VIDEO: Free-kick Kings – Where do United feature?

Not surprised by number 1.

No way Ronaldo should be at #3. Ok, he’s scored some stunning free kicks, but how many times does he strike the ball directly into the wall?

Dennis Irwin at 37 is a big joke.

Shunsuke Nakamura is at 40. He’s way above that. Anybody remember his free kick against us at Old Trafford a few seasons back?

Alessandro Del Piero should be in the top 10!

A dead-ball specialist? It just does’nt get any better than David Beckham. Beckham makes the strikers in the team look imperious. Just ask Ruud Van Nistelrooy, Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke. You cant go beyond Beckham in free-kicks. He’s just a class apart, simply sublime. Juninho’s not that far off. Even now Becks ai’nt half bad. There’s only one David Beckham.

Ronaldo did make a few stunning strikes, but to rank him ahead of Ronaldinho is a joke. Also, Roberto Carlos is in the same mould as Ronaldo.
I do not know much about players in the 80s, so I wont comment there.
My Opinion, Mihajlovic @ 10th should be higher and Del Piero @ 13th is crazy considering how many Del Piero has scored already this season. Zidane too made some good freekicks, but is hardly a specialist, so he goes down lower in my list.
Ronaldinho was only good for 3-4 years, unlike Juninho & Beckham, who have done it throughout their careers. And as much as Ronaldinho tries to convince us, I think the goal against Seaman was a fluke
I would take Beckham ahead of Juninho too, for the reason Beckham scored that big freekick right at the death against Greece and not many had scored any bigger freekick than that on the whole list. Also, the one thing that sets Beckham apart from Juninho & many on the list, is that, whilst Juninho might be slightly more dangerous with a direct freekick, Beckham create much more goals from setpieces, with countless assist to his name

spacemanspiff Said,April 10th, 2009 @10:20

“Denis Irwin at 37 is a big joke”.

I agree 100% mate. Denis Irwin was a fantastic free kick taker. He scored some beauties when he got the chance to have a go. He always seemed to get pushed out by others though. I would love to have seen him take far more free kicks for us than he actually did.

its like they put irwins name in there with no real taught

he could well be in the top ten

David Beckham? LOL