They probably should’ve decided who was the main guy as they also had Gerrard and Lampard (who were great players in their own rights) in the same position. Personally I think they should of built a team around Gerrard mainly for his leadership qualities in such a disorganised team.
You're both wrong. Scholes, Lampard and Gerrard all admitted the team should have been built around Bobby Charlton. Remember Charlton actually won a World Cup so he knew what it took to go all the way.
Inter Milan wanted him enough they offered United a blank check to sign him. Scholes told them the only way he’d play for them was if they bought the whole club. Loyalty.
Generational great. Iniesta and Zidane regard him as the best centre mid of their time. Scholes would of been their peers at international level if he played for any other country.
Nah. England is just never have the mentality to win. They are being criticized for keeping this Westgate and still hold their lives onto him. They just love to shoot their own toe and let the talents on their roster past their prime without winning anything internationally.
Funny that, when he played never won player of the year in Premier league. Never even thought of. All other teams spoke of loving to have Gérard, Keane, Viera in their team. Since retirement people have the nostalgia glasses on.
@@fonz114 who do you support? I have no vested interest in the top teams of the time. Would be interested to know if there's any bias in your statement. Fair play if not. Lampard , Vieira, Lampard were more influential in their teams for sure but Scholes was more of a cog in the Unt setup, he courted far less attention, fewer interviews, which would have had an influence on awards decisions.
He was rubbish! You clearly know nothing about football. Zidane made a fool of him numerous times. Scholes was a hype job. Man United fan here but he was carried by Keane, Becks, Giggs and others. Just toe punted the ball around.
Yeah I remember that too, back then, we used to kill keepers because, after all, they can use hands and you can't, so it's only fair. Being a keeper was a role for crazy people with no fear for this reason.
@ianevans2344 no he wasn't, he may have been slightly better but it's impossible to be on another planet as Scholes the margins between the elite players are minimal, Zidane had times when he was human people forget that
In terms of technique and vision he was ahead of Gerrard and Lampard. Lamps had a great knock for being in the right position to score, and Gerrard was the best athlete of the bunch, but Scholes is the best playmaker of the three.
Your points not very good. How have you come to playmaking? And I agree with you Scholesy is the best playmaker of the 3. But why have you chosen that aspect?
@@MBison-vm6gqI just generally mean Scholes was the best at playing that deep playmaker role due to his passing accuracy and composure on the ball. Maybe “playmaker” isn’t the best term to use, but I feel he was the best “deep-lying playmaker”.
@@CJ2024-OnwardBetter playmaker and a player than both. Gerrard played in a team that wasn't so good, had all the freedom, he was the main guy. Lampard had that nose for a goal, amazing finishing and smart movement. But Scholes was dictating the games, he was the one u give the ball to so he can find a solution. He was the brain. He even came back from retirement to win the PL again. People are influenced a lot by media and rarely use their brain. 11 PL titles + 2 UCLs while being the best, or at least top3 players in his team. That speaks enough.
I dissagre scholes was recognised as one of the all time greats of midfield.. brilliant player who also had an incredible never give up mentality that used to be man Utds blueprint
@@denzil_red I completely agree best mid ive ever set my eyes on my comment was more aimed at internationally he got disrespected cos of Gerrard and lampard
If he was Spanish he wouldn't be the greatest Spanish mid of all time. Give over. Real, Milan, Barca, Brazilz.Spain, France - never played well against these
Don't forget the ability to keep the play moving with the short passes that he's seen long before receiving the ball. His game was all about intelligence
Champion, Legend. He has been my Favourite player for Years. 1 against Newcastle 1999, inter 1999. 1 against Arsenal 2004, 1 against Barcelona 2008, 1 against MCity 09/10
Gerrard and Lampard were the star names while Scholes got shifted LW. England were also very late to the fact that a deep lying playmaker was a necessity in a winning team. England didn’t appreciate Carrick either
I gave up on football as an English man when this whole era retired... 90s MOTD was a reason to stay home!!! All the best footballers and characters were street players as kids, drawing goals on walls in chalk or setting schoolbags down as posts... nowadays football is cricket!!! I'm not knocking cricket as I like to watch a nice relaxed friendly game of cricket every now and then but footballers nowadays are found not in the streets but in the factory's of private education... atleast we still got Rugby!
