Once Macheda came off, Berbatov was hardly told to stay in midfield.
Dimitar Berbatov | 2009/10 Performances
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Once Macheda came off, Berbatov was hardly told to stay in midfield.
Gash in the second I'd go with.
Didn't make himself available for the pass half as well, didn't take responsibility as the main threat, too many wasted passes in the final third.
Still looked most likely to create.
Didn't make himself available for the pass half as well, didn't take responsibility as the main threat, too many wasted passes in the final third.
Still looked most likely to create.
His attitude regarding his teammates is purely arrogant, as if he 's the star of the team.Als moaning and waving his hands in frustration whereas he's crap himself.
He's too arrogant, he should look in a mirror before shouting at his colleagues
He's too arrogant, he should look in a mirror before shouting at his colleagues
I'm no fan of Berba but the price tag arguement is stupid. We paid £30 million for him because thats what Spurs wanted, Berbatov didn't set his own price.
Fine, don't deal with the hypocrisy you've spouted.
And he might be a mistake, but not necessarily for the stupid reasons you keep spouting. And I'd rather focus on what he does well and try not to exaggerate one way or the other. I've not said he's had a great season, a great game, a great first half... But he's far from the most hopeless player I've seen at OT, and his innate quality makes it worth hoping that somehow we'll figure out how to get the best out of him. Who knows, a new signing might revitalise him, or he might be off in the summer. Either way it doesn't help to go straight for the negative superlatives, not in terms of figuring out what's not right about him at United (atm or in general) or in terms of accurately describing how he's performed. It's just fecking inaccurate to say he's been utter shite and our worst player.
Agreed, he worked well with Macheda as we expected he would. The service from the midfield was fecking shite throughout, but of course Berbatov takes the blame for that as well. I doubt even Rooney would have done much better with what he was getting.
Someone like me? And what is that exactly, someone who doesn't jump from thread to thread basing one of our players over and over again and then having a go at the people who don't join in?
Was that supposed to be in favor of berba?
Ferguson's worst ever signing!
Wow this thread has turned nasty....I'm going to get drunk and ignore you all
Grow up.
No, you stfu instead. You wanna ignore the fact that Berbatov hasn't produced for us since his transfer, that is your prerogative. Don't belittle his support for the club, just because he isn't a blind feck who refuses to believe that there are such things as a transfer ****. Berbatov is useless and has pissed poor positioning. He was bought to be a striker, not a fancy dancy circus act in the middle of the park. The soon you get it, the better.
p/s when the going gets tough, the tough gets going. That lazy crap doesn't even have half the determination and hunger of Tevez, despite having superior skills in every single department of the game. That shows how far skills can bring you, if you don't have the hunger or guts to go along with.
It was a horrible performance from the entire team's outfield players. But trust the majority in here to pick on Berbatov.
We were shit all over the park - but I assume we have failed to win this game, singularly because of Berbatov?...
*********, £30m waste of money, etc etc.
*********, £30m waste of money, etc etc.
Has all the quality but it hasn't worked out.
He was outside the box. To say he's in midfield is a gross exaggeration, for the most part.
I agree that Berbatov have been given a lot knee jerk, and unfounded criticism - but I also think that after two seasons of not really producing the goods the fans are entitled to be upset with him. Dimi didn't do himself any favours today, sadly.
Come on. He quite obviously wasn't.
Can't believe we screwed around with Tevez to play Berbatov.
Once Macheda went off though, we needed a goal. Berbatov was the only striker on and therefore we needed him to score more than we needed him to create. If it was tactics that had him so deep, then SAF made a humongous mistake. Too many times in the second half we had great positions but there wasn't one single player in the box.
I suppose I'm more annoyed at macheda been taking off than Berbatov not making an effort to get into the box.
Ah well.
How about you feck off you blind cnut? In case you haven't noticed I'm not the only one who wants him out. Today was the last straw; he's been abysmal for what amounts to his entire United career. Today was the day he really needed to step up, a must-win game where we were depending on him - and he spent the entire match sulking in midfield with his arms in the air.
So perhaps you could pull your head out of you arse (I know that's difficult for you, because you just love having things up your arse) but realise that if anyone here is the twat in the minority it's you.
Eriku, R Nick, Erica.
Do you see how many people are getting fed up with him?
Just because you loved him once and someone disagreed with you then, doesn't mean you are not allowed to see the reality. You don't HAVE to stick to your guns out of some retarded loyalty to your weakening position on the lazy fecker.
Do you see how many people are getting fed up with him?
Just because you loved him once and someone disagreed with you then, doesn't mean you are not allowed to see the reality. You don't HAVE to stick to your guns out of some retarded loyalty to your weakening position on the lazy fecker.
I disagree.
He is suppose to be scoring goals up front, not hanging out the center circle. He had some good moves and good passes but he failed to link up with the rest of the team quite frequently.
If this was an individual sport then yes, he performed well, but this is a team sport and he failed on many occasions to step up.
Took the words out of my mouth.
No Nani was the only player trying to make something Happen. Dimitar was too worried complaining to everybody else, at why he's so shit that he can't play in the position he's been told too. 30 million pounds my arse.
I consider myself quite rational when it comes to berbatov and I could see why he was bought. But I just dont see it anymore and with every passing game I think we sell ourselves short with him in the team.
I am in no way blaming him and him alone for today. But there's really no point in him being here when we cant count on him. Its not always the failure of others that results in his under par performances. Berba has to take blame over the course of 2 seasons.
I am in no way blaming him and him alone for today. But there's really no point in him being here when we cant count on him. Its not always the failure of others that results in his under par performances. Berba has to take blame over the course of 2 seasons.
what exactly Rio and Vida did to get any bashing?
Any chance we can exchange him for Dzeko? Afterall, Berbatovv has built up a decent reputation in the Bundesliga.
Shhhh, no one wants to hear that. It's so much more fun to blame him for everything that goes wrong. That said, being our best player today might not be saying much..
I like Berbatov, but at this point I'm really starting to wonder if he has the mental ability to play for Manchester United. I don't think he's lazy, nor do I dislike the fact that he plays deep (he's done some fantastic work for us there when he hasn't been played as a lone striker). But his body language at times seems to portray a lack of confidence and, perhaps, a lack of determination. If you don't have confidence, you're going to fail at Manchester United. I'm not sure what to think of him really.
Berba isn't a poor player but I think it's obvious that he just doesn't suit being a United player. Got to go I'm afraid.
Would have been different if Valencia had scored...
I am not the manager. It's not my job to sort the ineffective lazy bastard out.
I am a supporter who doesn't see enough effort and I am voicing my opinion.
I lost count of the amount of times he was behind our deep lying central midfielder, Scholes. Berbatov played in midfield. A striker gets inside the box. He did not play as a striker.
I have always defended him. I can no longer. Give him away cos no team will pay good money for him. Makes Veron look like a bargain!
I can't believe that anybody who's witnessed Tevez' pig-ignorant media handling, considering that he thought the fans would think no ill of him, would miss him.
I don't like the idea of him in our team because of that.
If Heinze weren't shit I'd ask if you wanted him back as cover in case O'Shea struggles with fitness.
Summed up quite well for me.
He was decent in the first half, a couple of nice passes but a lot of moaning and not enough movement into the box, the second half he didn't even turn up, he was anonymous for most of it and fluffed his chances when they fell to him. But his body language and attitude were all wrong in that second half, looked like he didn't want to be there.
Nani may have been trying but it wasn't fecking working was it? But then he has had his turn as scapegoat of choice I suppose.
I was just on the phone with roman abramovich about a 15 mil deal and he told me to go feck myself
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