Vidic to leave Man.U. at end of season.
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Bosh, get rid, get Phil Jagielka in...
Or, just maybe, what he has said in his press release is the truth?!
I suspect it's a knock on from his injuries and the fact that you can't rely on him for more than 3 games in a row. He's also lost any pace he ever had after the knee injury.
At least someone see's sense. He has been 'linked' to a move to Serie A for sometime too. Makeweight for Vidal!?
I said to my lad this morning before he went to School, there will be some arm chair expert on the OcUK forums willing to blame Moyes for Vidic deciding to to go. It will be full of the usual rhetoric of he's lost the dressing room, players don't want to play for him. OcUK I take my hat off you never ever fail to deliver.
To be fair, Vidic has been dog this season and if you see some of the Utd boards for people who actually pay through the turnstiles, they are all pretty much in agreement that if Vid wants to go then he goes with our best wishes and we thank him for his outstanding services to our club.
He gets done for pace more often than not, he fouls and gives away free kicks in dangerous places. He is in the treatment room more than he is the dressing room.
Hey here's an interesting theory, what if Moyes asked him to stay on but on the condition that he was not a guaranteed starter given his injuries and lack of pace. Vid may have just thought he could probably get more game time in a slower league.
'Cheers boss, but do you know what, Its an opportunity if I move to get one last big pay day and play more football. I hear Inter Milan are interested. No hard feelings if I go ???'
'Well you are our club captain and we would want you to stop but I can't guarantee first team football every week and if your being honest with yourself, you can't guarantee it either. I'm building for the long term here Vid so I understand'
I must be crazy in thinking it's not actually Moysie's fault if Vid goes and more importantly it free's up some play time for other players to develop for the long term. Shocking Theory and I apologise but hey lets continue with the endless spouting of sensationalist claptrap
Not as big a loss as it would have been three years ago.
Sad to see him go, but its time imo.
Utd need a consistant pairing at the back (like we had about 5 years ago with Rio and Vidic being there more often than not) , it feels currently like last few years it would be a different centre-half pairing every week
Brilliant!!
Completely rubbish.
Actually "all" Utd have to do is equal Liverpool's / Everton / Spurs results every week apart from (potentially) win upto three games when they lose.
Now Im not saying thats guarenteed, or even likely but its certainly not as hard as you are making out. There are also Chelsea's games vs the above (when Utd have already played them twice) which might help Utd gain points week on week vs those right above us - before even considering those weeks when they play each other.
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Tbh, i don't think Moyes even asked him to stay, he's on over 100k, hardly plays, perfect time to let him leave..
I wonder how they'll perform now they've mentally checked out(Ferdinand/Vidic/Evra). I'm not saying they're a humungous loss in terms of next year, or whatever... but Manyoo do need them this season.
I think this is exactly what Evans/Jones/Rafeal needed, it's a clear intention Rio/Vid/Evra aren't top dogs anymore. Time for these younger lads to take control completely. You can' t have that really with all of them older heads about, too many cooks spoil the broth n what not..
When is Rio's contract up actually?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25886568
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He might well be, but along with a number of other players he needs to go. The time is right for Utd to bring through the young players. You're starting to look a lot like AC Milan, who had some incredible old players and some promising youngsters, and nobody who could actually perform to a reasonable standard in the present season. For me, Utd need to get rid of:
Evra
Ferdinand
Vidic
Giggs
Valencia
Nani
Arguably Carrick if a suitable replacement can be found
And bring in two CMs (plus a third if Carrick goes), a left back, another centre back, and possibly a winger.
That's not THAT big an ask in a transfer window if you go about things the right way. They don't all need to be top players - you'll need two top CMs and a third squad player, for instance, and the winger will be backup to Mata/Rooney/Januzaj/Kagawa/Welbeck.
Edit: And obviously if you bring in a squad midfielder, ditch Cleverley.
Spot on Purdy.
Vid will no doubt flourish In Italy given that it's not one of the fastest leagues in Europe.
Indeed, I love him to bits but he's lost his pace massively, I would rather see him walk away like this and hopefully have another good couple of years in Italy than stick around and be shown up by every quick striker in the league.
The same goes for Ferdinand (like Fergie says in his book, he knew Rio was done as really top centre back when Torres did him for pace at OT) Rio always had excellent positioning and could rely on his pace when he was caught out, now that's gone he's going to get destroyed by most strikers.
The days are gone of defenders being a battering ram and killing everything in front of them, they need to be quick and more positionally aware nowadays.
Sad to see as I love the Bruce/Stam/Vidic types
Vidic might not be as good as he was but he's still your best CB. You're going to be bringing in 1 if not 2 new CB's this summer and surely you'd want Vidic around to bring them through rather than Jones and Evans?
edit: and maybe the Vidic news should have had it's own thread. We don't want Tummy coming out of hiding screaming about club threads.
edit: and maybe the Vidic news should have had it's own thread. We don't want Tummy coming out of hiding screaming about club threads.
I think if anything he will bring in a semi experienced CB, I'm quite happy with Evans and Jones tbh with Smalling as back up. I would also like to see Keane given a go as I think he's capable of becoming a really good CB.
Evans is bang average and Jones is still fairly untried and hugely injury prone. I mentioned in another thread that statto's suggest that 50% of transfers fail, can you afford for your main CB target to fail with those 2 as the alternatives? I'd be far happier if I had somebody like Vidic to fall back on.
Evans has improved ten fold, he was great for most of last season when Vidic was out.
Jones.......aye I agree with, picks up silly injuries but I think that's more youthful exuberance at times, trying too hard to impress. I think if he's given a run in the side at CB he will settle down and stop trying to throw himself in front of anything that moves. People forget he's only 19/20.
Smalling is the only one that worries me really and should be used as a back up.
To be fair to Evans, he is the Gaz Nev, Carragher of our team. When he plays hes fairly consistent without being flashy. Good positioning can head, tackle and pass. Nothing outstanding and I am not saying he's a world beater by any stretch but I would have no quarms with him and Jones as our first choice pairing at centre back for the remainder of this or next season if both available and fit