Scholes hangs up his boots.

[blueandy1mac]

Had the pleasure (sic) of refereeing him a lot as he came through the rags A team. No sign of the poor tackling then just a genuinely nice lad who you could actually talk and have a laugh with. Few manchester lads who ran the line for me knew him and all said good things about him.
Turned into a cracking player who never let anybody down (apart from the tackling) and should have been talked into staying with England longer.
Thanks for the memories Paul, enjoy your retirement.

Incidentally, before someone accuses me of being a rag, also had the pleasure of one Darren Ferguson, whose obituary I would gladly write.

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

Great player and a distinguished career

 

[squirtyflower]

A huge loss to the rags and English football. Probably in the top 5 of talented footballers this country has produced.

he's no loss to english football as he retired from england a long while ago

and rightly so, the way he was shafted out to the left to accommodate Gerrard and Lampard in a 4-4-2 was ridiculous.

what you really meant to say was that he's a mard arse who takes his ball home when he doesn't get his own way

 

[conormcfc]

Zinedine Zidane : "Scholes is undoubtedly the best midfielder of his generation."

 

[MCFC BOB]

Arguably one of the greatest midfielders football has ever seen.

 

[madblue]

paul scholes one of the best english players to play football good example off the pitch not to sure about tackling but he top class pro never in press about roasting birds or messing about respect to the little ginger fella

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Giggs will be gone next year but I think thats when Taggert will retire.

I think they will go for Guardiola

 

[Deepest Blue]

I think they will go for Guardiola

Let 'em.
Without the supply of fantastic players that Barca supply him with I reckon our Bob will have him for breakfast :)

 

[kippaxblue76]

Great player and a genuinely decent bloke off the pitch, real family man, good luck to him.

 

[Bellamy's Caddy]

He was undoubtedly one of the best players of his generation, when Beckham was getting the plaudits, Scholes was the real genius in that side. Not many players can dictate the pace of a game the way Scholes could.

As a City fan, it used to be a great frustration that very rarely in derby games could we get to grips with him. However, it's got to be said that he's one of the dirtiest players to ever play in the Premier League. Aside from all the bookings and red cards he received, there were many he got away with. Fantastic player? Yes. Bad tempered, poor sportsman? Also Yes.