Monday, April 12, 2010
Not Rooney, but a bit more expensive.
Manchester United's title hopes appear dead in the water after a stalemate at Ewood Park last night. Blackburn have only lost three times at home this season, so the odds were heavily stacked against United. Starved of quality service and bereft of any real creativity, Berbatov toiled through the night but couldn't earn those three valuable points for his faltering team. Not to say Berbatov was the most ineffectual performer on the night, but his price tag confers expectations to influence a game in the way Rooney might have had. At times, he found himself at right-back and defensive midfield positions appearing increasingly frustrated with his team-mates. But even all of those callisthenics couldn't alter the result at the end of 90 minutes. It begs the question whether Sir Alex Ferguson's £30.75 million signing from Tottenham Hotspur has been given a rope long enough to decide whether he can be branded a failure. At £5.15 million more than what Wayne Rooney cost United, I think yes.
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Its about time we invested in some good midfielders. Ronaldo and Tevez have to be replaced and its about time we picked up a mix of those who can be nurtured and those who can come in straight and perform.
ReplyDeleteAnd Berba has to give up his laziness. lol.
Thanks Abram. That's what I mentioned at the start of the season. That reinforcements are needed. Not like-for-like replacements, coz it's tough to expect someone to slot in and perform right away. But given that Ronaldo and Tevez accounted for more than 60% of United's goals last season meant there was need to bring in goal scorers. But who does Ferguson usher in through the door? Michael Owen, Gabriel Obertan, Luis Antonio Valencia and Pape Diouf. Not good enough.
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