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PICTURE: Van der Sar Almost Does "a Ramos"

May 31, 2011

Scott is the editor of RoM and has a season ticket at Old Trafford. He writes for The Mirror and Red News. He started The Republik of Mancunia in March 2006. Follow @R_o_M on Twitter.

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QUOTES: From Paul Scholes

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obaid1000 May 31, 2011

u handlw the ball well

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Corea May 31, 2011

Farewell Paul Scholes. Player's player, family player, favorite player for me and for a lot of others.
Will be sorely missed and never replaced.

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devil without a cause May 31, 2011

Paul Scholes retires..... and rightly so...... united moved on from him as well and he had to take this decision........ No. 18 is a thing of the past......... its No. 19 now and have our sights set on No. 20......... but what a man, what a player, what a legend.......... some of his best goals remembered..........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx_oM60tkv0

you'll always be remembered ginger ninja............ :'(

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jay May 31, 2011

Hernandez face says it all he did look like he was going to cry priceless. Reading about Scholes leaving and the quotes of some of the great players praising really moved me, It also got me thinking about Sir Alex I can honestly say the day retires and I have no shame in saying this I will be crying like a big baby. When great players leave it is always sad but when from the age of 7 you have grown up with the same manager for 20 years he's been there for the highs and lows that day will be very sad. I wish we could clone Alex Ferguson.

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Buliwyf May 31, 2011

Paul, how can you do that to me! I just love your football!

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Costas May 31, 2011

This might be the most busy summer at United since 95. Plenty of departures and you expect a few new arrivals (either new players or returning ones). With Paul, Gaz, Hargo, Edwin and either Owen or Berb leaving, the age average should drop considerably. It's a new era guys. A new team is being built.

Ryan will feel like a grandpa next year. :lol: At least he didn't retire too. :(

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Costas May 31, 2011

Oh and Wes is probably leaving too. :(

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Balaji Sivaraman May 31, 2011

@Costas, Had Giggsy retired, I am sure most of us would've been crying like babies.

Agreed, I already imagined this summer to be exciting but with all the departures, it looks like Sir Alex will have to be at it again.

This could be Sir Alex's most challenging summer yet. He has to play this out perfectly because all the player's we've lost (except Gaz) or are going to lose have been instrumental in the past 5 years and especially in the 19th.

I am creaming my pants imagining the kind of players Sir Alex will bring in or promote from the youth system. Really, really excited and sad at the same time.

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Saad May 31, 2011

The last time I felt this depressed was after Michael Jordan retired from the Bulls. Some fans here will berate me for saying this but after Jordan retired, I didn't have the motivation to watch the Bulls play anymore. I fear the same feeling now that Scholesy's retired. I can't imagine watching United play and enjoying it knowing that Scholesy's not in the squad.

I just cant.

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Sir Ryan Giggs May 31, 2011

Thank you Scholesy for all the memories. I am really sad. First Nev, then VDS now Scholes. Will miss all of them!
Thankfully he will be a coach at United next season.
Love the class of 92.

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socratestee May 31, 2011

Paul my favourite. Feels funny.

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Costas May 31, 2011

So this is what the squad will probably look like next year:

- Goalkeepers:

1) De Gea
2) Lindegaard
3) Amos

- Defenders:

1) Rafael
2) Fabio
3) O'Shea
4) Evra
5) Ferdinand
6) Vidic
7) Evans
8) Smalling

- Midfielders

1) Nani
2) Valencia
3) Park
4) Giggs
5) Carrick
6) Fletcher
7) Anderson
8) Gibson
9) Cleverley
10) Obertan
11) Bebe

- Attack

1) Rooney
2) Hernandez
3) Owen or Berba
4) Welbeck

So that's 23 outfield players and it remains to be seen what will happen with De Laet and Kiko, as well as who will join us. It should be 2-3 players according to the word coming out of OT.

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Costas May 31, 2011

Damn this smiley: 8)

@Balaji

It would have been too much mate. Giggsy has to retire on his own I feel with all the majesty that will come from that. But like many have said, Scholes is retiring with no regrets. What a career. And at the right time too.

As for the summer, yeah, it may get quite busy. Plus, this is the first time I remember so many players at the age of 30+ leaving at once. Imo it was time for a change like this. I just hope we are not losing too much experience...

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RedDevil Ooh - Aah May 31, 2011

how are we ever gonna replace him!!! Huge challenges lie ahead for SAF!

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Notey90 May 31, 2011

What a masterpiece @ Berbagod.

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Saad May 31, 2011

I'm going to be the devil's advocate and say the frightening things fans don't want to hear.

Immediately replacing once-in-a-generation footballers is not easy. It's nigh impossible.

Bayern Munich are yet to make a team that matched their great team of the late 70's.

Real Madrid took nearly 40 years to recreate the great team of the 50's that had Puskas and di Stefano.

Barcelona were not really that big of a force until the Cruyff's dream team and then it took them another 15 years to make another fantastic team.

Ajax have disappeared since the early 90's. They are no longer worth mentioning in the same breath as the other big clubs.

Liverpool have not yet made any team that is worth their teams of the 70's and 80's.

Celtic and Ranger faded along with Scottish football.

There was 10 years between AC Milan's teams of the 80's, 90's and 2000's.

And it took United 30 years to match the great team of Charlton-Best-Law.

....

So I warn fans to be vigilant and patient with the club because we have difficult times ahead of us. The only positive that we have...the only ray of light right now is that we still have Sir Alex Ferguson and he has no plans of retiring just yet.

If any man can build YET another United team of world-beaters, it has to be him...

....the greatest football manager of all time.

