Ferdinand and Vidic

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Last season, Ferdinand and Vidic were extremely superb. They were consistent, kept many clean sheets, very strong mentally in big matches and provide excellent cover for Van Der Sar. Ferdinand is a very composed defender with excellent tackling ability. He also prefers to feed the ball to the midfielders and initiate the attack from there. At times Ferdinand does display some excellent footballing skills, in the way he gets past players, and scores the odd goals. Vidic is a different type of defender. He is strong in the air, has strong physical attributes, and provides that aggressiveness in the Man Utd back four, making it difficult for strikers to gain possession. The both of them complement each other very well and they produce an excellent defensive partnership. I personally think that the both of them were the two best defenders in the world last season. However, this season, they haven't performed so well. They've conceded more goals, made more unforced errors during matches, and didn't look as strong defensively as last season. Why is this happening? But I do believe that this is something that Sir Alex will look to improve on and I hope over the course of the season, their performances will improve as this season is much tougher than the last, with Chelsea and Liverpool performing better than they did last season.