RIO FERDINAND WA MAN UNITED KAVURUGWA AMPONDA KOCHA WAO MPYA DAVID MOYES

Rio Ferdinand has broken his silence over the
Manchester United crisis blaming Moyes for his
team selection process policy which he says has
played in United's poor performance.
Moyes, who is on the ropes at Old Trafford
following their midweek defeat to Everton, was
picked out by Ferdinand over his decision to
name the team just before kick-off on a match
day.
Sir Alex Ferguson always opted to say who
would be playing before matches, but Moyes
only lets players know as late as possible, much
to the frustration of Ferdinand.
‘This manager’s a bit different in that he doesn’t
name the team beforehand,’ Ferdinand told BT
Sport.
‘You don’t really get to know the team. The old
manager used to give you a little bit of an idea if
you’d be playing and stuff.
‘When you know you’re playing, the intensity
goes up a little bit more on match day. That’s
what you need to try to make sure you’re doing,
even if you don’t know you’ll be playing – to try
to get to that intensity you’d be at when you
know you’re playing.’
Ferdinand says it’s impossible to get up for
games, and that the late team announcements
fill the players with a ‘nervous energy’.
‘It’s hard,’ he continued.
‘It’s hard to do that mentally because you spend
a lot of nervous energy thinking: “Am I playing”
or “Am I not playing?” and you’re just going
round in circles in your head and turning into a
madman.’