Del Piero vs Scholes

ANSWER ME

Which one is SAF's love child? Scholes.

Why the comparison Glenn?

Totti >>> Scholes/Del Piero

I can see where this one is coming from!

Well...10 years ago we had classics between UTD and Juve..which involved both players, both were my favo's back then. But now it is 2008 and Scholes is in the CL final again But Del Piero had a super season in Italy!!

Ooohhh!! the choices!!!

Parks lives wrote:Why the comparison Glenn?

they were born in the same week, both burst onto the scene in '93 and I'm always suprised to see that not only are they both still alive, but they're still performing at the top level. Scholes on the verge of a league and CL double, Del Piero winning the Capocannoniere and still an acctive member of the Italian national side 13 years after his debut!

If there's a better pair to compare, well I don't know for where. So there.

Glenn Hysén wrote:

Parks lives wrote:Why the comparison Glenn?

they were born in the same week, both burst onto the scene in '93 and I'm always suprised to see that not only are they both still alive, but they're still performing at the top level. Scholes on the verge of a league and CL double, Del Piero winning the Capocannoniere and still an acctive member of the Italian national side 13 years after his debut!

If there's a better pair to compare, well I don't know for where. So there.

Fair play Glenda

I like the comparison. Although F*ck knows if I'd be able to give an answer. Del Piero has certainly been the more mercurial and inconsistent, but on his day he is one of the most gifted footballers of this generation.

Im going to pass

Glenn Hysén wrote:

Parks lives wrote:Why the comparison Glenn?

they were born in the same week, both burst onto the scene in '93 and I'm always suprised to see that not only are they both still alive, but they're still performing at the top level. Scholes on the verge of a league and CL double, Del Piero winning the Capocannoniere and still an acctive member of the Italian national side 13 years after his debut!

If there's a better pair to compare, well I don't know for where. So there.

Fair point. Both been class players and both will be legends for their clubs.

I'll obviously be picking Scholes, but I can see why people would pick Del Piero as well.

Senor Woody wrote:

Im going to pass

well at least now we know you're not Cristiano Ronaldo

That's a tough one...I'm going to say Del Piero because in spite of some pretty serious injuries he's still had a very comparable career to Scholes and even their trophies are about the same.

Scholes--great player. Technically very good.

But for me

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Both for sure would make Marcello Lippis best XI

"Paul Scholes would have been one of my first choices for putting together a great team”

Both great players, I do hope Del Piero does feature at the Euros.

Strange comparison, very different type of players. Anyways, I went for DP coz I think he edges it on talent.

A better comparison would be between Del Piero and Raul.

Del Piero was always my youth idol..I still have the Sony Juve shirt with his name in red on the back. It al started when he was there to stop Ajax's power in Europe! He was like my saviour!!

10 Years ago I wanted to have the same beard as him, but back I couldnt grow much..

I was also there when he failed to make Italy EC champion in 2000.

Nevertheless he is amazing!!

I had the Juve, Del Peiro shirt as well.

Looked great with collar up.

Scholes for me and every inch of me is biased.

And Delps is one of my most respected players no doubt he's a footballing legend rather then a Juve one.

Yef wrote:Del Piero was always my youth idol..I still have the Sony Juve shirt with his name in red on the back. It al started when he was there to stop Ajax's power in Europe! He was like my saviour!!

10 Years ago I wanted to have the same beard as him, but back I couldnt grow much..

I was also there when he failed to make Italy EC champion in 2000.

Nevertheless he is amazing!!

Surely you mean screwed up Italy's chances in the final by missing two sitters, which would have surely closed the game.

I have never forgiven him for that. Neither have most Italians I know.

bluenine wrote:

Yef wrote:Del Piero was always my youth idol..I still have the Sony Juve shirt with his name in red on the back. It al started when he was there to stop Ajax's power in Europe! He was like my saviour!!

10 Years ago I wanted to have the same beard as him, but back I couldnt grow much..

I was also there when he failed to make Italy EC champion in 2000.

Nevertheless he is amazing!!

Surely you mean screwed up Italy's chances in the final by missing two sitters, which would have surely closed the game.

I have never forgiven him for that. Neither have most Italians I know.

apart from the Juve fans!

On some other forums, there are some people trying to blame Totti for the defeat!

Gigi Buffon #1 wrote:

bluenine wrote:

Yef wrote:Del Piero was always my youth idol..I still have the Sony Juve shirt with his name in red on the back. It al started when he was there to stop Ajax's power in Europe! He was like my saviour!!

10 Years ago I wanted to have the same beard as him, but back I couldnt grow much..

I was also there when he failed to make Italy EC champion in 2000.

Nevertheless he is amazing!!

Surely you mean screwed up Italy's chances in the final by missing two sitters, which would have surely closed the game.

