Football rivalry shouldn't matter, every single kid at St Georges Park should be being taught to play like this. He was the the one player we had who Europe feared. France midfeild was viera, makalele, zidane. Couldn'tget near him in the first half.
If scholes was Spanish everyone in Spain would appreciate his greatness. But instead of respecting the man who was running the Manchester United midfield that was dominating for 20years they instead were too busy trying to make Stevie g and lamps work as the two in midfield and sticking scholes on the bench or on the left wing. And the managers, the media and all the pundits were still adamant shcoles and Gerrard has to be the way.
with all due respect, lampard and gerrard were overrated whenever compared to scholes cuz there's no comparison for him in this world. Scholes was not appealing to English media just look at Beckham again with all due respect he was overrated as well the only thing he wasn't overrated in was crosses and free kick otherwise he was.
Look at the way the french players double team on scholes all the time. They always ensure to close him down quick when he is receiving the ball. Also, they stand off when he has the ball. That shows alot of respect, because if u are committed, then scholes can make u look like an idiot with a simple pass. Look at how zizou and viera and makalele respected scholesy when he is in possession. Cant get close to him.. Gerrard probably respected scholesy too much in games as well, he needed to step up and want the ball, but everyone was happy just to give him the ball..
***** and mine too... well he made me love this beautiful game... i used to play and watch Cricket as a kid. But 14 yrs ago i saw him in one of Man Utd's game n boy dat was it... i've never sit the whole innings for any cricket matches - i wud rather dont sleep or wake up as early as 2 am in the morning to watch United's or somewhat England game (till he retired from intl matches)
I'm an Arsenal fan and I gotta say I hope our young and up and coming boy Dan Crawly can just watch Scholes and try become the next scholes because Scholesy was one HELL of a player
Gerrard and Lampard at their club peak both had the midfield built around them and effectively giving them license to roam. This played to their attacking strengths and made up for their weakness in being unable to control games like Scholesy could. Take Scholes out of this midfield, and you have 2 headless chickens and a team starved of creativity aka World Cup 2006.
Ok, now that's an overreaction dude. I never said Gerrard never made errors, I said he is better defensively, and probably offensively, than him, am I wrong? As for big games, he is the only player who scored in the League Cup, FA Cup, UCL and EL finals, almost single-handedly won the '06 FA Cup and '05 CL, scored against all teams you consider 'big' in England, scored decisive goals against teams like Real, Milan, Inter, Atletico,etc in Europe. I'm not bashing anyone here, and while you're right that he has been crap for England(as has any English player bar Cole in the last 10-15 years) you completely lost the plot in response to my point.
The problem with Gerrard was that he had all the technical and physical qualities to be a world class midfielder. Where he was lacking was his reading of the game - tactical awareness and vision. That's why he was never truly world class and teams with him running the midfield never dominated games. He played his best in a free role with Xabi Alonso and Javier Mascherano controlling the game behind him. This is also the reason why Capello put him on the left wing for England as his strength was his attacking play (arguably he should have played just behind Rooney through the middle) and he was a bit of a liability in a 2 man midfield. Yes he could tackle better than Lampard and Scholes, but you wouldn't trust him as a holding midfielder as evidenced in this years World Cup. Lampard was a more disciplined player who had to work harder for his success, but also far less talented. You could never argue Gerrards passion for England (or he would have retired years ago). He was also one of the best players in the whole tournament in Euro 2012, however we had like 30-40% possession most games which sums Gerrard up really.
Yes, his weakness was in controlling games, but that was it. There are very few who mastered that art, such as Xavi, Pirlo, Scholes,etc. Even Zidane and Iniesta aren't/weren't the game-controlling types. In staying loyal to LFC, he had to carry the team and denied himself the luxury of being surrounded with top players like Scholes and Lamps. At his peak, he had a combination of pace, power, goal-scoring, tackling, versatility and vision(yes,watch some of his assists throughout his career), which baffles me as why you say he was never 'truly world-class'. During the period from 04-09, I saw him as the most complete midfielder. If you put aside team achievements and look at purely the individual traits, I'd take Gerrard (at his peak) over Lamps and Scholes who were great contributors to well-oiled machines. It's a bit like Francesco Totti, he hasn't had as much success as some players, but individually he's one of the best ever in recent times. At the end of the day it boils down to what type of player one prefers.
