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Originally Posted by Mancie

For a start Sir Matthews may have been the best winger in his period.. but he would not have a chance in the modern game.. not enough pace, only average at passing and shooting.
I did say in an earlier post that the main reason for myself supporting United was the exciting way they play..and Ronaldo sums that up,thank God your not the Manager ,I suspect it would be boring stuff!

You’re wrong there, Matthews in his prime would have had the beating of most if not all full backs in today’s game. His physical fitness was legendary. It had to be to be able to hold down a place in the then first division at 50 years of age (1965).

And Ronaldo wouldn’t have had a prayer in Matthews’ day. Not with the hard tackling, shoulder charges and a ball that weighed a ton when wet. It was no lightweight when dry either.

So you saw Matthews play did you? Was that in a previous life? Or was that when Stanley Matthews played as a guest for Manchester United?

Couldn’t pass or shoot?

Ask Stanley Mortensen, or any of the great England forwards of the day, if Matthews couldn’t pass. The reason why Mortensen scored so many goals for Blackpool and England was the accuracy of Matthews’ centres.

11 goals for England including a hat-trick seems to say he can shoot. In spite of being a goal maker he still managed to score 71 goals.

Better still have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Matthews

I don’t care who you support but you were totally out of order telling people not to comment unless they supported Man U.