Scholes was Awesome as a Midfielder. Best Manchester United Midfielder of all Time if You Ask Me. Top 10 Midfielders In Manchester United's History (Premier League Era) 1. Scholes 2. Beckham 3. Giggs 4. Fletcher 5. Keane 6. Robson 7. Park Ji Sung 8. Carrick 9. Ince 10. Butt
Life long chelsea fan here, of the 3 lamps, gerrard and scholes, he is the one. It's a shame he was shunted out on the left. If it was going to be more of an open game, you play him and gerrad in front of a cdm. If we'd have more possession, you play him and lamps. england never had the coach with the balls to drop one of them.
Maybe because barcelona use his video as study reference, a lot of barcelona players look up to him. Funny story you may already know that once messi, iniesta, xavi, busquet and david silva had to draw straw to decide who get to trade jersey with him after match, which iniesta won, imagine that, legends of barcelona is fighting just to get his jersey 😅 shows how much respect they have for him.
No not on their level. They were on a different level but Scholes was on his own level. Ask Zidane who the best midfielder of that generation was (he didn't say Lampard of Gerrard).
@@candyquahogmarshmallow8257 I don’t give two shits about what zidane said😂 I have my own eyes and gerrard and lampard were better . Gerrard being the best of the three
Spurs fan but Scholes was an absolute baller. If a player like Iniesta rated him highly you now he was class! Only negative I can think of would be that his tackling wasn't the best but other than that......golden!
He was happy with the myth about him being a poor tackler. When he deliberately went in late or let his studs catch the opponent, the ref would think there was no malice and less likely to show him a card.
England team didn’t work cos the manager was to stubborn by sticking to the 442 with the squad of players we had which is crazy when england could of line up with a 433 David James Phil Nev Terry Rio Cole (DLP) Paul Schools (BTB) Gerrard and (BTB)Lampard Beckham RM LM Rooney ST Owen
I'm a united fan but I'm sick of this legend of scholes that exists post retirement. He never even won the player of the year at United. He hardly won any individual honours. End of story.
@@Noorlatgamer Gerrard is the one that leaves holes in defence. Lampard used to make runs back a lot more than Gerrard. You're always -1 in midfield with Gerrard which will kill you in transition
@@hudders11 "I dont go round calling myself the mongboy" , "i dont i call myself the oggmonster", "well im not gonna call you that whats your name", "nathan", "its a lovely name"
Scholes is very underrated in England. More & more of late. Not in the rest of the world. Best midfielder of his generation. If England had only built a team around him. You might have won something.
Calm down. He's actually overrated by PL fan boys like yourself. Never tested himself abroad. Never saw him run a big UCL game, he would hide. Keane was better. Gerrard had way more win his locker but never utilised it right.
Back in the day ran into Scholes as a local park in South London. He joined in with one of our games and rifled a shot that broke my mates glasses and knocked him out. He gave him £3k and left. We were 14.
The clowns who never found themselves a proper place in the game have found podcasts to make a name for themselves other than on the football pitch. Ben Foster is one of them.
What people in this country dont realise is that the Spanish have a better sense of humour than, them and thats why Iniesta bigges up 🤡's like Scholes.
No...Scholes wasn't as good as Zidane No...Le Tissier wasn't a world beater. They were both amazing, but there are still levels. Sorry, like who you like, that's cool, but don't be saying stuff that clearly isn't true.
Scholes was absolutely as good as Zidane. Just VERY different players. If Scholes was Brazilian and not English people wouldn’t shut up about him. And this coming from a Scottish guy. And regarding Le Tissier…Pele himself said he would have made ANY Brazil starting 11 he was in. If he wasn’t so loyal (and awkward looking) he’d be in FAR more conversations talent wise. Go look at the guys highlight reel ffs. Some of the sh!t he was doing is utterly insane.
Scholesy was a generational talent, but has remained humble. That’s true class.
The England team should have been built around this guy.
