Laudrup1984 25,100 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Currently watching Scholes' 107 goals in the Premier League on SS1 just now. What a technically gifted footballer he was. I already rated him highly but just seeing all his goals in one compilation package really highlights his technique, touch, vision, awareness and finishing ability! Possibly the best central midfielder to grace the Premier League and such a humble guy too. Don't really like Man U though! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 54,202 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Undoubtedly a fantastic player on his day, but the older he got the more over rated he became simply because he was Paul Scholes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dummiesoot 16,038 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Always had arguments with in laws I said scholes was magnificent and a better player then the more highly rated and vaunted Beckham. For some reason they could not see past becks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick1200 2,833 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Always had arguments with in laws I said scholes was magnificent and a better player then the more highly rated and vaunted Beckham. For some reason they could not see past becks.You can't argue against that stupidity. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiogh 178 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Always had arguments with in laws I said scholes was magnificent and a better player then the more highly rated and vaunted Beckham. For some reason they could not see past becks.They both did very different things, very well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalvinC 1,414 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Outstanding player Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillete 1,338 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 His volley at villa was utterly outstanding Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Jela 20,544 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Great player, cunt of a person. Always hoped someone would snap him in 2 but oh well.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FernandoR20 2,133 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Shite player but a great person Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eejay the dj 31,964 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 eh .Cunt of a person??? And you know this because???Watched the goals as the OP mentioned .Have to say the guy seemed very popular every time he scored .Any interviews I seen ,he seemed very humble and down to earth . Strange comment Jela Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nachothelegend 1,932 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 The Hammer of the Jocks.Good player in his Day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamtricky 89 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Never saw Bobby Charlton play but Scholes is a contender for greatest ever English midfielder, Some quotes by fellow pros wen e retired .My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.Zinedine ZidaneRooney is one of the best players in the world and I love watching him play. But if you had to pick out only one, then for their history and for all that they have achieved it would have to be Paul Scholes or Ryan Giggs. They are two shining examples for any player.Andres IniestaEverywhere I go the coaches all tell me that Scholsey is the player they admire. But if they think they’ll get him they’re wasting their time! Paul is a Manc lad pure and simple. He loves the club and there’s no chance of him leaving here. If ever he decided to go there would be a stampede, but he won’t be going, he’s here for life.Sir Alex Ferguson (Jan 2003)I’m not the best, Paul Scholes is.Edgar Davids, in his primeI told Moratti Scholes is a “mission impossible” man. It’s more than money with him. He was born just a few blocks away from Old Trafford. It`s about wearing United’s colours.Inter owner Massimo Moratti’s adviser, Pino Pagliara (July 2000)Out of everyone at Manchester United, I would pick out Scholes – he is the best midfielder of his generation. I would have loved to have played alongside him.Pep GuardiolaI tell anyone who asks me – Scholes is the best English player.Laurent BlancAn amazingly gifted player who remained an unaffected human being.Roy KeaneI have no hesitation in putting a name to the embodiment of all that I think is best about football. It’s Paul Scholes. Players like Denis Law and George Best who I enjoyed so much as team-mates and now, finally, players I have watched closely in the Alex Ferguson era. And in so many ways Scholes is my favourite. I love his nous and conviction that he will find a way to win, to make the killer pass or produce the decisive volley.Sir Bobby CharltonThe player in the Premiership I admire most? Easy – Scholes.Patrick VieiraHe is the one whose level I aspire to. He is the best player in the Premier League.Cesc FabregasI can’t understand why Scholes has never won the player of the year award. He should have won it long ago. Maybe it’s because he doesn’t seek the limelight like some of the other ‘stars’.Thierry HenryNobody else in the world can play the way Scholes does. The passes he produces all over the field and the way he changes the game is brilliant. Every manager would like him. But luckily he is here and playing with us. Paul practices that all the time. When he has finished training he always goes out and shoots.Dimitar BerbatovWhy isn’t he playing for England? It is crazy. Only in England. Scholes is a great, great player. So experienced and still, for me, one of the best in the world in midfield. Manchester United