Fascinating discussion with Paul Scholes about Sir Alex Ferguson and the Class of '92
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- Опубликовано: 29 дек 2017
- Paul Scholes, Owen Hargreaves and Martin Keown discuss the managerial traits of Sir Alex Ferguson and what mad him a genuine great.
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I remember when inter Milan tried so very hard to sign Scholes as they even gave man utd a blank cheque. Scholes reply was if u want me to play for u, then u will have to buy man utd. Goat
Joshua Adjei scholes what a guy 💯
Like Giggs and Neville, zero interest in playing anywhere else
Mancs don’t leave
@@callumalston5755 not sure about Giggs. He played away from home lots of times!!
@@keithy507 😂
1:15 - Paul Scholes is *_so humble_* that he *_refuses to believe he's the most humble player_* Hargreaves has ever played with
Brilliant
Haha this is so true ! The irony of it is fantastic :)
He’s been listening to too much Kendrick Lamar
Unknown 😂😂
Nice one Ozzy:)
Paul scholes...best premier league midfielder of all time...he had everything. Arsenal fan
😅😅😅😅😅 did he have goals??!? 😅😅😅😅😅
@@ilovevar9454 yea to Be the best midfielder in the premier league
Think Paul Gazza was actually
He was far from having everything. Technically fantastic with a great footballing brain.
@@ilovevar9454 yes 107 in 499 dumbie
He's such a normal bloke. Thats what made him so good. No ego and no flashiness.
i am 58 yrs old and been a Liverpool supporter all my life this guy was a legend
I thought the same about Peter Beardsley but he never gets mentioned as much as your other legends
Lots of my friends up there in the kop respected him!
I appreciate that coming from a liverpool fan.
Probably a United fan doing reverse psychology on us. 😭
Respect.
Met him a few times in a few shops in oldham very humble guy verydown to earth and would always let the elderly stand in front of him in ques and ive even seen him buy groceries for a few people who were on the poverty line top class guy never heard a bad word said about him
He was a footbaler I never heard any bad stories about in the press in his entire career. And his teammates said after games Scholes would be straight off home to his family.
Wow. Was a great player. But stuff like that is what really makes him a top fella in my book - from a Liverpool fan.
His son was in court for battering someobe . He let his daughter get fired from her netball team by a covid party
@@jamesjones3371 oh no he’s practically Hitler.
"And hopefully we repaid him" Even after all that success its great to see how humble Scholes in and the huge respect those players have to Sir Alex. Listening to these stories about Sir Alex and his staff is pretty depressing, I still think Jose can do great things at the club. But it does feel like the club has lost its soul. I dont see many players in the current team who have that level of fight and love for the club.
MU has lost its soul for many good years now.
It's the game that's changed. It's the same at every top level club.
That's what money does.
Is it?
Herrera shows good heart
After watching Scholesy play for so long I love hearing him talk. Back then I don't remember him giving interviews so refreshing hearing his views
Paul scholes is the 🐐...best midfielder I’ve ever had the pleasure to watch
Chelsea fan, love lamps..but Scholes was bar none the best English midfielder of his generation. This guy totally dominated the tempo of that United team. Legend
Get some glasses son...not a patch on Stevie G
@@darksharkrafa1 must be scousers lol
@@darksharkrafa1 im a huge liverpool fan.
Scholes was a better player.
all 3 (gerrard, scholes, lamps) were quality. but scholes was the best
A great creative player yes… much less of an all round game than Stevie G and I’m not even a Liverpool fan. I’d put Keane and Robson above a Scholes in a Man Utd Premier League midfield.
@@darksharkrafa1 Premier League titles:
Scholes 11
Gerrard 0
Paul Scholes is the best English midfielder EVER!
Gazza shut up.
Gerrard could do everything scholes could do and also the one thing scholes couldn't which was tackle gerrard was a far better player than scholes and lampard
ye apart from win the league haha slippy g
@@stevie4571 good one scholes was in a better team like but that wasn't my argument thankfully 🤣
oh cmon. paul scholes isnt even good enough to tie gazzas shoelaces. get real
Ask Xavi and Iniesta who their favourite player was and they always say this man Paul Scholes
Remember in 2008 semi final at old Trafford when Iniesta asked for schoelsy jersey after the match
@JayoJay Paul scholes is your favourite player's favourite player.
