Vidic was a two time EPL Player of the Year and the dominant player in the partnership with Rio. Y'all have forgotten how great he was.

These combined XIs always disrespect how important a specialist DM is. Can't ask Scholes/KDB to hold up a midfield like Keane or Rodri would.

One of the most civilised, calm and respectful combined 11 debates EVER… Until we got to the midfield discussion 😂 Love it

This was fantastic. Respect to both of them not arguing their teams players first for the sake of it

Flex and Steve being the rare examples of likable United and City fans

Finally its not Buvey. Thats a start 😂

Vidic is criminally underrated period.

Can't believe Toure42 never got a mention, one of the most dominant players have seen in EPL. Kolarov, Vidic, Keane,Carrick, Evra..all massively underrated.

Flex is one of the only people that don’t come on and choose their own players 😂 Top voice in football

Maguire & Dunne for CB pairing for me, best finishers in the game

Keane not there is criminal, NEVER EVER saw this guy go missing in a game, most consistent player I've ever seen

Both Pep and Sir Alex is just the best of the best manager of all time, it probably the most difficult thing to choose for. Sir Alex have proven himself in longevity and Pep has proven himself in three different leagues. But yeah, even as united fans I can see that Pep is likely already surpassing Sir Alex in shorter time of his career, but yeah both are undoubtedly legend.

Respect to Flex for that Silva Addition 😮

i think Alexander Kolarov had to be mentioned as the best Left back for Man City

Everyone that played with Keane including Ronaldo said he was most important player and best captain and one of the best passers of the ball!

Great to have big Steve represent us city fans! What a guy 💙

Man said Clichy like Kolarov didn't exist 😢😂

Eric Cantona never lost a Manchester Derby, he destroyed city. 7 games (6 starts, 1 sub app on debut) 6 wins 1 draw 0 losses 8 goals 5 assists Scored in every start he ever made Vs City Cantona also has a miles better G/A per game ratio for United than anyone in our history, in fact, Cantona’s premier leagues G/A pg%, is 7th all time, behind only Haaland, Henry, Suarez, Salah, Aguero & Kane. Cantona was a goal creating machine.

Finally a guest duo that can see through the own team and not be 100% biased.

Roy Keane was the tidiest centre midfielder in Premier League history. Passing round the corner, breaking lines with through balls, first touch passing. Forget about leadership etc, Keane was unreal. He was a British record signing, and in the late 90s Juventus and Bayern Munich both desperately tried to sign him in the late 90s…he was seen as a truly elite midfield player and passer by the finest teams in Europe at the time.

100% correct on Stam. Peak Stam was incredible, had everything.

The fact that beckham hasn’t even been mentioned it unbelievable

Yaya Toure is so underrated. coming from a united fan as well

I think its impossible to pick an ultimate xi because all of them would win you titles in either team and it really depends on the manager and playstyle and wha he wants to do

My eleven is: GK: Peter Schmeichel RB: Gary Neville CB: Rio Ferdinand CB: Nemanja Vidic LB: Denis Irwin CDM: Roy Keane M: Paul Scholes M: David Beckham LW: Ryan Giggs CF: Wayne Rooney RW: Eric Cantona And I´m a LIverpool fan.

Sir Alex Ferguson did it with Aberdeen, the last Scottish team to win the title other than celtic and rangers, last team to beat Real madrid in a european cup final. He did it with United who did not win a title in 26 years before him. SAF was also outspend by 6 other teams in 90s. Pep guardiola did it with Barca's treble winners the year before, Bayern's treble winners and City who won the prem a year before. You judge.

Peter Schmeichel also played from the back...with his hands...he woukd start counteracts. Alan Hansen used to comment about it all the time.

If only it could always be these two whenever it is United or City related.

Very kind from the lads doing an all time eleven

Nemanja Vidic casually winning 2 PL player of the seasons and not even being in the conversation 💀 Btw Henry, Ronaldo and De Bruyne are the only other players to have 2 and they would make all time PL squads but were pretending Vidic doesn’t even make the Manchester combined squad 💀💀💀

Why do they insist on putting fans on that don't have a clue about football. Ryan Giggs has the most Premier League assists of all time and they are leaving him out for Silva 😂

rondri needs to be on there icl, one of the best midfielders ive seen and im not even a city fan

and keane played as a box to box his early career only defensive mid in later years keane assisted scored and helped dominate games

United fan lost all credibility after leaving out Nemanja Vidic, the best centre back to ever play in the Premier League.

