-Rahul Raj
It not exactly the easiest thing to be forced out of retirement, and return to your job, which you incidentally were a King Pin, and put in the same effort that you did to get to that position in the first place. It takes something special to do that, a tinge of genius, not exactly something you can buy with those barrels of oil harvested trillions. Well a tinge of genius is what United needed after a fairly decent run of results dating back to that day in October when they lost 6-1 to their neighbours City. A 3-0 loss to Newcastle and a 3-2 loss pushed United fans to their limits of patience.
There was a man at Carrington, every working day morning. He worked with the youth team, ran and trained with the lads. He was once a king of the same turf and a bigger one at Old Trafford. The man was once the finest midfielder to walk the lands, but his glory days were behind him.......... or so he thought.
Sir Alex's criticism of the January transfer window is well publicised, and so after the drop in form and after majority of his midfield arsenal laid in stretchers, he had to resort to his old guard. The man at Carrington was still running around wasn't he........What was the tinge of genius doing at Carrington when the team needed him the most.....get him a red jersey and put him on the pitch as soon as possible. Scholes was a Devil again.
When Paul Scholes, came out to warm up this January in the FA cup tie against City, the shutterbugs went crazy. The mood around Old Trafford hadn't been so high since the days of the holy trinity of Law, Charlton and Best. When he came on, United fans around the world went ballistic. Their Ginger-headed wizard was back. Surely this was Salvation.
Admittedly his first few touches were sloppy, and one lead to a goal, but the Englishman slowly got a tight grip of the game's reign. His second game, he continued where he'd left off controlling the tempo of the game, and scoring. The legend was back, and the man who had always been spotlight shy was now the centre of attention of every person involved in the beautiful game. He secretly would have wished that he hadn't made such a big bang, but his impact, even to the eye of the harshest, cruelest critic was impossible not to notice.
They say you realise the importance of an asset only when it's gone. United didn't need a remainder of Scholes value after missing him for half the season, but they got one nevertheless. Roll back a few weeks, United were playing Liverpool at Anfield. Inspite of going a goal down early, United had perfect control of the game and by half time they were all square 1 all. Adam, Bellamy and Kuyt who didn't start the game were introduced by Daglish, but United were still the dominant force, arguably due to the pressure on De Gea being relieved by Daglish opting to play through the wings, but Scholes clearly was the main reason United stayed on top. His distribution was perfect, and his sight of the game was flawless. With 15 minutes to go, Scholes was substituted. Suddenly the United midfield was ripped apart. Runs were all scrambled, and the passes were shambolic. In one word chaos. So United resorted to the quick shifts from defence to attack with through balls being played every time they got the ball, but the penetration was absent. Bellamy and co's power became evident. Kicked and battered repeatedly, United defence gave away and Caroll, of all the people, layed a beautiful ball for Kuyt for to finish coolly. Scholes disappeared, United mid-field disintegrated.
The man known as Scholes is one of those few men who have that rare blend of talent, modesty, selflessness, and the most of all in these times, controversy free.....He is genius in the purest form....
PAUL SCHOLES, he scores goals..........
It not exactly the easiest thing to be forced out of retirement, and return to your job, which you incidentally were a King Pin, and put in the same effort that you did to get to that position in the first place. It takes something special to do that, a tinge of genius, not exactly something you can buy with those barrels of oil harvested trillions. Well a tinge of genius is what United needed after a fairly decent run of results dating back to that day in October when they lost 6-1 to their neighbours City. A 3-0 loss to Newcastle and a 3-2 loss pushed United fans to their limits of patience.
There was a man at Carrington, every working day morning. He worked with the youth team, ran and trained with the lads. He was once a king of the same turf and a bigger one at Old Trafford. The man was once the finest midfielder to walk the lands, but his glory days were behind him.......... or so he thought.
Sir Alex's criticism of the January transfer window is well publicised, and so after the drop in form and after majority of his midfield arsenal laid in stretchers, he had to resort to his old guard. The man at Carrington was still running around wasn't he........What was the tinge of genius doing at Carrington when the team needed him the most.....get him a red jersey and put him on the pitch as soon as possible. Scholes was a Devil again.
When Paul Scholes, came out to warm up this January in the FA cup tie against City, the shutterbugs went crazy. The mood around Old Trafford hadn't been so high since the days of the holy trinity of Law, Charlton and Best. When he came on, United fans around the world went ballistic. Their Ginger-headed wizard was back. Surely this was Salvation.
Admittedly his first few touches were sloppy, and one lead to a goal, but the Englishman slowly got a tight grip of the game's reign. His second game, he continued where he'd left off controlling the tempo of the game, and scoring. The legend was back, and the man who had always been spotlight shy was now the centre of attention of every person involved in the beautiful game. He secretly would have wished that he hadn't made such a big bang, but his impact, even to the eye of the harshest, cruelest critic was impossible not to notice.
They say you realise the importance of an asset only when it's gone. United didn't need a remainder of Scholes value after missing him for half the season, but they got one nevertheless. Roll back a few weeks, United were playing Liverpool at Anfield. Inspite of going a goal down early, United had perfect control of the game and by half time they were all square 1 all. Adam, Bellamy and Kuyt who didn't start the game were introduced by Daglish, but United were still the dominant force, arguably due to the pressure on De Gea being relieved by Daglish opting to play through the wings, but Scholes clearly was the main reason United stayed on top. His distribution was perfect, and his sight of the game was flawless. With 15 minutes to go, Scholes was substituted. Suddenly the United midfield was ripped apart. Runs were all scrambled, and the passes were shambolic. In one word chaos. So United resorted to the quick shifts from defence to attack with through balls being played every time they got the ball, but the penetration was absent. Bellamy and co's power became evident. Kicked and battered repeatedly, United defence gave away and Caroll, of all the people, layed a beautiful ball for Kuyt for to finish coolly. Scholes disappeared, United mid-field disintegrated.
The man known as Scholes is one of those few men who have that rare blend of talent, modesty, selflessness, and the most of all in these times, controversy free.....He is genius in the purest form....
PAUL SCHOLES, he scores goals..........
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