Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua akiaki a Tim Sherwood ki a Ron Vlaar kia whakamatau ano ia i a ia ano i te wa e whakarite ana te rangatira o Aston Villa mo tana hokinga mai. E hiahia ana a Sherwood kia kite i te kaitautoko e kaha ana ki te awhina i a Villa ki te whakaoti i te paepae, me te whakatupato i a ia ka wareware pea te iwi ki ana mahi toa o te Ipu o te Ao. I wheturangitia a Vlaar i te haerenga o Holland ki nga whiringa toa i Brazil i tera tau - ahakoa i ngaro tetahi whiu i nga tukinga e wha whakamutunga ki Argentina - i arahi ki nga hononga ki a Manchester United. Ka pōwhiri atu a Aston Villa ki te rangatira o te karapu a Ron Vlaar (matau) i a rātou e haere ana ki Old Trafford hei te Rāhoroi. Ka hoki mai te kaitiaki pokapū o Aotearoa mai i te whara ki te āwhina i a Villa i roto i to rātau pakanga ki te whakaheke. Kua akiaki te kaiwhakahaere o Aston Villa a Tim Sherwood i tana rangatira kia whakaatu i tana uara i te mea e whai ana te karapu kia noho tonu. I takaro ia i raro i a Louis van Gaal i Brazil, ka aro atu ki tana rangatira o mua o te ao ka haere a Villa ki Old Trafford i te Rahoroi. Ka mutu te kirimana o te 30 tau i te raumati, a, i te wa i whara ai ia i te kuao kau, ko te rangatira o Villa a Sherwood e hiahia ana kia kitea ano e Vlaar tana mura. Ka mea ia: 'E mohio ana tatou katoa ki nga mea i mahia e ia i roto i nga tau, engari ka maka e te iwi o ratou ringa ki o ratou pute ki te tuku moni, e hiahia ana ratou ki te mohio kei te whiwhi ratou i te uara. 'I rite tonu ia ki te pai rawa atu i te Ipu o te Ao engari he poto noa iho te mahara o te tangata. 'Kei te titiro tonu koe ki nga mea e mahia ana e te iwi i tenei wa, kaua ki etahi marama kua hipa. 'Ka nui ake ngā kōwhiringa e wātea ana ki a ia mēnā kei roto ia i te matapihi o te toa, he tino pono.' Tekau mā rua noa iho ngā tīmatanga a Vlaar i te Barclays Pirimia League i tēnei wā i muri i ngā raruraru i te uha me te turi i te wā e whawhai ana a Villa, e toru ngā tohu i runga ake i te rohe whakaheke, i te heke. I tana kēmu whakamutunga i te marama o Hui-tanguru i kite ia i a ia e whakaae ana ki te whiu mo te wa roa ka peia atu i te wa i ngaro a Villa 2-1 ki a Stoke i te tukinga tuatahi a Sherwood. Na kua whakamutua e Sherwood ngā kōrero kirimana ki a Vlaar kia arotahi ai ki te pupuri i a Villa i te rerenga matua. Ka mōhio ia me tākaro ia. Kāre rawa au i āwangawanga ki te kōrero ki a ia. He wā mō tērā ina haumaru mātou,' i mea ia. 'Kei te arotahi noa ia ki te whiwhi...
Ka hoki mai te rangatira o Aston Villa a Ron Vlaar ki te kapa tuatahi mai i te wharanga. Kua akiaki te Kaiwhakahaere Tim Sherwood i te Dutchman ki te whakamatau ano ia ia ano me te awhina i te Villa ki te karo i te whakaheke mai i te Pirimia Pirimia. I whai wāhi nui a Vlaar i te haerenga o Holland ki te whiringa toa o te Ipu o te Ao i Brazil i te tau kua hipa. Ka whawhai a Villa ki a Manchester United ki Old Trafford hei te Rāhoroi.