The English Football Thread

[CHOULO19 24,332]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZBiHzCxOek

@Shogun, up for another "Opposition Views" for our match next Sunday?

[Henrique 9,133]

So Mancini is getting the axe, and many people is saying he dont deserve it. His job this season has been pretty poor, and its the second time in a row that City end up out of the UCL knockout stage.

[Shogun 721]

Ah @Shogun, an emotional end to the season for you Evertonians!! How do you rate Martinez?

There's better out there, I'd prefer Pereira to take over. But you never know until they actually take over how good a manager will be. I'll top myself over a few of them managers in the odds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZBiHzCxOek

@Shogun, up for another "Opposition Views" for our match next Sunday?

Aye of course mate. Send me a pm whenever you want

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Aye of course mate. Send me a pm whenever you want

Great mate. I'll PM the questions on Thursday or something

[Jase 43,479]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6FisN4RUWg

[TacticalBlues 2,817]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmZNXco0lYo

15 minutes, Paul Scholes favourite players in the league? Mata and Hazard. On another note Scholes is a true great, extremely modest and is Karl Pilkington-esque character.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Scholes is, imo, is the greatest midfielder ever in the PL. Just the complete midfielder.

[Strike 7,474]

Scholes is, imo, the greatest every midfielder ever in the PL. Just the complete midfielder.

You might want to rephrase that. But yeah, his passing set him apart but until age caught up, all the other aspects of his game were good, except for tackling ofcourse

[CHOULO19 24,332]

You might want to rephrase that. But yeah, his passing set him apart but until age caught up, all the other aspects of his game were good, except for tackling ofcourse

I have no idea what I was trying to write there!

[Ankit 3,176]

Scholes is, imo, is the greatest midfielder ever in the PL. Just the complete midfielder.

Depends on how you see your midfielder. SAF said Scholes is the best player ever for United and the same man said he lost out on signing Lampard because where would he get 200 goals. Youu wouldn't see Scholes making that run Lampard did to score no.203 whereas u wouldn't see Lampard sitting back and dictating even the last ever game of his career at home

Also consistency is massively underrated. Scholes started his playing career in the 93-94 season, will be 39 this year, while Frank started his career 2 years later 95-96 season and will be 35 this year.

Frank has played almost 900 matches for club and country in that time, almost a 100 more games than Scholes has. Ofcourse having more goals and assists!

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Depends on how you see your midfielder. SAF said Scholes is the best player ever for United and the same man said he lost out on signing Lampard because where would he get 200 goals. Youu wouldn't see Scholes making that run Lampard did to score no.203 whereas u wouldn't see Lampard sitting back and dictating even the last ever game of his career at home

Also consistency is massively underrated. Scholes started his playing career in the 93-94 season, will be 39 this year, while Frank started his career 2 years later 95-96 season and will be 35 this year.

Frank has played almost 900 matches for club and country in that time, almost a 100 more games than Scholes has. Ofcourse having more goals and assists!

What Frank does is more of a strikers instinct; you would not expect that from your midfielder. When I say Scholes is the best midfielder, I mean that he was the best at everything a midfielder does (except tackling, maybe). His passing is second to none of his generation, not even Xavi, imho.

I love Frank, but if you ask me which of the two I'd rather have in my team, I'd say Paul without a moments hesitation.

[Ankit 3,176]

What Frank does is more of a strikers instinct; you would not expect that from your midfielder. When I say Scholes is the best midfielder, I mean that he was the best at everything a midfielder does (except tackling, maybe). His passing is second to none of his generation, not even Xavi, imho.

I love Frank, but if you ask me which of the two I'd rather have in my team, I'd say Paul without a moments hesitation.

Fair enough! When it comes to passing, even i am in awe of some of Scholes's long ranger! But i would still rate Lampard better in Heading, Hard work, Set pieces, Defending and reading of the game.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Fair enough! When it comes to passing, even i am in awe of some of Scholes's long ranger! But i would still rate Lampard better in Heading, Hard work, Set pieces, Defending and reading of the game.

Really?! The past season and a half aside, Lamaprd never tracked back and defended! He was always the most advanced in a 3-man midfield.

[Ankit 3,176]

Really?! The past season and a half aside, Lamaprd never tracked back and defended! He was always the most advanced in a 3-man midfield.

When compared to Scholes that is. I never see Scholes in his own team's box. He is always outside dictating which he does pretty well!

[Ronaldo 28]

Fair enough! When it comes to passing, even i am in awe of some of Scholes's long ranger! But i would still rate Lampard better in Heading, Hard work, Set pieces, Defending and reading of the game.

Are you really serious?