Paul Scholes and Joe Cole present ‘elite ball data’ in forgotten gamers recreation
Paul Scholes and Joe Cole underlined their quiz group credentials by displaying a formidable data of forgotten Premier League gamers.
The top-flight-legends-turned pundits have been thrown collectively for a TNT Sports phase which requested them to determine gamers from the previous. While some have been comparatively simple to call, a number of the extra obscure gamers actually received Scholes and Cole considering.
The pair simply named the likes of ex-Nottingham Forest striker Pierre van Hooijdonk, former Bolton defender Ivan Campo and ex-Liverpool man Rigobert Song. Scholes and Cole had performed towards or with most of the gamers, which made the problem just a little simpler.
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But one participant was so obscure that neither had a clue. Yaniv Katan, who even performed for Cole’s former membership West Ham, was a thriller to each males. “No clue,” stated Cole. “I have no clue,” added Scholes. Cole then stated: “I’ll know the name.” Only he didn’t know the identify, including: “No, no, sorry Yaniv.”
Their lack of intel on Katan was comprehensible because the Israeli made simply eight appearances for the Hammers, six off the bench, earlier than returning to Maccabi Haifa on mortgage in 2006.
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With a little bit of assist from the opposite, the pair have been in a position to determine Claudio Pizarro, David Bellion, Mark Fish, Royston Drenthe, Michael Johnson, Matty Etherington, Pascal Cygan, Mart Poom and Moritz Volz.
The phase went down nicely with followers. One stated: “Weirdly (and yet totally understandably) compelling content.”
Another laughed: “Scholes looking at Cole and then saying ‘yep’ once he answers correctly is basically the tactic I use anytime I watch a tv quiz show with my wife.” A 3rd stated: “Electric rapport between the lads there.” Meanwhile, a fourth praised the pair’s “elite ball knowledge”.