Great show guys! Lively chat around a really interesting theme!

Saying this as a neutral. Fergie took a team that hadn’t won the league in 20 years and turned them into the biggest club in the world with limited resources compared to Pep. Pep took a team that had underperformed for a season and a half, but before that was the best team in England, he had near unlimited resources, and made them into the best team in the world. Fergie did more with less.

*My Combined XI:* Schmeichel 🇩🇰 Irwin 🇮🇪 Vidic 🇷🇸 Kompany 🇧🇪 Walker 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Keane 🇮🇪 Scholes 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 KDB 🇧🇪 Giggs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Rooney 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ronaldo 🇵🇹

Giggs would be in most people's argument for best premier league xi period and this guy is trying to keep him out of a Manchester xi

Schmeichel, Walker, Kompany, Vidic, Irwin, KDB, Scholes, Rodri, CR7, Aguero, Rooney, and SAF(it's a premier league team after all)

schmeichel vs ederson is not tough.. schmeichel is one of the greatest keepers of all time and ederson is just pretty good.. ederson didn't change goalkeeping, pep did and there's plenty who can play out from the back now they decided that is an important quality.

Feel like this combined 11 happens every other year

Man got a point. Roy keane seeing red every other game in current era

CR7 has to be there. GOAT 🐐

I can’t believe it they left out Roy Keane shocking

People forget the Giggs from 17-26 when one of the best players in the world who also worked hard

No vidic is wild tbh

Just watched the Chris MD video and massive respect to y'all I thought y'all were just those guys who sit and talk about football y'all are ballers🔥🔥

During there playing careers i feel like most people would have said Vidic was better then Rio however in retirement the sentiment has shifted and somehow Rio is better the Vidic. I dunno i still prefer Vidic but it dont matter too much there both legends.

That combined team is bomb 🔥🔥

rodri vs keane 🤣🤣🤣 mad discussion specially after rodri's name was there 🤣

Vidic gets in over Kompany imo. His 08/09 season was baffling how insanely good he was. He conceded less goals than prime Van dijk in 08/09. He has to have a shout at least

Can't believe they left Maguire out

Silva over Giggs on the Left is a madness.......YNWA

You have to include the greatest ever premier league captain: Roy Keane

This means Keane is so underrated

Steve is a proper fan, respect

Alex Ferguson, without question, is the best manager of the modern era. People forget the 115 FFP allegations, which already puts an asterisk against previous accolades for City, and Pep, in recent years. What has Alex Ferguson done? - lead Aberdeen (ABERDEEN!) to a European trophy (modern day Europa League) beating Real Madrid in the final, unheard of. - proceeded to win the European Super Cup, beating Hamburg (modern-day Champions League winners) - knocked both Celtic and Rangers of the Scottish perch, winning the Scottish PL three times and the Scottish Cup four times in the space of eight years. No other team has won the Scottish PL, other than Rangers or Celtic, since. - 13 premier league titles, 5 FA cups, 2 champions leagues with United. - A treble with United, which was unheard of in English football (at the time). - United won the Premier League with Cleverly (13 league apps), Evans (21 league apps, a young De Gea (28 league apps) and Rafael (27 league apps) at right back in 2013. Pep, a revolutionary manager, has always had backing at each club he's been appointed. A tactical genius, no doubt about it, but to put his name against SAF's is criminal, and I'm sure many will agree. There is not enough 'unheard of's' in Pep's career for him to be in the question. Pep has generated some huge talents, has so many accolades at three different clubs, but has always had his freedom to pick the players he feels suited to his visions and tactics at the club's he's managed. Pep is the second best manager of all time, no doubt about it. Give Pep the '96 United team and tell me if he wins the Prem, I don't think so. I want opinions though!

Gael Clichy vs Dennis Irwin at LB! Let’s discuss this more. 😂🤦‍♂️😂

Imagine if you combine all the players from each position. Ederson and Schmeichel combined would be insane, so would Keane and Rodri, hell, even Dias and Ferdinand, and obviously, Pep and Ferguson.

Roy Keane has to be in that team!

Not having yaya in that midfield is criminal

This was brilliantly respectful of each team and players. So many of these types of discussion are pointless; not today. I am constantly told Ronaldo played in midfield breaking up play with Scholes. Bit miffed.

