Scholes Announces Retirement (Again)

Fantastic footballer, but probably the worst tackler I've ever seen for someone with that much quality on the ball!

Pretty decent summing up there, anyone that has read Gerrard's first autobiography will know in how high regard Stevie rates Scholes from playing against him and even more so from training together at England. That for me in itself should make people of who ever they support recognise both are two truly great players of there time. One thing that can't be denied he was one of the sweetest striker of a ball the game has seen.

In all honesty I think Scholes was a great player.

That said though, he was a miserable c**t too. It's amazing how the British press can turn Suarez into the devil reincarnate but at the same time find praise for the likes of Scholes and Keane. Scholes was a dirty cheat, not only his tackles were dirty, I also remember him playing volleyball quite a few times during his career to stop goals.

So long Ginja Ninja

Outstanding player the likes of whom are few and far between in English football. Probably the worst tackler the Premier League has ever seen though. But he had bags of quality and intelligence. Something of an enigma personally as well. Never smiled, rarely heard him speak and was always something of an introvert it seems. A private man which was good to see.

Outstanding player the likes of whom are few and far between in English football. Probably the worst tackler the Premier League has ever seen though. But he had bags of quality and intelligence. Something of an enigma personally as well. Never smiled, rarely heard him speak and was always something of an introvert it seems. A private man which was good to see.

Agreed he was very intelligent. I once read an interview with Xavi where he said he learned a lot by watching Scholes.

Outstanding player the likes of whom are few and far between in English football. Probably the worst tackler the Premier League has ever seen though. But he had bags of quality and intelligence. Something of an enigma personally as well. Never smiled, rarely heard him speak and was always something of an introvert it seems. A private man which was good to see.

Agree with all this, think because of it he was underrated by quite a lot of people. I actually thought he was United's best and most consistent player.

If ever a player proved he should retire Scholes did so with his 'sub' performance today 

He only came back out of his original retirement because their midfield was so sh*te.