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Originally Posted by _AXL_
u guys sure about rio ferdinand being one of the best defenders around??? this is objective criticism from me, not that he is from manure. i feel that he tries too hard to live up to the tag of having the potential of being a classy defender. he has to accept that he no longer has that tag nor the potential to be able to play classily out of defence and worse, dribble out of defence which he more often than not, loses the ball, concede a goal and end up looking more like a streetwalker on a slow nite...
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Haha...where the hell did the last sentence come from? Classic!
IMO, objectively, Rio is a good defender but horribly overpriced and overpaid. I have not seen him bring the ball out of defence and score like Agger did.
Anyway this thing about classy defenders is over-rated. If forwards can lose the ball in attack, you can be sure a defender with the best ball skills will lose it 80% of the time. I'd much prefer a solid defender who reads the game well and is no-nonsense.
