The Interior Life of Paul Scholes

You know you would all laugh if you were there.

I condemn this hateful, bitter thread

I have read RED, it was the first thing I got for my Kindle. It's a work of genius

For United's youngsters there could be no greater stimulus than being coaxed by the ginger embodiment of the club's ethos.

I think i posted the book's other example of Scholesy's famous wit before but no harm in giving it another airing

Then I saw Paul Scholes in the canteen after I'd spoken to the manager, I told him my fears. 'This is going to be messy,' I said.
He laughed.
'You don't mean Lionel.' Typical Scholesy, ready to take the mickey.

that were scholesy were that were

been enjoying the giggs outstanding achievement montages this week, but i have to say this, maybe it's just total nostalgia does anyone feel they were better in the 90s?

i think they were good in the early 90's but as they became more popular and pervasive i think maybe i grew jaded with them and then once they dropped a little out of fashion again and began to be used more sparingly i've gained a new appreciation for them, though obviously i don't condone fucking your brother's wife

nah tbf his brother had been lording it over him for years with his normal life lived in the shadow of ryan giggs, then he decided to rub it in by attempting to stake out a few square feet of happiness with a wife of his own. he had it coming.

the interior life of the brother of ryan giggs

"You see that tree?"

http://cdn.balls.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pTgXb.jpg

He walked off, smiling, to go collect the kids.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-21243965

How will he pick the kids up now?

lol, beat me to it!

this is a crisis.

I'm imagining him crouched in the driveway for hours holding the "wheel" and trying his keys before realising there is no car under or around him.

Normally he'd phone Giggsy in these situations but... hadn't he read something about Giggsy in the papers a couple of years ago? He'd stolen his brother's car, maybe he's stolen Paul's as well? Better be safe, get Michael Clegg round in the van.

grey Chevrolet estate

Such a neat player, all these little interceptions cutting out parody at source.

A police spokesman said "inquiries to locate the car are ongoing".

SCHOLES: When will you find these guys? I mean, do you have any promising leads?

POLICEMAN: Leads, yeah. I'll just check with the boys down at the Crime Lab. They've assigned four more detectives to the case, got us working in shifts.

The interior life of an ice bandit. Grim times. The waiting, the watching. The cold. Maybe they'd come back, thought Paul, see if he'd got a different car. They should know better. They'd see the house and think everyone was out. They wouldn't see him crouched in the bushes. They might come up the driveway, take a look. Then he'd know. Then he could move on.

They'd played that team once, hadn't they, Rotor Volgograd. It was cold that night alright. A bit like this. Watching, waiting. He'd never forget that name, Volgograd. Nobody would, it was part of history wasn't it? The night Schmeichel scored.

"What if the kids had decided to pick themselves up," he thought, his blood running cold.

Exterior life rip

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2366573/Rio-Ferdinand-handed-baby-book-signing-session.html

couldnt help but recall the classic bobby spirals post itt

The book, which also features video segments of Ferdinand's celebrity friends, is sure to be a real treat

After the book and watch were handed over and a round of applause spread round the room I noticed a particular look on some of the players’ faces. It was a moment some weren’t sure how to handle because they had always had me with them; some for 20 years. I could see a vacant expression that seemed to say: what’s it going to be like now? Some had known no other manager but me.

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Amazing

http://i.imgur.com/kG8hijN.jpg

gnev wtf not from the side lad never from the side again

The documentary covers 1992-1999, culminating in Manchester United’s European Cup triumph, and interweaves the narrative with the social and cultural changes taking place in Britain at the time.

The production secured access to all six players and also includes interviews with Zinedine Zidane, Tony Blair, Mani from the Stone Roses, Eric Cantona and Danny Boyle.

ffs kill me

I'm irrationally angry at the names not being in the same order as the photo.

Now I'm trying to work out how they ordered the names. I've ruled out fame, age, appearances, trophies and talent. Maybe ascending order of Fergiebook approval?

the alphabet

so simple now you say it

it's so unmovieposterlike to use alphabetical listings but I think it's probably a good thing

convenient that Beckham's name comes first though eh?

pretty sure none of those guys would care, but the apostrophe's the wrong way round

movie posters sometimes go alphabetical in starry ensemble casts with lots of ego to negotiate but in this case i

Outswinging apostrophe

The director Gabe Turner, one of the two brothers who made The Class of 92, has a revealing story about Paul Scholes's debut in the movie business. The feature-length documentary is about the great Manchester United generation of Scholes, Ryan Giggs, David Beckham, Nicky Butt and the Neville brothers, Gary and Phil, and is released next month.

When Gabe and his brother Ben sat down to interview Scholes, recently retired for the second time and third on the club's all-time appearances list, the man himself had one major question.

Gabe takes up the story: "Paul said, 'Is this a movie then?' And we said, 'Yes'. 'Not television?' Paul said. 'No, Paul'. You could see him thinking. He said, 'Does that mean there'll be a premiere?' We were like, 'Yes, probably there'll be a premiere'. He said: 'Would I have to come to that?' We said: 'I'm sure we would want you to come to that. Would you like to?' 'No,' he said. 'Not massively'."

Paul said. 'No, Paul'.

said Paul 'Paul, no?'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiT-4V3IZFQ

'It will be difficult to look past the likes of Kroos and Ronaldo for Real, and I think Fabregas has become a key man for Chelsea, Pirlo for Juventus and Robben for Bayern.'

Paul Scholes was singing and dancing to the sounds of Rick Astley in the Salford City dressing room after they dumped Notts County out of the FA Cup on a historic and euphoric night at Moor Lane.

until the stark horror of the lyrics revealed itself in his mind. never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you

the kids. training.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/05/05/ryan-giggs-prepared-psychologically-life-manchester-united/

Spending time with my children these past 10 months has been a great pleasure, but they have their own school lives and the hours between drop-off and pick-up have to be filled too.

The one thing I felt was unique to a footballer’s stress was that every day when I left my house I never knew what I would encounter.

There might be 30 autograph requests over the course of the day, or 30 selfies. There might be none. There might just be nice things said. Or there might be aggro, and a harsh comment.

It was the uncertainty about what the day held that got to me.

i'm not a qualified psychologist but

Lol! Never mind interior world, one could detect more sentience + intelligence in a mollusc ffs! if I was his shrink I'd just give him a big dose of LSD!

He does seem to be grasping for that type of thing where dithering inarticulate alpha-male millionaires "open up" a la Beckham on his struggles with OCD etc. I also like childish/imbecilic concept of "stressful" grown-up jobs are all white-collar of course.

It was the uncertainty about what the day held that got to me.

people i met had different faces and said different things. it was as if while i went about my day, with my thoughts, they too had days of their own, thoughts of their own, which i knew was impossible yet still the nagging sense persisted that these others were more than met the eye.