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England’s fans in San Marino sing anti-Rio Ferdinand songs
Rio Ferdinand was subjected to sustained abuse from the travelling England fans last night as they sent a clear message that they do not want the Manchester United defender to return to the national team.
Loud chants of “Rio Ferdinand, you know what you are” and “Rio — what’s the score?” were interspersed with a stream of four-letter words in vocal protest at the decision of Ferdinand to withdraw from the England squad.
Ferdinand had told Roy Hodgson on Sunday that he did not wish to travel with England to San Marino and then Montenegro but still flew to Qatar to work as a television pundit on the game for Al-Jazeera. Speaking on Friday night, Ferdinand launched a renewed defence of his decision and again claimed that it was essential for him to use the international break to rest and follow his pre-planned training regime. He said Hodgson had made it clear he may pick him in the future.
“I spoke to the manager and I think it’s down to him,” Ferdinand said. “This isn’t something that I’m doing differently. This is something I’ve done in past international get-togethers when I’ve not been involved. I know what I’m doing is the right thing. He has made it clear he will consider me for other England squads.”
Ferdinand also claimed that English football needed to look at itself from top to bottom to understand why the national team had repeatedly failed in international tournaments.
“For some reason we haven’t been able to get beyond the quarter finals of major competitions,” said Ferdinand. “Maybe we need to go back to the drawing board and have a real good look at ourselves right from the bottom all the way to the top in terms of the coaching and the way we’re bringing our players through, how we’re getting ready to play and preparing for tournaments.”
Ferdinand then compared his experiences under five different England managers. “I’ve not actually played under Hodgson yet so I wouldn’t know too much,” he said. “From what I hear he’s very organised, works a lot on team shape, which you need to do, and drills the team to the way that he wants them to play. It’s different. I was talking to Phil (Neville) before about my most enjoyable time probably in an England shirt.
“It was playing under Glenn Hoddle. He let you go out there with a free spirit. Let you go out there and express yourself and if you make a mistake, don’t worry. His thinking was a bit too ahead of his time maybe. I think if you look back over the years and look at the way that the team played then, that and Terry Venables, was probably the most expansive football that we’ve played in the last 15, 20 years.”
Hodgson was well aware last night of the abuse being directed at Ferdinand by the England fans. “I’m not deaf,” he said. With Ferdinand, Michael Dawson, Gary Cahill and Aaron Lennon having already pulled out of the squad, Hodgson suffered a fresh blow last night when Theo Walcott was also ruled out of the Montenegro game with a groin injury.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/9949564/Englands-fans-in-San-Marino-sing-anti-Rio-Ferdinand-songs.html
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England’s fans in San Marino sing anti-Rio Ferdinand songs
Rio Ferdinand was subjected to sustained abuse from the travelling England fans last night as they sent a clear message that they do not want the Manchester United defender to return to the national team.
Loud chants of “Rio Ferdinand, you know what you are” and “Rio — what’s the score?” were interspersed with a stream of four-letter words in vocal protest at the decision of Ferdinand to withdraw from the England squad.
Ferdinand had told Roy Hodgson on Sunday that he did not wish to travel with England to San Marino and then Montenegro but still flew to Qatar to work as a television pundit on the game for Al-Jazeera. Speaking on Friday night, Ferdinand launched a renewed defence of his decision and again claimed that it was essential for him to use the international break to rest and follow his pre-planned training regime. He said Hodgson had made it clear he may pick him in the future.
“I spoke to the manager and I think it’s down to him,” Ferdinand said. “This isn’t something that I’m doing differently. This is something I’ve done in past international get-togethers when I’ve not been involved. I know what I’m doing is the right thing. He has made it clear he will consider me for other England squads.”
Ferdinand also claimed that English football needed to look at itself from top to bottom to understand why the national team had repeatedly failed in international tournaments.
“For some reason we haven’t been able to get beyond the quarter finals of major competitions,” said Ferdinand. “Maybe we need to go back to the drawing board and have a real good look at ourselves right from the bottom all the way to the top in terms of the coaching and the way we’re bringing our players through, how we’re getting ready to play and preparing for tournaments.”
Ferdinand then compared his experiences under five different England managers. “I’ve not actually played under Hodgson yet so I wouldn’t know too much,” he said. “From what I hear he’s very organised, works a lot on team shape, which you need to do, and drills the team to the way that he wants them to play. It’s different. I was talking to Phil (Neville) before about my most enjoyable time probably in an England shirt.
“It was playing under Glenn Hoddle. He let you go out there with a free spirit. Let you go out there and express yourself and if you make a mistake, don’t worry. His thinking was a bit too ahead of his time maybe. I think if you look back over the years and look at the way that the team played then, that and Terry Venables, was probably the most expansive football that we’ve played in the last 15, 20 years.”
Hodgson was well aware last night of the abuse being directed at Ferdinand by the England fans. “I’m not deaf,” he said. With Ferdinand, Michael Dawson, Gary Cahill and Aaron Lennon having already pulled out of the squad, Hodgson suffered a fresh blow last night when Theo Walcott was also ruled out of the Montenegro game with a groin injury.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/9949564/Englands-fans-in-San-Marino-sing-anti-Rio-Ferdinand-songs.html
