The fact that scholes came out of retirement when United were struggling in the league. Then after scholsey came back they won that league. Just shows how valuable of a player he was.
Pass and go - head the ball - spread the ball - smash the ball - foot glued to the ball - and boy could he pass a ball - simply outstanding midfield player - every school kid should be taught from Paul's book - he had everything - hats off to a genius
No. Put him in any midfield ever and he would be the best player. That's just a thing when you're the best player ever. Put Super Roy or anyone from back then on United now and they would be the best player on the team right now, for sure, but Paul Scholes is the best footballer ever (just my opinion, I know).
Scholes was sensational admired and underappreciated at the same time, his vision and anticipation was sublime, his touch was genius, greatest midfielder of his type to ever play.. A maestro
United fans will say Scholes was the best English Midfielder. Liverpool fans will say Gerrard was the best. Chelsea fans will say Lampard was the best. The rest of the world knows Scholes was the best.
DKG tbf Zidane is way better, Zidane was on another stratosphere to Scholes, and for the fact that this one liner is brought up so much as if to convince people backs up my point even more
The most complete central midfielder of all time in my life (Im 32 2019). He could do everything, passing, dribbling, flicking, shooting, tackling, heading and with a understanding beyond anyone else. He held this amazing level through his whole career and when he left (along with the legend Giggs) the whole team just declined. Ive never liked United as a team, in fact i highly disliked them but no person with a love for the sport can deny the greatness of this genius. The ultimate central midfielder of a 4-4-2 formation. Thank you for blessing the world with your greatness Paul Scholes, much love from Sweden
manase mwanza because Gerrard and Lampard have won way way more indivisible awards and have more assists . Scholes was never even Man U best player of year once... lmfao
@@masyaf897 You cannot see Paul Scholes effectiveness in individual awards but you you can see it in his overall team results. When Paul Scholes was on the ManUtd team they won With United, Scholes won 25 trophies including 11 Premier League titles (more than any other English player) and two UEFA Champions League titles. That is what Paul Scholes was about. As the saying goes " if you watch the match you won't see Paul Scholes, but if you watch Paul Scholes you will see the whole game"
@@manasemwanza3871 I agree and I like that comment.....if you watch the match you won't see Paul Scholes, but if you watch Paul Scholes you will see the whole game".......awesome. I've been a ManU supportee/fan since '77 and nobody better in that position for the club and in the league, up till now.
Ahmad 36 just google it... www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.empireofthekop.com/2016/11/25/lionel-messi-makes-brilliantly-bold-statement-about-steven-gerrard/amp/
I was very young when he played so I didn't saw him, but I have to say that he really was the most complete midfielder of his time, he was like 4 different tipe of players in one person. He could attack, defend, short pass, one touch pass, long pass, shoot from long range, play in every position on the midfield and he did it for a really long time. Hands down a true legend!
what made scholes better than the rest. first he matched xavi at passing, he matched iniesta at the opponents box he matched lampard's shots outside box, he matched gerard''s workrate, he matched zidane's ball control , he matched pirlo's longevity at the game, he matched keane's reckless tackling. However none of the above could match scholes ability to transform as a utility player. from a stricker , to an attacking midfielder to a winger(in national team) to a box to box mid-fielder and later in career to defensive midfield. the world owe you a balon dor the ginger head assasin.
Matching Xavi's passing - maybe Matching Iniesta in the opponent's box? If you mean dribbling, then nope Matched Lampard's shots - fair enough, I can agree with this, but not as prolific, though it wasn't his role to be either Matched Gerrard's workrate? Nope. He ran well enough, but was never known for covering an extensive amount of ground Matched Zidane's ball control? Sorry, no way. But he did have a very good first touch that he knew how to work into play Pirlo's longevity? I guess, but he didn't have quite as good a peak as Pirlo did Keane's reckless tackling? Don't really think this is an ideal to be matched to lol But in terms of defensive capabilities in general, Keane was way above him. I will also agree with the statement about how he adapted his game through the years and in different systems, but I have to point out that Gerrard, Pirlo and Iniesta were also people who adapted as time went on, while an argument could be made that players of the calibre of Zidane didn't have to adapt because their quality never dipped for them to need to change till the end
@@michaelpachuau3885 you are such a joker by playing him down, this guy was amazing in all ramification,if you want to put it down like that could zidane play defensive midfield and do the dirty work there ?since he couldnot be matched with the likes of zidane ,the whole idea is that he was versatile,visionary ,confident ,skillfull,visionary and very energetic ,he could do anything in the pitch...
@@mrbond3004 wasn't my intention to play him down. I rate him, Just don't think he's the 'best central midfielder ever'. Top 3 in his generation, maybe. And the comparisons weren't my choices, but rather me replying to the original comment and the comparisons the original commentor made.
@Ajmal Ali even at Scholes' peak, he was never United's best midfielder overall in terms of how important he was to the team. He was the type of player your fellow players admire maybe, but Keane, Beckham and Giggs were all as important if not moreso in terms of what they brought to the team. And even if you argued the Manchester United point, at his very best, Scholes was never an integral part of the English NT, whether it was a successful one or not. Pirlo's peak saw him pick up and play an important part in not just every Team based title possible, from the CL to the WC, he was also nominated for almost every conceivable individual award, garnering places in all star teams. Scholes highest ever individual accolade on the world stage was being nominated as a CANDIDATE for the FIFPro World XI twice. Not even being a part of it. So no, other than partial sentimentality, Scholes' prime never reached the peak of Pirlo's. I never mentioned Zidane for anything other than his attacking capabilities, I said he never HAD to change his position because he was able to play at the highest level in the same one all the way till the end. When you say he fucking sucked in Juventus, you mean the same Zidane who won Serie Player of the Year while playing for Juventus? Scholes never 'bossed it' in the DM or wing positions, he merely adapted to them. Zidane never hit his peak till he hit Juve, but even if we take your 96 argument, Zidane was also voted the Ligue 1 player of the year for the 95/96 season. Scholes was never in Zidane's level. Or Peak Iniesta's for that matter. As for Gerrard, look at the context I used him in, as a legitimate box to box midfielder who really could do everything a central midfielder is supposed to do. Before you came at me with a reply, please back up statements with more than just club based favoritism. And Conte was 1000 times the defensive component as Keane was? Now who's overrating Players and underrating players lol
You'll never understand how good Scholes was unless you've played football yourself and actually understand it. Too many people just look at goals/assists and don't watch games. He's the best midfielder of his generation and there's a reason why so many greats say that
@@headhuncho1561 he was good but if he was the greatest midfielder of all time, how come England never won anything, when they had a stacked team? to call him the greatest central midfielder ever is an exageration when Pirlo, Xavi, Zidane played the same position!
As a United fan growing up Scholes was one of those players who would make the most difficult things look so effortless. So much football intelligence with all the tools to execute exactly what he wanted to do on the pitch. With Scholes in our Midfield I was always confident going into any game.