I have never forgiven him for that. Neither have most Italians I know.

apart from the Juve fans!

On some other forums, there are some people trying to blame Totti for the defeat!

Totti and Fiore were the chief architects of Azzurri's success in 2000, apart from the defence. They both had a brilliant championship. Unlucky for Italy, Vieri was injured and Zoff was too dumb to select the inspirational Roberto Baggio in the squad.

Nope, DP will have to shoulder the main blame of losing that final.

bluenine wrote:

Gigi Buffon #1 wrote:

bluenine wrote:

Yef wrote:Del Piero was always my youth idol..I still have the Sony Juve shirt with his name in red on the back. It al started when he was there to stop Ajax's power in Europe! He was like my saviour!!

10 Years ago I wanted to have the same beard as him, but back I couldnt grow much..

I was also there when he failed to make Italy EC champion in 2000.

Nevertheless he is amazing!!

Surely you mean screwed up Italy's chances in the final by missing two sitters, which would have surely closed the game.

I have never forgiven him for that. Neither have most Italians I know.

apart from the Juve fans!

On some other forums, there are some people trying to blame Totti for the defeat!

Totti and Fiore were the chief architects of Azzurri's success in 2000, apart from the defence. They both had a brilliant championship. Unlucky for Italy, Vieri was injured and Zoff was too dumb to select the inspirational Roberto Baggio in the squad.

Nope, DP will have to shoulder the main blame of losing that final.

Yeah he should have scored those chances..hence I was so happy for him he killed the German game with the 0-2!

But its quite harsh to blame it all on him...Italy didnt even deserve to be in that final

Same can be said for France!!

Less known fact is that Scholes was similarly to blame for missing a piss easy chance against Argentina back in the 2-2 (lost on pens) game.

2-1 to England, a few minutes after Owen had given England the lead, the ball fell to Scholes inside the Argie box, flick of the right boot, pulls the ball a few inches wide of the bottom right post.

3-1 would have almost certainly killed the game and seen England through, who would then have beaten the Dutch with relative ease like they did in 96, followed by teaching the Brazilians a lesson in the semis (Ronaldo? Fat and useless back then) and then an easy 3-0 win against the French in the final on their home patch (Just like the rugby)

Not quite as obvious as the Del Piero misses in 2000, but equally hard to stomach.

Decided because the majority already on here are being bias that no point breaking a tradition - Im going Scholes for the fact he's never been relegated into the second division, never had an agent, and never grown ridiculous facial hair

Senor Woody wrote:Less known fact is that Scholes was similarly to blame for missing a piss easy chance against Argentina back in the 2-2 (lost on pens) game.

2-1 to England, a few minutes after Owen had given England the lead, the ball fell to Scholes inside the Argie box, flick of the right boot, pulls the ball a few inches wide of the bottom right post.

3-1 would have almost certainly killed the game and seen England through, who would then have beaten the Dutch with relative ease like they did in 96, followed by teaching the Brazilians a lesson in the semis (Ronaldo? Fat and useless back then) and then an easy 3-0 win against the French in the final on their home patch (Just like the rugby)

Not quite as obvious as the Del Piero misses in 2000, but equally hard to stomach.

Decided because the majority already on here are being bias that no point breaking a tradition - Im going Scholes for the fact he's never been relegated into the second division, never had an agent, and never grown ridiculous facial hair

Keep on dreaming...

And didn't Scholes have a ginger beard/stubble? That's pretty ridiculous. Plus he has ginger pubes and has been caught with his bollocks hanging out.

Between the two, Del Piero - but it's no secret I think Scholes is a fine footballer.

Said it before, he's IMO, not your typical English footballer and the one player out of the England squads of the late 90s early 2000s that I thought quite highly of.

He'd have done well outside of England.

Also at France 98 in the Group games, Scholes scored in the first game against Tunisia, but in the second against Romania couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo. In fact I can recall the ball just bouncing off him in the penalty area. Romania went 1-0 up and Owen was brought on late on. I'm sure that Hoddle told him to stand near to Scholes and sure enough, yet another miscontrol by the ginger hoofer gave Owen his first chance and first WC goal.

All wasted by Le Saux in injury time when he let Petrescu in for Romania's winning goal.

I vote Scholes because he has ginger balls. He has ginger balls.

Gigi Buffon #1 wrote:

Senor Woody wrote:Less known fact is that Scholes was similarly to blame for missing a piss easy chance against Argentina back in the 2-2 (lost on pens) game.

2-1 to England, a few minutes after Owen had given England the lead, the ball fell to Scholes inside the Argie box, flick of the right boot, pulls the ball a few inches wide of the bottom right post.

