INTERIM Salford City boss Paul Scholes was pleased with his players after seeing them beat Southend United 3-0.

A first-half Harry Lennon own goal and second-half strikes from James Wilson and Ian Henderson gave Scholes his first Ammies win in his second match in temporary charge since the shock sacking of Graham Alexander.

But Scholes does not know how long he will be staying in charge.

“I’ve absolutely no idea if I’ll still be here for the Crawley game on Saturday,” said the Manchester United great who co-owns Salford with his fellow ‘Class of 92’ members.

“If I am we will crack on. We have got to go again starting Thursday after a day off.”

Scholes says the players executed his gameplan perfectly.

“I’m very pleased. I thought the lads carried it out well and worked so hard,” he said.

“To get wins in this league you have to work really hard for the entire 90 minutes and we did that tonight. With the quality we have got up front we are always going to score goals.

“Oscar Threlkeld was outstanding in the centre of the pitch, it’s not somewhere he had played for us that often, he’s usually at right back but he got to the ball, tackled, passed and was outstanding.”

Scholes also singled out his former Manchester United team-mate James Wilson, who scored the second with a fine finish.

“Wilson showed again he is a quality striker and I have seen that first hand when I was at United with him,” he said. “He has got ability, the lad can score goals with either foot, he can head the ball and hopefully if we can keep creating chances for him he will get a lot of goals this season.”

With co-owners Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs again watching on, Scholes said it was nice to get some respite with a stint on the sideline.

“It was a bit different being in the dugout to being in the stands with Gary and Giggs. It’s a lot more peaceful on the touchline!” he joked.

“I enjoyed it, we need to start winning games if we are going to get promoted this year.”