link please?
[quote=âcaoimhaoin, post: 771283, member: 273â]Stop making sense goal, these lads donât understand it. Their insecurity about the leagues in which their teams take part in means they have to ridicule others to make themselves feel good.
If I didnât know any better Iâd think these guys were Australian.[/quote]
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The Xavi quote is certainly real. But it comes from an interview ahead of a match against Arsenal where he was speaking to an English journalist and asked plenty of questions about players in the EPL and was universal in his praise.
Scholes got the most praise in fairness (though he was asked if Scholes was the âEnglish Xaviâ so it was always going to produce a certain response). He went on to praise the likes of Nasri, Carragher, Arshavin, Terry, Arsenalâs passionate fans etc. He clearly rated Scholes but I donât think anyone including Shan, Croppyboy, Ferguson, Scholes or Xavi thinks he was the best midfielder in the world over the last 10-15 years.
:rolleyes: That aul google is a great yoke.
When you see the full interviews they seem to rate him even higher than those quotes on the picture show. I like Xaviâs comment about Carragher booting it into the stands which shows he wasnât blowing smoke up the interviewerâs hole about English football.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/7408010.stm
http://www.foxsportsasia.com/football/premier-league/news/detail/item579557/
[quote=âcaoimhaoin, post: 771273, member: 273â]Xavi and Zidane were definitely from interviews done with those individuals, there is no way they are false. I would say they are all true in some way or other, some of them may have been just guys being nice, but Xavier in particular was very enthusiastic when talking of Scholes. Professional and generally high level footballer or sportsmen donât always have the same parameters for greatness or respect as many of the tv watching public would have.
In fairness, Xavi and Zidane are enough got me, compared to a few of the greatest idiots ever to open a laptop Iâll take their word for it every time.[/quote]
I donât think the Zidane quotes are real. gola has linked to an interview with Zidane below where half the quote has come from - the bit about âthe complete footballerâ but in that interview Zidane said that Scholes was âan extremely tough opponentâ and it was from 2010. The quote with âScholes of Manchesterâ as his toughest opponent was on the web in 2008 and already called out as being fake at that time.
Most of this is irrelevant in assessing the player but itâs interesting to see how social media and images with quotes plastered across them become accepted as fact. There were a load of tweets last night showing Mancini on the Tube after the FA Cup Final. The picture was from months ago. The quote from Guardiola on the picture Gola posted was attributed to Zidane in 2008.
Even the links Gola has provided arenât perfect. The Xavi and Lippi quotes are genuine but the Fox Sports Asia website references a candid Daily Mail interview as the source - the actual interview was with the Guardian, it was posted here before.
Sources:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A45381521
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/feb/11/xavi-barcelona-spain-interview
[quote=âRocko, post: 771315, member: 1â]I donât think the Zidane quotes are real. gola has linked to an interview with Zidane below where half the quote has come from - the bit about âthe complete footballerâ but in that interview Zidane said that Scholes was âan extremely tough opponentâ and it was from 2010. The quote with âScholes of Manchesterâ as his toughest opponent was on the web in 2008 and already called out as being fake at that time.
Most of this is irrelevant in assessing the player but itâs interesting to see how social media and images with quotes plastered across them become accepted as fact. There were a load of tweets last night showing Mancini on the Tube after the FA Cup Final. The picture was from months ago. The quote from Guardiola on the picture Gola posted was attributed to Zidane in 2008.
Even the links Gola has provided arenât perfect. The Xavi and Lippi quotes are genuine but the Fox Sports Asia website references a candid Daily Mail interview as the source - the actual interview was with the Guardian, it was posted here before.
Sources:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A45381521
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/feb/11/xavi-barcelona-spain-interview[/quote]
Gola outed as fraud. Good work, Rocko.
:rolleyes:
Rocko probably best to delete golaâs posts as if Zidane gets wind of this he wonât be long in getting his lawyers on you.
Calling gola. Alan Smith just said Paul Scholes is one of the best players he has ever seen - you can add that to your list.
Scholes played on after his time was up, I think that is clouding a few judgements here, he was World Class when both he and the EPL were at the height of their powers
Ambrosini would be another one.
Frank Lampard and Gerrard, although one-dimensional were better than Scholes as well.
Wayne Rooney thinks Steven Gerrard was the superior player to Scholes and Lampard and Gary Neville agreed.
This should be top of every news agenda.
https://x.com/BackseatsmanLFC/status/1795369012454662367?t=w3NuSbVNaxdsA0CJHg0ljw&s=19
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I see Scholes tried to make Mainooâs emergence all about him over the past week. What a despicable toe sucking cunt.
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Has this debate not been long settled as Ferguson tried to buy him when he has Scholes already?
I thought the same but then Figo apparently said that Scholes was the greatest player of his generation and the nearest thing to Pele⌠Or maybe it was Maldini who said it⌠Or it actually could have been some randomer on the internet but the point stands
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Sure everyone has an opinion.
Wow .
I donât know what to think now.
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