The problem at the time was the media were making a big deal about Scholes not scoring for 3 years for England. This, along with Lampards rise into a regular goal scorer put unnecessary pressure on Scholes. In a way he was a victim of his own success at regular goal scoring early in his career, when the media and apparently Sven failed to recognise his ability at keeping the team playing well as they just saw him as a goal scoring midfielder.
Makes me sad seeing this how under appreciated he was. No surprise the last tournament that Rooney was on form was the last time he had Scholes behind him and England actually aspired to control possession rather than playing purely on the counter attack.
Beckham Scholes Gerrard Lampard Rooney Owen What a front 6! Scholes was the most important player out of all of them as he made them all tick. Lampard and Gerrard great players in their own right but unfortunately need the right midfield around them.
Zinade was pissed that whole game because scholes was dominating the midfield... i was disgusted when he took him off.. cause said zizou hell yeah.. ginga man is off.. ima about to dominate their ass... soon england lost possession and ultimately lost that game... stupid Erickson... this is the main reason scholes retired from english football..
i always laugh when pple compare scholes with gerrard and lampard they will never run football like ginga man and shut down opposing team possession like ginga the media exaggerate them. the reason he didnt enjoy playing for the national team is because his teammates dont play his football they never put the ball down, but in this game they knew they had to keep possession inorder to avoid zidane's assault so they played ginga football but sadly when he was taken off the beast was unleashed.
Having Lampard edge out Scholes was the beginning of an era of garbage for England. Not that Lampard is a bad player, but Scholes made the engine room of the England side tick.
Lampard was one of the most overrated players England has ever produced as well as Gerrard. Scholes could have made the Italia 90 team because he was good enough.
Nathan Maswanganyi yeah but Scholes from 04-10 was 30 to 36 years of age.....Gerrard was 24 to 30. The Scholes of 24 to 30, (1998-2004) was far superior than Gerrard from 24 to 30 (2004 to 2010)
Nathan Maswanganyi Your attitude is what has made British football fall into decline. A defenders role is to keep the ball out of the net. A strikers role is to score goals. A midfielder role is to pass the ball and is considered the engine of the team. Scholes as a mid fielder could pass the ball on par with the likes of Xavi, Inesta and Zidane. Gerrard could not.
+bighands69 English people picked Gerrard and Lampard because they could score more goals - well for Gerrard his scoring record wasnt even ahead of Scholes!
This is ridiculous. You can see how every time he gets the ball he goes inside to central midfield and makes things happen. Biggest mistake England ever made was getting rid of their one true World class midfielder, for two players who between them couldn't string 3 passes together in the England jersey. Ever since that tournament I have never seen England control midfiel once in a big game.
When was the last time England kept the ball with confidence like this? When ever I watch them against a top team like Italy/Germany they panic and throw the ball away.
Zidane is one of a kind just like Scholes is. Clowns who are still having the mindset that Jack Wilshere is a better and superior upgrade of Scholes should get sodomized real hard. No English player even as of now has the vision, ability to hold on to the ball without panicking under pressure or can produce the type of passes like Scholes. Gerrard+Lampard is not even half of Scholes's overall ability. Only ABUs wank and get wet on Lampard, Gerrard, Wilshere, and yes even Cleverley too.
5:21 Scholes gives Vieira what he always gave him in the league Lol. Zidane was lost in that game until 89th minute when he got a set pieces. Scholes is really great! If he was a Ronaldo type of player who is all over the media trust me he would have won at least European player award guy has great control of the ball & accurate passes. When it came to challenges i would just sit & Laugh out loud because one would predict what he was going to do next :D
Scholes was a fanstanstic midfielder, his vision to read the game and his skills to monitor passing movemnts any where in the pitch was crucial to both Man U and England mifield. he suited in dimension of three attackign midfield line along with Beckham and Gerard, distributing passes from deep, timely change of pace and his off the ball mobility with instinct vision provided more diversity to his team and both Beckham and Gerard were allowed to play nicely in their positions. Beckham's archestrrating crosses and control the win, while Gerard mostly was energetic and adding pace when going forward from central areas which made England look more sharp and bit more interactive, it was all because scholes. he could play in typical 4 men midfield or deeper in dimension of three central midfielder. after he retired england never found that pice of ginues asset in midfield and so many players came through but none replaced scholes. to large extent english mid lack of rythmic movements and sharpness was due to his absence. this is the fact many poeple don't ever notice it. the team possibly won't find lime him unless give birth to new super talent young player.
