Ryan Giggs the greatest thing to come out of Wales.

One of the greatest things to come out of the UK full stop.

Pele, Maradonna, Maldini, Beckenbauer, Van Basten are all better players but I would say the best player from the UK of all time.

giggs is great, only reason i rate him better than best is that he stayed in the game, best was done in his mid 20's, definate best from uk, top 10 of all time i reckon also

[Judge Judy]

even bigger now, wow how original

answer the question, Clare

[DOC]

even bigger now, wow how original

answer the question, Clare

what question?

[Facts and Stats]

Tough call, good player, nice guy, not many bad things you can say about him

But one of the best ever, no. Just one of many very very good players, although its all subjective of course. He has consistently been a very good player, but never been near one of the top in the world at any one time. He has just been at the top level for a long time.

When he was at his best, Zidane and Figo were miles better than him. In his twilight years like now, Messi, Ronaldo, Gerrard are better than him.

he will go down as a UTD legend like Charlton though.

big call, what about his early years with his electric pace, or how he has changed his game to continue in the game, can play inside now quite easily, has had better longevity that others who have been superstars for only a couple of seasons... he helped lift what was an average united side when he started, many stars have walked into a great team...

When he was young, there waa a young player at Liverpool, who was about the same level, Steve McManaman. Macca got Liverpool to be an average team from a poor one!! He then went on and did well at Madrid but then fell away. I would never say Macca was one of the world's best, but he was at the same level as Giggs for a while without doubt.

Giggs is hardly ripping teams up as the OP said, what he does is do the 'odd' good thing very well in most games.

As I said, at rue UTD and football legend, for many reasons; but will never go down as a world great I don't think. But that is also due to him keeping out the limelight, for which he deserves to get even more credit.

(I am not putting Giggs down in anyway from my posts, I know some will think I am as I am a Liverpool fan)

[Judge Judy]

even bigger now, wow how original

answer the question, Clare

what question?

what's up doc?

because giggs isn't in the greatest of all time, how does that make me a clown?

[Facts and Stats]

Ryan Giggs is one of the best footballers of all time in my opinion. To play at the highest level for that long and to achieve what he has is phenominal. He would nearly need 2 houses one to live in and one for all his trophies medallions etc. The only thing that is dissapointing is he has never been to a world cup and that would top of his career! Ryan Giggs the greatest thing to come out of Wales.

One of the greatest things to come out of the UK full stop.

Pele, Maradonna, Maldini, Beckenbauer, Van Basten are all better players but I would say the best player from the UK of all time.

Not even close to best UK player from UTD of all time.

Charlton, Best, Cantona, Edwards were all better.

[Litmanen]

Cantona is French isn't he?