Sir Alex Ferguson relies on Rio Ferdinand as Shawcross terms Manchester United as beatable – English Premier League
Sir Alex Ferguson has highlighted the importance of having Ro Ferdinand fit enough for Manchester United’s away trip to Stoke Cty. The veteran manager guided his team to a 3-1 win over Chelsea on the previous weekend without Rio
Ferdinand or http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rio-Ferdinand-c31173 in the back four. Ferdinand has been a constant feature in the Manchester United defence whenever he has been fit enough to start for
the English giants.
Over the past two seasons, the former Leeds United defender has struggled with his back and calf problems, such issues have prompted Sir Alex to use him sparingly in European as well as domestic fixtures. Now with the likes of
Chris Smalling and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Phil-Jones-c29903 available to fill in for the veteran centre back, Sir Alex Ferguson has more options but the experienced campaigner is aware of the trouble that Stoke City can pose at the Britannia stadium.
Sir Alex said in his latest interview, "I’m hoping Rio will be okay for Saturday. When you go to Stoke you need a bit of experience. Rio came into the team when we played at Bolton and gave us that experience, so we hope he'll
be fit for Saturday.” Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chris-c9006 Smalling as well who seems to be a doubt for United’s match against Stoke due to a hamstring problem.
On the other hand, Stoke City are confident going into their encounter against the league leaders. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ryan-Shawcross-c31996, Stoke City’s captain as well as a former Manchester United youth academy player has already stated that the Red
Devils are beatable despite their impressive start to the Premier League season. Stoke City’s unbeaten start to the season was ended by Sunderland in their last league outing but Shawcross is confident that his team mates can do the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 against Manchester
United on their home turf.
He said in his interview to the press, "It will be hard to start that off against Manchester United because they are a top team, but everyone is beatable, and we know if we have the fans right behind us and we perform in a way
we know we can, then we do have a chance." Stoke City have been formidable opposition so far in the English Premier League as they have given a tough time to the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809. It will be interesting to see how Manchester United cope
with the aerial threat of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kenwyne-Jones-c20659 when they play Stoke at the Britannia stadium.
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