FERGIE – WE MISS RIO
“You are bound to miss a player of Rio's quality. It's frustrating
because he was well on the way to developing as effective a
partnership with Mikael Silvestre as we had before with
Steve Bruce and Gary Pallister. Unfortunately that has been
broken by the suspension.
because he was well on the way to developing as effective a
partnership with Mikael Silvestre as we had before with
Steve Bruce and Gary Pallister. Unfortunately that has been
broken by the suspension.
“There has been some bad defending in recent matches and we have to
do something about it. We are putting pressure on ourselves
and a bit of slackness seems to have crept into our
defending at times. Our first priority is to defend. We are
not doing that enough and that is not acceptable.”
do something about it. We are putting pressure on ourselves
and a bit of slackness seems to have crept into our
defending at times. Our first priority is to defend. We are
not doing that enough and that is not acceptable.”
Fergie also feels that we miss Gary Neville more than we may
realise:
realise:
“Gary is our most experienced defender but his style is so
understated that it's only when he is not there that you
fully appreciate how much he contributes. Overall this
season, the defending has been fantastic but without Gary we
were lacking experience there. We will just have to have
more awareness in future.”
understated that it's only when he is not there that you
fully appreciate how much he contributes. Overall this
season, the defending has been fantastic but without Gary we
were lacking experience there. We will just have to have
more awareness in future.”