Big deal...what is your point????
@@darksharkrafa1 My point... 2 years later an idiot got a phone!
No, it was Vinny Jones
I’m old enough to have watched Stanley Matthews and I’ve seen every player since then. Scholes is my favourite.
The best premiership player ever, really.
Who is the greatest English footballer ever in your well experienced opinion?
@@AdvocateSpirit the best I've seen is Paul Gascoigne.
What about Duncan Edwards?
Paul Scholes really, what did he do at international level, it's always United fans saying this.
Scholes talking about how Eric Harrison (RIP) drove them on. I read a story today where Phil Neville said he had a text from Harrison asking him to phone him urgently. Harrison tore into Neville for turning his back when defending against Thierry Henry.....................Neville was in his 30's playing for Everton LOL!!
Lmao fantastic comment
Not making him the focal point of the England team by Sven Goran Eriksson was the single most terrible travesty in the history of English international football.. I dont care if u have to drop Lampard, Gerrard or even Beckham on the right to accommodate him. He is the BEST midfield link-up player and creative force that England has ever had and that alone is priceless, and would have completely change how the "golden generation" would have fared.
absolutely!!! england shouldve built the team around him!
scholes shouldve been used like pirlo was for italy
hoddle was criminally underused by england too
It's mentioned here already but Scholes was ahead of his time and Sven was not able to utilise a player like Paul effectively.
Shawn Chia Absolutely no doubt most talented creative midfielder of his generation even beyond I have watched,highest football IQ and what a shot he had.
Ah, the days before 4-3-3
Imagine if France would have done this with Zidane. That's how big a mistake sven made with scholes. He had a Zidane but he preferred two players far less talented. Criminal.
The attitude of the manager is reflected by the players on the pitch.
The greatest Manchester United player I've seen without a doubt. One of the greatest of his generation and in my opinion the best English midfielder I've seen throughout the years. Always found it hard to understand how he weren't noticed as much as he should've. One of the greatest midfielders the game has seen.
Buvey Mate
Ronaldo ten times the player Scholes was, also giggs and Van N were a class above.
Even Veron was a better player. Not to mention Rooney.
Veron hahahahahahah, flopped at united
Yeah didn't do great in England but his career on a whole he was a far superior player to Scholes.
TheLastFraudster yeah your definitely lost
True story. I met Scholes a few times as his uncle was a local at the pub across the road from my house (where my parents were locals) his name was Keith Shard. I remember Keith turning up at my house on my birthday with a card. I’d just got the new United shirt with Scholes on the back, he was my childhood idol. Keith took me to the United vs Arsenal game l, but before that he took me to Scholes’s house and the first thing his wife Claire said to me, a young boy turning up to her house was: ‘Want a brew?’ To this day I am still shook at how down to earth they were. I then went to play Arron on fifa street. Arron was about 8 at the time (Paul’s Son)
RIP Keith, I’ll never forget what that man did for me and so many avid football fans in my village. A truly magnificent man. I have a signed shirt from Paul and so many pictures with him.
Believe it or not too, he was quiet even in person, Paul Scholes is the most genuine down to earth man I have ever met and for someone worth millions from being a footballer it doesn’t add up, but it’s just because he had one passion and that was it. Football.
Regardless of what people say. Paul Scholes would become a great manager. Experience, desire, man management. Shy guy but his presence would silence a dressing room.
Anthony Holden this is one legendary comment. Hopefully come true
Similar to Zizou.. not much talking and shy off the pitch. Practical and footballing genius!
100%
Yep
Zidane just got lucky he managed a well built real madrid side.
Zizou is not good at all.
What is sad is Scholes could put more weight on and still right now in his current state would still be better than all of our mid field players.
Scholes' humility on and off the pitch is absolutely INSPIRING!
Scholesy brilliant still doesn’t accept how good he was when he’s getting the praise. Humble, loved playing the game n just wanted to impress and get better every game. Football the priority. Liverpool fan aswell
The best and also most underrated midfielder of his generation. A villa fan
One of the very best of all time ...
