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Vieira was incredible, tbf. I watched a full 90 minute repeat of the United vs Arsenal game at Old Trafford in September 2003 recently; the game where Ruud missed the pen and got assaulted at full time by that Arsenal mob. Vieira obviously was sent off towards the end, but the game reminded me of how good he was. Such a physical presence in their midfield, put himself about, but his passing was also consistently top quality and purposeful. Wasn't anywhere near his best game either. Keano won Man of the Match, btw. As an aside, as good as the Arsenal man was, Paul Pogba had more natural talent in his left toe than Vieira had in his entire body. Lacked the application and mentality at times, but there's no denying what a wondrous sight it was to see PP in full flow, pirouetting and pinging pinpoint passes at all distances. What a player. Would make one helluva Overlap guest, tbf. |
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Seems to recall he and Pires taking the piss that day, was a hard watch. I thought we had no chance of winning the league that year after that game. Mad.
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Now Pires was overrated. Seem to recall Arsenal fans saying he was better than Giggs. Maybe the first player I can remember really taking the piss with diving too.
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Just a bit, Arsenal fans are absolute £#%&!ing #@&%!s.
However, Pires played ~200 league games for Arsenal & scored in 62 & assisted 40+ basically means he was effective for a goal or assist every other game. That's £#%&!ing unbelievable. Classy player, that Arsenal side were quality & thankfully pushed us to be even better than we were by having genuine competition. |
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