Steve Bruce has spoken about his first memory of Ryan Giggs as a teenager taking the piss on the training ground.
“My first memory of Ryan was Fergie nicking him from City,” said Bruce. “Ryan would have been 14 or 15 at the time. Sir Alex was saying, ‘We’ve got this young kid coming over today, he’s going to train with the first team, so just be careful with him.’ We thought, ‘Oh well, he’ll just fit in,’ but then he took the mickey out of Viv Anderson, dribbling round him three times and we were all thinking, ‘Who is this?’ He murdered Viv. He was a kid and Viv was England’s right-back. That was my first memory of Ryan. I just went ‘wow’. Even if I’d wanted to kick him I couldn’t have got near him. I’d never seen anyone as natural. He’s the only kid who, at 14 or 15, you knew would be a superstar, the only one you were entirely sure about. I don’t mean this disrespectfully to Gary or Phil Neville, Nicky Butt, Scholesy or even David Beckham but the one absolute certainty when we first saw him was Giggsy. I’ve never seen anyone as natural. Running, dribbling, passing – he could do it all. It was just effortless for him. Ryan could cope with any running session, he would just glide along – and he was just as quick with the ball as without it. What a great piece of business, nicking him from City, it was on Sir Alex’s part. Everything came so easily to Ryan.”
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super memories from the man steve bruce
makes ya wonder what happened the people in this story
viv anderson- panalest for mutv
steve bruce- sunderland manager and stand up guy
alex ferguson- has since become sir alex ferguson and the most honered manager in football
but what ever happened to that Ryan Wilson kid that United nicked from city
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I wonder
Its grand just serched him on the wikipedia encyclopedia
turns out he did well for himself in a life of football sice changing his name out of love for his mother.
Good for him
ha ha nice one ghtt!
I like Viv Anderson, he was a decent right back.
this is well off topic but there is a lad here in the pub , a dipper lover, whos son is 8 years old named Owen.
and you’ll never guess who he just told me is a shit player NOW and hasnt done anything since he left his team.
I am Fucking dying for mickey( kinda on topic) to score against liverpool
well, what more can I say about the Legend that first attracted me to the world of football and pledging my allegiance to Manchester United?
Great player.
Maturing well like a bottle of vintage.
I am sure many of his peers are semi-retired / hung their boots by now.
Would love to see tapes of those training sessions…
Let him say that GHTT, and we’ll keep smiling as Owen turns 1 point into 3
@ghtt
Bestie used to tell a story along the same lines. He and Fergie had gone to see the reserves, probably around the time Giggsy first signed. Fergie said that he was a shoe-in to be a star and to remember the name Ryan Wilson. A few (10?) years later and Best brought up the fact he couldn’t find Wilson anywhere in the team or even in the reserves. When Fergie told him it was Giggsy he laughed and laughed.
anyone else agree with me that giggsy still dosent get the credit he deserves.when i look at people like figo who never won a fraction of the number of trophies giggsy has being included in the team of decade i feel sad.20 years in the top flight is not a joke.people go blah blah about figo ronaldo zidane but never include giggs in the same bracket.he has won more trophies than all others combined.really unfortunate at the international level that he never played in a world cup but can you blame him? cant compare wales with france or brazil.and at 36 he is still kicking the hell out of the best defenders in the league.the ideal role model for any upcoming footballer and he just goes on and on and on.
Whatever Bruce of Sunderland have said, I’ll take a 3-0 win tonight with or without Giggsy.
Though his international profile will never grant him the status he merits, for my money Giggs, right this second- even regardless of what he may yet do, is the greatest footballer ever to play the game. I don’t just say that as a United fan, I’m open to alternatives, seriously if there is a greater player, ever, who has pulled near twenty years at the highest level and raised the bar every year then somebody speak his name. People will point to great goals, great games, great seasons, but the man Giggs, he has done so much more than any other player I can think of.
Kudos to Steve Bruce for being true to it all as well, rather than being a dipshit for hire like so many ex United personnel.
Funny story to tell about City and their fan’s continual claim to where he started his career. I had just emigrated to Adelaide in July 1999 and was invited to play in a veterens game against the local Man City supporters club (scored as well!!) After the game is was in the bar wearing my United shirt with 99 Treble on the back when a loud voice boomed out “question… where did Giggs start his career?” to which after seeing him in his City shirt responded with “question… where did Gigs win all his medals!” . Have seen him around many times on the football circuit but he has never mentioned Giggs since. I wonder why!!
@Doghouse
Absolutely mate. There have been a lot of ex-United players that have had a lot to say for themselves since they left the club but I cannot remember Brucie ever saying anything critical about Man Utd ever. He’s well and truly one of us.