If I'd have been England manager Scholes would have been the very first name on the team sheet. I think opposition managers respected his talents more than England Managers.
Scholes very under rated..best first touch the premier league has ever seen and second touch and third lol..true premier league legend (Liverpool fan)
The best touch belongs to Bergkamp
How lucky are we that we got to watch this man play, what a player. Dominated games and the opposition, an absolute magician.
I'm a Scotland fan. Paul Scholes is the greatest English midfielder of my lifetime. The man was in a different league.
The 92 team was a team of real close friends and still close today that is very important the team we have now are nothing near them
Xavi called him the best midfielder of all time, also he wished he played with him in one team. Scholes is a legend.
The only thing I ever wished for as a young united fan was to watch a live match of Scholes in a United shirt. Sadly, he retired before it could happen. I never missed watching a live united match with Scholes playing from 2000 to 2013. Am his biggest fan. 🇬🇭
I was born in 85 and I've supported United and watched them from as young as I can remember and all the great players we've had Scholes is the best I've seen. His intelligence was just on another level
One of the best ever period and so down to earth ...❤️❤️❤️
The greatest English midfielder of my lifetime, and I'm a 62 year old Gunner.....
Scholes looks like the young Sir Alex now; his chilling humor and warm smiles are soothing.
Though I appreciate his humbleness as much as his football genius, it becomes hard to explain to new generations of fans how great he was. I mean, those amazing long pass and long shot compilations on youtube are great, but hardly adequately reflect the immense presence and quality he provided week in and week out in the United midfield. This man was on his own level above others in the league. Hopefully he'll bring the insights and experience to the managerial position soon.
Lastly I want to pay tribute to Hargreaves as well, who possessed special qualities which many fans tend to overlook. Owen would've helped United achieve more trophies if not for the sustaining injuries. The penalty he smashed in during the dire moment of shootout in the UCL final, and the performance in the England shirt against Portugal, deserve to be remembered.
Happy New Year!
I couldnt have put it better myself...very well said! And yes Hargreaves was a player of real, genuine quality. He and also Darius Vassel appeared and disappeared around the same time didnt they? Both just sort of vanished!
SAF, for me, undid his genius in the later years, with the emotion-based sackings of his legends, but also by failing to vet a successor to Paul Scholes, who was at the centre of Manchester's success. He mustve known, surely, that Giggs and Scholes would retire someday, and that Bale and a local Scholes successor (sure, maybe not As good) would be neccessary in the future. But he didnt find anyone to take over anywhere on the field! (Except De Gea).
Thanks! I think Sir Alex did very well until the end, and constantly adapted our tactics into a very promising direction. Let me enumerate some additional points without putting them into a time sequence. Some of them would be quite brief, as I think we should know the details well enough.
1. The financial situation of the club was not optimal at the time, as in our spending power was quite limited.
2. Barcelona was indeed a dream team, we fought well against the genius of Messi and Iniesta, and lost fairly twice in UCL finals. However, reaching finals three times in four years was still a great achievement.
3. Paul's successor: Luka Modric. Gaffer absolutely loves Modric, and we didn't secure his service. (I can be mumbling for hours on this one). Bale was not essential, Modric was. Fans tend to mourn over Bale since he is from Welsh as Giggs, but we couldn't afford him at 100M evaluation. When he chose Spurs over United after exiting Southampton, we had already missed him. Plus at that time we were not at (and we still are not) in good terms with Levi. Anyway we should've landed Modric at all cost.
4. The development of Cleverley, Anderson, and Welbeck didn't quite meet expectations. They were actually quite good at that stage, but missed the timing of excelling themselves, due to injuries or lack of that spark of talent. But we've seen clearly Sir Alex knew his players so well, knew how much potential these young lads could achieve, and fully believed in them. He also said Evans and Lingard would mature at a later age than their peers.
5. Evolving tactics: acquiring van Persie and Kagawa. Those two acquisitions were very interesting, pointing the direction we're going into if Sir Alex didn't retire. (By the way, personally I rated Kagawa very highly.)
I'll continue on these points later.
milton9013 waiting for your continuation..some really good points made by you.
