'Second-Rate Defender!' Paul Scholes & Adam McKola Debate Over De Ligt! | The Overlap

Adam McKola challenges Paul Scholes over whether or not Matthijs de Ligt would make a good signing. Also, what would count as success for United this season?

0:00 - Video Start
1:32 - Positions To Fix
3:22 - Wrongly Confident?
5:02 - Ten Hag
5:56 - De Ligt
6:57 - Striker
8:39 - What's Success

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[rana]

I am shocked how many wrong things Scholes said. I mean not opinion, just wrong facts, about de Ligt's play time and Dier playing in front of him(the Bayern fans were crying about that stupidity from Tuchel), Scholes isn't even informed correctly about why De Ligt left Juventus, and it's not even ten hag who shortlisted De lIgt, it's Christopher Vivell and Ashworth, about Hojlund, Ivan Tony is full of hot air, and almost at the end of that prime, if we buy him now, he'll ask for big wage and will get too settled and relaxed, unlike a young player who'd want to prove his worth, him under estimating the importance of an actual office existing in the club for the first time since the world moved ahead with backroom staff years ago. I bet it feels like no body even told Scholes about the financial constraint the contracts given by Woodward-Murtough-Arnold have left the club in. Our situation finance and squad wise is worse than when Fergie first arrived, forget about the David Gill era of rich Man United functioning. Look at that slimy Carragher nodding when Scholes was misunderstanding Zirkzee as not a good scorer when he clearly knows Zrikzee is a facilitator central attacker like his own Firmino who will not score a lot but is there to link the attack, slimeball. Come on Scholes, update yourself before you turn into a Souness variant. What's worse, Mckola not even correcting him enough.

[Titanic-Rose]

Scholes is proof that brilliant player doesn't make brilliant pundit.

[steverito]

When you hear Carragher try and put pressure on ten Hag, just remember he’s the type of guy to drive up to a child and spit at them.

[lucashuerta]

As a American I have to say English pundits and ex players think way to highly of current English players but don’t hesitate to bash any plays not from England

[windupmerchant]

Scholes is an absolute legend of a footballer and a god-awful pundit. He'll be a Graham Souness before he knows it.

[pranjalchoudhary]

All these pundits avoid the rashford question.

[markwrench]

De Ligt played 43 games for Bayern in his first season and 30 games in season 2. So he does play, and season 2 was lower due to injuries. Come on Scholes; it took me less than 2 minutes research to find that out!

[amoghdhodapkar]

Oh my word. Give me a break Scholsy!! What utter nonsense about Hojlund! Scholes e is writing off a 20 year old striker who by the way without much service while operating in a high pressure, dysfunctional environment ended up scoring 16 golas in all comps in his 1st season. Mostly on his own bidding.

[mcpapasyro]

Backing Toney while bashing Hojlund is criminal

[Genkaku]

Lol what? De Ligt not good enough for Juventus? He basically forced an exit to go to Bayern. At Juventus he was seen as the long term Bonucci/Chiellini replacement

[kevinmcquaid]

"Eric Dier playing in front of him" - out of 25 games, Dier only started ahead of De Ligt twice.

[sandieeeeeee]

Christ I love scholes as a player but he’s got some dog turd opinions. Has he even seen de ligt play for juve or Bayern

[playedout]

Carragher knives out for ETH. Surely he has Uniteds best interests at heart, right? 😂

[ushmush]

Scholesy was a fantastic player. But he admitted that he doesn't actually watch football matches any more unless he's paid to do so. He's never seen Zirkzee play ffs.

[paulo-gx]

Slowly I'm now getting to know why most former English players never make it as managers. Listen to Scholes, Nev, Carra, or Micah Richards and then listen to someone like Fabregas discuss football you will notice the difference.

[WeAreMessi]

Scholes is saying Ten Hag should have been more pragmatic. Mourinho did do that and finished 2nd, but Scholes laid into him for not sticking to United's "values". And that team wasn't any better than what Ten Hag has. Make your mind up Paul.
The irony is, of all the pundits I have ever seen and heard, Mourinho has been the best. His analysis is super deep, engaging. Shows what a brilliant mind he has. These other pundits are just engaging in pub chat at best. Someone like Steve Howson provides much better analysis than these jokers.
Scholes is becoming the Mancunian Souness. He won't ever find anything positive unless he is talking about his mates from his playing days. Not that the others don't do that.
The truth is United's Glazer ownership and running of the club post Fergie, has been one of the greatest sporting failures of any era. Case in point, they didn't buy Maguire when Mourinho wanted him. He would have been a beast in Mou's low block system. But they go ahead and fire him and bought Maguire the next year for 20 million more for Ole, who clearly had a longer term vision of high line front foot play. So when he did start to implement that by switching away from counter attacking strategy, they bring in Cristiano, who will always be a legend and GOAT, but never was a pressing monster which Cavani was and who suited Ole's third season system.
When will pundits like Scholes, fan spitter, Neville, et al provide insights like that?

[EKoranjeWK]

Juventus fans didnt want de ligt to leave
Bayern fans dont want him to leave
Paul scholes: he failed at juventus and bayern

[Wobb]

Yeh I disagree with Paul aswell, I think de ligt would have a bigger impact at United than Varane, , his leadership and physicality as well as obviously he's a high line defender which allows us to be more compact

[EnshroudedLad]

Carragher has succeeded in making united legends hate on their club

[marcusgraham]

Scholes is "struggling to get excited", that's his trademark, he should have it printed on his t-shirt. One person you wouldn't want at a party.