Furthermore, Bruce is actually a quality manager. He has his teams play in the right way, 4-4-2 with flying wingers and I don’t know who he’s got scouting for him but he showed he knows the market by bringing in and bringing on players like Palacios and Valencia. I don’t see Sir Alex finishing up anytime soon but when that day comes I’m firmly in the Steve Bruce for the big job camp.
As for Giggsy…just stating the obvious. In the early days Ryan obviously and always outshone the rest of Fergie’s Fledglings. The Beckham brand may have overshadowed that for awhile but it was clear to all that Ryan was the most exciting and unpredictable of the bunch.
@Doghouse it’s just like Fergie said after Wolfsburg. There’s no words for Giggs.
Giggs is definitely one of the greatest, he would be my left winger in a dream team. Zidane, Figo and others get the awards because they get bigger amount of publicity, they also took the centerstage. But ours, Giggsy, Scholes, and Gary will never take the centerstage. They play for the team, and they take the glory with the team.
Hence, GLORY GLORY MAN UNITED! Arise, Sir Ryan Giggs!
i love this one, another piece from Steve Bruce about Sir Alex http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=681949&sec=england&cc=4716
Ryan Giggs IS the greatest player ever.There is no doubt about that.Can anyone else find a player who spent 20 years at the very pinnacle of their league?He was an important player in a team that has consistently been the best in their league throughout his career.It’s easy to have 2 or 3 or even 5 or 6 good seasons,but to perform over TWENTY YEARS at the level he has is no mean feat.
Arise,Sir Ryan!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kScBIdmZfIs&
I cant see why he isnt all round the best player of all time
I got home from the pub last night and started watching a dvd
Cantona the complete collection
now i fell aslep watching it with half a fry up but they did an interview with players who were there when he first walked into the dressing room and your talkin to hughes, bruce viv anderson mclaire robson about the first time he came in
Then they interview Giggs and he said that the first time Cantona walked into the dressing room the place just seem to stop for a slit second and i taught
“fuck me he’s there longer than Cantona”
Fucking legendary stuff…. A legend created a legend. Hail Sir Ryan
hey ghtt
hi.good morning.rated it.brilliant.any more giggsy videos you have.can you please post it?
A.i.g.
goodmorning this is the latest one but i’ll get another giggs chant for ya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Shn6LAKwpw
(forgot the link)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eSlBp1-7GY&
(giggs is a legend)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c43TxDbYHvw&
also He’s won it 11 times
He’ll win it 12 times
ghtt.
thanks mateabsolutely brilliant.just feels so good to wake up in the morning and listen to emilys sweet voice.as you rightly say youngest and cutest united fan.and at just 3 years she is so popular.
I remember my first united jersey had giggsy on the back….How i feel hounored…My latest has berba on the back…..The next one will have EMILLY no 3 …..No disrespect to evra but i think thats her age…
Sam the kenyan red
on one of those chants there is emilys juice holder a red united strip with giggs 11 on the back of it
on the whitw strip juice holder it has emily 3 on the back
cause she is 3
Im gonna get her on soccer am cause this program sux these days
Completely agree, Giggs, greatest ever.
My first United jersey had Ash 10 and Ash 9 on the back.
I have a nameless away kit of this year,and the 3rd kit with Rooney 10.
Next one is going to have either O’Shea 22 or Fletcher 24.
It’s hard enough to find a jersey here in my size,let alone find one with a name on the back or a place where I can get the name and numbers printed.
On Topic:I wonder how good any good footballer at 15 will look compared to me and my mates…
A lot of people talk about who was the greatest ever player and they always say its between Pele and Maradona but for me it would have to be between Our Giggsy and AC’s Paolo Maldini. Both men 1 club men, Both have won the CL more than once, Both multi-record holders for their clubs, Both domestic league holders about a million times between them.. But if was to pick one? of course it would be Giggys… even my 3 year old is called Ryan…
Giggies form the last few matches have been exceptional.. Really really excemptional!
He is for me a real true united legend!…
It is nice he is receiving the praise he deserves although we all know that this will be short lived! I Know its round the corner when he has a poor game, and all it is will be a poor game but he will have those jumping on his back that he is finished, Fergie should drop him.. We would be a better team without him, and what is more sad this will be from our own supporters!
Dont get me wrong there will be a time when it is time for giggs and scholes to retire but beleive me they currently have a part to play!
Egg on the faces of some of our supporters who slated giggs early last year!… HAHAHA…
giggs is a legend but watch the press after he has one bad match, ” oh the legs are gone” and ” he’s over the hill now.. contradicting fecks, just like after the final in rome after he had one of his best seasons an won the pfa, fuckin journo’s
The way giggs is playing, he will be prime candidate for player of the year on all fronts. I hope that happens and i hope he wins every award this season. He deserves it.
Giggs is a legend, and may be after Sir Alex we’ll have ‘Sir’ Ryan as the next manager at OT