3-1 would have almost certainly killed the game and seen England through, who would then have beaten the Dutch with relative ease like they did in 96, followed by teaching the Brazilians a lesson in the semis (Ronaldo? Fat and useless back then) and then an easy 3-0 win against the French in the final on their home patch (Just like the rugby)

Not quite as obvious as the Del Piero misses in 2000, but equally hard to stomach.

Decided because the majority already on here are being bias that no point breaking a tradition - Im going Scholes for the fact he's never been relegated into the second division, never had an agent, and never grown ridiculous facial hair

Keep on dreaming...

And didn't Scholes have a ginger beard/stubble? That's pretty ridiculous. Plus he has ginger pubes and has been caught with his bollocks hanging out.

Scholes' ginger facial hair was of a man who couldnt give a monkey's scrotum what he looked like or what people thought of him. It was as if he had forgotten to shave.

Del Piero's facial hair was, well, so typically ITALIAN. You could just imagine the fella spending longer infront of the mirror than his missus, pruning his silly beard.

Then out onto the scooter, riding around cobbled streets gesticulating at other road users and hooting his horn and shouting "ciao bella!" at every half attractive female. Not that Im prone to stereotyping mind. Great player despite that

Scholes is just the archetypal old school footballer - where it was about the football and not about the style or image. The man has never had an agent for Christ's sake.

Luso - Scholes would have been a disaster abroad. You ever seen him try and tackle? He would have spent more time in the stands than on the pitch with those stricter continental referees

Ginger balls.

I remember watching that game myself. Yes he was to be blamed for those misses. But then all great footballers have missed crucial chances at some point or the other. Nonetheless he is one of the most prolific scorers for the Azzuri & a reasonable way to judge a player would be to count the good he has done as well.

No surprise that I vote him compared to Scholes. Del Piero is one of my favorite footballers & for a variety of reasons. Talent alone, he is amazing. He is an artist when dribbling past defenders & is also highly acclaimed for his dead ball skills. And last but not the least he has always demonstrated great sportsmanship & behavior on the field & off it. Recent example being when he asked Trez to take the penalty against Sampdoria when he could have taken it himself & consolidated his position as the league's top scorer.

bluenine wrote:Totti and Fiore were the chief architects of Azzurri's success in 2000, apart from the defence. They both had a brilliant championship. Unlucky for Italy, Vieri was injured and Zoff was too dumb to select the inspirational Roberto Baggio in the squad.

Nope, DP will have to shoulder the main blame of losing that final.

Senor Woody wrote:

Gigi Buffon #1 wrote:

Senor Woody wrote:Less known fact is that Scholes was similarly to blame for missing a piss easy chance against Argentina back in the 2-2 (lost on pens) game.

2-1 to England, a few minutes after Owen had given England the lead, the ball fell to Scholes inside the Argie box, flick of the right boot, pulls the ball a few inches wide of the bottom right post.

3-1 would have almost certainly killed the game and seen England through, who would then have beaten the Dutch with relative ease like they did in 96, followed by teaching the Brazilians a lesson in the semis (Ronaldo? Fat and useless back then) and then an easy 3-0 win against the French in the final on their home patch (Just like the rugby)

Not quite as obvious as the Del Piero misses in 2000, but equally hard to stomach.

Decided because the majority already on here are being bias that no point breaking a tradition - Im going Scholes for the fact he's never been relegated into the second division, never had an agent, and never grown ridiculous facial hair

Keep on dreaming...

And didn't Scholes have a ginger beard/stubble? That's pretty ridiculous. Plus he has ginger pubes and has been caught with his bollocks hanging out.

Scholes' ginger facial hair was of a man who couldnt give a monkey's scrotum what he looked like or what people thought of him. It was as if he had forgotten to shave.

Del Piero's facial hair was, well, so typically ITALIAN. You could just imagine the fella spending longer infront of the mirror than his missus, pruning his silly beard.

Then out onto the scooter, riding around cobbled streets gesticulating at other road users and hooting his horn and shouting "ciao bella!" at every half attractive female. Not that Im prone to stereotyping mind. Great player despite that

Scholes is just the archetypal old school footballer - where it was about the football and not about the style or image. The man has never had an agent for Christ's sake.

Luso - Scholes would have been a disaster abroad. You ever seen him try and tackle? He would have spent more time in the stands than on the pitch with those stricter continental referees

Scholes was GINGER. He should've shaved his head and his beard and even his pubes because ginger hair just looks silly. Obviously he couldn't give a monkeys scrotum, but he did feel the need to show the world his own scrotum.

At least Del Piero's facial hair actually looked good and was not ginger!

Del Piero is a gentleman, not some sleaze like Grosso or Materazzi.

Scholes is quiet and keeps a low profile (probably because he's so embarassed about being ginger), but he acts like a c**t on the field.