Paul Scholes Appreciation Thread

v3ttel

lordgoat wrote: »

Be careful over the weekend if you go to any of those windy stadiums.

Sun is shining, no wind.... I'd say Veron would have a cracker of a performance today.

tdv123

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u169qAWd6T0

The pass here at 1:26 is just class. How many players in that situation would end up panicking & loose the thing . Not Scholesy.

Cypher_sounds

Cypher_sounds

tdv123 wrote: »

The pass here at 1:26 is just class. How many players in that situation would end up panicking & loose the thing . Not Scholesy.

That was a sublime finish from Beckham in the first one, some great memories there, and on the one at 1:26 great creativity from Scholes with that pass brilliant to watch.

TheBunk1

[/QUOTE]The pass here at 1:26 is just class. How many players in that situation would end up panicking & loose the thing . Not Scholesy.[/QUOTE]

The last one was even better i think. Such a classy player. I'll miss watching him.

And next season when we're in trouble in some match, I won't be able to say "bring on Scholes there ffs, he'll get things going. Bit of creativity from the middle sorely lacking. How is Carrick still on the pitch. Sweet Jebus"

The_Kew_Tour

That touch at 0:43 seconds to Keane is a thing of beauty

parker kent

Paparazzo wrote: »

Scholes was a great player, but is fast becoming the most over rated player of all time

Typically the people praising him just want to say he was a great player. It is the other side of the argument who claim he is being compared to Maradona or Pele.

Paully D

eagle eye wrote: »

What went wrong with Veron is that he was used to the slower pace of the Serie A game and it suited him much better. He liked to spread the ball with long curling passes but they weren't going to be as accurate in windy English stadiums.

Whatever about how good Veron was, but please tell me you're taking the piss with that statement? Unreal.

JP Liz V1

Final game today

Seans_Username

I remember seeing this in the United thread a while back. Never really thought about it til today, but it's a wonderful tribute to the man as he seems incredibly reserved.

Blatter

eagle eye wrote: »

What went wrong with Veron is that he was used to the slower pace of the Serie A game and it suited him much better. He liked to spread the ball with long curling passes but they weren't going to be as accurate in windy English stadiums.

Nearly two years later and I'm still laughing at this! :pac:

opr

He comes across as a good lad. I've enjoyed watching him play as much as I can enjoy watching any United player.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc6Xe5gAKWw

Posting against my better judgement but given the day that's in it and it did make me laugh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHVAHFwPCEQ

Opr

Tipsy McSwagger

Brilliant player and a top pro.

Iused2likebusts

as much as I dont like utd, scholes is the most complete english midfielder of the last 20 yrs.

cson

The most complete midfielder ever, apart from his trademark tackling of course! :pac:

Seriously though, Scholesy is the United player I've most admired over the years. Best thing about him is he just seems like an ordinary bloke who just happened to be immensely talented when you let him loose on a football pitch. Never changed a bit, which is refreshing when you think of some of the dicks who shared a pitch with him.

skippy15

cson wrote: »

The most complete midfielder ever, apart from his trademark tackling of course! :pac:

Seriously though, Scholesy is the United player I've most admired over the years. Best thing about him is he just seems like an ordinary bloke who just happened to be immensely talented when you let him loose on a football pitch. Never changed a bit, which is refreshing when you think of some of the dicks who shared a pitch with him.

I remember seeing him a few years when Ronaldo was at his peak, scholes was 10 out of ten every pass and run he made was for a reason. Was built with a football brain, technically brilliant and best live player I have ever seen by a long distance, utter pro just gets on with the game they dont build them like him......hard to say that being a Liverpool fan.

Saganist

Seen him play back in 09. He hit a pass out to the right with the outside of the foot that will live in my memory.

dd972

One of the players you don't begrudge a penny of their albeit ridiculous wealth, I think he's more in the mould of an exceptional German midfield player, a Mattheus or a Ballack for example.

applehunter

RIP

Yakult

Great footballer if I've seen one and his rash tackles will always stay in my memory.
What is he going to do now? Coaching/Punditry?

Lovely Bloke

Yakult wrote: »

Punditry?

yeah, he loves being on TV, and the sound of his own voice.

Seaneh

I'd imagine Moyes will want him around the club as a coach.

Johnny Utah

applehunter wrote: »

RIP

He's not dead!

Beefy78

I always thought that I'd seen Scholes play but looking at the England team who played the game that I thought he'd played in (vs Czech Republic in 1998), the midfield was Beckham, Butt & Merson. I did get to see Lee Hendrie play midfield for England that night and there aren't many people who can say that.

The only time I've seen Man United play life (vs Southend in the Carling Cup in 2006) Scholes was out with his eye injury so didn't play.

A real shame. Scholes will go down with Beckham & Le Tissier as my favourite non-SUFC players of all time.

dd972

Yakult wrote: »

Great footballer if I've seen one and his rash tackles will always stay in my memory.
What is he going to do now? Coaching/Punditry?

He always struck me as a rubbish and reckless tackler rather than a malicious one.

JimsAlterEgo

Beefy78 wrote: »

I always thought that I'd seen Scholes play but looking at the England team who played the game that I thought he'd played in (vs Czech Republic in 1998), the midfield was Beckham, Butt & Merson. I did get to see Lee Hendrie play midfield for England that night and there aren't many people who can say that.

The only time I've seen Man United play life (vs Southend in the Carling Cup in 2006) Scholes was out with his eye injury so didn't play.

A real shame. Scholes will go down with Beckham & Le Tissier as my favourite non-SUFC players of all time.

you would know if you saw Scholes play