are lucky to have him.Jose MourinhoPaul Scholes had the best football brain I’d ever seen in a kid. Let’s face it. Paul Scholes is in a class of its own.Brian KiddPaul Scholes would have been one of my first choices for putting together a great team – that goes to show how highly I have always rated him. He would have been one of the first players I’d have bought, given the chance.Marcello LippiScholes is undoubtedly the best midfielder of his generation.Zinedine ZidaneHe is a very complete, spectacular footballer. He always fights for the ball and tries to lose his marker to help his team-mates – either to defend or to have a shot on goal. For any football player in the Premiership, Scholes is a player you want to emulate. I would happily end my career with the medals that Scholes has. I am young and I hope that I will be able to surpass him – but it is not going to be easy.Cesc FabregasJuan Sebasticn Veron while at Chelsea being asked in an interview who’s the best English player : “Paul Scholes.”Paul Scholes is just fantastic. When you play alongside him, you realise what a special talent he is.Michael CarrickVery few players can do that, but Scholes is one of them – and I knew he was one of them. That’s why, without question, I think Paul Scholes is the best player in England. He’s got the best skills, the best brain. No one can match him.Sir Alex FergusonEngland have lost their best playerGeorge Best after Paul retired from international footballThere isn’t a player of his mould anywhere in the world.Glen HoddleFor me, it’s Paul Scholes. He’ll do ridiculous things in training like say, “You see that tree over there?” – it’ll be 40 yards away – “I’m going to hit it”. And he’ll do it. Everyone at the club considers him the best.”Rio FerdinandI wouldn’t swap Paul Scholes for anybody. He is quite simply the most complete footballer I have ever played with. He is the best.Gary NevilleHe’s always in the right position, always seems to be at the end of the box when the ball drops in. The complete midfielder – when he’s fit, he’s the best. Some go missing but he’s in the right place at the right time. He’s my favourite player of all-time, unbelievable. If you give him a chance it’s a goal, isn’t it?Micah RichardsWe won’t ever see another one like Paul Scholes. He is a legend and a real benchmark. He is not interested in the modern-day footballer’s life off the pitch, but he is a world-class player on it. He has probably never really got the true recognition he deserved outside of Manchester United because he never did the media. He didn’t do interviews and never put himself out for things like that. I cannot believe he has never been nominated for World, European or domestic individual honours because in his prime he was scoring 20 goals a season from midfield. It is astonishing he has never won a personal award, but given the choice of winning something and then having to get up and do the speech, I think he would rather not have won them!Darren FletcherHe’s the best one- or two-touch passer in the country. He sees the game unlike any other player.Terry VenablesIf you ask footballers to pick out the player they most admire, so many of them will pick Paul Scholes. He can tackle, and his passing and shooting is of the highest level. He’s the most consistent and naturally gifted player we’ve had for a long, long time.Alan ShearerPaul Scholes has been the best England midfield player for 30-odd years. You’d probably have to go back to Bobby Charlton to find someone who could do as much as Scholes. When the ball arrives at his feet he could tell you where every player on that pitch is at that moment. His awareness is superb.Gordon StrachanPaul, for me, is the best player in the England team. It worries teams. Speak to any other international team and they will single Paul out as England’s key player. For me, he doesn’t get the full credit that he deserves. He is a world-class player and deserves to be up there with the likes of Zidane and Figo.Phil NevilleScholes is one of the most complete footballers I’ve ever seen. His one-touch play is phenomenal. Whenever I have played against him, I never felt I could get close to him.Eidur GudjohnsenFor years Paul Scholes has been one of the best players in the Premiership. He’s incredible. He has always been under-rated throughout his career. He’s a team player, a one and two-touch footballer who makes good decisions on the pitch and makes his team play.Thierry HenryHe has an awareness of what’s happening around him on the edge of the box which is better than most players. As a kid he always had a knack of arriving in the penalty area just at the right time, but he’s proving just as effective from outside the box because he’s using his experience in the right way. It doesn’t matter who I am thinking about bringing into my midfield, Paul Scholes will be included, as he would in any side in the world.Sir Alex Ferguson Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamtricky 89 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 ^^^^^^ :rolleyes:last post pretty damn long . Need to learn to cut and paste better Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblueoysterbar 19,751 Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 ^^^^^^ :rolleyes:last post pretty damn long . Need to learn to cut and paste better Pish, that was an interesting read. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKirk 25,746 Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Best England midfield of the last 10/15 year easy. Technically outstanding Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Bear 15,123 Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Shame about the ginger hair Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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