Following Serbia’s defeat against Slovenia, Nemanja Vidic spoke to journalists about his future. Whilst no official statement has been released, it appears as though Vidic has decided to call it a day on his International career.
There is the possibility that these comments were made in the heat of the moment, with our captain bitterley disappointed about the result. Serbia needed just one goal to qualify for Euro 2012 and the fact Vidic missed a penalty yesterday rubs salt in the wounds.
“I really don’t know,” he said. “But if you want me to say that, then I can say it – yes, this was my last game. It’s time for a change of generations, and for some older players to say goodbye to Serbian kit.”
Vidic represented Yugoslavia at youth level, playing all the way up through to U-21 level, before representing Serbia and Montenegro in qualifying for Euro 2004. He made his debut against Italy on October 12th 2002 and went on to play 57 games for his country.
His retirement from International football would obviously be a great thing for United, given that he is still only 29-years-old. Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs have enjoyed longer careers with the club after retiring from representing their countries and it would be great to get more years out of Vidic.
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This is a good thing for our club. Internationals piss me off.. our players are barraged with abuse from the media et al, or worst of all, pick up injuries which mean they’re sat out of important upcoming fixtures.
Good for you Vida!
the way Serbian fans have conducted themselves with all the violence and the booing of their own players , i doesn’t surprise me why he wants to quit international footy . ..
i ll be happy if this happen because that means that our captain will be focused only on his club career
Bad news for Serbia, great news for us! Strikers all over \England are shitting themselves at the prospect of a fresh Vida.
Why in hell would Vidic take take penalty???,
As a defender, it’s not fair for the responsibility of goals to be on his shoulders. The forwards and midfielders ought to really look at themselves… did Tosic and Ljajic play?
Why did Vidic take a penalty? My guess is because he wanted to. You going to stop him doing something he wants to do? Thought not.
I wonder if he insisted on taking it, then fucked it up, and is now feeling bad for it. I can understand him doing so, it’s what makes him a great captain, that he’ll step up whatever is asked, but to take responsibility like that, and fail, under those circumstances, that’s going to hurt.
For us Englishmen it can be hard to understand players for whom the national squad is a source of pride and an important part of their career, but if this is the end of Vidic’s Serbia career it’s a bit of a sad one, but their loss is United’s gain.
Glad that Vida will b available for saturday encounter.
Nemanja. Have a word with Rio. So that the worlds greatest C.B pairing can continue for longer.
UNITED!! UNITED!!
Great news for us United fans because this means he can play longer for us and focus on that. Wish we didn’t have any international players to be honest.
Always glad when our players stand down from international duty — Berbatov, Scholes, Vidic — now tell Rio, Roon and Welbeck there’s nothing to be gained except burn-out, injuries and abuse.
United > England, Bulgaria and Serbia
Vida! Our great captain! Playing for us against the dirty scousers who’ll be walking alone!
United could be at full strength on Saturday.We have not turned up for the last three years. the attitude last year was shocking we could not play any worse than that. We are due a good performance and hopefully the win will come. My mates say well we got beat but won the league. I know but getting beat by them fucking hurts
The amount of internationals, whether for friendly’s or other competitions, only detracts from a players ability to be at the top of their game day in and day out. It is only natural that you have off days and you don’t want to have it when wearing your national colors. As a result, players come back from international duty frazzled as they usually play two matches and have some intense training sessions as they are only brought in for less than 2 weeks and have to somehow figure out how to play together all over again in that time.
We have benefited immensely when our players hang up their international boots. Giggs and Scholes come to mind obviously but let’s not forget others like Park. His international duty always included flying halfway around the world, playing a couple of matches and then flying back. There is no way you could be anything but knackered from doing that.
Although I am sure that Vida is disappointed in his teams inability to advance, perhaps he will look at the bigger picture and realize that he has done what he can at the international level and move on.
Get ready to kick a Scouse bastard Vida. It will make you feel better!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15275557.stm
Butcher the latest to run his mouth about Rooney. What a dolt. “He’s got previous form”… what, one other red card for England?