They probably should’ve decided who was the main guy as they also had Gerrard and Lampard (who were great players in their own rights) in the same position.
Personally I think they should of built a team around Gerrard mainly for his leadership qualities in such a disorganised team.
You're both wrong.
Scholes, Lampard and Gerrard all admitted the team should have been built around Bobby Charlton. Remember Charlton actually won a World Cup so he knew what it took to go all the way.
@@aek8541yeah me and my brother would always say this. I remember when he subbed Charlton off right before the world playoffs. Clueless back then
If you play Scholes in the middle for England, you really need Michael Carrick beside him, and they weren't going to do that.
@@aek8541what are you on about
Inter Milan wanted him enough they offered United a blank check to sign him. Scholes told them the only way he’d play for them was if they bought the whole club. Loyalty.
Generational great. Iniesta and Zidane regard him as the best centre mid of their time. Scholes would of been their peers at international level if he played for any other country.
Nah. England is just never have the mentality to win. They are being criticized for keeping this Westgate and still hold their lives onto him. They just love to shoot their own toe and let the talents on their roster past their prime without winning anything internationally.
Funny that, when he played never won player of the year in Premier league. Never even thought of.
All other teams spoke of loving to have Gérard, Keane, Viera in their team. Since retirement people have the nostalgia glasses on.
@@fonz114 who do you support? I have no vested interest in the top teams of the time. Would be interested to know if there's any bias in your statement. Fair play if not. Lampard , Vieira, Lampard were more influential in their teams for sure but Scholes was more of a cog in the Unt setup, he courted far less attention, fewer interviews, which would have had an influence on awards decisions.
He was rubbish! You clearly know nothing about football. Zidane made a fool of him numerous times. Scholes was a hype job. Man United fan here but he was carried by Keane, Becks, Giggs and others. Just toe punted the ball around.
@@BroskiRIPhe didn't in 99
One of the players that made me love Manchester United
Yep same here
I fell out of love with football in my younger years but back in the day with giggs, cole, the brothers, Keane, Beckham, scholschar etc. Glory days
To Foster's statement, Scholsey probably did that, cuz he's old-school and it was his way of telling him, "Well don't drop/spill it"!
Yep. We used to teach the keeper stop it at your peril.
Yeah I remember that too, back then, we used to kill keepers because, after all, they can use hands and you can't, so it's only fair. Being a keeper was a role for crazy people with no fear for this reason.
@@eFMe-fk1xh Back in the day when they punch you, coming for a cross, with no intention of getting the ball! 😂💪🏻 Those were the days
Zidane was once asked "How does it feel to be the Greatest Midfielder"
His Reply "you need to ask Paul Scholes"
Source?
@@electricalstuff259 It didn't happen but its a nice story for English fans to tell.
@@023achillesit's not just a story, he said it on Paul's birthday
@@ka_4734 even stevie wonder knew zidane was on another planet to scholes
@ianevans2344 no he wasn't, he may have been slightly better but it's impossible to be on another planet as Scholes the margins between the elite players are minimal, Zidane had times when he was human people forget that
BEAUTIFUL player. Absolutely BEAUTIFUL 🥹
In terms of technique and vision he was ahead of Gerrard and Lampard. Lamps had a great knock for being in the right position to score, and Gerrard was the best athlete of the bunch, but Scholes is the best playmaker of the three.
Your points not very good. How have you come to playmaking? And I agree with you Scholesy is the best playmaker of the 3. But why have you chosen that aspect?
Lamps was the smartest.
@@MBison-vm6gqI just generally mean Scholes was the best at playing that deep playmaker role due to his passing accuracy and composure on the ball. Maybe “playmaker” isn’t the best term to use, but I feel he was the best “deep-lying playmaker”.
@@CJ2024-OnwardBetter playmaker and a player than both. Gerrard played in a team that wasn't so good, had all the freedom, he was the main guy. Lampard had that nose for a goal, amazing finishing and smart movement. But Scholes was dictating the games, he was the one u give the ball to so he can find a solution. He was the brain. He even came back from retirement to win the PL again. People are influenced a lot by media and rarely use their brain. 11 PL titles + 2 UCLs while being the best, or at least top3 players in his team. That speaks enough.
