He's a players' player. That is the reason every top player speaks so highly of Scholes. You talk about lack of technical ability in English players, but most of the foreign superstars like Henry and Fabregas voted for him as the best player last season instead of Ronaldo.
Quotes about Paul Scholes
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Yet he's still underrated because he doesn't seek the limelight, nor does he have a fancy Brazilian name. His fellow professionals from around Europe, know just how great he is. . .and that means more than the opinions of a few CM obsessed teenagers. It's a shame Nedved's quotes haven't been found. I recall him saying that the ginger one is the best player he's played against. . .hence is his favourite.
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Pure legend.
In every sense of the word.
In every sense of the word.
"People say he is a great player, but you have to define what a great player is, For me, it is a player who has a bottom level that means his worst performance is not noticed.If he is having a bad game, a team-mate might feel Paul Scholes is not quite on his game, but a spectator wouldn't notice. Scholes, of all the players I have played with, has the highest bottom level. His reading of the game is unsurpassed.He has an eye for a pass, for what the play or the game needs at that precise moment, that I have never seen anyone else have. He controls and distributes the play and the game better than anyone I have ever seen" Schmeichel told BBC Sport.
"You have a special chemistry with certain players," explains the Dutchman, "and with me, at Manchester United, it's with Wayne Rooney and Paul Scholes. Things just seem to click. What I like most about Paul, though, is that he is the epitome of a professional footballer, He comes to training, then goes home and spends his time with his family. He doesn't like all the hoo-ha outside the football, the interviews with papers and on TV. He prefers to just live his own life and he refuses to be a media object or a public figure. I have nothing but admiration for him." Van Nistelrooy told FourFourTwo
“He 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
“If 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 Shearer
“England don’t have another player like him. He could have had a lot more caps if he had carried on. And if I was the manager he would have ended up with more than I did – easy." - Sir Bobby Charlton
“Paul Scholes is just fantastic. When you play alongside him, you realise what a special talent he is.” - Michael Carrick
“There isn’t a player of his mould anywhere else in the world.” - Glenn Hoddle
“When he played in the junior sides he used to have his own personal fan club that would come just to watch him!” - Eric Harrison
“I first saw him play when he was 16 – he was a scruffy little urchin! But the special thing about him was that he had the football brain to go with the talent. He had a natural instinct to make the right decision 99 per cent of the time – something you just can’t coach. Even now, when I watch academy games I still judge players coming through against Scholesy.”
Gail Millar (United fan)
“He’s the best one- or two-touch passer in the country. He sees the game unlike any other player.” - Terry Venables
"You have a special chemistry with certain players," explains the Dutchman, "and with me, at Manchester United, it's with Wayne Rooney and Paul Scholes. Things just seem to click. What I like most about Paul, though, is that he is the epitome of a professional footballer, He comes to training, then goes home and spends his time with his family. He doesn't like all the hoo-ha outside the football, the interviews with papers and on TV. He prefers to just live his own life and he refuses to be a media object or a public figure. I have nothing but admiration for him." Van Nistelrooy told FourFourTwo
“He 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
“If 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 Shearer
“England don’t have another player like him. He could have had a lot more caps if he had carried on. And if I was the manager he would have ended up with more than I did – easy." - Sir Bobby Charlton
“Paul Scholes is just fantastic. When you play alongside him, you realise what a special talent he is.” - Michael Carrick
“There isn’t a player of his mould anywhere else in the world.” - Glenn Hoddle
“When he played in the junior sides he used to have his own personal fan club that would come just to watch him!” - Eric Harrison
“I first saw him play when he was 16 – he was a scruffy little urchin! But the special thing about him was that he had the football brain to go with the talent. He had a natural instinct to make the right decision 99 per cent of the time – something you just can’t coach. Even now, when I watch academy games I still judge players coming through against Scholesy.”