One point that hasn’t been made… quite clearly Rooney has matured considerably over the last 2 or 3 years, so I think the kick can quite easily be attribute to the problems he’s facing involving his family.
Now Wayne always wants to play. Even if his head wasn’t quite in the right place, he will put himself on the line and say that he wants to play. It is Capello’s job to know his players well enough to understand that Wayne probably shouldn’t have been sent out for that match. It just indicates how reliant the whole setup is on him. If the same thing had happened to the family of, say, David Villa, Iniesta or Xavi, do you think Del Bosque would’ve put them on the pitch? Not a chance. He’d give them the respite they need, and know that enough quality exists in the rest of the squad to get through such a game. Capello clearly didn’t trust the team without Rooney, and sent him out in a state of volatity, and know Rooney is the one who is getting slated from all quarters for it.
Why has NOBODY in the press even suggested that Capello might shoulder some of the blame for this whole affair?
I think this is stupid, what is he retiring for? hes only 29, fuck me. i actually thought he was 31 or something.
He better not still be feeling down about fluffing the penalty on Saturday
http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Features/2011/Oct/jimmy-and-brian-greenhoff-loved-beating-liverpool.aspx
Come on ye Reds!
having a heated argument with my scouse mate….” suarez is more passionate then rooney”… does my head in
Morning Glazer, here’s your papers lol http://t.co/8cgFrX7K
Willie
That link is just what the doctor ordered, mind you it did open up my memory bank as well!
can someone explain the football governance PDF i CBA to read it all.. thanks
A great video of us doing one over the dippers back in 1985… Buggers were clear favorites, well of course they were with Kenny in the team! Seriously though, that United team was special with Strachan, Robson, Olsen, Hughes and co and as always we beat the odds and knocked the dippers out of the cup in this replay….. More so I was there!! I am sure posters like Kings and Mikekelly will remember this match…Enjoy fellas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qD2qwTLZaA
there is no need to retire for vidic, i can understand how serbians would be pissed off at his decision,he will be 32 by the next world cup and he could have an opportunity to captain his team in the world cup,strange decision imo
as much as it benefited man united,i think it would have been great to see scholes at the world cup . he could have easily played in 2006\2010 and certainly could have helped england qualify for euro 2008.
but i suppose the biggest problems are the good for nothing friendlies that convince players that international football is not worth the hassle
Agree it’s about time we stuffed em at their place, but is Vidic a cert?
dasilvatwins – I’m still scanning through it but the government are forcing the football authorities to regulate ownership of clubs, break even, no leveraged buyouts and resultant debts, no more owners selling grounds, locals can apply for Old Trafford to be recognized as a local community asset, Venckys won’t be happy…
@dasilvatwins…”Government urges the football authorities to consider ways to
actively encourage and incentivise methods of including supporter
representatives on the Boards of clubs. We see the value in the views of many
supporters that such representatives should have a full role within the club
Board”
I vote for Cedars
xol
Haha, Last thing you want is someone like me with authority my friend!
good news for united but what the fuck is he doing taking a penalty anyway?!
I am reading this story with mixed emotions. I am not Serbian or from some of the football power nations, I am from Kenya in Africa. I am thinking, what if our only great player retires when they still have much to prove and the joy we get just attending the national team games as it is the only opportunity we have of seeing him and boy does he carry all the expectations.Some of you guys watch your idols every week at Old Trafford for us its TV. You get the joy from that, I can equate it to the same joy I experience from watching the national team. So on one hand I want the best for United but on the other hand am thinking of the affected countries whose major players may retire. We are never going to win the world cup leave alone challenging for it so Manchester United who challenges on all fronts is more important. Hell, I started supporting United even before I knew that my country had a football team. No loss I guess but better rewards. Here is to thumping Liverpool on Saturday
I hope John Champion is the commentator on Saturday….. Watching United win must kill the hateful bugger….
@xol thanks
not too keen on that rather have one sole owner with board members rather than loads of fans trying to have an input into how the club is being run.
after that penalty miss, i’d retire too! lol
all joking aside, great news, if only the England players could follow suit
of the 10 England players to be sent off since the beginning of the 80′s. 8 have been Man Utd players.
