Source: Daily_Mail
HATCHET MAN: Giggs is no longer a great player - age has left him limited, just like Beckham
Mike Phelan, who has already been branded unreliable once this season, has added his voice to the school of thought which has Ryan Giggs playing better now than ever before.Come off it. A 35-year-old who has changed position and has to be used sparingly cannot be compared to the energetic wing wizard of his youth and the Manchester Unitedassistant manager should know better.You were a better player ten years ago: Alan Wiley and Ryan Giggs argue the merits of Mike Phelan's commentsVIDEO: Giggs at his best (not as he is now) Giggs may be in great form and producing standout performances, but he simply cannot do what he used to. He doesn't have the drive or the speed.Take his goal against West Hamearlier this month. It was very impressive and made the defenders look more than a little silly, but does it really compare to his FA Cup goal against Arsenal a decade ago?Not a chance (take a look at the older effort for yourself, if you have doubts) and ask yourself this question: Could Giggs do the same thing now? More from Hatchet Man. HATCHET MAN: He's 20 and he's already finished so why would Villa waste £8m on City stroller Micah Richards?17/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Wenger's totally wrong when he says awful managers like Adams need more time to succeed in the Premier League17/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Politician Hiddink promises a Chelsea youth club but knows the Stamford Bridge future lies within Roman's chequebook17/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Bendtner's having a laugh if he think's he's good enough to strike fear into Europe - he's mid-table at the very best16/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Referee Atkinson's red-card refusal over Petrov could leave Guus feeling blue and Villa with one foot in the Champions League16/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Control freak Benitez will leave Liverpool rudderless, hopeless and staffless when he decamps to the Bernabeu16/02/09 HATCHET MAN: When Blackburn wish they'd lost at home to Coventry, what real future is there for the whatever-you-call-it FA Cup?16/02/09 HATCHET MAN: It's another false Dean as Ashton tells Hammers fans: I'll be back better and stronger13/02/09 VIEW FULL ARCHIVE Hats off to the Welshman for reinventing himself, for his longevity, for his sheer class. But when he was younger there was a bit of Cristiano Ronaldo about him. Now he is more like his old United colleague David Beckham: limited.