While some supporters view the July 25th announcement that Manchester United’s Rio Ferdinand will be out of action for another six weeks as bad news for the club Wholesale designer bags and the national team, it’s actually the opposite. United and England will be a lot better off without the 31-year-old’s recent lazy and arrogant play.
Ferdinand has shown little quality at all on the football pitch over the past couple of seasons and constantly shows a lack of creativityChristian Louboutin and effort while making crucial mistakes. In fact, other than passing the ball back to his goalkeeper every time he gets it, I’m not really sure what else it is he does on the pitch.
Not giving it his all during games isn’t much of a surprise though, considering Ferdinand’s “who cares” attitude off the field as well. This is a guy who makes about 130,000 pounds a week playing football, but somehow “forgot” to take his drug test back in 2003. You can be sure he didn’t forget to cash his pay cheque that week though.
His four driving bans for breaking the rules of the road show his arrogance and you’d think he would have learned his lesson after losing his license for a year fMBT shoes sale or drinking and driving as an 18 year old. In fact, that incident led the England manager at the time, Glenn Hoddle, to drop the youngster from the national team, losing out on the chance to become the country’s youngest ever international. As a supposed role-model, Ferdinand certainly leaves a lot to be desired.
Another one of Ferdinand’s problems are the frequent injuries that leave him out of the lineup for club and country time after time. In his eight seasons playing for Christian Louboutin shoes United, he’s missed 83 league games, which translate into just a little over two full seasons. The central defender has played in just over 72 per cent of United’s league games since arriving, missing well over a quarter of them.
I realize there are times when legitimate injuries keep players on the sidelines, but regularly taking yourself out of the lineup due to a “backache” shows a lack of replica gucci handbags heart and commitment. I don’t blame people for considering Ferdinand to be out for nothing more than a regular pay cheque.
His most recent injury, damaging knee ligaments just before the World Cup, is a legit one, but if he comes back from it without taking his game more seriously then it’s time for Ferdinand to pack it in, especially for England.