Scholes goes in hard as he tackles United’s underachievers

Much to the derision, one suspects, of Manchester United’s current crop of flops, Paul Scholes transposed his uncompromising style of play into punditry for the derby last night.

A rare foray into the television studio for one of United’s most cultured past midfielders couldn’t come at a worse time for his under-performing successors on another night of Old Trafford woe.

It didn’t need a 3-0 humbling from their neighbours for Scholes to dish out the verdicts. He was at it even before kick-off.