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Date: Thu Jun 04 22:03:21 GMT+00:00 1998
Mail: barry@www.red11.org
This Issue:
1. Pallister's damning verdict on England
2. Denmark's Schmeichel is simply the best
3. Scholesey (Mirror)
4. Phil staying / McClair Latest / Neville
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Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 12:44:10 -0700
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From: J Callaghan (by way of Red Devils Mailing List )
Subject: Pallister's damning verdict on England
Phil Neville
I WAS left absolutely gobsmacked by Glenn Hoddle's squad. Amazed that Paul
Gascoigne isn't there, gutted that my team-mate Nicky Butt missed out;
fearful that Phil Neville's absence will cost England dear - and feeling
very sorry for my good mate Dion Dublin, who I thought might have done
enough to get in the 22.
The squad leaves more questions than answers, with the main concern: Who
will play the Paul Gascoigne role?
I think the balance of the squad doesn't look right without Gazza. He would
have been in my squad - 45 minutes of Gazza can be enough to win a match he
is such a talent.
The lads love Gazza to death and they will miss him.
Another character Ian Wright won't be there and when you are spending long,
boring hours in hotels during tournaments you want people around who will
entertain you.
The England camp will be duller place without Gazza and although he gets
pilloried and abused, you can't dispute he absolutely adores football.
I don't know who can fill his boots - he is one of the most talented
players in Europe.
Glenn Hoddle will now have to turn elsewhere for that creative midfield
playmaker.
Two candidates are at United, David Beckham and Paul Scholes. But I think
Becks, with his range of passing and crossing ability, would be better
served on the right flank where he has played the majority of games for
England.
Scholesy is probably the closest we have to another Gascoigne. He is a
tremendous little talent and sees things early, which you need at
international level.
He can thread balls through for team-mates and has the right attitude for
the big occasion.
It isn't only Gazza missing out, of course. I'm gutted for my United
team-mates Nicky Butt and Phil Neville - it must be doubly hard for Phil
because his brother is going.
I can't really understand why Phil has been ommitted. With Andy Hinchcliffe
injured, there doesn't seem to be any obvious cover for Graeme Le Saux on
the left-hand side.
Managers live and die by their decisions and that could be one to come back
and haunt Glenn Hoddle. The balance doesn't seem right.
One consolation for Dion Dublin missing out is that he can go on holiday
with me now!
I thought it was touch and go for Dion but thought he had done enough in
the tournament in Morocco to make it.
He can now take a break from football and think about where he wants to
play next season. I know Dion though and he will come back from the
disappointment even stronger.
He had the same philosophical approach when he broke his leg at Manchester
United.
He fought hard to come back and then proved away from Old Trafford he could
make an impact in the Premiership.
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Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 09:35:02 +0100
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From: J Callaghan
Subject: Denmark's Schmeichel is simply the best
Copyright © 1998 Nando.net
Copyright © 1998 Reuters
COPENHAGEN (Jun 3, 1998 - 17:32 EDT) - Anybody hoping to score against
Denmark at this summer's World Cup has a major barrier to overcome.
Its name is Peter Schmeichel.
A towering figure, considered by many as the world's best goalkeeper, the
34-year-old Manchester United stalwart has made a career out of ruining
strikers' reputations.
Ever since his first day as a professional with the Copenhagen club
Hvidovre in 1984, Schmeichel had no doubt about his soccer destiny.
"From my very first day of training, people told me that I would play for
the Danish national team and live abroad," Schmeichel says. "And I never
doubted for a minute what they said."
In 1987, Peter Bolislaw Schmeichel, the middle name denoting a Polish
father, joined leading Danish club Brondby.
The same year he made his debut in Denmark's Olympic team and his
brilliance went on to help Brondby to four Danish titles.
His performances captured the eye of United manager Alex Ferguson and in
1991 he joined the English club for what today seems a meagre transfer fee
of just 555,000 pounds ($924,000).
Schmeichel, a commanding 1.91m tall and weighing 98 kilos, has since played
in more than 300 matches for the Manchester giants, winning four English
championships -- including the league and cup double in 1994 and 1996. He
is under contract with United until 2001.
Schmeichel's overwhelming physique and fiery temperament strike terror into
opposing forwards who dare to approach his territory, while many a
defensive team mate has been left with battered ear drums by his habit of
bawling out anybody he believes is shirking their duty.
Schmeichel established himself as the world's best at the European
championships in Sweden in 1992 where Denmark were playing as a late
substitute for disqualified Yugoslavia.
In a penalty shootout in the semifinal against the Netherlands it was
Schmeichel's brilliant stop from Marco van Basten that ensured the Danes of
a place in the final.
There the Scandinavians stunned favourites Germany 2-0, with Schmeichel
producing several gravity-defying reflex saves.
A similarly dazzling series of stops ensured Denmark a 0-0 draw with Greece
last October to clinch their ticket to France 98.
It is likely to be Schmeichel's first and last World Cup. There are many
strikers who will be grateful for that.
