Glory Glory Man United. Really proud that Cristi won both the awards tonight. I was abit sceptical abt his chances to win both, but the professionals have voted rightly so !
I wont say that we totally depend on CR for the entire season, but none can deny his influence on the outcome of the match, and the beauty that he brings to the game.

Having sed that, kudos to the man united team, we have 8 players in the Team of the Year, and i guess that speaks volumes !

I dont think anyone can undermine the contributions of Vidic to Man Utds run this season. Honestly speaking, I dont exactly watch other teams play, although Ive watched a few Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool matches, and if you ask me, id say Carvalho, Carra and Toure were wonderful this season for their respective teams, so im not gona take anything away from them.
But in terms of Vidic's contribution, the significance of his play at least in the first half of the season was of great magnitude. He won balls in the air, he made last ditch tackles, and he even scored a few goals which gives him a dynamic edge.
In direct comparisons with Carra, i think Carra's determination and passion is there for everyone to see, but maybe its sumtimes more than jus those elements and i refuse to believe that Vida has any less determination or passion in the sport that he loves.

In your (Duke) argument stating that the team was still getting positive results even with the loss of Vida, i think thats down to the attacking nature of the team. THe winner is the team that scores one more goal than the opponent.
When we lost vida, we started conceding goals, and the backline was abit shaken, and in that sense u cud see that Vidic really did bring sumthin diff to our play