England should build around him and Michael Carrick, similar to what Spain had with Bosquest and Xavi
Needed a strong minded manager to do that, instead they went with Sven who got caught up with the celebrity life
If he was Spanish he would be classed as the best mid ever but cos he’s English the disrespect he gets is mad
If he was Spanish he’d have multiple world cups and European championships
I dissagre scholes was recognised as one of the all time greats of midfield.. brilliant player who also had an incredible never give up mentality that used to be man Utds blueprint
We knew what we had. Inter had an open cheque book to sign him and he stayed.
Greatest player of his generation.
@@denzil_red I completely agree best mid ive ever set my eyes on my comment was more aimed at internationally he got disrespected cos of Gerrard and lampard
If he was Spanish he wouldn't be the greatest Spanish mid of all time. Give over. Real, Milan, Barca, Brazilz.Spain, France - never played well against these
Scholesy and Keano. Pillars of Hercules, of skill, control and power!
As a Chelsea fan. Paul Scholes was too good. Those long pass would just change the game. And the long range shots... Worldies
@@lesegovusi They can change managers but one thing remains. Stretford Rangers are just long ball losers.
Don't forget the ability to keep the play moving with the short passes that he's seen long before receiving the ball. His game was all about intelligence
the most underrated player ever . even at La Masia Barcelona , Sholes mentioned a lot . he’s fuckin genius . thanks you ginger .
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don't talk stupid.
Champion, Legend. He has been my Favourite player for Years. 1 against Newcastle 1999, inter 1999. 1 against Arsenal 2004, 1 against Barcelona 2008, 1 against MCity 09/10
The most modest of people you will ever see too
Iniesta and Zidane regarded Scholes as the best CM of their time.
Lampard is top 20 in their time and Gerard top 30 at best.
Gerrard is so overrated, absolutely no game intelligence
Scholes was an excellent player, but Gerrard was better x
@@TheLiverpolitan That's just blatantly untrue 😂
My fav player growing up... i loved his rocket volleys from outside the box from a rebound off a cross...
Scholes was under appreciate in England Squad
Gerrard and Lampard were the star names while Scholes got shifted LW. England were also very late to the fact that a deep lying playmaker was a necessity in a winning team. England didn’t appreciate Carrick either
For a small player he was a beast in midfield
Like a golfer hits a 2 iron, love that 🪄
Scholes is a legend
I gave up on football as an English man when this whole era retired... 90s MOTD was a reason to stay home!!!
All the best footballers and characters were street players as kids, drawing goals on walls in chalk or setting schoolbags down as posts... nowadays football is cricket!!! I'm not knocking cricket as I like to watch a nice relaxed friendly game of cricket every now and then but footballers nowadays are found not in the streets but in the factory's of private education... atleast we still got Rugby!
Thanks you Paul schole i love you ❤❤❤❤
One of the best ever 💯
Cleverley was an alright player but I wouldn't go that far.
The Ginger Prince 👏 👏👏👏
Humble lad..
That "prick" was personal 😂
To be fair, I think most lads would take advantage of an opportunity to smash Ben foster with 4 yard half volleys.
Don't support the club he played for but what a player this fella was
Scholes was Awesome as a Midfielder.
Best Manchester United Midfielder of all Time if You Ask Me.
Top 10 Midfielders In Manchester United's History (Premier League Era)
1. Scholes
2. Beckham
3. Giggs
4. Fletcher
5. Keane
6. Robson
7. Park Ji Sung
8. Carrick
9. Ince
10. Butt
Life long chelsea fan here, of the 3 lamps, gerrard and scholes, he is the one. It's a shame he was shunted out on the left. If it was going to be more of an open game, you play him and gerrad in front of a cdm. If we'd have more possession, you play him and lamps. england never had the coach with the balls to drop one of them.
Legend❤
He did all that in his later career as well with half blindness. Respect 🙏
Fergie dropped a clanger not starting him against Barcelona in those two champions league final defeats
This is exactly how players describe Xavi, but people are then surprised to hear that he was inspired by Scholes.
