In case you hadn’t worked it out by now, Paul Scholes doesn’t seem to be Jose Mourinho’s biggest fan.
BT Sport anchor Jake Humphrey has shared Scholes’ and Michael Owen’s studio notes for last night’s Europa League action, and it doesn’t look good for the Portuguese boss.
Scholes and Owen were on punditry duty for Fenerbahce’s 2-1 win over Mourinho’s side in the Europa League on Thursday night, and the Manchester United legend made his feelings pretty clear on the mess that is his former club at the moment.
“We have had a painful three years,” Scholes said after the game.
“The next 18 months to two years could be very similar until this manager gets the team he wants.”
However, that wasn’t enough for some, who sought to gain an insight into what Scholes really thinks about the situation at United by dissecting the details of his notes on the team sheets for the game.
Jake HumphreyIf you said there was nothing to see here, just doodles and scribbles, the likes of which we were all guilty of when bored off our arses in school, you’d be very wrong.
No, this doodle shows Scholes has no time for Jose, and he thinks Marcos Rojo is either a “big worry” or a “big wimp.”
According to some on social media, anyway.
@RajSavraj11 Rojo big wimp 😩😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/aRvOSZ56ym
— Tom Doncaster (@TomDoncaster) November 3, 2016
looks more like Rojo big worry?
— Raj (@RajSav11) November 3, 2016
might be either way both are right 😂😂
— Tom Doncaster (@TomDoncaster) November 3, 2016
And his apparent thoughts on Mourinho are even more damning.
He crossed out Jose Mourinho😂
— Kimmy (@Kimmy_Arsenal) November 3, 2016
Paul Scholes' doodled team-sheet from last night reveals far more than his punditry ever could…..
(Is Mourinho's name in a coffin?) pic.twitter.com/8SBWpRSZ79— TOFFS ⚽️ (@toffsretro) November 4, 2016
Has he put Mourinho in box and crossed him out?! #coffin
— Peter Clarke (@creativeblock_) November 3, 2016
Guessing he loves Josè? pic.twitter.com/X1h0h0nVNF
— Jay (@JustCantona) November 3, 2016
@btsportfootball @mrjakehumphrey he scored across all the Man Utd players, all he needed was DIE written over it 😂
— gerrymoth (@gerrymoth) November 3, 2016
@btsportfootball Call a psychologist, a graphologist and the police.
— Michael Christie (@mwchristie) November 3, 2016
nice strike through the coach's name….
— Sophie Maggs (@sophmaggs) November 3, 2016
rojo big wimp lol pic.twitter.com/INKcqQT9jD
— European Bob (@Chana9MUFC) November 3, 2016
why's he crossed Jose Mourinho's name out, that's a big tell….
— Mark Downes (@MJDownes82) November 3, 2016
@HannahCDesigns this is how every Man Utd fan felt. It is just pathetic.
— MrsGerstner (@MrsGerstner) November 4, 2016
Issues
— Kev O'Reilly (@donkey_jacket) November 4, 2016
While it’s clear from Scholes’ notes that he considers Rojo to be unfit to play for United, and he’s plotting a coup against Mourinho, Owen’s err, ‘notes’, aren’t quite as easy to decipher.
The former Liverpool and United striker attempted to phonetically spell the surname of Simon Kjær, the Fenerbahce defender.
He also drew his own initials in block letters, alongside an exclamation mark, a wizard’s wand, a banana, what appears to be an arrow, and a strawberry with a face.
Via Jake Humphrey.
his doodles are more entertaining than his commentary/punditry
— Joey (@Joey_CFC) November 3, 2016
Even his doodles are boring.
— Neal Monaghan (@Monaz86) November 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/daveymul/status/794282501896343552
Whys he put Mesut Ozils initials at the top?
— Mark Baker (@GoonerBadger) November 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/TonyDoc88/status/794278099584159744
https://twitter.com/higgins12345/status/794283091204440064
his own initials? Weird
— Geth Jones (@Geth14) November 3, 2016
What the hell does it all mean?