Rio Ferdinand has claimed that the dressing room atmosphere didn’t match what someone might perceive a dressing room to look like after beating AC Milan 4-0.
He says the mentality at United requires you to always look forward to the next game and how this attitude is different to that of other clubs he’s played for.
“It was weird,” said Ferdinand. “We were sitting there and, if someone had come in with a camera, you wouldn’t have thought we had beaten AC Milan 4-0. And I think that speaks volumes as to where we are at as a team. The clinical mentality sets in when you play for United. At West Ham we were not vying to win anything. At Leeds, we were trying to get into the top three but we didn’t really get anywhere in the cup competitions. But, coming here, you get involved in that winning mentality and it kind of grows on you. We don’t sit and dwell on individual victories. We look to win trophies and look to the bigger picture. We are motivated by wanting to win trophies. This season we are in a decent position in the league and in the next round of the Champions League. But we don’t jump around and harp on about what we have just achieved in this game. Respect to Milan, they are a good side, and we move on. It wasn’t subdued in the dressing room. There was a sense of achievement, yes, but not something we were jumping and dancing about. We are happy to be in the next round and we look forward with anticipation. We were delighted to get the kind of result we did. Milan are an experienced side with some quality players who can open you up in a second but we coped well with them.”
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“But we don’t jump around and harp on about what we have just achieved in this game”.
Yes Rio unlike fucking Fat Frank and tiny tears who having topped the league way back in the Autumn were talking about trebles. It is the mental strength and desire and toughness that has been evident in all Fergusons teams that keep us top of the pile. We never rest on our laurels and the hunger for the players just gets bigger and bigger. I fucking love this club.
That’s why we love U N I T E D.
So Rio didn’t want to show off his armband or do an interview topless? What’s wrong with him? Where’s his leadership material?
The hammering of Milan was quite an achievement. And it doesn’t matter what Milan we played. When they beat us 1-0 twice in 05 we weren’t by far the team we are today. It is all about ifs, so no chance i will start the argument here.
But yes, i am pleased with player’s reaction. It was only 1/8 and the majority of the players have been here before. We have a lot of games to play and there is so much to play for with history at stake.
This attitude gives us hope for great things to come at the end of the season.
Costas – ha ha nice one!
off topic but Paul Merson really is a cunt. Blaming the fascists exit on Ronaldo even though he was actually the only player who looked like they wanted it. So easy to do Paul, bet he didn’t even watch the game .
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/football/view/126199/Paul-Merson-Real-Madrid-exit-not-surprising/
king eric
the chelski players are a nightmare for talking up their own team in the press, one week malouda was having a go at the rest of the team, the next he said that “we are the best team” etc etc..cunts the lot of em..and sir john running around like a kid with the armband, proper twat…lets get number 19 this year and fuck everyone up…grrrrr!
“We coped with them well” has to go down as understatement of the season so far!! That why i love this club, no arrogance or cockiness like the rent boys and no jumpin about like a school kid whos just found a tenner like that prick keown did to RVN.
RE: King Eric
I love Rio. Should be the next captain without a doubt. He is speaking like a true captain there. he should have also got the england captaincy in the first place instead of terry.
regards to that article, merson is an idiot. Few years back we were 5 points behind arsenal after they had just won a game and he was sat smugly on sky sports going ‘title is arsenal’s. no chance of united winning it now. it is all over’. erm, we went on to win the double. hahaha
@King Eric
I actually thought you would agree with Merse on this. Cristiano is definitely not to blame for them going out. It’s not like Real have a tremendous team spirit and he is the black sheep. Real is also Kaka FC and Benzema FC. It’s just that Ronaldo shines brighter than these two.
However, the way Cristiano perceives himself can come back to haunt the team that he plays for. We saw glimpses of it at OT last season. It’s what Merson said. Now at least we have 11 players that play for the club and not necessarily for themselves.
RE: Costas
maybe but if merson wanted to make that point, he could have done so without blaming ronaldo for their CL exit. Also, although Ronaldo definitely has a selfish streak in him, 51 assists in 6 years with us isn’t too shabby
Costas – I know what you mean but no not on this I don’t agree with the coke head. It is too easy to blame Ronaldo and that cunt hates him, that much is obvious. However I do agree with his comments on Rooney and our team ethic. It is laughable actually how all these wise sages in the press are now talking United up and acting as though “told you so” when in reality NONE of the cunt’s gave us any hope around Xmas. Hypocrites all of em’!