Moral of the story: Don’t pick United players!!! we need them fresh for club duty please
Fuck off Terry Butcher you failed manager , head band covered in blood Ingerlund warrior. Keep your fucking nose out you cunt.
Like most of the rest of you guys, I’m always happy to see UTD’s players give up their national dream.
Somewhat off-topic but relevant – the GuardianOnline reports that UTD have distanced the club from the idea of dispensing with revenue sharing that was floated by the LiverPoo spokesman.
What this means is that UTD have set its priority #1 as the EPL – winning it means the most; after that the CL despite the financial doping whereby clubs like Barcelona and CSKALondon can have payrolls that are larger than their revenues. Barcelona’s recent debt-crisis is completely related to their enormous wage-bill and their appalling record of expensive transfers – Ibrahimovitch and Chygrinsky top the list but they’ve always been big, big spenders and often buy players in positions in which they already have cover (as, for example, their splurge on Fabregas).
Let’s be clear – this notion of “fair play” is about the relationship between payroll and wage-bills NOT the financial solvency/debts of the club’s owners. Discussing the massive infusions of private wealth by Abramovitch or Sheikh Mansour into their teams’ playing squads is a completely different matter from the Glazers borrowing to fund the purchase of UTD. Really, it’s apples-and-oranges.
King Eric @ 15:45 – C’mon, tell us what you really think of Mr Butcher.
It’s funny scrolling down a ROM page reading reasonable arguemens and then all of a sudden, KE is tearing a new hole at an ABU.
And, speaking of international footie – did anyone else see Portugual humiliate itself ?
Ronaldo was worse than woeful – constantly giving the ball away and never really driving the team forward.
Nani didn’t have a great game but – for some reason that was inexplicable – the Portuguese decided to play the ball down the opposite flank so he was largely invisible.
Their defence was ‘oriole and lacked a semblance of organization or team-work.
Finally, what can one say in defence of Meireles and Moutinho – well, I guess that they weren’t worse than Quaresma ! What a flop that guy is !!
they didn’t just need ONE GOAL, they needed a win to get to play-offs.
Cedars – Thought you’d like that article mate. 3 days to the big one!
I fuckin hate Liverpool
Why vida was taking the penalty baffles me, he is a lion heart brave quality defender and all that but penalty taking wouldn’t be something i’d recommend him to do, i mean can’t tosic take it? pantelic? krasic? even fucking kolarov, why a centre back?
I think vidic is just really frustrated with himself for not banging in the goal to take his country to the euro’s but i’m shocked that such a talented serbian side are beaten to second by estonia, of course football has the potential to throw spanners in the works but i expected serbia to give italy a real go for their money to qualify automatically.
@willie :chill we’re playing rivals.. but its also a mid-table team..
@dasilvatwins ‘..then the Empire has already won’. Only joking, I agree on having loads of fans looking to have input could be done wrong. Think they’re looking for 1 fan on each board, Sole owners will still be ok, they’lll just need to follow more rules . From what I’m reading it’s the Premier League people that’ll be most pissed off at what the Government are demanding.
I’d have loved to hear the government say it like it is regarding the Rooney swear ban, but they have at least hinted about the F.A’s limitations. There’s going to be some changes at the F.A which will mean only one place on the board for a PL representative.
Vida leaving international play will absolutely be better for his club career and longevity. I hail that decision.
Beckham wants to be back at the club in a sporting directors role.
I want to be hired as Manchester Uniteds goal keeper and player manager.
My qualifications for the job are beer, fearless nature, the odd sunday league game and running a 5-aside competition in my teens.
Beckham wheres your qualifications you aliceband, skirt wearing gay twonk.
I mean really where do people get off!
@denton Dave 16:05
Dave is that Denton, TX ?
Re: Portugal. They are so much like the Spanish teams used to be. Loads of talented individuals with no real cohesiveness at all or team identity, individuals seeking glory ahead of the team, managers who can’t handle the egos or the limelight and crappy tactics…….. Oh wait, was I talking about Portugal or England?
