Sentences with phrase «scholes became»

Although Nemanja Vidić halved the deficit, United had left themselves too much to do and Paul Scholes became the first player to be sent off in the fixture late on as Zenit held on to add another trophy ahead of their maiden UEFA Champions League campaign.

The Sun reported earlier this week that Ryan Giggs had been given more training and matchday responsibilities at the club, as the Old Trafford hierarchy begin to lose faith in the Dutch manager, while Paul Scholes became the latest Red Devils great to slam the manager following the unimpressive, last - minute 1 - 0 victory over League One Sheffield United in the FA Cup [BT Sport as per the Mirror].

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Hope to christ he doesn't do a Scholes and become a «pundit» /» expert».

As long as Wilshere avoids getting injured, he can easily become a better player than Gerrard, Lampard or Scholes.

Paul Scholes, famously reticent during his years of loyal service at United, has been one of the more vocal critics of LvG and his team since becoming a pundit.

However, in this role, passing accuracy is key — if he can get closer to the incredible 95.5 % pass completion he managed against QPR (107 of 112 passes completed) on a regular basis, and really control the rhythm of the game like a deep - lying Paul Scholes, he has the potential to become a key player for us, but when he's being man - marked like he was by West Ham, that won't always be easy.

[28] He became a regular in the squad following the retirement of Paul Scholes, and was voted England Player of the Year by fans in 2004 and 2005.

Then started the midfield experiment, everyone from the United season ticket holder to Sky Sports pundits had this delusion that Rooney would magically become Scholes if he started playing in midfield.