Scholes Retires.

DMN · Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 7:58 am Post subject: Scholes Retires.

He's retiring from international football
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kingmouse · Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 8:35 am Post subject:

YYYYEEESSSS.

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kingmouse · Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 8:42 am Post subject:

He has been sh*t for the past few years, it all went down hill since his two goals against Scotland. Euro 2004 was a mess with him out on the left, Sven would have kept picking him even if he did play out of position.

Lampard is a better player than Scholes.

catkin · Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 8:53 am Post subject:

going gracefully me reckons, think its clear that its now

beckham, gerrard, lampard and a left sided player*

owen rooney

so no place in midfield, or behind a lone attacker.

*scholes is not a left sided player.
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Al from York · Turnstile operator Joined: 02 Aug 2004 Posts: 10

A great loss if you ask me

DMN · Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 9:01 am Post subject:

If you ask me you should dump Beckham as well. Wright-Phillips or Dyer should be given a crack down the right.
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moschops · Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 9:41 am Post subject:

Best player your lot have had in the last decade.

Great news. Wink

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Dynamo Kebab · Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 10:09 am Post subject:

Me!

And my son!

BTW if it hadn't been for Scholes Scotland would have been at Euro 2000 instead of England! Evil or Very Mad

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UkrainianPhil · Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 10:16 am Post subject:

Lots of inexperienced young views here, so to speak.

Scholes was and is a class player. Perhaps he has underperformed recently, but you can't take away his endless list of winners medals. Only class players can achieve what Scholes has achieved.

Personally, while I respect him as a footballer, he must be a right nob as a bloke if he doesn't want to play in Germany 2006 - there is not a single game he has or will ever play for Man United that is as big as a game in the World Cup for your country. I think someone has been giving him bad advice.
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Dave C · Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 10:34 am Post subject:

The "Hand of Fergie" is in this.

In this months World Football he is interviewed and asked about Scholes form. He said he didn't know if Scholes was being affected by too many games, but that it was possible.
He goes on to say that once he got Scholes back in training, he'd be sitting down and having a chat with him to see what could be done.

It's a real loss. The guy has some very rare qualities and he will be missed.
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Yabba · Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 1:43 pm Post subject:

From reading what Sven said it's a case of going before the press ask why he hasn't been picked.
Seen some fantastic matches abroad with Scholes in the side. 2 years ago I would have said no, but think he just hasn't got the same spark anymore.
Just as long as we aren't palmed off with Neville Sad

CTID · Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 2:33 pm Post subject:

I'm disappointed at this, and also suspect the Hand of Fergie. One of the few players of world class in the England squad in the last few years. We'll miss him.
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AcombDave · Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 7:33 am Post subject:

I Agree with Phil PMG - maybe Phil means the young people who are commenting cannot make an informed judgement on Scholes.

In the same way I have no idea about conference football but a kid of 15 or 16 who has been watching conference football for a few years would be able to make a better informed judgement on who was going to win the conference than me.

It is ageism in reverse! Very Happy

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The Post Master General · Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:07 am Post subject:

I still believe that Scholes isn't good enough to be first choice anyway - Lampard and Gerrard are the two best English centre midfielders at the moment, and to try to give the team a bit of balance a more natural wide player should be given a chance (I think Cole for example would do a great job at left midfield for England with Bridge as full back).

No one is arguing that Scholes is useless - just saying that there are better alternatives.

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