Vidic retiring from internationals would be very good. Done his service and that’s a fact. Focus has got to be getting fit for United. As to the pen. Vidic just didn’t hit it well, for whatever reason. He has taken loads of pens before so getting on his case is just pointless. He didn’t hit it well, right, move on. Sure he will still be considered if we are deep into a pen shoot out. It is not like I have lost any trust in him at all. These things happen to strikers too.
Crush Liverpool!
Hello RoM!
Cedars is back!!!!
Belated happy B-Day Sir Bobby!
Full moon weather change, fish were jumping in the boat!!!!
My cousins and brother have laughed so hard over the last 6 or 7 threads. They were reading a bunch out load last night and laughed their ass’s off. How can the fans hate Man Utd best player so much, and I reminded them of uncle Bob and how he hated free agents in baseball in 85 and was on his soap box he would play for free and called them all cunts for doubling there wages and winning world series. And then the tribal thing and Wazza’s from hated Liverpool. They want to know do you hate the Beatles because they are from Liverpool?
Big storm going on, lightning water and fishing rods are not a good mix. Getting drunk and cooking fish!!!!
Last night my cousin Bucko’s kids wanted to watch Mexico and Brazil over the Baseball playoffs. It was awesome we watched a lot of Soccer. Now Bucko is fired up to see Wazza play the Pool on Saturday, the fucker will be up at 4am fish come back make breakfast all before the game starts. We are deep frying duck and goose cuz Kev has some Moose and Bear as well. A game feed!!!!
LSR!!! Great comment on Wazza!!! Public Enemy #1 !!!!!!!
Maybe my favorite thing is frying fish and potatoes in duck fat!!! UUUMMMMMMM
Vida got a game !!!! Fuck yes!!!! To huge games coming!!!!!
Good evening ROM.
Hey there Zibbie,
Good to see our Cedars back,
to celebrate his arrival we have a joke,
SAF and Kenny Daglish went to a bar..SAF asked for a glass of beer and he got it right away but the bartender refused to entertain Kenny’s request for a glass of beer..WHY ? asked Kenny and the bartender replied ‘Sorry,beer is only for ‘above 18′ u silly kiddo
1878, haha.
Cedars is awesome.
Look at this, FA fuck’s.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/968645/uk-government-gives-fa-debt-reform-deadline?cc=5901
Willierednut Thanks for that link. The Greenhoffs were my childhood heros. Jimmys goal against the scousers in the semi final was one of my all time favorites. School was so much more fun the next day.
Anderson explains free kick funny face.
http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/man-utd-midfielder-anderson-explains-his-smile-tactics-free-kicks-1936471
FletchTheman,
great post on Vidic pal, his time is up for Serbia, he has been a hard working and dedicated servant, no one can question that.
and yeah right about pen,
fresh incident being rooney missing the pen, but still he will be the first choice for any of our pens..
Costas and Denton – Cheers lads. I say what I see, in the words of Roy Walker.
denton – Yes mate I did see Portugal. They were shocking. I said last night that I loved Ronnie when he was here but I don’t much care for him now. His diving and antics have got worse and that expression on his mush annoys me. Don’t know why he is Captain as I have yet to see him perform really well for his country. He isn’t a leader when he is diving about all over the place.
LoneStarRed – not Texas; but Denton in Manchester is where my parents lived when I was born. I was just there for a year but it’s a good local reference for my moniker.
Zibbie
Thanks, and I really appreciate your comment the other day…
Sandeep
How are you? Thanks as well for the mention
KE he is such a drama queen. What I have noticed in Nani’s better play the last 2 years, less whining, falling over to easy and bitchen to the ref. CR7 got worse after he left and the show pony is no longer our show pony.
Willie
Ya that article was special to me personally… Always loved the Greenhoff brothers…. I remember a belter of a goal Brian scored against West Brom at OT, although we lost 5 – 3 that day!
Good times
Thanks, and I really appreciate you. haha loved the Rooney Rant, told my cousins as they read it you were having a piss! Then once they had the context they loved it!
Another thing some may not know, Brian Greenhoff was a product of our youth system, his brother Jimmy started out at Leeds
Cedars there are rocking storms rolling through! Thunder Lightning 6 foot waves on the lake. You have thunder storms in your part of the world.