The main reason for Utd's decline is that they have not been able to replace Paul Scholes. He rescued united when he came out of his "first" retirement and was never effectively replaced. Pogba is not even close to being as good as Scholes. I think it was Iniesta that said "if you stop Scholes you stop United." He was the one player they feared.
Actually the main reason is: Ferdinand and vidic's replacements are Lindelof and Smaling, Neville and Evra's replacements are Young and Valencia, Carrick's replacement is Matic, Hargreaves Scholes and Giggs replacements are Mata Fred and Pogba, and the godly trio Rooney Tevez And Ronaldo's raplacements are Rashford Lingard and Lukaku lol.
I’m a L’pool fan but I absolutely love Scholes, how he plays and how humble he is on and off the pitch. My second favourite player behind Dennis Bergkamp. Scholes is easily the GOAT of central midfielders. Even though I’m a L’pool fan I miss the United of old, full of passion, flair and class who made opponents piss themselves even before kick off. Today they are made up of a bunch of pre-madonnas who don’t deserve to wear the Man Utd jersey. Respect where it deserves.
And you’re the authority on who is a true fan? Been following L’pool since I was 8. Just cos I’m a L’pool fan doesn’t mean I can’t be objective and have a different opinion.
Can we just appreciate the sheer amount of quality of this video? I mean, seriously, this is the best tribute edit of a player I've seen. So sorry I didn't get to see this genius.
@Jaysun B Not true .some of his late / wild challenges overshadowed the fact he was in fact very good at nicking the ball back .there is a video on TH-cam of his defensive actions
B2B is something different and also a libero is even more different, and Blind also is different does not have the strength nor offensive skills in general to be even comparable.. The thread starter had it right DM/CM/AM, no need to add anything. Its a bit lost nowadays, the premier league with the classic 442 back in the day had more players like that, you needed to be more of an allround player to play in the middle, same with the serie a italy, the education system brought up many allround cms, nowadays its all separated and rarely a player comes through the systems that is that good to not be affected by the restrictions that much, only lately the education systems startet to change a bit and look more on the individual player and not try to press them into one specific profile, look at all the french talents for example etc
@@Jessicalightowler11 Yes, he was not the best at tackling but he wins the ball back with some crazy interceptions and intelligence, it's these things that aren't talked about enough
@mark c You clearly dont know anything about Scholes... He isnt an offensive midfielder like for example Özil. I think he plays more like a combination between Pirlo and Xabi Alonso They didnt have that many assists as well, but their skill when it comes to crossing and distribute the ball all over the pitch is amazing and just as valuable. Scholes is the best ever in the Premier league when it comes to exactly that.
@@jogabonito5027 Scholes was more of an attacking midfielder when he was younger, he did score quite a lot of goals and had assists. But definitely dropped deeper later in his career into a playmaking role
@mark c Veron was never bought to replace Scholes. He was bought to give United different options for specific games especially CL games. Veron was a phenomenal player as he showed in glimpses but he simply couldn't get into a team with Keane and Scholes already in it!!! And you can't compare Crouch a 6ft 8 striker to Scholes a deep lying midfielder/playmaker. Crouch's assists are knock downs ala Toshack for Keegan. You need to understand football before commenting son!!!
Like Seedorf, Zidane, Cruyff, Iniesta, Xavi, Guardiola, Del Piero, Laudrup, Bergkamp, Kroos, Matthaus. And that’s just Europe. Man what are you saying there’s loads of players that fit that description why can’t you just say he was amazing, exceptional, not the one and only 😂
Honestly, there are no highlights that can do Scholes justice. You have to watch him playing out the matches. Kids these days only know him through highlights and Wikipedia, so they can never understand how he is the best. The greatest points of comparison can be seen when he came back from retirement and lead United to the PL title. At that point, he no longer had the agility and stamina to chase the ball and to cover the whole pitch. He mostly just played short passes and covered the middle of the pitch. Yet, it was absolutely stunning how different United played with and without him. And it was very easy to observe because he only played half the match most of the time. It's super hard to describe in words, but the best I can do is it was like United had an extra ball to play with. One match you can look back at is Chelsea vs United in 2011/2012, very shortly after his comeback. Scholes was in with only a third of the match remaining. United was down 3-1 at Stanford Bridge, and saying they played like shit was an understatement. Scholes completely owned the pitch with only short passes, and the match ended 3-3. Chelsea outclassed United before Scholes, United outclassed them after Scholes, it was that simple. Feel free to plug in any name, Pirlo, Xavi, whoever, there's absolutely nobody else can do that.
No doubt scholes was a genius , but i think bobby charlton was better . Don't believe me , watch some videos of him when England won the world cup in 66 . He had everything, dribbling, pace , passing , technique , two footed , football brain, wonderful shooting technique . He was like a mixture of gazza and scholes but better than both.
Imagine Thiago without the hype and dirty tackles also Thiago if he was miserable and over praised for a few long balls and refs helping them in a dirty league.
Would say this is the best vid of Scholes all round talent on youtube. There are countless vids of his long range Hollywood passing but this has everything. He was a complete player. Could score with both feet & head, could tackle, control a game with his passing & by not giving the ball away.
I am Irish, but scholes was the most underrated England player ever . His one touch passing was a thing of beauty . The best football brain i have ever seen in a footballer ever . If he was playing in the premier league today, he would be head and shoulders above any player . Kevin De Bruyne isn't fit too lace his boots.
His dribbling is something that goes unnoticed because of how good he was at passing, but here it shows he could literally do anything and do it at a top level
@@MM-kq2rt he didn't need to beat a man or tackle when he could control the tempo of the game... Watch the video and you will see how redundant those qualities are in a midfield that had scholsey!!
When the EPL started airing in the US, I saw Scholes play with Man U and was an immediate fan of Scholes. Still a Spurs fan, but no one in that era could produce what he did. Absolutely the best of that time frame.
If you weren't lucky enough to watch him play, I truly pity you. You've missed out on someone very special indeed. This video as great as it is, doesn't even begin to display how amazing Scholes was. Class personified.
To me, he's the definition of a genuinely world-class midfielder. No one that I've seen play at least for us in my lifetime has ever been able to run a game as gracefully as he did. A true artist and what's even better..an incredibly selfless and humble person that genuinely did not give a flying fuck about individual plaudits. We had a lot of scumbags play for us over the years, and he's one of the very few that is still incredibly esteemed both for his brilliance in the game and for his character as a good human-being.
I love Scholes as much as anyone else. But Zidane was the centerpiece of a French team that won a world cup and got them pretty close to winning another one (right until the headbutt, lol), plus won the Eurocup. Yes, Scholes was massively underrated by the England national team, but still, he never had the impact that prime Zidane used to have. Scholes always played great; but Zidane, on a good day, was god.
@@dawood1633they are trying to change history .. scholes never won any UEFA individual awards unlike the likes of Xavi , iniesta, pirlo, zidane, seedorf, viera etc.
