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The Running Man said:
Jesus not more wingers, they are quick fix to the inherent issue of having too many midfielder who can't pass or tackle.
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I would rather have Sneijder in centre midfield, and Sanchez who can play as a Winger/Striker/Attacking Midfielder over Carrick and Nani/Valencia any day of the week.
 
Todge said:
The simple problem with Berbatov is that while he did indeed score 20 goals in the EPL from 24 starts and 9 sub appearances the expanded facts don't bear him out.

He scored 3 against liverpool and 5 against Blackburn. So that left him to get 12 goals in 22 starts and 9 sub appearances And he also managed 4 assists this season. While he is without doubt one of the best first touch merchants in the league, he possesses no pace and doesn't hound defenders like others do to get the ball back. The rest of the team is quite well littered with pace and we use it to good effect to break forward. When we had Ronaldo Rooney and Nani running at teams on the break there was always a sense that something might happen. When its Rooney Berba and Nani you just know he'll get the ball and slow it right down.
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How many times did Ronaldo/Rooney/Nani destroy teams? before this season Nani hasn't been first team, hasn't played all that much, and in the last year with Ronaldo played less than 600minutes in the league..

Likewise 12 goals in 22 starts put him WAY above the league average, secondly, there isn't a player in the world who can run faster than the ball can be passed. Being slow doesn't mean slowing play down, infact its utterly daft to suggest that.

Xavi, Iniesta have little to no pace, do they slow attacks down, the idea is actually laughable. Berbatov is the best passer the club has had since Scholes has gone downhill.

Your best team in terms of attack was Rooney, Berbatov, Ronaldo, and Berbatov was the start of almost every attacking move, picking the ball and playing the other two in behind the defence every game all game long.

He WAS the basis of your fast attack that year, not the guy who slows it down.

Berbatovs game was always assisting/creating chances/getting the ball forward to players in good positions. The problem this year was Valencia being injured and the seemingly forgotten Rooney playing like turd for half a season. What did Berbatov do, he stepped up for you, moved further forwards, played his not natural game and banged in goal after goal, leading the team to a title win when Rooney dissappeared.

His natural game isn't to be the furthest forward player.

Take Rooney, this season, similar goals/assist stats, before last season, never a high scorer but a decent number of assists, last season, loads of goals, few assists.

Drogba, first season 20 goals, 4 assists, last season 29 goals, 13 assists, the other three seasons he scored a lot less, but assisted more, this season 12-13 goals and 15 assists.

In general teams have two strikers, often there is two roles, normally you'll have one high scorer and one scorer/assister. Berbatovs done both roles very well while the teams won multiple titles.
 
The Running Man said:
No its his lethargy that's the problem. If he was a sloth that would be fine, you see an attacks break up and Dimi throws his hands up in the air turns his back and stops


Then if the ball breaks to us he is still stood offside scratching his ass. You just can't do that. That's what the fans have seen and dislike, lazy lazy play.
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This is what I'm talking about not running for running sake.
 
Indeed Well said DM.

Its hard to understand fans!. You score goals they complain of your speed and assists!. You give assists and work harder(Kuyt and Rooney style) they complain of you not scoring!. Berbatov is just suffering from Chicharito's(forgive my sp) over performing beyond his value.

With his style of composed skillful play any team would rush for him at 7.5m without looking at his age. Wenger inclusive
 
The problem with Berba is that when he's not having a good game, he just looks like a lazy ****. You know within 15 minutes if he's going to have a good game or not. If his heads down after 15 minutes, you may as well sub him as he just sulks for the rest of the game.
 
K1LLSW1TCH said:
Yeah but most pundits versions of "giving 100% each game" just involves lots of running around whether it's effectual or not. :/
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****ing hate this idea.

Players that don't run about lots = lazy
Players that do run about lots = putting a good shift in.

I don't often see Xavi sprinting everywhere.
 
So DM's saying that Berbatov was the linchpin to Utd's attack in the 08/09 season and that the Rooney/Ronaldo/Berbatov trio was Utd's best attack? The fact that Utd were a far better attacking side the season before, scored more goals and were more successful the season before when their attack was Tevez/Ronaldo/Rooney, might prove otherwise.

But not wanting to feel left out, well said DM ;)
 
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