In 20 years, not many people will remember Rodri, 20 years on from Roy Keane and everyone is still talking about how he is one of the best midfielders to play in England

Schmeicel Walker Vidic Kompany Irwin Rodri De Bruyne Yaya Ronaldo Rooney D.Silva Manager - Pep

Im not even a Utd fan but my heart almost stopped when I thought Keane wasnt going up on that board.

Vidic is one of the first players on my teamsheet. Cant believe how he never gets mentioned in videos like this

I want to see Keane's reaction at Steve's comments😂

Rooney as a 10 and Ronaldo Aguero and Giggs would've been a mad team

Flex & Big Steve are great guys

I think it depends on which system under Sir Alex kean all day but under Pep Rodri. Personally id have. Schmeichel Walker Vidic Rio or Kompany 🤷🏼 Irwin Scholes Rodri KDb Silva Ronaldo Aguero With Pep as manager.

Michael Cox argues that Schmichael changed the way keepers distributed the ball - except he used his long throws rather than short passes.

All time combined is Van de sar Neville - Dias - Rio - Evra Rodri - Scholes - KDB David Silva - Rooney - Ronaldo

"Your guy didn't do anything" says Flex when talking about champions league performance for Rodri jfc

I love the respect between flex n Steve

If I had the best team in the league I would want my manager to be Pep Guardiola. If I had any other I would want it to be Sir Alex. You cant compare what Alex Ferguson has done to Pep Guardiola. Totally different starts and career paths. In my opinion still SAF impresses me more and is definetly harder to accomplish than what Pep has done.

Lets see Pep make Aberdeen win a European Trophy then he can be talked about in the same breath as Sir Alex

Only at the defenders so far in the video and far play to these two for being the least bias and most rational pairing I’ve seen in awhile. No delusion, lots of respect for both teams, and fair arguments. Class!

My all time combined XI: 4-3-3: GK: Peter Schmeichel RB: Kyle Walker CB: Ruben Dias CB: Vincent Kompany LB: Denis Irwin CDM: Rodri CM: Kevin De Bruyne CM: Yaya Toure RW: Cristiano Ronaldo LW: David Silva ST: Sergio Aguero Manager: Pep Guardiola

If rodri played for anyone else hed be considered one of the best of all time already. Facts

Out of every position, I think United has the best attacking force's in the world out of all the teams in the league, they have had Rooney, Ronaldo, Giggs, Cantona, Van Nistelrooy, Van Persie, Michael Owen, Forlan, Ole. In THIS era alone. That is a thing that no team could do now, Even City with their cash, have only had 2 class strikers in Halaand and Aguero.

"Jonny Evans wanted to have a lie down"💀Steve's got banter tbf

Great vid 🔥🔥🔥

Nice to hear Walker getting all the credit he deserves!

GK: Andre Onana CB: Harry Maguire CB: Phil Jones RB: Micah Richards LB: Luke Shaw CDM: Scott McTominay CM: Fred CM: Paul Pogba RW: Jesse Lingard LW: Alexis Sanchez ST: Anthony Martial

For me , they had to choose Patrice Evra as a Left Back , I don't know how you can forget him ; he was one of the main players with Fergusson .

Silva in the prem, 60 goals and 93 assists. 16 major trophies Giggs in the prem, 109 goal and 162 assists. 34 major trophies

How did Djemba Djemba (so good they named him twice) not get a mention?

Goalkeeper and full backs can be debated I guess but Rio, Vidic are the centre backs. Scholes, De Bruyne, David Silva is the midfield and Rooney, Ronaldo, Cantona is the forward line

i love how the man city fan always had his key point for his modern players as "they won the treble"

Love Roy Keane but having him over Rodri is just ludicrous. Heck Keane doesn't get in over Yaya or even Fernandinho, probably also a shout for Gundogan over Keane as well.

How is Yaya Toure not an automatic pick

bro the fact we have to make it all time speaks volumes

out of the players that they didn't chose, I think you could make a team that beats them roughly 8/10 times Ederson Neville Dias Stam Evra (not clichy) Keane Rodri Beckham Toure Giggs Haaland

GK - Schmeichel RB - Walker CB - Rio CB - Kompany LB - Evra CM - Toure CM - KDB CAM - Rooney RW - CR7 ST - Aguero LW - Silva Manager - Ferguson