Glad to see Vidic has his priorities in order and to be fair he has a valid reason. How is Serbian football best served stunting the growth of younger players coming through? International duty shouldn’t be a job for life FFS – either develop young talent or win fuck all for 50 years like England.
Cedars – Yes mate he did come through our youth team. Barnsley lads,.
Zibbie
Ya those Rooney rants were just a way for me to vent out some personal anger, nothing against the player, I do love him! Also liked your comment on how you love me in a non cock sucking way! hahaha brilliant
Cedars LOL!!! I caught on pretty quick you were just blowing off some steam. These guy loved reading post last night. They said Crickey half the night! Loved some of the UK slang. I wiil win them over to the Red side with Lord Alex!!!!!!!!!!!!
King Eric
Indeed they were Barnsley lads my good friend….. Local lads coming through our system always have an extra place in my heart
They loved Red Scott and his way of writing.
Simple has been used a lot as well. Simple as. There is a lot of smack talking fishing, biggert, most best fisherman shit. The truth sucks my Cuz Eddie if 300 went fishing and only 20 were caught, he got 10 of them. I like to be in Ed’s boat, I always catch fish with him. Now Full moon weather front they were jumping in our boat.
Build up to Liverpool should really dominate now fellas…. Bloody nerve wrecking game if ever there was one!
Funny thing is, both Carragher and Gerrard were Everton supporters as kids! haha That is the equivalent of Neville being a City fan….. Liverpool legends by ass!
Come on lads, tear into the scouse scum…
KILL ;LIVERPOOL!!!!!!!!!!!
BBL a break in between storms!
Crickey & blimey eh? hahaha
LOL!!!!!!!!!! YOU GOT IT CEDARS!!!!!!!! Blimey big waves out there, a rare southern wind will push the bait fish into this one huge bay and the Northern Pike will have on their fall feed bag! 5 to 25 pounders!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is Glasgow the best producer of football managers of all time? Stein , Shankly and Sir Alex? Cannot better that can you?
Did you guys know that our own King Dennis Law started his career playing under Shankly?
‘Sir Alex Ferguson has this evening received an honorary degree from The University of Manchester to mark his 25 years in charge of the club. The award also recognises his role in shaping Manchester’s worldwide reputation.
Sir Alex, 69, was presented with an honorary doctorate, the University’s highest honour.
Sir Alex said: “I think it’s always nice to be appreciated and recognised, and getting this recognition is testimony to all the hard work that has gone on at Manchester United in the last 25 years, not just by me, but by everyone at the club. The great part for me is still to be out on the field with the players and coaching them. As the game has changed, I have had to change with it; for example, sports science in the last decade has seen a phenomenal improvement and that has become a major development in the game.
“I just don’t think about retirement any more, when you’ve been on the treadmill for so long, 25 years in my case, and my health is good at the moment, it’s just a matter of looking forward to being the manager of Manchester United, rather than worrying about Alex Ferguson. I am enjoying it at the moment, we’ve got a good young team and a lot of youth at the club, as well as some tremendous staff, so the future is good and I can keep enjoying it.”
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=7532
The ship builder’s son from Covan scored 170 in 317 matches, fantastic record….
That ship builder’s son is of course our own Sir Alex
‘We play for the present and plan for the future’ Sir Alex
C’Mon UNITED let’s smash them scousers
Ryan Giggs on Sir Alex ‘He is still the first one on the training ground every morning’
Modern day managers such as Man(fucking)Cini only attend 50 % of training sessions and manage things from their office!
Biggest bullshit ABU statement of the century ‘Ferguson was one match away from the sack in the 80′s’
Hahahaha…. Martin Edwards and Sir Bobby have repeatedly said that this is bollox…..Just like the myth that Law’s back heel relegated us…The ABU media will never learn
Three football supporters are sitting around a campfire:
The arsenal supporter suddenly shouts “I must be the meanest, toughest supporter there is. Why, just the other day, a Fulham supporter was slagging off my wife, and I knocked him down with my tyre iron!”
