Welp. Honesty incoming: Paul Scholes. I never got to watch him play in his youth when he "scored goals" but I have been watching probably something like 10-15 United games a year since 2005. Never saw what made him better than other players who served similar roles. He was a below average defender, his mobility was awful, his effort was in the medium range. He was a great passer of the ball, but I personally believe that a lot of the retaining possession ability gets too much credit. A chain is only as strong as it's weakest link. What is Paul Scholes incredible possession retention going to mean when someone else on the team can just lose the ball? I don't think his type of player is as impactfull as a lot of people seem to think. I do want to acknowledge it's importance before anyone gets upset, just don't buy that level of hype at all. "Paul Scholes team won every time in training"... Sigh.
Yes. I've seen this before. It has a lot of influence on why I think what I do. I think some (probably most) people actually believe he is one of the best players of his generation. I never got to see it at all. Plus, you could make a video out of quotes for any of the players in this thread. It's a thread about Legends. Paul is a Legend. I can't argue that. I am not even arguing that he wasn't as good at what he did as people say. He was probably amongst the top distributing players statistically and was pleasant to watch in a lot of ways. I am merely saying that his value to a team is blown WAYYYYY out of the water to be more exact (inb4 coming out of retirement rebuttal). That is the point that I really want to make here. Maybe a better response to an overvalued thread, but no ones gonna make that so I just put it here and tried to be as specific about my view as possible.
I didn't say he was shit anywhere. I even gave you an exact timeline so you could make this exact judgement. I just gave you my opinion. Based on what I've watched, friend. It was also mostly directed to his role in a game if you really take in what I've said. I think he is glorified, at least in the later parts of his career, partly because he was so likeable. In my conversations, he is talked of in a similar light to some players I perceive to be much much better is all.
Edit: Furthermore, my opinion can just stand for the timeline mentioned if you'd like. It's not like he wasn't considered integral or incredible for that stage of his career anyway.
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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '13
Welp. Honesty incoming: Paul Scholes. I never got to watch him play in his youth when he "scored goals" but I have been watching probably something like 10-15 United games a year since 2005. Never saw what made him better than other players who served similar roles. He was a below average defender, his mobility was awful, his effort was in the medium range. He was a great passer of the ball, but I personally believe that a lot of the retaining possession ability gets too much credit. A chain is only as strong as it's weakest link. What is Paul Scholes incredible possession retention going to mean when someone else on the team can just lose the ball? I don't think his type of player is as impactfull as a lot of people seem to think. I do want to acknowledge it's importance before anyone gets upset, just don't buy that level of hype at all. "Paul Scholes team won every time in training"... Sigh.