A tribute to centurion Scholes !

Paul Scholes scored his 100 th goal for Manchester United yesterday. Here is my little tribute to him, as I thought great players need to be admired, beyond the boundaries of the clubs. Though I am a fan of Arsenal and havent watched him as much as a Utd fan, I will try my best !

I always remember him as a school boy faced player ! Scholesy made his debut with Utd in 94-95 season and 16 years on, is still playing . That speaks volumes of this guy. He was one of the golden generation of Utd,and the midfield of Giggs- Keane -Scholes- Beckham  ruled English football for years.
These are some things that will always be remebered about Scholes :

His fighting spirit: Here is a guy who retired from playing for England to concentrate on his career at Man Utd. He is still an inspiration for the youngsters ,still making those wonderful passes at the age of 36,  when most of the players are well off their peak and cant get into the first team. Even the likes of Pires, Ljunberg, Vieira from Arsenal's solid midfield, who played in the same era , couldnt take the toll of age and had to move out of Arsenal.

Trophies :Scholes won almost every trophy with ManUtd - The Premier League, Champions League, FA cup, Carling cup,World club championship and the most memorable being the treble of 1999.

Poor tackles : Well,we've seen it so often - Scholes is a poor tackler . I myself have had the pleasure of seeing him sent off after making some really stupid tackles and I cant forget his face after that - like that of a shamed school kid sent off the classroom, chin down  and slowly walking off :)

His love for volleyball : Scholesy sometimes confuses football pitch for volleyball. He will always be remembered for the two red cards he has received for stretching his hand and reaching for the ball. Once he scored a goal and the other time he stopped a goal, but got red-carded on both occassions. Its beyond anyone's imagination why he did that !!!

Thunderous volleys : Alex Ferguson once said that Scholes is the best striker of the ball he had ever seen. This is time and again shown by the goals he scores from outside the box.Here is one of them- the volley is so spectacular that even the commentator is stunned !




Scholes, who prefers to stay away from spotlight and rarely gives interviews, once described his ideal day as "Train in the morning, pick up the kids from school, play with them, have tea, get them to bed and then watch a bit of TV."
What a character !

sdc 

P.S: I couldnt resist ending this with an Arsenal touch :) . This is my favourite moment of Paul Scholes. It is the2005 FA cup final ,the game is 0-0 after 120 mins and we get to the penalty shootout. Everyone scores and Scholes misses it. Vieira scores with final kick and wins the FA cup for Arsenal. Thank you Scholesy !!!