The scouser hears this, and can’t stand to be bested. “Why that’s nothing. I was walking down the road when two Everton fans started laughing at me and mocking me. I gassed them with mace and pepper spray, and shocked them with my stun batton/torch/whistle ultimate-combo-defender!”
The United supporter remained silent, slowly stirring the coals with his penis.
smartalex – Brilliant, hahaha As ever may I add
Why is it so quiet here tonight? Come on guys its Liverpool at the weekend….. Their annual cup final
i agree with United-Sthlm, why would Vidic take the penalty? don’t Serbia have anyone else besides a central defender to take it? Personally, I think it’s the managers fault for not letting one of his strikers or attacking midfielders to step up for it, penalties aren’t exactly a strong point for Vidic.
3 Brits in Saudi are caught making brew in their house and get to show up in front of the local prince on what was a national holiday….
Prince ‘ Seeing as it is a holiday you will each get 50 lashes, but you will also get one wish first’
Fulham fan asks for a pillow to be tied behind his back… His wish is granted… 30 lashes in and the pillow tears up…
Liverpool fan asks for 2 pillows, 40 lashes in and both pillows break up…
United fan ‘ Your highness, you have been generous but may I request 2 wishes?
Prince ‘ fine, go ahead’
United fan ‘ I want 100 lashes not 50′
Prince ‘ WHAT? Are you insane? fine, what else?
United fan ‘ Tie the Liverpool fan behind my back’
Cheers cedarsDevil! Currently my intermittent internet prevents conversational flow.
What I can say is: “Fuck Liverpool! Fuck the rat-munching scousers! Fuck ‘em all!
I miss our resident gentleman, Sir Giles Oakley….. Hope all is well with him
smartalex – Not to worry about your connection, just keep rallying away !
He may be baby faced but he causes pain like you never felt!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYiO7PoCZyY
Come ON UNITED
Yes I do feel like I am talking to my self
sandeep, Cheers mate.
New Flog is up. Help you lads laugh at Liverpool!
http://therepublikofmancunia.com/john-w-henry-liverpool-who/#comment-398249
@Cedars,
Hope bout reposting that link on the new thread. Cracking Game!
‘I told you half an hour ago, this is gonna be Liverpool’s day’
Evening Mr Gray
Cedars,
i m fine buddy, hope you are well.
catch you tmrw.
good night to you and good night ROM..peace!!
King Eric,
hello pal, hope you are well,
same here mate, i dont even follow Ronaldo since he left us, for one reason or the other.
infact i have a habit of not monitoring the players who exit OT to play somewhere against the club’s wishes and i believe its a good one..
Good night buds..
smart alex on a roll eh
are we playing the scouse cunts soon then……. fuck me…forgot all about it…
TonyBee
Favorite RoM cunt of mine! hahahaha love you buddy
Cedars…..oh….fucking speaking to me now are you….you bad tempered old cunt….
anway you old fart ….good to see you posting again
looks like TonyBee is on drugs
Nah …sandeep me old mate….dont drink…don do drugs……….
I masturbate a lot though…..
Thanks TonyBee
Smashing then scouse buggers will be a treat eh?
yeah…I so want to wipe the fucking drunken smirk of that smarmy red-cheeked fuckpig called Dogleash…God how i hate that sanctimonious cunt
Me too TonyBee!
So bloody hyped up for this match like no other my friend
Sir Bruce Forsyth is 83 yet still presenting on tv as fresh as 21 year old virgin.
Imagine if SAF maintains his health and hunger ! Heres to another 25 years ! (Raise Glass)
Glass raised on my end
Dat realy a good news 4 united. Thx God.
All comes out to this….
UNITED > Serbia
–period–
Jaysus I just looked at this windae, all i saw was -period-…… I though whot burd is on her jelly week.
Anyways my mind was taken awa fer a few minutes, back to looking at cock rings.
Come on Shitty or Anzhi, make offers for Suarez, buy van Persie. Piss off those cunt clubs.
Mourinho, get in the act also.
Stay away from our boys.
A good news to be honest, wished Rooney could stop as well and just focus on the club only