This is true
His own words
Maybe because barcelona use his video as study reference, a lot of barcelona players look up to him.
Funny story you may already know that once messi, iniesta, xavi, busquet and david silva had to draw straw to decide who get to trade jersey with him after match, which iniesta won, imagine that, legends of barcelona is fighting just to get his jersey 😅 shows how much respect they have for him.
He was a great player. Not in gerrard and lampard level but still a great player
Yes he was not on their level. He was far better.
No not on their level. They were on a different level but Scholes was on his own level. Ask Zidane who the best midfielder of that generation was (he didn't say Lampard of Gerrard).
@@candyquahogmarshmallow8257 I don’t give two shits about what zidane said😂 I have my own eyes and gerrard and lampard were better . Gerrard being the best of the three
@@bobsmith3291they played against all 3. They know more than you... get some glasses
People not getting the banter of Foster 😅
Spurs fan but Scholes was an absolute baller. If a player like Iniesta rated him highly you now he was class! Only negative I can think of would be that his tackling wasn't the best but other than that......golden!
I liked the way he tackled, he had a nasty streak you can’t coach but you want that from your midfielder
He was happy with the myth about him being a poor tackler. When he deliberately went in late or let his studs catch the opponent, the ref would think there was no malice and less likely to show him a card.
If England have built a team around Scholes, they would have won the world cup. The coach was clueless
Cleverley, LOL. Right up there with Phil Jones. Make Maguire look like he's had a sensational career, these blokes.
England team didn’t work cos the manager was to stubborn by sticking to the 442 with the squad of players we had which is crazy when england could of line up with a 433 David James Phil Nev Terry Rio Cole (DLP) Paul Schools (BTB) Gerrard and (BTB)Lampard Beckham RM LM Rooney ST Owen
He became a far more dominant player once he became a holding midfielder
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6:03 Still have PTSD of Woodward being at Utd.
Freakin Banker running Manchester United. 🥴
Djemba Djemba had technics for ahead of cleverly
What?
For the younger generation he's a 1990's version of Kevin de bruyne
For the younger generation, it's who kevin de bruyne is trying to be
There was Cantona and then there was Scholes.
😂😂😂 as a keeper I know exactly what foster is talking about 😂😂
Is it true, he is the most decorated English footballer?
SCHOLES AND CARRICK!
I'm a united fan but I'm sick of this legend of scholes that exists post retirement. He never even won the player of the year at United. He hardly won any individual honours. End of story.
Lives near me all my life 😅
The only reason England didny use him was because he didnt court the press
If a keeper is looking for remorse from a shot taker, he's in the wrong game never mind position
I would still press him.. Id rather someone else have the ball than him
So basically Ben went home with a sore face from Scholesy after training more than once 😂
Only soccer mad skills can be performed if the brain has nothing else to think about. I think Scoles could get to that level.
Scousers thinking Gerrard was on Scholes level 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I have a feeling that Foden might end up becoming like Paul in terms of England career.
Wrong prediction. Foden is lost to the LGBT party scene.
Scholes and Gerrard in midfield. It was obvious.
Scholes and Lampard, leave Gerrard up top out of the way
@@anthonyguiness9 no. Unbalanced. Top heavy and Lampard will ignore instruction and go forward leaving a hole in the back.
@@Noorlatgamer Gerrard is the one that leaves holes in defence. Lampard used to make runs back a lot more than Gerrard.
You're always -1 in midfield with Gerrard which will kill you in transition
Why does he look so much like Stephen merchant in that first still
Haha , yep the eyes
@@r.i.p.monopolyeasystreet5358 that's a stigmatism he's had from the age of 5, so that's why they're a bit bulbous
@@hudders11 "I dont go round calling myself the mongboy" , "i dont i call myself the oggmonster", "well im not gonna call you that whats your name", "nathan", "its a lovely name"
Stevie G would do all that and more
Slippy G, you are having a laugh
Class player, Scholes was on a different plane
All-time tackle mis-timer.....should have had way more yellows and Reds....
Scholes is very underrated in England. More & more of late. Not in the rest of the world. Best midfielder of his generation. If England had only built a team around him. You might have won something.
