Rio Ferdinand.

Must be time for those who dislike the fella to just let it go. He's been fantastic for 2 years now, is playing injured and leading the team superbly and is about to sign a new contract with a minimum of fuss. seriously, you gotta start to give him credit, he's world class and pretty much a model pro these days.

@#%&!

Superb player end of. I couldnt give a shit what he does outside football (tv shows, music he likes), Rooney is very similar to Rio outside football and he has never been given 10% of the grief Rio gets.

He is fantastic and should be Captain next year.

Originally Posted by antonin jablonsky

Must be time for those who dislike the fella to just let it go. He's been fantastic for 2 years now, is playing injured and leading the team superbly and is about to sign a new contract with a minimum of fuss. seriously, you gotta start to give him credit, he's world class and pretty much a model pro these days.

Seeing him with Wesley and Silvestre last night highlights his quality. He really is world class.

His face when Gary prepared to come on was a picture.

Should have the armband though IMO.

Is Ferdinand the best defender that United have ever had? For me he is the best of the Fergie years by quite a margin, too young to have an opinion on player from before this era.

From recent years he is better than Pallister, Bruce and Stam. I would have him over Paul McGrath as well.

He is one of the best centre backs in the world but that said I don't like him and never will. He is at United because the club represents his best chance of money and silverware, no matter how well he plays you can't take that fact away. I like him in the team and really would object to him being captain but he will never be a red legend in the same way as some other more committed players will be even if they are lesser in skill.

He really should have facial recontructive surgery

Originally Posted by BryanRobson'sLiver

He is at United because the club represents his best chance of money and silverware, .

Aren't pretty much the whole squad like that though? not sure too many of our players are at the club for altruistic reasons.

Originally Posted by ScholesScoresGoals2

Superb player end of. I couldnt give a shit what he does outside football (tv shows, music he likes), Rooney is very similar to Rio outside football and he has never been given 10% of the grief Rio gets.

He is fantastic and should be Captain next year.

rooney is £#%&! all like that wobbly gobbed @#%&!

Originally Posted by antonin jablonsky

Aren't pretty much the whole squad like that though? not sure too many of our players are at the club for altruistic reasons.

Scholes & Neville are.

Originally Posted by antonin jablonsky

Aren't pretty much the whole squad like that though? not sure too many of our players are at the club for altruistic reasons.

If Newcastle United were bigger than Manchester United Wayne Rooney would be playing for them now... fact.

He's the best CB in the world at present by a considerable distance, and position for position arguably in the top half dozen of all players.

Obviously he's been a bit of a helmet in the past with various things, but he seems to have sorted himself out and got his arse back into gear. No disrespect to Gary Neville or Giggs, but Rio is quite plainly the captain of this team now, armband or not.

Alongside Rooney and Ronnie as being totally vital to the team, possibly even more so than both of them?

Originally Posted by BryanRobson'sLiver

Scholes & Neville are.

Pip left to get football. so did Nicky Butt.

He's world class as people say. Don't know if you can call him the best centre back in the world though as it's hard to judge.

He'll never be a United legend for me personally, I don't know why exactly.

For some reason, I often think of him as a more of a Chelsea type player

I'm not that bothered about the captaincy, think, like Capello, it's a side issue. Whether he has the armband or not, rio is a leader and that's actually what matters.

Originally Posted by antonin jablonsky

Pip left to get football. so did Nicky Butt.

Do you believe that Neville and Butt were not transfered by management? It was pretty well known that P Nev was given that big contract by fergie as a thank you so he could command a higher wage when he was sold.

Originally Posted by puressence

rooney is £#%&! all like that wobbly gobbed @#%&!

They are like peas in a pod

Originally Posted by antonin jablonsky

Must be time for those who dislike the fella to just let it go. He's been fantastic for 2 years now, is playing injured and leading the team superbly and is about to sign a new contract with a minimum of fuss. seriously, you gotta start to give him credit, he's world class and pretty much a model pro these days.

It's not cool and uber red though for people to stop slating him though, which is rather sad.

One of the best defenders in the world and our fans slag him off. If he was a @#%&! on the pitch then the stick he gets would be justified, but he's not, he's a class act.

Originally Posted by BryanRobson'sLiver

Do you believe that Neville and Butt were not transfered by management? It was pretty well known that P Nev was given that big contract by fergie as a thank you so he could command a higher wage when he was sold.

Fair enough, I kinda agree that some of the players who came through the youth system at that time are differen than the rest but cannot see any difference between Rio and any other player we've signed in terms of his being at United for cash and trophies.