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Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 22:40:35 +0800
Reply-To: Red Devil Marcus
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From: Red Devil Marcus
Subject: Scholesey (Mirror)
ENGLAND GIVE SWEET 16 JOB TO PAUL
COME in Number 16, your time has come.
Paul Scholes started his club life at Manchester United as apprentice to the
sorcerer Eric Cantona.
He filled those daunting boots and, now that Paul Gascoigne has stumbled off
the France 98 stage, he has ditched his role as World Cup understudy to
steal Gazza's limelight. With acute foresight, Manchester United manager
Alex Ferguson selected his strongest England World Cup XI a fortnight ago -
and named Scholes ahead of Gazza.
Ferguson, the most successful club manager in recent times, had no doubts.
He said "For the vital role of central link man between the midfield and the
forwards, there is no need to look past Paul Scholes. He has good control,
the vision to see all types of passes and the technique to execute them.
"He is courageous and tough and can score from outside or inside the box."
Ferguson described Gazza's fitness level as "dubious" even then, and he
would have seen nothing - when he was in Casablanca to watch the Morocco
game - that would have changed his mind.
No doubt Ferguson is understandably biased, as he developed the Scholes
talent at Old Trafford.
But the United boss is not alone in the conviction that Scholes' energy will
play a vital role for England.
Once Gazza's fate was known, Jack Charlton, his first manager at Newcastle
more than a decade ago, voiced his belief in Scholes.
Big Jack feels the red-haired Old Trafford player will be handed the
responsibility of being England's creative midfield genius in France this
summer.
Charlton earned his reputation as an outspoken boss in charge of the
Republic of Ireland during two World Cups in 1990 and 1994.
And he said: "Central midfield is the area that really worries me. None of
the players have had very good seasons and, with Paul Ince and David Batty
in there, you wonder where the supply for the strikers is going to come
from.
"I would like to see Scholes in the Gascoigne role. He is a very solid
player who has the ability to hit good passes.
"I would not move David Beckham into the centre."
I believe that Scholes was on standby for Gazza even if Hoddle opted to take
the wayward Geordie.
Scholes is the opposite to Gazza. Quiet, thoughtful, dedicated.
And while it was widely assumed that Gazza was popular with his team-mates,
there is as much, perhaps even more, respect for the introverted Scholes.
Marcus Lionel van Geyzel.
"I can only please one person per day.
Today is not your day.
Tomorrow isn't looking very good either". -- Dogbert
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Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 17:35:20 +0100
Reply-To: "Manchester United Football Club (soccer)"
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From: J Callaghan
Subject: Phil staying / McClair Latest / Neville
Neville speculation dismissed ««
Neville:
Stays at Trafford
United are ignoring speculation that Phillip Neville could be on his way
out of Old Trafford. Suggestions that the England full-back, who was left
out of England's World Cup squad, might not be wanted by United have been
dismissed at, "total nonsense and not worth considering."
The speculation had linked Neville to newly promoted Middlesbrough, but
officials at the Teeside club have dismissed the story which appeared in
the national press that claimed 'Boro were about to sign Neville as "Total
rubbish."
Phil Neville recently signed a seven year contract at Old Trafford, and has
always made it clear that his ambitions lay no further than playing for the
club that he has supported all his life. Last month his older brother Gary
admitted that no-one could take anything for granted at Old Trafford,
because the quest for success meant that there would always be a battle for
places, but he too knows Phillip rates highly in Alex Fergusson's plans.
McClair latest ««
Carlisle United Chairman Michael Knighton is understood to have made
contact with United chief scout Les Kershaw to open talks with striker
Brian McClair who has been released by United.
The Carlisle chairman reportedly sees McClair as the ideal player to ignite
the Cumbrians promotion charge next season. There have been suggestions
that if McClair was to move to Brunton Park then it could be in the sole
role of a player, and not as player coach, a position that McClair's name
has been linked to before.
Well, nothing has been confirmed by the Brunton Park club and it waits to
be seen if there are any developments.
Carlisle of course made a similar bid for McClair two years ago, but the
player opted to stay at Old Trafford.
Whitley's empathy for Neville ««
One of the Whitley brothers who play for Manchester City has revealed that
he can empathise with Phil Neville after he was left out of the England
World Cup squad.
Jim Whitley and his brother Jeff are in Lawrie McMenemy's current Northern
Ireland squad and therefore realise the special nature of brothers playing
for their international side. Jim Whitley commented: "Phil will be gutted
that he's not going to the World cup and Gary will be just as gutted for
him. That's how it would be for us."
Other news ««
For those of you who like statistics it has been revealed that there will
be a large contingent of Premiership players at the World Cup. The exact
figures show that 73 of the 704 players who have been included in World Cup
squads ply there trade in the Premiership.
Manchester United themselves will have a number of players in France for
the World Cup, including four representatives in the England squad.
Meanwhile, former Old Trafford favourite Sammy McIlroy has agreed a two
year extension to his deal at Macclesfield. McIlroy has worked wonders at
the Cheshire club taking them from the Vauxhall Conference into Division
Two in successive seasons.
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