Me and and my family are from New Moston Failsworth North Manchester and Oldham (Greater Manchester). Loads of reds in Manchester. City's fanbase is mostly Stockport, Heaton Mersey, Heaton Norris, Heaton Chapel, Heaton Moor, Cheadle, Gatley, Glossop, Tameside and a lot in Oldham. But even in Oldham and Tameside there are loads of reds too. There are a quite of few City fans in Gorton, Ardwick, Moss Side, Fallowfield, Withington, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Levenshulme, but even in those areas there are lots of reds too. Every other area of the City of Manchester, such as Newton Heath, Miles Platting, Harpurhey, Blackley, Didsbury, Moston, New Moston, Collyhurst, Wythenshawe, Burnage, Clayton, Beswick, Openshaw, Northenden, Longsight, Hulme, Whalley Range, Chorlton-cum-hardy, Crumpsall, Cheetham Hill, and all the other areas of the city of Manchester are mostly red. Also the areas in Trafford and Salford are red too. Stretford and Urmston are under the Trafford local authority, but have Manchester post codes and Manchester in the address. And dare someone call a red from Stretford and Urmston and Sale or Timperley that they are not a Mancunian, they will get a bloody nose. I think these opposition fans are so stupid and naive that they think Manchester is blue. 🤣 Manchester is red. Also United have had more fans going to Old Trafford than City's home games since the 50s. And in those days, working people could not afford to travel around the country, it was just after the war, rationing was still on. There are many famous Mancunians and Salfordians and people from the Greater Manchester area who are reds, Tyson Fury (Heavyweight Boxing Champion), Paul Bonehead Arthur (Oasis), Marcus Rashford (Man Utd footballer), Paul Scholes (Man Utd footballer), Shaun Ryder and Bez (Happy Mondays), Peter Hook (New Order Joy Division) Gary (Mani) Moundfield from Stones Roses, John Squire from Stone Roses, Nicky Butt (Man Utd footballer), Bernard Hill (Lord of the Rings and Titanic Hollywood Actor), Danny Wellbeck (Man Utd footballer), Nobbie Stiles (Man Utd footballer), Mick Hucknall (Simply Red Singer), Max Beesley (Mad Dogs Hotel Babylon Actor), Andy Whyment (Coronation Street Actor Kirk), the Courteeners Rock Band, Davy Jones (The 1960s Monkees Lead Singer), Albert Finney (Scrooge, Annie Hollywood Actor) Christopher Eccleston (Doctor Who Hollywood Actor), Terry Christian (TV and Radio Presenter), Justin Moorhouse (Comedian), Matthew Hatten (Boxer and brother of Ricky Hatten), Andy Rourke (The Smiths), Michael Atherton (England and Lancashire Cricketer) Ian Brown (Lead Singer of Stone Roses, moved with his family to Timperley Great Manchester when he was 6 years old), Jim O"Neill (Merchant Banker, former Man Utd Director and one of the Man Utd Red Knights). Allan Clarke (The Hollies Lead Singer), Dominic Monaghan (Lord of the Rings Actor) moved to Stockport Greater Manchester with his family when he was 11, Karl Pilkington (TV Personality (The Moaning of Life TV Series), Stephen Morrison (Joy Division and New Order) Steve Coogan (Comedian and Actor)Tony McCarroll English drummer (Original Oasis Drummer). Stephen Howson (KZfaqr on Stretford Paddock and Vibe at Five with Rio Ferdinand). Jay Motty (Stretford Paddock KZfaqr), Tony O'Neill and Webby (KZfaqrs). Andy Tate (Stretford Paddock KZfaqr) Adam Matic (United Stand KZfaqr and United Vibe KZfaq channel) Beth (United Stand KZfaqr) Ricky (United Stand KZfaqr) and many more

Keane is a EA FC 24 icon. Easy win

Pep has always been at a club with big name players, I don’t think he could have done what sir Alex did with Aberdeen. Therefore he has to be the manager of this best 11 squad. Also Keane gets in over anyone in that midfield, if you started to drop off in a game he would drag you back up and motivate the whole squad. There’s no one like Keane and that’s why he won everything. Next level winning mentality

GK - Peter Schmeichel RB - Pablo Zabaleta CB - Nemanja Vidic CB - Vincent Kompany (C) LB - Denis Irwin CM - Kevin De Bruyne CDM - Yaya Toure CM - Paul Scholes RW - Cristiano Ronaldo ST - Sergio Aguero LW - Wayne Rooney

Nice to have two guest who know what they're talking about and aren't stubbornly biased to their clubs

Schmeichel, Walker, Ferdinand, Stam, Irwin, Keane, Scholes, De bruyne, Rooney, Ronaldo, Aguero