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Scholes slams ‘bizarre’ LVG

promo247844285Paul Scholes has described Louis Van Gaal’s reaction to Sam Allardyce’s jibe as “bizarre”, adding that the reaction was not suited to a Manchester United manager.

Following United’s last minute equaliser against West Ham on Sunday, Allardyce slammed United as a “long ball” team, only for Van Gaal to produce a dossier in Tuesday’s press conference showing that Allardyce’s comments were baseless.

“Why would you react to a West Ham manager? It’s different if it’s a rival manager like Chelsea or Manchester City’s, but at the end of the day you’re the Manchester United manager,” Scholes said on Tuesday night on BT’s Fletch & Sav show.

“I found it all bizarre to be honest with you, as I felt Allardyce’s comments were light-hearted in the first place.”

Scholes then added he was disappointed by United’s unwillingness to take risks this season, saying such an approach led to boring football.

“It’s not great to watch – put it that way. I’ve heard Van Gaal say recently that United can’t take risks, but what message does that send to the fans?,” he said.

“It’s all about taking risks as a Manchester United player and having the balls and tenacity to go out and attack the opposition.

“They [the fans] are used to watching United teams that play high intensity football and score plenty of goals – and that just hasn’t happened this season.”

The former United midfielder was also critical of Van Gaal’s decision to deploy Rooney as a midfielder, rather than up-front where he’s at his most effective.

“The two centre forwards – whoever has been playing up there in different games this season – have not been good enough either,” said Scholes.

“He (Rooney) scores goals, creates them and gives endless amounts of energy – this is Wayne Rooney – how many goals has he scored for Manchester United and England?

“He’s wasted in midfield or on the wing, he’s got to be playing upfront.”