PS: It seems mad to sub off Scholes and maybe contributed to losing the game. That said, I can guess why Sven did so - he picked up his customary yellow some time earlier and was playing defensive midfield.
And the reason being for tht is to accommodate the fruitless partnership of Gerrard-Lampard. It was the partnership that was useless to ever be put to play by England. It didnt help that also England stubbornly sticked to the outdated 4-4-2 formation. Scholes was criminally forced to play out of position and honestly, I would be very very selfish to say he was a failure at international level.
the only player capable of shutting down zidane.. he shut him down in man u vs juve games manytimes.. with his outstanding ball possessing skills.. the left position was just a bluff.. but it was only used when he was coming back to defend.. i was pissed when they took him off and the beast from the other side was unleashed, but to be honest scholes never enjoyed national team football because they don't have the confident to put the ball down watch how scholes was lost england vs argentina 98
I think scholes evolved his game. People talk about man utd demise but the reality is we haven't replaced scholes as well as SAF. Fellaini has been a bad buy so far.
To be fair to Gerrard under Rodgers he is beginning to learn how to dictate the play and control games. He's lost his attacking instinct but actually improved intelligence. It's a shame Scholes didn't play next to him at a World Cup finals. 2002 may have been very different against Brazil if he had been there and Becks was fit.
When do you decide your coaching staff is clueless? Even after watching this kind of distribution putting him in the left winger role.England if thought little ahead woulxhave used diamond or 4-2-3-1 oe 4-3-3 very effectively during those times with the players they had. Scholes, Gerrard,Lampard,Becks,Rooney, Owen.
Gazza has better technique than Scholes in all round but Scholes edges him in terms of sustainability and consistency. Now, I dont know why you be hating on Scholes. Its either you are a sad fan of that pussies Gerrard and Lampard or some other overrated English players that never play for Man Utd.
+Paul O'Donnell Wilshere has the potential to, in my opinion. His vision, work rate, passing range and abilities, stamina, flair is almost unrivalled by any english player at the moment. Alas, Wilshere's fragile bones and atitude to improvise himself is a shame. Watch his perfomance in games against Barcelona, Bayern. He held his own both technically and physically in these games.
makes me laugh how these guys earn millions and everyone wants to be them. People watch them on TV every week saying how good they are. and they fail to notice that eveything the top players are built on are pass and move. however when you play on sunday no one wants to pass they wanted to do 50 yard through balls, shoot from everywhere and dribble it everytime. makes me laugh how these people then say how good are players like scholes. how about they get played millions so maybe just try an play a little like them.
And as retarded as I am, you claim. There was absolutely NO NEED to bring Gazza's name into this. I know you will mean no harm but BAH, its bad enough Scholes's tribute, theres bunch of idiots with lame ass comments and now, in this.
Several facts about Scholes england career. -He played as a central midfielder in WC 1998,Euro 2000 and Euro 2002..There were no Gerrard and Lampard -He played more games on the left for Man utd than England..When they had Butt-Veron ,it was the case. Stop the shit excuse,he didn't perform because he was on the left.
***** He very rarely played for United on the left. He was usually picked ahead of Butt in the centre, aside from the really early years (where he was usually employed as a second striker). If you were to get a percentage of the games played on the left out of the total for both England and then United, the percentage of games played on the left for England from his 60-odd caps would be higher than the handful of times he played on the left for United out of 600+ appearances. Stop stating 'facts' which are complete nonsense. As this video demonstrates, Scholes did perform for England, and even on the left he often played quite well. I don't think its an excuse to state that he was, however, out of his best position, and he was effectively wasted by England given his subsequent (and understandable) retirement. I like both Gerrard and Lampard - they've both had their moments in an England shirt. People need to move on for blaming specific players for England's failure on the highest stage in recent history. It's a collective failure, though they can also consider themselves unlucky in regards to WC '98 and Euro '04. I also think most England defenders, bar the 2010 WC, can hold their heads up high. Anyway in regards to this video, it is simply sad to see that such a talent was not utilised more effectively in an England shirt in the second half of his career; people also forget that Scholes had some excellent years in an England shirt. He effectively got us to Euro 2000, played well in there and in the WC '98 before (scoring an absolute peach against Tunisia, though he did miss a sitter in the Argentina game!), and was solid if unspectacular in 2002 (Nicky Butt was probably our best player at that tournament). Although I think he was mis-managed, ultimately he is the one who decided to walk away, and I believe he could have played at the 2006 and 2010 World Cup's if he'd simply put his hand up for selection.
