Rio Ferdinand has played in just 8 of our 30 league games this season thanks to a bad back injury which has kept him out for months.
Our defender has today revealed he kept the extent of the injury from Sir Alex Ferguson but after letting Fernando Torres past him so easily at Anfield earlier this season, the boss called him in to his office to talk.
“The day after a game I would waddle into the club like a duck, bent over like an old hunchback,” said Rio. “I would be hobbling around, unable to train for four or five days. I would be OK to play the next game, but I must have missed 60-70% of training. If I’m honest, I didn’t make it clear to the gaffer and the club physios that my injury was that serious. I just had an incredible desire to play football and had never had to deal with an injury of this scale before. But I was summoned into the manager’s office after the Liverpool defeat. He told me: ‘Last season, Torres would not have scored that goal against you’. As soon as he said that, you sit up and take notice. When the manager tells you something like that it hits home. So we made a decision to rest it completely before I could return to the team.”
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so is he ready today ?? tell me you’re fucking ready rio !!
So it was partly his fault; I guess we can’t put the entire blame on our medical team because of the amount of injuries we had this season. Thank God he is fit today.
Nope, we can’t blame the medical team on this one. Rio’s heart got him into trouble. I hope it’s a lesson to him from now on. And I really hope his back problem won’t flare up again.
I hope he is ready then. Torres is strong enough to pounce.
goes to show the lazy twat is a liability.
shouldve had torres for his goal today. I’ve seen him watch players stroll into our box and do fuck all about it far too many times now, as much as I love him when he’s playing well.
terry and rio at the back, England don’t have a chance
I suspected this was the case. Very naughty and indeed unprofessional from Rio.
Keano86, give your head a wobble FFS.
He obviously didn’t get a shout from Neville for the goal either. It was poor defending between the two of them. But the back four were class after that.
Can’t believe we’re still going so strong despite having a period with Carrick at the back. Amazing resilience from the squad.
OH FUCK OFF YOU CUNTS!
Anybody criticising Rio beyond his desire to play for his club is a CUNT simple as that. Torres is a Goal scorer meaning he scores fucking goals. Are United supposed to win everything without condceding anything to anybody? Rio was immense against Milan and immense again today. They only socred one right? Rio and Vidic played well. Think about it, Vidic has previously been molested by Torres so does that make Vidic a shite player? No, it makes Torres a great goal scorer.
SO FUCK OFF YOU CUNTS!
@Paul Parker
vidic being molested by Torres , you referring to the slip man , so if Vidic had slipped and Zamora scored , than zamora molested Vidic?
I was refering to more than the slip. Generally I think that prior to this game Vidic had struggled against Torres. Not in a major way per say, but its fair to say that on previous occasions VIdic has conceded more opportunities to Torres than say, Drogba, Anelka or Bent (all top strikers/scorers)
But thats just my opinion, and like I said in my post it wasn’t an attack on Vidic either, it was an acceptance of his mortality because he plays like a machine. It just so happens that Torres is a great goal scorer regardless.
Other than the slip and one nutmeg by Torres on him , i dont remember any other time he got the better of Vidic , especially in the season 2007-08 when Torres didn’t have a single chance to score .
Paul Parker has had a ‘mare here.
Has everyone forgotten how Rio held the club to ransom over his contract after they’d stood by him during his ban? They paid his wages for the time he was banned and then he held out for more money on his contract!! I’ll never forgive him for that! He also wasn’t thinking of the team when keeping his injury from SAF, he was thinking of himself!!