Gail Millar (United fan)
“He’s the best one- or two-touch passer in the country. He sees the game unlike any other player.” - Terry Venables
You know, I just had a thought - wouldn't it be a sad day when he retires?
It will indeed be a sad day, I geniunely feel I will be inconsoleable for at least 2 seasons. I really love that feckin ginger ninja 
Scholes is one of the best mid fielders of the last 25 years.
He is very under rated by the fans.
He is very under rated by the fans.
I've always wondered how he didn't get a player of the season award.
In 3 years, No Fergie, Scholes, Giggs Or Ronaldo. Shitting myself.
No Neville, Van Der Sar
Yeah, I think it'll be such a different United in a couple of years, when all the Class of 92 and Ferguson are gone. Moscow wasn't as special for me as 99 and I attribute that to the fact there were so many homegrown players back then, I just can't see myself being in love with United as I am now once they're all gone.
We will go on though no doubt. Just enjoy it while it lasts.
He was shite yesterday...
you spoiled the threat!
What if that was your last quote about him before you died? Shame on you!
There wont be an Englishman so technically gifted as Paul Scholes for another 50 years.
you're a twat
Fergie stated something along the lines of this before Scholsey made his full debut.
"If this kid dosent make it then nobody will"
Was it crewe away in the league cup where he made his debut, i seem to recall him scoring with a header... any one ?
"If this kid dosent make it then nobody will"
Was it crewe away in the league cup where he made his debut, i seem to recall him scoring with a header... any one ?
Greatest passer of the ball I've ever seen in my life time as a fan.
Arguably one of the greatest United player ever.
Arguably one of the greatest United player ever.
That, surely, is the highest accolade.
On a related note, let's go and find similar quotes to apparently the most complete midfielder in England, Steven Gerrard.
What a load of crap
Some Manchester United fans chronically underrate Scholes and it's kind of disappointing.
Couldn't find much under Steven Gerrard on Google but there's a few in here... www.stevieme.com
"I'm great" - Stevie Me
"I'm Fantastic" - Jose Mourinho*
"I don't dive and I tell my team mates not to either, which makes me great" - Stevie Me
"Gerrrraaaaard" - Martin Tyler
"He's Mr. Liverpool" - Mrs Liverpool
"I turned down Chelsea's mega rubels to stay at Anfield, which makes me loyal" - Stevie Me
*Apparently talking about Steven Gerrard before becoming fluent in English. (So sayeth the webadmin@stevieme.com)
nothing more to say. One of best professional player int he modern game.
GROW. UP.
He is a genius. You could watch him pass the ball all day long.
Fergie once said, "if Scholes had any more composure he'd be asleep"
The one player I would clone, just so as my kids could grow up watching him the way I did
The one player I would clone, just so as my kids could grow up watching him the way I did
Agreed, thought I'd probably ask them to take the ginger off
Hands down the best Utd player I've ever watched (I wasn't alive in the Best/Charlton era, before people start on me)
He's got a foot like a wand. I'm appreciating him more now that I know he's in the twilight of his career.
I still can't believe the swede shunted him to the left of England's midfield in order to accommodate two players that should have been cleaning his boots!
I still can't believe the swede shunted him to the left of England's midfield in order to accommodate two players that should have been cleaning his boots!
A lot of United players have said the player they've most enjoyed playing in the same team as is Paul Scholes, and that he's the best player they've had the pleasure of joining on a United team.
I remember Keane and Rooney both saying that at some point, I'm sure many others have too. Magical player.
I remember Keane and Rooney both saying that at some point, I'm sure many others have too. Magical player.
You always hear the old cliché about how people like Ronaldo and Kaka are the players you go to a football match to watch, they're the real entertainers, but you never hear it about Scholes.
I'd much rather watch Scholes play than Kaka or Ronaldo, honestly.
I'd much rather watch Scholes play than Kaka or Ronaldo, honestly.
Agreed. I'd rather watch Scholes any day of the week.