+MJB wrong when UTD bought Veron Scholes played behind Van Nistelrooy as the attacking mid/second striker. Veron would partner Keane in central mid and Butt would play in CM when called upon.
Hahahaha. Funny lad you ate.The England squad of 98 and Euro 00 aint got shit. England were realistically looking like world beaters on paper at Euro 04 / World Cup 2006 where players like Lampard, Gerrard, Scholes, Becks, Rio, Terry, Rooney, Owen, G.Neville, Hargreaves were at their top playing career. The managers didn't get the formation and tactics right. End of.
+MJB well, when England played Butt-Scholes-Beckham alongside with that 2nd tier player Sinclar in 2002 things worked quite well. They could outplay the strong Argentina squad thrash Denmark, and almost defeated that notorious 3R Brazil - had Scholes and Seaman not made a stupid mistake each.
+dave790 I watched a lot of United games to do Beckham games,I can tell you he play on the left more for than you think..Because you are trying to be a genuis I will do it..
I assume you are being sarcastic. Because if you are not you are part of the England fans mentality that does not understand how football is played. The likes of Gerrard or Lampard could the problem in that they are not midfielders.
+Michael Willett he actually got 37/41 passes successful in this game, which is more than 90% all four fail passes were crosses or forward passes. he also got 3 successful tackles and 3 interceptions in a single game - pretty impressive
Scholes was a class above Gerrard or Lampard. Maybe even two classes.
Football rivalry shouldn't matter, every single kid at St Georges Park should be being taught to play like this. He was the the one player we had who Europe feared. France midfeild was viera, makalele, zidane. Couldn'tget near him in the first half.
He was, infuriatingly, shifted to the left. Hence they took control.
@@omarmahmood7128he started on the left..
The two games that England lost in this tournament we were winning when Scholes was substituted
Speaks volumes
Great soundtrack, only legends can recognize.
Scholes was absolutely brilliant probably best English midfielder I’ve seen
If scholes was Spanish everyone in Spain would appreciate his greatness. But instead of respecting the man who was running the Manchester United midfield that was dominating for 20years they instead were too busy trying to make Stevie g and lamps work as the two in midfield and sticking scholes on the bench or on the left wing. And the managers, the media and all the pundits were still adamant shcoles and Gerrard has to be the way.
with all due respect, lampard and gerrard were overrated whenever compared to scholes cuz there's no comparison for him in this world. Scholes was not appealing to English media just look at Beckham again with all due respect he was overrated as well the only thing he wasn't overrated in was crosses and free kick otherwise he was.
Pls do a compilation for Scholes short passing game. Not a single compilation does this.
Imagine outclassing zizou, viera , makalele insane
Overrated
No way, I don't support Man UTD but this guy was sheer class.👌🏽
Look at the way the french players double team on scholes all the time. They always ensure to close him down quick when he is receiving the ball. Also, they stand off when he has the ball. That shows alot of respect, because if u are committed, then scholes can make u look like an idiot with a simple pass.
Look at how zizou and viera and makalele respected scholesy when he is in possession. Cant get close to him.. Gerrard probably respected scholesy too much in games as well, he needed to step up and want the ball, but everyone was happy just to give him the ball..
***** and mine too... well he made me love this beautiful game... i used to play and watch Cricket as a kid. But 14 yrs ago i saw him in one of Man Utd's game n boy dat was it... i've never sit the whole innings for any cricket matches - i wud rather dont sleep or wake up as early as 2 am in the morning to watch United's or somewhat England game (till he retired from intl matches)
I'm an Arsenal fan and I gotta say I hope our young and up and coming boy Dan Crawly can just watch Scholes and try become the next scholes because Scholesy was one HELL of a player
Gerrard and Lampard at their club peak both had the midfield built around them and effectively giving them license to roam. This played to their attacking strengths and made up for their weakness in being unable to control games like Scholesy could. Take Scholes out of this midfield, and you have 2 headless chickens and a team starved of creativity aka World Cup 2006.
