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Originally Posted by mr_missile
gerard pique has definitely established himself as more than a fine player at barca now.
when he was still at old trafford, he was behind the 1st choice central pairing of vidic and ferdinand. he and johnny evans were being groomed to take over vidic and ferdie. but then his old club barca came calling and fergie could not hang on to him.
now we have young stars jones, smalling and evans to vie for the central defensive roles to take over from vidic and ferdie. not too bad choices lah.  |
Pique got the opportunities to play in first-11 while at Barca, so he could developed further. If he remained in Utd, if Vidic and Ferdinard are not injured then he has no chance to play. He will be 2nd fiddle to them.
Smalling and Jones are promising young chaps. As for Evans, I think he is still not that reliable during big games, more often making stupid mistakes and get himself sent off. But I can see he is improving.
For permanent replacements for Vidic-Ferdinand pairing, my take will be Smalling-Jones.
