Guest BooBoo Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 And there goes another part of Man Utd 'golden generation'. I guess it'll be Giggs' last season next year. And after that probably Fergie to go. After that it will depend heavily on who they'll appoint as their new manager in order to not fall apart. It'll be strange when Fergie goes as I think they'll probably revert to having managers who last 3-4 years which will be very strange for a club who have had a patriarchal figure presiding over affairs for the last 25 years. I think it'll almost certainly be Mourinho who takes the job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobby_solano Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Great player, criminally under used by england. Shame the bugger had to keep scoring past us though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Great player, criminally under used by england. Shame the bugger had to keep scoring past us though! Was he underused though? I thought he retired from England duty early as he couldn't be arsed with all the travelling? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 And there goes another part of Man Utd 'golden generation'. I guess it'll be Giggs' last season next year. And after that probably Fergie to go. After that it will depend heavily on who they'll appoint as their new manager in order to not fall apart. It'll be strange when Fergie goes as I think they'll probably revert to having managers who last 3-4 years which will be very strange for a club who have had a patriarchal figure presiding over affairs for the last 25 years. I think it'll almost certainly be Mourinho who takes the job. Agree. I also think Mourinho will only go there after winning the Champions League and the league with Real Madrid. After that I can see him settling down and staying at Man Utd for a long time before he ends his career with Portugal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 He was alright. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Confirmed this morning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattypnufc Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Cracking passer, decent shot, god awful tackler, dirty cuntbag manc fucker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Great player, criminally under used by england. Shame the bugger had to keep scoring past us though! Was he underused though? I thought he retired from England duty early as he couldn't be arsed with all the travelling? Towards the end of his time with England, he played a lot on the left of a diamond. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 I don't think Scholes has ever been underappreciated. His talent has always been clear for everyone to see. There does seem to have been a reluctance by many fans to put him in the very top bracket of midfielders, mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubblyDubblyDubbly Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Brilliant player, awful tackler. Should've started in the weekend. Really?! He'd have been an absolute passenger. He'd have been in good company .. the ginger tw*t Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 I don't think Scholes has ever been underappreciated. His talent has always been clear for everyone to see. There does seem to have been a reluctance by many fans to put him in the very top bracket of midfielders, mind. Unable to dribble past the opponents is the key reason. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Probably the best central midfielder I've seen. If only he could tackle ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 He's got a cock like a wotsit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobby_solano Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Great player, criminally under used by england. Shame the bugger had to keep scoring past us though! Was he underused though? I thought he retired from England duty early as he couldn't be arsed with all the travelling? i think a combination of that and being shunted out to the left to accomodate lampard and gerrard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Cannot tackle for shit, but he's retired at a mint time. Fucking excellent player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 don't quite know if its sad or appropriate that the last significant act of his career was getting sent off for one of his typical challenges vs city Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Phenomenal player. Boring bugger though and he was a nasty little scamp on the pitch at times. The Mancs can fuck off with this model professional bullshit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Cannot tackle for s***, but he's retired at a mint time. f***ing excellent player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 The best English midfielder since the Premier League began. Now all we need is to retire and that's the end of Man Utd's 'golden generation' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 And thank fuck for that. 3 of them on the coaching staff, though. Wonder if anymore will follow back to Old Trafford sooner or later to join them. Imagine seeing them all sat on the bench still for the another 20 fucking years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 When people are saying the best midfielder of his generation do they mean Best English player? He's not on the same level as Zidane. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmonkey Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Great player, neat technical ability and passing, intelligent footballer, highly consistent throughout his career, but definitely not on the same level as the likes of Xavi etc. As someone else has said, main problem is that he didn't have the ability/mobility/agility to run with the ball, or turn players and carry it, so was restricted to playing a very basic passing game at higher levels with goals being the deciding factor as to whether he'd have a "standout" game or not. I'd sum his career up as: Premiership: A great. CL: Decent to good player (usually only "good" when scoring a goal). Internationals: Poor. IMO he never actually played well no matter what position he played in. IIRC he had a few goals against Scotland or someone in one of the Euro's or Qualifiers, but aside from that he was usually anonymous and didn't look like the same player he was for ManU. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmonkey Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 When people are saying the best midfielder of his generation do they mean Best English player? He's not on the same level as Zidane. To put things in perspective, Iniesta is basically a much better version of Scholes. And he's not even Barca's best midifelder... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matta Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Great player. Love that he won't be able to play us again, he always seem to play good against us! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Both Xavi and Iniesta idolize him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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