I also would like to know why zaha wasn't given many chances..pogba was angry at united for lack of chances and left..I get that...can't hold that against SAF... probably didn't put his faith in him.
The worst tragedy was Ravel Morrison...damn man ... :(
I could be wrong but I'm sure I read that Zaha was let go by Man Utd at the request of Moyes as Wilf was tapping up David's daughter.
milton9013 z
Too funny there was no a player too big for the gaffa including scholes beckham and giggs but they are still legends for life for man u
Tanaka Kahlari scholesy certainly wasn't too big!
I'd say Keane gave him a run for his money,,,,fergie talking about Keane,What I noticed about him that day as I was arguing with him was that his eyes started to narrow, almost to wee black beads. It was frightening to watch. And I'm from Glasgow."
Well there was One... Keane. Thats the reason Ferguson decided he had to leave. Which was, I think, the start of United's gradual descent. Until Ferguson and Scholes left, and then the downfall really started..
Stan Dando another reason SAF was one of the best managers ever! Nobody else would've dealt with Keane that way! Imagine Wenger trying to handle that situation
Tanaka Kahlari maybe Cantana
Paul is an absolute gentleman and on the field, he was the best I have ever seen. If only he was playing now that we need him!!
I love scholes, he is the man. And I am a Liverpool fan
Scholes. A goal every 5 games and an assist every 10 games. Some players impact can’t be shown in brief stats.
The most humble and underrated player of his time.
Humble yes underrated no.. everyone new how good he was
Scholes a humble and a great player respect man
watching scholes pulling the strings back in the day. epic. from a liverpool fan
I'm not discrediting any of the greats (Stevie G, Lamps, Xavi, Iniesta etc.) By any means. But Paul Scholes was the absolute soup and there will never EVER be a Midfielder like him ever again! Criminally under appreciated! 🐐
World class midfielder.. what a man what a legend 👌🏽
Watching this it’s the respect they all still have for fergie now which is the best thing. Not to mention the class of 92 allowed Ferguson to build the squad, and the amount of money it must have saved Utd must be immense.
I have supported United for almost 30 years now and Scholes is my favorite player of all time.
I'm a Man City fan from Manchester and I think that Paul Scholes was absolutely fantastic and add to that, he was so incredibly humble and nowhere near being a superstar. Even though he was good enough to act like a superstar, but that's not him. A true decent person, who was absolutely world class.
Best midfielder of all time. Scholesy
He was great, but not the best of all time 😂
Imagine being the England manager and not playing him, in his right position.
Martin keown is surprisingly well spoken .
I got stuck on a water slide in Portugal because of the texture of my shorts lol and Paul Scholes was at the bottom laughing at me, he was in the line ahead of me with his family.
Paul is so underrated! Unbelievable!
I knew that Scholes always had that United mentality when he scored that screamer against Barcelona in the CL semi final. That attempt required great confidence and an attacking mindset. The man who set up others time and time again had the belief in oneself that he was worthy to try such an audacious attempt. When I saw how much space he had I hopefully shouted “shoot” at the telly, to my surprise, he did just that. The rest is history.
My respect, from Germany
I would always feel a sense of comfort knowing Scholes was on the pitch no matter who we were playing. Legend!
As a Liverpool fan, there's not many United players I have time for; but Scholes is one of the best.
as a united fan, im starting to not hate liverpool as much as chelsea and clubs like that tbh, cause atleast we have history and have a working mans past
Outstanding player
Thank God I grew up watching Paul Scholes playing.
Only got to see him play live once, so fortunate.
Not many can reach his level of success an keep both feet on the ground.
Scholesy. Your favourite player, favourite player..
Scholes what a legend.
Even years after, scholes, as Good as he was, still shows respect to the man that, for many, changed the Game!..
It seems strange to say but Scholes is massively underrated. Guy was not only a football genius and far better than Gerrard and Lampard but he's so humble as well. Never caused any aggro or punched any DJ's, just got on with the job and won bucketloads of trophies
Lies again? Singapore Premier League
Fell in love with United because of 92
A Footballing JEDI. Xavi and Iniesta Modelled Their Game on Him. Patrick Viera Once Said "Paul Scholes Was The Most Underated Footballer In England"
just to add on Owen's comments about Paul Scholes winning in every games for the side he's on in England training, that applies on Manchester United as well.. Just ask his fellow United mates and they also said that in training matches (11v11 or 5v5), whichever side Paul Scholes is in - wins..
