Lets settle this once and for all.
Best midfielder of the last generation
Scholes.
Debate over.
Scholes
sneijder
Gerrard
scholes
>Scholes.
>Debate over.
>Le one season man
Lampard
paul scholes
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1. Scholes
2. Zidane
--Power Gap--
3. Xavi
Then Keane/Vieira
scholes
>Best midfielder of the last generation
Busquets is the best of the last generation
Enough said.
Has to be Scholes. Also, not even English but you can't deny his class.
Wilsherr
Scholes
scholes for me
as a player, as a person, as a champion, in terms of peak, in terms of consistency, in terms of legacy
no contest
i'd say xavi is second but he's still only about 50-60% of what scholes was, that's how far away he was
>That flag
>This topic
Now I understand why you havent win anything in 70 years
Paul Scholes. Easy.
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> ITT: professional British escorts that went to town on Scholes' dick
Pirlo by far
back to forocoches spic neet
>Asks who the best midfielder was
>Gets told
>Chimps out about the answer
>that pele quote
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>That flag
>Valid opinion
>as a person
Scholes is a bully (CR7 revealed it)
This says it all.
>Pirlo
The same guy that was outclassed by Park Ji Sung in 8 Champions League ties played over a period of 10 years?
Get a grip. Carrick was miles better than Pirlo let alone Paul fucking Scholes.
In fact, Pirlo isn't even the best Italian midfielder of the past 20 years. Not even top 3 arguably.
>Carrick was miles better than Pirlo let alone Paul fucking Scholes.
Pele is a massive twat.
in all seriousness the answer is scholes
if you ask anyone who played football against any of the top midfielders in the past 20 years, they'll tell you it's scholes too
not just best midfielder, best player IMO
better than Ronaldo, Messi, Maradona you name them.
>Plays until his 40s
>Just 2 CL
>No international titles surrounded by quite a good NT
>Better than Iniesta,Xavi or Pirlo
Scholes
> implying Scholes is fit to lace Pirlo's legendary boots
Pirlo brought substance, style, and panache to 2 CL wins and 1 World Cup. Scholes won fuckall at the international stage. Them's the facts Mohammed
>NT
arguments dismissed
NT football is for casuals and women, it's a joke tournament over the summer while the kids are off school and the men are all away at work, REAL football is on the weekends year in year out, that's the true test and the only football that matters
Scholes.
Xav- just kidding. It's Scholes. Obviously.
Iniesta.
Iniesta
Xavi
Pirlo
Gerrard
Lampard
Milner
Scholes
>NT football is for casuals and women
This guy. He's an anime character.
that being said, who's better: Ronaldo or Messi?
>"I'd say there are two that stand out and they're Paul Scholes and Cristiano Ronaldo,
>"Paul Scholes is one of the best midfielders of all time. His passing, vision and the way he controlled the tempo of games was incredible.
What did he mean by this?
>Pirlo
6 league titles
>Xavi
7 league titles
>Iniesta
8 league titles
>Scholes
11 PREMIER LEAGUE titles, 0 of which involved playing alongside Messi
Xavi, no contest
>11 Mickey Mouse titles
Oh you really showed me.
> using an angry potato's quotes as source
> not caring about international football
> calling yourself a man
Argument over, Pirlo wins
nice cherry picked picture. it had to be from that angle to look impressive
Most difficult league to win in the world. By far.
1 PL title = 3 or 4 LolLiga titles
Iniesta
Why do people consider Xavi being as great as Iniesta? Gib arguments, genuinely interested in knoing why would anyone rate him over the bald manlet genius.
>Most difficult league to win in the world. By far
Leicester won 1 lol.The EPLel is just a bunch of mediocre teams playing 80's football.LIke 3/4 EPLels have been won by United
I would have to say Paul Scholes.
Xavi control the pace of any team.When he left Spain is when the team started playing like shit,as no one could do that job as well as him.Barça survived after his departure due Messi+SUarez and Neymar
Iniesta was a literal who until about 2012 when Xavi started losing his legs.
Xavi has always been the better player, better at literally everything. Passing, vision, controlling the game's tempo, playing a team-mate through and setting them up on a plate.
But Scholes was better at all of the above.