ZZ said R9 was the best eve player he saw and they were all the same generation. Scholes revisionists are in your head... he wasn’t even the best CM at Utd, that was Keane. Butt used to get picked over Scholes for some of the bigger, important and gritty games! 😆
0:00 finishing 4:14 Aerial Goals 4:44 key passess 5:45 tiki taka 6:30 early passes 7:30 technique 9:22 LONG PASSING 11:44 low lofted passing, one touch passing 12:44 EXTRA LONG ACCURATE PASS 13:24 key passess/assists 14:41 interceptions, defensive awarness 16:33 Sliding tackle THANK YOU FOR CREATOR FOR MAKING SUCH AN ORGANIZED VIDEO❤️
Jesus christ is this a joke best ever because they praised him??? The revisionist TH-cam hype is sickening he was not better than Nedved never mind Pirlo, Xavi or Zidane or Viera. A miserable ginger dirt long ball merchant. He played LM not good enough and bench first 8 years career. Enough hype. Thomas Hässler better, even Cesc is closer than Scholes is to Zidane or Kaka or Iniesta
I remember watching him in his last season (not the first retirement) when Man United was playing West Ham. Scholes was at least a step behind his pace of ten years earlier but his ability to control the play in midfield and knowing just when to release the ball forward to his team-mates was still extraordinary.
@@Mo-iv8ot if you think people are hyping Scholes a lot through youtube, the you haven't watched the barca oriented videos mate. There is a reason why scholes is idolised so much. Maybe you weren't old enough to watch him play. Inter milan gave United a blank cheque for him mate.
The greatest footballer I've ever seen play, no doubt in my mind. Sometimes, I'd go on ScholesWatch during a game and just watch what he did for like ten mins or so and forget the other players. It was incredible to see the control he had of a game, (which you noticed when he didn't play) the space he created to receive and give the ball. I'd end up shaking my head sometimes saying to myself 'JFC, what have I just witnessed here'. He really played and made the game beautifully simple.
I’ve never seen a player that could create space for himself like Scholes could. Zidane comes close though. You could surround Scholes with 5 players and he would come away with the ball and then ping a 60 yard pass over the shoulder of the striker and onto his feet. Incredible player
Top comment, everyone sees the osssing both Short and long range but his best ability despite godlike passing was his ability to find space when sourounded. I only see Modric coming close to him in that regard.
Xavi, iniesta, pirlo, Cruyff and Zidane. Need I go on? David silva, Zico, Maradona. Never seen a player who could do it like Scholes? Fuck off. You need to watch more football, bud ffs.
I remember being at Old Trafford once and he totally messed up a long range pass - everyone sat around me was like f+#-*@#%g hell....not because we were pissed off, but because we were all in shock....he hardly ever did that. That’s how good he was.
Any true utd fan will criticize Pogba, the guy is poison, he is only bringing tension, and how many times his agent criticizes the club and Ole, how many times his brothers doing the same, he is just quite not saying anything, he posts ads when team lose, he is super quite when we win big matches, be a man and put an official statement to shut everyone, I fkn hate him and I dont care how good he is, he should just leave the club
A tireless footballer, no publicity seeking guy, a gifted player that put 100 percent on the pitch. Looking at how many league titles, fa cup, league cup and a couple of European Cup he won with one club, says it all. And not to mention the 155 goals he scored. Such a true Man Utd legend. Put him along side with another magnificent great player, Roy Keane , they both were the driving force in Man Utd midfield engine room. Great passer and long range goals.
As an Arsenal fan, whenever I saw Scholes on the Man UTD team sheet, I always shat myself because I knew he would rip our defense apart with his passing or dribbling.
@@sponish0 it may be you are the one doesn't watch football, since you don't know how paul scholes smashed his opponents dawn. I advise you to go and goggle Paul scholes tackling and see for yourself. Since you haven't seen his playing times.
@@umarmurtala8090 Scholes couldn't tackle for shit, an edited TH-cam video proves nothing, everyone who watched him said the same, it's you who knows nought.
Scholes was a phenomenal midfielder. Good with his head, awesome volleyer of the ball, good reader of the game. The quiet man of football who is rated by a large number of his peers.
That goal versus Spurs at 3:25 is football of the highest order. The amazing vision and back header to find Giggs and then the run behind the defenders to deftly nod home, was a goal of massive importance too. Superb, could watch it all day.
Ball retention and intelligence was second to none. Not to mention the pass he had on him. This man set such high standards at the club. A little magician
Thanks for this video. So many didn't do him justice currently on youtube, although in general no video can do Scholes justice, this is the best we can get! Also, the editing and transitioning with the music when he performs his long passes was fucking incredible, goosebumps
As a man utd fan miss them times u always grateful of your success cause never know when it come back again. We use to mock Liverpool for years so u have to charish the moments u have. Man city will find out in the future one day times in history where you don't win. Rivalry makes football in your low moments as a club and high moments
Chris Mascarenhas scholes isn't overrated at all he is way better than pogba. It's a reason he is regarded as one of the best midfielders of all time compared to pogba
@@chrismascarenhas1059 you can't just compare players through their highlights a player must play continuously well pogba as an example plays 9 games well then he plays shit again
i have been privileged to watch United since 1958. I saw the great Duncan Edwards. I saw Ray Wilkins who was a brilliant passer of the ball from midfield but Scholes could do everything. I would not try to compare him with Edwards who was gone before he reached his prime but Scholes did it week after week, year after year. He is, without doubt, the finest midfielder of his generation.
What a master football player. U can only but idolise Paul Scholes. All kids learning the game should aspire to be like him! He is only human...down to earth and real
My ulitmate hero of all times! One of the best players the world has ever seen! If he is the favourite of Xavi, Zidane, and a bunch of other greats, which he is, then... SAF was great, but he was lucky to be given this fantastic player by chance.
Not just great, but consistently great. I’ve seen some amazing playmakers, but nobody has done it at this level for as long as Scholsey AND won his club trophies.
His passing was a joy to watch, always looking for a defence spliting forward pass. Just for he scored spectacular goals and had a good defensive game. Simply put he had everything.
Surrin V apart from winning the ball in a tackle 🤙🏻. I’m a United fan btw. Scholesy will probably be the best mid of my lifetime and I seen Captain Marvel Bryan Robson.
United fans will say that he’s the best, but when the rest of the world says he’s the GOAT of all midfielders, complimented as ‘the best’ by absolutely class legends like Xavi and Zidane, and is studied by Barça and Bayern players, all the way from the youth to the seniors, then that says it all. Scholes was the best central midfielder ever🔴⚪️⚫️ and don’t even mention Gerrard, Lampard, Vieira in the same breath as this man. Idiots
Tottenham fan and im proud to be for many years, however for me in the modern game Paul Scholes is England's only World Class Player on and off the field no one could hold a candle to him......simply Untouchable.
Alex G! thank you for the video. The Backgroud music and the way the video is arranged is just phenominal. Thank you. Oh this idol of a Footballer (Paul Scholes). He is simply the BEST MIDFILDER of all time. I simply dont care what anyone says, he's just the best footballer of all times. If England Only Knew what they have lost by not taking the most of him.
