Paul scholes retired and city won the league. he comes back and united win the league. Let's be honest he was amazing. And I say that being a liverpool fan.
Yes but idiots look at the goals and assists and base that on lampard and Gerrard being better. Scholes dictated games, he was a main reason United won so many titles
@@CD-603 note that Man Utd climbed up and dominated the first place after Scholes returned, only got beaten by Wigan due to the only absence of Scholes that season, then Man Utd started to lose the advantage over City.
Scholes never once made a greatest premier league/uefas team of the year once. He won alot granted but as individuals gerrard and lampard were much much better midfielders END OF
That City game, bar the mistake he made, he actually helped United to win. Everyone was losing their heads, yet Scholes soon settled into the old routine and just controlled the game from midfield. I think his pass completion rate was 97% and it remained in the 90s all season. If United had won the league - and remember it only came down to goal difference - he'd have been a massive part in that. He was the Football Writers 3rd best Player of the Season and that was on the basis of only a few months' performances! Legend.
@@johnvalentine8941 it is the right season, it was a cup game, they also lost the one game scholes missed through injury/suspension i do not remember which to wigan that season, i as a city fan still believe had they had scholes against wigan, they would of won and our first title wouldn't of happened that season
When we play with confidence and play good football then the wins will come with it like man city. Jose doesn't have confidence in the players and the players also lack confidence so we cant play the style of football where we can dominate the game.
Omi Wan i am a toon army fan all the way and i am even a bit anti man utd as all my family support them but scholes is the best midfielder i have watched for def.
Even when he says he wish he had retired earlier when he actually did and his legs were gone,I still think scholes was just absolutely sublime and better than any United player even in his final year. Shiws what a world class player he was and the most humble player
See, I dont get this OTT worship. He was still fantastic, but better than every player? Better than Rooney in 2011? Dont be daft. In the UCL final against Barca, Rooney was our ONLY HOPE. Giggs was still immense too. I just dont get it.
dod 1 couldnt agree more, scholes and many other united legends are missed. Jose united isnt our united, its about time united gets bought out by somebody better and go back to old school tactics
Van Persie was talking in an interview once, saying something like : Scholes entered the pitch and then the passes started to arrive... it sums it up all. He had one of the best passing rate ever. Very accurate, very few mistake, zero stupid risk taken. He was good in interceptions, sometimes hard on the man, but his passing game was simply outstanding. As an Arsenal fan, I think he is the most emblematic symbol of that Ferguson era. Esp. bc he won the title again after his come back, which was the last title Man U won
I remember being so happy seeing scholesy's name in the substitutes during that FA Cup game. Perfect that him and Giggsy played an important part in Sir Alex's final season.
In an era of so many great great players, he has always been my favourite united player. Abundance in ability but the most humble guy ever to play for united, doesn't handle praise to well but a legend never the less
Most young players nowadays aren't play with passion, they all play because of money .what a legend like scholes,Ryan giggs,lampard,ferdinand,Phil nevel,gerrard and many more. From united fan
I love Ronaldo but it scares me to imagine what Messi's goal stats would look like if he had Scholes playing behind him. The perfect pass arriving on time every single time...
Zidane when asked how it feels to be the best midfielder told the journalist... `I dont know , ask Scholes`.. This was after he had won the UCL with Real Madrid, when he was in his prime..
The reason why Pogba left. Im a city fan and fortunately I don't live in the deluded bubble some fans live in and Scholes was one of England's best ever players.
I was at that Old trafford game mentioned by Scholes. United played with Jones and Rafael in the center mid, not Fabio. Heheheh of course, not very hard to mistake one twin for the other.
@@fakhrulamin9888 Figo,Owen,Ronaldo,Nedved,Shevchenko,Ronaldihno,Cannavaro,Kaka.I honestly cant see a year where Scholes played better than the player that won it.
That last season u was magnificent, all those great comebacks involved u coming off the bench and changing the game, villa and Southampton away stick out
Each has their own opinion, but I don't even think he's near one of the best ever in the PL, nor even the best CM at Man Utd..... for me, the top 10 greatest PL mids are: 1) Keane, 2) Gerrard, 3) Yaya Toure, 4) Xabi Alonso, 5) Vieira, 6) Lampard, 7) Scholes, 8) Makelele, 9) Silva, 10) Mascherano - Spurs fan
This guy is absolutely the best ever all the midfielders in world football regard him as the best he was a shy genius he was too humble and not extravagant that’s why people didn’t take notice in his prime it was breathtaking. Watching him play
People go on about Scholes' personality being the reason he wasn't noticed. Not being funny, but Gerrard and Lampard were two of the most boring personalities in football, so I don't really get that argument. All three are quite intelligent in the media and give insightful views, but as players, they were normally pretty boring off the pitch, apart from one time when Gerrard punched a DJ.
Paul Scholes is the one English player that every fan IN THE WORLD would have wanted at their club. I am sure Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich would have broken the bank for his signature. I know he would have been a legend at any club he played for. I wish the England team had been built around him. A pity Tottenham Hotspur was always on the wrong end of his talent when we played Man Utd. Legend.
I remember in a interview with guadiola before the cl final in 2011, he got asked which United player he would have in his team without any hesitation he says Scholes then goes on to speak so highly of him, any team in the world that man could walk into 💯
When Scholes said, United weren't doing well that season with all those injuries, I just remembered we came 2nd on goal difference. That was "not doing well". Oh, how far down have we fallen.
He will always be the best midfielder in the history of football solely on his ability as a player. He was above anybody who came before him and anybody who will come after him. He was untouchable. Pirlo, Zidane, Cruijif, Xavi, Platini or Zico had nothing on Scholes in his prime.
He's still humble to this day, refuses to point out he played a role in winning the league the next season which was his actual last (the year Sir Alex retired)
Best midfielder of the premier league era. Could play in any team in the world in his prime. Wouldnt have looked out of place next to xavi or iniesta. Ginger genius!