RE: King Eric
that is the media for you. and i can guarantee this summer if fergie doesn’t spend big (which he probably won’t for a few reasons), they will do the same again. they write us of EVERY season, even when ronaldo was here
@spencer
Yeah it is, but his assists tally started going down once his scoring tally went up. Giggs said that Cristiano’s best season was 06-07 and he had a good point: 23 goals and 20 assists. In his last 2 seasons for us, Ronaldo had 8 assists in each season. Valencia is already on 11.
The reality of it is they know its all there to be played for , focus & determination are the key . Feck everyone else thats thier problem !!!
Roy keane called it a few months ago when Chelsea won at Arsenal they thought they had it in the bag, as Keano says, you never write off United.
@King Eric
I’ve said it again. The 02-03 season is when I gave up on them. The way lauded Arsenal and called our team has beens was disgraceful.
good. united have their eyes fixed on the trophy!!! fix ur eyes on the moon not on the finger which is pointing!!!!!! go UNITED
The players knew this was the weakest Milan outfit they will ever play. Bigger tests lie ahead.Good that the lads did not get carried away
See all the pricks who wrote us off at the beginning of the season saying we wouldn’t be title challengers because ronaldo was gone, can ram it!!! because we are top of the league, in the quarters of the champions league and have won the league cup. United are a team who thrive on bigger challenges every year. Plus there are 2 teams in the world who look really stupid Real madrid summer transfers = £200 million barca will win that league no trophies for them and Man Shitty = £100 million i think o yeh thats right no chance of winning anything. If we win all our games for the next month the league will be ours
Ulster Red
They learned this “bigging themselves up” from the not so special one, didn’t they?
Why do madrid think they can get rooney?he plays for a team not a circus.i’m an arsenal fan but i love watching rooney week in week out in the epl.Perez will never learn that titles are won by a team and not individuals.why doesn’t he just buy your club since the obsession real have with your players is ridiculous.rooney is headed for a world player of the year title no doubt;real just want him to win it in their colours after the WC so that they can brag to barca,they did it win cannavaro,kaka,ronaldo but i don’t think rooney will ever leave your club.i hope they end the season trophyless!
LOL K-TR7 Great comment coming from a decent gunner.
Yeh Perez obsession with Manchester United is quite crazy, I say OCD?
Maybe he’ll get pitch in with the Red Knights?
Sometimes a chant is just a funny song to support a player or a funny way to have a dig at a rival. And sometimes it’s so much more and reading rios words the chant “that’s why we’re champions has a whole different meaning. On a personal level in my life my daughter is having a ball in this place old trafford out our bed room window and to Scott I say thank you an American couple bought Emily a united bobble head dog because they love Emily off rom. She was also seen by a new zeland guy who knows her from this site and she will now be on there tv station they were working for singing love united hate glazers. Nice one to all , come on 4-0 tomorrow
haha, was just thinking, had this been chelsea we’d be reading about how they’re the strongest team, noone can catch up to them etc etc. utd on the other hand, have been quietly confident and respectful to their opponents, whether they’re playing milan or wolves. love that fergie has instilled this mentality in them.
ps- has anyone read this? really can’t tell if it’s real…it’s supposed to be a transcript of the bugged england meeting, but as i said, i can’t tell if it’s supposed to be a joke or not. good laugh, nonetheless.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/columnists/giles_smith/article7060524.ece
ghtt- emily must be bouncing about like mad! have to say i’m mad jealous of both of you. post some vids of you 2 decked out in the green and gold.
Jellybean
got a fantastic day 1 video recorded and edited on my computer and I’ll be uploading it on YouTube later today so if you haven’t already click onto my user name and subscribe and you can see what we did yesterday.funny story about the American fella that some will get. I was talking to him and asked him what his name was and he said michael but he doesn’t comment on Rom anymore. It couldn’t be him could it
off topic.anyone heard this one….
Bridge didn’t shake Terry’s hand in the line up cos Terry said smell my fingers…!!
GHTT…. Hope you and little Em have a good day at OT today.
mean tomozz
eyes on the trophy…eyes on the trophy!
focus, focus, focus !
hope all the captains in our team play like captains right through the campaign – anyone did a count of how many international captains each EPL team has? are we one of the teams with the most?
that shows our strength of character and will and determination!
A bit like how the fans reacted to the win too, as it was all straight forward the feeling was a little somber
http://www.tribalfootball.com/burnley-winger-eagles-man-utd-return-was-inspirational-698921
Emotional for Eagles. Sign him up!
Oh.
http://www.tribalfootball.com/rooney-scholes-true-man-utd-star-698731
We all couldn’t agree more.
