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[Football] Paul Scholes - that went well then
- Thread starter pasty
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Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Oh well. Having arsed it up at a League Two club for all of a month, now he can go back to sniding away at all the top level managers, passing us his sage opinion on all their mistakes from the safety and comfort of a Sky Sports studio.
Jobs a goodun.
Jobs a goodun.
Guy Fawkes
The voice of treason
- Sep 29, 2007
- 8,195
Scholes said in a statement that he had taken the decision with "great regret".
"It unfortunately became clear that I would not be able to operate as I intended and was led to believe prior to taking on the role," he continued.
I guess that would have been seeing himself as a success manager like Ole Solskjaer and expecting them to have won more than just 1 game out of the seven he was in charge for.
"It unfortunately became clear that I would not be able to operate as I intended and was led to believe prior to taking on the role," he continued.
I guess that would have been seeing himself as a success manager like Ole Solskjaer and expecting them to have won more than just 1 game out of the seven he was in charge for.
Leekbrookgull
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Found out what 'real' football is all about,no F~~~ing Money.
hart's shirt
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Yet another ex-player turned pundit fails to comprehend that 'knowing the game' isn't enough to compensate for lack of tactical nous.
And once again, Arrigo Sacchi's famous comment still rings true.
Dismissing the idea that only former players make good coaches, Sacchi replied, "I never realised that to be a jockey you had to be a horse first".
And once again, Arrigo Sacchi's famous comment still rings true.
Dismissing the idea that only former players make good coaches, Sacchi replied, "I never realised that to be a jockey you had to be a horse first".
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
- 72,015
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Credit to Sol Campbell to sticking with Macclesfield
Me neither. And Sacchi was rather good.....
Paris
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He took his boyhood club as far as he could. 31 days
BBassic
I changed this.
- Jul 28, 2011
- 12,306
Scholes took over with the Latics 14th in the table, nine points off the play-offs, and leaves with them in the same position.
There's an indictment of a person's usefulness if ever I saw one. His 31 days made literally no difference to their position in the league. He may as well have just stayed at home playing Football Manager or something.
There's an indictment of a person's usefulness if ever I saw one. His 31 days made literally no difference to their position in the league. He may as well have just stayed at home playing Football Manager or something.
Sol always comes across as a very nice person, quietly spoken but a very intelligent, deep thinker who started well at Macc Town. I hope the chairman and fans are patient with him, even if they go straight back down because they only attract 1,800 fans on average.
Paul Scholes has always been a surly, chip-on-his-shoulder character, who thought the Oldham job would lead to bigger and better things. Welcome to the real world, Scholsy, where most of League Two clubs don't have many pots to pee into.
This.
Knocky's Nose
Mon nez est en Valenciennes..
Not the case. He's just extremely shy and doesn't really like the limelight. Awkwardness comes across as surliness. He loves football and wants to be around it, and he accepted punditry as the first step. He never really liked punditry, and it showed.
With OGS doing so well, Giggs doing ok, the Nevilles being in the game, and Beckham owning a club I suspect he felt a bit of peer pressure to go into management - and what a fairytale start his boyhood club was.
However... he's neither a sparkling personality, nor is he a motivator. He's not a people person and never has been. His nickname was 'ghost' as he always used to appear on nights out, then disappear just as quickly. He hated socialising and mixing with people...
Not the best character trait for management?!
redoubtable seagull
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- Oct 27, 2004
- 2,530
Press reports suggest he was advised not to take the job as the owner sounds difficult.
Not Andy Naylor
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The owner failed to buy him a load of new players of international calibre. Or perhaps the referees didn't give every decision his team's way as they did when he played for Manchester United.
Agree about sol. Was really hoping they’d stay up and they very nearly got out of bottom two, not quite though . They look doomed at the moment though, but if they beat Yeovil you never know.....and no, I don’t get out much