Absolutely right.
Gerrard is the only one of the 3 who could attack AND defend. While Scholes was a beast at controlling games,that's the only thing he had over them
Ok, now that's an overreaction dude. I never said Gerrard never made errors, I said he is better defensively, and probably offensively, than him, am I wrong?
As for big games, he is the only player who scored in the League Cup, FA Cup, UCL and EL finals, almost single-handedly won the '06 FA Cup and '05 CL, scored against all teams you consider 'big' in England, scored decisive goals against teams like Real, Milan, Inter, Atletico,etc in Europe.
I'm not bashing anyone here, and while you're right that he has been crap for England(as has any English player bar Cole in the last 10-15 years) you completely lost the plot in response to my point.
The problem with Gerrard was that he had all the technical and physical qualities to be a world class midfielder. Where he was lacking was his reading of the game - tactical awareness and vision. That's why he was never truly world class and teams with him running the midfield never dominated games. He played his best in a free role with Xabi Alonso and Javier Mascherano controlling the game behind him. This is also the reason why Capello put him on the left wing for England as his strength was his attacking play (arguably he should have played just behind Rooney through the middle) and he was a bit of a liability in a 2 man midfield. Yes he could tackle better than Lampard and Scholes, but you wouldn't trust him as a holding midfielder as evidenced in this years World Cup. Lampard was a more disciplined player who had to work harder for his success, but also far less talented. You could never argue Gerrards passion for England (or he would have retired years ago). He was also one of the best players in the whole tournament in Euro 2012, however we had like 30-40% possession most games which sums Gerrard up really.
Yes, his weakness was in controlling games, but that was it. There are very few who mastered that art, such as Xavi, Pirlo, Scholes,etc. Even Zidane and Iniesta aren't/weren't the game-controlling types. In staying loyal to LFC, he had to carry the team and denied himself the luxury of being surrounded with top players like Scholes and Lamps. At his peak, he had a combination of pace, power, goal-scoring, tackling, versatility and vision(yes,watch some of his assists throughout his career), which baffles me as why you say he was never 'truly world-class'. During the period from 04-09, I saw him as the most complete midfielder. If you put aside team achievements and look at purely the individual traits, I'd take Gerrard (at his peak) over Lamps and Scholes who were great contributors to well-oiled machines. It's a bit like Francesco Totti, he hasn't had as much success as some players, but individually he's one of the best ever in recent times.
At the end of the day it boils down to what type of player one prefers.
The problem at the time was the media were making a big deal about Scholes not scoring for 3 years for England. This, along with Lampards rise into a regular goal scorer put unnecessary pressure on Scholes. In a way he was a victim of his own success at regular goal scoring early in his career, when the media and apparently Sven failed to recognise his ability at keeping the team playing well as they just saw him as a goal scoring midfielder.
I'm willing to bet that there aren't many midfielders who've scored hatricks for club and country.
Makes me sad seeing this how under appreciated he was. No surprise the last tournament that Rooney was on form was the last time he had Scholes behind him and England actually aspired to control possession rather than playing purely on the counter attack.
Beckham Scholes Gerrard Lampard Rooney Owen
What a front 6!
Scholes was the most important player out of all of them as he made them all tick. Lampard and Gerrard great players in their own right but unfortunately need the right midfield around them.
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Lampard and Gerrard are not proper midfielders. They are attacking half players that simply do not know how to control games.
+bighands69 Gerrard 2013/15 season. Come back to me when you get your facts right.
Zinade was pissed that whole game because scholes was dominating the midfield... i was disgusted when he took him off.. cause said zizou hell yeah.. ginga man is off.. ima about to dominate their ass... soon england lost possession and ultimately lost that game... stupid Erickson... this is the main reason scholes retired from english football..
i always laugh when pple compare scholes with gerrard and lampard they will never run football like ginga man and shut down opposing team possession like ginga the media exaggerate them. the reason he didnt enjoy playing for the national team is because his teammates dont play his football they never put the ball down, but in this game they knew they had to keep possession inorder to avoid zidane's assault so they played ginga football but sadly when he was taken off the beast was unleashed.
