‘Fun’ and ‘Banter’. Exactly the problem. It’s banal drivel with people shouting ‘Clip that up’ all the time. It’s not a case of me taking it serious, it’s just quite shit.
Rio Ferdinand
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Agreed. Maybe the two of you should swap positions. You become a well respected pundit, and he takes over your role on the cafe.
Yeah because it's impossible for an unknown to know more than anyone who has ever laid their feet on the grass. IMPOSSIBLE!
Not to harp on about this, but I'd be interested to hear what you think about this. For me it's the perfect setting for someone like Rio. I think it's great how he combines being a former elite player with the humility of a fan. You can tell he admires Bruno and just wants to know everything.
He comes across like a man trying to act much younger than he is, that can be a bit cringey at times, but once you look past that, he has improved in his analysis and can offer some decent input these days.
In what way?
Not really sure what point you're trying to make? i never said people should agree with everything he says? But the post i read was annoyed at him for being at training after he backed Ronaldo. I didn't agree with him on Ronaldo, but i don't get annoyed when arguably our best ever CB then comes into the club after having a different opinion. It's weird.
I think how people normally act in an age range changes with each generation. Just because he’s not like the 44 year olds of yore doesn’t mean much.
Not sure what that was!
What the feck is that?
Rio is an unfunny charisma vacuum and yet that Joel fella makes him look electric.
It’s Rio’s show, was probably carefully selected for that reason
He's dead to Brandon Williams.
I wish I learn to understand some English people speaking English one day, feels like I’m missing out
He sounds like a fan, fair enough
I no understand, sorry
Legacy burnt I am afraid
I didn't watch the coverage last night but I've heard he was embarrassing which is a shame.
It reads like it's written by an infant who is still learning to read and write. Can't make out what the feck is going on
Not when he credits Guardiola
Fergie has done very similar recently. Is he also no longer a legend?
Fergie should have got Guardiola as manager
Can’t give credit to people now
Glad to see I'm not aloneI no understand, sorry
Haven't really paid much attention to the Rio stuff from yesterday because I switched off mentally when the game was finished and they went back to the pundits. The way that I interpret it is that he's a former player of our club and is a fan of us. Whenever questions get thrown at him, they're usually United-focused, as you'd expect. At the same time, he's trying to hone his craft as pundit and make it in that field, and you can't do that by showing an obvious bias towards one club, you've got to be rounded. As well as that, I see it as him having respect for managers, players, and teams who do it at the top level. Inside, I expect that he's longing for United to get back to that standard and level, which we're making in-roads with. If he goes live on air and slags off City for 2 hours, he'll just get called 'bitter' and it wouldn't really help him or anyone in the long run. He's trying to do a professional job.
You didn't answer his question though.
Pep won't have joined us with the structure we have.
Fergie never sold out to the media
Well Gill was still in place at that time
He left in 2013 and our club was starting to be in a mess since 2009 summer to be fair. Do you seriously think Guardiola would have been this much successful with woodward and glazers. I can bet he would have walked away like he did with Bayern. City is a perfect project for most managers. A nothing club where you are bigger than the club.
Rio isn't and has never been a Man United fan, Williams is a bit silly to hold him to some silly standard.
Legend of the club? Sure, I'd say so given what he did for the club but he's a childhood Liverpool fan from London.
Legend of the club? Sure, I'd say so given what he did for the club but he's a childhood Liverpool fan from London.
It all comes down to money in the end. And if people ask why didnt you say what your heart says, he can just point at his job and talking about being professional. Politicaly correct bollocks and all that.
One thing is certain though. He is awful as a pundit and BT Sports is full of crap pundits and commentators. If you take all the septic tanks in the world and put it together in a vaccuum space, the equivalent of it in football is BT Sports. Owen? 'Fletcher'? Lescott? Jenas? Holy feck what a group of inspiring ex legends to commentate on our beautiful game (NOT).
One thing is certain though. He is awful as a pundit and BT Sports is full of crap pundits and commentators. If you take all the septic tanks in the world and put it together in a vaccuum space, the equivalent of it in football is BT Sports. Owen? 'Fletcher'? Lescott? Jenas? Holy feck what a group of inspiring ex legends to commentate on our beautiful game (NOT).
You missed out the best one, Chris Sutton.
I've not "followed his life" other than what everyone knows and I certainly don't follow him on social media, no.
He's a childhood Liverpool fan from London. Of course there's a connection with Man United because of his playing days but he's not a fan in the same way you are.
Just like Stevie Me is an Everton fan because he has a picture in their kit as a kid? What an odd post. Rio is a United fan — or, at the very least, he has a public image of one that he himself created, so it's hardly unfair to judge him by it. Not that I agree with Williams on the noncomprehensive mess that his post is.
My first football kits when I was kid were Shearer from England and Raul from Real Madrid(someone else wore them and gave it to me) and I thought I was supporting England and Real Madrid back then when I was kid, didn't even know about Manchester United until I was about 10. I reckon that makes me Real Madrid/ England fan too and means I was never United fan in my life?
Fairly sure Rio was a Weymouth FC fan growing up.
Having a shirt doesn't make you a supporter of a team, especially as a kid because someone else gave you that shirt.
Only you know if you were a Real Madrid fan and switched.
The like of John Terry, Carragher and Rio supported teams other than the ones they really made an impact with as players. I'm not talking about them "owning a shirt".