Irwin was Uniteds most consistent defender from 1992 - 1999. He was also great going forward as his goalscoring record suggests.
Whether he was United's most consistent defender doh mean anyting when yuh lookin at best wing backs. Compared to de men on dis thread, he come like Avery John.
Nex ting allyuh United men go say Gary Neville deserve to be on de list too...
Well since people are mentioning Micah Richards, I don't see the harm in throwing Irwins name into the discussion. In his day he was one of the best full backs in in the UK. Compare that to Richards who can't even get into the England squad ahead of Wes Brown (who isn't even a natural full back).
But then I am replying to someone who earlier stated that Clichy is a better wing back than Evra, so this comes as no surprise...
nice try venerable, but that is apples and oranges.
i listed micah richards as one of the best defensive wingbacks
today.. If we had this thread running back in 1992, well yeah we coulda talk denis irwin..
but come nuh man, how yuh go bring dat shitong like that into ah discussion about all time greats?
and even back in dem days, 'one of the best full backs in the UK' was no kinda pips..
English full backs at that time was a setta hoof-it-out wildmen. Who want to talk about Denis Irwin back then when yuh had men like Brehme, Maldini, Cafu, Branco, Laurent Blanc, Sergi Barjuan, Frank De Boer and such fellahs to study?