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giggs12gerrard0 May 31, 2011

There are a lot of sad comments on here but they dont need to be! I am glad for Scholes he will only ever be remembered as a truly world class player at the highest level having onley ever played for United. You are witnessing a great great player just moving aside whilst still recognised techinically as the best. I am glad we have not witnessed him deteriate, It was hard to watch G nev trying to overocme his injury and get back before he retired.

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Costas May 31, 2011

@Saad

Those words are true mate. But in my opinion, you never replace teams anyway. That doesn't mean you don't become succesful again. The 1992 generation wasn't the same as the team of 94, but they forged their own path. And the team of 06-09 wasn't like the 92 generation, but they won things anyway. Maybe that will be Fergie's greatest legacy. That he recreated magic with different generations of players.

But it's fair to say that we will never see another Scholes at OT. Just like we will never see another Keane or Beckham imo.

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RedManWalking May 31, 2011

More than the goals, this is why we will all miss Paul Scholes :( I wonder who will be able to provide at least half of what he provided to Manchester United ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u169qAWd6T0

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Devil in the Details May 31, 2011

Damn Saad, You just depressed the shit out of me even more. : (

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Saad May 31, 2011

I apologize for my comments. I am just terribly, utterly, incomprehensibly depressed.

I need that Adam Sandler remote control and fast-forward to August and the Community Shield.

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Balaji Sivaraman May 31, 2011

@Costas, That is what I always say mate. There are only two managers in the history of football who have done that. Sir Matt Busby lost arguably one of the greatest footballing teams ever and re-built it brick for brick and created glory for us.

But what Sir Alex has done defies logical explanation. You can love the man or hate him (like idiotic supporters do) but what he has achieved will remain unmatched in football. Most managers will be happy to have one or two good teams under them. But to have built nearly 6 world-conquering teams and still going strong for the 7th when the players from your first have retired and are themselves coaches.

As I said, no words can explain what Sir Alex has done. The only other person in the world of sport in my lifetime who can be compared with him is the great Phil Jackson (retired this past season) who assembed four great basketball teams with the Bulls and the Lakers.

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kiccha May 31, 2011

scholesy is the reason i play football, love football , watch football..
thank u paul for the great moments i have enjoyed ..
god bless u and united... hope we can get some good players to do what u used to.. because no player in the world can be as god as scholes.. we ll need 2-3 players to do so..

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kanchelskis May 31, 2011

The fucking farce at FIFA is grabbing all the headlines today, burying news of the retirement of one of English football's finest beneath a tide of corruption and backstabbing by the clowns in charge of this game.

Mind you, I suppose oddly, Scholesy wouldn't have it any other way.

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Saad May 31, 2011

Scholesy should have two jobs.

1) Coaching the academy players.
2) Chief United scout.

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ahjs May 31, 2011

The Copa Del Rey committed suicide in the hands of Mourinho, Carvalho and Madrid. Don't know what the Premier League trophy is doing, though. Funny pic.

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karyeun May 31, 2011

he is helping evra!

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SpeedyGonzalezChicharito May 31, 2011

GINGERNINJA>>>L.E.G.E.N.D.

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Mahesh May 31, 2011

Ramos wasn't the only one. Stekelenburg dropped the dutch league trophy from the Ajax parade bus!

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Red Devil May 31, 2011

Paul Scholes is gone and I dont know what to do but just sit down and cry....i can't focus on work at all...I think I'll take a leave and go home...this is too much and I dont want people to see a grown man crying in office because 'some football player' has retired

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willierednut May 31, 2011

Saad - Ya depressing jerk! lol.

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T. May 31, 2011

i feel sick. no more football for 2,5 months. What the fuck am I supposed to do now? hang out with my girlfriend?

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Saad May 31, 2011

@willie

I know...sorry mate. Just shoot me. I'd rather die. I'm never gonna see Paul Scholes run the midfield again!

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MUFC-STRONG May 31, 2011

if you would have watched they were doing it as a joke...

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Dave Malaysia May 31, 2011

@Saad: Dear Saad, Like to remind u in yr depths of depression, to look up and see the light ,go towards it,smile and be happy again.

That light shud will have this insights to help u. Fergie has relied on the Fergie babes and Giggs is the last one standing but he has built at least 3 teams and this is his fourth. Look carefully at the foundations he has built at the club.

None of the clubs u mentioned had the same base , culture and manager . And in manager I mean the manager that brought them incredible success left. They started anew and most of the great playes left too. It was an end of an era.

I could carefully explain ti you the changes thar Fergie and David Gill have brought to the club that are so incredible ,it sets us apart. But maybe another time.

For now know this ,this team is going to be so much stronger next season, we are going to smack the clothes off those ugly twats who write us off with such hatred every year,the world is going to see them as they r.

Deep breaths saad .

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bobkoh May 31, 2011

I will miss those clumsy Scholsy tackles...

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swede May 31, 2011

Almost did a Stekelenburg would have been more appropriate comparison as he's a keeper and this was the league title although Stekelenburg dropped the championship shield.

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FletchTHEMAN May 31, 2011

Evra put Edwin up to this. Love them both!
Edwin is a born champion! Very classy guy. Evra, bit more the prankster!
Long and happy lives to both of them!

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scan74 May 31, 2011

dodgy keeper never rated him !!!

top man shame we couldnt get the result on saturday to round off a great career

going to be a tough act to follow

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Che's Red Reaction May 31, 2011

I actually cried. #19 is overshadowed by Neville, VDS's retirement, Hargo, n prob berba leaving, solskjaer also left, n now PAUL SCHOLES retired n filled n sealed gallons of sorrowness in me, agonizing summer ahead n god know what is ahed. The tall buildings of my office are very tempting...

Ginger Prince - I love you for iternity but today I hate you.