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The Modest Motor of Manchester United

Carlos Tevez is seeking to win his first winners’ medal(s) in England this season, with United look strong both in the league and the Champions League. With the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Patrice Evra and Nemanja Vidic, to name a few, collecting their first Premiership title last season, Tevez is hoping he can [...]

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Sentimental Fergie On Scholesy European Selection

As the lineup was announced ahead of United’s Champions League final against Bayern Munich, groans will have echoed out around Manchester. We of course knew Roy Keane and Paul Scholes were suspended for the match, but seeing the team list really brought home the fact we were about to play in the European Cup final [...]

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Anderson Is No Paul Scholes

Last season, whenever Paul Scholes wasn’t on the field, we looked like a different team. He made all the difference in linking our midfield to our attack, spraying balls far and wide all over the park, landing perfectly at the intended player’s feet. There’s not a player in our squad who comes close to passing [...]

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Scholes: Is Our Midfield Better Than 1999?

Paul Scholes has finally returned to the Manchester United first team after picking up an injury which required surgery back in October. After a bright start, Scholes has looked a shadow of his former self in recent matches against Spurs and City. With Hargreaves and Anderson proving themselves a competent pairing on several occasions, including [...]

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Scholes A Consideration For Cup

Paul Scholes is one of the most important players in the United team, whose work rate is rarely backed up with the goalscoring and assist statistics, but who gets on with his job in a manner typical of his personality. He shies away from praise and celebrity, instead focussing on perfecting his game. Whilst people [...]

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Fergie Sets Comeback for Scholes and Neville

The strength of United’s squad has really been tested this season, with the team being hit by injuries in every position. Wesley Brown and Anderson/Hargreaves/Carrick have meant the injuries to Paul Scholes and Gary Neville haven’t been too costly. Neville last played for us in March of last season, seeing out just eleven minutes of [...]

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Anderson – A Little Bit of Scholes and Keane?

When it was announced that United had signed teenager Anderson for a fee that could rise to £19 million, the country thought Fergie was barking. It was questioned how any player so young could be worth such a fee, particularly one that had never played in the Premiership before. The transition from one league to [...]

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Will Scholes Return To England To Play Alongside Hargreaves?

Sven-Goran Eriksson will have left several mistakes imprinted in England fans’ minds, but no error in judgement could match the one which lead Paul Scholes to retire from International duty. Paul Scholes was played out of position to accommodate two inferior players, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard. The failed midfield pairing, who have still yet [...]

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Vidic On Captaincy Delight and Scholes’ Tackling

Nemanja Vidic is loved by all reds after a relatively short time at the club, which is due to his fearless approach to the game. He goes to make every ball his, regardless of what knocks and kicks he takes on the way to do so. With Gary Neville’s return looking more and more unlikely [...]

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Scholes Out, What Now For Our Midfield?

United have topped the injury lists all season so far, with our returning casualties having their space on the sidelined filled by newly crocked players. I thought we might have been pushing our luck a tad at the weekend when Scholes and Anderson started in the centre of midfield, alongside wingers Giggs and Nani. It [...]

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Scholes: Catalyst For United’s Success

United are starting to resolve their central midfield problems of last season, turning to Michael Carrick to replace Roy Keane, which has unsurprisingly proved more successful than our stints with O’Shea, Fletcher and Smith taking over that role. United have had a solid back four, with new boys Evra and Vidic proving to be two [...]

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