King Jela 20,361 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Rio Ferdinand has hit out at David Moyes’s tactics as Manchester United manager, claiming some of them were “embarrassing”.The former England and United defender has set out a string of criticisms of Moyes’s ill-fated reign at Old Trafford in his autobiography #2 sides.Ferdinand said the players became confused about how Moyes wanted them to play.“Moyes’s innovations mostly led to negativity and confusion,” he said in an extract from the book, which is being serialised in The Sun.He added: “The biggest confusion was over how he wanted us to move the ball forward. Often he told us to play it long. Some players felt they kicked the ball long more than at any time in their career.“Sometimes our main tactic was the long, high, diagonal cross. It was embarrassing. In one home game against Fulham we had 81 crosses! I was thinking, why are we doing this? Andy Carroll doesn’t play for us!“The whole approach was alien. Other times Moyes wanted lots of passing. He’d say: 'Today I want us to have 600 passes in the game. Last week it was only 400’. Who cares? I’d rather score five goals from 10 passes.”Ferdinand, who left United for Queens Park Rangers in the summer, said Moyes brought the “mentality of a small club” to Old Trafford. He revealed one of the first signs of future problems was when Moyes banned the players from their ritual of eating low-fat chips on the night before a game.Ferdinand also disclosed his upset at being left out of the United side that played Bayern Munich in the Champions League.He said Moyes took the players to a park to practice their set-pieces, which he said was "bizarre"."It was amateurish," he said. "I mean, why not just send Bayern an email or a DVD"And as they were standing in public, Moyes told Ferdinand he would not be playing as he wanted a bit more pace in defence."It killed me," Ferdinand said. "Inside I wanted to scream and grab him. I'm a team player, so I just had to bite my tongue and stand there. But it was probably the worst single moment I ever had at United."I'd never been dropped for a big game like that - and to drop that on me in front of everybody." Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickie1963 2,352 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 If only Rio was as good at remembering to take drug tests Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bighouse 1,012 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Classless cunt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather 71,878 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Ferdinand is an utter bastard.I respect Moysie now after he dropped him in public Take that ya stroke mouthed cunt Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dummiesoot 16,005 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Ferdinand is a fucking airhead wanker of a spunkstain. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Williamson. 82,179 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Ferdinand is an utter bastard.I respect Moysie now after he dropped him in public Take that ya stroke mouthed cuntStroke mouthed cunt Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,781 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Ferdinand is an utter bastard.I respect Moysie now after he dropped him in public Take that ya stroke mouthed cunt Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyinroyalblue 16,478 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Shut up Ferdinand ya big tart Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza27 15,283 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Ferdinand is an utter bastard.I respect Moysie now after he dropped him in public Take that ya stroke mouthed cuntStroke mouthed cunt hahaha Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
don logan 8,062 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Don't fuck with the low fat chip ritual. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,628 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 I quite like Ferdinand... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudrup1984 25,100 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Rio's an idiot! This is another great insight though to him and the Man U squad...... Ferdinand also cited Moyes's decision to prevent United's players from indulging in chips as a big grievance among the players.The former England captain insists that the players always ate low-fat chips on the night before a game under Ferguson's rule. 'We loved our chips,' he writes.But Moyes banned the food after just a week in charge at United leaving the squad 'p***** off.' Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Jela 20,361 Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share Posted September 15, 2014 I quite like Ferdinand...Cunt likes cunt shocker! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rankin1873 69 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 I quite like Ferdinand...I sometimes wonder if you deliberately try to be a controversial arsepiece... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather 71,878 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dummiesoot 16,005 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 I quite like Ferdinand...Behave yersel Alan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crabbit bear 139 Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Sounds like he's got a chip on his shoulder. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozblue 4,331 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I quite like Ferdinand...Is MisterC on holiday,then? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1872 20,700 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Rio is a prick! Fuck him and his brother! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiser1041 9,088 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Ferdinand has no class Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDak 798 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Maybe he opens up a bit more about it in his book and explains why eating chips was so special. But going from the excerpt did he never read that bit and think: "what an absolutely idiotic thing for a grown man, getting paid hundreds of thousands of pounds a year, get upset about. I really am a fud."? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broxi 11,484 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I also saw a thing on twitter from Rio about Vidic. Apparently Vidic left because Moyes told him and Rio to study Jagielka's game and that was the final straw. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clemdog 39,389 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Says Rooney is an angry man who smashes up his phone after shouting and balling down his phone outside the training ground.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz52 11,837 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I wonder if there's a few chapters on getting out his face on coke. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObanBoy 74 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 When's the book out, anyone know? Needing a new book to read. Don't expect it to be anything special but I like autobiographies Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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