Gerrard and lampard are legends but scholes was in a different class my fav midfielder if all time just a shame England didn't know that
Having Lampard edge out Scholes was the beginning of an era of garbage for England. Not that Lampard is a bad player, but Scholes made the engine room of the England side tick.
Lampard was one of the most overrated players England has ever produced as well as Gerrard.
Scholes could have made the Italia 90 team because he was good enough.
bighands69 I think Gerrard at his best(04-10) was the most complete midfielder in world football. I'd have him from that time than Scholes.
Nathan Maswanganyi yeah but Scholes from 04-10 was 30 to 36 years of age.....Gerrard was 24 to 30.
The Scholes of 24 to 30, (1998-2004) was far superior than Gerrard from 24 to 30 (2004 to 2010)
Nathan Maswanganyi
Your attitude is what has made British football fall into decline.
A defenders role is to keep the ball out of the net. A strikers role is to score goals. A midfielder role is to pass the ball and is considered the engine of the team.
Scholes as a mid fielder could pass the ball on par with the likes of Xavi, Inesta and Zidane. Gerrard could not.
+bighands69 English people picked Gerrard and Lampard because they could score more goals - well for Gerrard his scoring record wasnt even ahead of Scholes!
This is ridiculous. You can see how every time he gets the ball he goes inside to central midfield and makes things happen. Biggest mistake England ever made was getting rid of their one true World class midfielder, for two players who between them couldn't string 3 passes together in the England jersey. Ever since that tournament I have never seen England control midfiel once in a big game.
When was the last time England kept the ball with confidence like this? When ever I watch them against a top team like Italy/Germany they panic and throw the ball away.
Zidane is one of a kind just like Scholes is. Clowns who are still having the mindset that Jack Wilshere is a better and superior upgrade of Scholes should get sodomized real hard. No English player even as of now has the vision, ability to hold on to the ball without panicking under pressure or can produce the type of passes like Scholes. Gerrard+Lampard is not even half of Scholes's overall ability. Only ABUs wank and get wet on Lampard, Gerrard, Wilshere, and yes even Cleverley too.
neither gerrard or lampard could do playmaking like scholes
Still can't believe we lost this game. Ridiculous.
TitanFind Because zidane is in France 🇫🇷
Dude just exudes calm and confidence. Must have been a real boost having him on your team.
Thats some smooth ass music...
Fabulous player and just does the simple things very well
Basically, Scholes was too classy for his team mates🤔😶?
Yeah that is evident in this video.
Amazing song.
5:21 Scholes gives Vieira what he always gave him in the league Lol. Zidane was lost in that game until 89th minute when he got a set pieces. Scholes is really great! If he was a Ronaldo type of player who is all over the media trust me he would have won at least European player award guy has great control of the ball & accurate passes. When it came to challenges i would just sit & Laugh out loud because one would predict what he was going to do next :D
Scholes was a fanstanstic midfielder, his vision to read the game and his skills to monitor passing movemnts any where in the pitch was crucial to both Man U and England mifield. he suited in dimension of three attackign midfield line along with Beckham and Gerard, distributing passes from deep, timely change of pace and his off the ball mobility with instinct vision provided more diversity to his team and both Beckham and Gerard were allowed to play nicely in their positions. Beckham's archestrrating crosses and control the win, while Gerard mostly was energetic and adding pace when going forward from central areas which made England look more sharp and bit more interactive, it was all because scholes. he could play in typical 4 men midfield or deeper in dimension of three central midfielder. after he retired england never found that pice of ginues asset in midfield and so many players came through but none replaced scholes. to large extent english mid lack of rythmic movements and sharpness was due to his absence. this is the fact many poeple don't ever notice it. the team possibly won't find lime him unless give birth to new super talent young player.
one of the rare occasions the two best midfielders ever (scholes and zidane) played against each other
scholes at his best and best england of all time 2004-2006
No Scholes played Central Midfield with Gerrard & Lampard was playing Left Wing! I watched this game live.
Ahhh, I miss the days when we could sub off Paul Scholes.. for Owen Hargreaves.
