Former Manchester United legendary midfielder Paul Scholes says he "would not enjoy" playing in today's team under Louis van Gaal. The Red Devils were knocked out of the League Cup by Middlesbrough after a penalty shoot-out after a goalless 120 minutes. Scholes appreciated Manchester United's defence but criticised the style of play. Paul Scholes played no less than 718 matches for Manchester United.
"There's a lack of creativity and risk," said Scholes according to BBC Sport. "It's a team now you wouldn't want to play against because they're tightly organised. But it seems Van Gaal doesn't want players to beat men and it's probably not a team I'd have enjoyed playing in." United are currently fourth in the Premier League, but have not scored in their last two games.
Scholes added: "The hardest thing to coach is scoring goals and creativity. I was at the derby on Sunday and Rooney's movement was brilliant but when he's playing in that team there's no one prepared to pass to him. I think after 20 minutes you'd be tearing you hair out. I played with some brilliant centre forwards and I don't think they could play in this team - the likes of Ruud van Nistelrooy, Andy Cole, Dwight Yorke, Teddy Sheringham. You don't get crosses into the box or midfielders looking for runs."
Manchester United are 11/2 at Bet365 to win the Premier League title this season.
Shumar4life
8 years ago
Van Gaal is not such a bad manager, but he need different approach with Manchester UTD players. if he want to win games with Rooney and co, he will need to maintain different relations with key players. Now they look like a team which doesn't want to play football. And that is main reason why they are losing points in Premier...
Van Gaal is not such a bad manager, but he need different approach with Manchester UTD players. if he want to win games with Rooney and co, he will need to maintain different relations with key players. Now they look like a team which doesn't want to play football. And that is main reason why they are losing points in Premier league
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Alexa Alexa 8 years ago
Paul Scholes is a legend of Manchester United.His word are very respected and everybody in the club should always leason what players like Paul talk about the cub.United is not so bad at the table,but everyone expect much more from them,cause they have spend so much money in last transfer windows.
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sharpe
8 years ago
I think that Paul Scholes is even more diplomatic in his statement that he should be. This Van Gaal team is nowhere near to the style that the team should play. Of course Van Gaal has his own style but I don't think it's good enough for United. The team has no tempo in passes, no surprise for the opposite defense, midfielders...
I think that Paul Scholes is even more diplomatic in his statement that he should be. This Van Gaal team is nowhere near to the style that the team should play. Of course Van Gaal has his own style but I don't think it's good enough for United. The team has no tempo in passes, no surprise for the opposite defense, midfielders rarely make any breaks which makes forwards job even tougher. In the end this is a game and have to be some improvisation and surprise for the opponents. They just passes the ball endlessly now and are so boring team to watch in 90% of the game time. And finally I don't know why everybody says how successful coach Van Gaal is after he had won just 4 or 5 trophies for more than 20 years in which he was ahead of many European giants in football- I couldn't call that impressive.
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GREGJO
8 years ago
In my opinion Scholes was a very underrated but worldclass midfielder. I really liked when hew as on the pitch and played this beautiful game, but at nowadays... He always badmouths Manchester United or Louis van Gaal. Yes, under the Sir Alex Ferguson era the Red Devils were one of the best in Europe/Wolrd. They have to...
In my opinion Scholes was a very underrated but worldclass midfielder. I really liked when hew as on the pitch and played this beautiful game, but at nowadays... He always badmouths Manchester United or Louis van Gaal. Yes, under the Sir Alex Ferguson era the Red Devils were one of the best in Europe/Wolrd. They have to build a new team with future and current stars. This is not an easy task. Rooney can't score but this is not the midfield's fault. Mata or Schweinsteiger are both good at there and they can give precise passes. Why Martial is able to score and Rooney not? The answer is simple: Scholes was joking.
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