"Flying Boots" - saved that zinger for the end.
Giggs was my hero growing up but I was always in awe of what Scholes could do.
Probably second only to Keane & much later Ronaldo for his importance on the team.
Paul scholes best passer I’ve ever seen
IMO scholes is one of the most underrated players as midfielder
Hargraves praising Scholes like that, Hargreaves was a hell of a player too, career blighted by injury sadly but for Bayern especially he was fantastic, better than Gerrard or Lampard for a couple of seasons.
Used to see him in his school uniform kicking a ball about with his pal's on Langley
Used to deliver there regularly. Had a good laugh with people in the shops there. Northerners are friendly.
Scholes, my Best Midfielder of all Time.
Great interview, great player. Wish he'd played for Liverpool
I’m an Arsenal man and even I have to admit Keown was an absolutely arse to the opponent but I did love it
I love this 🔥🔥
It's a real shame that injury problems ruined Hargreaves career, he could have been a great player for us.
💯Had it all. tenacious, great technique, good passer and wonderful set pieces.
Yep, still picked up a Champions league winners medal and the Premier League tho so not too shabby
@@yessir6947 Not too shabby indeed.
Pure gold
I hv followed scholes but he is the best ever midfielder of all tym
I swear they have the same conversation on BT Sport coverage every time they're on😂
The true winner mentality. Something that's getting more and more difficult to find in footballers today.
Legend
There will never be a group of young talented players like that again in football.
I saw his debut im a long suffering port vale fan 😁
All the great home grown players we've produced over the years like scholes etc. We have never had a goalie come through like that. Very strange.
With Scholes it wasn't about numbers and stats, it was about how he controlled his team. A team that won everything.
Guy is a subject to study in La Masia... ultimate legend
Best player. Ive seen for man u
Role model great great player
Absolute baller. No midfielder better in his generation
Scholes is in my opinion together with Xavi the best for the last 20 years and among the best ever !
But honestly, i'd say Pirlo, Zidane and Steve was on par.
Forget Lampard, he was a goalscorer
Back in the 90s players wanted to play for united and would do anything to get there or stay there. Now players go after the money.
Mark 86 k And dab, dance and take selfies....
United had all the money
Kieran and win the World Cup with France 😘😘😘😘
Chad Beardmore Yeah, but back in the 90s and 2000s United were very conservative when it came to wages. Both Keane and Ferguson in their autobiographies said that they knew they were taking a salary hit by working for United. Likewise, Mark Hughes said that a pension problem was part of the reason he left them.
i've watched this 5 times love Scholesy
love this
Hate to say it as a Liverpool fan... but Scholes was just unreal him and xavi! Best ever! Gerrard was great but Scholes was just unreal!
The reason they were so successful is because every training session was like a Sunday league game, they would kick the hell out of each other and it was mates doing it to each other.
Scholesy, one of the most clinical tacklers of the game ever.
That voice break at 0:00 is mad
In comparison to today's era, what they're explaining without actually saying it, is that money has ruined the game....
People have been complaining about that for decades. Money has always been the deciding factor in football. Just bigger sums now.
Not to mention those betting operators
Money has always been a part of football, definitely not the deciding factor though.
@@ZolaMagic25 s
money hasn't ruined the game...what ruined it is the respect of money..SAF managed big players on big money..but he didn't care he would drop a player if they weren't putting there all in the game...now managers don't have the minerals to do that ..Sir Alex realize a hunger player can be better than a talented player ….United need to get players who are hungry and happy to play for United
SAF=🐐
Kevin Adu yh man these managers like pep and Jose can't touch what he did, I know peps Barca beat him in the champs league final twice but pep never built that team they were already there, even now with pep doing what he's doing at city, he already had great players and has spent £400 mil to get there
he can't be GOAT man, he's only 2 ( and very sketchy at that, barely in 99 by crazy late goals, penalties in 2008 ) Champions leagues.
@@Athal1991 🤦