Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic is confident they can cope without Sir Alex Ferguson during his touchline ban.
Ferguson was handed a two-match suspension for his disparaging comments about referee Alan Wiley's fitness after United's draw with Sunderland in October.
The United chief will be forced to sit in the stands for the games at home to Everton on November 21 and away at Portsmouth on November 28, and Vidic admits the manager's input will be missed.
"It is always good of course to have the manager on the touchline because he needs to give advice to players, to change the team if he needs to and always that way we need him," said Vidic.