Humbleness, respect for every opposition and zero arrogance is Utd for you. Whenever Evra or Rio speak you listen. Everything they say is spot on; everything they say makes me swell with pride. Our current team is just phenomenal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDjDhxM-Erc&feature=channel
i am worried about the run in. Saw Arshavin on tv noting that arsenal have the easiest run in and they are playing well. chelsea and us have harder run ins where 6 pts could easily be dropped. So rio is right, there is a huge challenge ahead it is really high stakes noe especially as on odds you have to look at arsenal run in and say they should win every game, it will be hard for us to do the same. Sqeeky bum time!
watching the spurs v blackburn game, gareth bale has really become quite a player. his runs and crosses were pretty strong today. the fight for 4th place is exciting, as much as the fight for 1st.
lets keep the intensity tomorrow. fulham is coming off the loss to Juve in mid week, they have dempsey coming back, and we cannot get complacent. Need to score early and pile on the defensive pressure. A win and we get 7 days rest before the Pool game.
C’mon Hull and Hammers.
@NBI Red Onion
I am worried too. But Arshavin better not get too cocky. They have 3-4 hard trips, not to mention the distraction of the Ch.League. I don’t expect United to do a 9 out of 9 run. That would mean that we would win our last 12 league games and that’s something we’ve never done I think. I just hope that the others will drop more points.
Rentboys 1 up.
Wow. What a strike. Come ON WEST HAM.
Scotty Parker 1 1, a scorcher.
Come on you Hammers!
Paul you beauty!
Still don’t expect anything other than a big Chelski win but I really hope I’m wrong. I’d take a draw!
Shit, messed up a bit
Of course Scott Parker, but you might understand why i wrote Paul. 
@bchilds
Yeah me neither. I wouldn’t bet my life on West Ham not conceding. Here’s hoping though!
Rio, I like what I am reading. Now that´s the attitude we should have at all time. Well done.
Unlike Real Madrid who were all over the shop saying what they were going to do to Lyon. Love it.
COME ON YOU MIGHTY REDS UNITED UNITED UNITED
LUHG
ive got a funny feeling the chavs are going to lose this
Did I just read that Terry dived in on Parker and didn’t even get a yellow?
West Ham fans are giving Terry so much shit. It’s quite funny.
Sounds like Victor Moses is having a good game for Wigan, I do like lower league players doing well when joining the big league.
45 minutes to go guys.
This is exactly what the bitters did. Chelsea were battering them until the money grabbing whore’s sucker punch. That completely knocked it out of them.
I’m still expecting a Chelsea win, but it will be interesting to see how they respond.
Regarding Rio’s quotes, I don’t like this particular chant but it’s pretty apt this time: THAT’S WHY WE’RE CHAMPIONS.
No fucking fake huddles for the cameras after beating the likes of Stoke and Burnley. No fucking goalkeeper running the length of the pitch to celebrate meaningless goals. No fucking captain boasting to the press about having the league sewn up in December.
That’s why I’m not worried one iota about our run-in. The attitude Rio describes in the article is exactly why I believe these 9 games will be an absolute piece of piss.
well said fred. . .gotta agree. our attitudes fuckin great compared to the likes of the chavs,dippers,bitters and le arse
Well put, Fred. Couldn’t have summed it up better.
I fucking hate false displays of unity. Arsenal’s huddles whilst Willy Gallas tries to pump them up… how can you take your lead from him? He crumbled against Birmingham during that game, and Arsenal’s title challenge crumbled with it.
I’ll settle for Fergie going around the dressing room and shaking the hands of every single member of our team, knowing we’ll be going out to do it all again next season.
I don’t like any huddles, just looks too contrived and it’s all for show. Like Bebeto said, a Ferguson handshake in the dressing room is fine with me!
2-1 to the chavs, fuck.
Fred – Spot on fella about the fucking pathetic forced group huddles . Fake cunts.
We cant expect any favours. We just have to win all our remaining games. Come on Hull XD
Sketch – LOL.
Perfect attitude to have. There are still plenty of games to play and we are still in within a chance of winning two more trophies. Concentration is key and we have to focus on the next game. We are handily placed in the league and have a good chance of making another European Cup Final, but we have to take each game as it comes.
Fred – Spot on mate. They are such pricks putting on such a cringeworthy display in front of the cameras. As long as Rooney remains fit, we have a chance of winning all our league games. I would say the only tough one we have left is Citeh away, but as long as we have our strongest side out we should be good.
Kings – there are things you just can’t control. one bad movement, one bad deflection and it changes the game. so tosay we’ll win all of the remaining games is a pretty strong statement.