PS: It seems mad to sub off Scholes and maybe contributed to losing the game. That said, I can guess why Sven did so - he picked up his customary yellow some time earlier and was playing defensive midfield.
Good times, Hargreaves was soo good before he got injured.
And the reason being for tht is to accommodate the fruitless partnership of Gerrard-Lampard. It was the partnership that was useless to ever be put to play by England. It didnt help that also England stubbornly sticked to the outdated 4-4-2 formation. Scholes was criminally forced to play out of position and honestly, I would be very very selfish to say he was a failure at international level.
Scholes and Carrick partnership would have upgraded this team.
look at the way we played football when scholes was in the side
then watch us tonight
Scholes is a genius, if only we still had im. Scholes and Wilshere in the same midfield would be immense.
Scholes is the best
its funny all lamphard and jizzard wanna do is bolt into box like a horse brainless
the only player capable of shutting down zidane.. he shut him down in man u vs juve games manytimes.. with his outstanding ball possessing skills.. the left position was just a bluff.. but it was only used when he was coming back to defend.. i was pissed when they took him off and the beast from the other side was unleashed, but to be honest scholes never enjoyed national team football because they don't have the confident to put the ball down watch how scholes was lost england vs argentina 98
Scholes clearly played in the centre this game
I think scholes evolved his game. People talk about man utd demise but the reality is we haven't replaced scholes as well as SAF. Fellaini has been a bad buy so far.
It's May 2023 and we still haven't replaced Scholes
Scholes is clearly playing on the left in this game.
What is the song's name please?
Woaw
Left was Lampard, CM Scholes & Gerrard on the right Beckham. Lampard scored the only goal for England through a set piece!
Did they win ? up to where did they go in that competition
WOW. i cant believe they didnt win this tournament...
Sven put him in the left wing WTF
To be fair to Gerrard under Rodgers he is beginning to learn how to dictate the play and control games. He's lost his attacking instinct but actually improved intelligence. It's a shame Scholes didn't play next to him at a World Cup finals. 2002 may have been very different against Brazil if he had been there and Becks was fit.
1 YEAR LATER AND STEVEY ME IS BEEN SENT TO MLS HA HA
Watching scholesy as left midfield haha
wow, can anyone tell me the forwards used in this game and tournament? also who was in the midfield with scholes
This is when England were at their very best! But 1 silly mistake cost us this match.
who won?
A shame the scholes vs chelsea vid got took down.
It's obvious he did not like being played on the left side of the midfield by Eriksson. Came inside centrally a lot.
I hope u make another video for zidane
And every blames rooney for not scoring when he doesnt have a playmaker like scholes behind him.
SCHOLES = A FUKING BOSS, and also a wasted talent for England in some ways. The team should have been built around him.
Shame Scholes never got more time in the centre with Gerrard. My two favourite players.
Would have been better for England.
When do you decide your coaching staff is clueless?
Even after watching this kind of distribution putting him in the left winger role.England if thought little ahead woulxhave used diamond or 4-2-3-1 oe 4-3-3 very effectively during those times with the players they had.
Scholes, Gerrard,Lampard,Becks,Rooney, Owen.
I cried when they lost this game I presume it's the one Sol Campbell scored and they lost 2-1 ?
Tiki taka
wtf why is scholes playing left midfield take lampard out .
Gazza has better technique than Scholes in all round but Scholes edges him in terms of sustainability and consistency. Now, I dont know why you be hating on Scholes. Its either you are a sad fan of that pussies Gerrard and Lampard or some other overrated English players that never play for Man Utd.
gerrard wouldnt play a diamond so scholes got shoved out on left engand are so thick
my bad lol
when did scholes reach his peak?? hopefully wilshere can b like him
+Paul O'Donnell Wilshere has the potential to, in my opinion. His vision, work rate, passing range and abilities, stamina, flair is almost unrivalled by any english player at the moment. Alas, Wilshere's fragile bones and atitude to improvise himself is a shame. Watch his perfomance in games against Barcelona, Bayern. He held his own both technically and physically in these games.
+ahchaibloodcrip he has potential to be a world class, but I feel he may never be able to reach where he shall with his injuries and attitude
what's up with the elevator music?