For me, it was that away game at Southampton that won United the 2012/ 13 premier league. Was losing 2-1 when Paul Scholes came on and the whole game changed and United went home with three points in the bag. I will never forget that game.
4:42 Great compilation bit right here. I've always felt P. Scholes was the improved Xavi that Barca could never have; intelligence, pace and body strength!
Thierry Henry: Who is the most admired player and toughest midfielder you played AGAINST? Scholesy. He was everything, sharp, sight, space, timing, splitting passes, sublime passing, and ability to influentially dominating a game..🎉❤
One of those players who’s greatness really becomes evident when they are not in the team. Lothar Matthaus is a prime example of that theory. You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone. The recognition he received from other players is another factor that enforces the much deserved praise and accolades.
The greatest midfielder of all time..feel so lucky i got to watch him every week..the game was so easy to him..as if gerrard and lampard are in the conversation
The fact that scholes came out of retirement when United were struggling in the league. Then after scholsey came back they won that league. Just shows how valuable of a player he was.
They still lost actually. He came back in January 2012 and won the league in 2013
@@MrA-hc9fi lost by a point but yuh
@@aqeel889 By goal difference. They were level on points with city.
Not yuh. Lost by GD but yuh
That cost us 80 million.. we lost Pogba
Pass and go - head the ball - spread the ball - smash the ball - foot glued to the ball - and boy could he pass a ball - simply outstanding midfield player - every school kid should be taught from Paul's book - he had everything - hats off to a genius
Put him in the united midfield today and he'd still be the best player in there
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That's more of a sign of how bad our team is right now, that a retired former player would still be the best player in any position...
Not really a big achievement
No. Put him in any midfield ever and he would be the best player. That's just a thing when you're the best player ever. Put Super Roy or anyone from back then on United now and they would be the best player on the team right now, for sure, but Paul Scholes is the best footballer ever (just my opinion, I know).
You could put rod hull in todays united midfield and he would be the best player in there too
Scholes was sensational admired and underappreciated at the same time, his vision and anticipation was sublime, his touch was genius, greatest midfielder of his type to ever play.. A maestro
United fans will say Scholes was the best English Midfielder. Liverpool fans will say Gerrard was the best. Chelsea fans will say Lampard was the best. The rest of the world knows Scholes was the best.
Zidane, Pirlo, Xavi, Iniesta were better in my opinion.
@@Argdut1106 ENGLISH
@@southsy7e i saw the comment "English," and i still think that guy was wrong. Scholes was best ever.
yaya toure is better
Scholes wasn’t even the best CM at United! Keane was!!
Scholes and Berbatov = underrated, unstoppable genius
look up the definition of underrated
@@Binzobthem as a duo are underrated
A journalist once asked Zidane how it felt being the best midfielder in the world to which Zidane asnswered "I dont know, you have to ask Paul scholes
DKG tbf Zidane is way better, Zidane was on another stratosphere to Scholes, and for the fact that this one liner is brought up so much as if to convince people backs up my point even more
@@leebonnick7052 In my opinion scholes was better. And its a great quote
DKG your crazy, the only thing he could do better was long passing and that’s it, better 🤦🏾♂️🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@leebonnick7052 sure pal ;)
That's a fake quote you fucking idiot
The most complete central midfielder of all time in my life (Im 32 2019). He could do everything, passing, dribbling, flicking, shooting, tackling, heading and with a understanding beyond anyone else. He held this amazing level through his whole career and when he left (along with the legend Giggs) the whole team just declined. Ive never liked United as a team, in fact i highly disliked them but no person with a love for the sport can deny the greatness of this genius. The ultimate central midfielder of a 4-4-2 formation. Thank you for blessing the world with your greatness Paul Scholes, much love from Sweden
heart in my mouth every time Paul Scholes tackled any one LOL. But what a talent. Not sure why anyone would compare him Gerhard or Lampard....
manase mwanza because Gerrard and Lampard have won way way more indivisible awards and have more assists . Scholes was never even Man U best player of year once... lmfao
@@masyaf897 You cannot see Paul Scholes effectiveness in individual awards but you you can see it in his overall team results. When Paul Scholes was on the ManUtd team they won With United, Scholes won 25 trophies including 11 Premier League titles (more than any other English player) and two UEFA Champions League titles. That is what Paul Scholes was about. As the saying goes " if you watch the match you won't see Paul Scholes, but if you watch Paul Scholes you will see the whole game"
@@manasemwanza3871 I agree and I like that comment.....if you watch the match you won't see Paul Scholes, but if you watch Paul Scholes you will see the whole game".......awesome. I've been a ManU supportee/fan since '77 and nobody better in that position for the club and in the league, up till now.
He should have got the 93 card in fifa tbh
Stupid ea
His passing and awareness was magic. Never seen any individual player control the tempo of games like Scholes.
Scholes was overrated. He couldn’t lace Glen Hoddles boots.
Only xavi and him, Zidane at times
You must've never watched football.
@@SandroMagna world's dumbest comment goes to you. congrats
Go watch zz in a World Cup final and see if Paul could get close to that level 😂😂😂😂
Paul Scholes: your favourite player's favourite player
I like Messi... and he said Gerrard was the best English player ever!
@@brentmeistergeneral6074 when did he say that ?
Ahmad 36 just google it...
www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.empireofthekop.com/2016/11/25/lionel-messi-makes-brilliantly-bold-statement-about-steven-gerrard/amp/
That makes Paul Scholes seem a bit self-centred then
Tateybigmouth Reee how come? He has previously said that his favorite player was Ryan Giggs.
Barcelona and Bayern Munich players studied Paul Scholes as a subject in their Academy...
That's true.Messi said that they teach others about him in la masia
@@ahmedrahim2500 ??
@@tiagomota4734 u never heard that? Ask xavi man
Superb
That says enough about him.
I was very young when he played so I didn't saw him, but I have to say that he really was the most complete midfielder of his time, he was like 4 different tipe of players in one person. He could attack, defend, short pass, one touch pass, long pass, shoot from long range, play in every position on the midfield and he did it for a really long time. Hands down a true legend!
what made scholes better than the rest. first he matched xavi at passing, he matched iniesta at the opponents box he matched lampard's shots outside box, he matched gerard''s workrate, he matched zidane's ball control , he matched pirlo's longevity at the game, he matched keane's reckless tackling. However none of the above could match scholes ability to transform as a utility player. from a stricker , to an attacking midfielder to a winger(in national team) to a box to box mid-fielder and later in career to defensive midfield. the world owe you a balon dor the ginger head assasin.
Wonderful view you have here.
Matching Xavi's passing - maybe
Matching Iniesta in the opponent's box? If you mean dribbling, then nope
Matched Lampard's shots - fair enough, I can agree with this, but not as prolific, though it wasn't his role to be either
Matched Gerrard's workrate? Nope. He ran well enough, but was never known for covering an extensive amount of ground
Matched Zidane's ball control? Sorry, no way. But he did have a very good first touch that he knew how to work into play
Pirlo's longevity? I guess, but he didn't have quite as good a peak as Pirlo did
Keane's reckless tackling? Don't really think this is an ideal to be matched to lol But in terms of defensive capabilities in general, Keane was way above him.
