Ryan Giggs Backs Paul Scholes To Last Even Longer At Manchester United

"It is still fairly early in the season. It is the middle of the campaign and not at the end and I feel good at the moment. I am sure Scholesy feels the same.

"With the experience he has got and the quality he has got you want that around the place for as long as possible."

Scholes netted his 99th Premier League goal in the win over the Hammers. Giggs, who reached his own century the week before against Portsmouth, thinks his team-mate is adjusting to not playing every week.

"It is difficult at times when you go two or three weeks without a game and internationals come along and you are not involved in those as well. It is difficult to get back into the rhythm of it.

"You have to adapt to not playing every week but I have probably been doing it for the past three or four years so I have got used to it. Scholesy isn't used to it the same. But I am more of a dynamic player than Scholesy so perhaps I need more breaks.

"He can still get forward or sit in front of the back four and control the game. I can also play a number of positions but he is just the centre of midfield so it is more difficult to play every week.

"So all this not playing regularly is new to him. But he'll adapt to it as he has been proving.

"Saturday was what Scholesy is all about - controlling the game. He never gives the ball away. His passing range is the best in the game whether it is five yards or 45 yards, he is capable of doing both.

"Paul is showing over the last couple of weeks just what a great player he still is."

Zack Wilson, Goal.com UK