clelandhattrick 8 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Discuss. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.Linton 107 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Cracking player retirted at the best possible time IMO.Still could never learn how to tackle though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom 0 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Staying with Man U as a coach. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick1200 2,828 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Brilliant player, the english Xavi. It was a shame he was played on the right/left for England. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Laff's Dodgy Barnett 20 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 The end of a generation, with Neville, Scholes, possibly Giggs soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boab 73 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13600395.stmSad news but a wonderful footballer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa17LGUHBFo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_1 1,136 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 A candidate for the 'most underrated player of all-time' title?Truely genius footballer! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tromperie 4 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Brilliant player, the english Xavi. It was a shame he was played on the right/left for England.You saw just how he's respected outwith the UK when five Barcelona players tried to get his shirt at the end of the CL final (I think Iniesta eventually swapped with him). A truely talented player, the Hoddle of his generation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdunsmb 43 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Top player, managed to adapt from goalscoring midfielder to game-dictator as get got older. People seem to forget the young Paul Scholes who was a goal poacher.Not been at his best for a few years but still an asset for Man Utd and capable of top class performances. Definitely correct to retire though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdunsmb 43 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 You saw just how he's respected outwith the UK when five Barcelona players tried to get his shirt at the end of the CL final (I think Iniesta eventually swapped with him). A truely talented player, the Hoddle of his generation.Exactly, it's funny hearing how highly people like Xavi, Zidane, Seedorf etc speak of Scholes yet the English media were more concerned with Gerrard and Lampard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordo 33 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Sad In an interview before the final, Guardiola said if he could sign one Man U player, it would be Scholes. Shows how highly he's thought of when you look at the midfield Barca already have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick1200 2,828 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Exactly, it's funny hearing how highly people like Xavi, Zidane, Seedorf etc speak of Scholes yet the English media were more concerned with Gerrard and Lampard If Scholes were Spanish he would of been liked more by our media. Scholes is a true great. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClintonGrey 365 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 A man who never learned to tackle properly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisVanDarche 23 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Great player in his day. On the downward slope so picked a good time to retire. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allzo 91 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_ger 1,454 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Great player! His general play is up there with the best player I have ever seen. What I like most was his ability to ghost around at the edge of the box and score some amazing goals. Brilliant! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amac9 2,060 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 A footballing genius who at one point in his career was IMO the best goalscoring CM player in the world.Unbelievable passer, intelligent footballer, could score from 30 yards, brilliant technician, timed his runs to perfection into the box and could ping the ball 50 yards straight onto his team mates chest. The best striker of a football I have seen. Just a shame he couldn't tackle a fish supper. However it is the right time for him to retire. It got to the point were he offeed nothing more than pinging the ball 50 yards across the pitch and Giggs, Carrick, Rooney could all do that so there was no real need for Scholes to play, especially in the big games. I'm also glad he decided to retire rather than play out the remaining year of his career with another club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bilko89 507 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13600395.stmSad news but a wonderful footballer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa17LGUHBFoThat goal v Aston Villa Also sure I spotted Sir Walter near the start V Arsenal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlippinEck 3,702 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Thought he had been pretty poor for the best part of this season, especially the second half, a lot of the Man U games I saw he was giving the ball away cheaply and just getting overrun in midfield. Fantastic player though and a one club man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterD 7,435 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Scored some crackers in his time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,754 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Paul Scholes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amac9 2,060 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 It's not until they leave that you realise just how good that midfield of Man Utd was.Beckham---Keane---Scholes---Giggs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irwin Sparkes 97 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Teenagers on Facebook insisting that Scholes was overrated are almost as annoying as 20 year olds who claim Pele was better than MessiDon't talk about stuff you know nothing about Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the goal machine 7,794 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Fantastic player and he's had a great career but the only thing that annoys me is the way his "tackling" is treated humorously. Such a double standard because it's Scholes who is by all accounts a nice guy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amac9 2,060 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Anyone who thinks/says Scholes was overrated are retards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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