Scholes was clever - he'd get a bad one in early on in a game and get the benefit of the doubt - too early to wave a card nonsense would be deployed. He'd often get a card later in the game which should have seen him off but too often Scholes would commit 3 or 4 yellow card offences but remain on the pitch partly because of who he played for and partly the 'likeable rouge' badge the media gave him.