Solskjær retires

**Frank Dogshit** · 30-08-2007, 11:09 PM

a good player but certainly not a legend.....

he was always sodding injured...more sicknotes than shaggy anderton.

**kai** · 31-08-2007, 10:25 AM

Originally Posted by Frank Dogshit

a good player but certainly not a legend.....

he was always sodding injured...more sicknotes than shaggy anderton.

Only in recent years.

As for the legend thing - maybe not a legend to supporters of other teams - but in terms of what he means to United supporters he is and will always be remembered as one - and surely legend status is something that can only really be judged by the supporters of the team you play for as its what you mean to those supporters that makes you a 'terrace' legend. In that regard he's up there with any of the United players from the 90's.

Its certainly up there for how I feel with when Keane and Schmeichal went, and above when Eric left, so that says it all really.

**Numeric** · 31-08-2007, 10:27 AM

Originally Posted by Frank Dogshit

a good player but certainly not a legend.....

he was always sodding injured...more sicknotes than shaggy anderton.

could be wrong but i can't remember him being out for any long stretch before his major injury, by which point he'd already sealed his United Legend status, so you can't blame the club for keeping him on their books and showing hope and faith that he could return, if United would have tried to offload him there would have been an outcry from the fans anyway and rightly so...

Ole is a legend for all the reasons kai and microdot have already pointed out and many more also...

i hope the 20legend banner hangs from the Stretford End for all eternity...

**Numeric** · 31-08-2007, 10:28 AM

beat me to it kai...

**Microdot** · 31-08-2007, 03:52 PM

bottom line is Solskjær is a legend in the eyes of most true football fans (not just reds) not just because of his ability (possibly the best finisher the prem's ever seen), but because of his attitude to the game.

Ole is a legend in the same way Gary Speed, Alasandro Del Piero, Paul Scholes etc are legends. they've never fukked around, holding their clubs to ransom over wages (like Gerrard, Ferdinand, Keane (though still a legend for other reasons), Lampard etc) or done anything off the pitch to embarrass themselves, their clubs or their fans.

Basically, Ole is a rarity in the modern game. An honest footballer.
That alone doesn't make him a legend, but combined with some historical football moments (4 goals in 10 minutes off the bench vs Forest, last minute winners vs Munich and the vermin in 99), all add up to tick all the boxes necessary to give a player legendary status.

anyone who doesn't acknowlege Ole as a bonafide legend is a know nothing fukkwit, end of.

**Frank Dogshit** · 31-08-2007, 10:18 PM

Originally Posted by Microdot

(possibly the best finisher the prem's ever seen), .

turn it in mate....theres about 10 other strikers off the top of my head that are in a different league to him when it comes to putting the ball in the net.

**Microdot** · 31-08-2007, 11:34 PM

Originally Posted by Frank Dogshit

turn it in mate....theres about 10 other strikers off the top of my head that are in a different league to him when it comes to putting the ball in the net.

just saying his finishing is up there with the very best...... Klinsman, Shearer, Fowler Owen, RVN etc

**Esox Lucius** · 01-09-2007, 08:00 AM

there's no doubting ole's talent, united fans dont just hold anyone in legendary status, imo he IS up there with cantona, keane and the like, a true united legend.

what's more legendary than winning them the CL in the dying mins?

i wish him great luck in whatever he does in the future, seems a genuine nice bloke, even though he only looks 14 :cheese:

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