Vidic suffers injury blow
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Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that Nemanja Vidic will be sidelined for several weeks with a dislocated shoulder.
The Manchester United defender suffered the injury as he fell in the Blackburn area during Saturday's 4-1 victory at Old Trafford.
He immediately signalled he was in trouble and had to be stretchered off to be replaced by John O'Shea.
And Ferguson told its' TV: "It could be four weeks.
"Hopefully it's only four weeks, but we'll get a proper prognosis tomorrow (Sunday)."
Gary Neville and Mikael Silvestre are also missing through injury but Ferguson has confidence in fringe players like Wes Brown, who played the full 90 minutes against Blackburn.
"It's difficult, but I said a few weeks ago the most important players here were the substitutes, and they've now got to prove themselves," he said.
"Wes Brown's settled in with Rio at the back and they've played many times together. Wes has got great experience so we're very lucky.
"There's been blows to Gary, Mikael and now Nemanja, but the players have shown their resolve.
"All we'll have to do is maybe bring young (Craig) Cathcart, the captain of our youth team, into the equation because he's an excellent young defender." -
yay. blooding man utd youth players..... good
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gerrad pique
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jia lat...neville out, vidic out
wes brown so prone to mistakes. Ferdinand must really step up now,yesterday against blackburn he looked so slack early in the first half.
how to take on roma!! -
Finally some new blood...Yeah.....
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Guess this is really a test of Man U as a team and of Fergie's as a manager. It'll be interesting now to see what unfolds.Originally posted by omgukilledkenny:jia lat...neville out, vidic out
wes brown so prone to mistakes. Ferdinand must really step up now,yesterday against blackburn he looked so slack early in the first half.
how to take on roma!! -
brown can do it, the greater the push back, the greater the delivery...Originally posted by omgukilledkenny:jia lat...neville out, vidic out
wes brown so prone to mistakes. Ferdinand must really step up now,yesterday against blackburn he looked so slack early in the first half.
how to take on roma!!
but one thing, Joshea is doing quite well leh.. -
Talk about John O'shea... Man, how many positions can he play... Centre-back, Left-back, Right-back, Midfield... Now only Striker position he hasn't fill cos even Goalkeeper position he also have done that this season...Originally posted by iceFatboy:brown can do it, the greater the push back, the greater the delivery...
but one thing, Joshea is doing quite well leh..
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and he made crucial stop ok.Originally posted by zocoss:Talk about John O'shea... Man, how many positions can he play... Centre-back, Left-back, Right-back, Midfield... Now only Striker position he hasn't fill cos even Goalkeeper position he also have done that this season... -
sad la.. intro of vidic partnering Ferdinand this season finally made Man U's def look sound.. nv have they been so steady since the days of Pallister n Bruce.
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well, at least SAF doesn't moan..
heard he may use one of his youth.. that's good.
anyway, rest well, Vidic.. -
u talk like he mati lo..Originally posted by iceFatboy:well, at least SAF doesn't moan..
heard he may use one of his youth.. that's good.
anyway, rest well, Vidic.. -
err...in my opinion, Wes Brown is not a good defender. He shldn't be partnering Ferdinand. I remember one season he was with Ferdinand and Man U started gifting opposition teams with goals and some of which, own goals from Brown.
Till today, I am not convinced of Brown. Honestly, I prefer O'Shea with ferdinand or even to the extent of blooding a new youth team defender. Often, you can get inspired performance from them - just look at the defending by the young Newcastle defender when playing against Man U.
Its a good time to test Man U's resolve. Luckily we still have Van Der Saar - he is a rock between the posts. -
Wad bout Heinze in the centre? afterall we have evra on the left..
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yea. heinze plays like vidic, very committed.Originally posted by lpx88:Wad bout Heinze in the centre? afterall we have evra on the left..
but i doubt SAF will wanna risk putting heinze in CD cause he hasnt played alongside ferdinand before. -
Man u cannot afford to lose any more defenders...
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Yes Heinze is very good and consistent. Juz look at some of the passes he made to Ronaldo, some across the field. Maybe can try him in the CD in a not so crucial match and see. Who knows, he may just settled into that position also.Originally posted by omgukilledkenny:yea. heinze plays like vidic, very committed.
but i doubt SAF will wanna risk putting heinze in CD cause he hasnt played alongside ferdinand before. -
Actually that CB position isn't new to him... He plays for his country in that position also only thing is they play with a back 3 instead of a back 4 where the wingers will help out while the centre man may move back at times to become a sweeper.Originally posted by Spica:Yes Heinze is very good and consistent. Juz look at some of the passes he made to Ronaldo, some across the field. Maybe can try him in the CD in a not so crucial match and see. Who knows, he may just settled into that position also. -
Too bad Pique cannot be recalled. Anyway, good to give the Craig-guy a chance. I mean arsenal already play their youngster like denilson liao.
Take a 3-0 lead over Roma then sub Craig in.
Although more likely man utd will play counter-attack football. Man utd play very cautiously. Last time is people wait for man utd to attack then counter them. Nowadays, man utd just refuse to attack and let other teams try. I think might be a more effective tactic. -
yea nowadays they apply the counter-attack tactic in their UCL away games.Originally posted by jianfish9:Too bad Pique cannot be recalled. Anyway, good to give the Craig-guy a chance. I mean arsenal already play their youngster like denilson liao.
Take a 3-0 lead over Roma then sub Craig in.
Although more likely man utd will play counter-attack football. Man utd play very cautiously. Last time is people wait for man utd to attack then counter them. Nowadays, man utd just refuse to attack and let other teams try. I think might be a more effective tactic. -
How can you compare to Denilson? Arsenal paid $4m for him ler... Its the same amount Man u paid for that john guy they sold to chelsea for $16m... Denilson is already a good player to begin with... Cannot consider him a arsenal youth team player liao...Originally posted by jianfish9:Too bad Pique cannot be recalled. Anyway, good to give the Craig-guy a chance. I mean arsenal already play their youngster like denilson liao.
Take a 3-0 lead over Roma then sub Craig in.
Although more likely man utd will play counter-attack football. Man utd play very cautiously. Last time is people wait for man utd to attack then counter them. Nowadays, man utd just refuse to attack and let other teams try. I think might be a more effective tactic. -
Of coz not saying Craig is better than Denilson. Denilson is Brazil U-21 captain after all but I think its good chance to give them a run out.
However, I don't think that man utd got space for anymore defenders at the moment. Evra/Heinze, Vidic, Rio and G.Neville is extremely solid now.