I will also agree with the statement about how he adapted his game through the years and in different systems, but I have to point out that Gerrard, Pirlo and Iniesta were also people who adapted as time went on, while an argument could be made that players of the calibre of Zidane didn't have to adapt because their quality never dipped for them to need to change till the end
@@michaelpachuau3885 you are such a joker by playing him down, this guy was amazing in all ramification,if you want to put it down like that could zidane play defensive midfield and do the dirty work there ?since he couldnot be matched with the likes of zidane ,the whole idea is that he was versatile,visionary ,confident ,skillfull,visionary and very energetic ,he could do anything in the pitch...
@@mrbond3004 wasn't my intention to play him down. I rate him, Just don't think he's the 'best central midfielder ever'. Top 3 in his generation, maybe.
And the comparisons weren't my choices, but rather me replying to the original comment and the comparisons the original commentor made.
@Ajmal Ali even at Scholes' peak, he was never United's best midfielder overall in terms of how important he was to the team. He was the type of player your fellow players admire maybe, but Keane, Beckham and Giggs were all as important if not moreso in terms of what they brought to the team. And even if you argued the Manchester United point, at his very best, Scholes was never an integral part of the English NT, whether it was a successful one or not. Pirlo's peak saw him pick up and play an important part in not just every Team based title possible, from the CL to the WC, he was also nominated for almost every conceivable individual award, garnering places in all star teams. Scholes highest ever individual accolade on the world stage was being nominated as a CANDIDATE for the FIFPro World XI twice. Not even being a part of it.
So no, other than partial sentimentality, Scholes' prime never reached the peak of Pirlo's.
I never mentioned Zidane for anything other than his attacking capabilities, I said he never HAD to change his position because he was able to play at the highest level in the same one all the way till the end. When you say he fucking sucked in Juventus, you mean the same Zidane who won Serie Player of the Year while playing for Juventus?
Scholes never 'bossed it' in the DM or wing positions, he merely adapted to them.
Zidane never hit his peak till he hit Juve, but even if we take your 96 argument, Zidane was also voted the Ligue 1 player of the year for the 95/96 season.
Scholes was never in Zidane's level. Or Peak Iniesta's for that matter.
As for Gerrard, look at the context I used him in, as a legitimate box to box midfielder who really could do everything a central midfielder is supposed to do.
Before you came at me with a reply, please back up statements with more than just club based favoritism.
And Conte was 1000 times the defensive component as Keane was? Now who's overrating Players and underrating players lol
You'll never understand how good Scholes was unless you've played football yourself and actually understand it. Too many people just look at goals/assists and don't watch games. He's the best midfielder of his generation and there's a reason why so many greats say that
because just like Ruud Gullit said... "he always make it looks simple and easy " even that is difficult techniques...
A good player a club level.
@@Ruda-n4hyou should take up clown as a profession
Most people watching this will have played football before mate.
@@headhuncho1561 he was good but if he was the greatest midfielder of all time, how come England never won anything, when they had a stacked team? to call him the greatest central midfielder ever is an exageration when Pirlo, Xavi, Zidane played the same position!
As a United fan growing up Scholes was one of those players who would make the most difficult things look so effortless. So much football intelligence with all the tools to execute exactly what he wanted to do on the pitch. With Scholes in our Midfield I was always confident going into any game.
The main reason for Utd's decline is that they have not been able to replace Paul Scholes. He rescued united when he came out of his "first" retirement and was never effectively replaced. Pogba is not even close to being as good as Scholes. I think it was Iniesta that said "if you stop Scholes you stop United." He was the one player they feared.
7zzzzzzz i wouldn’t say it was the main reason it was an ageing squad, and they didn’t replace anyone in it also Fergie left which had a huge impact
Scholes didn’t even play that much towards the end of his career that’s not the main reason
Actually the main reason is:
Ferdinand and vidic's replacements are Lindelof and Smaling, Neville and Evra's replacements are Young and Valencia, Carrick's replacement is Matic, Hargreaves Scholes and Giggs replacements are Mata Fred and Pogba, and the godly trio Rooney Tevez And Ronaldo's raplacements are Rashford Lingard and Lukaku lol.
Victor Torres they were still winning titles after tevez and Ronaldo left tbough
Victor Torres lindelof join well after fergie left you mean Phil Jones?
I’m a L’pool fan but I absolutely love Scholes, how he plays and how humble he is on and off the pitch. My second favourite player behind Dennis Bergkamp. Scholes is easily the GOAT of central midfielders. Even though I’m a L’pool fan I miss the United of old, full of passion, flair and class who made opponents piss themselves even before kick off. Today they are made up of a bunch of pre-madonnas who don’t deserve to wear the Man Utd jersey. Respect where it deserves.
You are not a Liverpool fan, trust me.
And you’re the authority on who is a true fan? Been following L’pool since I was 8. Just cos I’m a L’pool fan doesn’t mean I can’t be objective and have a different opinion.
Objective and have a different opinion, fine. Objective and a wrong opinion, especially one concerning MU? Have a word.
And if Scholes had played for L’pool it would be the right opinion? His achievements speak for themselves. I’m not blinded by my support for L’pool.
Nice said, mate. Fully agree with you 👍
Can we just appreciate the sheer amount of quality of this video? I mean, seriously, this is the best tribute edit of a player I've seen. So sorry I didn't get to see this genius.
You didn't because there was none. Genius 😂
He was an attacking midfielder and a defensive midfielder all in one before they became two separate positions. Underrated.
So a box to box midfielder?
@Jaysun B Not true .some of his late / wild challenges overshadowed the fact he was in fact very good at nicking the ball back .there is a video on TH-cam of his defensive actions
So like a libero
B2B is something different and also a libero is even more different, and Blind also is different does not have the strength nor offensive skills in general to be even comparable..
The thread starter had it right DM/CM/AM, no need to add anything.
Its a bit lost nowadays, the premier league with the classic 442 back in the day had more players like that, you needed to be more of an allround player to play in the middle, same with the serie a italy, the education system brought up many allround cms, nowadays its all separated and rarely a player comes through the systems that is that good to not be affected by the restrictions that much, only lately the education systems startet to change a bit and look more on the individual player and not try to press them into one specific profile, look at all the french talents for example etc
@@Jessicalightowler11 Yes, he was not the best at tackling but he wins the ball back with some crazy interceptions and intelligence, it's these things that aren't talked about enough
If Zidane says Scholes is the best of his generation then enough said.
@mark c You clearly dont know anything about Scholes... He isnt an offensive midfielder like for example Özil. I think he plays more like a combination between Pirlo and Xabi Alonso They didnt have that many assists as well, but their skill when it comes to crossing and distribute the ball all over the pitch is amazing and just as valuable. Scholes is the best ever in the Premier league when it comes to exactly that.