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England euro 2004 should off won the cup but stuiped ref disallow the goal against Portugal
No gerrard is,scholes played centre
makes me laugh how these guys earn millions and everyone wants to be them. People watch them on TV every week saying how good they are. and they fail to notice that eveything the top players are built on are pass and move. however when you play on sunday no one wants to pass they wanted to do 50 yard through balls, shoot from everywhere and dribble it everytime. makes me laugh how these people then say how good are players like scholes. how about they get played millions so maybe just try an play a little like them.
The actual fuck did any of that even mean?
Mad Ting read it your find out
france.
cleverley's game really like a copycat of paul scholes
And as retarded as I am, you claim. There was absolutely NO NEED to bring Gazza's name into this. I know you will mean no harm but BAH, its bad enough Scholes's tribute, theres bunch of idiots with lame ass comments and now, in this.
scholes is a great player but nowhere near Zidane standards. We english are very biased
why on earth would you play Scholes on the left? Eriksson you fucking idiot
I think your retarded. Never said anything bad about scholes
Gazza was a better player than Scholes
Several facts about Scholes england career.
-He played as a central midfielder in WC 1998,Euro 2000 and Euro 2002..There were no Gerrard and Lampard
-He played more games on the left for Man utd than England..When they had Butt-Veron ,it was the case.
Stop the shit excuse,he didn't perform because he was on the left.
***** He very rarely played for United on the left. He was usually picked ahead of Butt in the centre, aside from the really early years (where he was usually employed as a second striker). If you were to get a percentage of the games played on the left out of the total for both England and then United, the percentage of games played on the left for England from his 60-odd caps would be higher than the handful of times he played on the left for United out of 600+ appearances. Stop stating 'facts' which are complete nonsense.
As this video demonstrates, Scholes did perform for England, and even on the left he often played quite well. I don't think its an excuse to state that he was, however, out of his best position, and he was effectively wasted by England given his subsequent (and understandable) retirement.
I like both Gerrard and Lampard - they've both had their moments in an England shirt. People need to move on for blaming specific players for England's failure on the highest stage in recent history. It's a collective failure, though they can also consider themselves unlucky in regards to WC '98 and Euro '04. I also think most England defenders, bar the 2010 WC, can hold their heads up high.
Anyway in regards to this video, it is simply sad to see that such a talent was not utilised more effectively in an England shirt in the second half of his career; people also forget that Scholes had some excellent years in an England shirt. He effectively got us to Euro 2000, played well in there and in the WC '98 before (scoring an absolute peach against Tunisia, though he did miss a sitter in the Argentina game!), and was solid if unspectacular in 2002 (Nicky Butt was probably our best player at that tournament).
Although I think he was mis-managed, ultimately he is the one who decided to walk away, and I believe he could have played at the 2006 and 2010 World Cup's if he'd simply put his hand up for selection.
+MJB wrong when UTD bought Veron Scholes played behind Van Nistelrooy as the attacking mid/second striker. Veron would partner Keane in central mid and Butt would play in CM when called upon.
Hahahaha. Funny lad you ate.The England squad of 98 and Euro 00 aint got shit. England were realistically looking like world beaters on paper at Euro 04 / World Cup 2006 where players like Lampard, Gerrard, Scholes, Becks, Rio, Terry, Rooney, Owen, G.Neville, Hargreaves were at their top playing career. The managers didn't get the formation and tactics right. End of.
+MJB well, when England played Butt-Scholes-Beckham alongside with that 2nd tier player Sinclar in 2002 things worked quite well. They could outplay the strong Argentina squad thrash Denmark, and almost defeated that notorious 3R Brazil - had Scholes and Seaman not made a stupid mistake each.
+dave790 I watched a lot of United games to do Beckham games,I can tell you he play on the left more for than you think..Because you are trying to be a genuis I will do it..
Is this a 7 minute video of Paul Scholes giving the ball away? The most overrated player in the modern game.
I assume you are being sarcastic.
Because if you are not you are part of the England fans mentality that does not understand how football is played.
The likes of Gerrard or Lampard could the problem in that they are not midfielders.
AND U KNOW NOTHING
+Michael Willett he actually got 37/41 passes successful in this game, which is more than 90%
all four fail passes were crosses or forward passes.
he also got 3 successful tackles and 3 interceptions in a single game - pretty impressive