printer Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Sorry but if you honestly believe that Paul Scholes was a better player than Darren Fletcher between 2008-11 then there is no hope for you. Please refrain from replying to my posts again or I will get you and your wrong opinions banned. :lol: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
printer Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Schmeichel and Ferdinand were quite clearly World Class therefore the rest of his argument is irrelevant to the discussion. Aye, what makes him qualified to judge? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeboy Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Lambert was. He played the "Makelele role" before anyone had heard of Makelele. I highly doubt that. Makelele was in the Champions League semi final a full 2 years before Paul Lambert was changed to a DM. Barry Ferguson. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Dougie Imrie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Paul Scholes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Paul Scholes. Paul isn't Scottish I'm afraid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Skidmarks Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Paul isn't Scottish I'm afraid. He was eligible to play for Scotland though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Paul isn't Scottish I'm afraid.Paul Scholes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) Paul Scholes. A brilliant, brilliant footballer. Do you honestly believe otherwise? Edited January 2, 2016 by Monkey Tennis 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) A brilliant, brilliant footballer. Do you honestly believe otherwise? Honestly, I can't remember what this argument was about. Scholes was quite a bit better than him at his peak but by around 2008/9 I'd say Fletcher had surpassed him. Edited January 2, 2016 by YassinMoutaouakil 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Honestly, I can't remember what this argument was about. Scholes was quite a bit better than him at his peak but by around 2008/9 I'd say Fletcher had surpassed him. The 'argument' came from Chlamydia Kid quoting Alex Ferguson listing the best players he'd worked with at Man United. Fletcher, unsurprisingly, did not feature. You however, found the notion of Scholes being described by his manager as 'World Class' hilarious. I pointed out that such a tag fits Scholes perfectly. Your response was to say I must have ginger hair. Then you brought Scholes up again two months later, for reasons best known to yourself. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) The 'argument' came from Chlamydia Kid quoting Alex Ferguson listing the best players he'd worked with at Man United. Fletcher, unsurprisingly, did not feature.You however, found the notion of Scholes being described by his manager as 'World Class' hilarious. I pointed out that such a tag fits Scholes perfectly. Your response was to say I must have ginger hair.Then you brought Scholes up again two months later, for reasons best known to yourself.I've read it back now. What I actually said was Scholes wasn't any better than Fletcher from 2008-11 and laughed at someone saying Scholes was World Class in that time period. Which I stand by. Edited January 2, 2016 by YassinMoutaouakil 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadroj Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I can picture the scene- 3 young kids in the Mexican barrios or slums of Rio getting a game of 'world cuppy' but the game can't start because 2 of them are to busy fighting over who is going to be...................... Darren Fletcher. Yet you can picture them fighting out over who wants to be Nigel de Jong. Okay buddy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 I've read it back now. What I actually said was Scholes wasn't any better than Fletcher from 2008-11 and laughed at someone saying Scholes was World Class in that time period. Which I stand by. Well you didn't do it terribly carefully. Your opening gambit on the subject was Scholes' name accompanied by a laughing smiley. This followed Chlamydia kid quoting Ferguson. It's clear that you didn't rates Scholes as up to much at all. I think that's a strange view on such a highly regarded player. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rednyella Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Haha. The comments on here are hysterical. We've had no true world class players since the 70s-80s. Lambert in his prime winning ECL season possibly. But only one in 90s. Barry Ferguson couldn't make it at Blackburn so how the hell was he world class. Lol. Darren Fletcher still is quality and I think Strachan needs to bring him back into fold with captains arm band for World Cup qualifiers ahead of Scott Brown. Doing a great job with Morrison at WBA. His time at ManU was excellent. He's genuinely the best we've had since Lambert but 'World Class'...come on now. Let's no demean that title. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeboy Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Barry Ferguson couldn't make it at Blackburn so how the hell was he world class. Lol He was Blackburn captain you absolute buffoon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 He was Blackburn captain you absolute buffoon. And supporters' player of the year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footiefanboy Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Just seen this thread and I don't know if it has been mentioned before as a definition of world class but Denis Law was chosen for a Rest of the World XI v England in 1963 alongside Eusebio, Di Stefano and Santos etc. He also scored. Among the subs were Puskas and Jim Baxter. In the 50 odd years since then only Kenny Dalglish comes to mind! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellman86 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 I will put it out there and say James McFadden was pretty special at one time for Scotland. If the James McFadden of 06-09 had played in the current team, we would be at the euros. At that time he was a cut above everybody and the only exciting player in the starting XI for a few years. Shame to see what his career came to down south. Should've\could've been a lot more succesful! Thoughts? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 I will put it out there and say James McFadden was pretty special at one time for Scotland. If the James McFadden of 06-09 had played in the current team, we would be at the euros. At that time he was a cut above everybody and the only exciting player in the starting XI for a few years. Shame to see what his career came to down south. Should've\could've been a lot more succesful! Thoughts? My thoughts are that McFadden was an exciting and very important player for Scotland, for a decent spell. The latest Scotland team could indeed have done with someone like him at his peak, who may well have made a decisive difference. However, this thread is about World Class players and McFadden is almost as far from that kind of status as you or I am. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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