Paul Scholes is not known for talking. Instead, the Manchester
United midfielder has, throughout a long and distinguished career,
preferred to express himself through his actions on the park.
However, there is currently plenty of talking going on about the
Salford-born former England international, with Wayne Rooney and
Dimitar Berbatov hailing the unassuming Scholes' contributions to
what could be an almost incredible season for the Red Devils.
Now his manager Sir Alex Ferguson has chosen to add his voice to
the praise flowing in Scholes' direction by expressing his pride in
the midfielder's continuing excellence.
Scholes scored United's openeer in their 3-0 victory over Fulham
at Old Trafford last night, netting with a trademark volley after
Cottagers' goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer fumbled his effort.
"Paul tries that in training every day. He usually tries to hit
me," Ferguson joked to The Manchester Evening
News.
"He was fantastic. Some of his switches of play were
magnificent.
"These lads are great examples to young players in how they live
their life. They have kept their ambition, which is important. We
are delighted with their performance and are so proud to have them
here."
Ferguson also felt that Chelsea's title challenge was finished
now, although he stopped short of completely writing them off, but
pointed to the size of United's squad as his biggest reason for
domestic optimisim this campaign.
"You can never be dead sure, but it is fair to say Chelsea have
an uphill fight now," he said.
"Things can happen. We were 12 points clear of Arsenal in 1998
but we got a lot of injuries and lost the league. Now we can cope
with it, like we have done in the last few weeks.
"That is the change at this club. We have such a big squad we
can make changes."