@@jogabonito5027 Scholes was more of an attacking midfielder when he was younger, he did score quite a lot of goals and had assists. But definitely dropped deeper later in his career into a playmaking role
@mark c redflagflyinghigh.com/2011/05/blogs/scholes-tribute-the-worlds-top-players-on-the-ginger-prince/2/
@mark c Veron was never bought to replace Scholes. He was bought to give United different options for specific games especially CL games. Veron was a phenomenal player as he showed in glimpses but he simply couldn't get into a team with Keane and Scholes already in it!!!
And you can't compare Crouch a 6ft 8 striker to Scholes a deep lying midfielder/playmaker. Crouch's assists are knock downs ala Toshack for Keegan. You need to understand football before commenting son!!!
@LFC1892 I gather your a slippy G fan 🤣
That one player that fit into the past, present and future football game.
Like Seedorf, Zidane, Cruyff, Iniesta, Xavi, Guardiola, Del Piero, Laudrup, Bergkamp, Kroos, Matthaus. And that’s just Europe.
Man what are you saying there’s loads of players that fit that description why can’t you just say he was amazing, exceptional, not the one and only 😂
Used to watch him week in and week out but never seen anybody else come close to controlling the tempo of a game like Scholsey
Honestly, there are no highlights that can do Scholes justice. You have to watch him playing out the matches. Kids these days only know him through highlights and Wikipedia, so they can never understand how he is the best. The greatest points of comparison can be seen when he came back from retirement and lead United to the PL title. At that point, he no longer had the agility and stamina to chase the ball and to cover the whole pitch. He mostly just played short passes and covered the middle of the pitch. Yet, it was absolutely stunning how different United played with and without him. And it was very easy to observe because he only played half the match most of the time. It's super hard to describe in words, but the best I can do is it was like United had an extra ball to play with.
One match you can look back at is Chelsea vs United in 2011/2012, very shortly after his comeback. Scholes was in with only a third of the match remaining. United was down 3-1 at Stanford Bridge, and saying they played like shit was an understatement. Scholes completely owned the pitch with only short passes, and the match ended 3-3. Chelsea outclassed United before Scholes, United outclassed them after Scholes, it was that simple. Feel free to plug in any name, Pirlo, Xavi, whoever, there's absolutely nobody else can do that.
True man, but I've seen enough Zidane to tell you that even he is worth a shout when we are talking about the greatest midfielders
Gerrard 😉
“Kids these days" stfu you idiot. You expect people to sit snd watch football matches all day? Go fuck yourself
Ok boomer
No doubt scholes was a genius , but i think bobby charlton was better . Don't believe me , watch some videos of him when England won the world cup in 66 . He had everything, dribbling, pace , passing , technique , two footed , football brain, wonderful shooting technique . He was like a mixture of gazza and scholes but better than both.
The most underrated legend..so consistent in his performances, was easily the best on his day. You cut him out of the game, Man U was left lifeless.
They don't make mid fielders like him anymore. Mad respect for Paul Scholes.
Imagine Thiago without the hype and dirty tackles also Thiago if he was miserable and over praised for a few long balls and refs helping them in a dirty league.
Who do you mean by "They" and "don't make midfielders"? This is getting dirty ;)
Mis Respetos 🔥
United not relying much on academy graduates United needs to reinstate old school antics ,
@@mrajaram7676 Hopefully Mainoo will do that for us. Very early in his career but he looks promising.
I'm an Arsenal fan, and I must admit, during the hay days Scholes was always a nightmare.
Would say this is the best vid of Scholes all round talent on youtube. There are countless vids of his long range Hollywood passing but this has everything. He was a complete player. Could score with both feet & head, could tackle, control a game with his passing & by not giving the ball away.
What a player this guy was... simply amazing .. his goals against Aston Villa and Barcelona I will always remember..
Can’t believe England didn’t build their team around him
they decided to build their team around that mediocre passer called steven gerrard
I am Irish, but scholes was the most underrated England player ever . His one touch passing was a thing of beauty . The best football brain i have ever seen in a footballer ever . If he was playing in the premier league today, he would be head and shoulders above any player . Kevin De Bruyne isn't fit too lace his boots.
Timothy Manurung you got a more complete player with gerrard unfortunately
@@Nothing-yi6vw mention one thing that gerrard can do but scholes cant
Timothy Manurung Manage a team
His dribbling is something that goes unnoticed because of how good he was at passing, but here it shows he could literally do anything and do it at a top level
Legend! He had everything as a player! It was a privilege to watch him. Thank you!
Not everything , he couldn’t tackle or beat a man
@@MM-kq2rt he didn't need to beat a man or tackle when he could control the tempo of the game... Watch the video and you will see how redundant those qualities are in a midfield that had scholsey!!
My all time fav player.. what an absolute legend!
Imagine a midfield of Scholes, keane and Hoddle!
When the EPL started airing in the US, I saw Scholes play with Man U and was an immediate fan of Scholes. Still a Spurs fan, but no one in that era could produce what he did. Absolutely the best of that time frame.
If you weren't lucky enough to watch him play, I truly pity you. You've missed out on someone very special indeed. This video as great as it is, doesn't even begin to display how amazing Scholes was. Class personified.
we will be aight
@@VladGolgotha #GGMU
To me, he's the definition of a genuinely world-class midfielder. No one that I've seen play at least for us in my lifetime has ever been able to run a game as gracefully as he did. A true artist and what's even better..an incredibly selfless and humble person that genuinely did not give a flying fuck about individual plaudits. We had a lot of scumbags play for us over the years, and he's one of the very few that is still incredibly esteemed both for his brilliance in the game and for his character as a good human-being.
@@dafunkyshit Fact. Couldn't have put it better myself.
Zidane said he is the best in the generation, Xavi and Iniesta fight for exchanging kit with him, enough said
I love Scholes as much as anyone else. But Zidane was the centerpiece of a French team that won a world cup and got them pretty close to winning another one (right until the headbutt, lol), plus won the Eurocup. Yes, Scholes was massively underrated by the England national team, but still, he never had the impact that prime Zidane used to have. Scholes always played great; but Zidane, on a good day, was god.
Dude....stop quoting fake quotes. Almost all of these quotes about scholes are fake.
@@dawood1633they are trying to change history .. scholes never won any UEFA individual awards unlike the likes of Xavi , iniesta, pirlo, zidane, seedorf, viera etc.
ZZ said R9 was the best eve player he saw and they were all the same generation. Scholes revisionists are in your head... he wasn’t even the best CM at Utd, that was Keane. Butt used to get picked over Scholes for some of the bigger, important and gritty games! 😆
mark c read it!
0:00 finishing
4:14 Aerial Goals
4:44 key passess
5:45 tiki taka
6:30 early passes
7:30 technique
9:22 LONG PASSING
11:44 low lofted passing, one touch passing
12:44 EXTRA LONG ACCURATE PASS
13:24 key passess/assists
14:41 interceptions, defensive awarness
16:33 Sliding tackle
THANK YOU FOR CREATOR FOR MAKING SUCH AN ORGANIZED VIDEO❤️
The best player ever i have seen in midfield
I agree with you. Unique talent.