Scholes >>>> Xavi >> Iniesta
Pirlo isn't even in this debate. I'd have Keane ahead of him, Schweinsteiger, Busquets, Vieira too. Probably quite a few more.
>Leicester won 1
Sorry, your point is?
Leicester would have won La Liga too last season.
I really feel sad for England. They're so shit that anytime they have a decent player, they have to overrate him beyond repair.
>LIke 3/4 EPLels have been won by Alex Ferguson
Fixed.
>Iniesta was a literal who until about 2012
M8 Iniesta had like 2 CL finals MVP by then
>Leicester would have won La Liga too last season.
That is why 94% of the ties between a la liga team and a brit one were one by the la liga side
Holy shit lol. Go back to playing FIFA, you abominably pretentious faggot.
>MVP
literally never heard of this before. No idea what it means.
We're done here boys, it's an unanimity
he was the dogs bollocks bruv
Scholes, Xavi and Pirlo should be compared because they have the ability to run a game. None of the others really have this.
Spaniards getting BTFO
The man in that picture you just posted even said so, bruv...
What do others apart from Brits, Spaniards and Americans (you know why) say?
Scholes seems to get better with every passing year he's retired...
there's a reason he was played out left for England you know.
genuinely the most overrated footballer in the history of the game.
They say Scholes.
Toss up between Scholes and Keane.
And I'm an Arsenal fan. Fucking hated that duo, but Man Utd got lucky to have them blighters.
>Spaniards getting BTFO
Not as bad as scholes every time he faced Iniesta or Xavi
t. clueless pleb
>I'm an Arsenal fan
Opinion discarded
>Why do have to share a planet with Brits, Spaniards and Americans?
> No Lampard
Just because he was a Chelsea player everyone overlooks him. If he'd been at United or Barca and scored as many goals from CM as he did people would be creaming themselves
>mfw this whole entire thread
>Arsenal fan
>Even including Keane
Opinion literally at the bottom of the fucking Mariana trench mate.
Keane > Vieira you spastic
All English midfielders are mediocre.I just put slippy g there as a joke
top kek. Viera is probably the best PL midfielder of all time. Keane is not even close.
Being honest :
Iniesta > Xavi - Gerrard - Pirlo.
He is above the 3 others. The 3 others are GOAT but equal.
You reckon?
2008
youtube.com
2011
youtube.com
Looks like he dicked them every time m8.
>all this samefagging
>Britsharia
>players that are/were better than paul scholes
Zidane, Pirlo, Lampard, Iniesta, Xavi, Modric, Vieira, Schweinsteiger, Kaka
I'm not an Arsenal fan either, I don't give a fuck about Vieira. The discussion was between the 4 in the OP. Keane is nowhere near them.
Lampard
scored more goals, made more passes for goals than Scholes and Gerrard.
>best PL midfielder of all time
ABSOLUTE TOPPEST OF KEKS
Pirlo, hands down.
Prophet Zidane tbhm8s
Out of those? Xavi.
But Scholes is the best midfielder followed by Zidane.
Not sure why you even included Slippy G there t.b.h.
Can name 20 off the top of my head I'd have ahead of him including Lampard, Carrick, Busquets, Kroos etc.
Um... Vieira admitted Scholes and Keane were better than him. I'd argue at their peak Vieira has a slight edge, but that ability? That strength to command the game?
Scholes and Keane did it better for longer - and fuck them for doing it so well, them mingers.
So why did Keane destroy him every time they played?
because he was white.
Not every time. In that stretch 01-03 it was pretty tight. I actually went to that 2-2 draw in '03 at Highbury. Vieira couldn't keep the midfield under control at all.
Pirlo or Iniesta. Scholes and Gerrard fags are retarded.
Pirlo is not even in this debate you retard.
We'll make a special thread for you if you want, where you can discuss whether or not Fletcher, Carrick, Pirlo, Busquets, Scott Brown or Gareth Barry was the best 2nd tier midfielder. Although I presume you'll be totally destroyed in that one too.
This thread is about the BEST midfielder.
And it's
1. Scholes
2. Zidane
3. Keane
4. Xavi
CHI
Did Scholes or Keane ever go undefeated? Did they ever win the WC? What about the Euro?