15 Jun 2017 20:18:06
By definition there are always 11 world class players. Ie they would be selected for a world team.

1.) 15 Jun 2017
15 Jun 2017 21:17:08
Who would they play against? So your saying it only apply's to 1 person in each position? So Neuer is world class but De Gea isn't, or vice versa? Can't stand people's interpretations of what should be world class, elite, top drawer, Bobby dazzler etc. They are just terms.

2.) 15 Jun 2017
15 Jun 2017 22:07:23
Listened to a podcast recently, Freddie savage and the ping pong guy ( or something like that) and this topic was covered. Each gave their own definition and examples from their sport. The examples were the usual legends but the definitions from each had their own criteria and varied greatly between the hosts. However, each was rigjt and none were wrong.

The inability to agree on a specific set of criteria led to the debate almost spiralling out of control as each tried to insist that theirs was the right definition, and eventually led to them all agreeing that a grey area exists where a player can be world class but not legendary.

The likes of Darren fletcher cross my mind as an example, spent the majority of his career at one of the most successful club sides, won countless trophies, was the catalyst for success in individual games, and played consistently on the world stage. We shoukd all agree he is not a workd legend, but to try and counter claim his legitimacy to be called world class is a lot more difficult than it wiukd first seem.

In response to op I will say you are right but very very wrong at the same time.

3.) 16 Jun 2017
16 Jun 2017 01:29:41
I love Darren Fletcher. I am very grateful for everything that he has done for the club. For about 8 months he was the best midfielder Manchester United had - I even genuinely believe (delusionally, perhaps) that had he not been suspended for the 2009 Champions' League final, we might have won it. But he has never been, by any sane person's measure, "world class". In fact, I would go so far as to make the opposite argument - that he is much closer to being a United legend than he ever was to being "world class".