Rio Ferdinand announces his retirement from football

I’d like to thank Chris Ramsey, Harry Redknapp, David O’Leary and David Moyes who managed me at various times in my career

Originally Posted by Switching Off

jagz would never have worded it like that.

https://youtu.be/50s20URElV0

"None of that would have been possible, without the genius of one man, Sir Alex Ferguson. His greatest accomplishment in my eyes will always be how he developed us as men, not just as footballers. He will in my opinion, always be the greatest manager in British football history.

Very telling comment.

Great player, easy pick for a Utd all time 11.

Top defender. Top red. Top drugs test avoider

Wonderful player, top red, top man.

A footballer more than a defender if that makes any sense whatsoever.

6 years to late tbh

used a chelsea ceo during contract talks topman :shakehead:

Originally Posted by puressence

6 years to late tbh

used a chelsea ceo during contract talks topman :shakehead:

Too.

Nft.

Originally Posted by Tiberian

Very telling comment.

Great player, easy pick for a Utd all time 11.

not so sure.

since paul mcgrath is a must, you could afford to put in a defender who would score more than four goals, would talk more sense and would stick his face in where it might get kicked.

love rio, but all time xi? if all time means last 20 years, maybe.

Originally Posted by dunk

90 minutes dead. Stratford End, against the Dippers, towering header to break the deadlock. That is the £#%&!ing dream right there.

Your bard etc

@#%&! of a bloke great defender, possibly the best in Europe during his playing time. I won't be putting pictures of him up in my bar in twenty years.

Originally Posted by believe

@#%&! of a bloke great defender, possibly the best in Europe during his playing time. I won't be putting pictures of him up in my bar in twenty years.

To a degree, yes. He seemed to grow up quite a bit in recent years, though.

Shame about the way R9 destroyed him at Old Trafford, but he had pretty much everything you'd want in a modern central defender - pace, strength, balance, discipline, timing, intelligence, leadership, technical ability and a highly active Twitter account.

Genuinely world-class in his pomp, and is probably the best centre-back I've seen in a United shirt. Tbf, he's probably the 2nd best central defender in European football of the last 15 years, after Alessandro Nesta.

Top Red, Rio.

bar maldini and nesta, no better central defender in last 20 years. From 2006-2009 he was the best centre back in the world and the most consistent. Love rio

Originally Posted by puressence

6 years to late tbh

used a chelsea ceo during contract talks topman :shakehead:

You're a £#%&!ing idiot.

Originally Posted by puressence

6 years to late tbh

used a chelsea ceo during contract talks topman :shakehead:

Don't think that was the case. I think he actually was thinking about going. Before deciding to stay and prove himself as a United great

As Watcher said in the second post, one of the finest defenders to grace the shirt imo.

Loved a goal against the Scouse

http://youtu.be/qUCgMBbqO9g

Must kill Pure to know that Rio is a far topper red than he can or will ever manage tbh.

Originally Posted by dunk

Loved a goal against the Scouse

http://youtu.be/qUCgMBbqO9g

Must kill Pure to know that Rio is a far topper red than he can or will ever manage tbh.

He's off celebrating before it's left his boot

Surprised no-one's posted his goals v Liverpool

Originally Posted by puressence

6 years to late tbh

used a chelsea ceo during contract talks topman :shakehead:

fat stupid £#%&!er.