Paul Gascoigne by a country mile
I take it you never seen any other midfielders then
Iniesta says hi!
*Pirlo* - Now fuck off!!!
watched this after the Barcelona match to cheer up
Helped after Everton too... and after Chelsea...
@@garweber2695 Cardiff as well..
Paul Scholes the best midfielder ever and one of my favorite player !
Gerrard was better
Scholes' true strength was he completely dominated the midfield and controlling the pace of the match.
Pretty valuable strength lol
I agree. The sum total surpasses the individual stats.
Jesus christ is this a joke best ever because they praised him??? The revisionist TH-cam hype is sickening he was not better than Nedved never mind Pirlo, Xavi or Zidane or Viera. A miserable ginger dirt long ball merchant. He played LM not good enough and bench first 8 years career. Enough hype. Thomas Hässler better, even Cesc is closer than Scholes is to Zidane or Kaka or Iniesta
I remember watching him in his last season (not the first retirement) when Man United was playing West Ham. Scholes was at least a step behind his pace of ten years earlier but his ability to control the play in midfield and knowing just when to release the ball forward to his team-mates was still extraordinary.
@@Mo-iv8ot if you think people are hyping Scholes a lot through youtube, the you haven't watched the barca oriented videos mate. There is a reason why scholes is idolised so much. Maybe you weren't old enough to watch him play. Inter milan gave United a blank cheque for him mate.
I can’t hide my admiration to him.. Scholesy is like a conductor of one orchestra group.. beautiful to see
The greatest footballer I've ever seen play, no doubt in my mind. Sometimes, I'd go on ScholesWatch during a game and just watch what he did for like ten mins or so and forget the other players. It was incredible to see the control he had of a game, (which you noticed when he didn't play) the space he created to receive and give the ball. I'd end up shaking my head sometimes saying to myself 'JFC, what have I just witnessed here'. He really played and made the game beautifully simple.
I’ve never seen a player that could create space for himself like Scholes could. Zidane comes close though. You could surround Scholes with 5 players and he would come away with the ball and then ping a 60 yard pass over the shoulder of the striker and onto his feet. Incredible player
Top comment, everyone sees the osssing both Short and long range but his best ability despite godlike passing was his ability to find space when sourounded. I only see Modric coming close to him in that regard.
Totti
That’s exactly what Gullit used to do at Chelsea
@David Xavi dominated almost everybody in terms of vision and passing but was nowhere near as versatile as Scholes.
Xavi, iniesta, pirlo, Cruyff and Zidane. Need I go on? David silva, Zico, Maradona. Never seen a player who could do it like Scholes? Fuck off. You need to watch more football, bud ffs.
Excellent job
You had to watch Scholes week in week out to understand how much of a genius he was
Michael Stock where was he for England
Alfie you can’t talk much about his international career as he was played out of position.
Jesper Skogen no he wasn’t
Alfie Yes, he was. He was played out wide instead of centrally.
@@alfie2113 dumbass
I’m taking Scholes in my all time X11 midfield .. man was something else, wasn’t the biggest personality but he played bigger then anyone else
Please name your greatest 11 ever please if he gets in it 😂
I remember being at Old Trafford once and he totally messed up a long range pass - everyone sat around me was like f+#-*@#%g hell....not because we were pissed off, but because we were all in shock....he hardly ever did that. That’s how good he was.
Paul Scholes was genius, this guy could easily break into Barcelona team. Now I understand why he is always critising Pogba.
Xavi x Iniesta x Scholes = too much sauce 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Scholes genius..Pogba..poser...
Sohail Shaikh, who would do the defending, tackles and ball winning in that midfield? Lol
Any true utd fan will criticize Pogba, the guy is poison, he is only bringing tension, and how many times his agent criticizes the club and Ole, how many times his brothers doing the same, he is just quite not saying anything, he posts ads when team lose, he is super quite when we win big matches, be a man and put an official statement to shut everyone, I fkn hate him and I dont care how good he is, he should just leave the club
MagnusMunch their academy sucks
So they have to pay money
A tireless footballer, no publicity seeking guy, a gifted player that put 100 percent on the pitch. Looking at how many league titles, fa cup, league cup and a couple of European Cup he won with one club, says it all. And not to mention the 155 goals he scored. Such a true Man Utd legend. Put him along side with another magnificent great player, Roy Keane , they both were the driving force in Man Utd midfield engine room. Great passer and long range goals.
As an Arsenal fan, whenever I saw Scholes on the Man UTD team sheet, I always shat myself because I knew he would rip our defense apart with his passing or dribbling.
yeah good old day, Scholes vs arsenal squad was always like a man vs a bunch of kindergarten kids.
Dribbling ?? We got the right Paul Scholes? 🤣🤣
Scholsey is everything in football passing,shooting,tackling and distribution. What a player.
Literally the worst tackler of all time
Not tackling. He used to scare us with those lunges
You Clearly didn’t watch football if you think he could tackle
@@sponish0 it may be you are the one doesn't watch football, since you don't know how paul scholes smashed his opponents dawn. I advise you to go and goggle Paul scholes tackling and see for yourself. Since you haven't seen his playing times.
@@umarmurtala8090 Scholes couldn't tackle for shit, an edited TH-cam video proves nothing, everyone who watched him said the same, it's you who knows nought.
I must admit I was late realising what an absolute fantastic player scholes was. True gift to football and another classic sir Alex gift to all of us
Goals, assistances, attacking, defending, creating, effective and save passes, strong and precise shots.... a beast!!!
A great player, I am fan of Man U...Take the D out defense
agree
Scholes passes, scholes scores. Miss him so much nowadays. What a great player!
Scholes was a phenomenal midfielder. Good with his head, awesome volleyer of the ball, good reader of the game. The quiet man of football who is rated by a large number of his peers.
It really is a joy to behold this superb footage of the greatest midfielder of all time.
Iniesta and zidane better
One of the few players who could play any position without outstanding physical qualities, what a magician
The swagger and the confidence of those United teams was amazing. They played like they knew they were the best and that they can beat anybody
Because of the ridiculous prices in football players now in today's ridiculous market a prime Paul Scholes would easily be worth 250 million
I think he would be a bargain at that price!
Damn fuckin str8
He’d be priceless in my opinion. Not enough money in the world to be honest
At least 1 billion
SAF would never sell him
Definitely the best English midfielder ever. Pure class.
No, Gerrard was the best midfielder
Never top 3 balon d’or. Lampard and Gerrard were though…..
@@steveb951 Pep Guardiola himself has said that Scholes was better than Lampard and Gerrard.
@@deangreen2567 well of Pep said it it’s got to be true then (if he even did)
That goal versus Spurs at 3:25 is football of the highest order. The amazing vision and back header to find Giggs and then the run behind the defenders to deftly nod home, was a goal of massive importance too. Superb, could watch it all day.