Calm down. He's actually overrated by PL fan boys like yourself. Never tested himself abroad. Never saw him run a big UCL game, he would hide. Keane was better. Gerrard had way more win his locker but never utilised it right.
Best midfielder England have ever produced
He was tryin to make you a better keeper
Don't want it blasted at you?
Don't spill it then
Zidane is the Greatest player of all time , better than CR7 and messi , only one player comes close and thats R9
We are q.11qq
Why is closing down now called pressing
People want to make names for things in order to sound smart. Gegenpressing is the same, been around for years just with different names
Jesus Christ is the way,truth and life...#John 14:6...
He was a fanny
Back in the day ran into Scholes as a local park in South London. He joined in with one of our games and rifled a shot that broke my mates glasses and knocked him out. He gave him £3k and left. We were 14.
No he didn’t
Bullshitter
I like Scholes but even he is sickened by this sort of nonsense. “Techniques that were just so far ahead”. This whole thing around him is so weird
Basics thank lamps and Stevie was better.... But Zidane ect think other wise lol
He was much better than Ronaldo
Yeah R9
Correct
Gerrard best striker of a ball from distance I've ever seen
😂
Yes that is true
Lampard=around the box goalscorer
Gerrard=engine/long range cannons
Scholes=passing maestro/cerebro
I rember Zidane saying Scholes was the players player
England always have amazing players and terrible managers
He wasn’t on Gerrards level even Rooney that played with them both picks Gerrard
147 pills 💊
David Silva and Phil Foden. Better players.
He is a ginger haha...😂
Hes got no soul either. Loves toes
Ginger Aka satnav
The clowns who never found themselves a proper place in the game have found podcasts to make a name for themselves other than on the football pitch. Ben Foster is one of them.
He’s a clown without even clown shoes. A real embarrassment to the game but he’s clearly found his level.
What people in this country dont realise is that the Spanish have a better sense of humour than, them and thats why Iniesta bigges up 🤡's like Scholes.
Then them?? - what are you babbling on about.
The Spanish are a lot of things bit having a sense of humour isn't one of them....😂
@@mrfrisky6501 bit? What are you babbling on about.
@floatingpeaks4584 so your not Spanish son...
This kid sounds as bright as Rio
He’s a footballer not a physicist. We can’t all be geniuses like you…
@@Mikehowarth1988tool hahahaha
@@scottclapperton2728 good witty come back. I see now what you mean… you’re the new Einstein.
You’re cringe as ☝️
We angry ginger lol
Dictate, like the orchestra. 😅
Paul Scholes retired and immediately became the most overrated player in PL history.
Came out of retirement and won the league ya bozo
Go watch tennis or summat thicko
Silly Billy
Scholes is on the spectrum for sure
True
Ginger don’t have feelings
We do man we really do 😢
Ha ha 😂😂
Rubbish pundit though.
Sucks his daughters toes thooooo
Someone's gotta
Ginger😂
He wasn’t world class. Decent player with an unbelievable manager and team around him
You’re trolling! 😂
Come on mate 🤣 I’m a Liverpool fan and even I have no trouble saying scholes was of the highest level.
Not in the same league as big Stevie...
You rate Gerrard 🤣🤣
of course not, scholes was in a league above
No...Scholes wasn't as good as Zidane
No...Le Tissier wasn't a world beater.
They were both amazing, but there are still levels.
Sorry, like who you like, that's cool, but don't be saying stuff that clearly isn't true.
You don't remember Zidane's club form? Far too inconsistent
Scholes was absolutely as good as Zidane. Just VERY different players. If Scholes was Brazilian and not English people wouldn’t shut up about him. And this coming from a Scottish guy.
And regarding Le Tissier…Pele himself said he would have made ANY Brazil starting 11 he was in. If he wasn’t so loyal (and awkward looking) he’d be in FAR more conversations talent wise.
Go look at the guys highlight reel ffs. Some of the sh!t he was doing is utterly insane.
Scholes wasnt on the same planet😅😅😅😅😅 could Scholes have lead England to World Cup? Not a fookin chance?@@colinharris615
Overated wasn't that good
Gerrard was head and shoulders better