Ball retention and intelligence was second to none. Not to mention the pass he had on him. This man set such high standards at the club. A little magician
Simply a brilliantly edited video of how good Scholes really was, an amazing video. Thank you for your time to make this little masterpiece 💯👏
Omg this just gives me goosebumps to watch. Scholesy was just sublime and the best, most complete midfielder of his generation.
Thanks for this video. So many didn't do him justice currently on youtube, although in general no video can do Scholes justice, this is the best we can get! Also, the editing and transitioning with the music when he performs his long passes was fucking incredible, goosebumps
NICE VIDEO MAN he was one of the best mid in the last 30 years
As a man utd fan miss them times u always grateful of your success cause never know when it come back again. We use to mock Liverpool for years so u have to charish the moments u have. Man city will find out in the future one day times in history where you don't win. Rivalry makes football in your low moments as a club and high moments
Hard to argue against Scholes being the 🐐. Made the game look so easy..
No way . Gazza, charlton and finney were better.
Paul that we need : Scholes
Paul that we get : Pogba
ZUNO paul that we bid to juventus : pogba
paul that we get : pogshite
paul that we get now : pogstillshite
Chris Mascarenhas scholes isn't overrated at all he is way better than pogba. It's a reason he is regarded as one of the best midfielders of all time compared to pogba
@@chrismascarenhas1059 you can't compare pogba with Scholes Scholes is wayyy better
@@chrismascarenhas1059 you can't just compare players through their highlights a player must play continuously well pogba as an example plays 9 games well then he plays shit again
Chris Mascarenhas highlights doesn't mean shit idiot scholes I better than pogba in every way
You just cannot put a price on players of this quality and importance. Amazing and special talant.... we miss you Scoulsy ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I have so much love and respect for this man!
i have been privileged to watch United since 1958. I saw the great Duncan Edwards. I saw Ray Wilkins who was a brilliant passer of the ball from midfield but Scholes could do everything. I would not try to compare him with Edwards who was gone before he reached his prime but Scholes did it week after week, year after year. He is, without doubt, the finest midfielder of his generation.
Whos your goat?
@@nabeelhakeem3593 George Best
@@weekendwet1 messi or ronaldo and why?
What a master football player. U can only but idolise Paul Scholes. All kids learning the game should aspire to be like him! He is only human...down to earth and real
My ulitmate hero of all times!
One of the best players the world has ever seen!
If he is the favourite of Xavi, Zidane, and a bunch of other greats, which he is, then...
SAF was great, but he was lucky to be given this fantastic player by chance.
Not just great, but consistently great. I’ve seen some amazing playmakers, but nobody has done it at this level for as long as Scholsey AND won his club trophies.
modric?
I miss him so much ! A living legend
Remember when our midfield was : Giggs , Scholes , Keane , Beckham ? 😀 🤔 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Happy days
Yep, the Golden days, I wish Man U get another great midfielder like again.
Oh yes
Holy fuck
Adding Ronaldo when Beckham left for Madrid wasn't a bad addition either.
This is what Manchester united is lacking.. Someone that is highly versatile
Everything you want and need in a footballer. An absolute genius.
If not the best ever. He is damn close. And he is underrated by most.
Best ever? Better than pirlo iniesta xavi?
@@maxbailey4971 Scholes was the best
@@maxbailey4971 Far better than Pirlo, better than Xavi, but nowhere near as good as Iniesta.
mb 1998 of course all of them is fansly of Scholes man
@@vitorneves106 lol xavi is better than iniesta
Seen him at a legends match 3 or 4 years ago and he was still class
His passing was a joy to watch, always looking for a defence spliting forward pass. Just for he scored spectacular goals and had a good defensive game. Simply put he had everything.
What a player just a machine, like an engine
I miss players like Paul Scholes.😢❤
2021, oh man! I miss the old MU so much! So much passion, so much fire in their bloods!
We miss this legend! Finally a football video with some proper music! Good job!
The music is spot on. Build the man a cathedral in the middle of Salford already
i just want to say thank you for making this video
Simply the most complete midfielder i have ever seen play the game. He had everything in a package. There will never be another Paul Scholes!
😂 complete?
Surrin V apart from winning the ball in a tackle 🤙🏻. I’m a United fan btw. Scholesy will probably be the best mid of my lifetime and I seen Captain Marvel Bryan Robson.
Kev Cooke love Robson! An actual COMPLETE CM!
@@kevcooke3781 yeah id agree on the tackling part but that was his only weakness i guess. He bossed games against star quality players. A real genius
@@brentmeistergeneral6074 ooohh Captain Marvel was one of the best United players ever. A true Captain
I honestly believe he was the best player in England 🏴 by far...so humble and he would die on the pitch for his team mates...#simplythebest
Utd fans always say that, justclike Chelsea fans say Lampard, liverpool fans say Gerrard and arsenal fans say Vieira
United fans will say that he’s the best, but when the rest of the world says he’s the GOAT of all midfielders, complimented as ‘the best’ by absolutely class legends like Xavi and Zidane, and is studied by Barça and Bayern players, all the way from the youth to the seniors, then that says it all. Scholes was the best central midfielder ever🔴⚪️⚫️ and don’t even mention Gerrard, Lampard, Vieira in the same breath as this man. Idiots
Tottenham fan and im proud to be for many years, however for me in the modern game Paul Scholes is England's only World Class Player on and off the field no one could hold a candle to him......simply Untouchable.
Alex G! thank you for the video. The Backgroud music and the way the video is arranged is just phenominal. Thank you. Oh this idol of a Footballer (Paul Scholes). He is simply the BEST MIDFILDER of all time. I simply dont care what anyone says, he's just the best footballer of all times. If England Only Knew what they have lost by not taking the most of him.
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That's why they never won anything 😆😆
For me, it was that away game at Southampton that won United the 2012/ 13 premier league. Was losing 2-1 when Paul Scholes came on and the whole game changed and United went home with three points in the bag. I will never forget that game.
Scholes was fantastsic and no other midfielder could come near him.
A Manchester United legend and without doubt one of the best players the game has seen.
Hardly - he didn't do anything at international level.
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4:42 Great compilation bit right here. I've always felt P. Scholes was the improved Xavi that Barca could never have; intelligence, pace and body strength!
Thierry Henry: Who is the most admired player and toughest midfielder you played AGAINST?
Scholesy. He was everything, sharp, sight, space, timing, splitting passes, sublime passing, and ability to influentially dominating a game..🎉❤
Ufff que bueno ver un jugador así en tu equipo, fútbol total en una sola persona
No doubt Paul knew where the goal was but what always caught my attention was his ability to create space on receiving the ball in Midfield.
One of those players who’s greatness really becomes evident when they are not in the team. Lothar Matthaus is a prime example of that theory. You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone. The recognition he received from other players is another factor that enforces the much deserved praise and accolades.
The greatest midfielder of all time..feel so lucky i got to watch him every week..the game was so easy to him..as if gerrard and lampard are in the conversation
Gerrard was the complete midfielder
Gerard didn't have the same deft touch and close ball control as scholes, in every other department not much between them.